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May 16 2006 8:00AM, Tuesday

Session 1A Educators' Day Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

May 16 2006 9:00AM, Tuesday

Session 2A Student Tutorials I Room: University of Tennessee-Knoxville Nielsen Physics Building

May 16 2006 12:15PM, Tuesday

Session 3A Student Tutorials II: Tour of Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source and Center for Nanophase Materials Room: University of Tennessee-Knoxville Buses depart Nielsen Phys. Bldg (Tour participants must have submitted the visitor pass form by March 31)

Session 3B Tour of Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source and Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Room: University of Tennessee-Knoxville Buses depart Nielsen Phys. Bldg (Tour participants must have submitted the visitor pass form by March 31)

May 16 2006 2:00PM, Tuesday

Session 4A DAMOP Executive Committee Meeting Room: Knoxville Convention Center Rotunda

May 16 2006 6:00PM, Tuesday

Session 5A Welcome Reception Room: Knoxville Convention Center Henley and Cumberland Concourse

May 16 2006 8:00PM, Tuesday

Session 6A TAMOC Meeting Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

May 17 2006 8:00AM, Wednesday

Session A1 DAMOP Prize Session Chair: Charles Clark, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG
Invited Speakers:  Rainer Grobe,  Q. Charles Su 

Session B1 Physical Review A Staff Breakfast Room: Knoxville Convention Center Board Room

May 17 2006 10:30AM, Wednesday

Session C1 Optical Clocks Chair: David Weiss, Penn State University Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall
Invited Speakers:  Scott Diddams,  Kurt Gibble,  Jean-Philippe Uzan,  R. Lutwak 

Session C2 Astrophysics Chair: Kate Kirby, Harvard Center for Astrophysics Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG
Invited Speakers:  Ronald Olson,  Mark E. Bannister,  J.F. Babb 

Session C3 Ultracold Atoms I Chair: Gil Summy, Oklahoma State University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Session C4 Short Pulse Processes I Chair: Chii-Dong Lin, Kansas State University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Session C5 Quantum Computation Chair: Marianna Safronova, University of Delaware Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

Session C6 Atom Optics and Atom Interferometry Chair: Jennifer Sebby-Strabley, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

May 17 2006 12:00PM, Wednesday

Session D1 Fellowship Committee Lunch Room: Knoxville Convention Center Rotunda

Session D2 Precision Measurements and Fundamentals Constants Lunch and Executive Committee Meeting Room: University of Tennessee Conference Center Board Room

May 17 2006 1:30PM, Wednesday

Session E1 Scalable Solutions for Quantum Computing with Atoms and Ions Chair: Brian DeMarco, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall
Invited Speakers:  D.J. Wineland,  Jonathon Home 

Session E2 Atomic Physics for ITER and Other Next Step Fusion Experiments Chair: David Schultz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG
Invited Speakers:  Fred W. Meyer 

Session E3 Ultracold Atoms II Chair: Sergio Muniz, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Session E4 Short Pulse Processes II Chair: Wendell Hill III, University of Maryland Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Session E5 Ultracold Plasmas and Molecules Chair: Nicholas Bigelow, University of Rochester Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

Session E6 Photon Interactions With Atoms, Ions and Molecules - Experiment Chair: Timothy Gay, University of Nebraska Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

May 17 2006 4:00PM, Wednesday

Session G2 PRA-PRL Session for Authors and Referees Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301B

Session G1 Poster Session I Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom AB, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

May 17 2006 5:30PM, Wednesday

Session 7A Women Scientists in DAMOP Reception Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom C

May 17 2006 6:00PM, Wednesday

Session H1 Precision Measurements and Fundamental Constants Topical Group Reception and Business Meeting Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

Session H2 PRA/PRL Editorial Board Dinner & Cocktails Room: Knoxville Convention Center Board Room and Rotunda

May 17 2006 8:00PM, Wednesday

Session J1 Public Lecture Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG
Invited Speakers: 

May 18 2006 8:00AM, Thursday

Session K1 1-d Gases Chair: Ana Maria Rey, Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall
Invited Speakers:  Toshiya Kinoshita,  Michael Koehl,  Maxim Olshanii 

Session K2 Multi-Particle Fragmentation of Atoms and Negative Ions Chair: Klaus Bartschat, Drake University Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG
Invited Speakers:  R. Wehlitz 

Session K3 Laser Cooling and Trapping Chair: Phillip Gould, University of Connecticut Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Session K4 Fundamental Symmetries and Precision Measurements Chair: Siu Au Lee, Colorado State University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Session K5 Quantum Optics and Matter Optics Chair: Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

Session K6 Ion-Atom and Ion-Molecule Collisions Chair: John Tanis, Western Michigan University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

May 18 2006 10:30AM, Thursday

Session L1 Interaction and Strong Lasers with Molecules and Clusters Chair: Carlos Reinhold, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall
Invited Speakers:  Chris H. Greene 

Session L2 Undergraduate Research Chair: Donald Griffin, Rollins College Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG

Session L3 BEC Vortices and Spinor Condensates Chair: James Williams, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Session L4 Entanglement Chair: Barry Sanders, University of Calgary Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Session L5 Photoassociation Spectroscopy Chair: Thomas Killian, Rice University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

Session L6 Atomic and Molecular Structure and Properties I Chair: Marjatta Lyyra, Temple University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

May 18 2006 12:00PM, Thursday

Session M1 Program Committee Lunch Room: Knoxville Convention Center Rotunda

May 18 2006 1:30PM, Thursday

Session N1 Thesis Prize Session Chair: Steven Manson, Georgia State University Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall
Invited Speakers:  Thomas Pohl 

Session N2 Particle-Induced Ionization and Break-up Processes of Atoms and Molecules Chair: Itzik Ben-Itzak, Kansas State University Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG
Invited Speakers:  Andris Stelbovics 

Session N3 Atoms in Optical Lattices Chair: Sabrina Leslie, University of California, Berkeley Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Session N4 Quantum and Non-Linear Optics Chair: David Phillips, Harvard-Smithsonian for Astrophysics Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Session N5 Wavepackets and Control of Molecules and Large Systems Chair: Brett Pearson, SUNY Stony Brook Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

Session N6 Spectroscopy, Lifetimes, Oscillator Strengths Chair: Sultana Nahar, Ohio University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

May 18 2006 3:30PM, Thursday

Session 8A PRA/PRL Reception - Meet the Editors Room: Knoxville Convention Center Rotunda

May 18 2006 4:00PM, Thursday

Session O1 Poster Session II Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom AB

May 18 2006 6:00PM, Thursday

Session R1 Nobel Symposium Chair: Joseph Macek, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG
Invited Speakers: 

May 18 2006 7:30PM, Thursday

Session 9A Nobel Reception Room: Knoxville Convention Center Henly and Cumberland Concourses

May 19 2006 8:00AM, Friday

Session S1 Coherent Spinor Dynamics in Ultracold Gases Chair: Presiding person to be selected Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall
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Session S2 Rydberg Physics and Ultracold Plasmas Chair: Georg Raithel, University of Michigan Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG
Invited Speakers:  Thomas Pattard 

Session S3 Strong Field (Intense Laser) Processes I Chair: Mette Gaarde, Louisiana State University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Session S4 Electron and Positron Scattering-Theory Chair: Don Madison, University of Missouri-Rolla Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Session S5 Nonlinear Optics and Special Topics Chair: Ray Garrett, University of Tennessee Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

Session S6 New Theoretical Methods and Nonlinear Dynamics Chair: John Delos, College of William and Mary Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

May 19 2006 10:30AM, Friday

Session T1 Emerging Applications of AMO Physics Chair: Mark Edwards, Georgia Southern University Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall
Invited Speakers:  Jay Lowell 

Session T2 Positron Interactions with Atoms and Molecules Chair: Stephen Buckman, Australian National University Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG
Invited Speakers:  C.M. Surko,  Gaetana Laricchia 

Session T3 Strong Field (Intense Laser) Processes II Chair: Stephen Southworth, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Session T4 Atomic and Molecular Structure, Including in Static Fields Chair: Yuri Ralchenko, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Session T5 Rydberg Atoms and Wave Packets Chair: Francis Robicheaux, Auburn University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301 AB

Session T6 New Experimental Techniques Chair: Yuan-Yu Jau, Princeton University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

May 19 2006 12:00PM, Friday

Session U1 Thesis Prize Committee Luncheon Room: Knoxville Convention Center Rotunda

May 19 2006 1:30PM, Friday

Session V1 Ultracold Molecules Chair: Cheng Chin, University of Chicago Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall
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Session V2 Attosecond Physics Chair: Louis DiMauro, Ohio State University Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG
Invited Speakers:  Gerhard G. Paulus,  David Villeneuve 

Session V3 Photoassociation, Efimov, and Feshbach Physics Chair: Brett Esry, Kansas State University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Session V4 Photon Interactions with Atoms, Ions, and Molecules-Theory Chair: Alfred Msezane, Clark Atlanta University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Session V5 Theory of Cold Atom Systems Chair: William Reinhardt, University of Washington Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

Session V6 Surface Collisions, Molecule-Molucule Collisions and Recombination followed by Electron and Positron Scattering - Experiment Chair: Thomas Miller, Air Force Research Laboratory Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

May 19 2006 4:00PM, Friday

Session W1 Poster Session III Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom AB

May 19 2006 4:30PM, Friday

Session X1 DAMOP Business Meeting Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

May 19 2006 6:30PM, Friday

Session Y1 Reception and Banquet Room: Knoxville Convention Center Cumberland/Henley Concourse and Ballroom DEFG
Invited Speakers:  Patricia M. Dehmer 

May 20 2006 9:00AM, Saturday

Session Z1 Hot Topics Chair: Anthony Starace, University of Nebraska Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall
Invited Speakers: 

Session Z2 Gaseous Electronics Conference Session Chair: Rainer Johnsen, University of Pittsburgh Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB
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Session Z3 Fermionic Superfluidity in Ultracold Gases Chair: Doerte Blume, Washington State University Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

Session Z4 Rydberg Atoms and Coherent Control Chair: Thomas Gallagher, University of Virginia Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Session Z5 Quantum Information and Cavity QED Chair: Peter Maunz, University of Michigan Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E