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39th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Tuesday–Saturday, May 27–31, 2008; State College, Pennsylvania

Session O1: Quantum Control of Polar Molecules

Chair: Paul Lett, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Nittany Lion Inn - Ballroom CDE

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM	O1.00001: Toward Quantum Computing with Polar Molecules Invited Speaker: David DeMille Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM	O1.00002: Optimal Control Theory and Quantum Information Systems Invited Speaker: Tommaso Calarco Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM	O1.00003: Quantum information processing and non-linear optics using polar molecules Invited Speaker: Susanne Yelin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM	O1.00004: Cold Polar Molecules and Applications Invited Speaker: John Doyle Preview Abstract

Session O2: Optical Quantum Memory (Co-Sponsored by GQI)

Chair: Barry Sanders, University of Calgary
Kern Building - 112

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM	O2.00001: Quantum state transfer from light to an atomic ensemble at room temperature Invited Speaker: Hanna Krauter Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM	O2.00002: Quantum Storage in Solid State Atomic Ensembles Invited Speaker: Hugues de Riedmatten Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM	O2.00003: Storage of squeezed light as a step towards universal quantum memory Invited Speaker: Alexander Lvovsky Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM	O2.00004: Quantum Memory in Solids Invited Speaker: Matthew Sellars Preview Abstract

Session O3: Focus Session: Degenerate Gases in Reduced Dimension

Chair: Brett Esry, Kansas State University
Keller Building - 104

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM	O3.00001: The 2D Bose gas: observation of the BKT transition and the intermediate regime between thermal and superfluid. Invited Speaker: Pierre Clad\'e Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM	O3.00002: Fractional Quantum Hall Effects with Bose-gases in Rotating Optical Lattice Potentials Nathan Gemelke , Edina Sarajlic , Steven Chu Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM	O3.00003: Effective Low-Dimensional Hamiltonian for Strongly Interacting Atoms in a Transverse Trap Jason Kestner , Luming Duan Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM	O3.00004: Effects of tunneling on thermalization of quasi-one-dimensional gases Vladimir Yurovsky Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM	O3.00005: Minimum Instances of Topological Matter in an Optical Plaquette Invited Speaker: Bel\'{e}n Paredes Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM	O3.00006: 1-D Mott insulator transition of a Bose-Einstein condensate Rachel Sapiro , Rui Zhang , Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM	O3.00007: Charge density waves and off-diagonal order in the 1D Bose-Fermi-Hubbard model for fast fermions Alexander Mering , Michael Fleischhauer Preview Abstract

Session O4: Degenerate Fermi Gases

Chair: Brian DeMarco, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Nittany Lion Inn - Ballroom AB

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM	O4.00001: Spin-Imbalance in a 1-Dimensional Trapped Fermi-Gas Tobias Paprotta , Guthrie B. Partridge , Yean-an Liao , Wenhui Li , Randall G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM	O4.00002: Radiofrequency Spectroscopy of Imbalanced Fermi Gases Andre Schirotzek , Yong-il Shin , Christian Schunck , Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM	O4.00003: The Effect of Trap Geometry on Phase Separation in a Polarized Fermi Gas Yean-an Liao , W. Li , G.B. Partridge , T. Paprotta , R.G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM	O4.00004: Phase diagram of a two-component Fermi gas with resonant interactions Yong-il Shin , Christian H. Schunck , Andre Schirotzek , Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM	O4.00005: Radio Frequency spectroscopy of a strongly interacting Fermi gas John Stewart , John Gaebler , Deborah Jin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM	O4.00006: Universal behavior of the critical temperature and condensate fraction of a strongly interacting molecular condensate Yasuhisa Inada , Munekazu Horikoshi , Shuta Nakajima , Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami , Masahito Ueda , Takashi Mukaiyama Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM	O4.00007: Determination of the equation of state of a two-component Fermi gas at unitarity Yong-il Shin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM	O4.00008: Determination of the Fermion Pair Size in a Strongly Interacting Superfluid Christian Schunck , Yong-il Shin , Andre Schirotzek , Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM	O4.00009: Matter wave probe for detecting Fermi superfluidity in trapped ultra-cold atom experiments Satyan Bhongale , Han Pu Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM	O4.00010: Dynamics of a rotating, strongly interacting Fermi gas Stefan Riedl , Edmundo R. Sanchez Guajardo , Christoph Kohstall , Alexander Altmeyer , Johannes Hecker Denschlag , Rudolf Grimm Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM	O4.00011: Diagrammatic Monte Carlo Kris Van Houcke , Evgeny Kozik , Nikolay Prokof'ev , Boris Svistunov Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM	O4.00012: Ferromagnetic coherence in ultracold fermions L.J. LeBlanc , A.B. Bardon , M.H.T. Extavour , J. McKeever , D. Jervis , A. Stummer , J.H. Thywissen Preview Abstract

Session O5: The Ultra Intense Laser Frontier (Strong Field, Intense Laser Processes)

Chair: Chris H. Greene, University of Colorado
Nittany Lion Inn - Boardroom I

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM	O5.00001: Non-sequential multiple ionization: signature of single-recollision pathway Phay Ho , Joseph Eberly Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM	O5.00002: Molecular Hydrogen in Intense Ultashort Laser Pulses Alejandro Saenz , Yulian Vanne , Manohar Awasthi Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM	O5.00003: On the Strong-Field Approximation Describing Atoms and Molecules in Intense Laser Fields Alejandro Saenz , Yulian Vanne Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM	O5.00004: Single-Active-Electron Approximation for Describing Molecules in Ultrashort Laser Pulses Alejandro Saenz , Manohar Awasthi , Yulian Vanne , Alberto Castro , Piero Decleva Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM	O5.00005: The effect of position within a laser focus on strong-field ionization Jay Paquette , Jan Chaloupka Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM	O5.00006: Testing the Plane Wave Approximation in Electron-Molecule Scattering Zachary B. Walters , Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM	O5.00007: Correlated Electron Pairs and Recollision Excitation in Double Ionization Stan Haan , Zach Smith , John VanDyke Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM	O5.00008: Relativistic,$>$1MeV, photoelectrons from the single atom response of Ar and Xe to a 10$^{19}$W.cm$^{-2}$ laser field Isaac Ghebregziabher , Anthony D. Dichiara , Rob Sauer , Jane Waesche , Sasi Palaniyappan , Bruce Wen , Barry C. Walker Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM	O5.00009: Alignment-free Molecular Frame Tunneling Probabilities A. Staudte , H. Akagi , D. Pavicic , A. Shiner , F. Turner , R. Doerner , D.M. Villeneuve , M.Yu. Ivanov , P.B. Corkum Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM	O5.00010: Triple dissociative ionization of diatomic molecules in strong laser fields J. Wu , Chunlei Guo Preview Abstract

Session O6: Electron-Molecule Collisions

Chair: William McCurdy, University of California, Davis
Nittany Lion Inn - Boardroom II

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM	O6.00001: Probing the nonlocal resonance model of electron collisions with diatomic molecules Karel Houfek , Premysl Kolorenc , Michal Tarana , Thomas N. Rescigno , C. William McCurdy Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM	O6.00002: Multichannel quantum defect studies of e$^-$ + LiH$_2^+$ and e$^-$ + NO$_2^+$ Daniel Haxton , Chris Greene Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM	O6.00003: Two- and three-body breakup in dissociative electron attachment to water D.J. Haxton , T.N. Rescigno , C.W. McCurdy Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM	O6.00004: Elastic electron scattering from water John Muse , Helen Silva , Maria Cristina Lopes , Murtadha A. Khakoo Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM	O6.00005: Dissociative Electron Attachment of Water Molecules Ali Belkacem , Hidehito Adaniya , Timur Osipov , Thorsten Weber , Sun Y. Lee , Marcus Hertlein , Benedikt Rudek Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM	O6.00006: Theoretical description of dissociative recombination of HCO$^{+}$ Nicolas Douguet , Viatcheslav Kokoouline , Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM	O6.00007: Time-dependent quantum defect theory for dissociative recombination of diatomic molecules Samantha Santos , Viatcheslav Kokoouline , Chris Greene Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM	O6.00008: Resonant Dissociative Recombination of ArH$^+$ V. Ngassam , A.E. Orel Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM	O6.00009: Dissociative Electron Attachment to HCCCN S.T. Chourou , A.E. Orel Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM	O6.00010: Investigating asymmetries in the HD$^{+}$(1$s\sigma )$ branching ratio following electron impact at energies from threshold to 100 J.B. Williams , A.L. Landers , I. Ben-Itzhak , E. Wells Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM	O6.00011: Stokes Parameter Measurements of Fluorescence from N$_2$, N$_2^+$, and NI Resulting from Polarized-Electron Impact on N$_2$ T.J. Gay , J.W. Maseberg Preview Abstract