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May 19 2009 6:00PM, Tuesday

Session 1A Opening Reception Room: Newcomb Hall Ballroom

May 19 2009 7:00PM, Tuesday

Session 2A Introduction to the TeraGrid Room: Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room

May 19 2009 7:30PM, Tuesday

Session 2B TAMOC Business Meeting Room: Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room

May 20 2009 8:00AM, Wednesday

Session A1 DAMOP Prize Session Chair: Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona Room: Old Cabell Hall Auditorium
Invited Speakers:  Mikhail Lukin,  Gustav Gerber 

May 20 2009 10:30AM, Wednesday

Session B1 Magnetism in Ultracold Gases and Spinor Gases Chair: Daniel Goldbaum, University of Arizona Room: Chemistry Building 402
Invited Speakers:  Lucia Hackermueller,  Eugene Demler,  M. Vengalattore,  Fei Zhou 

Session B2 Focus Session: Slow Ion-Atom and Ion-Molecule Collisions Chair: Brett DePaola, Kansas State University Room: Gilmer Hall 130
Invited Speakers:  David Schultz,  P. Beiersdorfer 

Session B3 Matter Waves Chair: Michael G. Moore, Michigan State University Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Session B4 Polarized Atoms Chair: Tom Gentile, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Clark Hall 108

Session B5 Electron Collisions Chair: Timothy Gay, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Room: Clark Hall 107

Session B6 Focus Session: Vibrational and Rotational Coherence Chair: Albert Stolow, National Research Council Canada Room: Minor Hall 125
Invited Speakers:  George Gibson 

May 20 2009 2:00PM, Wednesday

Session C1 DAMOP Thesis Prize Chair: Alex Cronin, University of Arizona Room: Chemistry Building 402
Invited Speakers:  Javier von Stecher,  Andrew Ludlow,  Guthrie Partridge,  Thomas Corbitt 

Session C2 Permanent EDM Searches Chair: Z.T. Lu, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Gilmer Hall 130
Invited Speakers:  Thomas H. Loftus,  Brad Filippone 

Session C3 Quantum Information with Trapped Ions Chair: Boris Blinov, University of Washington Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Session C4 Photoionization and Photodetachment Processes I Chair: Norrah Berrah, Western Michigan University Room: Clark Hall 108

Session C5 Ion Collisions Chair: David Schultz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Clark Hall 107

Session C6 High Field Physics at Short Wavelengths Chair: Barry Walker, University of Delaware Room: Minor Hall 125
Invited Speakers:  A. Belkacem,  Jan Michael Rost,  Nina Rohringer 

May 20 2009 4:00PM, Wednesday

Session D1 "Physics"/Physical Review Referee Report Session Room: Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room

Session E1 Poster Session I (4:00 - 6:00 pm) Room: Newcomb Hall Ballroom

May 20 2009 5:00PM, Wednesday

Session F1 Women in DAMOP Reception

May 21 2009 8:00AM, Thursday

Session J1 Quantum Interferometry and Spin Squeezing Chair: Juha Javanainen, University of Connecticut Room: Chemistry Building 402

Session J2 Vector Potentials in Cold Gases Chair: Jay Vaishnav, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg Room: Gilmer Hall 130
Invited Speakers:  Christopher J. Foot,  Daniel Goldbaum,  Ian Spielman 

Session J3 Dynamics and Out of Equilibrium Phenomena in Cold Atoms Chair: Chandra Raman, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Session J4 Efimov States and other Many-Body Interactions Chair: Cheng Chin, University of Chicago Room: Clark Hall 108

Session J5 Undergraduate Session Chair: Wesley Walter, Denison University Room: Clark Hall 107
Invited Speakers:  Bert Copsey,  Melissa Revelle,  Cory D. Schillaci,  Dustin Ursrey 

Session J6 Focus Session: Exotic States in Rydberg Atoms Chair: Tom Killian, Rice University Room: Minor Hall 125
Invited Speakers:  James Shaffer,  Steven Rolston 

May 21 2009 10:30AM, Thursday

Session K1 Disorder in Ultracold Gases Chair: Klaus Moelmer, Aarhus University Room: Chemistry Hall 402
Invited Speakers:  Massimo Inguscio,  R.G. Hulet,  Walter Hofstetter 

Session K2 Focus Session: Collision-induced States in Molecules Chair: Paul Julienne, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Gilmer Hall 130
Invited Speakers:  E. Wells,  Lothar Schmidt 

Session K3 Optical Lattices I Chair: Kaden Hazzard, Cornell University Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Session K4 Atomic Spectroscopy Chair: Alex Godunov, Old Dominion University Room: Clark Hall 108

Session K5 Tests of Fundamental Symmetries Chair: Protik K. Majumder, Williams College Room: Clark Hall 107

Session K6 Focus Session: Ultrafast Probes Chair: C. Lewis Cocke, Kansas State University Room: Minor Hall 125
Invited Speakers:  Albert Stolow,  J. McKenna 

May 21 2009 2:00PM, Thursday

Session L1 Focus Session: AMO Realizations of Condensed Matter Systems Chair: Han Pu, Rice University Room: Chemistry Hall 402
Invited Speakers:  Sankar Das Sarma,  Brian DeMarco 

Session L2 Focus Session: Laser Frequency Combs and Applications Sponsor: GPMFC Chair: Jun Ye, JILA Room: Gilmer Hall 130
Invited Speakers:  Ronald Walsworth,  Kristan Corwin 

Session L3 Quantum Information Theory and New Implementations Sponsor: DAMOP GQI Chair: Marianna Safronova, University of Delaware Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Session L4 Cold Atoms and Molecules Chair: Charles Sukenik, Old Dominion University Room: Clark Hall 108

Session L5 Photoionization and Photodetachment Processes II Chair: Linda Young, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Clark Hall 107

Session L6 Strong-Field Physics at Relativistic Intensity Chair: Anthony DiChiara, Ohio State University Room: Minor Hall 125
Invited Speakers:  Barry Walker,  Michael Ware 

May 21 2009 4:00PM, Thursday

Session M1 Poster Session II (4:00 - 6:00 pm) Room: Newcomb Hall Ballroom

May 21 2009 5:00PM, Thursday

Session M2 PRA/PRL "Meet the Editors" Reception Room: Colonnade Club Garden

Session N1 CAMOS Town Hall Meeting Room: Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room

May 21 2009 7:30PM, Thursday

Session P1 Public Lecture: The Physics of NASCAR Chair: Louis Bloomfield, University of Virginia Room: Old Cabell Hall Auditorium
Invited Speakers:  Diandra Leslie-Pelecky 

May 22 2009 8:00AM, Friday

Session Q1 Ultracold Molecules I Chair: Nick Bigelow, University of Rochester Room: Chemistry Building 402
Invited Speakers:  Johannes Hecker Denschlag,  Matthias Weidemuller,  Kai Dieckmann 

Session Q2 Bose-Einstein Condensates Chair: J. Thywissen, University of Toronto Room: Gilmer Hall 130

Session Q3 Magnetometry Chair: David Phillips, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Session Q4 Collisions with Biomolecules Chair: Murtadha Khakoo, California State University, Fullerton Room: Clark Hall 108
Invited Speakers:  Carl Winstead,  Radmila Panajotovic,  Michael Brunger,  Mounir Laroussi 

Session Q5 Nonlinear Dynamics Chair: John Delos, College of William and Mary Room: Clark Hall 107

Session Q6 Ultra-Fast Probing of Molecular Wave Functions Chair: Tom Weinacht, SUNY Stony Brook Room: Minor Hall 125
Invited Speakers:  O. Smirnova,  Markus Guehr,  Wen Li 

May 22 2009 10:30AM, Friday

Session R1 Focus Session: Fermi Gases Chair: Randy Hulet, Rice University Room: Chemistry Building 402
Invited Speakers:  Kathryn Levin,  John Thomas 

Session R2 Rydberg Gases Chair: Georg Raithel, University of Michigan Room: Gilmer Hall 130
Invited Speakers:  F.B. Dunning,  Stephen Hogan,  H.B. van Linden van den Heuvell,  F. Robicheaux 

Session R3 EIT and Slow Light Chair: Deniz Yavuz, University of Wisconsin Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Session R4 Spectroscopy Techniques / MEMS Chair: Mishkatul Bhattacharya, University of Arizona Room: Clark Hall 108

Session R5 Feshbach Resonances Chair: Seth Aubin, College of William and Mary Room: Clark Hall 107

Session R6 Focus Session: Interactions Between Individual Atoms Chair: Thad Walker, University of Wisconsin Room: Minor Hall 209
Invited Speakers:  Mark Saffman 

May 22 2009 2:00PM, Friday

Session S1 Quantum Information with Matter and Light Chair: Mirko Lobino, University of Calgary Room: Chemistry Building 402
Invited Speakers:  Nicolas Gisin,  Jelena Vuckovic,  D. Matsukevich,  Alex Kuzmich 

Session S2 Focus Session: Spectroscopy of Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases Chair: Walter Hofstetter, University of Frankfurt Room: Gilmer Hall 130
Invited Speakers:  D. Jin,  Martin Zwierlein 

Session S3 Optical Lattices II Chair: Dominik Schneble, Stony Brook University Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Session S4 Laser Trapping and Cooling Chair: Kristian Corwin, Kansas State University Room: Clark Hall 108

Session S5 Short Pulse Processes Chair: Cornelis Uiterwaal, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Room: Clark Hall 107

Session S6 Molecular Dissociation Induced by Electron Collisions Chair: Chris Greene, University of Colorado Room: Minor Hall 125
Invited Speakers:  Mats Larsson,  Andreas Wolf,  Viatcheslav Kokoouline,  Daniel Haxton 

May 22 2009 4:00PM, Friday

Session T1 Poster Session III (4:00 - 6:00 pm) Room: Newcomb Hall Ballroom

May 22 2009 5:00PM, Friday

Session U1 DAMOP Business Meeting Room: Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room

May 22 2009 6:30PM, Friday

Session V1 Reception and Banquet

May 23 2009 8:00AM, Saturday

Session W1 Nanoscale Optomechanics Chair: Duncan O'Dell, McMaster University Room: Chemistry Building 402
Invited Speakers:  Jack Harris,  Garrett Cole,  Philipp Treutlein 

Session W2 Ultracold Collisions, Photoassociation, and Spectroscopy Chair: Michael Lim, Rowan University Room: Gilmer Hall 130

Session W3 Ultracold Atoms in Reduced Dimensions Chair: Stefan Baur, Cornell University Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Session W4 Breakthroughs in Molecular Physics Chair: Daniel Savin, Columbia University Room: Clark Hall 108
Invited Speakers:  Erik Winfree,  Brooks Pate,  Fleming Crim,  Michael McCarthy 

Session W5 Molecules in Strong Fields Chair: Bob Jones, University of Virginia Room: Clark Hall 107

Session W6 Focus Session: Quantum Measurements and Tomography Sponsor: GQI Chair: Olivier Pfister, University of Virginia Room: Minor Hall 125
Invited Speakers:  Christine Silberhorn,  Mirko Lobino 

May 23 2009 10:30AM, Saturday

Session X1 Hot Topics Chair: Lou DiMauro, The Ohio State University Room: Chemistry Building 402
Invited Speakers:  Olivier Pfister,  Herwig Ott,  John Martinis,  George D. Tsakiris 

Session X2 Focus Session: Ultracold Molecules II Chair: Kate Kirby, ITAMP, Harvard University Room: Gilmer Hall 130
Invited Speakers:  Paul Julienne,  Sebastiaan Y.T. van de Meerakker 

Session X3 Optical Lattices III Chair: Cass Sackett, University of Virginia Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Session X4 Precision Measurements Chair: Carol Tanner, University of Notre Dame Room: Clark Hall 108

Session X5 Atoms and QED Chair: Irina Novikova, College of William and Mary Room: Clark Hall 107

Session X6 Focus Session: Frontiers in Strong Field Physics at Long Wavelengths Chair: Chii-Dong Lin, Kansas State University Room: Minor Hall 125
Invited Speakers:  P. Agostini,  Arnaud Rouee 

May 23 2009 1:30PM, Saturday

Session Y1 Poster Session IV (1:30 - 3:30 pm) Room: Newcomb Hall Ballroom