APS - 2008 Annual Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics

Session GA: Quantum Phase Transitions in Atomic Nuclei and Other Finite Fermi Systems

Chair: Richard Casten, Yale University
- Simmons Ballroom 2-3

Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:30AM - 11:06AM	GA.00001: Emergence of regularities and symmetries from complex nuclei Invited Speaker: E.A. McCutchan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:06AM - 11:42AM	GA.00002: Probing Quantum Phase Changes in Nuclear Reactions Invited Speaker: Joseph Natowitz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:42AM - 12:18PM	GA.00003: Thermodynamic properties and phase transitions in dilute fermion matter Invited Speaker: Aurel Bulgac Preview Abstract

Session GB: Electromagnetic Interactions I

Chair: Dennis Skopik, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
- Room 208

Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:30AM - 10:42AM	GB.00001: Measuring the Anti-quark Flavor Asymmetry in the Nucleon Rusty Towell Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:42AM - 10:54AM	GB.00002: Exclusive $\pi^{-}$ Electro-production from the Neutron in the Resonance Region Jixie Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:54AM - 11:06AM	GB.00003: Hard Photo-disintegration of proton pairs in $^3$He Ishay Pomerantz , Eli Piasetzky , Ronald Gilman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM	GB.00004: Probing Cold Dense Nuclear Matter Douglas Higinbotham Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:18AM - 11:30AM	GB.00005: A measurement of the nuclear dependence of hadronization of neutral kaons Aji Daniel Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:30AM - 11:42AM	GB.00006: Impulse Approximation limitations to the $(e,e'p)$ reaction on $^{208}$Pb and $^{12}$C: extracting spectroscopic factors as a function of Q$^2$ Joaquin Lopez Herraiz , Juan Carlos Cornejo Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:42AM - 11:54AM	GB.00007: Impulse Approximation limitations to the $(e,e'p)$ reaction on $^{208}$Pb: identifying relativistic effects in the nuclear medium via A$_{TL}$ measurements Alexandre Camsonne , Juan Carlos Cornejo , Joaquin Lopez Herraiz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:54AM - 12:06PM	GB.00008: Impulse Approximation limitations to the $(e,e'p)$ reaction on $^{208}$Pb: identifying correlations in the nuclear medium Juan Carlos Cornejo , Joaquin Lopez Herraiz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 12:06PM - 12:18PM	GB.00009: Resluts of PrimEx Experiment Pawel Ambrozewicz Preview Abstract

Session GC: Mini-Symposium: Neutrino Properties and Nuclear Physics IV

Chair: Hamish Robertson, University of Washington
- Jewett Ballroom A-B

Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:30AM - 10:42AM	GC.00001: Sterile Neutrino Dark matter Chad Kishimoto , George Fuller Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:42AM - 10:54AM	GC.00002: Heavy Sterile Neutrinos, Primordial Nucleosynthesis, and the Evolution of the Early Universe Christel Smith , George Fuller , Chad Kishimoto , Alexander Kusenko , Kalliopi Petraki Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:54AM - 11:06AM	GC.00003: Search for Sterile Neutrinos at the SNS: OscSNS William Louis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM	GC.00004: Measuring Atmospheric Neutrinos at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Thomas Walker Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:18AM - 11:30AM	GC.00005: Neutrino Interactions in MiniBooNE Chris Polly Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:30AM - 11:42AM	GC.00006: Improved Description of Charged Current Pion Production in the MiniBooNE Detector Jaroslaw Nowak Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:42AM - 11:54AM	GC.00007: Status of the MiniBooNE Anti-neutrino Oscillation Analysis Zarko Pavlovic Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:54AM - 12:06PM	GC.00008: Pion LINAC as an Energy-Tagged Neutrino Source Terry Goldman , Richard Silbar Preview Abstract

Session GD: Mini-Symposium: Cold Nuclear Matter and Low-x Physics at RHIC

Chair: Jamie Nagle, University of Colorado
- Jewett Ballroom G-H

Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:30AM - 11:06AM	GD.00001: Physics of strong color fields at RHIC Invited Speaker: Dmitri Kharzeev Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM	GD.00002: Charmonium production and absorption in proton-nucleus collisions Carlos Lourenco , Ramona Vogt , Hermine Wohri Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:18AM - 11:30AM	GD.00003: Charmonium Cold Nuclear matter effects: Unraveling a unique signature of the QGP Loren Linden Levy Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:30AM - 11:42AM	GD.00004: $J/\psi$ Measurements in A+A Collisions at PHENIX Matthew Wysocki Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:42AM - 11:54AM	GD.00005: Transverse energy in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions with the PHENIX MPC Brett Fadem Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:54AM - 12:06PM	GD.00006: Are direct photons suppressed at high pT in relativistic heavy ion collisions? Gabor David Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 12:06PM - 12:18PM	GD.00007: Particle production at large Feynman-x in d-Au and p-p collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 200\,GeV Chris Perkins Preview Abstract

Session GE: Nuclear Structure: A>170

Chair: Con Beausang, Richmond University
- Simmons Ballroom 1

Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:30AM - 10:42AM	GE.00001: Prospects of Neutron Triggering of Isomer Decays Ian Thompson , Edward Hartouni , Mau Chen , Jutta Escher , Alex Loshak , Petr Navratil , Erich Ormand , Jason Pruet , Tzu Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:42AM - 10:54AM	GE.00002: Lifetime Measurement of the 2$^{+}_{1}$ state in $^{180}$Os M. Bunce , V. Werner , Z. Berant , R.J. Casperson , R.F. Casten , A. Heinz , G. Henning , M. Marshall , J. Qian , A. Schmidt , M. Smith , J.R. Terry , E. Williams , R. Winkler Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:54AM - 11:06AM	GE.00003: What can ($^{3}$He,d) tell us about the structure of $^{186,188}$Os A.A. Phillips , P.E. Garrett , G.A. Demand , P. Finlay , K.L. Green , K.G. Leach , M.A. Schumaker , C.E. Svensson , J. Wong , R. Hertenberger , T. Faestermann , R. Kr\"{u}cken , H.-F. Wirth , L. Bettermann , N. Braun , D.G. Burke Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM	GE.00004: In-Beam Spectroscopy of $^{215}$Ac R. Winkler , A. Heinz , J. Qian , J.R. Terry , R.J. Casperson , R.F. Casten , A. Schmidt , V. Werner , E. Williams , Z. Berant , M. Bunce , G. Henning Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:18AM - 11:30AM	GE.00005: Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence States in $^{239}$Pu Micah Johnson , D.P. McNabb , E.B. Norman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:30AM - 11:42AM	GE.00006: Decay Study of $^{257}$Rf J. Qian , A. Heinz , R. Winkler , R.V.F. Janssens , T.L. Khoo , D. Seweryniak , B.B. Back , M.P. Carpenter , A.A. Hecht , C.L. Jiang , F.G. Kondev , T. Lauritsen , C.J. Lister , D. Peterson , A. Robinson , G. Savard , X. Wang , S. Zhu , A.B. Gansworthy , M. Asai Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:42AM - 11:54AM	GE.00007: Nuclear Spin Cut-off Parameter Deduced from Average Level Spacing A.N. Behkami , Mehrdad Gholami Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:54AM - 12:06PM	GE.00008: Formation of a new state of nuclear matter in nuclear fission Genevieve Mouze , Sabet Hachem , Christian Ythier Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 12:06PM - 12:18PM	GE.00009: The concept of barrier in nuclear fission Genevieve Mouze , Christian Ythier Preview Abstract

Session GF: Electroweak Interactions

Chair: Robert Tribble, Texas A&M University
- Simmons Ballroom 4

Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:30AM - 10:42AM	GF.00001: Precision Determination of the Excitation Energy of the Long-Lived Isomer in the Superallowed Fermi Emitter $^{42}$Sc M. Sternberg , G. Savard , J. Clark , I. Tanihata , N. Scielzo , A.F. Levand , Y. Wang , H. Sharma , A. Hecht , A.C.C. Villari , J. Fallis , R. Segel , A. Heinz , V. Werner , J.R. Terry , E.A. McCutchan , H. Ai , B. Shoraka , E. Williams , R. Luttke , D. Frank , C.W. Beausang , P. Regen , K.S. Sharma Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:42AM - 10:54AM	GF.00002: Precise Half Life Measurement of $^{26}$Si V.E. Iacob , V. Golovko , J. Goodwin , J.C. Hardy , N. Nica , H.I. Park , L. Trache , R.E. Tribble Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:54AM - 11:06AM	GF.00003: Search for Oscillation of the Electron-Capture Decay Probability of $^{142}$Pm Paul Vetter , R.M. Clark , J. Dvorak , S.J. Freedman , K.E. Gregorich , H.B. Jeppesen , D. Mittelberger , M. Wiedeking Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM	GF.00004: Central Particle Tracking Detectors in the PEN Experiment Emil Frlez Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:18AM - 11:30AM	GF.00005: Waveform Analysis for a Precision Pion Decay Measurement Anthony Palladino Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:30AM - 11:42AM	GF.00006: Prospects for a High Sensitivity Lepton Flavor-Violating Search at Fermilab James Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:42AM - 11:54AM	GF.00007: Muon radiative decay and limits on non-(V-A) weak interaction Maxim Bychkov Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:54AM - 12:06PM	GF.00008: Future Prospects for a Muon g-2 Experiment David Hertzog , Chris Polly Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 12:06PM - 12:18PM	GF.00009: Isospin-symmetry-breaking corrections to superallowed Fermi beta decay Gerald A. Miller , Achim Schwenk Preview Abstract

Session GG: Mini-Symposium: 3D View of the Nucleon and Its Spin IV

Chair: Mark Jones, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
- Jewett Ballroom C

Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:30AM - 11:06AM	GG.00001: The neutron's negative central charge density: the inclusive-exclusive connection Invited Speaker: Gerald A. Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM	GG.00002: A New Measurement of the Proton Elastic Form Factor Ratio at Low $Q^2$ Xiaohui Zhan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:18AM - 11:30AM	GG.00003: Gluonic Pole Matrix Elements for Fragmentation Function and Universality Leonard Gamberg Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:30AM - 11:42AM	GG.00004: Double Spin Asymmetry for Exclusive $\pi ^{-}$ Electro-production from Deuterium Sharon Careccia Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:42AM - 11:54AM	GG.00005: Local Polarimetry for Proton Beams with the STAR Zero Degree Calorimeters David Grosnick Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:54AM - 12:06PM	GG.00006: A bottom-up strategy to extract generalized parton distributions from experiment Simonetta Liuti Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 12:06PM - 12:18PM	GG.00007: Hard Exclusive Processes on $^4$He Simonetta Liuti Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 12:18PM - 12:30PM	GG.00008: {\boldmath $\pi^o$} Electroproduction and Transversity Simonetta Liuti Preview Abstract

Session GH: Astrophysics: Modelling

Chair: Lee Bernstein, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Jewett Ballroom F

Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:30AM - 10:42AM	GH.00001: Molecular dynamics simulations of the crust of accreting neutron stars Charles Horowitz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:42AM - 10:54AM	GH.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:54AM - 11:06AM	GH.00003: Viscosity and r-mode damping in stars with quark matter Gautam Rupak , Prashanth Jaikumar , Andrew W. Steiner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM	GH.00004: Non-inertial effects in reactions of astrophysical interest Junting Huang , Carlos Bertulani , Plamen Krastev Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:18AM - 11:30AM	GH.00005: Detection of supernovae neutrinos with neutrino-iron scattering Arturo Samana , Carlos Bertulani Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:30AM - 11:42AM	GH.00006: Transport properties of nucleons Sergey Postnikov , Madappa Prakash Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:42AM - 11:54AM	GH.00007: Nuclear constraints on properties of rotating neutron stars Plamen Krastev , Aaron Worley , Bao-An Li Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:54AM - 12:06PM	GH.00008: Determining Entropy Generation in the Early Universe / Links to CMBR Spectra {\&} neutrino and relic graviton production issues Andrew Beckwith Preview Abstract

APS Meetings

2008 Annual Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics