APS - 2005 Ohio Sections of the APS and AAPT Joint Fall Meeting

Chair: Paul Hambourger
Cleveland State University - 3

Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM	D1.00001: A Segmented Aerogel Cherenkov Detector for the HKS Spectrometer Pavlo Baturin , Joerg Reinhold Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM	D1.00002: Micro-characterization of diamond like carbon thin films on glass Jeremy McMinis , Rene Crombez , Eva Montalvo , Weidian Shen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM	D1.00003: Electrical conductivity measurements of sputter-deposited Scandium Nitride thin films. Mark Little , Andrew Moore , Matt Koepke Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:06AM - 10:18AM	D1.00004: Optical Analysis of Thin Films for Photovoltaics Technology: Spectroscopic Ellipsometry of Multi-Layer Transparent Conducting Oxide Films Kevin Wells Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:18AM - 10:30AM	D1.00005: Thermally Stable Schottky Contacts on n-type GaN using ZrB${_2}$ Tom Oder , Pamela Martin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:30AM - 10:42AM	D1.00006: $^{181}$\textit{Ta-}PAC Experiments with Zircon: The Case of the Lost Anisotropy Herbert Jaeger , Sean McBride Preview Abstract

Chair: Michael Crescimanno
Cleveland State University - 1

Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM	D2.00001: Theory of the band offset at the Si(100)-SiO$_2$ interface Blair Tuttle Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM	D2.00002: Band Structure of Helical Carbon Nanotubes Gian Guzman-Verri , Lok Lew Van Yoon Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM	D2.00003: Hidden symmetry and spin-splitting effects of electron dispersion in narrow-band semiconductor films. Leonid Isaev , Yong Joe , Arkady Satanin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:06AM - 10:18AM	D2.00004: Fano Resonance in Photonic Crystals and Quantum Mechanics Solomon Duki , Francesc Ferrer , H. Mathur Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:18AM - 10:30AM	D2.00005: Cubic is not Isotropic! John Platig , Lok Lew Yan Voon Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:30AM - 10:42AM	D2.00006: A Theoretical perspective on N-resonance spectroscopy Michael Crescimanno , Michael Hohensee , David Phillips , Irina Novikova , Ronald Walsworth Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:42AM - 10:54AM	D2.00007: Interlevel optical properties of quantum dots: some unexpected problems and their solutions Victor Bondarenko Preview Abstract

Chair: Elizabeth Mann
Cleveland State University - 11

Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM	D3.00001: Deuteron NMR Study of the Isotropic-Smectic A transition in Liquid-Crystal-Aerosil Dispersions Vishal Pandya , Daniele Finotello Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM	D3.00002: Langmuir Layers of Bent-Core Liquid Crystals Ji Wang , Lu Zou , Antal J\'{a}kli , Wolfgang Weissflog , Elizabeth Mann Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM	D3.00003: Hole dynamics in polymer Langmuir films Lu Zou , Elizabeth K. Mann , James C. Alexander , J. Adin Mann Jr. , Andrew J. Bernoff Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:06AM - 10:18AM	D3.00004: Diffusion of biomolecules in nanoporous glasses Gregory Zimmerli , Marius Asipauskas , Katrina Schweiker , Nicole Compitello , David Fischer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:18AM - 10:30AM	D3.00005: Dynamics of Polyethylene Melts, Studied by Monte-Carlo Methods E. von Meerwall , H. Lin , W.L. Mattice Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:30AM - 10:42AM	D3.00006: Zero-crossing Pattern and Scaling of Background Brain Dynamics and Alpha Rhythm Asif Sharif , DerChyan Lin , Hon Kwan Preview Abstract

Chair: James Lock
Cleveland State University - Auditorium

Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM	D4.00001: Building a College or School Observatory Roger Knacke , Darren Williams , Jionathan Hall Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM	D4.00002: Writing in physics: what we know and where we're going Dedra Demaree , Catherine Gubernatis , Gordon Aubrecht , Lars Schweidenback , Scott Franklin , Lisa Hermsen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM	D4.00003: Elementary laboratory for determination of the Faraday rotation in Rubidium-85 vapor Brian Hamilton , Brandon Latronica , Michael Crescimanno Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:06AM - 10:18AM	D4.00004: The appearance, apparent speed, and removal of optical effects for relativistically moving objects R.J. Deissler Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:18AM - 10:30AM	D4.00005: Assessment of using in-class polling system in lectures Pengfei Li , Neville Reay , Lei Bao Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:30AM - 10:42AM	D4.00006: Orbiting in Electromagnetic Scattering by a Luneburg Lens James Lock Preview Abstract

Chair: Mark Taylor
Cleveland State University - 3

Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:00AM - 11:12AM	D5.00001: Solvation potentials for polymer chains in solution Mark Taylor Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:12AM - 11:24AM	D5.00002: Monte Carlo Study of Reversible Polymer Brushes Chun-Chung Chen , Elena E. Dormidontova Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:24AM - 11:36AM	D5.00003: Monte Carlo Simulation of Reversibly Associated Network Shihu Wang , Chun-Chung Chen , Elena E. Dormidontova Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:36AM - 11:48AM	D5.00004: On the range of interlayer interactions in smectic-C liquid crystals Mehdi Bagheri-Hamaneh , Philip Taylor Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:48AM - 12:00PM	D5.00005: Phylogenetic methods for computationally correlating genotypes and phenotypes Farhat Habib , Daniel Janies , Ralf Bundschuh Preview Abstract

Chair: Jacqueline Vitali
Cleveland State University - 1

Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:00AM - 11:12AM	D6.00001: Specific Examples of Negative Mass Edmond Miksch Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:12AM - 11:24AM	D6.00002: Introducing the Unified Physical Field Theory N. Glenn Gratke Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:24AM - 11:36AM	D6.00003: Complexity in Quantum Field Theory and physics beyond the Standard Model Ervin Goldfain Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:36AM - 11:48AM	D6.00004: From Complexity to Quantum Mechanics: Nonlinearities Underlying Quantum Mechanics Wm. C. McHarris Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:48AM - 12:00PM	D6.00005: Matrix Models, String Theory, Field Theory, ... and the Big Bang? Jeremy Michelson Preview Abstract

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