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2006 Ohio Section of the APS Spring Meeting

Friday–Saturday, March 31–April 1 2006; Detroit, Michigan

Session S1: Astronomy

Chair: Rene Bellwied
McGregor Center - BC

Friday, March 31, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM	S1.00001: Long Term Variations in the Obliquity of the Earth Gregory Newstadt , Amy Girkin , S.G. Alexander Preview Abstract
Friday, March 31, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM	S1.00002: Numerical simulations of gravitational singularities David Garfinkle Preview Abstract
Friday, March 31, 2006 4:54PM - 5:06PM	S1.00003: WMAP: A Radiological Analysis Pierre-Marie Robitaille Preview Abstract
Friday, March 31, 2006 5:06PM - 5:18PM	S1.00004: Collective Motion in Nuclear Collisions and Supernova Explosions T. Strother Preview Abstract
Friday, March 31, 2006 5:18PM - 5:30PM	S1.00005: A New Model Predicts Supernova Ia without Dark Energy Charles B. Leffert Preview Abstract

Session S3: Poster Session

McGregor Center - I

	S3.00001: Low-Energy Electron Diffraction Study of the Adsorption Geometry for Pb(111)-($\surd $3x$\surd $3)R30$^{o}$-K Christopher M. Lemon , F.M. Pan , Mellita Caragiu , Nicola Ferralis , Renee D. Diehl Preview Abstract
	S3.00002: Terahertz detection of angular momentum states in Rydberg atoms R.J.A. Murray , C. Rangan Preview Abstract
	S3.00003: Lifetime and Branching Fraction Measurements for PII Stephanie Torok , Lorenzo Curtis Preview Abstract
	S3.00004: Sizing melamine-formaldehyde microspheres using an electron microscope M. Garee , T.E. Sheridan Preview Abstract
	S3.00005: Effect of plasma density on properties of a small Debye cluster A. Herrick , T.E. Sheridan Preview Abstract
	S3.00006: Characterization of two-dimensional elliptical complex plasma K.D. Wells , T.E. Sheridan Preview Abstract
	S3.00007: Emergence of continuum behavior in a finite two-dimensional complex plasma T.E. Sheridan Preview Abstract
	S3.00008: Calculation of plasmon resonance shifts for dielectrically-coated proximate gold nanoparticles Darragh Rooney , C. Rangan , S. Mittler Preview Abstract
	S3.00009: Laser Assisted Study of Sessile Drop Morphology under Wind Conditions Yuri Sikorski , Ewen Chan Preview Abstract
	S3.00010: Modeling and fabrication of Ridge Waveguides and their comparison to Photonic Bandgap Structures Kathleen Beddow , Meron Tekeste , Senthil Rajagopal , Jan Yarrison-Rice Preview Abstract
	S3.00011: Interpolation Formulas for the Packing Fraction of Binary Hard Spheres Naoki Iwamoto , Hiroki Sawamaru Preview Abstract
	S3.00012: What happened at the Davis-Besse nuclear generating facility Gordon Aubrecht Preview Abstract
	S3.00013: America's Electricity Future Gordon Aubrecht Preview Abstract
	S3.00014: Space-charge limiting of a photoinjected electron pulse Eric Preston , Clinton Thompson Preview Abstract
	S3.00015: Entanglement enhanced performance of atomic clocks in the presence of environmental noise Andrew Jacobs , James Clemens Preview Abstract
	S3.00016: Revisited comparison of thermal instability theory with MARFE density limit experiment in TEXTOR. Frederick Kelly Preview Abstract

Session S4: Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and Astrophysics

Chair: Sean Gavin
McGregor Center - BC

Saturday, April 1, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	S4.00001: Elliptic flow of thermal photons in relativistic heavy ion collisions using hydrodynamics Evan Frodermann Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	S4.00002: Gluon saturation effects in relativistic U+U collisions Anthony Kuhlman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	S4.00003: Coincidence Electron-Deuteron Scattering at GeV Energies Sabine Jeschonnek Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	S4.00004: Full Reconstruction of Charged Hadrons Correlated With High $p_T$ $h^{\pm}$, $\pi^{+}, \pi^{-}, p$, and $\bar{p}$ from STAR Jason Ulery Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	S4.00005: Heavy Meson Reconstruction Using the STAR-SVT S. Lapointe Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	S4.00006: String Theoretic Toy Models of the Big Bang Jeremy Michelson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	S4.00007: Superunification at local high energy thresholds Joseph Towe Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	S4.00008: Small-x valence quark production in proton-nucleus collisions Javier Lopez Albacete , Yuri Kovchegov Preview Abstract

Session S5: Probing Novel Phenomena in Materials & Devices

Chair: Gavin Lawes
McGregor Center - FG

Saturday, April 1, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	S5.00001: Transmission and phase behavior of an open Aharonov-Bohm ring with a single quantum dot Eric Hedin , Yong Joe , Arkady Satanin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	S5.00002: Probing Low Magnetic Fields at the Micron Scale V. Batra Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	S5.00003: Diffusion of Trace Alkanes in Polyethylene: Spin-Echo Measurements and Monte-Carlo Simulations E. von Meerwall , H. Lin , W.L. Mattice Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	S5.00004: Cut Growth Patterns in Double Networks of a Natural Rubber Vulcanizate Crittenden Ohlemacher , Gary Hamed Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	S5.00005: Spin Polarization Measurements of Co$_{1-x}$ - Pt$_x$ Alloys by Point Contact Andreev Reflection Spectroscopy F.M. Muzummal Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	S5.00006: High Resolution Magnetic Field Measurements with Scanning Hall Probe Microscope G. Shamsutdinov Preview Abstract

Session S7: Phenomena and Applications in Atomic Physics

Chair: Boris Nadgorny
McGregor Center - FG

Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	S7.00001: VCSEL-based CPT atomic clock: Understanding the magic modulation index Michael Crescimanno , Irina Novikova , Yanhong Xiao , David Phillips , Ron Walsworth Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	S7.00002: Investigations of Positron Annihilation with Atoms and Molecules using PsARS W.E. Kauppila , J.J. Edwards , E.G. Miller , T.S. Stein , E. Surdutovich Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	S7.00003: Ionization Cross Sections for 10-25 keV Proton Impact on Helium J. Kang , G.S. Hodges , J.D. Thomas , T.J. Kvale , D.G. Seely Preview Abstract

Session S8: MiAAPT

Chair: TBD
McGregor Center - BC

Saturday, April 1, 2006 2:00PM - 2:15PM	S8.00001: Equilibrium, Nonequilibrium, and Steady States Ulrich Zurcher Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 1, 2006 2:15PM - 2:30PM	S8.00002: Formative assessment of Physics by Inquiry classes Gordon Aubrecht , Yuhfen Lin , Dedra Demaree Preview Abstract