Joint Spring 2012 Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS and AAPT and Zone 13 of the SPS
Volume 57, Number 2
Thursday–Saturday, March 22–24, 2012;
San Angelo, Texas
Session Index
Session C1: Contributed Oral Presentations: APS 1
Chair: Wayne Keith, McMurry University
Room: Houston Harte University Center UC 203
Friday, March 23, 2012
10:30AM - 10:42AM
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C1.00001: Comparing the Bruntz et al. (2012) viscous potential formula to the ionospheric cross-polar cap potential from two empirical formulas
Robert Bruntz, Cezanne Narcisse, Joseph Schinco, Kyle Van Zuiden, Ramon Lopez
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Friday, March 23, 2012
10:42AM - 10:54AM
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C1.00002: Small Telescope Exoplanet Transit Search (STExTS) Transit Candidates in the Open Cluster Dolidze-Dzimsevijli 9 (DD9)
Blaise DuFrain, Richard Olenick, Arthur Sweeney, Andrew Bechter, Eric Bechter
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Friday, March 23, 2012
10:54AM - 11:06AM
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C1.00003: The stability of the suggested planet in the $\nu $ Octantis system: a numerical and statistical study
Billy Quarles, Manfred Cuntz, Zdzislaw Musielak
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:06AM - 11:18AM
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C1.00004: Toward Two-dimensional Velocity Fields in Kiloparsec-scale Quasar Jets
David Hough, Gareth Jones
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:18AM - 11:30AM
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C1.00005: Photometric Search for Variables in DD9 with STExTS
Eric Bechter, Richard Olenick, Arthur Sweeney, Blaise DuFrain, Andrew Bechter
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:30AM - 11:42AM
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C1.00006: Automation of the Telescope in the Observatory at Texas State University-San Marcos
Cary Smith
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:42AM - 11:54AM
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C1.00007: Increasing Astronomical Photographic Resolution by Convolution Matrices
Gerard Nickel
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:54AM - 12:06PM
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C1.00008: Analysis of Beam Test Data from UTA GEM Prototype Chambers with One-Bit Digital Readout System
Danrae Pray
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Session C2: Contributed Oral Presentations: APS 2
Chair: Carlos Bertulani, Texas A&M University at Commerce
Room: Houston Harte University Center UC 201
Friday, March 23, 2012
10:30AM - 10:42AM
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C2.00001: Constraints on Low-Mass WIMP signals from CDMS
Kunj Prasad
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Friday, March 23, 2012
10:42AM - 10:54AM
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C2.00002: CDMS WIMP detector Fabrication Optimization
Andrew Jastram
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Friday, March 23, 2012
10:54AM - 11:06AM
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C2.00003: Characterization of GEM Digital Hadron Calorimeter with 13 bit KPiX Readout System Using Particle Beams
Safat Khaled
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:06AM - 11:18AM
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C2.00004: Study of systematic uncertainties for Higgs Boson Searches in $H\rightarrow \gamma \gamma$ and $H\rightarrow W^{+}W^{-} \rightarrow l^{+} \nu l^{-} \nu$ Final States in ATLAS
Hee Yeun Kim, Jaehoon Hu
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:18AM - 11:30AM
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C2.00005: Search for NMSSM Higgs production with the CMS detector
Aysen Tatarinov
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:30AM - 11:42AM
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C2.00006: Measurement of properties of the Z and W bosons from the ATLAS experiment
Last Feremenga, Jaehoon Yu
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:42AM - 11:54AM
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C2.00007: Current Progress in Fabrication of a 14 Tesla Nb$_{3}$Sn Dipole
Eddie Holik III, Christopher Benson, Kyle Damborsky, Nick Diaczenko, Tim Elliott, Ray Garrison, Andrew Jaisle, Alfred McInturff, Peter McIntyre, Dior Sattarov
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:54AM - 12:06PM
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C2.00008: Search for high-mass di-tau resonances in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=7 TeV
Indara Suarez
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Friday, March 23, 2012
12:06PM - 12:18PM
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C2.00009: Search for Supersymmetry
Angel Campoverde
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Session C3: Contributed Oral Presentations: AAPT 1
Chair: Eric Hagedorn, Universit of Texas at El Paso
Room: Houston Harte University Center UC 211
Friday, March 23, 2012
10:30AM - 10:42AM
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C3.00001: Report on THECB Decisions Regarding Physics Programs
Heather Galloway
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Friday, March 23, 2012
10:42AM - 10:54AM
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C3.00002: 10 years after SPIN-UP
Andrew Wallace
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Friday, March 23, 2012
10:54AM - 11:06AM
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C3.00003: Simulation Based Conceptual Tutorials for Introductory Physics
Paul Williams
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:06AM - 11:18AM
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C3.00004: Cognitive Advantages of Blending with Material Anchors in Energy Instruction
Hunter Close, Eleanor Close, Rachel Scherr, Sarah McKagan
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:18AM - 11:30AM
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C3.00005: Unequivocal Proof Supergirl is Faster Than Superman or The Flash: Inclusion of Women and Minorities in STEM Fields
Jim Sizemore
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:30AM - 11:42AM
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C3.00006: Engaging physics majors as partners in teaching: Learning Assistants in introductory physics
Eleanor Close, David Donnelly, Hunter Close
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Friday, March 23, 2012
11:42AM - 11:54AM
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C3.00007: Physics Public Engagement--Not Just for Kids Anymore!
Toni Sauncy
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