Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2006 Four Corners Section of the APS Fall Meeting

Friday–Saturday, October 6–7, 2006; Logan, Utah

Session Index

Session B1: Computational Physics Symposium

Chair: Eric Held, Utah State University
Room: Eccles Conference Center Room 216

Friday, October 6, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		B1.00001: Computational Approaches to Viral Evolution and Rational Vaccine Design Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:06AM - 11:42AM		B1.00002: Recent discoveries from massive computation in beam physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:42AM - 12:18PM		B1.00003: Simulating Biological Cells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B2: Lasers, Optics, and Spectroscopy

Chair: William E. Evenson, Utah Valley State College
Room: Eccles Conference Center Room 205/207

Friday, October 6, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B2.00001: Development of a kHz-repetition rate TW ultrafast amplifier Charles Durfee, Thomas Planchon, Sudipta Bera, Jeff Field, Daniel Adams, Colby Childress, Jeff Squier Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B2.00002: Direct Observation of Laser Filamentation in High-Order Harmonic Generation Gavin Giraud, John Painter, Nicole Brimhall, Mark Adams, Nathan Powers, Eric Christiansen, Matt Turner, Michael Ware, Justin Peatross Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B2.00003: The Application of High-Order Harmonics to Extreme Ultraviolet Polarimetry Nicole Brimhall, John Painter, Matthew Turner, R. Steven Turley, Michael Ware, Justin Peatross Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B2.00004: Advantages of a Grazing Incidence Monochromator in the Extreme Ultraviolet Sarah Barton, R. Steven Turley Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B2.00005: Oxidation Effects on the Optical Constants of Heavy Metals Amy Grigg, Steve Turley Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B2.00006: From Whence Come the Electrons Jonathan Abbott, J.R. Dennison, Jason Kite, R.C. Hoffmann, Rob Davies Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B2.00007: The Emission Angle and Incident Energy Dependence of the Boundary between Secondary and Backscattered Electrons J.R. Dennison, Jason Kite Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B2.00008: Measuring Auger Signatures Using a Rotatable, High-Resolution Retarding Field Analyzer Faraday Cup Detector Jason Kite, J.R. Dennison Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B2.00009: Optimized controller design for an ECDL locked to at optical cavity James Archibald, Brian Neyenhuis, Matthew Washburn, W. Sam Weyerman, Sean Warnick, Dallin Durfee Preview Abstract

Session B3: Condensed Matter Structure and Spin

Chair: Dieter Hochheimer, Colorado State University
Room: Eccles Conference Center Room 201/203

Friday, October 6, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B3.00001: Domain Growth Law Violations in a Compressible 2D Ising Model Matthew Wright Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B3.00002: Magnetic Transitions In UCuSn Karunakar Kothapalli, Sami El-Khatib, Farzana Nasreen, Ian Swainsson, Anna Llobet, Heinz Nakotte Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B3.00003: Muon spin resonance study on UCu$_{1.5}$Sn$_{2}$ Sami El-Khatib, G. Michael Kalvius, D.R. Noakes, E.J. Ansaldo, C.E. Stronach, E. Br\"uck, A. Llobet, H. Nakotte Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B3.00004: High-pressure Raman studies of both hcp phases of Ba. Helmut Olijnyk, Satoshi Nakano, Kenichi Takemura Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B3.00005: Phase diagram of Ti metal at high pressure Yahya Al Khatatbeh, Kanani Lee, Boris Kiefer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B3.00006: Temperature dependence of absorption and emission spectra of Ba in solid Ar Brian Mong Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B3.00007: Experimental evidence for the existence of eigenvalues of the time evolution operator governing the behavior of nuclear spins in solids Steven Morgan, Brian Saam Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B3.00008: Propagator Methods in Spintronics applied to the Rashba Hamiltonian Bailey Hsu, Jean-Francois Van Huele Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B3.00009: Obtaining an EELS Fingerprint for the Phases of Aluminum Oxide Michael Tanner, David Cullen, Richard Vanfleet Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B3.00010: Microstructural Constitutive Theory: Statistical Particulate Mechanics Michael Webb Preview Abstract

Session B4: Astrophysics

Chair: Tom Tierney, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Eccles Conference Center Room 305

Friday, October 6, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B4.00001: Laboratory Nuclear Astrophysics or The universe as seen from underground. John E. Ellsworth, Steven E. Jones, Shannon Walch, Matthew R. Nerdin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B4.00002: Low energy accelerator for studying laboratory nuclear astrophysics. Matthew R. Nerdin, John E. Ellsworth, Steven E. Jones Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B4.00003: Photoevaporation of Clustered Minihalos by Primordial Stars Joseph Smidt, Dan Whalen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B4.00004: Phase-space distribution of unbound dark matter near the Sun Moqbil Alenazi, Paolo Gondolo Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B4.00005: Characterizing lasers for cosmic ray ``test beams" at the Pierre Auger Observatory Shoji Komatsu, Lawrence Wiencke, Miguel Mostafa Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B4.00006: Surveying the TeV Sky with Milagro Gary Walker Preview Abstract
Friday, October 6, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B4.00007: Monocular spectrum and the search for exotic events in the ultra high energy cosmic ray data of HiRes (The High Resolution Fly's Eye). Douglas Rodriguez Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2006 Four Corners Section of the APS Fall Meeting

Friday–Saturday, October 6–7, 2006; Logan, Utah

Session Index

Session B1: Computational Physics Symposium

Session B2: Lasers, Optics, and Spectroscopy

Session B3: Condensed Matter Structure and Spin

Session B4: Astrophysics

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