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Session C1: Astroparticle Symposium II: UHE Cosmic Rays: Spectrum and Composition

Chair: Fred Sarazin, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Green Center 210N

Friday, October 23, 2009 3:40PM - 3:52PM		C1.00001: The HiRes Stereo Measurement of the UHECR Spectrum Douglas Bergman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 3:52PM - 4:04PM		C1.00002: Measurement of the Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum with the Pierre Auger Observatory Lawrence Wiencke Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:04PM - 4:16PM		C1.00003: Cosmic Ray Composition Studies with the High Resolution Fly's Eye John Belz Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:16PM - 4:28PM		C1.00004: Measurement of the Average Depth of Shower Maximum and its Fluctuations with the Pierre Auger Observatory Megan Longo Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:28PM - 4:40PM		C1.00005: Programs that Think. Programs that Love. Programs that Identify the Composition of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays. Michael Gussert Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:40PM - 4:52PM		C1.00006: Preliminary results from a new Auger fluorescence detector drum calibration light source Alexei Dorofeev, Jeffrey Brack, Robert Cope, Ben Gookin, John Harton, Jan Kempinger, Yevgeniy Petrov Preview Abstract

Session C2: Symposium on Soft Matter: Biophysics II

Chair: Robert Szoszkiewicz, Kansas State University
Room: Green Center 210S

Friday, October 23, 2009 3:40PM - 3:52PM		C2.00001: Vibrating virus capsids and interactions with short light pulses -- picking up good vibrations Otto Sankey, Daryn Benson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 3:52PM - 4:04PM		C2.00002: Broadband Liquid Dielectric Spectrometer Satyan Chandra, Jesus Arellano, Brian Mazzeo Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:04PM - 4:16PM		C2.00003: Image Processing Diagnostics: Emphysema Alex McKenzie Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:16PM - 4:28PM		C2.00004: Three-Pulse Photon Echo Peak Shift (3PEPS) as a probe of conformational distribution in heme protein folding Zhaochuan Shen, Emily Gibson, Ralph Jimenez Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:28PM - 4:40PM		C2.00005: Thrombin flux and wall shear rate regulate fibrin fiber deposition state during polymerization under flow Damian Illing, Keith Neeves Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:40PM - 4:52PM		C2.00006: Characterization of Manufactured Binding Sites in BPTI Using Laser Polarized $^{129}$Xe Zayd Ma, Geoff Schrank, Brian Saam, David Goldenberg Preview Abstract

Session C3: Symposium on Advanced Optical Measurements II: Ultrafast Techniques

Chair: Todd Ruskell, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Green Center Metals Hall

Friday, October 23, 2009 3:40PM - 3:52PM		C3.00001: Optical 2D Fourier-transform spectra of GaAs quantum wells Alan Bristow, Denis Karaiskaj, Xingcan Dai, Steven Cundiff, Lijun Yang, Shaul Mukamel, Richard Mirin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 3:52PM - 4:04PM		C3.00002: Coherent excitonic resonances of natural quantum dots studied with optical 2D Fourier transform spectroscopy Galan Moody, Alan Bristow, Mark Siemens, Xingcan Dai, Denis Karaiskaj, Steven Cundiff Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:04PM - 4:16PM		C3.00003: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Cross Polarized Wave Generation Daniel Adams, Jeff Squier, Charles Durfee Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:16PM - 4:28PM		C3.00004: Complete vector characterization of tightly focused electric fields via nonlinear scattering by nanospheres David Kupka, Randy Bartels Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:28PM - 4:40PM		C3.00005: Novel technique for uniform-field transverse electroreflectance using a mode-locked laser and oscillating field Haipeng Zhang, Jared Wahlstrand, Steven Cundiff Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:40PM - 4:52PM		C3.00006: Quasi-ballistic thermal transport from a nanoscale hotspot observed using ultrafast coherent extreme ultraviolet beams Qing Li, Mark Siemens, Ronggui Yang, Keith Nelson, Erik Anderson, Margaret Murnane, Henry Kapteyn Preview Abstract

Session C4: Spintronics and Quantum Computing

Chair: Mark Coffey, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Green Center 211

Friday, October 23, 2009 3:40PM - 4:04PM		C4.00001: Observing coherent spin motion with electrical currents Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:04PM - 4:16PM		C4.00002: Spin incoherence of donor electrons near c-Si(111)/SiO2 interface defects Seoyoung Paik, Sang -Yun Lee, William J. Baker, Dane R. McCamey, Christoph Boehme Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:16PM - 4:28PM		C4.00003: Enhanced estimation of quantum evolution parameters with entangled states David Collins, Mike Frey Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:28PM - 4:40PM		C4.00004: Fidelity of Arbitrary Single-Qubit Gates Nathan Steiger, Peter Pemberton-Ross Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:40PM - 4:52PM		C4.00005: Consensus and Frustration in the Heisenberg Model Wesley Krueger, Manuel Berrondo Preview Abstract

Session C5: Planetary Science

Chair: Bradley Carroll, Weber State University
Room: Green Center 215

Friday, October 23, 2009 3:40PM - 3:52PM		C5.00001: An Investigation of Polar Mesospheric Clouds Using Satellite and Ground-based Measurements Jaimy Tomlinson, Michael Taylor, Matthew Deland, Mark Zalcik Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 3:52PM - 4:04PM		C5.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:04PM - 4:16PM		C5.00003: Exoplanet's Atmospheres Characteristics vs. Exoplanet's Orbital Elements Karan Molaverdikhani Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:16PM - 4:28PM		C5.00004: Methane Imaging Search for Planetary Mass Objects in Rho Ophiuchi Sherene Higley, Karl E. Haisch Jr., Mary Barsony, Chris Tinney Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:28PM - 4:40PM		C5.00005: Can a Planetary System Survive a Host Star Supernova Explosion? Alexander Panin, Justin Giovannoni Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:40PM - 4:52PM		C5.00006: The Elasticity of (Fe,Ni) Alloys Owen Boberg, Boris Kiefer Preview Abstract

Session C6: BEC and Atom Interferometry

Chair: Dmitry Solenov, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: gre 249

Friday, October 23, 2009 3:40PM - 3:52PM		C6.00001: Spatial Dependence of Entropy in Trapped Ultracold Bose Gases Lincoln D. Carr, Markus K. Oberthaler Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 3:52PM - 4:04PM		C6.00002: Nonlinear Scattering of BECs on a Finite Barrier Rachel R. Miller, Lincoln D. Carr Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:04PM - 4:16PM		C6.00003: p-Wave Resonant Bose Gas: A Finite-Momentum Spinor Superfluid Sungsoo Choi, Leo Radzihovsky Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:16PM - 4:28PM		C6.00004: Calculation of Feshbach Resonances with Rb-85 Atoms Using Realistic Potentials to Constrain Separable Potentials Walter Unglaub, J.A. McNeil Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:28PM - 4:40PM		C6.00005: A Slow Ion Strontium Interferometer Christopher Erickson, Dallin Durfee Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:40PM - 4:52PM		C6.00006: Optical Feshbach Resonances in Alkaline Earth Atoms T.L. Nicholson, S. Blatt, G.K. Campbell, B.J. Bloom, J.W. Thomsen, J. Ye Preview Abstract

Session C7: Symposium on Renewable Energy -- PV

Chair: Joe Beach, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Green Center 263

Friday, October 23, 2009 3:40PM - 3:52PM		C7.00001: Single Molecule Lifetime Studies of Small Clusters of Semiconductor Nanocrystals Douglas Shepherd, Kevin Whitcomb, Peter Goodwin, Martin Gelfand, Alan Van Orden Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 3:52PM - 4:04PM		C7.00002: Surface Modification of Zinc Oxide Nanorods Darick Baker, Christian Weigand, Jamie Adamson, Cary Allen, Matt Bergren, Dana Olson, Cecile Ladam, David Ginley, Reuben Collins, Thomas Furtak Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:04PM - 4:16PM		C7.00003: Studying the Nanostructure of Hydrogenated Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Films K.G. Kiriluk, D.L. Williamson, P.C. Taylor, B. Yan, J. Yang, S. Guha Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:16PM - 4:28PM		C7.00004: Growth of Tin Seeded Silicon Nanowires (SiNWs) Using Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Somilkumar Rathi, Joseph Beach, Jeremy Fields, Bhavin Jariwala, Sumit Agarwal, Reuben Collins, Pauls Stradins Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:28PM - 4:40PM		C7.00005: Electron Reflector to Enhance Photovoltaic Efficiency: Application to Thin-Film CdTe Kuo-Jui Hsiao Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:40PM - 4:52PM		C7.00006: Interference Lithography for Vertical Photovoltaics Amy Balls, Lei Pei, Joshua Kvavle, Andrew Sieler, Stephen Schultz, Matthew Linford, Richard Vanfleet, Robert Davis Preview Abstract

Session C8: Symposium on Physics Education I: PER and Educational Transformations

Chair: H. Vince Kuo, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Green Center 265

Friday, October 23, 2009 3:40PM - 4:04PM		C8.00001: What does it mean to learn physics? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:04PM - 4:16PM		C8.00002: Sustaining Educational Transformation in a Physics Department (part 1 of 2) Noah Finkelstein, Steven Pollock Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:16PM - 4:28PM		C8.00003: Scaling Educational Transformation in a Physics Department (part 2 of 2) Steven Pollock, Noah Finkelstein, Paul Beale, Stephanie Chasteen, Michael Dubson, Steven Goldhaber, Katherine Perkins, Chandra Turpen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:28PM - 4:40PM		C8.00004: Enriched Curriculum for Energy Education Ruwang Sung Preview Abstract
Friday, October 23, 2009 4:40PM - 4:52PM		C8.00005: Using a Non-Equivalent Groups Quasi Experimental Design to Reduce Internal Validity Threats to Claims Made by Math and Science K-12 Teacher Recruitment Programs Laura Moin Preview Abstract