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Session H1: Astroparticle Symposium IV: UHE Cosmic Rays -- Anistropy Studies

Chair: Miguel Mostafa, Colorado State University
Room: Green Center 211

Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:20AM - 11:32AM		H1.00001: Intrinsic anisotropy of the UHECR from the Pierre Auger Observatory Kasey Ackerman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:32AM - 11:44AM		H1.00002: Two Point Autocorrelation Analysis of Auger Highest Energy Events Backtracked in Galactic Magnetic Field Yevgeniy Petrov Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:44AM - 11:56AM		H1.00003: Search for Large-Scale Anisotropy of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays with HiRes Stereo Data Gordon Thomson, Peter Tinyakov, Hylke Koers Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:56AM - 12:08PM		H1.00004: Predictions of the small scale clustering properties of ultra-high energy cosmic rays Patrick Younk Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:08PM - 12:20PM		H1.00005: Search for coincidences with gamma-ray bursts in Pierre Auger Observatory data David Thomas Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:20PM - 12:32PM		H1.00006: Analysis Techniques used for Telescope Array Surface Detector Data Dmitri Ivanov, Benjamin Stokes, Gordon Thomson Preview Abstract

Session H2: Fluids & Capillary Phenomena

Chair: Bruce Doak, Arizona State University
Room: Green Center 215

Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:20AM - 11:32AM		H2.00001: RF Liquid Measurement Of Capillary Tubes Bashudev Poudyal, Brian Mazzeo, Karl Warnick Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:32AM - 11:44AM		H2.00002: Liquid ``Wires" for Microfluidics Nathan Kellis, Aaron Mazzeo, Brian Mazzeo Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:44AM - 11:56AM		H2.00003: Simulation of ion transport in the first vacuum stage of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer Steven Schmidt, Ross Spencer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:56AM - 12:08PM		H2.00004: Thermal Conductivity of Superfluid Helium in Porous Vycor Glass William Tiernan, Silvia Ionescu, Michael Ray, Robert Hallock Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:08PM - 12:20PM		H2.00005: Modeling Ion Flow in an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer using Navier-Stokes Equations Matthew Zachreson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:20PM - 12:32PM		H2.00006: An all optical method for lab-on-a-chip temperature measurements Adam Goering, Dan Adams, Jeff Squier, Charles Durfee, Kim Williams Preview Abstract

Session H3: Optical Techniques in Neutrino Physics

Chair: Christopher Sorenson, Kansas State University
Room: Green Center 249

Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:20AM - 11:32AM		H3.00001: Light Injection tests in P0D neutrino detector Timothy Walton Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:32AM - 11:44AM		H3.00002: Study of Charge Integration Electronics in Pi-Zero Detector of a Long-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment Rajarshi Das Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:44AM - 11:56AM		H3.00003: Searching for the Mass of the Neutrino (Spectroscopy of Ba+ ions in Liquid $^{136}$Xe) Kendy Hall, Cesar Benitez, Bill Fairbank Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:56AM - 12:08PM		H3.00004: Double beta decay daughter ion detection in a solid xenon matrix for EXO Brian Mong, Shon Cook, William Fairbank Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:08PM - 12:20PM		H3.00005: Application of Multiphoton Ionization of Liquid Xenon for Purity Measurements Julio Cesar Benitez Medina, Kendy Hall, William Fairbank Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:20PM - 12:32PM		H3.00006: Two-Dimensional Angular Scattering Instrument for Aerosol Characterization Matthew Berg, Steven Hill, Gorden Videen Preview Abstract

Session H4: Industrial Applications of Physics

Chair: Chuck Stone, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Green Center 263

Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:20AM - 11:44AM		H4.00001: Listening to the Earth with Gravity Meters Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:44AM - 11:56AM		H4.00002: Microwave-Assisted Magnetization Switching: Competition between Pumping and Damping Zihui Wang, Ke Sun, Wei Tong, Mingzhong Wu, Ming Liu, Nian X. Sun Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:56AM - 12:08PM		H4.00003: High Resolution Optical Scans of Pixelated Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes William Johnston, Robert Wilson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:08PM - 12:20PM		H4.00004: Flyin' Ions: Simulated and Physical Testing of a Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer Nicholas Morrill, Todd King, Stephanie Getty, Mary Li, Steven Feng, Nick Costen, Larry Hess, Vincent Holmes, Dan Stewart, Greg Hidrobo, Cle Hunt, Inge ten Kate, Steve Cagiano, Will Brinkerhoff, Danny Glavin, Paul Mahaffy Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:20PM - 12:32PM		H4.00005: Demonstration of a high average power table-top soft x-ray laser at 13.9 nm Dale Martz, David Alessi, Yong Wang, Brad Luther, Mark Berrill, Scott Domingue, David Kemp, Jorge Rocca Preview Abstract

Session H5: Black Holes and Spacetime Physics

Chair: Chad Middleton, Mesa State University
Room: Green Center 265

Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:20AM - 11:32AM		H5.00001: Clustering of Primordial Black Holes and the Evolution of Bound Systems James Chisholm Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:32AM - 11:44AM		H5.00002: Gravitational waves and the formation of accretion disks in the merger of black hole-neutron star binaries Michael Besselman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:44AM - 11:56AM		H5.00003: Harmonic (Lorenz) Gauge Perturbations of the Schwarzschild Metric Mark Berndtson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:56AM - 12:08PM		H5.00004: Vacuum Structure of Yang-Mills Theory in Curved Spacetime Samuel Collopy Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:08PM - 12:20PM		H5.00005: Numerical Methods for Solving the Einstein-Maxwell Equations in Symmetric Spacetimes Chris Verhaaren Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:20PM - 12:32PM		H5.00006: Anisotropic Evolution of $D$-Dimensional FRW Spacetime Chad Middleton Preview Abstract

Session H6: Solitons and Quantum Dynamics

Chair: Lincoln Carr, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Hill Hall 204

Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:20AM - 11:32AM		H6.00001: Soliton solutions to the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation Samuel Rivera Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:32AM - 11:44AM		H6.00002: Rotons and Slitons in a Magnetic Cactus: Dynamical Phyllotaxis Cristiano Nisoli, Nathaniel Gabor Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:44AM - 11:56AM		H6.00003: Observation of Chaotic Solitons in Magnetic Film-Based Feedback Rings Zihui Wang, Aaron Hagerstrom, Wei Tong, Mingzhong Wu, Richard Eykholt, Boris Kalinikos Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:56AM - 12:08PM		H6.00004: Non-strange chaotic attractors equivalent to their templates John Starrett Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:08PM - 12:20PM		H6.00005: Excitation of Chaotic Surface Spin Waves in Magnetic Film Feedback Rings through Three-Wave Processes Aaron Hagersrom, Mingzhong Wu, Richard Eykholt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:20PM - 12:32PM		H6.00006: Open Source TEBD: software for entangled quantum many-body dynamics Michael Wall, Lincoln Carr Preview Abstract

Session H7: Materials Physics II

Chair: Mark Riffle, Utah State University
Room: Hill Hall 202

Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:20AM - 11:32AM		H7.00001: Inhomogeneous Broadening in Perturbed Angular Correlation Spectroscopy Austin Bunker, Mike Adams, Jeffery Hodges, Tyler Park, Michael Stufflebeam, William Evenson, Phil Matheson, Matthew Zacate Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:32AM - 11:44AM		H7.00002: Finding probability distributions for electric field gradient components with inhomogeneous broadening in perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy Tyler Park, Mike Adams, Austin Bunker, Jeffery Hodges, Michael Stufflebeam, William Evenson, Phil Matheson, Matthew Zacate Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:44AM - 11:56AM		H7.00003: Defect Concentration Dependence of Inhomogeneous Broadening in PAC Spectroscopy Mike Adams, Austin Bunker, Jeffery Hodges, Tyler Park, Michael Stufflebeam, William Evenson, Phil Matheson, Matthew Zacate Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:56AM - 12:08PM		H7.00004: Role of Grain Boundaries in the Conductivity of Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films Felipe Rivera, Richard Vanfleet, Robert Davis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:08PM - 12:20PM		H7.00005: Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Laser Melting of Nanocrystalline Gold Zhibin Lin, Elodie Leveugle, Eduardo Bringa, Leonid Zhigilei Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:20PM - 12:32PM		H7.00006: Vibrational structure of the alkali metal surfaces R. Wilson, D.M. Riffe Preview Abstract

Session H8: Particles, Fields and Beams

Chair: John Cumalat, University of Colorado at Boulder
Room: Hill Hall 209

Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:20AM - 11:32AM		H8.00001: $\rho-\phi$ Relative Production Phase Using Dimuons Valeria Frisullo, John Cumalat Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:32AM - 11:44AM		H8.00002: A study of early data $B$-physics at CMS Brian R. Drell, Kevin Stenson, Keith A. Ulmer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:44AM - 11:56AM		H8.00003: Using Diamond Sensors to Track Charged Particles John Cumalat, Kevin Stenson, Stephen Wagner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:56AM - 12:08PM		H8.00004: Supersymmetry Simulation in the Large Hadron Collider Will Flanagan, Uriel Nauenberg, Shi-Lei Zang, Bernadette Heyburn Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:08PM - 12:20PM		H8.00005: Exclusive decays of $\chi_{bJ}$ and $\eta_b$ into two charmed mesons Emanuele Mereghetti, Regina Azevedo, Long Bingwei Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:20PM - 12:32PM		H8.00006: The Inert Dark Matter Ethan Dolle, Shufang Su Preview Abstract

Session H9: SPS: Graduate School/Career Panel

Chair: Kendra Rand, SPS National Office
Room: Green Center Petroleum Hall