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Session K1: Astroparticle Symposium V: UHE Cosmic Rays - Auger North and Exotics

Chair: Gordon Thomson, University of Utah
Room: Green Center 211

Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:50PM - 2:14PM		K1.00001: The Northern Site of the Pierre Auger Observatory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:14PM - 2:26PM		K1.00002: Development of Atmospheric Monitoring System for Auger North John Claus, Clint Allen, Adam Botts, Bryce Carande, Mike Calhoun, Lucas Emmert, Levi Hamilton, T.J. Heid, John Koop, Sarah Morgan, Shay Robinson, John Sherman, Lawrence Wiencke Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:26PM - 2:38PM		K1.00003: Identification of clear atmospheric conditions in a search for exotic candidates at the Pierre Auger Observatory David Starbuck Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:38PM - 2:50PM		K1.00004: Measuring the speed resolution of extensive air showers at the Southern Pierre Auger Observatory Kathleen Gesterling, Fred Sarazin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:50PM - 3:02PM		K1.00005: Using Bayesian Inference to Determine Upper Limits on Exotic Cosmic Ray Composition Fractions David Schuster Preview Abstract

Session K2: Alloys

Chair: Gus Hart, Brigham Young University
Room: Green Center 215

Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:50PM - 2:02PM		K2.00001: New potential structure for jewelry application. Does it exist in Pt-Mo, Pt-Hf, or other systems? Erin Gilmartin, Jacqueline Corbitt, Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:02PM - 2:14PM		K2.00002: Crystal structure of UNi$_{0.5}$Sb$_{2}$ Karunakar Kothapalli, Milton Torikachvili, Heinz Nakotte Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:14PM - 2:26PM		K2.00003: Thermal and electrical transport properties of UCu$_{4+x}$Al$_{8-x}$ Farzana Nasreen, Milton Torikachvilli, Karunakar Kothapalli, Vivien Zapf, Heinz Nakotte Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:26PM - 2:38PM		K2.00004: Platinum-Palladium Crystal Structures Weston Pratt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:38PM - 2:50PM		K2.00005: New structures in Pd-rich ordered alloys Jacqueline Corbitt, Erin Gilmartin, Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:50PM - 3:02PM		K2.00006: Thermodynamically stable superstructures in binary alloys Lance Nelson Preview Abstract

Session K3: Laser Science

Chair: Alan Bristow, University of Colorado at Boulder
Room: Green Center 249

Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:50PM - 2:02PM		K3.00001: Tunable Mid-Infrared Source based on Difference-Frequency Mixing of Soliton-Shifted Pulses David Winters, Philip Schlup, Randy Bartels Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:02PM - 2:14PM		K3.00002: Demonstration of an all-diode-pumped soft x-ray laser Federico Furch, Brendan Reagan, Bradley Luther, Alden Curtis, Shaun Meehan, Jorge Rocca Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:14PM - 2:26PM		K3.00003: Soft x-ray interferometry study of radiation cooling and jet collimation in dense laboratory plasmas Duncan Ryan, Michael Purvis, Jonathan Grava, Jorge Filevich, Jorge Rocca Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:26PM - 2:38PM		K3.00004: Talbot nano-patterning with a table-top soft X-ray laser Lukasz Urbanski, Przemyslaw Wachulak, Artak Isoyan, Fan Jian, Yang-Chun Cheng, Jorge Rocca, Carmen Menoni, Franco Cerrina, Mario Marconi Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:38PM - 2:50PM		K3.00005: Cavity ring-down spectroscopy in the ultraviolet region using calcium fluoride prism retroreflectors Brian Lee, Azer Yalin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:50PM - 3:02PM		K3.00006: Precise Characterization of a Laser Current Driver Daylin Troxel Preview Abstract

Session K4: Thin Films and Surfaces

Chair: Mark Siemens, JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder
Room: Green Center 263

Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:50PM - 2:02PM		K4.00001: Reconstruction of many-body excitation configurations via nonlinear absorption in semiconductor quantum wells Ryan P. Smith, Andrew Funk, Hanno Steiner, Jared K. Wahlstrand, Martin Schaefer, Mackillo Kira, Stephan Koch, Steven Cundiff Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:02PM - 2:14PM		K4.00002: Ge$_{0.98}$Sn$_{0.02}$/Si $p-i-n$ Heterostructure Photodiodes for Telecommunications Applications Jay Mathews, Jose Menendez, Shui-Qing Yu, Radek Roucka, Junqi Xie, John Kouvetakis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:14PM - 2:26PM		K4.00003: Hybrid plasmon/dielectric waveguide for integrated silicon-on-insulator optical elements Jonathan Banks, David Flammer, Charles Durfee, Tom Furtak, Reuben Collins, Russell Hollingsworth Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:26PM - 2:38PM		K4.00004: Binding of N$_{2}$, O$_{2}$, CO and H$_{2}$O$_{2}$ on graphene in the presence of Co Shyam Kattel, Boris Kiefer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:38PM - 2:50PM		K4.00005: New Lowest Energy Graphene Allotropes Utilizing 8 Membered Defect Rings David Appelhans, Mark Lusk Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:50PM - 3:02PM		K4.00006: Spin Dynamics for Wavepackets in Monolayer Graphene and Rashba systems Bailey Hsu, Jean-Francois Van Huele Preview Abstract

Session K5: Theoretical Particle Physics

Chair: Bruce Barrett, University of Arizona
Room: Green Center 265

Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:50PM - 2:02PM		K5.00001: Universal Long-time Relaxation Behavior of a Nuclear Spin Lattice Eric Sorte, Brian Saam Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:02PM - 2:14PM		K5.00002: Lattice Computation of Nucleon Strangeness Walter Freeman, Douglas Toussaint Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:14PM - 2:26PM		K5.00003: Angular Momentum Decomposition in QED and QCD Hikmat B.C., Matthias Burkardt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:26PM - 2:38PM		K5.00004: Mirror Symmetry: FJRW-rings and Landau-Ginzburg Orbifolds Pedro Acosta Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:38PM - 2:50PM		K5.00005: Some Pins for Cosmic Ladder - New Correlations on Hubble Diagram Karan Molaverdikhani Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:50PM - 3:02PM		K5.00006: Influence of spin on the fragment Anisotropies A.N. Behkami, M. Ghodsi Preview Abstract

Session K6: Carbon Nanotubes

Chair: Thomas Furtak, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Hill Hall 204

Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:50PM - 2:02PM		K6.00001: Explaining the Purification of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by 248 nanometer UV Light Abram Van Der Geest, Katherine Hurst, John Lehman, Mark Lusk Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:02PM - 2:14PM		K6.00002: Using Carbon Nanotubes for Nanometer-Scale Energy Transfer Microscopy Jessica Johnston, Eyal Shafran, Ben Mangum, Chun Mu, Jordan Gerton Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:14PM - 2:26PM		K6.00003: Controlled Placement of Carbon Nanotubes using Massively Parallel Indirect Dielectrophoresis Brian Davis, Hiram Conley, David Jones, Caleb Hustedt, Lawrence Barrett, Dean R. Wheeler, Matthew R. Linford, Adam T. Wooley, John N. Harb, Robert C. Davis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:26PM - 2:38PM		K6.00004: Strength and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Templated Materials Taylor Wood, Robert Davis, Richard Vanfleet, Jun Song Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:38PM - 2:50PM		K6.00005: Analysis of Silicon Carbide Coated Carbon Nanotubes Adam Konneker, Jun Song, Ricky Wyman, Richard Vanfleet, David Allred, Robert Davis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:50PM - 3:02PM		K6.00006: Structural Optimization of CNTs for MEMS Devices Steven Noyce, Kellen Moulton, Robert Davis, Richard Vanfleet, Brian Jensen Preview Abstract

Session K7: Materials Physics III

Chair: Tim Ohno, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Hill Hall 202

Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:50PM - 2:02PM		K7.00001: A shadow-edge contact for epitaxial nanostructures on silicon Samuel K. Tobler, Peter Bennett Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:02PM - 2:14PM		K7.00002: The Search for Effective p-Type Material in GaN-Based Devices: Past, Present, and Future Reid Juday, Alec Fischer, Fernando Ponce, Russell Dupuis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:14PM - 2:26PM		K7.00003: Experimental discrimination of geminate versus non-geminate recombination in a-Si:H Sang-Yun Lee, Thomas Herring, Dane McCamey, Craig Taylor, Klaus Lips, Jian Hu, Feng Zhu, Arun Madan, Christoph Boehme Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:26PM - 2:38PM		K7.00004: Investigation of Interactions of Atomic Hydrogen with Amorphous Carbon Films Bhavin N. Jariwala, Cristian V. Ciobanu, Sumit Agarwal Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:38PM - 2:50PM		K7.00005: An initial analysis of short- and medium-range correlations potential non-Pt catalysts in CoNx Joe Peterson Preview Abstract

Session K8: Nuclear Physics

Chair: Cynthia Galovich, University of Northern Colorado
Room: Hill Hall 209

Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:50PM - 2:02PM		K8.00001: Importance truncation in the No-Core Shell Model Michael Kruse, Petr Navratil, Bruce Barrett Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:02PM - 2:14PM		K8.00002: Effective three-body monopole interaction in the valence cluster approximation for the p-shell Sybil de Clark, Alexander Lisetskiy, Bruce Barrett, Michael Kruse Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:14PM - 2:26PM		K8.00003: A Quadrupole Band-Pass Filter for a White Proton Source Jonathon Morrow, Jerry Peterson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:26PM - 2:38PM		K8.00004: Liquid Lithium Pendant Droplet for Laboratory Nuclear Astrophysics Beam Experiments Mark Calton, John Ellsworth Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:38PM - 2:50PM		K8.00005: Lithium Gadolinium Borate Scintillator for Low Flux Neutron Detection in Laboratory Nuclear Astrophysics Jacob A.J. Siebach, John E. Ellsworth, Lawrence B. Rees Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:50PM - 3:02PM		K8.00006: Using X-ray Fluorescence to Date Petroglyphs James McNeil Preview Abstract

Session K9: SPS: Business Meeting

Chair: Rudiger Michalak, University of Wyoming
Room: Meyer Hall 220