Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Annual Meeting of the Four Corners Section of the APS

Volume 55, Number 9

Friday–Saturday, October 15–16, 2010; Ogden, Utah

Session Index

Session K1: Astrophysics, Stars and Planets

Chair: Stacy Palen, Weber State University
Room: Ballroom C

Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:30AM - 11:42AM		K1.00001: Obliquity variations in stable, high-inclination planetary systems and the impact on the habitable zone John Armstrong, Rory Barnes, Shawn Domagal-Goldman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:42AM - 11:54AM		K1.00002: The Rise of Active Region Flux Tubes in the Turbulent Solar Convective Envelope Maria Weber, Yuhong Fan, Mark Miesch Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:54AM - 12:06PM		K1.00003: Photoevaporation of Cosmological Minihalos by the First Stars Thomas McConkie, Daniel Whalen, Robert Hueckstaedt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:06PM - 12:18PM		K1.00004: Stellar Interferometry data analysis: a brute force approach to an inversion problem Ryan Price, Stephan LeBohec, Paul Nunez Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:18PM - 12:30PM		K1.00005: Numerical Simulations of Planet Formation Benjamin Bromley, Scott Kenyon Preview Abstract

Session K2: Condensed Matter, Nano I

Chair: Jordan Gerton, University of Utah
Room: 404A

Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:30AM - 11:42AM		K2.00001: Carbon Nanotube Templated Fabrication of High Strength Microsieves Andrew Davis, Richard Vanfleet, Robert Davis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:42AM - 11:54AM		K2.00002: Orientation of Vanadium Dioxide Grains on Various Substrates Felipe Rivera, Robert Davis, Richard Vanfleet Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:54AM - 12:06PM		K2.00003: Patterned Carbon Nanotube Applications for Transmission Electron Microscopy Kyle Zufelt, Jonathan Abbott, Robert Davis, Richard Vanfleet Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:06PM - 12:18PM		K2.00004: Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ nanoparticles: superparamagnetic behavior Matea Trevino, Karine Chesnel, Betsy Olsen, Julie Boerio-Goates Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:18PM - 12:30PM		K2.00005: 3D Modeling of the Chemical Vapor Infiltration of Carbon Nanotube Forests Adam Konneker, David Wagner, Richard Vanfleet, Robert Davis, David Allred Preview Abstract

Session K3: Condensed Matter, Thin Films

Chair: Ryan O'Hayre, Colorado School of Mines
Room: 404B

Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:30AM - 11:42AM		K3.00001: Spin Wave Resonance in Permalloy Nano Films Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering Yiyan Sun, Young-Yeal Song, Mingzhong Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:42AM - 11:54AM		K3.00002: Deposition of Metals via Chemical Vapor Deposition David McKenna, David Allred, Robert Davis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:54AM - 12:06PM		K3.00003: Economical Atomic Layer Deposition Richard Wyman, Robert Davis, Matthew Linford Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:06PM - 12:18PM		K3.00004: Mapping the spatial dependency of magnetic domain memory in [Co/Pd]IrMn films Karine Chesnel, Joseph Nelson, Brian Wilcken, Eric Fullerton, Steve Kevan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:18PM - 12:30PM		K3.00005: Origins of Damping in Ultra-Thin Ferromagnetic Films Lei Lu, Zihui Wang, Griffin Mead, Mingzhong Wu, Christian Kaiser, Qunwen Leng Preview Abstract

Session K4: Science and Society

Chair: John Sohl, Weber State University
Room: 316

Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:30AM - 11:54AM		K4.00001: Physics from the News: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:54AM - 12:06PM		K4.00002: Arsenic in Utah Michelle Arnold Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:06PM - 12:18PM		K4.00003: A Passive Method for Identifying and Locating Fissile Materials Using Cosmic-Ray Muons Randy Spaulding, Chris Morris, Konstantin Borozdin, Jeffrey Bacon, Kiwhan Chung, Steve Greene, Zhehui (Jeff) Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:18PM - 12:30PM		K4.00004: Measurement of Delayed Gamma-Ray and Neutron Emission from Bremsstrahlung-Induced Fission Zephne Larsen, Alan Hunt, Stuart Jackson, David Hinshelwood Preview Abstract

Session K5: Applied Physics II

Chair: Bradley Carroll, Weber State University
Room: 312

Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:30AM - 11:42AM		K5.00001: Carbon Nanotube Templated Microfabrication of Porous Silicon-Carbon Materials Jun Song, David Jensen, Andrew Dadson, Michael Vail, Matthew Linford, Richard Vanfleet, Robert Davis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:42AM - 11:54AM		K5.00002: Patterned Carbon Nanotube X-Ray Windows Jonathan Abbott, Richard Vanfleet, Robert Davis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:54AM - 12:06PM		K5.00003: Hexagonal barium ferrite thin film-based millimeter wave phase shifters Zihui Wang, Young-Yeal Song, Yiyan Sun, Joshua Bevivino, Mingzhong Wu, V. Veerakumar, Timothy Fal, Robert Camley Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:06PM - 12:18PM		K5.00004: Ballistics of space launch by a rail gun Alexander Panin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:18PM - 12:30PM		K5.00005: Ferromagnetism inside of magnetic tunneling junctions Glennie Mesa Preview Abstract

Session K6: Nonlinear Physics

Chair: Richard Krantz, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Room: 305

Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:30AM - 11:42AM		K6.00001: Observation of Black Spin Wave Soliton Pairs in Magnetic Thin Films Zihui Wang, Mingzhong Wu, Mikhail Cherkasskii, Boris Kalinikos Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:42AM - 11:54AM		K6.00002: A model for spin wave envelopes in thin film active feedback rings Justin Anderson, Lincoln Carr, Mingzhong Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:54AM - 12:06PM		K6.00003: Nonlinear vibrations of a large Balinese gamelan gong David W. Krueger, Kent L. Gee, Jeremy Grimshaw Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:06PM - 12:18PM		K6.00004: Nonlinear acoustic propagation of launch vehicle and military jet aircraft noise Kent L. Gee Preview Abstract

Session K7: Plasma Physics

Chair: Walther Spjeldvik, Weber State University
Room: 321

Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:30AM - 11:42AM		K7.00001: Dynamics of Ionospheric Plasma Depletions Measured by Airglow Emissions Narayan Chapagain, Michael Taylor Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:42AM - 11:54AM		K7.00002: Characterizing the Operation of a Rotating Wall on a Non-Neutral Ion Plasma Daniel Erickson, Bryan Peterson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:54AM - 12:06PM		K7.00003: Computational Analysis of the Relative Decay Constants for $^{7}$Be, $^{7}$Be$^{+}$, and $^{7}$Be$^{++}$ Mark Hutchison, Bryan Peterson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:06PM - 12:18PM		K7.00004: Soft x-ray laser interferometry of dense plasma jets collimated by radiation cooling Duncan Ryan, Jonathan Grava, Michael Purvis, Jorge Filevich, Vyacheslav Shlyaptsev, Jorge Rocca Preview Abstract

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