Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2011 Annual Meeting of the Four Corners Section of the APS

Volume 56, Number 11

Friday–Saturday, October 21–22, 2011; Tuscon, Arizona

Session Index

Session E1: AMO I: Ultrafast Measurements, Atomic Structure, EUV Optics

Chair: Arvinder Sandhu, University of Arizona
Room: UA Student Union South Ballroom

Friday, October 21, 2011 3:25PM - 3:37PM		E1.00001: Watching the Real-time Evolution of a Laser Modified Atom Using Attosecond Pulses Niranjan Shivaram, Henry Timmers, Xiao-Min Tong, Arvinder Sandhu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:37PM - 3:49PM		E1.00002: Very accurate quantum mechanical calculations on small atom with explicitly correlated Gaussian functions Keeper Sharkey Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:49PM - 4:01PM		E1.00003: Control over dissociative dynamics in $O_2^+$ Henry Timmers, Niranjan Shivaram, Arvinder Sandhu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:01PM - 4:13PM		E1.00004: Non-Specular Scattering from Black Chrome in the Extreme Ultraviolet James Vaterlaus, Quintin Nethercotte Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:13PM - 4:25PM		E1.00005: The design and use of a planetary in a sputtering system Brett Bostrom, David Allred, R. Steven Turley Preview Abstract

Session E2: Spin Systems

Chair: Christoph Boehme, University of Utah
Room: UA Student Union Ventana

Friday, October 21, 2011 3:25PM - 3:37PM		E2.00001: Can singlet fission enhance the performance of organic solar cells? Jorge Munoz, Karan Aryanpour, Sumit Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:37PM - 3:49PM		E2.00002: Neutron Diffraction Studies on Pyrochlores Adrian Losko, Sven Vogel, Maulik Patel, James Ryne Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:49PM - 4:01PM		E2.00003: Possible spin gap in the frustrated Hubbard metal and quantum spin liquid Niladri Gomes, Sumit Mazumdar, R. Torsten Clay Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:01PM - 4:13PM		E2.00004: Dynamics of a Many-Spin System including Relaxation Effects Soyoung Jung, Manuel Berrondo Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:13PM - 4:25PM		E2.00005: Brillouin light scattering study of current controlled spin waves in magnetic microstrips Jason Liu, Arabinda Haldar, Kristen Buchanan, Helmut Schultheiss, Katrin Vogt Preview Abstract

Session E3: Prussian Blue Analogs and Magnetite

Chair: Heinz Nakotte, New Mexico State University
Room: UA Student Union Agave

Friday, October 21, 2011 3:25PM - 3:37PM		E3.00001: Magnetic properties of selected Prussian Blue Analogs (PBAs) Manjita Shrestha, Sourav Adak, Heinz Nakotte, Luke L. Daemen, Monika Harlt, Vivien Zapf Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:37PM - 3:49PM		E3.00002: Local Structural Study of Prussian Blue Analog Fe$_3$(Co(CN)$_6$)$_2$*nD$_2$O Joe Peterson, Sourav Adak, Heinrich Nakotte Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:49PM - 4:01PM		E3.00003: Thermal Expansion in 3$d$-Metal Prussian Blue Analogs -- A Survey Study S. Adak, L. Daemen, M. Hartl, D. Williams, J. Summerhill, H. Nakotte Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:01PM - 4:13PM		E3.00004: Preparation and Characterization of Magnetite (Fe$_{3}$O$_{4})$ Nanoparticles Matea Trevino, Karine Chesnel, Betsy Olsen, Jared Hancock, Roger Harrison, Jeffrey Farrer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:13PM - 4:25PM		E3.00005: X-ray magnetic scattering studies of Fe3O4 nanoparticles Karine Chesnel, Matea Trevino, Andrew Westover, Roger Harrison, Andreas Scherz Preview Abstract

Session E4: Galactic and Stellar Astronomy

Chair: Drew Milsom, University of Arizona
Room: UA Student Union Copper

Friday, October 21, 2011 3:25PM - 3:37PM		E4.00001: On the Na-O Anticorellation and Other Abundances in NGC 1261 Dan Filler, Inese I. Ivans, Jennifer Simmerer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:37PM - 3:49PM		E4.00002: Constraints on the galactic magnetic field with two-point cumulative autocorrelation function Yevgeniy Petrov Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:49PM - 4:01PM		E4.00003: Numerical simulations of a stellar intensity interferometer Janvida Rou, Paul Nunez, David Kieda, Stephan LeBohec Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:01PM - 4:13PM		E4.00004: Hi-mass star formation in the region IRAS 19217+1651 Victor Migenes, Tatiana Rodriguez, Miguel A. Trinidad Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:13PM - 4:25PM		E4.00005: Anisotropy studies at the Galactic Center with the Pierre Auger Observatory Sara Mueller, Miguel Mostafa Preview Abstract

Session E5: Theory and Methods in High Energy Physics

Chair: Kenneth Johns, University of Arizona
Room: UA Student Union Presidio

Friday, October 21, 2011 3:25PM - 3:37PM		E5.00001: Development of a proton/muon discrimination algorithm to investigate neutrino-nucleon elastic scattering in the P{\O}D Daniel Ruterbories Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:37PM - 3:49PM		E5.00002: Precision determination of $\alpha_S(m_Z)$ from thrust data Riccardo Abbate, Michael Fickinger, Andr\'e Hoang, Vicent Mateu, Iain Stewart Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:49PM - 4:01PM		E5.00003: Improving the Slepton Reach through Cascade Decay at the LHC Jonathan Eckel, Shufang Su, William Shepherd Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:01PM - 4:13PM		E5.00004: Soliton Creation with a Twist Tanmay Vachaspati Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:13PM - 4:25PM		E5.00005: There may be a CPT violation at a Horizon that could affect Particle Creation Richard Kriske Preview Abstract

Session E6: Biological Physics

Chair: Koen Visscher, University of Arizona
Room: UA Student Union Santa Cruz

Friday, October 21, 2011 3:25PM - 3:37PM		E6.00001: Steered molecular dynamics simulations of a bacterial type IV pilus reveal characteristics of an experimentally-observed, force-induced conformational transition Joseph Baker, Nicolas Biais, Florence Tama Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:37PM - 3:49PM		E6.00002: Introduction to Non-Invasive Glucose Measurement - A Physicist's Perspective Daniel Blakley, Steven Simske, Pankaj Vadgama Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:49PM - 4:01PM		E6.00003: Influence of Crystal Packing on Global Protein Conformation Logan Ahlstrom, Osamu Miyashita Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:01PM - 4:13PM		E6.00004: Protein-ligand biosensing: dielectric spectroscopy and numerical simulation of molecular interactions Brett Mellor, Nathan Kellis, Steven Brewer, David Busath, Brian Mazzeo Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:13PM - 4:25PM		E6.00005: Biomembrane Structure and Dynamics Controlled by Dehydration and Osmotic Stress Jacob Kinnun, K.J. Mallikarjunaiah, Avigdor Leftin, Horia Petrache, Michael Brown Preview Abstract

Session E7: Nuclear Physics Theory and Experiment

Chair: Erich Varnes, University of Arizona
Room: UA Student Union Tubac

Friday, October 21, 2011 3:25PM - 3:37PM		E7.00001: Post Helium-3 Neutron Detection at BYU John E. Ellsworth, J. Bart Czirr, Lawrence B. Rees, Nathan Hogan, Adam Wallace, Stephen Black, Steven Gardiner, Brian James, Suraj Bastola, Nirdosh Chapagain, Andrew Hoffman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:37PM - 3:49PM		E7.00002: Z$_{2}$ lattice Gauge Theory Derar Altarawneh, Michael Engelhardt Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 3:49PM - 4:01PM		E7.00003: Study of the fission spectrum of less than 1 MeV neutrons using a Lithium-glass detector Suraj Bastola, Lawrence Rees, Czirr Bart Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2011 4:01PM - 4:13PM		E7.00004: Error estimates in importance truncated nuclear structure calculations Michael Kruse, Bruce Barrett Preview Abstract

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