Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Annual Meeting of the Four Corners Section of the APS

Volume 58, Number 12

Friday–Saturday, October 18–19, 2013; Denver, Colorado

Session Index

Session D1: AMO II: Nonlinear Laser Propagation

Chair: Chip Durfee, Colorado School of Mines
Room: 151

Friday, October 18, 2013 2:00PM - 2:24PM		D1.00001: Nonlinear laser propagation Invited Speaker: Jerry Moloney Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:24PM - 2:48PM		D1.00002: Modification of intense light by propagating in air Invited Speaker: Ladan Arissian Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:48PM - 3:00PM		D1.00003: Broadband shearing interferometer for divergence characterization Amanda Meier, Charles Durfee Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 3:00PM - 3:12PM		D1.00004: In situ characterization of SSTF beams yielding phase and M2 Micahel Greco, Amanda Meier, Erica Block, Jeff Squire, Charles Durfee Preview Abstract

Session D2: Astrophysics II

Chair: Shane Larson, Northwestern University
Room: 254

Friday, October 18, 2013 2:00PM - 2:24PM		D2.00001: Invited talk - Astrophysics Invited Speaker: Chip Kobulnicky Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:24PM - 2:36PM		D2.00002: How do massive stars form? Virginie Montes, Peter Hofner Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:36PM - 2:48PM		D2.00003: Observing the Variations of Interacting Solar Winds in a Massive Binary Star System Darren McKinnon, Theodore Gull Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:48PM - 3:00PM		D2.00004: A Direct Measurement of the Mean Occupation Function of Quasars: Breaking Degeneracies between Halo Occupation Distribution Models My Nguyen, Suchetana Chatterjee, Adam Myers, Zheng Zheng Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 3:00PM - 3:12PM		D2.00005: Differential Proper-Motion Measurements of The Cygnus Egg Nebula; The Presence of Fast Equatorial Outflows Rachael Tomasino, Toshiya Ueta, Brian Ferguson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 3:12PM - 3:24PM		D2.00006: What is the singular behavior of the gravitational field near generic big-bang type events? Ellery Ames, James Isenberg, Florian Beyer Preview Abstract

Session D3: Condensed Matter II: Magnetics

Chair: Markus Raschke, University of Colorado - Boulder
Room: 281

Friday, October 18, 2013 2:00PM - 2:24PM		D3.00001: Theory and simulations linking molecular features to morphology in polymer nanocomposites Invited Speaker: Arthi Jayaraman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:24PM - 2:36PM		D3.00002: Damping in Nanometer-Thick Yttrium Iron Garnet Films Capped by Platinum Houchen Chang, Yiyan Sun, Michael Kabatek, Young-Yeal Song, Zihui Wang, Michael Jantz, William Schneider, Mingzhong Wu, Eric Montoya, Bartek Kardasz, Bret Heinrich, Suzanne te Velthuis, Helmut Schultheiss, Axel Hoffmann Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:36PM - 2:48PM		D3.00003: Computational Analysis of Exchange Bias XRMS Data Alex Safsten Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:48PM - 3:00PM		D3.00004: Spin Pumping due to Traveling Spin Waves in Yttrium Iron Garnet Thin Films Pasdunkorale Janantha, Yiyan Sun, Houchen Chang, Mingzhong Wu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 3:00PM - 3:12PM		D3.00005: Properties of protein-based ferrihydrite nanoparticles Stephen Erickson, John Colton, Trevor Smith, Richard Watt Preview Abstract

Session D4: Nuclear Physics

Chair: Siu Au Lee, Colorado State University
Room: 287

Friday, October 18, 2013 2:00PM - 2:12PM		D4.00001: Using the $^{11}$Be(p, d)$^{10}$Be$^*$ transfer reaction at 110 MeV at TRIUMF-ISAC II to study halo features K. Kuhn, R. Braid, F. Sarazin, D. Smalley, U. Hager, S. Ilyushkin, P. O'Malley, M. Alvarez, J. Gomez, C. Andreoiu, P.C. Bender, G. Hackman, C. Unsworth, Z. Wang, W.N. Catford, C.Aa. Diget, A. DiPietro, P. Figuera, T.E. Drake, E. Nacher, A. Perea, O. Tengblad, C.E. Svensson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:12PM - 2:24PM		D4.00002: Improved neutron time of flight apparatus Alec Raymond, John Ellsworth Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:24PM - 2:36PM		D4.00003: Monte Carlo simulations of VANDLE Sergey Ilyushkin, Frederick Sarazin, William Peters, Robert Grzywacz, Miguel Madurga, Stanley Paulauskas, Jolie Cizewski Preview Abstract

Session D5: Particle Physics II: Experiment

Chair: John Cumalat, University of Colorado
Room: 251

Friday, October 18, 2013 2:00PM - 2:24PM		D5.00001: Review of Recent Neutrino Oscillation Results Invited Speaker: Walter Toki Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:24PM - 2:36PM		D5.00002: $\nu_\mu$ Charged Current Inclusive Analysis using the Pi-Zero Detector and the Time Projection Chambers of the T2K Experiment Erez Reinherz-Aronis, Alex Clifton, Raj Das, Robert Johnson, Alysia Marino, Walter Toki, Tianlu Yuan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:36PM - 2:48PM		D5.00003: Charge Current Anti-Muon Neutrino Events in the Near Detector at T2K Bryan Barnhart Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:48PM - 3:00PM		D5.00004: Future Neutrino Oscillation Parameter Sensitivities for T2K and NO$\nu$A Matthew Bass, Daniel Cherdack, Robert Wilson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 3:00PM - 3:12PM		D5.00005: Preliminary Monte-Carlo Studies on Detecting Multi-Nucleon Events in the T2K Pi0 Detector Jaclyn Schwehr Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 3:12PM - 3:24PM		D5.00006: Vertex Detection Sensitivity Study for Proposed P0D Upgrade Thomas Campbell Preview Abstract

Session D6: Renewable Energy and Materials

Chair: Michael Petras, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc
Room: 253

Friday, October 18, 2013 2:00PM - 2:24PM		D6.00001: Silicon Quantum Dot Mesomaterials for Solar Energy Harvesting Invited Speaker: Mark Lusk Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:24PM - 2:36PM		D6.00002: The Effect of Morphology on Charge Transport Properties in OPVs Alex Dixon, Nikos Kopidakis, Sean Shaheen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:36PM - 2:48PM		D6.00003: Mott-Schottky Analysis of Normal and Inverted Organic Photovoltaic Devices Xin Jiang, Alexandre Nardes, Alexander Dixon, Nikos Kopidakis, Sean Shaheen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 2:48PM - 3:00PM		D6.00004: J-V Distortion of CIGS Solar Cells with Sputtered Zn(O,S) Buffer Layer Tao Song, J. Tyler McGoffin, Russell Geisthardt, Kannan Ramanathan, James Sites Preview Abstract
Friday, October 18, 2013 3:00PM - 3:12PM		D6.00005: Optimization of Layer Properties for High Efficiency CdTe solar cell with Higher Band Gap CdMgTe Layer as Back Electron Reflector Jinming Zhang, James Sites Preview Abstract

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