Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Annual Meeting of the APS Four Corners Section

Volume 62, Number 17

Friday–Saturday, October 20–21, 2017; Fort Collins, CO

Session Index

Session E1: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics II

Chair: Jacob Roberts, Colorado State University
Room: Lory Student Center 376

Friday, October 20, 2017 1:20PM - 1:44PM		E1.00001: Comb Spectroscopy of Laser-Induced Plasma Invited Speaker: Jason Jones Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:44PM - 1:56PM		E1.00002: Analysis of Absorption Time Delays in Streaking of Resonant and Nonresonant Two-Photon Ionization Cory Goldsmith, Jing Su, Agnieszka Jaron-Becker, Andreas Becker Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:56PM - 2:08PM		E1.00003: Ionization Dynamics in Intense Bicircular Laser Fields Jan Chaloupka Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:08PM - 2:20PM		E1.00004: In situ temperature mapping of high energy, high average power cryogenic amplifiers. Han Chi, Kristian Dehne, Cory Baumgarten, Hanchen Wang, Liang Yin, Brendan Reagan, Jorge Rocca Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:20PM - 2:32PM		E1.00005: Reduced phase noise in an erbium frequency comb via intensity noise suppression Adam Brandt, Samuel Cooper, Zakary Burkley, Dylan Yost Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:32PM - 2:44PM		E1.00006: A path from fractional Schr\"{o}dinger equation to design and discovery of novel quantum materials Gavriil Shchedrin, Anastasia Gladkina, Lincoln D. Carr Preview Abstract

Session E2: Optical Physics

Chair: Chris Oates, NIST Boulder
Room: Lory Student Center 382

Friday, October 20, 2017 1:20PM - 1:44PM		E2.00001: The Advanced LIGO Detectors and the Detection of Gravitational Waves Invited Speaker: Eric Gustafson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:44PM - 1:56PM		E2.00002: Laser induced damage characteristics of optical thin film with ion assisted planarization and annealing Hanchen Wang, Travis Day, Elizbieta Jankowska, Breandan Reagan, Jorge Rocca, Christopher Stolz, Paul Mirkarimi, James Folta, John Roehling, Carmen Menoni Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:56PM - 2:08PM		E2.00003: Surface Plasmon Polariton Beams with Flat Top Profiles Lauren Zundel, Rosario Martinez-Herrero, Alejandro Manjavacas Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:08PM - 2:20PM		E2.00004: Observing the Birth and Splitting of Optical Vortices Through Phase-Stepping Interferometry William G. Holtzmann, Fabio DaSilva, Mark E. Siemens Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:20PM - 2:32PM		E2.00005: Optical Measurement of SiN Ring Resonators Amy Soudachanh, Alejandro Grine, Michael Wood, Darwin Serkland, Christopher Hains Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:32PM - 2:44PM		E2.00006: Broadband Mirrors for Visible, Infrared, and Ultraviolet Light Margaret Miles, David D. Allred, R. Steven Turley Preview Abstract

Session E3: Condensed Matter and Materials III

Chair: Jinke Tang, University of Wyoming
Room: Lory Student Center 372

Friday, October 20, 2017 1:20PM - 1:32PM		E3.00001: Discovery of a New Quantum Dimer Magnet in a Strongly Spin-Orbit Coupled Material Gavin Hester, Hari Nair, Tim Reeder, Jeff Quilliam, Jamie Neilson, Gabrielle Sala, Kate Ross Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:32PM - 1:44PM		E3.00002: Transport and magnetic properties of thin films fabricated by magnetron sputtering Hiroto Kato, Ty Newhouse-Illige, Hamid Almasi, Weigang Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:44PM - 1:56PM		E3.00003: Pair Distribution Function (PDF) analysis of Barium Hexaferrite (BaFe12O19) nanocrystals Binod Paudel, Katharine L. Page, Daniel P. Olds, Edwin Fohtung Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:56PM - 2:08PM		E3.00004: Glassy Behavior in a Crystalline Lattice: Substituted Hybrid Perovskites Eve Mozur, Annalise Maughan, Yongqiang Cheng, Ashfia Huq, Niina Jalarvo, Luke Daemen, James Neilson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:08PM - 2:20PM		E3.00005: Magnetron Sputtering of Arsenic Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films Micah Shelley, John Colton, J. Ryan Peterson, Gary Renlund, David Allred Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:20PM - 2:32PM		E3.00006: Magnetic Properties of Vanadium Oxide/Ferromagnetic hybrid composites Logan Sutton, Joshua Lauzier, Jose de la Venta Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:32PM - 2:44PM		E3.00007: Droplet Manipulation to Detect Surface Tesnion Sanli Movafaghi, Wei Wang, Ari Metzger, Desiree Williams, John Williams, Arun Kota Preview Abstract

Session E5: Particle and Nuclear Physics III

Chair: David Kieda, University of Utah
Room: Lory Student Center 386

Friday, October 20, 2017 1:20PM - 1:44PM		E5.00001: Searching for Physics Beyond the Standard Model using Superallowed Beta Decay Invited Speaker: Kyle Leach Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:44PM - 1:56PM		E5.00002: Repurposing Minos Scintillator Modules For TheE Short Baseline Neutrino Program Far Detector (ICARUS) Cosmic Ray Tagger Christopher Hilgenberg, Robert Wilson, Anne Schukraft, David Warner, Simone Marcocci, Tyler Boone Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:56PM - 2:08PM		E5.00003: High-Resolution and -Efficiency Gamma-Ray Detection for the FRIB Decay Station Hannah Grover, Kyle Leach, Connor Natzke Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:08PM - 2:20PM		E5.00004: Development of a Cryoprobe for single Ba atom Extraction and Identification from a liquid 136Xe double beta decay experiment Adam Craycraft, Alec Iverson, David Fairbank, Steve Vecchio, William Fairbank Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:20PM - 2:32PM		E5.00005: Observation of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering Robert Cooper Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:32PM - 2:44PM		E5.00006: A Novel Method for Estimating Backgrounds Due to Signal Physics in a Neutrino Cross Section Measurement Jackie Schwehr Preview Abstract

Session E4: Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter I

Chair: Hua Chen, Colorado State University
Room: Lory Student Center 322

Friday, October 20, 2017 1:20PM - 1:44PM		E4.00001: Quantum Confinement Effects in Nano-materials Invited Speaker: Vladimiro Mujica Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:44PM - 1:56PM		E4.00002: Non-Hamiltonian Dynamics of Quantized Vortices Scott Strong, Lincoln D. Carr Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:56PM - 2:08PM		E4.00003: Making materials prediction faster: Choosing integration grids to leverage symmetry Parker Hamilton, Gus Hart, Wiley Morgan, Rodney Forcade Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:08PM - 2:20PM		E4.00004: Two-Step Method for Accelerating DFT Calculations using Pre-Generated Charge Densities Hayden Oliver Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:20PM - 2:32PM		E4.00005: Introducing Correlations into Carrier Transport Simulations of Disordered Materials through Seeded Nucleation: Impact on Density of States, Carrier Mobility, and Carrier Statistics Joshua Brown, Sean Shaheen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:32PM - 2:44PM		E4.00006: Machine Learning for Materials Discovery Brayden Bekker, Chandramouli Nyshadham, Gus Hart Preview Abstract

Session E6: Biophysics I

Chair: Vern Hart, Utah Valley Unversity
Room: Lory Student Center 308

Friday, October 20, 2017 1:20PM - 1:44PM		E6.00001: Structure and function of electrogenic sodium/proton antiporter membrane proteins Invited Speaker: Oliver Beckstein Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:44PM - 1:56PM		E6.00002: Mechanisms of selective transport through nuclear pore complex mimics Laura Maguire, Michael Stefferson, Katherine Rainey, Nathan Crossette, Eric Verbeke, Meredith Betterton, Loren Hough Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:56PM - 2:08PM		E6.00003: Application of Maximum Caliber to Infer Rates in Genetic Circuits Taylor Firman, Kingshuk Ghosh Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:08PM - 2:20PM		E6.00004: Mitochondrial fluctuations as a measure of active biomechanical properties of mammalian cells Wenlong Xu, Elaheh Alizadeh, Jordan Castle, Ashok Prasad Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:20PM - 2:32PM		E6.00005: BioPhysical Applications of Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Flexible Self Propelled Rods Tyler Thompson, Jeff Moore, Meredith Betterton, Matt Glaser Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:32PM - 2:44PM		E6.00006: Development of a radioactive holmium-166 skin patch to treat skin diseases Martin Ritter, Frederic Sarazin, Jeramy Zimmerman Preview Abstract

Session E7: General Physics I

Chair: Mark Coffey, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Lory Student Center 304

Friday, October 20, 2017 1:20PM - 1:44PM		E7.00001: Doing Research with Undergraduates in a Bachelor's-only Physics and Astronomy Department: Challenges and Successes Invited Speaker: Matthew Semak Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:44PM - 1:56PM		E7.00002: Physics in Industry, a Personal Perspective Benjamin Pratt-Ferguson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 1:56PM - 2:08PM		E7.00003: Classification of sloppy models based on curvature Benjamin Francis, Mark Transtrum Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:08PM - 2:20PM		E7.00004: Wind-turbine lightning protection: Electrostatic models are not sufficient Richard Sonnenfeld, Sidharth Arunkumar, Ashok Ghosh Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:20PM - 2:32PM		E7.00005: Qualitative analysis of mode transitions in bottle-shaped resonators with waterfall plots Bonnie Andersen, Josh Dimond, Cicely Potter, Aaron Horikami Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 2:32PM - 2:44PM		E7.00006: Time Resolved Quantum Field Theory Tyler Kharazi Preview Abstract

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