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Session L1: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics IV

Chair: Jason Jones, University of Arizona
Room: Lory Student Center 372

Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:10AM - 11:22AM		L1.00001: Understanding the angular momentum of light in the presence of structured darkness Samuel Alperin, Mark Siemens Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:22AM - 11:34AM		L1.00002: Spin to Orbital Angular Momentum Conversion Through Second Harmonic Generation in Underdense Plasmas Alex Wilhelm, Randy Lemons, David Schmidt, Charles Durfee Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:34AM - 11:46AM		L1.00003: A Joule-class, 0.5 kHz repetition rate picosecond diode-pumped laser Cory Baumgarten, Michael Pedicone, Herman Bravo, Hanchen Wang, Liang Yin, Carmen Menoni, Jorge Rocca, Brendan Reagan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:46AM - 11:58AM		L1.00004: Ultrastable silicon cavity at 4 K using a continuously-operating closed-cycle cryostat Lindsay Sonderhouse, Wei Zhang, John Robinson, Eric Oelker, Craig Benko, John Hall, Thomas Legero, Dan Matei, Fritz Riehle, Uwe Sterr, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		L1.00005: Highly Excited States of Chlorine Substituted Polyatomic Molecules in the Vacuum-Ultraviolet Quynh Nguyen, William Peters, Ryan Fortenberry, Margaret Murnane, Henry Kapteyn Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:10PM - 12:22PM		L1.00006: Cavity enhanced high power 243 nm CW laser for two-photon laser cooling of hydrogen. Zakary Burkley, Samuel Cooper, Cory Rasor, Adam Brandt, Dylan Yost Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:22PM - 12:34PM		L1.00007: Robust Simulation of Neutral Atom Trapping for Minimal Degree of Freedom Mixing Yonge Lange Simmons, Samuel Cooper, Adam Brandt, Zak Burkley, Cory Rasor, Dylan Yost Preview Abstract

Session L2: Condensed Matter and Materials VI

Chair: J R Dennison, Utah State University
Room: Lory Student Center 376

Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:10AM - 11:34AM		L2.00001: Valleytronics with interlayer excitons in MoSe$_{\mathrm{2}}$-WSe$_{\mathrm{2}}$ heterostructures Invited Speaker: John Schaibley Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:34AM - 11:46AM		L2.00002: Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance; Computational Predictions and Experimental Results Scott Crossen, John Colton Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:46AM - 11:58AM		L2.00003: Edge Effects on Vortex Nucleation in Superconducting Granular Aluminum Films W. F. Maughan, A. D. DeMann, S. B. Field Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:58AM - 12:10PM		L2.00004: Focusing of High Wavevector Phonons J J Bible, R E Camley Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:10PM - 12:22PM		L2.00005: Photochemistry with Diamond Jonathon Barkl, Anna Zaniewski, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:22PM - 12:34PM		L2.00006: Charge-Plasma Coupling and the Transition from Dynamic to Static Disorder David H. Dunlap, Tzu-Cheng Wu Preview Abstract

Session L3: Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter II

Chair: Vladimiro Mujica, Arizona State University
Room: Lory Student Center 382

Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:10AM - 11:34AM		L3.00001: Nanoscale Terraced Topographies Produced by Ion Bombardment of Solid Surfaces Invited Speaker: R. Mark Bradley Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:34AM - 11:46AM		L3.00002: Using Machine Learning to Accurately Predict Ambient Soundscapes Katrina Pedersen, Brooks Butler, Kent Gee, Mark Transtrum Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:46AM - 11:58AM		L3.00003: First principles study of the BeF$_{\mathrm{\mathbf{2}}}$\textbf{ phase diagram: A critical comparison of outcomes using LDA, GGA and van der Waals corrected DFT } Andrew Chizmeshya, George Wolf, Narges Masoumi Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:58AM - 12:10PM		L3.00004: Modeling Splitting in Flocking Boids Using Directed Graphs Christian Lambert, Manuel Berrondo Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:10PM - 12:22PM		L3.00005: TORQUE, a Software Package to Predict Water Orientations in Ionic Crystals. Seyedayat Ghazisaeed, Boris Kiefer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:22PM - 12:34PM		L3.00006: Why do calculations of metals converge so slowly? Gus Hart, Jeremy Jorgensen, Wiley Morgan, Hayden Oliver, Parker Hamilton Preview Abstract

Session L4: Gravitation and Cosmology

Chair: Cynthia Galovich, University of Northern Colorado
Room: Lory Student Center 304

Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:10AM - 11:34AM		L4.00001: Remnant Echoes: Mapping the Cosmos via Large Spectroscopic Surveys Invited Speaker: Adam Myers Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:34AM - 11:46AM		L4.00002: Thermodynamic Studies of Phase Transitions in Inflationary Cosmology Kendall Mallory Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:46AM - 11:58AM		L4.00003: Holographic Entanglement Entropy in Higher Dimensions Zachary Polonsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:58AM - 12:10PM		L4.00004: Symmetries of Geodesics for Homogeneous Gravitational Fields David Maughan, Charles Torre Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:10PM - 12:22PM		L4.00005: The Characteristic Problem in General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics Ryan Hatch Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:22PM - 12:34PM		L4.00006: An Undergraduate Test of Gravitational Time Dilation Brian Patterson, M. Alina Gearba, Jerry S. Sell, Mario Serna, M. Shane Burns, Michael D. Leveille, Jeffrey Steele Preview Abstract

Session L5: Particle and Nuclear Physics V

Chair: Sally Seidel, University of New Mexico
Room: Lory Student Center 386

Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:10AM - 11:34AM		L5.00001: Pushing the Limits of Quark-Gluon Plasma Formation Invited Speaker: James Nagle Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:34AM - 11:46AM		L5.00002: Gas Cherenkov Muon Detector Max Weiner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:46AM - 11:58AM		L5.00003: A System for the Precision Placement of SiPMs on protoDUNE Photon Detector Readout Boards Anne Christensen, Norm Buchanan, Madeleine Jekot, David Warner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:58AM - 12:10PM		L5.00004: Tomographic Event Reconstruction Techniques in the MicroBooNE LArTPC Ivan Caro Terrazas Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:10PM - 12:22PM		L5.00005: Photon Detector Assembly and Testing for Single-Phase ProtoDUNE aurora popescu, Norm Buchanan, Anne Christensen, Justin Dokter, Blake Duff, Zach Rautio, Dave Warner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:22PM - 12:34PM		L5.00006: Developing Diamond Muon Detectors for DUNE Nicholas Johnston Preview Abstract

Session L6: Plasma Physics II: Laser Plasma Interactions, Shocks and Confinement

Chair: Michael Ware, Brigham Young University
Room: Lory Student Center 322

Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:10AM - 11:22AM		L6.00001: Ultra high energy density plasmas generated by highly relativistic laser nanowire interactions Reed Hollinger, Y. Wang, S. Wang, A. Rockwood, J. Glasby, V. Shlyaptsev, J.J. Rocca, M.G. Capeluto, V. Kaymak, A. Pukhov Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:22AM - 11:34AM		L6.00002: Fusion neutron generation in deuterated nanowire arrays irradiated by femtosecond pulses of relativistic intensity Chase Calvi, Alden Curtis, Jim Tinsley, Reed Hollinger, Shoujun Wang, Alex Rockwood, Yong Wang, Conrad Buss, Vyacheslav Shlyaptsev, Alexander Pukhov, Vural Kaymak, Jorge Rocca Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:34AM - 11:46AM		L6.00003: Laser ionized plasma sources for plasma wakefield accelerators Robert Ariniello, Michael Litos Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:46AM - 11:58AM		L6.00004: Dynamics of phase-flip transition with changing coupling strength between two inductively coupled glow discharge plasmas Neeraj Chaubey, Subroto Mukherjee, Abhijit Sen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:58AM - 12:10PM		L6.00005: Improving Confinement Techniques of a non-neutral Plasma Bryce Spencer, Bryan Peterson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:10PM - 12:22PM		L6.00006: Analytic approximations for an axisymmetric strong shock wave Mark W. Coffey, Liam Pocher, Dan Borovina, Jonathan Mace, Charles Durfee Preview Abstract

Session L7: General Physics II

Chair: Bonnie Anderson, Utah Valley Unversity
Room: Lory Student Center 308

Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:10AM - 11:22AM		L7.00001: Visualizing Quantum Erasure using a Series of Stern-Gerlach Magnets Richard Barney, Jean-Francois Van Huele Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:22AM - 11:34AM		L7.00002: Topological term in the First Law of Thermodynamics Yiheng Xu, Ferdinand Evers, Charles Stafford Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:34AM - 11:46AM		L7.00003: An illustration of adiabatic quantum computation: solution of the knapsack problem Mark Coffey Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:46AM - 11:58AM		L7.00004: Decoherence Effects on a Single Anharmonic Oscillator Ty Beus, Manuel Berrondo Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:58AM - 12:10PM		L7.00005: Application of Lenz's Law to Magnetic Levitation Juan Treto, Heinz Nakotte Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:10PM - 12:22PM		L7.00006: Absence of Landau damping in driven three-component Bose--Einstein condensate in optical lattices Gavriil Shchedrin, Daniel Jaschke, Lincoln D. Carr Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 21, 2017 12:22PM - 12:34PM		L7.00007: Ab Initio Simulation of Photoinduced Ring Currents in Benzene Tennesse Joyce, Agnieszka Jaron-Becker Preview Abstract