Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2020 Annual Meeting of the APS Four Corners Section (Virtual)

Volume 65, Number 16

Friday–Saturday, October 23–24, 2020; Albuquerque, NM (Virtual)

Session Index

Session J01: Quantum Information II

Chair: Elizabeth Crosson, UNM

Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:00AM - 8:24AM Live		J01.00001: The sign problem and its relation to the spectral gap of quantum many-body systems Invited Speaker: Elizabeth Crosson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:24AM - 8:36AM Live		J01.00002: Scaling Symmetries and Conservation Laws in Fractional Quantum Mechanics Joel Been Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:36AM - 8:48AM Live		J01.00003: Qubit Quantum Metrology in the Regime of Limited Resources Jason Saunders, Jean-Francois Van Huele Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:48AM - 9:00AM Live		J01.00004: Quantum Optimal Control of Nuclear Spin for Quantum Logic with Qudits Sivaprasad Omanakuttan, Anupam Mitra, Ivan Deutsch Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:00AM - 9:12AM Live		J01.00005: A machine learned model for quick access to analytic solutions of a QIS system Salvador Sosa Guitron, Aasma Aslam, Trudy Bolin, Kevin Brown, Clio Gonzalez-Zacarias, Bohong Huang, Salvador Sosa Preview Abstract

Session J02: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics II

Chair: Ryan Behunin, NAU

Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:00AM - 8:24AM Live		J02.00001: Optomechanical cooling in an optical fiber Invited Speaker: Ryan Behunin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:24AM - 8:36AM Live		J02.00002: The Effect of Roughness on Blazed Gratings for the EUV Ethan Edwards, Steven Turley Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:36AM - 8:48AM Live		J02.00003: Optical Response of Arrays of Nanoparticles with Periodic Vacancies Lauren Zundel, Asher May, Alejandro Manjavacas Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:48AM - 9:00AM Live		J02.00004: Nonlinear Effects in Gold Nanocrescent Antennas Elena Drobnyh, Maxim Sukharev Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:00AM - 9:12AM Live		J02.00005: Towards observation of radiation pressure shot noise at acoustic frequencies Christian Pluchar Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:12AM - 9:24AM		J02.00006: Numerical studies of cross correlation analysis of excited states. Spencer Walker, Agnieszka Jaron-Becker, Andreas Becker Preview Abstract

Session J03: Biophysics and Soft Condensed Matter II

Chair: Ann Junghans, LANL

Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:00AM - 8:12AM Live		J03.00001: Computational Enzyme Design with Molecular Dynamics Talmage Coates Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:12AM - 8:24AM Live		J03.00002: Ion Binding to a Mammalian Sodium/proton Exchanger Membrane Protein from Molecular Dynamics Simulations Chenou Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:24AM - 8:36AM Live		J03.00003: Rapid Solidification of Micro-L Blood Drops Into Homogeneous Thin Solid Films: A New Device, InnovaStrip, for Fast, Accurate, Comprehensive Small Volume Blood Diagnostics via Ion Beam Analysis and X-Ray Fluorescence Wesley Peng, Thilina Balasooriya, Nikhil Suresh, Aashi Gurijala, Mohammed Sahal, Amber Chow, Shaurya Khanna, Lauren Puglisi, Srivatsan Swaminathan, Abbie Elison, Eric Culbertson, Robert Culbertson, Nicole Herbots Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:36AM - 8:48AM Live		J03.00004: Kinetic Diagram Analysis: A Python Library for Algebraic Solutions for Steady-State Observables of Kinetic Networks Nikolaus Awtrey, Oliver Beckstein Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:48AM - 9:00AM Live		J03.00005: Exploring a Reduced Model of Neuronal Activity Joshua Rasband Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:00AM - 9:12AM Live		J03.00006: Prospects for Incoherent Diffractive Imaging at a Compact XFEL Andrew Shevchuk, John Spence, Richard Kirian, Kevin Schmidt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:12AM - 9:24AM Live		J03.00007: Instrumentation for Simulation of Simultaneous Reduced Gravity and Ionizing Radiation Space Environment Effects on Biological System. Achal Duhoon, Lori Caldwell, JR Dennison, Elizabeth Vargis Preview Abstract

Session J04: Condensed Matter Physics III

Chair: Andrei Piryatinski, LANL

Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:00AM - 8:24AM Live		J04.00001: Engineering non-equilibrium light-emitting states in plasmonic nanocavities via interplay of coherent and dissipative interactions Invited Speaker: Andrei Piryatinski Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:24AM - 8:36AM Live		J04.00002: Mode coupling, Fano resonances, and Rabi splitting in hybrid nanostructure Dominic Bosomtwi, Marek Osinski, Viktoriia Babicheva Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:36AM - 8:48AM Live		J04.00003: Application of Differential Geometry on Extraordinary Magnetoresistance ZHENZHONG XING, Leo Rodriguez, Shanshan Rodriguez, Sathwik Bharadwaj, L. Ramdas Ram-Mohan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:48AM - 9:00AM Live		J04.00004: High refractive index metasurfaces for programmable laser emission Vahid Karimi, Viktoriia Babicheva Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:00AM - 9:12AM Live		J04.00005: Role of Atomic and Electronic Structure of LiTaO$_{\mathrm{3\thinspace }}$and LiNbO$_{\mathrm{3}}$ Piezoelectric for Direct NanoBonding™ with Si And SiO$_{\mathrm{2}}$:~ Comparison of Measured Surface Energies with Computed $\Delta $G and Infra-Red Absorption Mohammed Sahal, Abbie Elison, Shefali Prakash, Srivatsan Swaminathan, Riley Rane, Brian Baker, Jacob Kintz, Aliya Yano, Saaketh Narayan, Alex Brimhall, Lauren Puglisi, Robert Culbertson, Nicole Herbots Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:12AM - 9:24AM		J04.00006: Magnetic Behavior of Multilayered [Co/Pt] Thin Films Aaron Gentillon, Karine Chesnel Preview Abstract

Session J05: DM/HEP II

Chair: Jonathan Cornell, Weber State

Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:00AM - 8:24AM Live		J05.00001: Beyond the Standard Model Global Fits with GAMBIT Invited Speaker: Jonathan Cornell Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:24AM - 8:36AM Live		J05.00002: Charge Collection in Irradiated 3D Silicon Sensors Adam Yanez, Martin Hoeferkamp, Sally Seidel Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:36AM - 8:48AM Live		J05.00003: Study of the rare decays of $B^0_s$ and $B^0$ mesons into muon pairs using data collected during 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector Andrew Forbes Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:48AM - 9:00AM Live		J05.00004: Measurement of the $\textbf{\emph{{CP}}}$-violating phase $\boldsymbol{\phi_s}$ in $\boldsymbol{B_s^0\rightarrow J/\psi\phi}$ decays in ATLAS at 13~TeV Easwar Anand Narayanan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:00AM - 9:12AM		J05.00005: Hunting for Scalar Lepton Partners at Future $e^+e^-$ Colliders Pearl Sandick, Sebastian Baum, Patrick Stengel Preview Abstract

Session J06: Physics Education

Chair: Ramón Barthelemy, Univ. Utah

Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:00AM - 8:24AM Live		J06.00001: Physics Education Research: Who we are and changing the research we do to be inclusive and equitable Invited Speaker: Ramón Barthelemy Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:24AM - 8:36AM Live		J06.00002: Scaling Up a Peltier-Powered Cloud Chamber Tyler Sitterly, Matthew Bellis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:36AM - 8:48AM Live		J06.00003: Improving Skills in Computer Methods: An Introductory Toolkit to Python for Undergraduate Physics Majors Erin O'Donnell Preview Abstract

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