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Session H1: Electroweak and QCD at the Tevatron

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Sarah Eno, University of Maryland
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon E

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H1.00001: Electroweak physics at D{\O} Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H1.00002: Electroweak Physics at CDF Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H1.00003: Recent QCD Results From the Tevatron Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H2: Mentoring in Physics Education

Sponsoring Units: DNP FEd DPF DAP
Chair: Michael Thoennessen, Michigan State University
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon F

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H2.00001: Mentoring minorities in physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H2.00002: Time to Thrive, Not Just Survive: Accumulating Advantage for Women in Science Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H2.00003: Alternative Careers for Physicists Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H3: Education and Exploration of the Universe

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Ramon Lopez, FI Tech
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon A/B

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H3.00001: The Educational Impact of LIGO Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H3.00002: Improving Education and Public Outreach Through Astronomy Education Research Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H3.00003: Communicating Science through Exhibitions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H4: LHC Upgrades

Sponsoring Units: DPB DPF
Chair: Michael Syphers, Fermilab
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon C/D

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H4.00001: Physics Opportunities at an upgraded LHC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H4.00002: LHC upgrade Options and Limitations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H4.00003: Upgrading Luminosity from the Tevatron Through the LHC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H5: Baryogenesis and the Dark Matter Problem

Sponsoring Units: COM
Chair: Calvin Howell, Duke University
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon G/H

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H5.00001: From Diffeomorphisms to Dark Matter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H5.00002: The Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry from Inflationary Gravity Waves Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H5.00003: Parsing the WHIM Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:18AM - 10:42AM		H5.00004: Ghost Condensation Neutrino Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H6: Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Terrorists

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Henry Kelly, President, Federation of American Scientists
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon I/J

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H6.00001: Is the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Robust? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H6.00002: Can Nuclear Terrorists be Deterred? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H6.00003: Need the U.S. resume nuclear weapons testing? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H7: B Factory Radiative Decays, X(3872), Direct BR

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: John Jaros, SLAC
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 1

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H7.00001: Radiative B Decays at Belle Debabrata Mohapatra Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H7.00002: BaBar Searches for Rare Radiative Penguin Decays of B Mesons Remigius Mommsen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H7.00003: Study of $X(3872)\rightarrow J/\psi\pi\pi$ in $B\rightarrow X(3872)K^-$ and $B\rightarrow X(3872)K_S^0$ Frank Winklmeier Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H7.00004: Search for $X\to J/\psi \omega$ in the B decays, $B\to XK$ Eric Eckhart Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H7.00005: BaBar Measurements of the Exclusive Radiative Penguin Decays $B \rightarrow K^*\gamma$ and $B \rightarrow K\pi\pi\gamma$ Alexander Samuel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H7.00006: BaBar Measurement of the branching fraction, photon energy spectrum, and direct $\it{CP}$ asymmetry in inclusive $b\to s \gamma$ decays Erckan Ozcan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H7.00007: BaBar Measurements of the Rare Flavor-Changing Neutral Current Decay $b \rightarrow s \ell^+\ell^-$ Ingrid Ofte Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H7.00008: Search for $B^+ \to \ell^+ \nu \gamma$ decays at Belle Hong Jun Ahn, Youngjoon Kwon Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H7.00009: Direct Measurement of the Branching Fraction of \boldmath{$\Upsilon(4S) \rightarrow B^0 \bar {B}^{0}$} Romulus Godang Preview Abstract

Session H8: Tevatron B Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: John Womersley, Fermilab
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 4

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:54AM		H8.00001: Analysis of decay-time dependence of angular distributions in$B^0_s \rightarrow J/\psi \phi$ and a measurement of the lifetime difference between $B^0_s$ CP eigenstates Leah Welty Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H8.00002: Study of $\Lambda_b$ using semileptonic decays at the Tevatron Marcus Lewin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H8.00003: A study of the decay $\Lambda_b^0\to\Lambda_c^+\pi^-\pi^+\pi^-$ at CDF Brianna Schuyler Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H8.00004: An observation of Cabibbo-suppressed decays $\Lambda_b^0\to\Lambda_c^+K^-$ at CDF Rober Bauer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H8.00005: study of $B^0 \to\phi K_s^0$ and $\Lambda_b \to \phi \Lambda$ decays at CDF Matthew Rudolph Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H8.00006: Heavy quark studies using $B^+ \rightarrow J/\psi K^{*+}$ Mark Smith Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H8.00007: $B0$ Mixing and Flavor Taggers in Exclusive $B$ Decays at CDF Alberto Belloni Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H8.00008: Measurement of $B0\bar B0$ Oscillation Frequency and Calibration of Flavour Tagging with $B \rightarrow D\ell X$ Decays Gavril Giurgiu Preview Abstract

Session H9: Hard X Rays and Gamma Rays

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Fiona Harrison, Caltech
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 5

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H9.00001: SPI/INTEGRAL measurement of the Central radian soft gamma-ray continuum emission Bouchet Laurent, Roques Jean-Pierre Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H9.00002: INTEGRAL/SPI Observations of the Inner-Galaxy Region Roland Diehl, Jean-Pierre Roques Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H9.00003: Recent Results from the InFOC$\mu$S Hard X-Ray Imaging Telescope Jack Tueller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H9.00004: Current Developments towards a Xenon Advanced Compton Telescope Uwe Oberlack, Elena Aprile, Karl-Ludwig Giboni, Daniel Kocevski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H9.00005: The Galactic Positron Annihilation Medium: Is Ionized Helium A Viable Candidate? Matthew Franking, Benjamin Brown, Jennifer Chapin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H9.00006: The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Steven Ritz Preview Abstract

Session H10: Sources of Gravitational Radiation

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Carlos Lousto, University of Texas, Brownsville
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 6

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H10.00001: How big a bump can you make on a neutron star? Benjamin Owen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H10.00002: Gravitomagnetic Love numbers and neutron star stability Marc Favata Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H10.00003: Diagnosing low $T/W$ dynamical instabilities in differentially rotating stars Shin'ichirou Yoshida, Motoyuki Saijo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H10.00004: Astrophysical constraints on EMRIs Shane L. Larson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H10.00005: Self force on a static scalar charge in Schwarzschild spacetime Swapnil Tripathi, Alan Wiseman, Tobias Keidl, John Friedman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H10.00006: Post-Minkowski action for point-particles and a helically symmetric binary solution John Friedman, Koji Uryu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H10.00007: Computing self-forces with the Quinn-Wald axioms Alan G. Wiseman, John L. Friedman, Tobias S. Keidl, Swapnil Tripathi, Samuel Gralla Preview Abstract

Session H11: Plasma Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPP DAP
Chair: Melissa Douglas, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 7

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H11.00001: Inconsistency between Keplerian rotation and MHD induction equation; particle-based accretion dynamo Paul Bellan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H11.00002: ``Crystal'' Magnetic Structure in Axisymmetric Plasma Accretion Disks B. Coppi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H11.00003: Investigation of the Coherent Synchrotron Radiation Instability Bjoern S. Schmekel, Richard V.E. Lovelace, Ira M. Wasserman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H11.00004: Plasma Generated Spherules C.J. Ransom, Wal Thornhill Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H11.00005: Examination of Liner Stability During Magnetic Implosion Using Experiments and Simulations Walter Atchison, Rickey Faehl, Don Lemons Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H11.00006: Schmidt Numbers at an Interface between Two Plasmas Ken LaGattuta Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H11.00007: The Columbus Concept in the Context of a Science Based Approach to Fusion Research M. Salvetti, B. Coppi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H11.00008: Nuclear Diagnostics of Implosion and Fusion Burn at the National Ignition Facility" Cris W. Barnes, Larry J. Casper, Cindy R. Christensen, Gary P. Grim, Joseph M. Mack, John A. Oertel, Douglas C. Wilson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H11.00009: Protonic Theory of Dielectric Breakdown of Water James Espinosa, Dmitriy Plaks Preview Abstract

Session H12: Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay and Neutrino Mass

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Andrew Hime, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 11

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H12.00001: The \textit{Majorana }Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment Reyco Henning Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H12.00002: Analysis of Backgrounds in the Majorana Experiment Dong-Ming Mei Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H12.00003: Calibrating Arrays of Germanium Detectors for Double-Beta Decay Victor Gehman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H12.00004: Using a germanium detector array to mimic double-beta decays to excited states Kareem Kazkaz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H12.00005: A Low-Background Front-End Electronics Package for Germanium Spectrometers Todd Hossbach Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H12.00006: A High Purity Germanium Diode Operated as a Radiation Detector in Liquid Argon John L. Orrell Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H12.00007: The depth-sensitivity relation (DSR) for underground laboratories Andrew Hime, Dong-Ming Mei Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H12.00008: The KATRIN Experiment: A precision tritium beta-decay measurement examining the mass of the neutrino Keith Rielage Preview Abstract

Session H13: Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions II: Theory

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Ralf Rapp, Texas A&M University
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 12

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H13.00001: Centrality Dependence of Bulk Fireball Properties at RHIC Johann Rafelski, Jean Letessier, Giorgio Torrieri Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H13.00002: Particle Production and Bulk Fireball Properties in \mathversion{bold}{$\sqrt{s_{NN}}=130$} and 200 GeV Au--Au Collisions Giorgio Torrieri, Jean Letessier, Johann Rafelski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H13.00003: Deconfinement energy threshold: analysis of hadron yields at 11.6 \mathversion{bold}$A$ GeV Jean Letessier, Johann Rafelski, Giorgio Torrieri Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H13.00004: Nuclear modifications and parton fragmentation functions in d+Au collisions Adeola Adeluyi, George Fai Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H13.00005: Photon Elliptic Flow and Jet Photon Correlations in Heavy Ion Collisions Rainer Fries Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H13.00006: Pionic interferometry in RHI Collisions Gerald A. Miller, John G. Cramer Preview Abstract