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Session K1: String Theory

Sponsoring Units: DPF GGR
Chair: Joseph Lykken, Fermilab
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon E

Sunday, April 17, 2005 12:45PM - 1:21PM		K1.00001: Beller Lecture Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:21PM - 1:57PM		K1.00002: Recent Developments in String Gravity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:57PM - 2:33PM		K1.00003: Apker Award Talk Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:33PM - 3:09PM		K1.00004: TBA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K2: Giant Star Evolution and Nucleosynthesis

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Michael Smith, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon F

Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:15PM - 1:51PM		K2.00001: Nucleosynthesis and stellar modeling of AGB stars Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:51PM - 2:27PM		K2.00002: $^{14}$N(p,$\gamma$)$^{15}$O and the Age of the Galaxy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:27PM - 3:03PM		K2.00003: Neutron capture measurements for nuclear astrophysics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K3: Gamma Ray Bursts I

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: James M. Ryan, University of New Hampshire
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon A/B

Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:15PM - 1:51PM		K3.00001: Properties of X-ray Flashes Inferred from Their Afterglows and Host Galaxies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:51PM - 2:27PM		K3.00002: First Gamma Ray Burst Observations with Swift Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:27PM - 3:03PM		K3.00003: The Physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K4: Nobel Prize, Einstein Prize, and Pipkin Award Session

Chair: Helen Quinn, SLAC
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon C/D

Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:15PM - 1:51PM		K4.00001: Understanding the Feebleness of Gravity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:51PM - 2:27PM		K4.00002: Highlights of the scientific work of Bryce DeWitt Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:27PM - 3:03PM		K4.00003: Multidisciplinary applications of state-selected atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K5: Plasma Physics in the Laboratory

Sponsoring Units: DPP
Chair: Cris Barnes, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon G/H

Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:15PM - 1:51PM		K5.00001: Research Opportunities at the Basic Plasma Science Facility Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:51PM - 2:27PM		K5.00002: First Plasma Results from the Levitated Dipole Experiment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:27PM - 3:03PM		K5.00003: Creating High Energy Density Jets in Laboratory Environments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K6: Scientific Integrity in Government

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Lawrence Krauss, Case Western Reserve University
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon I/J

Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:15PM - 1:51PM		K6.00001: Science Meets Politics -from Thomas Jefferson to George W. Bush Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:51PM - 2:27PM		K6.00002: Scientific Integrity in Government Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:27PM - 3:03PM		K6.00003: Scientific Integrity in Washington: Politics Trumps Science? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K7: B Factory Physics Topics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Christian Bauer, Caltech
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 1

Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM		K7.00001: Angular analysis of $B\rightarrow J/\psi K^*$, $B\rightarrow \psi(2S) K^*$ and $B\rightarrow \chi_c1 K^*$ Emmanuel Latour Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM		K7.00002: Dalitz Plot Analysis of $B^+ \to h^+h^-h^+$ Tom Latham Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM		K7.00003: Study of $B^0 \to \rho^0 K_S^0$ decays Ian Forster Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM		K7.00004: Search for new charmless hadronic B meson decays Gennadiy Kukartsev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM		K7.00005: Measurement of the $B\to \phi\phi K$ branching fraction Prafulla Behera Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:15PM - 2:27PM		K7.00006: $B^0\to K^0_SK^0_S$ branching fraction and direct CP asymmetry Jed Biesiada Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:27PM - 2:39PM		K7.00007: Study of $B^+ \to \pi^+\pi^0 , K^+\pi^0$ decays Julie Malcles Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:39PM - 2:51PM		K7.00008: Measurement of the $B^0\to \pi^0\pi^0$ Carlos Chavez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:51PM - 3:03PM		K7.00009: Measurement of $\gamma$ in $B^\pm \to D^{(*)0} K^\pm$ decays by a Dalitz analysis of $D^0 \to K_S \pi^- \pi^+$ Luigi Li Gioi Preview Abstract

Session K8: Neutrino Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Geralyn (Sam) Zeller, Columbia University
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 4

Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:15PM - 1:39PM		K8.00001: The Status and Prospects of MINOS/NuMI Hyejoo Kang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM		K8.00002: Atmospheric Neutrino Detection in the MINOS Far Detector Bernard Becker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM		K8.00003: Status of the MINOS Near Detector Rustem Ospanov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM		K8.00004: Overview of the MINERvA Experiment Vittorio Paolone Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:15PM - 2:27PM		K8.00005: The Reaction $\bar\nu_L + p\longrightarrow L^+ +\Lambda$ Stephan Mintz, Lingling Wen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:27PM - 2:39PM		K8.00006: MIPP Experiment at Fermilab and Particle Fragmentation Scaling Law Holger Meyer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:39PM - 2:51PM		K8.00007: Applications of the MIPP Experiment to Neutrino Beam Calculations Mark Messier Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:51PM - 3:03PM		K8.00008: Ultra High Energy Neutrino-Nucleon Scattering Ernest Henley, Jamal Jalilian-Marian Preview Abstract

Session K9: Dark Matter II

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Elena Aprile, Columbia University
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 5

Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM		K9.00001: The High Resolution Microwave Cavity Search for Dark Matter Axions Leanne Duffy Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM		K9.00002: The CDMS Experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory Michael Attisha Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM		K9.00003: The Performance of the CDMS Experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory Walter Ogburn Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM		K9.00004: Recent Results from the CDMS Experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory Angela Reisetter Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM		K9.00005: A Search for Low Mass WIMPs with the CDMS Experiment Raymond Bunker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:15PM - 2:27PM		K9.00006: Background Discrimination Capability of a Dual Phase Xenon Detector for the XENON Dark Matter Experiment Kaixuan Ni Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:27PM - 2:39PM		K9.00007: Technique for WIMP dark matter detection using pulse-shape discrimination in noble liquids Mark Boulay Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:39PM - 2:51PM		K9.00008: Measurements of neon scintillation properties for the CLEAN detector James Nikkel, Walter Lippincott, Anders Knospe, Matthew Harrison, Ben Jorns, Daniel McKinsey, Andrew Hime, Mark Boulay, Jeff Lidgard, Dongming Mei, Kevin Coakley, Edward Kearns Preview Abstract

Session K10: Physical Review and Physical Review Letters

Sponsoring Units: APS
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 8

Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:30PM - 3:30PM

K10.00001: Physical Review and Physical Review Letters Preview Abstract

Session K11: History of Physics I

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Kenneth Ford, Retired
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 7

Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:15PM - 1:39PM		K11.00001: The rotational specific heat of molecular hydrogen in the old quantum theory Clayton Gearhart Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:39PM - 2:03PM		K11.00002: To Wise King Ehrenfest: Humorous Writings by Oskar Klein and Others from 1930s Copenhagen Paul Halpern Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:03PM - 2:27PM		K11.00003: Historic Objections to the Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics---How They Veered Close to Chaos Theory Wm. C. McHarris Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:27PM - 2:51PM		K11.00004: Likelihood of women vs. men to receive bachelor's degrees in physics at Stanford, 1900-1929. Anthony Nero Preview Abstract

Session K12: Electromagnetic Interactions I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Joerg Reinhold, Florida International University
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 11

Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM		K12.00001: Beam Asymmetry Measurements from Single Pion Electro-production Kyungseon Joo, Maurizio Ungaro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM		K12.00002: The Spin Correlation Parameters in Electron-Proton Inclusive Scattering in the Delta-Excitation Region Octavian Filoti, John Calarco Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM		K12.00003: A Precision Measurement of $G_E^p/G_M^p$ at BLAST Chris Crawford Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM		K12.00004: A new measurement of the neutron magnetic form factor using CLAS. Jeff Lachniet Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM		K12.00005: F2 at Low Q$^2$ Edwin Segbefia Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:15PM - 2:27PM		K12.00006: L/T separation in kaon electroproduction using CLAS at Jefferson Lab Brian A. Raue, Pawel Ambrozewicz, Daniel S. Carman, Mac D. Mestayer, Avtandil Tkabladze Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:27PM - 2:39PM		K12.00007: Interference structure functions in $K^+\Lambda(\Sigma^0)$ electroproduction Avto Tkabladze, Pawel Ambrozewicz, Daniel Carman, Mac Mestayer, Brian Raue Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:39PM - 2:51PM		K12.00008: Measurements of $C_x$, $C_z$ and $d_\sigma/d\Omega$ for $K^+\Lambda$ and $K^+\Sigma^0$ Photoproduction Reinhard Schumacher, Robert Bradford Preview Abstract

Session K13: Nuclear Structure

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: T. L. Khoo, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 12

Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM		K13.00001: Characterization of levels in $^{17}$O from the reaction $^{12}$C($^{7}$Li,d)$^{17}$O at 34 MeV A.M. Crisp, W.D. Weintraub, B.T. Roeder, K.W. Kemper, O. Momotyuk, M. Wiedeking, N. Keeley, F. Mar\'{e}chal, K. Rusek Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM		K13.00002: Probing $sd-pf$ cross-shell interactions via terminating configurations in $N \sim Z$ scandium isotopes C.J. Chiara, M. Devlin, E. Ideguchi, F. Lerma, W. Reviol, S.K. Ryu, D.G. Sarantites, J.N. Wilson, C. Baktash, A. Galindo-Uribarri, D. Rudolph, D.R. LaFosse, M.P. Carpenter, R.V.F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, C.J. Lister, P. Reiter, D. Seweryniak, P. Fallon, A. G\"orgen, A.O. Macchiavelli Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM		K13.00003: Level density from evaporation spectra for proton rich nuclei Alexander Voinov, Steven Grimes, Carl R. Brune, Saleh Al-Quraishi, Michael Hornish, Thomas Massey, John O'Donnell, Americo Salas Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM		K13.00004: High-spin states in the N=50 nucleus $^{85}$Br N. Fotiades, J.A. Cizewski, R. Kr\"{u}cken, R.M. Clark, P. Fallon, I.Y. Lee, A.O. Macchiavelli, J.A. Becker, L.A. Bernstein, D.P. McNabb, W. Younes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM		K13.00005: Evolution of deformation accross the main shell N=82-126 M.-A. Deleplanque, S.Y. Chu, S. Frauendorf, V. Pashkevich, A. Unzhakova Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:15PM - 2:27PM		K13.00006: Chaotic Behavior in Ytterbium Nuclei F.S. Stephens, M.A. Deleplanque, I.Y. Lee, A.O. Macchiavelli, D. Ward, P. Fallon, M. Cromaz, R.M. Clark, M. Descovich, R.M. Diamond, E. Rodriguez-Vieitez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:27PM - 2:39PM		K13.00007: Proton - Neutron Interactions and The New Atomic Masses R.B. Cakirli, R.F. Casten, D.S. Brenner, E.A. Millman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:39PM - 2:51PM		K13.00008: IBM-2 calculation with configuration mixing for Ge isotopes Elizabeth Padilla-Rodal, Octavio H. Casta\~{n}os, Roelof Bijker, Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri Preview Abstract