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Session R1: Baryons: Birth and Death

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Chris Quigg, Fermilab
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon E

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R1.00001: Proton decay: present and future Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R1.00002: Leptogenesis Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R1.00003: New Results in Electroweak Baryogenesis Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session R2: Nuclear Physics with High Energy Accelerators

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPB
Chair: Satoshi Ozaki, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon F

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R2.00001: New Experimental Results from RHIC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R2.00002: The Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider: Present Performance and Future Capabilities Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R2.00003: Recent Physics Results and the 12 GeV Upgrade at JLAB Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session R3: Space Plasmas

Sponsoring Units: DAP GPAP
Chair: R. Paul Drake, University of Michigan
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon A/B

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R3.00001: Observations of Magnetic Reconnection in the Earth's Magnetosphere Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R3.00002: Observations and theory of the heliosphere/interstellar medium interaction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R3.00003: The structure of parallel electric fields in collisionless plasmas: ionosphere and magnetospheric observations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session R4: Gravitational Aspects of String Theory

Sponsoring Units: GGR DPF
Chair: Donald Marolf, University of California-Santa Barbara
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon C/D

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R4.00001: Black Rings Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R4.00002: Stringy Perspectives on Gravity and Geometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R4.00003: Hot branes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session R5: Communicating Physics to Non-Physicists

Sponsoring Units: FGSA FEd
Chair: Lindley Winslow, University of California-Berkeley
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon G/H

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R5.00001: Engaging High School Students in Research Through QuarkNet Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R5.00002: Filling the Void: Speaking to the Others Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R5.00003: From Lab to Legislation: Communicating Science to Congress Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session R6: Few Body Collisions

Sponsoring Units: GFB
Chair: H.R.J. Walters, Queens University, Belfast
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon I/J

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R6.00001: Collisions with molecular targets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R6.00002: Ionization Processes by Ion Impact: the Role of Multiple Electron Scattering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R6.00003: Collision with surfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session R7: Top Quark Pair Production I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Estia Eichten, Fermilab
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 1

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 11:09AM		R7.00001: Measurement of the Top Quark Pair Production Cross Section in the Di-Muon+Jets Channel at D{\O} Jessica Leveque Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R7.00002: Measurement of the Top Quark Pair Production Cross Section in the All-Hadronic Channel at D{\O} Hendrik Hoeth Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R7.00003: Measurement of the Top Quark Pair Production Cross Section in the Electron+Muon+Jets Channel at D{\O} Kirti Ranjan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R7.00004: Measurement of the Top Quark Pair Production Cross Section in the Di-Electron+Jets Channel at D{\O} Ashish Kumar Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R7.00005: Measurement of the Top Pair Production Cross Section in the Electron+Jets Channel at D\O\ Using Topological Information Jean-Roch Vlimant Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R7.00006: Measurement of the Top Pair Production Cross Section in the Muon+Jets Channel at D\O\ Using Topological Information Nils Gollub Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R7.00007: Measurement of the Top Pair Production Cross Section in Lepton+Jets Final States at D\O\ Using Lifetime b-Tagging Gustavo Otero y Garzon Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R7.00008: Measurement of the Top Quark Transverse Momentum Spectrum at D{\O} Jiri Kvita Preview Abstract

Session R8: Higgs

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Florencia Canelli, UCLA
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 4

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 11:09AM		R8.00001: Higgs Boson Production with a Single Bottom Quark at Hadron Colliders Christopher Jackson, Laura Reina, Sally Dawson, Doreen Wackeroth Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R8.00002: Weak Boson Fusion Studies with H$\diamondsuit $ZZ$\diamondsuit $ll$\nu \nu $ and H$\diamondsuit \tau \tau \diamondsuit $l$\nu \nu $ for CMS Experiment Ugur Akgun, Firdevs Duru, Yasar Onel Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R8.00003: Higgs mass from extended spin model Jaime Besprosvany, José Luis Flores Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R8.00004: Search for New Physics and the Higgs Boson in the $b\bar{b}$ plus Missing $E_T$ Signature Viktor Veszpremi, Oscar Gonzalez-Lopez Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R8.00005: Search for Neutral MSSM Higgs Boson Production via the Process $p\bar{p} \to bb+A/h/H \to b\bar{b} b \bar{b}$ Jahred Yamaoka Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R8.00006: Multiphoton Production and a Search for Fermiophobic Higgs in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV Oleksiy Atramentov Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R8.00007: Search for SM Higgs boson using large missing $E_T$ plus b-jets final state at D{\O} Makoto Tomot Preview Abstract

Session R9: Cosmic Rays I

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Pierre Sokolsky, University of Utah
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 5

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R9.00001: Measurement of the HiRes Stereo Composition Brian Connolly Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R9.00002: A deconvolution technique, to measure proton cross-section at ultra-high energies using cosmic ray data. Konstantin Belov Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R9.00003: Search for Correlated High Energy Cosmic Ray Events with CHICOS B. E. Carlson, E. Brobeck, C. J. Jillings, M. B. Larson, T. W. Lynn, R. D. McKeown, James E. Hill, B. J. Falkowski, R. Seki, J. Sepikas, G. B. Yodh Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R9.00004: Lateral and Time Distributions of Extensive Air Showers for CHICOS C.J. Jillings, E.G. Brobeck, B.E Carlson, T.W. Lynn, R.D. McKeown, D. Wells, K.C. Chan, J. Hill, B. Falkowski, R. Seki, J. Sepikas Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R9.00005: Status and Physics Objectives of the Pierre Auger Observatory Matthias Leuthold Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R9.00006: The Surface Detector Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory Aaron Chou Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R9.00007: The Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory Pablo Bauleo Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R9.00008: Hybrid Performance of the Pierre Auger Observatory Miguel Mostafa Preview Abstract
		R9.00009: Search for Point Sources of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays Brian Connolly Preview Abstract

Session R10: Gravitational Wave Detection

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Brian O'Reilly, LIGO Livingston
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 6

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R10.00001: Minimizing the Mechanical Loss in Fused Silica and Lowering the Thermal Noise in Advanced LIGO Steven Penn, Alexander Ageev, Dan Busby, Gregory Harry, Andri Gretarsson, Kenji Numata, Phil Willems Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R10.00002: Acceleration Noise Measurements for LISA Stephan Schlamminger, Jens Gundlach, Charles Hagedorn, Blayne Heckel, Michael Nickerson, Braxton Osting, Christopher Spitzer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R10.00003: Observing Massive Black Hole Binary Coalescences with LISA John Baker, Joan Centrella Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R10.00004: Ridgelines and Catastrophes: Analysis of LISA signals reveals how source parameter estimates sharpen non-linearly as observed signal duration increases James Graber Preview Abstract

Session R11: Physics Education

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Wolfgang Christian, Davidson College
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 7

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R11.00001: Gravitational Wave Outreach Michelle B. Larson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R11.00002: LIGO: Creating enhancements to the undergraduate physics experience S.C. McGuire Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R11.00003: The LIGO Science Education Center: Partnering Labs, Universities, Education Agencies and Informal Learning Centers John Thacker Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R11.00004: A Conceptual Physics Course in General Relativity and Cosmology Michael Zeilik, M. Jennifer Markus Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R11.00005: Understanding the Coulomb and Newton Force Laws Chris Vuille Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R11.00006: Derivation of Schrodinger and Dirac Equations Spyros Efthimiades Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R11.00007: Modifying ``Six Ideas that Shaped Physics'' for a Life-Science major audience at Hope College Catherine Mader Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R11.00008: Implementation, Analysis, and Assessment of On-Line Teaching Evaluations Jerry L. Artz, Andrew R. Rundquist Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R11.00009: Personal Notification Service from the ADS Abstract Service Guenther Eichhorn, Alberto Accomazzi, Carolyn S. Grant, Edwin Henneken, Michael J. Kurtz, Donna M. Thompson, Stephen S. Murray Preview Abstract

Session R12: Nuclear Reactions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: M. B. Tsang, Michigan State University
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 11

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R12.00001: Measurement of Spin-Correlation Coefficients for p-$^{3}$He Elastic Scattering T.V. Daniels, T. Katabuchi, T.B. Clegg, H.J. Karwowski Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R12.00002: Coupled reaction channels analysis of $^{7}$Li + $^{6}$Li interactions O.A. Momotyuk, K.W. Kemper, B.T. Roeder, W. Cluff, N. Keeley, B.G. Schmidt, M. Wiedeking, F. Mar$\'{e}$chal, S. Mezhevych, J. Liendo Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R12.00003: Can the CDCC calculation be improved? George Rawitscher, Israel Koltracht Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R12.00004: Survival of Very Neutron Rich Fragments in Multifragmentation G.A. Souliotis, D.V. Shetty, M. Veselsky, A. Botvina, E. Bell, A. Keksis, M. Jandel, S.J. Yennello Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R12.00005: Evolution of isoscaling Jorge Lopez, C.O. Corso, C. Escudero Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R12.00006: Critical analysis of data from peripheral Si+Sn reaction at 50 MeV/nucleon - probing N/Z degree of freedom M. Jandel, S. Wuenschel, S.J. Yennello, G.A. Souliotis, D.V. Shetty, E. Bell, A. Keksis, J. Iglio, B. Stein, S. Soisson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R12.00007: Using Light Cluster Production to Explore the Density Dependence of the Nuclear Symmetry Energy Sarah Soisson, L.W. Chen, E. Bell, S.J. Yennello Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R12.00008: The amalgamation stage of fusion reactions Genevieve Mouze, Christian Ythier Preview Abstract

Session R13: History of Physics II

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Roger H. Stuewer, University of Minnesota
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 12

Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45AM - 11:09AM		R13.00001: Plato's TIMAIO$\Sigma$ (TIMAEUS) and Modern Particle Physics Ruprecht Machleidt Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:09AM - 11:33AM		R13.00002: Early radium experiments in Guadalajara, M\'{e}xico Durruty Jes\'{u}s de Alba Mart\'{i}nez Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:33AM - 11:57AM		R13.00003: U.S. Scientists and the Chinese Reception of Relativity Danian Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:57AM - 12:21PM		R13.00004: Disaster Scenarios at Nuclear Accelerators Joseph Kapusta Preview Abstract