Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2005 APS April Meeting

Saturday–Tuesday, April 16–19, 2005; Tampa, FL

Session Index

Session Z7: Advances in Field Theory and String Theory

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 1

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		Z7.00001: Standard Model and beyond within the framework of Non-Commutative Geometry Cosmin Macesanu, Kameshwar C. Wali Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		Z7.00002: QEDxQCD Exponentiation and Shower/ME Matching at the LHC Bennie Ward, Stanislaw Jadach, Mikhail Kalmykov, Scott Yost Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		Z7.00003: Comparisons of Virtual Corrections to Bremsstrahlung in Radiative Return at High Energy $e^+ e^-$ Colliders Scott Yost, S. Jadach, B.F.L. Ward Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		Z7.00004: Virasoro generators and the dS$_3$/CFT$_2$ correspondence Scott Ness Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		Z7.00005: Two-dimensional super Yang-Mills theory investigated with improved resolution Uwe Trittmann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		Z7.00006: On the nonperturbative solution of quantum field theories John Hiller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		Z7.00007: Verification of the Ward Identites and Generalization to the Comma Field Theory Benjamin Sauerwine, Abdulmajeed Abdurrahman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		Z7.00008: Bound States in the Noncommutative Plane Subir Ghosh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		Z7.00009: Variational Method for Few-Body Bound States in QFT J. W. Darewych, M. Emami Razavy, A. Terekidi Preview Abstract

Session Z8: Tevatron B Physics Topics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 4

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		Z8.00001: Observation and Measurements of Semileptonic$B$ decays to $D^{**}$ Mesons Dmitri Tsybychev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		Z8.00002: Semileptonic Lifetimes of B Mesons from CDF RUN II Data David Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		Z8.00003: First Measurements of polarization in Charmless B to Vector Vector decays at CDF Gianluca De Lorenzo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		Z8.00004: Ratios of Branching Ratios for Hadronic $b$ Hadron Decays Boris Iyutin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		Z8.00005: $\Upsilon$ Production and Spin Alignment in $p \overline{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$ TeV Richard Gregory Feild Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		Z8.00006: Study of orbitally excited B mesons at CDF Jen Pursley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		Z8.00007: Lifetimes in Exclusive $b$ Hadron Decays to $J/\psi$ at CDF Jeff Miles Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		Z8.00008: B cross section measurements in lD Jim Kraus Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		Z8.00009: Measurement of $b$~Quark Fragmentation Fractions in $p\bar p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$~TeV Karen Gibson Preview Abstract

Session Z9: New Ideas in Gravitation and Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: Jorge Pullin, Louisiana State University
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 5

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		Z9.00001: Energy distribution of Reissner-Nordstrom-anti-de Sitter black holes with negative or vanishing curvature Paul Halpern Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		Z9.00002: Spin motion of a string Richard Hammond Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		Z9.00003: Gravity as Nonmetricity Alexander Poltorak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		Z9.00004: Extended Cellular Automata Models of Particles and Space-Time Michael Beedle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		Z9.00005: Non-Local Gauge Field Theory: a Model Bojan Tunguz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		Z9.00006: A massive graviton generalization of general relativity Chris Vuille Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		Z9.00007: Precession of Mercury and Bending of Starlight Using Gravitational Emission Theory Gary Hunter, James Espinosa, Julie Talbot Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		Z9.00008: Gravity as a Grand Unification of Forces Rasulkhozha Sharafiddinov Preview Abstract

Session Z12: Mini-symposium B: Pentaquarks and Other Exotics II

Chair: Simon Capstick, Florida State University
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 11

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		Z12.00001: Search for the Theta(1540) Pentaquark in Electro-Production with the BaBar Detector Jonathon Coleman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		Z12.00002: Searches for exotic particles in d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}=200$~GeV and Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}=62.4$~GeV Jingguo Ma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		Z12.00003: Constraints on narrow exotic states from K+p and K0$_{Lp}$ scattering data Ron Workman, Richard Arndt, Igor Strakovsky, Mark Manley, J. Tulpan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		Z12.00004: All-Charm Tetraquarks James Vary, Richard Lloyd, John Spence Preview Abstract

Session Z13: Nuclear Theory II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Ruprecht Machleidt, University of Idaho
Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Room 12

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		Z13.00001: R-Matrix Method Using the Polar Form of the Schroedinger Operator Charles Weatherford Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		Z13.00002: DWBA (d,N) Calculations Including Dirac Phenomenological Potentials and an Exact Treatment of Finite-range Effects Eric Hawk, James McNeil Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		Z13.00003: The number of $J=0$ pairs in $^{44,46,48}$Ti Larry Zamick, Alberto Escuderos, Aram Mekjian Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		Z13.00004: Alternate derivation of the Ginocchio-Haxton relation $[(2j-3)/6]$ Alberto Escuderos, Larry Zamick Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		Z13.00005: Bound nucleons have unique masses that govern elemental properties Eugene Pamfiloff Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		Z13.00006: Chaos as a Bridge between Classical Determinism and Quantum Probability Wm. C. McHarris Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		Z13.00007: Variable Nuclear Barrier Heights as Irregular Potential Waves Due to Various Nuclear Motions Stewart Brekke Preview Abstract
		Z13.00008: Variable Cross Sections Due to Nuclear Vibrations Stewart Brekke Preview Abstract
		Z13.00009: Classical Model of Rutherford-Santilli Neutron Robert Driscoll Preview Abstract

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