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Session B1: Underground Labs: Plans and Progress

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Hamish Robertson, University of Washington
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B1.00001: Particle and Nuclear Physics at a Deep Underground Laboratory Invited Speaker: Kate Scholberg Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B1.00002: A Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in the United States Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B1.00003: SNOLAB Status, Prospects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B2: Light Exotic Nuclei

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Michael Thoenessen, Michigan State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B2.00001: Studies of Neutron-Rich Nuclei with the MoNA/Sweeper System at the NSCL Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B2.00002: Nucleon transfer reactions with exotic light nuclei Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B2.00003: The Structure of $^9$C and $^7$He. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B3: Laboratory Astrophysics: Supernovae and Jets

Sponsoring Units: DPP GPAP
Chair: Paul Bellan, California Institute of Technology
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B3.00001: Structure of Supernova Remnant Shock Waves Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B3.00002: Modeling Supernova Shocks with Intense Lasers. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B3.00003: Modeling Astrophysical Jets in a Laboratory Experiment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B4: Research Talks at the Undergraduate Level

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: David Ehrenstein, APS
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B4.00001: Top Quarks and the High Energy Frontier Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B4.00002: Ellipsoids beat Spheres: Experiments with Candies, Colloids and Crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B4.00003: Why Is the Universe Accelerating? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B5: Cosmology I

Sponsoring Units: DAP FHP
Chair: James Ryan, University of New Hampshire
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B5.00001: Why Aristotle took so long to die Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B5.00002: The New Mysteries of the Cosmos Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B5.00003: The Future of Cosmic Microwave Background Observations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B7: Gamma-Ray Bursts and GLAST

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Julie McEnery, Goddard Space Flight Center
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B7.00001: Gamma-Ray Bursts Observations with GLAST Nicola Omodei, Charles Meegan, Valerie Connaughton, Neil Gehrels, Jay Norris Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B7.00002: Rapid Spectral Variability of GRBs. A Puzzle Solved? Mikhail Medvedev Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B7.00003: TeV Gamma Ray Astronomy and GLAST Elliott Bloom, Lester Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B7.00004: Overview of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Large Area Telescope (LAT): Description and Performance Goals Tracy Usher Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B7.00005: Onboard filtering and science processing in GLAST Frederick Kuehn Preview Abstract

Session B8: Nuclear Instrumentation and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Gary Westfall, Michigan State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B8.00001: Neutron capture cross sections for AFCI at DANCE Rene Reifarth Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B8.00002: Muon Flux at Proposed US Sites for Underground Labs Kregg Philpott Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B8.00003: Reactor Safeguards using Compact Antineutrino Detectors Nathaniel Bowden, Matthew Allen, James Lund, Adam Bernstein, Celsete Winant Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B8.00004: Measurement and modeling of dissolved radon as a tracer of ground water flow in a well Vincente Guiseppe, C.T. Hess Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B8.00005: Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) cosmic ray test system for the STAR Time-of-Flight detector Kohei Kajimoto Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B8.00006: Proposed STAR Time of Flight Readout Electronics and DAQ Joachim Schambach Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B8.00007: Front-End Electronics for a Zero Degree Calorimeter Brennan Metzler Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B8.00008: Development of Multiplexed Analog Shaper Electronics for use with Highly Segmented Silicon Arrays Carl Metelko, Sylvie Hudan, Romualdo deSouza, Andrew Alexander, John Poehlman, Matthew Hodek Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B8.00009: Investigation of Limitations on the Photon Tagging Technique at High Energies. Marianna Gabrielyan Preview Abstract

Session B9: Hadronic Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Paul Reimer, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B9.00001: Bethe-Salpeter Study of Heavy-light Pseudoscalar and Vector Meson Masses Nicholas Souchlas, Pieter Maris, Peter Tandy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B9.00002: Thermal Time Scales in a Color Glass Condensate Vivek Parihar, Allan Widom, Yogi Srivastava Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B9.00003: Coherent $\phi$-meson photoproduction on deuteron Tsutomu Mibe, David Tedeschi, Stepan Stepanyan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B9.00004: Measurement of the Pion's Electric Form Factor Via Pion Electroproduction Tanja Horn Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B9.00005: Overview of the Hypernuclear Spectroscopy Experiment E01-011 at Jefferson Lab. Victor M. Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B9.00006: Excitation Spectra of $\Lambda $ Hypernuclei using the (e,e'K$^{+})$ Reaction Leon Cole Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B9.00007: Optical Calibration For Jefferson Lab HKS Spectrometer Lullin Yuan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B9.00008: Searching for $\Phi(1860)^{- -}$ pentaquark state in photo-induced reactions using the CLAS detector J\"{o}rn Langheinrich, Hovanes Egiyan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B9.00009: Search for the $\Theta ^{+}$ Pentaquark with Photoproduction off Deuterium at CLAS Ken Hicks Preview Abstract

Session B11: Focus Session: Recent Results in Quantum Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: William Hiscock, Montana State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B11.00001: Emergence of the standard model from quantum gravity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B11.00002: Black hole peregrinations Eanna Flanagan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B11.00003: Holography and entropy bounds in the plane wave matrix model Aleksey Mints, Raphael Bousso Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B11.00004: Consistent discretization of classical and quantum Regge Calculus Jorge Pullin, Rodolfo Gambini Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B11.00005: Horizon Constraints and Stringy Black Holes Steven Carlip Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B11.00006: Loop quantum cosmology in the Schwarzschild interior Daniel Cartin, Gaurav Khanna Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B11.00007: Non-singular cosmological dynamics in Bianchi models of Loop Quantum Cosmology Kevin Vandersloot Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:33PM - 12:45PM		B11.00008: Introducing a Unifying Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics N. Glenn Gratke Preview Abstract

Session B12: B Meson Decays

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: James Olsen, Princeton University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B12.00001: Measurement of branching fractions of $B$-meson decays to final states containing an $\eta^\prime$ and a vector meson Alan Robertson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B12.00002: $\Upsilon(1S) \to \eta^\prime + X $ decays Koloina Randrianarivony Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B12.00003: Searches for radiative $B$ meson decays to $\eta(')K\gamma$ Alfio Lazzaro Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B12.00004: Search for $B^0$ meson decay to $\eta^\prime \eta^\prime K^0_S$ Riccardo Pellegrini Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B12.00005: Ratios of Branching Fractions for Hadronic $b$ Meson Decays Boris Iyutin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B12.00006: Study of $CP$ violation in mixing with partially reconstructed $D^{*-} \ell^+ \nu$ events Elisa Manoni Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B12.00007: Study of the $B^{\pm} \rightarrow { (K \pi \pi^{0} )}_{ D^{0} / \overline{D^{0}}} K^{\pm}$ through the ADS method Viola Sordini Preview Abstract

Session B13: W and Z Bosons I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Peter Nemethy, New York University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B13.00001: W/Z/Higgs Production at LHC and PDF Uncertainties Fredrick Olness Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B13.00002: Study of Inclusive WZ Events in Trilepton Final States at Dzero James Degenhardt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B13.00003: Search for $WZ$ Production at the Tevatron Kevin McCarthy, Shih-Chieh Hsu, Elliot Lipeles, Mark Neubauer, Frank W\"urthwein Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B13.00004: Search for $WZ$ and $ZZ$ Production in the Dilepton Plus Dijet Final State at the Tevatron Jonathon Efron, Beate Heinemann, Richard Hughes, Ben Kilminster, Andy Mehta, Brian Winer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B13.00005: Measurement of $b$ jet Production in Events with a $Z$ Boson in $p\overline{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV Jonathan Wilson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B13.00006: Search for New Physics in the DiElectron Channel at CDF Sam Harper Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B13.00007: Search for Narrow di-Muon Resonances in a Wide Mass Range Michael Schmitt, Jane Nachtman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B13.00008: Study of Hadronic Final States in Z Production in Searches for Monojet Signatures at the Tevatron Monica D'Onofrio, Oriol Salto Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B13.00009: A Study of Anomalous Production of Z-Bosons with High Transverse Momentum at the Tevatron Alexander Paramonov Preview Abstract

Session B14: Particle Beam Physics and Technologies

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: Joseph Bisognano, University of Wisconsin
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland I

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B14.00001: Experimental Investigation of Beam Breakup in the Jefferson Laboratory 10 kW FEL Upgrade Driver Christopher Tennant, David Douglas, Kevin Jordan, Lia Merminga, Eduard Pozdeyev, Haipeng Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B14.00002: Controlling wiggler harmonic radiation to minimize FEL cavity mirror damage S.L. Huang, Y.K. Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B14.00003: Recent Studies of Coherent Bremsstrahlung Herbert Uberall Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B14.00004: Injection, focusing, and acceleration of electrons in the nonlinear 3D laser wakefield. Serguei Kalmykov, Leonid Gobunov, Patrick Mora, Gennady Shvets Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B14.00005: Acceleration of a Train of Micro-Bunches Moving in a Dilute Resonant Active Medium Levi Schachter Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B14.00006: Electron Cloud Investigations in the Fermilab Main Injector Robert Zwaska, Weiren Chou, Ioanis Kourbanis, Alberto Marchionni, Vladimir Shiltsev, Xiaolong Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B14.00007: Characterization of Quasi-monoenergetic Neutron Beams from Deuteron Breakup at the 88-Inch Cyclotron Darren Bleuel, Margaret McMahan, Larry Ahle, Lee Bernstein, Lawrence Heilbronn Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B14.00008: Spatially resolved X-ray emission of heavy ion beam interaction with solid matter. Sergey Pikuz Jr., Olga Rosmej, Anatoly Faenov, Vladimir P. Efremov, Svitlana Korostiy, Abel Blazevic, Alexander Fertman, Igor Skobelev, Henry E. Norman, Dieter H.H. Hoffmann Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B14.00009: An Active X-Band High Power RF Compression System Using an Ultrafast Silicon Switch Jiquan Guo, Sami Tantawi Preview Abstract