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Session C1: Novel Detector Technologies

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: John Jaros, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C1.00001: Bolometer Array Systems for Detection of the Cosmic Microwave Background Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C1.00002: Diamond Detectors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C1.00003: Particle Flow Calorimetry for the ILC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C2: Hadronic Physics II

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Peter Tandy, Kent State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C2.00001: The New Exotic Heavy Mesons Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C2.00002: Strange Quarks in the Nucleon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C2.00003: Jet Interactions with Dense Matter at RHIC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C3: Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma Rays

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: Reshmi Mukherjee, Barnard College
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C3.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C3.00002: Recent Results from Milagro Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C3.00003: GLAST and the Future of High Energy Gamma-ray Astrophysics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C4: Public and Private Funding for International Research

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C4.00001: Forging Partnership: CRDF in the FSU and the World Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C4.00002: Crossing Borders to Advance the Frontier: NSF's Role in International Outreach Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C4.00003: The Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C5: Cosmology II

Sponsoring Units: DAP FHP
Chair: Virginia Trimble, University of California, Irvine
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C5.00001: Before the Microwave Background: Early Big Bang Cosmology (The J. Robert Oppenheimer Lecture) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C5.00002: The New Standard Cosmology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C5.00003: The Future of Theoretical Cosmology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C6: Ground-Based Gravitational Wave Detection

Sponsoring Units: GGR GPMFC
Chair: Benjamin Owen, The Pennsylvania State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C6.00001: Status of LIGO Interferometers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C6.00002: Results from LIGO observations I Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C6.00003: Results from LIGO observations II Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C7: Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Charles Dermer, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C7.00001: Search for gravitational waves from neutron stars: first results from Einstein@Home Reinhard Prix Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C7.00002: A Search for gravitational wave signals from known pulsars using early data from the LIGO S5 run Matthew Pitkin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C7.00003: A coherent consistency test for gravitational-wave bursts Patrick Sutton, Shourov Chatterji, Albert Lazzarini, Antony Searle, Leo Stein, Massimo Tinto Preview Abstract

Session C8: Nuclear Theory I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C8.00001: Pygmy-Resonance as a Manifestation of Strong Coupling to Continuum Alexander Volya, Vladimir Zelevinsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C8.00002: Structure of Light Nuclei Using Chiral Three-Nucleon Interaction. V.G. Gueorguiev, P. Navratil, J.P. Vary, W.E. Ormand Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C8.00003: Structure of $p$-shell Nuclei with Interactions Derived from Chiral Effective-Field Theory W. E. Ormand, V. G. Gueorguiev, P. Navratil, J. P. Vary Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C8.00004: Possible Collective Effects of Residual Three-Body Forces Vladimir Zelevinsky, Tony Sumaryada, Alexander Volya Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C8.00005: Benchmark result on the $^4$He photoabsorbtion cross section Sofia Quaglioni, Ionel Stetcu, Bruce R. Barrett, Sonia Bacca, Petr Navr\'atil, Winfried Leidemann, Giuseppina Orlandini, Nir Barnea, Calvin W. Johnson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C8.00006: A cluster model of $^{6}$He Jeremy Armstrong, Alexander Sakharuk, Vladimir Zelevinsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C8.00007: Precision extraction of $a_{nn}$ from $\pi^-d\to nn\gamma$ using $\chi$PT Anders G{\aa}rdestig, Daniel Phillips Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C8.00008: Pionic Color Transparency Arnold Larson, Gerald Miller, Mark Strikman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C8.00009: Pionic Contributions in a Quark Model of Nucleons and Nuclei T. Goldman, Richard R. Silbar Preview Abstract

Session C9: Minisymposium: Toward a Universal Density Functional Theory for Nuclei I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: David Dean, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C9.00001: Towards a Universal Density Functional Theory for nuclei : challenges to overcome Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C9.00002: Density Functional Theory for Fermions close to the Unitary Regime Anirban Bhattacharyya, Thomas Papenbrock Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C9.00003: Energy Functionals from Low-Momentum Potentials S.K. Bogner Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C9.00004: The Nuclear Equation of State and Its Applications to Neutron Stars Plamen Krastev, Francesca Sammarruca Preview Abstract

Session C10: Nuclear Science Education for the Nation

Sponsoring Units: FEd DNP
Chair: Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C10.00001: Nuclear Science Outreach in the World Year of Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C10.00002: Bringing Nuclear Science into the Undergraduate Curriculum Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C10.00003: Science and National and International Security: the role of Physics in Non-proliferation and counter-terroism Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C11: SPS Undergraduate Research

Sponsoring Units: SPS
Chair: Gary White, Society of Physics Students
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C11.00001: Lorentz-Violating Electrodynamics and the Hydrogen Spectrum Adam Hinkle, Matthew Mewes Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C11.00002: Debye Model of Steps on Vicinal Crystal Surfaces Clint A. Greene, Howard L. Richards Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C11.00003: Hardware Controls System Upgrade for the STAR Experiment Matthew Brnicky Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C11.00004: Analyzing Orbits of Bodies Accreting into Schwarzschild and Kerr Black Holes Jafet Morales, Richard Cardenas Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C11.00005: Singularity formation with the harmonic map and a distributed data analysis tool. Jason Williams, Steve Liebling Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C11.00006: Development of a Low-Cost Spectrophotometric Sensor for ClO$_{2}$ Gas Jessica Conry, Dane Scott, Allen Apblett, Nicholas Materer Preview Abstract

Session C12: Accelerator-Based Neutrino Experiments

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Hugh Gallagher, Tufts University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C12.00001: The Neutrino Beam for the MINOS (Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search) Experiment at Fermilab Mary Bishai Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C12.00002: Deep Inelastic Scattering Cross Section in MINOS Debdatta Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C12.00003: $\nu_{\mu}\rightarrow\nu_{e}$ oscillation study in MINOS Tingjun Yang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C12.00004: Sterile Neutrino Analysis in MINOS Thomas Osiecki Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C12.00005: Latest Atmospheric Neutrino Results from MINOS Pedro Ochoa Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C12.00006: A Detector 2 km Away from the T2K Neutrino Source Kate Scholberg Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C12.00007: Liquid Argon Detectors for Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Physics Bonnie Fleming Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C12.00008: Liquid argon R \& D at Yale Matthew Harrison, Alessandro Curioni, Bonnie Fleming Preview Abstract

Session C13: W and Z Bosons II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Sarah Eno, University of Maryland
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C13.00001: Measurement of the Drell-Yan Cross Section in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at the Tevatron Jane Nachtman, Michael Schmitt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C13.00002: Measurement of the $p\bar{p} \rightarrow W$ Cross Section using Forward Electrons Jose Enrique Garcia, Giorgio Chiarelli, Martin Ciljak, Ivan Fedorko, Sandra Leone, Antonio Sidoti, Athanasios Staveris Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C13.00003: A New Method to Measure the Ratio of~$W$ and~$Z$ Cross Sections Katherine Copic, Victoria Martin, Michael Schmitt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C13.00004: Measurement of differential cross section for Z boson production at Dzero Lei Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C13.00005: Measurement of the Transverse Momentum Distribution for $Z$ Boson Production at the Tevatron W. David Dagenhart Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C13.00006: Study of Z+Photon production and limits on anomalous couplings at Dzero Alexei Ferapontov Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C13.00007: Measurement of W+Photon events at Dzero Gregory Pawloski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C13.00008: QCD inputs to W Mass Measurement Timothy Andeen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C13.00009: A Direct Measurement of the $W$ Boson Width Emily Nurse, Valeria Bartsch, Daniel Beecher, Mark Lancaster, Sarah Malik, Troy Vine, David Waters Preview Abstract

Session C14: Physics of Muon and Polarized Beams

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: Mike Syphers, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland I

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C14.00001: A Muon Collider as a SUSY Higgs Factory David Cline, Gail Hanson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C14.00002: The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment Terry Hart Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C14.00003: Studies of Six-Dimensional Cooling of a Muon Beam Amit Klier, Gail Hanson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C14.00004: The MuCool RF Progarm Alan Bross, Derun Li, Al Moretti, Jim Norem, Zubao Qian, Robert Rimmer, Yagmur Torun, Michael Zisman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C14.00005: Exploration of Horizontal Intrinsic Spin Resonances in the AGS Fanglei Lin, S.Y. Lee, Leif A. Ahrens, Mei Bai, Kevin Brown, Ernest D. Courant, Joseph W. Glenn, Haixin Huang, Alfredo Luccio, William W. MacKay, Vadim Ptitsyn, Thomas Roser, Steven Tepikian, Nicholaos Tsoupas, Jeff Wood, Yin Yip, Masahiro Okamura, Junpei Takano Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C14.00006: Spin manipulating vector {\&} tensor polarized deuterons stored in COSY V.S. Morozov, A.D. Krisch, M.A. Leonova, R.S. Raymond, D.W. Sivers, V.K. Wong, K. Yonehara, R. Gebel, A. Lehrach, B. Lorentz, R. Maier, D. Prasuhn, A. Schnase, H. Stockhorst, D. Eversheim, F. Hinterberger, H. Rohdjess, K. Ulbrich Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C14.00007: Spin manipulating 2.1 GeV/c polarized protons stored in COSY M.A. Leonova, A.D. Krisch, V.S. Morozov, R.S. Raymond, D.W. Sivers, V.K. Wong, R. Gebel, A. Lehrach, B. Lorentz, R. Maier, D. Prasuhn, A. Schnase, H. Stockhorst, D. Eversheim, F. Hinterberger, K. Ulbrich Preview Abstract

Session C16: DPP Contributed Orals I

Sponsoring Units: DPP
Chair: Benjamin Chandran, University of New Hampshire
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D

Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C16.00001: Weak compressible MHD turbulence in the solar corona Benjamin Chandran Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C16.00002: Spectrum of MHD Turbulence Stanislav Boldyrev Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C16.00003: Charged Grains and the Dynamics of Saturn's F Ring Lorin Matthews, Truell Hyde Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C16.00004: Structural Phases in Complex Plasmas Truell Hyde, Ke Qiao, Jie Kong, Lorin Matthews, Jorge Carmona, Jerry Reay, Mike Cook, Jimmy Schmoke Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C16.00005: MHD Turbulence in the Madison Dynamo Experiment Mark Nornberg, Cary Forest, Roch Kendrick, Erik Spence, Adam Bayliss, Craig Jacobson, Carlos Parada Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C16.00006: Measurements of the two-point correlation function in the ion phase-space Fred Skiff, Ahmed Diallo, Ilker Uzun Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C16.00007: Search for Zonal Flow Associated with ITG Modes in CLM Amiya Sen, Vladimir Sokolov, Xiao Wei Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C16.00008: Linear Stability Analysis of Self-Similar Ablation Flows of ICF Serge Gauthier, Jean-Marie Clarisse, Carine Boudesocque-Dubois, Virginie Lombard Preview Abstract