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Session E1: Accelerator and Detector R&D for the International Linear Collider

Sponsoring Units: DPB DPF
Chair: Shekhar Mishra, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E1.00001: Accelerator Design and R{\&}D for the ILC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM		E1.00002: Superconducting RF R&D for the ILC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM		E1.00003: ILC detector R{\&}D and design studies. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E2: Primordial Nucleosynthesis

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Carl R. Brune, Ohio University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E2.00001: Light Elements on Fire: Nuclear Information for Big Bang Studies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM		E2.00002: Observations of the Light Element Abundances and the Cosmological Baryon Density Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM		E2.00003: CMB-BBN complementarity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E3: Laboratory Astrophysics: Magnetic Reconnection

Sponsoring Units: DPP DAP GPAP
Chair: Vincent Chan, General Atomics
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E3.00001: The Dynamics of Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Atmosphere Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM		E3.00002: Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM		E3.00003: Magnetic Reconnection in the DIII-D Tokamak Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E4: Science and Development: Innovation Systems for Fighting Poverty

Sponsoring Units: FIP FPS
Chair: Albrecht Wagner, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:00PM		E4.00001: UNESCO and the use of Science to Combat Poverty Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:00PM - 4:30PM		E4.00002: The World Bank View of Science, Technology and Economic Development Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 5:00PM		E4.00003: NSF and Development Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E5a: 50 Years Since the Discovery of Parity Nonconservation in the Weak Interactions I

Sponsoring Units: FHP DPF
Chair: Natalie Roe, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 3:57PM		E5a.00001: New Insights to Old Problems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:57PM - 4:24PM		E5a.00002: Cracks in the Mirror: Saga of a 36 Hour Experiment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:24PM - 4:51PM		E5a.00003: Do left-handed neutrinos have rights too? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E5b: 50 Years Since the Discovery of Parity Nonconservation in the Weak Interactions II

Sponsoring Units: FHP DPF
Chair: Noemie Koller, Rutgers University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:00PM - 5:27PM

E5b.00001: In which direction is the door? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E6: Experimental Tests of General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Marc Favata, Cornell University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E6.00001: Tests of the Gravitational Inverse-Square Law at the Dark-Energy Length Scale Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM		E6.00002: Science, Technology and Mission Design for the Laser Astrometric Test of Relativity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM		E6.00003: Anomalous Acceleration of Pioneer 10 and 11 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E7: Cosmology III

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM		E7.00001: Singular behavior in Lema\^{i}tre-Tolman-Bondi cosmological models and the difficulties in using them as realistic models of the Universe Ali Vanderveld, Eanna Flanagan, Ira Wasserman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM		E7.00002: In Search of B-modes: Deconvolution Map-Making for CMB Polarization Observations Charmaine Armitage, Benjamin Wandelt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM		E7.00003: Black Hole Formation during a Cosmological QCD Phase Transition Todd Springer, Joseph Kapusta Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E7.00004: Force-free Magnetosphere of a Kerr Black Hole and Energy Extraction Govind Menon, Charles Dermer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E7.00005: CMB Tomography: Reconstruction of Adiabatic Primordial Scalar Potential Using Temperature and Polarization Maps. Amit P. S. Yadav, Benjamin D. Wandelt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E7.00006: Gravitational lensing by 3-d matter distributions Thomas Kling Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM		E7.00007: The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project David Gilmore Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:54PM - 5:06PM		E7.00008: Magnitude-Redshift Relation for Supernovae Ia, Time Dilation, and Plasma Redshift. Ari Brynjolfsson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:06PM - 5:18PM		E7.00009: The shrinking Hubble constant. Russell Collins Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:18PM - 5:30PM		E7.00010: Initial Conditions for Cosmic Evolution Using GRMHD Equations David Garrison, Cindi Ballard, John Hamilton Preview Abstract

Session E8: Minisymposium: the Spin Structure of the Nucleon

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Ernst Sichtermann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E8.00001: The Spin Structure of the Nucleon -- Present Knowledge and Open Questions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E8.00002: Double Longitudal Spin Asymmetry Measurement and Cross-section for Inclusive Jets at $\sqrt{s}$=200 GeV in polarized p+p collisions Julie Millane Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E8.00003: Spin Structure in the Resonance Region Frank R. Wesselmann Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E8.00004: Measurement of the double spin asymmetry A$_{LL}$ from inclusive charged pion production in polarized p+p collisions at 200 GeV. A. Kocoloski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM		E8.00005: Indirect Determination of the GDH Integrand on the Deuteron near Photodisintegration Threshold M.A. Blackston, M.A. Ahmed, B.E. Norum, B. Sawatzky, H.R. Weller Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:54PM - 5:06PM		E8.00006: The Generalized GDH Sum Rule: Measuring the Spin Structure of $\mathrm{^3He}$ and the Neutron using Nearly Real Photons Jaideep Singh Preview Abstract

Session E9: Minisymposium: Toward a Universal Density Functional Theory for Nuclei II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Scott Bogner, Ohio State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E9.00001: Density Functional Theory from Effective Field Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E9.00002: Isoscalar Giant Dipole Resonance within Fermi Liquid Drop Model Oleksiy Pochivalov, Shalom Shlomo Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E9.00003: Fully self-consistent Hartree-Fock RPA calculations for nuclear giant resonances Tapas Sil, Shalom Shlomo Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E9.00004: New effective nucleon-nucleon interaction for mean-field approximation Au Vuong, Shalom Shlomo Preview Abstract

Session E10: Focus Session: K-12 Education

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Peggy McMahan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E10.00001: Online Physics Education Resources from the American Museum of Natural History Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:30PM		E10.00002: A Traveling Physics Demonstration Show for Northern Kentucky. S. Nutter, M. O. Zacate, L. Kinne Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:54PM		E10.00003: Improving High School Physics Through An Outreach Initiative Nouredine Zettili Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:54PM - 5:18PM		E10.00004: Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Program Opens New Avenues for Effective Technology Integration into Education Franco Paoletti, Lisa Marie Carlucci Preview Abstract

Session E11: Quantum and Classical Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Kevin Vandersloot, Pennsylvania State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM		E11.00001: Effects of nonzero neutrino masses on black hole evaporation William Hiscock, Daniel Bambeck Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM		E11.00002: Quantum effects in Spherically Symmetric Traversable Wormhole Spacetimes William Hirsch Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM		E11.00003: Back Reaction of the Hawking Radiation Cecile DeWitt-Morette Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E11.00004: Quantum Gravity Modulates Fermion Field Strength during Inflation Richard Woodard, Shun-Pei Miao Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E11.00005: Quantum mechanical healing of classical singularities Deborah A. Konkowski, Thomas M. Helliwell Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E11.00006: Quantum Geometrodynamics of the Bianchi IX Cosmological Model Ruslan Vaulin, Arkady Kheyfets, Warner Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM		E11.00007: Nambu-Goldstone Modes in Theories with Spontaneous Lorentz Violation Robert Bluhm, Alan Kostelecky Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:54PM - 5:06PM		E11.00008: Energy Localization and the Taub Solution Paul Halpern Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:06PM - 5:18PM		E11.00009: Unifying Gravity and EM: A Riddle You Can Solve Douglas Sweetser Preview Abstract

Session E12: Neutrino Oscillations and Cross Sections

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Petr Vogel, California Institute of Technology
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM		E12.00001: The MIPP experiment and its application to neutrino beam simulations Andrew Godley Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM		E12.00002: Neutrino Neutral Current Cross Section Measurement in NOMAD Qun Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM		E12.00003: Measurement of Neutrino Induced Quasi-Elastic Cross Section Jae Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E12.00004: Neutrino Cross Sections at MiniBooNE Zelimir Djurcic Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E12.00005: Constraining intrinsic $\nu_e$ events in the MiniBooNE beam Kendall Mahn Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E12.00006: CCpi0 events at MiniBooNE Laura Jeanty Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM		E12.00007: MINERvA High-Statistics Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering using a Fine-grained Detector Minsuk Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:54PM - 5:30PM		E12.00008: Tanaka Dissertation Award Talk: Evidence for Neutrino Flavor Oscillations in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E13: Jet and Fragmentation Studies

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Andreas Kronfeld, Fermilab
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM		E13.00001: Inclusive Jet Production using the Midpoint Algorithm in Run II at CDF Craig Group Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM		E13.00002: Study of $q\bar q \gamma$ and $gg\gamma$ Fragmentation Using Hadron Production In Radiative $\Upsilon$ Decays Hannah Swift Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM		E13.00003: Two-particle momentum correlations in jets at the Tevatron Sergo Jindariani, Andrey Korytov, Alexandre Pronko Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E13.00004: Study of Cell Energy Thresholds in CMS Calorimeters for Jet Reconstruction James Dolen, R. Demina, C. Justus, P. Tipton, M. Zielinski, A. Bhatti Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E13.00005: Study on the Effects of Layered Threshold Cuts on Noise in the CMS Calorimeter Dylan Predergast, R. Demina, J. Dolen, R. Harris, P. Tipton, M. Zielinski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E13.00006: Forward Proton Detection at D\O Murilo Rangel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM		E13.00007: Calibrating the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter using $\pi^0$'s Jingzhi Zhang, D. Gong, Y. Kubota, R. Rusack, Y. Gerstein Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:54PM - 5:06PM		E13.00008: QEDXQCD Exponentiation and Shower/ME Matching at High Energies B.F.L. Ward, Scott A. Yost Preview Abstract

Session E14: Few Body Problems

Chair: Charlotte Elster, Ohio University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland I

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM		E14.00001: Influence of the N*1440 and N*1535 Resonances in Intermediate Energy pp and np Scattering Ch. Elster, A. Schwick, A. Gardestig, F. Hinterberger Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM		E14.00002: Microscopic approach to scattering states in $^5$He Hartmut M. Hofmann, Gerald M. Hale Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM		E14.00003: Proton -- $^{3}$He Elastic Scattering at Low Energies B. M. Fisher, C. R. Brune, H. J. Karwowski, D. S. Leonard, E. J. Ludwig, T. C. Black, M. Viviani, A. Kievsky, S. Rosati Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E14.00004: Comparison of results for $N+N$ scattering at low energies G. M. Hale, C. P. Liu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E14.00005: Neutron-deuteron scattering in configuration space Vladimir Suslov, Mikhail Braun, Branislav Vlahovic Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E14.00006: Novel approach to effective interactions for many-body calculations Ionel Stetcu, Bruce R. Barrett, Ubirajara van Kolck Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM		E14.00007: Calculation of the two-body scattering T-matrix in Configuration Space George Rawitscher Preview Abstract