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Session H1: Recent Results in Flavor Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Jack Ritchie, University of Texas, Austin
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H1.00001: CP violation and the Unitarity Triangle Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H1.00002: Rare Decays Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H1.00003: Semileptonic B Decays Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H2: Topics in Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Donald Geesaman, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H2.00001: Nuclear structure theory with coupled-cluster techniques Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H2.00002: (t,$^{3}$He) and ($^{3}$He,t): complementary probes of spin strength for astrophysics and double beta decay. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H2.00003: The Role of Strangeness in Nuclear Matter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H3: Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays: Experiment and Theory

Sponsoring Units: DPF DAP
Chair: Sean Carroll, University of Chicago
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H3.00001: Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays: Recent Results From Auger and HiRes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H3.00002: When Particle Physics Confronts Cosmic Ray Data Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H3.00003: Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Neutrinos Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H4: New Models for Graduate Education

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Gay Stewart, University of Arkansas
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H4.00001: Implementing an Industrial Approach into Physics Graduate Education Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H4.00002: New Models fro Graduate Education. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H4.00003: TBD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H5: Discovery Prospects at the Energy Frontier

Sponsoring Units: COM
Chair: Harrison Prosper, Florida State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H5.00001: The Coming Revolution in Particle Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H5.00002: Discovery prospects at the Large Hadron Collider Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H5.00003: Testing the top quark lifetime Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H6: Applications of Free Electron Lasers I

Sponsoring Units: DPB FIAP
Chair: Alan Todd, Advanced Energy Systems
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H6.00001: Materials Processing with FEL Radiation- An Overview Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H6.00002: Infrared Pulsed Laser Deposition: Applications in Photonics and Biomedical Technologies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H6.00003: Laser Microengineering and the Advances Gained by Use of a FEL Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H7: Astrobiology and Planetary Effects

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

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H7.00001: Astrophysical radiation sources and terrestrial biodiversity Adrian Melott Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H7.00002: Cosmic Rays, CO$_2$ Runaway, Sea Level Rise and Severe Global Flooding John T.A. Ely Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H7.00003: The Cosmogenic Origin of the 62 Myr Biodiversity Oscillation Mikhail Medvedev, Adrian Melott Preview Abstract

Session H8: Nuclear Reactions

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

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H8.00001: Electron scattering on halo nuclei Carlos Bertulani Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H8.00002: The Search for Target Structure Effects in Elastic Scattering K.W. Kemper, O.A. Momotyuk, B.T. Roeder, N. Keeley, K. Rusek Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H8.00003: Tidal Effects in the Resonance decay of light clusters Romualdo deSouza, Alan Mcintosh, Sylvie Hudan, Carl Metelko Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H8.00004: Surrogate Measurement of the $^{237}$U(n, f) Reaction Cross Section H. Ai, C.W. Beausang, L. Ahle, L.A. Bernstein, J.T. Burke, J.A. Church, K. Moody, E.B. Norman, W. Younes, D. Bleuel, R.M. Clark, P. Fallon, I.Y. Lee, A.O. Macchiavelli, M.A. McMahan, L.W. Phair, E. Rodriguez-Vieitez, S. Sinha, M. Wiedeking Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H8.00005: Statistical model calculations of heavy-ion induced fusion-fission reactions Scott McCalla, John Lestone Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H8.00006: Characterizing deuteron breakup on thin targets at 20 MeV Kristen Brown, M.A. McMahan, Darren Bleuel, Lawrence Heilbronn, Larry Phair, John Keith III, L.A. Bernstein, Larry Ahle, Jason Burke, Jennifer Church, Bethany Lyles, Ian Thompson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H8.00007: Sub-threshold neutron-induced fission cross sections of $^{240, 242}$Pu Fredrik Tovesson, Tony Hill Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H8.00008: The Zero Degree Calorimeter for CMS. Jeff Wood Preview Abstract

Session H9: Underground Neutrino Experiments and Proton Decay

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Hamish Robertson, University of Washington
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H9.00001: Second-forbidden beta decay of ${^8}$B Minesh Bacrania, Derek Storm, R.G. Hamish Robertson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H9.00002: Periodicity studies of solar neutrino signals at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Aubra Anthony Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H9.00003: SNO neutral current reaction detector array: sensitivity of the neutrons and alphas signal reconstuction to the electronics calibration Gersende Prior Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H9.00004: Measuring Cherenkov Backgrounds from Proportional Counters in SNO Stanley Seibert Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H9.00005: Alpha Backgrounds in the SNO $^3$He Proportional Counter Array Laura Stonehill Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H9.00006: Muon Reconstruction in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Christopher Kyba Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H9.00007: Searches for Proton Decay in Super-Kamiokande Scott Clark Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H9.00008: Study of a highly-segmented HPGe detector at the Oroville Low-Background counting facility. Reyco Henning, David Campbell, Yuen-Dat Chan, Kevin Lesko, Michelle Perry, Alan Poon, Kai Vetter Preview Abstract

Session H10: Production Studies in e+e- Collisions

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Bruce Berger, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H10.00001: Dipion Transitions from $\Upsilon(3S)$ and $\Upsilon(2S)$ Todd Pedlar Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H10.00002: Exclusive $\chi_c$ decays to multibody final states Rukshana Patel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H10.00003: Studies of $e^+e^-$ annihilations into vector-vector final states Kai Yi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H10.00004: Measurement of Upper Limits for $\Upsilon\to \gamma + {\cal R}$ Decays Shawn Henderson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H10.00005: Comparisons of Exact Results for the Virtual Photon Contribution to Single Hard Bremsstrahlung in Radiative Return for Electron-Positron Annihilation Scott Yost, B.F.L. Ward, Stanislaw Jadach Preview Abstract

Session H11: Relativistic Simulations of Neutron Stars, Black Holes, and Plasmas

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Harald Pfeiffer, California Institute of Technology
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H11.00001: Binary neutron stars: Equilibrium models beyond spatial conformal flatness Koji Uryu, Francois Limousin, John Friedman, Eric Gourgoulhon, Masaru Shibata Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H11.00002: Models of helically symmetric binary systems Jocelyn Read, Shin'ichirou Yoshida, Benjamin Bromley, Koji Uryu, John Friedman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H11.00003: Neutron Star - Black Hole Mergers: Gravitational waves and implications for short GRBs Pablo Laguna, Fred Rasio, Emmanouela Rantsiou, Shiho Kobayashi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H11.00004: Simulations of magnetized, differentially rotating neutron stars in full general relativity Branson C. Stephens, Matthew D. Duez, Yuk Tung Liu, Stuart L. Shapiro, Masaru Shibata Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H11.00005: Relativistic magnetohydrodynamics with black hole excision: Application to short gamma-ray bursts Yuk Tung Liu, Matthew Duez, Stuart Shapiro, Masaru Shibata, Branson Stephens Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H11.00006: MHD in general relativity David Neilsen, Eric Hirschmann, Matthew Anderson, Luis Lehner, Steven Liebling Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H11.00007: Relativistic MHD and black hole excision: Formulation and initial tests Eric Hirschmann, David Neilsen, Steven Millward Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H11.00008: Relativistic magnetohydrodynamics with adaptive mesh refinement Matthew Anderson, Eric Hirschmann, Steve Liebling, David Neilsen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H11.00009: Introducing Flow-er: a Hydrodynamics Code for Relativistic and Newtonian Flows Patrick Motl, Ignacio Olabarrieta, Joel Tohline Preview Abstract

Session H12: New Directions in Particle Theory

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Abdulmajeed Abdurrahman, Shippensburg University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H12.00001: Quantum mechanics using Fradkin's representation K. V. Shajesh, Kimball Milton Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H12.00002: On the Origin of the Klein-Gordon-Dirac expression, and its implication in Particle Mass Ratios D.T. Froedge Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H12.00003: Vacuum Structure and Dynamics; Particle Formation J.X. Zheng-Johansson, P.-I. Johansson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H12.00004: Multidimensional cut-off technique for Casimir energy of massless scalar fields with applications to Bose-Einstein condensates Ariel Edery Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H12.00005: Superluminal Quantum Models of the Electron and the Photon Richard Gauthier Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H12.00006: Nonlinear finite self-energy classical electron model Baxter Armstrong Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H12.00007: Chaotic behavior of the renormalization group flow and standard model parameters Ervin Goldfain Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H12.00008: Schwinger's Measurement Algebra, Preons and the Lepton Masses Carl Brannen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H12.00009: On The Structure of Leptonic Families and Currents of the Vector Nature Rasulkhozha S. Sharafiddinov Preview Abstract

Session H13: Top Quark Properties I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Reinhard Schwienhorst, Michigan State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H13.00001: Search for Single Top Quark Production at D\O Liang Li Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H13.00002: Searches for Single Top Production at CDF Jason Slaunwhite Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H13.00003: Search for Single Top Quarks Produced via Flavor-Changing Neutral-Current Couplings at D\O Supriya Jain Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H13.00004: A Search for Resonant $t\bar{t}$ Production at D\O Amnon Harel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H13.00005: Search for Dilepton Signatures Containing Tau Leptons in Top Events at CDF Stephane Tourneur Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H13.00006: First Measurement of $\sigma(gg\rightarrow t\bar{t})/\sigma(q\bar{q} \rightarrow t\bar{t})$ in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV Shabnaz Pashapour Preview Abstract

Session H14: Novel Techniques

Chair: Ron Mickens, Clark Atlanta University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland I

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H14.00001: New CP-violation and preferred-frame tests with polarized electrons Claire Cramer, Blayne Heckel, Ted Cook, Eric Adelberger Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H14.00002: $^3$He Relaxation Study at Low Temperature for the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment Experiment Qiang Ye Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H14.00003: Calculating Periodic Solutions to `Truly Nonlinear' Oscillatory ODE's Ronald Mickens Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H14.00004: Analysis of the Lev Ginzburg Equation Michael Bellamy, Ronald Mickens Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H14.00005: An Approach to Modeling Extreme Loading of Structures using Peridynamics Paul Demmie Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H14.00006: 3D real holographic image movies are projected into a volumetric display using dynamic digital micromirror device (DMD) holograms. Michael L. Huebschman, Jeremy Hunt, Harold R. Garner Preview Abstract

Session H16: Sherwood I

Sponsoring Units: DPP
Chair: John M. Finn, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30AM - 9:30AM		H16.00001: Fusion Physics Toward ITER Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:30AM - 10:00AM		H16.00002: Interpretation of frequency sweeping of $n=0$ mode in JET Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:00AM - 10:30AM		H16.00003: News from the Geodesic Acoustic Mode: Magnetic Shear-, q-, and Geometry Effect Invited Speaker: Klaus Hallatschek Preview Abstract