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Session I1: QCD: the Lattice Meets Data

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Marcela Carena, Fermilab
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		I1.00001: Lattice QCD: A Tool for Flavor Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:06AM - 11:42AM		I1.00002: The New Charmonium Resonances Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:42AM - 12:18PM		I1.00003: Recent Results from CLEO-c Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session I2: Applications of Nuclear Science

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Alexander Saunders, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		I2.00001: Laser spectroscopic determination of the $^{6}$He nuclear charge radius Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:06AM - 11:42AM		I2.00002: The Task of Detecting Illicit Nuclear Material: Status and Challenges Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:42AM - 12:18PM		I2.00003: High Performance Organ-Specific Nuclear Medicine Imagers. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session I5: Theories of Gravity, Dark Energy, and Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: GGR DPF
Chair: Joseph Lykken, Fermilab
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		I5.00001: String theory and cosmology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:06AM - 11:42AM		I5.00002: Implications of the Accelerating Universe for Fundamental Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:42AM - 12:18PM		I5.00003: Differentiating between Modified Gravity and Dark Energy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session I6: Applications of Free Electron Lasers II

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

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		I6.00001: Free Electron Laser Nitriding of Metals: From basic physics to industrial applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:06AM - 11:42AM		I6.00002: Quality Carbon Nanotube Production in Quantity using FEL Radiation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:42AM - 12:18PM		I6.00003: Applications of X-ray FELs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session I7: Astroparticle Physics I

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

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		I7.00001: Signals in the Co-annihilation Region of Supersymmetry Richard Arnowitt, Adam Aurisano, Bhaskar Dutta, Teruki Kamon, Paul Simeon, David Toback, Peter Wagner, Nikolay Kolev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		I7.00002: A new procedure to distinguish between dark energy models and modified gravity models. Mustapha Ishak, Amol Upadhye, David Spergel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		I7.00003: Neutron background studies and results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Raul Hennings-Yeomans Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		I7.00004: Precision Studies of Dark Energy with the LSST David Burke Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		I7.00005: Long-wavelength perturbations as a test of dark energy Edmund Bertschinger Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		I7.00006: Dark matter detection with mini-CLEAN James Nikkel, M. Harrison, B. Jorns, W. Lippincott, D. McKinsey, A. Hime, D. Mei, K. Rielage, L. Stonehill, K. Coakley, M. Boulay, D. Gastler, E. Kearns Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		I7.00007: Neutron Background in WIMP Dark Matter Detectors Using Liquid Argon and Liquid Neon Andrew Hime, Dongming Mei Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		I7.00008: Updated RICE Bounds on Ultrahigh Energy Neutrino fluxes and interactions Shahid Hussain, Douglas McKay Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		I7.00009: The Search for Dark Matter Using the Gamma Ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) Elliott Bloom, Ping Wang, Lawerence Wai Preview Abstract

Session I8: Minisymposium: Nuclei and Nuclear Matter at Non-Normal Density I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Sherry J Yennello Texas A&M University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		I8.00001: Low Density Clustering in Near Fermi-Energy Collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		I8.00002: Breakup Densities of Hot Nuclei. Vic Viola Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		I8.00003: Constructing the Phase Diagram of Infinite Nuclear Matter Luciano Moretto, Larry Phair, Jim Elliott, Kyrill Bugaev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		I8.00004: Cooling Dynamics in Multi-fragmentation processes William Lynch, T.X. Liu, M.J. van Goethem, X.D. Liu, R. Shomin, W.P. Tan, M.B. Tsang, G. Verde, A. Wagner, H.F. Xi, H.S. Xu, W.A. Friedman, S.R. Souza, R. Donangelo, B. Davin, Y. Larochelle, R.T. de Souza, V.E. Viola, R.J. Charity, L.G. Sobotka Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		I8.00005: Short timescale behavior of colliding heavy nuclei at intermediate energies Sylvie Hudan, Romualdo deSouza, Akira Ono Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		I8.00006: Isotopic composition of the residues produced in the fragmentation of $^{124}$Xe and $^{136}$Xe projectiles Daniela Henzlova Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		I8.00007: Reacceleration of the fragmentation residues in the reactions $^{197}$Au+$^{197}$Au/$^{27}$Al at 0.5 and 1 $A$ GeV Vladimir Henzl Preview Abstract

Session I9: Minisymposium: Electro-Weak Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Krishna Kumar, University of Massachusetts
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		I9.00001: Parity-violating electron scattering on hydrogen and helium and strangeness in the nucleon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		I9.00002: Performance of the beta-spectrometer for a precision measurement of the neutron beta-decay asymmetry B. Plaster, B.W. Filippone, J. Hsiao, T.M. Ito, J.W. Martin, J. Yuan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		I9.00003: Observation of the radiative decay mode of the neutron T.R. Gentile, K.J. Coakley, M.S. Dewey, H.P. Mumm, J.S. Nico, A.K. Thompson, B.M. Fisher, I. Kremsky, F.E. Wietfeldt, R.L. Cooper, T.E. Chupp, E.J. Beise, K.G. Kiriluk, J. Byrne Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		I9.00004: Monte Carlo Simulation and Photon Detector Development for the Radiative Decay Experiment R.L. Cooper, T.E. Chupp, K.J. Coakley, M.S. Dewey, T.R. Gentile, H.P. Mumm, J.S. Nico, A.K. Thompson, B.M. Fisher, I. Kremsky, F.E. Wietfeldt, E.J. Beise, K.G. Kiriluk, J. Byrne Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		I9.00005: Measurement of the Beta Neutrino Correlation in Laser-Trapped 21Na Paul Vetter, Jamil Abo-Shaeer, Reina Maruyama, Stuart Freedman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		I9.00006: Muon Decay Parameters from Majorana Neutrino Masses Rebecca Erwin, Mikhail Gorshteyn, Michael Ramsey-Musolf Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		I9.00007: Precise Branching Ratio Measurement for the $\beta$ Decay of $^{21}$\textbf{Na} V.E. Iacob, J.C. Hardy, C.A. Gagliardi, J. Goodwin, N. Nica, H.-I. Park, G. Tabacaru, L. Trache, R.E. Tribble, Y.J. Zhai, I.S. Towner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:18PM - 12:30PM		I9.00008: Prospects for Testing Standard Model (SM) Extensions with Electron Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) Experiments Harvey Gould, Jason M. Amini, Charles T. Munger Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:30PM - 12:42PM		I9.00009: Neutrino Mass Implications for Muon Decay Parameters Jennifer Kile, Rebecca Erwin, Michael Ramsey-Musolf, Peng Wang Preview Abstract

Session I10: Charm Production, Decay, and Excited States

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Gregory Dubois-Felsmann, California Institute of Technology
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		I10.00001: $D$ hadronic branching fractions Steven Stroiney Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		I10.00002: D Meson Decays into $\phi$, $\eta$ and $\eta'$ Radia Sia Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		I10.00003: Hadronic $D_s$ decays Peter Onyisi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		I10.00004: Measurement of Charm-Production Cross Sections in \(e^{+}e^{-}\) Annihilations at Center-of-Mass Energies Between 3.97 and 4.26GeV Brian Lang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		I10.00005: Measurement of the Branching Fraction for B$_{s} \rightarrow D_{s1}^{\pm}$(2536) $\mu \nu X\:$ at D\O Jason Rieger Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		I10.00006: Studies of the X(3872) Alexandre Rakitine Preview Abstract

Session I11: Focus Session: Initial Data Sets for Numerical Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Larry Kidder, Cornell University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		I11.00001: Status of Initial Data for Binary Black Hole Collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		I11.00002: Progress in Post-Newtonian Data for Numerical Relativity Bernard Kelly, Manuela Campanelli, Bernard Whiting, Wolfgang Tichy Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		I11.00003: Perfecting the Frankenstein Approach: Improved asymptotically matched initial data for non-spinning black hole binaries Nicolas Yunes, Wolfgang Tichy Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		I11.00004: Well-posed 3+1 representation of the Bondi-Sachs problem Simonetta Frittelli Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		I11.00005: Spin Dependence in Computational Black-Hole Data Scott Hawley, Richard Matzner, Michael Vitalo Preview Abstract

Session I12: Higgs Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Thomas Junk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		I12.00001: Search for Higgs Boson Production via the Process $p\bar{p}\rightarrow ZH \rightarrow l^{+}l^{-}b\bar{b}$ at CDF Ben Kilminster, Jonathan Efron, Brian Winer, Richard Hughes, Beate Heinemann, Andrew Mehta Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		I12.00002: CMS Detector Sensitivity to the Standard Model Higgs Boson in $H \rightarrow ZZ \rightarrow 4\mu$ Decay Channel Alexei Drozdetski, D. Acosta, P. Bartalini, R. Cavanaugh, A. Korytov, G. Mitselmakher, B. Scurlock, Yu. Pakhotin, M. Aldaya, P. Arce, J. Caballero, B. Cruz, P. Garcia, J. Hernandez, I. Josa, E.R. Morales, A. Sherstnev, S. Abdullin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		I12.00003: A Study of $H \rightarrow WW^* \rightarrow l \nu jj$ at CMS Heejong Kim, N. Akchurin, J. Damgov, S. Kunori, H. Pi, E. Yazgan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		I12.00004: Search for Standard Model Higgs Boson Production in Association with $W^{\pm}$ Bosons at CDF Yoshiaki Kusakabe Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		I12.00005: Search for Associated Production of W and Higgs Bosons at D\O Venkatesh Kaushik Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		I12.00006: Search for Associated Production of Z and Higgs Bosons in $e^+e^-b\bar{b}$ final states James Heinmiller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		I12.00007: Search for Associated Production of Z and Higgs Bosons in $\mu^+\mu^-b\bar{b}$ final states Huishi Dong Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		I12.00008: Search for Associated Production of Z and Higgs Bosons in $\nu \bar{\nu}b\bar{b}$ Final States Michele Petteni Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		I12.00009: Search for Higgs Boson in $WW^{(*)}$ Decays Maxim Titov Preview Abstract

Session I13: Top Quark Properties II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Ann Heinson, University of California, Riverside
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		I13.00001: Measurement of the Top Quark Charge at D\O Ann Heinson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		I13.00002: A Measurement of Top Quark Charge in CDF Zeynep Gunay Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		I13.00003: Measurement of $B(t \rightarrow Wb)/B(t \rightarrow Wq)$ at D\O Reinhard Schwienhorst Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		I13.00004: Measurement of the $W$ Boson Helicity in Top Quark Decay at D\O Bryan Gmyrek Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		I13.00005: Measurement of the WW Production Cross Section and Anomalous Couplings in e+e-, emu, and mu+mu- Final States at Dzero Michael Cooke Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		I13.00006: Measurement of the $W$+jets Inclusive Jet Multiplicity Cross Sections at CDF Dale Stentz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		I13.00007: Measurement of the $WW$ Cross Section at the Tevatron Shih-Chieh Hsu, Elliot Lipeles, Kevin McCarthy, Mark Neubauer, Frank W\"urthwein Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		I13.00008: Search for ttH at CDF Stan Lai Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		I13.00009: Search for the FCNC Decay top$\rightarrow$cZ Ingyin Zaw Preview Abstract

Session I16: Sherwood II

Sponsoring Units: DPP
Chair: Zhi Hong Lin, U.C. Irvine
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D

Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30AM - 11:00AM		I16.00001: BREAK
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:00AM - 11:30AM		I16.00002: Renormalization of plasma turbulence leading to fractional differential equations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:30AM - 12:00PM		I16.00003: Parametric Dependencies of Transport Using Gyrokinetic Simulations Including Kinetic Electrons Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:00PM - 12:30PM		I16.00004: Long time simulations of microturbulence Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract