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Session P1: DPF and DPB Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DPB DPF
Chair: Gerald Dugan, Cornell University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 11:31AM		P1.00001: Theories beyond the standard model, one year before the LHC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:31AM - 12:02PM		P1.00002: Photonic Band Gap accelerator demonstration at Ku-band. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 12:02PM - 12:33PM		P1.00003: Search for high energy axions with the CAST calorimeter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P2: Neutrinos II

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Kevork Abazajian, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		P2.00001: Next generation of neutrino-less double beta decay experiments and their reach Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM		P2.00002: Recent Results from the MINOS Experiment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM		P2.00003: KamLAND Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P3: Innovative Programs in K-12 Teacher Preparation

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Ramon Lopez, Florida Institute of Technology
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		P3.00001: The Team Model of PhysTEC at Ball State University Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM		P3.00002: Preparing Physics and Chemistry Teachers at the University of Arizona Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM		P3.00003: The Learning Assistant Model for Science Teacher Recruitment and Preparation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P4: Gravitational Wave Sources and Phenomenology

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Gabriela Gonzalez, Louisianna State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		P4.00001: Overview of LISA Science Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM		P4.00002: Source-modeling, detection and science of gravitational waves from compact binaries Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM		P4.00003: Gravitational Radiation from Intermediate-Mass Black Holes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P6: The Postdoctoral Experience

Sponsoring Units: FGSA
Chair: Minesh Bacrania, APS FGSA Chair
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 11:05AM		P6.00001: What is a Post-Doc Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:05AM - 11:25AM		P6.00002: Experiences from a Varied Career in Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:25AM - 11:45AM		P6.00003: Postdoctoral Opportunities in Medical Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:45AM - 12:05PM		P6.00004: An Overseas Postdoctoral Experience: or There and Back Again Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 12:05PM - 12:35PM		P6.00005: Question and Answer Session

Session P7: Cosmic Rays and Solar Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Stefan Westerhoff, Columbia University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM		P7.00001: Searching for high energy cosmic ray electrons using the Earth's magnetic field. S. Nutter, C. Bower, S. Coutu, M. DuVernois, A. Martell, D. Muller, J. Musser, M. Schubnell, G. Tarle, A. Yagi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM		P7.00002: Measurement of the Relative Abundances of the Ultra-Heavy Galactic Cosmic-Rays ($30 \leq Z \leq 40$) at the Top of the Atmosphere with TIGER B.F. Rauch, W.R. Binns, M.H. Israel, J.T. Link, L.M. Scott, L.M. Barbier, J.R. Cummings, G.A. de Nolfo, J.W. Mitchell, R.E. Streitmatter, S. Geier, R.A. Mewaldt, S.M. Schindler, E.C. Stone, C.J. Waddington Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM		P7.00003: Co/Ni Ratio in Galactic Cosmic Rays: Results from the TIGER-2001 Flight G.A. de Nolfo, L.M. Barbier, J.R. Cummings, J.W. Mitchell, R.E. Streitmatter, W.R. Binns, M.H. Israel, J.T. Link, B.F. Rauch, L.M. Scott, S. Geier, R.A. Mewaldt, S.M. Schindler, E.C. Stone, C.J. Waddington, M.E. Wiedenbeck Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM		P7.00004: The High Resolution Fly's Eye Detector and Measurement of the UHECR Spectrum William Hanlon Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM		P7.00005: Search for Cross-Correlations of Ultra--High-Energy Cosmic Rays Chad Finley, Stefan Westerhoff Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM		P7.00006: New methods to search for Cross-Correlations between UHECR data and BL Lac sources. Rasha Abbasi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM		P7.00007: On Measuring the Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Spectrum above 3 $\times $ 10$^{18}$ eV by Pierre Auger Observatory Joong Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM		P7.00008: Observation of the GZK Cutoff Douglas Bergman Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 12:21PM - 12:33PM		P7.00009: MARIACHI - Detecting Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays with radar. Helio Takai Preview Abstract

Session P8: Minisymposium: Parton Distributions at Larger X : Data and Challenges

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Cynthia Keppel, Hampton University/Jefferson Lab
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		P8.00001: The CTEQ Global Fitting Project and the Impact of PDF's at Large-x Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM		P8.00002: QCD results from NuTeV and some remarks on target mass corrections Voica Radescu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM		P8.00003: Neutron Structure Functions at Large x: Status of the BONUS Experiment Ioana Niculescu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM		P8.00004: Probing the Large-$x$ Structure of the Proton with Drell-Yan Scattering at Fermilab Paul E Reimer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM		P8.00005: Measurements of Hydrogen and Deuterium Inclusive Resonance Cross Sections at Intermediate Q$^{2}$ for Parton-Hadron Duality Studies. Simona Malace Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM		P8.00006: Monitoring the Transition from Perturbative to Non-perturbative QCD through Parton-Hadron Duality Simonetta Liuti Preview Abstract

Session P9: Minisymposium: Advances in Zero- and Finite-Temperature Lattice QCD

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Ron Soltz, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		P9.00001: Lattice simulations of strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM		P9.00002: Lattice QCD and Nuclear Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM		P9.00003: Phase Diagram of Two-Color lattice QCD in the chiral limit Shailesh Chandrasekharan, Fu-Jiun Jiang Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM		P9.00004: Extrapolation Formulas for Neutron EDM Calculations in Lattice QCD Donal O'Connell, Martin Savage Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 12:21PM - 12:33PM		P9.00005: Lattice QCD calculations of B meson properties and consequences for quark flavor phenomenology Matthew Wingate, Christine Davies, Alan Gray, Emel Gulez, Peter Lepage, Junko Shigemitsu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 12:33PM - 12:45PM		P9.00006: QCD thermodynamics with $N_f=3$, $2+1$ near the continuum limit at realistic quark masses Takashi Umeda, Michael Cheng, Norman Christ, Chulwoo Jung, Frithjof Karsch, Robert Mawhinney, Peter Petreczky, Konstantin Petrov, Christian Schmidt Preview Abstract

Session P10: 50 Years Since the Discovery of Parity Nonconservation in the Weak Interactions III

Sponsoring Units: FHP DNP
Chair: Susan Seestrom, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		P10.00001: The Question Answered Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM		P10.00002: Chien-Shiung Wu as a Person and a Scientist Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM		P10.00003: Looking through the Mirror: Future Directions in Parity Violations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P11: Focus Session: Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detection

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: John Friedman, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM		P11.00001: The LISA Observatory: Preparing for a bountiful harvest. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM		P11.00002: Using Gravitational Waves from Intermediate Mass Black Holes to Test the No Hair Theorem James Graber Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM		P11.00003: Observing the final moments of massive black hole mergers with LISA. John Baker Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM		P11.00004: Darwin's Design: Genetic Algorithms and Likelihood Surfaces in LISA Data Analysis Jeff Crowder, Neil Cornish, Lucas Reddinger Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM		P11.00005: LISA Interferometer Test Bench at UF Sridhar Reddy Guntaka, Rachel J Cruz, J Ira Thorpe, Michael Hartman, David B Tanner, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM		P11.00006: Progress towards experimental verification of arm-locking for LISA James Thorpe, Shawn Mytrik, Rachel Cruz, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract

Session P12: Bs, Bc Lifetimes and Mixing

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Nigel Lockyer, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM		P12.00001: Hadronic Decays for the $B_s$ Oscillation Measurement at D\O Gernot Weber Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM		P12.00002: Study of $B_s$ oscillations using semileptonic decays Dan Krop Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM		P12.00003: Same Side Kaon Tagging Studies in Fully Reconstructed Decays Gian Piero Di Giovanni Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM		P12.00004: $B_s$ Mixing Results for Hadronic and Semileptonic Decays at CDF Jeffrey Miles Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM		P12.00005: A precise measurement of the $B^0_s$ lifetime Alberto Sanchez Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM		P12.00006: Measurement of the $B_c$ Lifetime Using the $B_c\rightarrow J/\psi + \mu^{\pm} + X$ Decay Channel Mark Hartz Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM		P12.00007: Study of the $B_c$ lifetime via the decay $B_c \rightarrow J/\psi \mu \nu X$ Leah Welty-Rieger Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM		P12.00008: Probing Quark Fragmentation with Ds-K Correlations at CDF Niharika Ranjan Preview Abstract

Session P13: Particle Searches I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Vladimir Litvin, California Institute of Technology
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM		P13.00001: Search for Gluino and Squark Production in Mutijets plus Missing Transverse Energy Final States at the Tevatron Xavier Portell, Carlos Sanchez Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM		P13.00002: Search for the Associated Production of Charginos and Neutralinos with the D\O\ detector Olav Mundal Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM		P13.00003: Limit on the Associated Production of Charginos and Neutralinos in ppbar collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV Sourabh Dube, John Zhou, Sunil Somalwar, Giulia Manca, Beate Heinemann, Martin Griffiths, Anadi Canepa, Else Lytken, Vladimir Rekovic, John Strologas, Michael Gold Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM		P13.00004: Search for Chargino-Neutralino Production with Low Pt Electrons Sourabh Dube, John Zhou, Sunil Somalwar Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM		P13.00005: Search for SUSY at Tevatron Run II from Chargino-Neutralino Production in Low Pt Di-muon Channel Vladimir Rekovic, John Strologas, Michael Gold Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM		P13.00006: Sensitivity for the Discovery of Supersymmetry in the Leptons plus Jets Yuriy Pakhotin, B. Scurlock Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM		P13.00007: Search for Pair Production of Scalar Top Quarks Each Decaying to a $\tau$ Lepton and a $b$ Quark in 1.96-TeV $p\bar{p}$ Collisions Vadim Khotilovich Preview Abstract

Session P16: Sherwood III

Sponsoring Units: DPP
Chair: Linda Sugiyama, PSFC, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D

Monday, April 24, 2006 10:45AM - 11:15AM		P16.00001: Momentum transport from magnetic reconnection in flowing plasmas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:15AM - 11:45AM		P16.00002: Piecewise-Beltrami MHD equilibria Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 11:45AM - 12:15PM		P16.00003: Pure electron plasmas in a stellarator: Theory and experiment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 12:15PM - 12:45PM		P16.00004: Parallel closures for transport applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract