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Session S1: High Power Proton Drivers for Accelerator-based Neutrino Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPB DPF
Chair: Thomas Roser, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S1.00001: Physics of a long and very long baseline neutrino program Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM		S1.00002: The proton driver proposals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM		S1.00003: J-PARC Project in Japan Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S2: DNP Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Bradley Sherrill, Michigan State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S2.00001: Universality of the weak interaction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM		S2.00002: Superallowed Nuclear Beta Decay: a Window on the Weak Interaction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM		S2.00003: The Bethe Prize Talk Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S3: The Heliospheric Termination Shock

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Martin Lee, University of New Hampshire
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S3.00001: Voyager at the Heliosphere's Termination Shock: Energetic Particle Observations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM		S3.00002: Imaging the Global Interaction between the Heliosphere and the Interstellar Medium with IBEX Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM		S3.00003: The Mysteries Associated with the Acceleration of Energetic Particles at the Termination Shock of the Solar Wind Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S4: FHP/FPS Award Session

Sponsoring Units: FHP FPS
Chair: George Lewis, Peace Studies Program, Cornell University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S4.00001: Pais Prize Lecture: History and Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM		S4.00002: Szilard Prize Lecture: Seismic Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM		S4.00003: Burton Award Lecture: A.Q. Khan and Illicit Nuclear Trade Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 5:18PM - 5:54PM		S4.00004: Sakharov and the Grey Zone: Difficult Areas of Human Rights Activity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S6: Panofsky Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Bill Carithers, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S6.00001: Lifetime Measurements with Mark II's First Vertex Detector Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM		S6.00002: B meson decay and CP symmetry violation from e+e- experiments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM		S6.00003: Impact of the Long B-Lifetime on Other Areas of Particle Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S10: Focus Session: Undergraduate and Graduate Education

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Bruce Ackerson, Oklahoma State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S10.00001: Assessing the Effectiveness of the HBL Pedagogy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S10.00002: Implementation, Analysis, and Assessment of On-Line Teaching Evaluations Jerry Artz, Andrew Rundquist Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S10.00003: Teaching Einstein: from epicycles to the equivalence principle Ben Bromley, Maria Cranor Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S10.00004: Teaching Quantum Physics Without Paradoxes in Introductory Physics Courses Art Hobson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S10.00005: Clickers in the Classroom: More than just Interactive Engagement Brian Pyper Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S10.00006: Peer-led instruction for a qualifying exam preparatory course or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the PhD Qualifying Exam Warren Christensen, Larry Engelhardt Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S10.00007: Defend Science: The Attack on Scientific Thinking and What Must Be Done Jason Curtis Preview Abstract

Session S11: Sources of Gravitational Waves

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: John Baker, Goddard Space Flight
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S11.00001: Search techniques for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic strings Xavier Siemens, Jolien Creighton, Irit Maor, Saikat Ray Majumder, Kipp Cannon, Jocelyn Read Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S11.00002: Self force on a particle in curved spacetime Swapnil Tripathi, Alan Wiseman, John Friedman, Tobias Keidl Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S11.00003: Static Electromagnetic and Gravitational Perturbations of Schwarzschild Spacetime Tobias Keidl, John Friedman, Swapnil Tripathi, Alan Wiseman Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S11.00004: Self-force in a gauge appropriate to separable wave equations John Friedman, Tobias Keidl, Swapnil Tripathi, Alan Wiseman, Samuel Gralla Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S11.00005: Extreme mass ratio inspirals via a multiple time expansion Tanja Hinderer, Eanna Flanagan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S11.00006: The validity of the adiabatic approximation for extreme-mass ratio inspirals Marc Favata, Eanna Flanagan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S11.00007: Perturbations of Schwarzschild black holes in the Lorenz gauge: Formulation and numerical implementation Carlos Lousto, Leor Barack Preview Abstract

Session S12: CP Violation in B Meson Decays

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Masahiro Morii, Harvard University
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S12.00001: Measurement of the branching fraction of $B^+ \to \rho^+\rho^0$ Katharine Schofield Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S12.00002: CP asymmetries in $B\to \pi^{+}\pi^{-} K_S,\, K^{+} K^{-} K_S$ Decays in the $f_0(980)$ Mass Region Rupak Dutta, Susan Gardner Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S12.00003: Study of $CP$ violation in $B^0\rightarrow \pi^0\pi^0 K_{\rm S}^0$ decay at BaBar Mahalaxmi Krishnamurthy Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S12.00004: $B\rightarrow h^+h^-$ results from 360pb$^{-1}$ at CDF Sonia Budroni Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S12.00005: Study of the $B \to K^{*0} \rho$ modes at BaBar Marc Escalier Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S12.00006: Study of the $B \to K^{*+} \rho$ modes at BaBar Woochun Park Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S12.00007: $B^+ \rightarrow D^0 K^+$ decays at CDFII Paola Squillacioti Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S12.00008: Measurement of time-dependent $CP$ asymmetries in $B^0\rightarrow J/\psi\pi^0$ decays Katherine George Preview Abstract

Session S13: Top Quark Production

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: David Cline, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S13.00001: Measurement of the ttbar production cross section at D0 using dilepton events Susan Burke Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S13.00002: Measurement of the ttbar production cross section at D0 using lepton + track events Dmitri Denisov Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S13.00003: Top Dilepton Cross Section Measurement Using the Tight Lepton+Isolated Track Sample Corrinne Mills Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S13.00004: Measurement of the ttbar production cross section at D0 using b tagging Florent Chevallier Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S13.00005: Top Pair Production Cross Section Measurement in Lepton+Jets Channel Using Jet Probability b-Tagging Enrique Palencia Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S13.00006: Precision Measurement of $t\bar t$ Production Cross Section using Lepton+Jets Events with Advanced b-Tagging Techniques Michael McFarlane Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S13.00007: Measurement of the ttbar production cross section at D0 using kinematic information Su-Jung Park Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S13.00008: Measurement of the ttbar production cross section at D0 using all-hadronic events Marc-Andre Pleier Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S13.00009: NLO Studies of Electroweak Production of Top Quarks Jorge A. Benitez, Raymond Brock, Reinhard Schwienhorst, Qing-Hong Cao, C.-P. Yuan Preview Abstract

Session S16: Laboratory Astrophysics II

Chair: Parvez Guzdar, University of Maryland
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:30PM - 3:50PM		S16.00001: Ion Heating During Reconnection Events in MST Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 3:50PM - 4:10PM		S16.00002: Ion Heating by Alfven Waves and Reconnection in NSTX Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:10PM - 4:30PM		S16.00003: Wave Experiments in Dusty Plasmas: Linear and Nonlinear Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:30PM - 4:50PM		S16.00004: Spontaneous Double Layer Formation in Expanding Plasmas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:50PM - 5:10PM		S16.00005: Laboratory Studies of Turbulence Associated with Localized Current Layers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 24, 2006 5:10PM - 5:30PM		S16.00006: Nonlinear interactions between shear Alfv\'{e}n waves in a laboratory plasma Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract