Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2007 APS April Meeting

Volume 52, Number 3

Saturday–Tuesday, April 14–17, 2007; Jacksonville, Florida

Session Index

Session B2: Topics in Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Susan Seestrom, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 1

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B2.00001: New Measurement of the Neutral Pion Life Time as a Precision Test of the Chiral Anomaly Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B2.00002: The Day-Night Effect in SNO: Beyond the Solar Neutrino Problem Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B2.00003: Heavy Quark Energy Loss in a Strongly Interacting Quark Gluon Plasma Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B4: LHC/ILC Detectors

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Jim Pilcher, University of Chicago
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 3

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B4.00001: ILC Detector R\&D Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B4.00002: The ATLAS detector -- status and plans. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B4.00003: The CMS Detector: Status and Prospects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B5: Energy Forum I: Fossil Fuels, Challenges and the Environment

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Lawrence M. Krauss, Case Western Reserve University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 6

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B5.00001: Advanced Energy Efficiency and Distributed Renewables Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B5.00002: Fossil Energy: Drivers and Challenges. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B5.00003: Energy efficient Buildings, A Neglected Solution to the Energy Crisis Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B6: Building the Elements: 50 Years of B2FH Nucleosynthesis I

Sponsoring Units: FHP DAP
Chair: Robert V. Wagoner, Stanford University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 7

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B6.00001: The Cosmic Abundance Distribution Decoded Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B6.00002: Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis from B$^2$FH to 21st-Century Cosmology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B6.00003: Nucleosynthesis in Supernovae Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B7: Binary Black Holes: Orbits, Mergers and Waveforms

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Pedro Marronetti, Florida Atlantic University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 8

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B7.00001: Spin- orbit interactions in black-hole binaries Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B7.00002: Binary Black Holes: Mergers, Dynamics, and Waveforms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B7.00003: Binary black holes and their echoes in the Universe Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B8: Efimov Effect Observed!

Sponsoring Units: GFB
Chair: William Reinhardt, University of Washington
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 4

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B8.00001: Manifestations of Efimov states in three-body bound levels and continua Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B8.00002: Beller Lectureship Award: Evidence for Efimov quantum states in an ultracold gas of cesium atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B8.00003: Efimov effect and the quest for a theory of Nuclear Forces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B10: Neutrino I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Boris Kayser, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 6

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B10.00001: Measurement of Neutrino Induced Exclusive Quasi-Elastic Cross Section in NOMAD Jae Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B10.00002: Measurement of Neutrino Induced Inclusive Delta Resonance Cross section in NOMAD Chris Kullenberg, Jae Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B10.00003: The Inclusive Neutrino Charged Current Cross Section Measured in NOMAD Andrew Godley, Qun Wu, Sanjib Mishra Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B10.00004: Toward better understanding of MINOS neutrino flux using MIPP hadronic production data Andre Lebedev Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B10.00005: MINOS Calibration Jiajie Ling Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B10.00006: MINOS Results from the NuMI beam Zarko Pavlovic Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B10.00007: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO R4.00004 Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B10.00008: Delta Radiative Decays in the MiniBooNE Experiment Laura Gladstone Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B10.00009: The Angular Dependence of $\pi^{0}$ Production in the MiniBooNE Antineutrino Data Van Nguyen Preview Abstract

Session B11: Cosmic Rays

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Phil Kaaret, University of Iowa
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 7

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B11.00001: Observation of the GZK Cutoff by the HiRes Experiment John Belz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B11.00002: Acceleration of highest energy cosmic rays Maxim Lyutikov, Rachid Ouyed Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B11.00003: Can $^{59}$Ni Synthesized in OB Associations Decay to $^{59}$CO Before Being Accelerated to Cosmic-Ray Energies? R. Binns, M. Israel, A. Cummings, R. Leske, R. Mewaldt, E. Stone, G. De Nolfo, T. von Rosenvinge, M. Wiedenbeck Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B11.00004: Measurement of the Atmospheric Muon Charge Ratio at TeV Energies with MINOS Gavril Giurgiu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B11.00005: CREAM Experiment Charge and Energy Performance Taylor Childers Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B11.00006: High Energy Cosmic Ray Measurements with CREAM Simon Swordy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B11.00007: The CREAM Experiment: Towards Primary-to-Secondary Ratios Theresa Brandt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B11.00008: Measurement of the Relative Abundances of the Ultra-Heavy Galactic Cosmic Rays ($30 \le Z \le 40$) 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
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B11.00009: New methods to search for Cross-Correlations between UHECR data and BL Lac sources. Rasha Abbasi Preview Abstract

Session B12: Physics of Extreme Gravitational Fields I

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Robert Jantzen, Villanova University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 8

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 11:15AM		B12.00001: The physics of GRBs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B12.00002: Connecting vectors and relativistic strains Donato Bini, Andrea Geralico Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B12.00003: Scattering problems on rotating acoustic black holes Christian Cherubini, Simonetta Filippi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B12.00004: Classical and Quantum features of the spin-curvature coupling Francesco Cianfrani, Giovanni Montani Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B12.00005: Generalized axisymmetric models of self-gravitating systems Simonetta Filippi, Christian Cherubini, Remo Ruffini, Alonso Sepulveda Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B12.00006: Perturbations of a Reissner-Nordstrom black hole by a charged massive particle at rest Andrea Geralico, Donato Bini, Remo Ruffini Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B12.00007: Lorentz gauge theory and its phenomenological implications Orchidea Maria Lecian, Giovanni Montani Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B12.00008: Non-homogeneous axisymmetric models of self-gravitating systems: the numerical matching Alonso Sepulveda, Christian Cherubini, Simonetta Filippi, Remo Ruffini, Jorge Iv\'an Zuluaga Callejas Preview Abstract

Session B13: Dark Matter I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Daniel Akerib, Case Western Reserve University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 9

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 11:09AM		B13.00001: First Results from the XENON10 Dark Matter Experiment the Gran Sasso Underground Lab Elena Aprile Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B13.00002: Characterization of the Light Response of the XENON-10 Dark Matter Detector Roman Gomez Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B13.00003: Nuclear recoil discrimination in the Xenon10 detector. Aaron Manalaysay Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B13.00004: Response of XENON10 to Neutrons: Comparison of Monte Carlo and data. Angel Manzur Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B13.00005: The DEAP-1 Experiment at SNOLAB Chris Jillings Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B13.00006: Calibrating the Xenon10 Detector with Activated Xenon Kaixuan Ni Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B13.00007: 3D Event Position Reconstruction in the XENON10 Dark Matter Detector Roberto Santorelli Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B13.00008: Calibration of the XENON10 detector Guillaume Plante Preview Abstract

Session B14: Charm

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Usha Mallik, University of Iowa
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 10

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B14.00001: A search for $D^+ \rightarrow \eta^\prime e^+ \nu_e$ Junyan Ge Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B14.00002: Decays of $D$ mesons to final states containing $\eta$ and $\eta^{\prime}$ Shabana Nisar Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B14.00003: Absolute $D$ hadronic branching fractions Xin Shi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B14.00004: Towards a branching fraction and form factor measurement in $D^0 \to K^{*-}e^+\nu_e$ decays Liu Hongxuan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B14.00005: A Dalitz plot analysis of $D^0 \to K^- K^+ \pi^0$ decays Kalanand Mishra Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B14.00006: A search for radiative decays of $D^0$ mesons Joe Regensburger Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B14.00007: Search for the Flavor-Changing Neutral Current Decay $D^0 \to \mu^+\mu^-$ Edmund Berry Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B14.00008: Measurement of the form factors in $D \rightarrow K/\pi e^+ \nu_e$ Bo Xin Preview Abstract

Session B15: Electromagnetic Interactions I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Joerg Reinhold, Florida International University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 11

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B15.00001: The Double Spin Asymmetry for Exclusive $\pi^{+}$ Production Joshua Pierce Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B15.00002: Spin Asymmetry on the Nucleon Experiment James Maxwell Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B15.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B15.00004: $K^+ \Lambda$ Photoproduction in the $u$-channel Ken Hicks, Tsutomu Mibe Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B15.00005: The Generalized GDH Sum Rule: Measuring the Spin Structure of $^3$He and the Neutron using Nearly Real Photons Jaideep Singh Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B15.00006: Induced Polarization in $^4$He$(e,e' \vec p)^3$H Steffen Strauch Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B15.00007: Polarization Transfer in $^4$He$(\vec e,e' \vec p)^3$H Michael Paolone Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B15.00008: Structure In The Proton Form Factor Ratio at Low Q$^2$ Douglas Higinbotham Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B15.00009: A Precision Measurement of the Pair Production Cross Section in the Jefferson Lab PrimEx Experiment Aram Teymurazyan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:33PM - 12:45PM		B15.00010: The $\pi^0$ Lifetime: Experimental Probe of the QCD Axial Anomaly Dustin McNulty Preview Abstract

Session B16: Electroweak Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Pieter Mumm, University of Maryland
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 12

Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B16.00001: Precise branching ratios from $\beta -\gamma $ coincidences: the case of $^{^{34}}Ar$. V.E. Iacob, J.C. Hardy, V. Golovko Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B16.00002: Parity violation in $\vec np\to d\gamma$ at LANSCE Rob Mahurin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B16.00003: A High-Efficiency Resonant RF Spin Flipper with Broad Phase Space Acceptance for Pulsed Polarized Cold Neutron Beams Pil-Neyo Seo Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B16.00004: First neutron beta-decay results from the UCNA experiment Brad Plaster Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B16.00005: Measurement of UCN Spectra and Al Window Fermi Potentials using the Retarding Potential of a Solenoidal Magnet as an Analyzer A.T. Holley Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B16.00006: Diamond-Like-Carbon Guides for use in Polarized Ultracold Neutron Transport: Production Improvements and Status Russell Mammei Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B16.00007: Analysis of Systematic Errors in the MuCap Experiment Thomas Banks Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B16.00008: Precision measurements of muon capture on the proton and deuteron with MuCap Steven Clayton Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B16.00009: Discrimination of Rare $\pi^+$ and $\mu^+$ Decays at Rest Using Artificial Neural Networks Emil Frle\v{z} Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:33PM - 12:45PM		B16.00010: Q$_{weak}$: A Precision Measurement of the Proton's Weak Charge Juliette Mammei Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:45PM - 12:57PM		B16.00011: G0 Backward Angle Measurement: Strange Quark Contributions to Parity-Violating Asymmetries in Electron Scattering from LH2 and LD2 at $Q^2 \sim 0.63$ and $0.23$ GeV$^2$ Mathew Muether Preview Abstract

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