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Session M2: Core Collapse Supernovae and Neutrinos

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: George Fuller, University of California, San Diego
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 1

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:51PM		M2.00001: Toward Realistic Supernova Models: Surprises in Three Dimensions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:27PM		M2.00002: Neutrino Transport: The State of the Art Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 5:03PM		M2.00003: Neutrino Flavor Transformation in Supernovae Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session M3: Cosmic Reionization

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Chung-Pei Ma, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 2

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:51PM		M3.00001: Theoretical Models of Reionization Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:27PM		M3.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 5:03PM		M3.00003: The First Stars Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session M4: Panofsky Prize

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Ian Shipsey, Purdue University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 3

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:51PM		M4.00001: Panofsky Prize Talk Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:27PM		M4.00002: Panofsky Prize Talk Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 5:03PM		M4.00003: Panofsky Prize Talk: Measurements of Direct CP Violation in the Decays of Neutral Kaons at Fermilab Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session M7: History of Gravitational Waves and General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR FHP
Chair: Kameshwar Wali, Syracuse University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 8

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:51PM		M7.00001: Traveling at the Speed of Thought: Proving the Existence of Gravitational Waves Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:27PM		M7.00002: Development of LIGO: A View From Washington Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 5:03PM		M7.00003: Anecdotes, Facts, Opinions and some History of the Theory of Relativity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session M8: Focus Session: Hydrodynamics & Magnetohydrodynamics Coupled to General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Steve Liebling, Long Island University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 4

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:51PM		M8.00001: General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Black Hole Accretion Disks and Jets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:03PM		M8.00002: Toward the evolution of magnetized differentially rotating neutron stars with AMR Matthew Anderson, Eric Hirschmann, Steven Liebling, David Neilsen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:03PM - 4:15PM		M8.00003: Towards Simulations of Accreting Black Holes including Magnetic Fields Miguel Megevand, Matthew Anderson, Luis Lehner, Steven Liebling, David Neilsen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:15PM - 4:27PM		M8.00004: GRMHD simulations of differentially rotating neutron stars in dynamical spacetimes: A possible connection with GRBs Branson Stephens, Matthew Duez, Yuk Tung Liu, Stuart Shapiro, Masaru Shibata Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 4:39PM		M8.00005: General relativistic simulations of magnetic field-induced explosions from stellar core collapse Yuk Tung Liu, Masaru Shibata, Stuart Shapiro, Branson Stephens Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:39PM - 4:51PM		M8.00006: General relativistic simulations of slowly rotating, magnetized stars: A perturbative metric approach Zachariah Etienne, Y.T. Liu, S. Shapiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:51PM - 5:03PM		M8.00007: A mixed pseudospectral/finite difference code for evolving spacetimes with hydrodynamic matter Matthew Duez, Lawrence Kidder, Saul Teukolsky Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 5:03PM - 5:15PM		M8.00008: Force-Free Magnetohydrodynamic Waves: Non-Linear Interactions and Effects of Strong Gravity. Parker Troischt Preview Abstract

Session M9: Computational Methods in Beam Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: Joseph Bisognano, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 5

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:51PM		M9.00001: Parallel n-body algorithms for charged particles in external fields, with applications to accelerator physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:27PM		M9.00002: Recent Innovations in Simulating Space-Charge-Dominated Ion Beams Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 5:03PM		M9.00003: A New Approach to Adaptive Control of Multiple Scales in Plasma Simulations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session M10: Bridging the Digital Divide I

Sponsoring Units: FIP DAP
Chair: Herman Winick, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory/Stanford Linear
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 6

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:51PM		M10.00001: Revolutions in Global Networking and Collaborations, and the Digital Divide Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:27PM		M10.00002: Quantitative Measurement of the Digital Divide Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 5:03PM		M10.00003: National Knowledge Commission Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session M11: Future TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: James Ryan, University of New Hampshire
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 7

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:27PM		M11.00001: The Status of the Veritas Gamma-Ray Telescope Array Ozlem Celik Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:27PM - 3:39PM		M11.00002: White Paper on the Status and Future of Ground-based Gamma-ray Astronomy - Overview Brenda Dingus, Martin Pohl, Henric Krawczynski, Vladimir Vassiliev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:39PM - 3:51PM		M11.00003: The future of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy: SNR and cosmic rays Martin Pohl Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:03PM		M11.00004: White Paper on the Status and Future of Ground-based Gamma-ray Astronomy: GRB Science Working Group Report Abraham Falcone Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:03PM - 4:15PM		M11.00005: Gamma-Rays from Galactic Compact Sources Philip Kaaret Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:15PM - 4:27PM		M11.00006: White Paper on the Status and Future of Ground-based Gamma-Ray Astronomy - Extragalactic Science Working Group H. Krawczynski, P. Coppi, C. Dermer, E. Dwek, M. Georganopoulos, D. Horan, T. Jones, F. Krennrich, R. Mukherjee, E. Perlman, V. Vassiliev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 4:39PM		M11.00007: The Future of Ground-based Gamma-Ray Astronomy: Dark Matter James Buckley Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:39PM - 4:51PM		M11.00008: The Future of Ground Based Astronomy: The Technological Possibilities Frank Krennrich, Karen Byrum Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:51PM - 5:03PM		M11.00009: HAWC (High Altitude Water Cherenkov) Observatory for Surveying the TeV Sky Brenda Dingus Preview Abstract

Session M12: Gravitational Waveforms from Inspiralling Binaries

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Shane L. Larson, Weber State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 8

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:27PM		M12.00001: Evolution of the Carter constant for inspirals into a black hole: effects of the quadrupole and quadratic in spin Tanja Hinderer, Eanna Flanagan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:27PM - 3:39PM		M12.00002: Gravitational radiation reaction for inspiralling binaries - spin-spin effects to 3.5 post-Newtonian order Han Wang, Clifford M. Will Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:39PM - 3:51PM		M12.00003: Spin-orbit Gravitational Radiation Reaction for Two-body Systems Jing Zeng, Clifford Will Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:03PM		M12.00004: Mapping spacetime geometry with gravitational wave observatories Chao Li, Geoffrey Lovelace Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:03PM - 4:15PM		M12.00005: Approximate methods for building extreme mass ratio inspiral waveforms Scott Hughes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:15PM - 4:27PM		M12.00006: Accurate time--domain gravitational waveforms for extreme-mass-ratio binaries Gaurav Khanna, Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 4:39PM		M12.00007: Gravitational waves from extreme mass ratio inspirals: A numerical model for the singular source term in the time domain Pranesh Adhyam Sundararajan, Gaurav Khanna Preview Abstract

Session M13: Theory I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: JoAnne Hewett, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 9

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:27PM		M13.00001: Chiral Lagrangian with Heavy Quark-Diquark Symmetry Jie Hu, Thomas Mehen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:27PM - 3:39PM		M13.00002: Hamiltonian approach to Yang-Mills theories in 2+1 dimensions: glueball and meson mass spectra. Alexandr Yelnikov, Robert G. Leigh, Djordje Minic Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:39PM - 3:51PM		M13.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:03PM		M13.00004: Higgs mechanism with non-parallel vacuum and physical field Jaime Besprosvany Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:03PM - 4:15PM		M13.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:15PM - 4:27PM		M13.00006: Soft Leptogenesis in Left-Right Symmetric Models Abdel Bachri, Babu Kaladi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 4:39PM		M13.00007: New Dark Matter Candidate in a U(1)$'$ Model Salah Nasri, Hye-Sung Lee, Kanstantin Matchev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:39PM - 4:51PM		M13.00008: Measurement of Higgs Self-Coupling Constant in Standard Model Firdevs Duru Preview Abstract

Session M14: Theory II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Scott Yost, Baylor University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 10

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:27PM		M14.00001: Dirac Equation in Adjoint Representation and Co-adjoint Gauge Theory James Crawford Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:27PM - 3:39PM		M14.00002: Alternate Lorentz Transformations of Spacetime Coordinates and Maxwell and Dirac Fields Rollin S. Armour, Jr., Jose L. Balduz, Jr. Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:39PM - 3:51PM		M14.00003: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO Y11.00008 Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:03PM		M14.00004: All order epsilon-expansion of Gauss hypergeometric functions with integer and half-integer values of parameters Scott A. Yost, Mikhail Kalmykov, B.F.L. Ward Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:03PM - 4:15PM		M14.00005: Basic-Particle Formation Scheme \&Experimental Tests J.X. Zheng-Johansson, P.-I. Johansson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:15PM - 4:27PM		M14.00006: The PEP electron R.L. Collins Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 4:39PM		M14.00007: Fractional dynamics and the TeV regime of field theory Ervin Goldfain Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:39PM - 4:51PM		M14.00008: Matter Described by Fractional Dimension Interactions Charles Chase, Laurence Bloxham, James Gimzewski, Makos Karageorgis Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:51PM - 5:03PM		M14.00009: A New invariant ds=ds$_{t}$+ds$_{\phi}$ in the String Theory Action Leads to Replacing The General Covariance In the SM Dirac Equation Gauge Derivatives With An Equivalent General Covariance In The Metric That This Dirac Equation is Derived From Joel Maker Preview Abstract

Session M15: Nuclear Astrophysics II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Bob Tribble, Texas A&M University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 11

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:27PM		M15.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:27PM - 3:39PM		M15.00002: Determination of the Reaction Rate for $^{17}$F(p,$\gamma )^{18}$Ne using the Neutron Transfer Reaction($^{17}$O,$^{18}$O) in Mirror Nuclei. Tariq Al-Abdullah, X. Chen, C.A. Gagliardi, Y.-W. Lui, G. Tabacaru, Y. Tokimoto, L. Trache, R.E. Tribble, Y. Zhai, F. Carstoiu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:39PM - 3:51PM		M15.00003: The structure of $^{23}$Al and consequences on the depletion of $^{22}$Na from ONe novae Y. Zhai, L. Trache, V.E. Iacob, J.C. Hardy, C. Fu, T. Al-Abdullah, N. Nica, M. McCleskey, V.V. Golovko, H.I. Park, G. Tabacaru, A. Banu, R.E. Tribble Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:03PM		M15.00004: Studying the $^{30}$P(p,$\gamma$)$^{31}$S reaction using the $^{31}$P($^{3}$He,t)$^{31}$S$^{*}$(p)$^{30}$P reaction C. Wrede, J.A. Caggiano, J.A. Clark, C. Deibel, R. Lewis, A. Parikh, P.D. Parker, C. Westerfeldt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:03PM - 4:15PM		M15.00005: Particle decay from the states of $^{18}Ne^*$ in the $^{14}O+\alpha$ interaction Changbo Fu, V.Z. Goldberg, A.M. Mukhamedzhanov, G.G. Chubarian, Y. Zhai, T. Al-Abdullah, M. McCleskey, L. Trache, R.E. Tribble, G.V. Rogachev, B. Skorodumov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:15PM - 4:27PM		M15.00006: First Measurement of the Cascade Transition via the 6.049-MeV State of $^{16}$O in the $^{12}$C($\alpha,\gamma$)$^{16}$O Reaction Catalin Matei, C.R. Brune, L. Buchmann, D.A. Hutcheon, C. Ruiz, J. Caggiano, A. Laird, Z.H. Li, A. Olin, D. Ottewell, G. Ruprecht, M. Trinczek, C. Vockenhuber, J. D'Auria, M. Lamey, C. Wrede, A.A. Chen, J. Pearson, W.R. Hannes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 4:39PM		M15.00007: Reaction rates of the fusion reaction $^{12}$C+$^{12}$C at E$_{CM}$ = 2.10 to 4.75 MeV for the $^{20}$Ne and $^{23}$Na exit channels Timothy Spillane, Francesco Raiola, Sheng Zeng, Hans-Werner Becker, Cristina Bordeanu, Claus Rolfs, Jeffrey Schweitzer, Frank Strieder, Daniel Sch\"urmann, Lucio Gialanella Preview Abstract

Session M16: Sub-Nucleonic Degrees of Freedom II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Jim Thomas, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 12

Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:15PM - 3:27PM		M16.00001: Improving the measurements of the flavor asymmetry of the nucleon Rusty Towell Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:27PM - 3:39PM		M16.00002: Probing QCD Structure of NN Interaction in Hard Disintegration of the Nucleon Pair Carlos Granados, Misak Sargsian Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:39PM - 3:51PM		M16.00003: Strangeness and threshold of phase changes Johann Rafelski, Jean Letessier Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:51PM - 4:03PM		M16.00004: Nuclear Shadowing and Select d+Au Observables Adeola Adeluyi, George Fai Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:03PM - 4:15PM		M16.00005: Measurements of A$_{LL}$ in Inclusive Charged Pion Production at the STAR Experiment. Adam Kocoloski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:15PM - 4:27PM		M16.00006: Longitudinal Spin Asymmetry and Cross Section for Inclusive $\pi ^{0}$ Production in Polarized p+p Collisions at STAR Alan Hoffman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:27PM - 4:39PM		M16.00007: Di-Jet Measurement to Constrain Event Kinematics in Longitudinal Polarized Proton-Proton Collisions at STAR Tai Sakuma Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:39PM - 4:51PM		M16.00008: Progress toward using non-photonic electrons in polarized p+p collisions to measure the gluon spin structure function Priscilla Kurnadi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 4:51PM - 5:03PM		M16.00009: Double Longitudinal Spin Asymmetry Measurement for Inclusive Jet Production at STAR David Staszak Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 5:03PM - 5:15PM		M16.00010: Diffractive DIS in ep and eA Cyrille Marquet Preview Abstract