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Session T2: DNP Prize Session

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

Monday, April 16, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		T2.00001: Neutrons, Neutrinos and Nuclear Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		T2.00002: Nuclear Astrophysics and Supernova Core Collapse Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		T2.00003: Report on the Town Meeting on Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons and Neutrinos Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T3: High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Neil Gehrels, NASA-GSFC
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 2

Monday, April 16, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		T3.00001: The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope Mission Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		T3.00002: The VERITAS View of the TeV Gamma-ray Universe Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		T3.00003: The VHE gamma-ray sky viewed with H.E.S.S. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T4: Neutrinos III

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Robert McKeown, California Institute of Technology
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 3

Monday, April 16, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		T4.00001: Neutrino Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		T4.00002: Search for the Neutrino Mixing Angle $\theta_{13}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		T4.00003: Henry Primakoff Lecture: Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T6: Sputnik, 1957: Its Effect on Science in America

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: William Evenson, Utah Valley State College
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 7

Monday, April 16, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		T6.00001: Eisenhower, Scientists, and Sputnik Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		T6.00002: Sputnik's Impact on Science Education in America Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		T6.00003: An Unintended Consequence of the IGY: Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Founding of NASA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T7: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with LISA

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Joan Centrella, NASA-GSFC
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 8

Monday, April 16, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		T7.00001: Gravitational Wave Backgrounds and Bursts from Terascale Phase Transitions and Cosmic Strings Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		T7.00002: Gravitational waves as probes of galactic nuclei and accretion physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		T7.00003: Coevolution of galaxies and massive black holes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T9: Advanced Accelerators

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

Monday, April 16, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		T9.00001: Laser driven accelerating structures: from photonic bandgap to surface waves Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		T9.00002: Recent Progress on Plasma-Based Accelerators Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		T9.00003: Novel particle accelerators and their reach for science Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T10: Education Outreach from Physics Research Centers

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: David G. Haase, North Carolina State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 6

Monday, April 16, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		T10.00001: Essential Features of an RET Program: Teachers as Scientists, Scientists as Teachers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		T10.00002: LIGO Education and Outreach at Twin Observatories Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		T10.00003: Education Outreach Programs - Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T11: Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: Isabel Leonor, University of Oregon
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 7

Monday, April 16, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		T11.00001: Rates and characteristics of intermediate-mass-ratio inspirals detectable by Advanced LIGO Ilya Mandel, Duncan Brown, Jonathan Gair, M. Coleman Miller Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		T11.00002: Beating the Crab pulsar spin-down and other upper limits: new results from the LIGO S5 known pulsar search Matthew Pitkin Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		T11.00003: Broadband Search for Continuous-Wave Gravitation Radiation with LIGO Vladimir Dergachev Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		T11.00004: Search for gravitational waves from compact binary systems in the third and fourth LIGO science runs. Thomas Cokelaer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		T11.00005: Parameterized equations of state for neutron stars Jocelyn Read Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T11.00006: All-sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the S4 Data Keith Riles Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T11.00007: Search for Gravitational Wave Radiation Associated with the Pulsating Tail of the SGR 1806-20 Hyperflare Luca Matone Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T11.00008: UFLIS: The University of Florida LISA Interferometry Simulator Yinan Yu, Sridhar Reddy Guntaka, Rachel J. Cruz, James I. Thorpe, Shawn Mytrik, D.B. Tanner, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T11.00009: Coincidence-based Gravitational Wave Burst Searches in LIGO and Astrophysical Interpretation Keith Thorne Preview Abstract

Session T12: Dark Matter III

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Harry Nelson, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 8

Monday, April 16, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		T12.00001: Dark Matter Detection rates in models with a Well-Tempered Neutralino Eun-Kyung Park, Howard Baer, Azar Mustafayev, Xerxes Tata Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		T12.00002: Nuclear Recoil Background from Neutrons in a WIMP Search Raul Hennings-Yeomans Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		T12.00003: The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Xinjie Qiu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		T12.00004: Muon-Induced Background Study for Double Beta Decay and Dark Matter Experiments Dongming Mei, Andrew Hime, Christina Keller Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		T12.00005: A Background Model for MiniCLEAN Dongming Mei, Andrew Hime Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T12.00006: Searching for Supersymmetric Dark Matter Annihilation Signals in the AMS01 Electron Spectrum Gray Rybka Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T12.00007: Propagation uncertainties in measuring galactic SUSY dark matter in the AMS-01 electron spectrum Sa Xiao Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T12.00008: Status and WIMP Sensitivity of the Current CDMS Run Jeffrey Filippini Preview Abstract

Session T13: LHC II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Michele Weber, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 9

Monday, April 16, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		T13.00001: Study of narrow high-mass particle production using di-lepton decay channels in ATLAS Taeksu Shin Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		T13.00002: Reconstruction and identification of hadronic tau-decays in ATLAS Adam Cunha Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		T13.00003: Search for RPV SUSY through its Purely Hadronic Decay Modes Arie Melamed-Katz, Ehud Duchovni Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		T13.00004: A study of potential signals from the Hidden Valley in ATLAS Laura Bodine, Daniel Ventura Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		T13.00005: Monte Carlo Study of Leptoquark Production with ATLAS detector at the LHC Vikas Bansal Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T13.00006: Observation of a spinning top at the LHC Akira Shibata, Steve Lloyd, Graham Thompson, Lucio Cerrito Preview Abstract

Session T14: Top Mass

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Robin Erbacher, University of California, Davis
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 10

Monday, April 16, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		T14.00001: Measurement of the top quark mass at D0 using the matrix-element method in the lepton+jets channel Carlos Garcia Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		T14.00002: Top Mass Measurement with a Matrix Element Technique using the Dilepton Channel at CDF Bodhitha Jayatilaka Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		T14.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		T14.00004: Measurement of Top Quark Mass by Dynamical Likelihood Method in the Lepton+Jets Channel at CDF Taichi Kubo Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		T14.00005: Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in All-Hadronic Decays using the Ideogram Method at CDF II Petteri Mehtala Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T14.00006: Top Quark Mass Measurement in the All-Hadronic Channel using a Combined Matrix Element and Template Method at CDF Gheorghe Lungu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T14.00007: Top Quark Mass Measurement in the Dilepton Channel using the $t\bar{t}$ $P_z$ at CDF Tuula Maki Preview Abstract