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Session Y2: Solving QCD on the Lattice

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Werner Vogelsang, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 1

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y2.00001: Lattice Calculations of Hadron Structure Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y2.00002: Lattice Regularized QCD and the Quark-Gluon Plasma Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y2.00003: Lattice Calculations of Hadronic Scattering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y3: Black Holes of All Sizes

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

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y3.00001: Supermassive Black Holes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y3.00002: Intermediate Mass Black Holes and Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y3.00003: Stellar Black Holes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y4: Gravity and Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Natalie Roe, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 3

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y4.00001: Experimental Results on Gravity at Short Distances Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y4.00002: Gravitation and Extra Dimensions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y4.00003: Accelerating Universe, Dark Energy and Modified Gravity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y5: Nucleosynthesis of the Lightest Nuclei

Sponsoring Units: DNP DAP
Chair: George Fuller, University of California, San Diego
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 6

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y5.00001: What's the matter with lithium? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y5.00002: The Nucleosynthesis of Helium Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y5.00003: The Primordial Deuterium Abundance: Current Status and Future Prospects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y7: Quantum Aspects of Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: John Klauder, University of Florida
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 8

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y7.00001: Loop quantization of spherically symmetric midi-superspaces Jorge Pullin, Rodolfo Gambini Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y7.00002: Regge Calculus and the Quantum Computational Universe Warner Miller, Jonathan McDonald Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y7.00003: The Computational Universe: Quantization of Space-time without Quantization Jonathan McDonald, Warner Miller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y7.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y7.00005: Macroscopic Effects of the Quantum Trace Anomaly Emil Mottola, Ruslan Vaulin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y7.00006: Stress Tensor from the Trace Anomaly in Black Hole Spacetimes. Ruslan Vaulin, Paul Anderson, Emil Mottola Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y7.00007: Efficient computation of Lorentzian 6J symbols Joshua Willis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y7.00008: Effective Length in Extended Causal Sets Jose L. Balduz Jr. Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Y7.00009: Black Hole production in cosmic ray showers Arunava Roy, Marco Cavaglia Preview Abstract

Session Y8: Minisymposium on Gamma Ray Spectroscopy at the Limits II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Mark Riley, Florida State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 4

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y8.00001: Search for excited states in $^{101}$Sn D. Seweryniak, M.P. Carpenter, S. Gros, R.V.F. Janssens, T.L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C.J. Lister, D. Peterson, A. Robinson, X. Wang, S. Zhu, G. Lotay, P.J. Woods, A.A. Hecht, N. Hoteling, W.B. Walters Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y8.00002: Gamma-ray Transition Matrix Elements in $^{21}$Na: First TIGRESS Radioactive Beam Experiment Greg Hackman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y8.00003: Nuclear Structure with Gammasphere/CHICO and beyond Ching-Yen Wu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y8.00004: Coulomb Excitation of Odd-A Neutron-Rich Radioactive Beams Near $^{132}$Sn Chang-Hong Yu, C. Baktash, J. Beene, A. Galindo-Uribarri, C.J. Gross, P.A. Hausladen, J.F. Liang, J. Pavan, D.C. Radford, J.C. Batchelder, C. Bingham, M. Danchev, W. Krolas, E. Padilla Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y8.00005: Rotation around the longest principle axis in $^{142}$Gd I. Ragnarsson, B.G. Carlsson, E.O Lieder, R.M. Lieder, A.A. Pasternak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y8.00006: Band Terminations and Density Functional Theory: Critical Analysis Anatoli Afanasjev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y8.00007: Wobbling Modes in Ta Nuclei? D.J. Hartley, W.H. Mohr, J.R. Vanhoy, M.A. Riley, A. Aguilar, C. Teal, R.V.F. Janssens, M.P. Carpenter, A.A. Hecht, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E.F. Moore, S. Zhu, M.K. Djongolov, M. Danchev, L.L. Riedinger, G.B. Hagemann, G. Sletten, P. Chowdhury, S.K. Tandel, W.C. Ma, S.W. $\O$deg\"{a}rd Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y8.00008: Two-proton knockout in neutron rich N=40 nuclei P. Adrich, A.M. Amthor, D. Bazin, M.D. Bowen, C.M. Campbell, J.M. Cook, A. Gade, D. Galaviz, T. Glasmacher, S. McDaniel, D. Miller, Y. Shimbara, K.P. Siwek, J.R. Terry, A. Oberteli, D. Weisshaar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Y8.00009: Shape and structure of N=Z $^{64}$Ge; Electromagnetic transition rates from the application of the Recoil Distance Method to knock-out reactions. K. Starosta, A. Dewald Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		Y8.00010: Detailed study of $^{21}$Mg excited states in one neutron knockout. C. Aa. Diget, P. Adrich, D. Bazin, M.D. Bowen, B.A. Brown, C.M. Campbell, J.M. Cook, A. Gade, T. Glasmacher, S. McDaniel, A. Obertelli, K. Siwek, J.R. Terry, D. Weisshaar, K. Hosier, D. McGlinchery, L.A. Riley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		Y8.00011: The role of very weak gamma-ray transitions W. David Kulp Preview Abstract

Session Y9: Physics of Particle Beams

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: Peter Zavodsky, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 5

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y9.00001: Design, construction and commissioning of the SuSI ECR Peter Zavodszky, Ben Arend, Dallas Cole, Jon DeKamp, Guillaume Machicoane, Felix Marti, Peter Miller, Jim Moskalik, William Nurnberger, Jack Ottarson, John Vincent, Xiaoyu Wu, Albert Zeller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y9.00002: Spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy of swift heavy ions -- solid matter interaction S.A. Pikuz Jr., O. Rosmej, A.Ya. Faenov, V.P. Efremov, S. Korostiy, A. Blazevic, A. Fertman, I.Yu. Skobelev, G.E. Norman, D.H.H. Hoffmann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y9.00003: Experimental test of the Chao matrix formalism for spin dynamics. V.S. Morozov, A.W. Chao, A.D. Krisch, M.A. Leonova, R.S. Raymond, D.W. Sivers, V.K. Wong, R. Gebel, A. Lehrach, B. Lorentz, R. Maier, D. Prasuhn, A. Schnase, H. Stockhorst, F. Hinterberger, K. Ulbrich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y9.00004: Unexpected reduction of rf spin resonance strength for stored polarized deuterons. M.A. Leonova, A.D. Krisch, V.S. Morozov, R.S. Raymond, D.W. Sivers, V.K. Wong, R. Gebel, A. Lehrach, B. Lorentz, R. Maier, D. Prasuhn, A. Schnase, H. Stockhorst, F. Hinterberger, K. Ulbrich Preview Abstract

Session Y11: Cosmology II & Galaxy Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Steve Kahn, Stanford University/Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 7

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y11.00001: Black Hole Constraints on Varying Fundamental Constants Jane MacGibbon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y11.00002: Displaying polarization fields with line integral convolution David Larson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y11.00003: On the dynamical friction effects operating in the dwarf spheroidal galaxy -- Fornax. Ramanath Cowsik, Kasey Wagoner, Amit Sircar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y11.00004: Flatness of the rotation curves of the galaxies; Exit the recourse to a massive halo Michel Mizony Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y11.00005: The South Pole Telescope Kathryn Miknaitis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y11.00006: Dark Matter Explained: Exploring shadows on the cave wall James Beichler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y11.00007: Discovery that F-L expansion-predicted T$_{CBR}$=0.08 K, not COBE's 2.73 K, disproves the big bang and Cosmological Principle, showing instead the Hubble relation proves a universal Center exists nearby. Robert Gentry Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y11.00008: Galactic mass distribution without dark matter or modified Newtonian mechanics Kenneth Nicholson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Y11.00009: Physics of Non-Observables Paul Suh Preview Abstract

Session Y12: Gravitational Waves Sources and Phenomenology

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Scott A. Hughes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 8

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y12.00001: Einstein@Home's search for spinning neutron stars Benjamin Owen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y12.00002: Taking measure of the Galaxy in low frequency gravitational waves Shane L. Larson, Brett Taylor, Matthew Benacquista Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y12.00003: Motion of a scalar charge around a Schwarzschild black hole Ian Vega Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y12.00004: Radiation reaction force on a particle in Schwarzschild spacetime Swapnil Tripathi, Alan Wiseman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y12.00005: Nonlinear development of the r-mode instability of accreting neutron stars: Three Modes Ruxandra Bondarescu, Saul Teukolsky, Ira Wasserman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y12.00006: Computer algebra and nonlinear iterations for the development of the Periodic Wave Approximation Napoleon Hernandez, Richard Price, Benjamin Bromley, Christopher Beetle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y12.00007: On finding fields and self-force in a gauge appropriate to separable wave equations John Friedman, Tobias Keidl, Alan Wiseman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y12.00008: On finding fields and self-force in a gauge appropriate to separable wave equations II Tobias Keidl, John Friedman, Alan Wiseman, Eirini Messaritaki, Dong Hoon Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Y12.00009: Visualising Gravitational Wave Event Candidates with the Coherent Event Display Adam Mercer, Sergey Klimenko Preview Abstract

Session Y13: Bs

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Matthew Herndon, Wisconsin University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 9

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y13.00001: Lifetime Difference and $CP$ Asymmetry in the $B_s^0 \to J/\psi \phi$ Mode Khaldoun Makhoul Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y13.00002: Measurement of the Branching Fraction for ${B}_{s} \rightarrow {D}_{s1}^{\pm}(2536) \mu \nu {X} \:$ at D0 Jason Rieger, Rick van Kooten Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y13.00003: Measurement of the $B^0_s$ Width Difference and Mixing Phase in the Decay $B^0_s\rightarrow J/\psi \phi$ Avdhesh Chandra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y13.00004: Study of $B^{**}$ and $B_s^{**}$ Mark Williams Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y13.00005: $B_s$ Mixing at D0 Meghan Anzelc Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y13.00006: Selection of Fully Reconstructed Hadronic $B_s^0$ Decays for the Observation of $B^0_s$-$\bar B_s^0$ Oscillations Bruno Casal Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y13.00007: Measurement of branching fractions for $B_s^0\rightarrow J/\psi \phi$ and $B_s^0\rightarrow J/\psi K_s^0$ decays at $\Upsilon(5S)$ Kazi Sayeed, Alan Schwartz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y13.00008: Measurement of the Charge Asymmetry in Semileptonic $B^0_s$ Decays Kostyantyn Holubyev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Y13.00009: Observation of the $B^0_s\to K^-\pi^+$, $\Lambda^{0}_b\to p\pi^{-}$ and $\Lambda^{0}_b\to p K^{-}$ Modes at CDF Guido Volpi Preview Abstract

Session Y14: QCD Jets

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Rob Roser, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 10

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y14.00001: D0 Jet Measurements Duncan Brown Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y14.00002: Parton level calculations vs. detector level jets: incorporating STAR inclusive jet $A_{LL}$ measurements into global parton analyses Michael Miller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y14.00003: Jet Energy Scale Determination at D0 Andres Tanasijczuk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y14.00004: A neural net based algorithm to identify b and c jet with the CDF detector Paolo Mastrandrea Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y14.00005: Jet Fragmentation at CDF Sergo Jindariani Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y14.00006: Measurement of the Inclusive Z+jet(s) Production Cross Section at CDF Oriol Salto, Monica D'Onofrio, Mario Martinez Preview Abstract

Session Y15: Minisymposium on Nuclear Astrophysics with Transfer Reactions II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Michael Wiescher, University of Notre Dame
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 11

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y15.00001: $^{26}$Si and $^{30}$S studied via $(p,t)$ reactions using the Silicon Detector Array (SIDAR) D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, J.F. Liang, M.S. Smith, C.R. Brune, K.Y. Chae, Z. Ma, J.A. Howard, R.L. Kozub, M.S. Johnson, K.L. Jones, S.D. Pain, J.S. Thomas, R.J. Livesay, D.W. Visser Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y15.00002: Studying the $^{25}$Al(p,gamma)$^{26}$Si reaction using the analogous single proton transfer reaction d($^{25}$Al,$^{26}$Si)n. Patrick Peplowski, Ingo Wiedenhoever, Lagy T. Baby, Alexander Rojas, Eric Diffenderfer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y15.00003: Alpha-cluster resonances in $^{23}$Na near $^{19}$F+$\alpha$ threshold. B.W. Green, G.V. Rogachev, E. Johnson, A.M. Crisp, K.W. Kemper, V.Z. Goldberg, A. Mukhamedzhanov, M. La Cognita, R.G. Pizzone, S. Romano, C. Spitaleri, A. Tumino Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y15.00004: The level structure of $^{19}$Ne via measurement of the $^{2}$H($^{18}$F,$\alpha +^{15}$O)n reaction. A.S. Adekola, C.R. Brune, Z. Heinen, M.J. Hornish, T.N. Massey, A.V. Voinov, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, C.D. Nesaraja, M.S. Smith, A. Chae, C. Domizioli, Z. Ma, B. Moazen, A.E. Champagne, D.W. Visser, U. Greife, R. Livesay, M. Porter - Peden, M. Johnson, K.L. Jones, S.D. Pain, J.S. Thomas, R.L. Kozub, J.F. Shriner, N.D. Smith Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y15.00005: The $^{130}$Sn(d,p)$^{131}$Sn Reaction in Inverse Kinematics R.L. Kozub, J.F. Shriner, Jr., A. Adekola, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, F. Liang, C.D. Nesaraja, D. Shapira, M.S. Smith, K.Y. Chae, K.L. Jones, Z. Ma, B.H. Moazen, K. Chipps, U. Greife, L. Erikson, J.A. Cizewski, R. Hatarik, S.D. Pain, C. Matei, W. Krolas, T.P. Swan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y15.00006: Measurement of the $^{134}$Te(d,p)$^{135}$Te reaction in inverse kinematics S.D. Pain, J.A. Cizewski, R. Hatarik, P.D. O'Malley, T.P. Swan, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, F. Liang, C.D. Nesaraja, D. Shapira, M.S. Smith, K.Y. Chae, K.L. Jones, B.H. Moazen, R.L. Kozub, J.F. Shriner, Jr., C. Matei, K. Chipps, R.J. Livesay Preview Abstract

Session Y16: Nuclear Fragmentation and Structure Studies

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Paul Mantica, Michigan State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 12

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y16.00001: Anomalous behaviour of the 2$^+$ mixed-symmetry state in $^{94}$Zr Nico Orce, Esmat Elhami, Sharmistha Mukhopadhyay, Sadia Choudry, Marcus Scheck, Marcus McEllistrem, Steve Yates Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y16.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y16.00003: Application of Symmetry Theories to the Design of Fragment Separators for Exotic Isotope Accelerators James Maloney Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y16.00004: Evaluation of a Semiemperical Nuclear Fragmentation Database Ryan Norman, Steve Blattnig, John Norbury Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y16.00005: Properties of the largest fragment in multifragmentation; a canonical thermodynamic calculation Gargi Chaudhuri, Subal Dasgupta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y16.00006: Excited states of neutron rich Pd from fragmentation A.A. Hecht, W.B. Walters, N. Hoteling, P.F. Mantica, A. Becerril, T. Fleckenstein, G. Lorusso, J. Pereira, J. Pinter, J. Stoker, M. Quinn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y16.00007: Radioactive Ion Beam Production from the Fission of Thorium Oxide Targets Hakan Armagan, H.K. Carter, D.W. Stracener, E.H. Spejewski, A. Kronenberg Preview Abstract