Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2008 APS April Meeting and HEDP/HEDLA Meeting

Volume 53, Number 5

Friday–Tuesday, April 11–15, 2008; St. Louis, Missouri

Session Index

Session D2: Collider and Heavy Flavor Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis D

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 2:06PM		D2.00001: The Accomplishments of the CESR/CLEO Program Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:42PM		D2.00002: Charm Mixing Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 3:18PM		D2.00003: New States in Charm and Beauty Spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D3: Quantum Chromodynamics

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Paul Mackenzie, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis E

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 2:06PM		D3.00001: The Accomplishments of HERA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:42PM		D3.00002: From the Age of Discovery to the Age of Exploration: Determining the Properties of the Quark-Gluon-Plasma Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 3:18PM		D3.00003: Lattice QCD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D4: Few Body Nuclear Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DNP GFB
Chair: Wayne Polyzou, University of Iowa
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade B

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 2:06PM		D4.00001: The Three-Nucleon Analyzing Power Puzzle - The Past 20 Years Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:42PM		D4.00002: Towards a Microscopic Density Functional Theory for Nuclei Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 3:18PM		D4.00003: {\it Ab initio} no-core shell model with continuum Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D5: Triumphs of 20th Century Astrophysics II: We Master the Stars

Sponsoring Units: FHP DAP
Chair: Ramanath Cowsik, Washington University
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade C

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 2:06PM		D5.00001: How We Learned the Stars Run on Nuclear Energy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:42PM		D5.00002: Galaxies, SMBHs, Magnetic AGNs, and Extra Galactic CR formation. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 3:18PM		D5.00003: Standing on the shoulders of giants: Star and planet formation in 2010-2020 - The Kenneth Greisen Lecture Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D6: Panel Discussion: International Gender Issues in Physics

Sponsoring Units: FIP FPS
Chair: Arthur Bienenstock, APS President, Stanford University
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade D

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:35PM		D6.00001: Session Introduction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:35PM - 2:01PM		D6.00002: Women Physicists in the European Union : how Brussels is moving toward gender equality Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:01PM - 2:27PM		D6.00003: Keeping Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:27PM - 2:53PM		D6.00004: Women in Physics in Latin America: why so few in leadership positions? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:53PM - 3:18PM		D6.00005: Panel Discussion Preview Abstract

Session D7: Physics Demonstrations and Strategies for Teaching and Public Outreach

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: John Wiegers, Washington University in St. Louis
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Rose Garden

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 2:06PM		D7.00001: Youth Exploring Science Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:42PM		D7.00002: Searching for Truth: The Modeling Method of Instruction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 3:18PM		D7.00003: Active Learning in a Large General Physics Classroom. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D8: Nuclear Astrophysics I

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Henric Krawczynski, Washington University at St. Louis
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade A

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM		D8.00001: Fusion reactions of nuetron rich nuclei in dense matter Helber Dussan, Charles Horowitz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM		D8.00002: Study of the $^{13}$C({\it d,n$_{0,1}$})$^{14}$N reaction below $E_{cm}$ = 400 keV Eric Clinton, M.W. Ahmed, S.S. Henshaw, B.A. Perdue, P.N. Seo, S. Stave, H.R. Weller, P.P. Martel, R.H. France III, R.M. Prior, M.C. Spraker Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM		D8.00003: Experimental Tests of Quasiparticle Plasma State Momentum Distribution Predictions in Metal-Hydrides David Koltick, Yeong Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM		D8.00004: Effects of nuclear molecular configurations on the astrophysical S-factor for $^{16}$O + $^{16}$O Alexis Diaz-Torres, Leandro R. Gasques, Michael Wiescher Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM		D8.00005: Super-Reflection in Fluid Discs David Tsang, Dong Lai Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D8.00006: Gamma Strength Function for {\it p}-process Nucleosynthesis Calculations C.T. Angell, S. Hammond, H.J. Karwowski, E. Kwan, G. Rusev, A. Tonchev, J.H. Kelley, A. Makinaga, H. Utsunomiya Preview Abstract

Session D10: Techniques of Numerical Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Steve Liebling, Long Island University
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis A

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM		D10.00001: Generalized Harmonic Gauge Drivers Lee Lindblom, Keith D. Matthews, Mark A. Scheel, Bela Szilagyi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM		D10.00002: Evaluating event horizon finding techniques Michael Cohen, Harald Pfeiffer, Mark Scheel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM		D10.00003: Gauge conditions for numerical relativity David Brown Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM		D10.00004: Probing the Binary Black Hole Merger Regime with Scalar Perturbations Eloisa Bentivegna, Deirdre Shoemaker, Ian Hinder, Frank Herrmann Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM		D10.00005: Rapidly spinning binary black hole initial data Geoffrey Lovelace, Robert Owen, Harald Pfeiffer, Tony Chu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D10.00006: Stability of Iterative Algorithms for Rotating Neutron Stars Charalampos Markakis, Richard H. Price, Alan Farrell, John L. Friedman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D10.00007: Numerical Relativity from a Gauge Theory Perspective Will Farr, Edmund Bertschinger Preview Abstract

Session D11: Accelerator Neutrinos

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Janet Conrad, Columbia University
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis B

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM		D11.00001: The SciBooNE neutrino experiment at Fermilab: an overview Hide-Kazu Tanaka Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM		D11.00002: Construction of, and Component Testing for, the SciBooNE Muon Range Detector Counters Paul Nienaber Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM		D11.00003: Measurements of neutrino charged current interactions at SciBooNE Yasuhiro Nakajima Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM		D11.00004: Charged current single charged pion production in SciBooNE Katsuki Hiraide Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM		D11.00005: High track multiplicity events in SciBooNE Joan Catala-Perez Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D11.00006: Electron and Gamma Identification for the measurement of the neutral pion cross section in SciBooNE. Yoshinori Kurimoto Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D11.00007: Identification of Recoil Proton Tracks for a Neutrino Neutral-Current Elastic Scattering Cross-Section Measurement at SciBooNE Hideyuki Takei Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D11.00008: A Study of the NuMI Beam in the SciBooNE Detector Javier Duarte Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D11.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session D12: Dark Matter I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Tom Shutt, Case Western University
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis C

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM		D12.00001: Determination of the scintillation and ionization yield of nuclear recoils in liquid Xe from XENON10 neutron calibration data Peter Sorensen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM		D12.00002: Background Rejection in the CDMS Dark Matter Search Jeffrey Filippini Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM		D12.00003: Measurements of the Argon and Neon Scintillation Efficiencies in microCLEAN Daniel Gastler Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM		D12.00004: Pulse Shape Discrimination (PSD) in Liquid Argon Bei Cai Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM		D12.00005: Pulse shape discrimination in liquid argon and liquid neon Hugh Lippincott Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D12.00006: Sensitivity and backgrounds for the LUX dark matter search Peter Sorensen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D12.00007: Scintillation Output of CF$_4$ for Dark Matter Detection Asher Kaboth Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D12.00008: Measurements of low energy nuclear recoil tracks and its implications for dark matter searches Christina Hagemann, Michael Gold, Martin Hoeferkamp, Dinesh Loomba Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D12.00009: The Maximum Patch Method for Directional Dark Matter Detection Shawn Henderson Preview Abstract

Session D13: Minisymposium on Nuclear Physics Deep Underground II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Andrew Hime, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis F

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM		D13.00001: Measuring External Sources of Background (R\&D) at Homestake Dongming Mei, Yuen-Dat Chan, Steve Elliott, Frederick Gray, Christina Keller, Yongchen Sun Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM		D13.00002: A Low Background Counting Facility for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) at Homestake Y. Chan, A. Alton, C. Keller, K. Lesko, D. Mei, R. McTaggart, G. Prior, W. Roggenthen, A. Smith, Y. Sun, B. Szczerbinska, Z. Yin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM		D13.00003: A Muon Veto Shielded Cavern for Underground Experiments and Shower Studies Nathaniel Pastika, Priscilla Cushman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM		D13.00004: TUNL activities at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility Henning Olling Back, Arthur Champagne, Reyco Henning, Padraic Finnerty, Werner Tornow, Mary Kidd, James Esterline Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM		D13.00005: Systematic study of cosmogenic activation with low background Ge spectroscopy at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility Padraic Finnerty, Henning Back, Reyco Henning Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D13.00006: Neutron-induced backgrounds in Cu and Ge D.V. Perepelitsa, V.E. Guiseppe, S.R. Elliott, R.O. Nelson, N. Fotiades, M. Devlin, R.C. Haight, D.-M. Mei, Z. Yin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D13.00007: Neutron-Induced Partial Cross Section Measurements on Cu, Ge and Pb at E$_n$ = 8 and 12 MeV for Background Radiation in $\mathbf{0\nu\beta\beta}$ Decay Experiments E. Kwan, J.H. Esterline, B. Fallin, C.R. Howell, A. Hutcheson, M.F. Kidd, A. Tonchev, W. Tornow, C. Angell, H. Karwowski, J. Kelley, D. Mei, S. Hilderbrand, D.B. Masters, R.S. Pedroni, G.J. Weisel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D13.00008: High-energy neutron counting deep underground Raul Hennings-Yeomans, Daniel Akerib, Michael Dragowsky, Matthew Harrison, Harry Nelson Preview Abstract

Session D14: Instrumentation for Low and Medium Energy Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Peggy McMahan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis G

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM		D14.00001: A Dual-Axis Dual-Lateral Position Sensitive Silicon Detector for Charged Particle Detection Sarah Soisson, Brian Stein, L. May, R.Q. Dienhoffer, M. Jandel, G. Souliotis, D.V. Shetty, A.L. Keksis, S. Wuenschel, Z. Kohley, S.J. Yennello Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM		D14.00002: LBAS - A Non-Contact, High Precision Detector Alignment Tool M. Kilburn, A.M. Rogers, B. Nett, M.S. Wallace, W.G. Lynch, Z.Y. Sun Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM		D14.00003: MASE (Multiplexed Analog Shaper Electronics): A novel approach to readout of a highly segmented silicon detector array S. Hudan, C.J. Metelko, M. Hodek, R.T. de Souza, A. Alexander, J. Poehlman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM		D14.00004: Evaluation of Large Area Planar Germanium Double-Sided Strip Detectors S. Gros, C.J. (Kim) Lister Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM		D14.00005: Determination of the Spectral and Intensity Distribution of the Mono-Energetic Gamma-Ray Beam at HI$\gamma$S Using a Large Volume HPGe Detector Gencho Rusev, Anton Tonchev, Anthony Hutcheson, Elaine Kwan, Werner Tornow, Chris Angell, Hugon Karwowski, John Kelley, Chanchang Sun, Ying Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D14.00006: Design and Performance of Neutron Detector N* Iwona Pawelczak, Jan T\~oke, Yun-Tse Tsai, W. Udo Schr\"oder Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D14.00007: The commissioning of the O-TPC at TUNL P.-N. Seo, M.W. Ahmed, E.R. Clinton, C.R. Howell, S.C. Stave, H.R. Weller, A.H. Young, M. Gai, B. Bromberger, V. Dangendorf, K. Tittelmeier Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D14.00008: Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection of He$_2$ Molecules in Superfluid Helium as a New Detector Technology W.G. Rellergert, S.B. Cahn, A. Curioni, J.A. Nikkel, J.D. Wright, D.N. McKinsey Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D14.00009: Monte Carlo studies of $\beta$-detector efficiency with GEANT4 for precise $\beta^+$-branching-ratio experiments V.V. Golovko, V.E. Iacob, J.C. Hardy Preview Abstract

Session D15: Electroweak Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: William Donnelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis H

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM		D15.00001: What if $G_E^s $ is Zero? Implications for $G_M^s $and $G_A^s $ John Schaub, Stephen Pate Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM		D15.00002: A New Precision Measurement of the Lifetime of $^{19}$Ne Leah Broussard, Robert Pattie, Henning Back, Albert Young, Umakanth Dammalapati, Subhadeep De, Peter Dendooven, Otto Dermois, Leo Huisman, Klaus Jungmann, Aran Mol, C. Gerco Onderwater, Andrey Rogachevskiy, Moslem Sohani, Emil Traykov, Lorenz Willmann, Hans Wilschut Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM		D15.00003: Improved $\beta$ Decay Branching Ratios V.E. Iacob, J.C. Hardy, V. Golovko Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM		D15.00004: MuCap: From first results to final precision on determining $g_P$ Brendan Kiburg Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM		D15.00005: Nuclear Transparency of Kaons (K+) Mr Nuruzzaman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D15.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D15.00007: Preliminary results from Jefferson Lab HKS experiment Lulin Yuan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D15.00008: Finite-$Q^2$ Corrections to Parity-Violating DIS Timothy Hobbs, Wally Melnitchouk Preview Abstract

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