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Session H2: B Physics III

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Jack Ritchie, University of Texas
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis D

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H2.00001: CP Violation and CKM Physics at the B Factories Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H2.00002: New Physics at the B Factories Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H2.00003: $B$ Hadron Physics at the Tevatron Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H3: The Long Distance Structure of the Nucleon

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

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H3.00001: Long-Distance Nucleon Structure: Theoretical Overview Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H3.00002: Elastic form factor measurements at Mainz. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H3.00003: New Results from BLAST at MIT-Bates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H4: Undergraduate Education in Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP FEd
Chair: Cornelius Beausang, University of Richmond
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade B

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H4.00001: Conference Experience for Undergraduates in the Division of Nuclear Physics - 10 Years Running Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H4.00002: Research in an Undergraduate Physics Department Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H4.00003: U.S. Workforce and Educational Facilities' Readiness to Meet the Future Challenges of Nuclear Energy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H5: Astrophysicists' Perspectives on Current Problems in Plasma Astrophysics II

Sponsoring Units: GPAP DAP
Chair: Dmitri Uzdensky, Princeton University
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade C

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H5.00001: Pulsars, Magnetars, and Jets-Problems and Lessons for Astrophysical Plasma Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H5.00002: Accretion Disks and Jets Around Black Holes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H5.00003: Some Things I Wished I Understood Better (or at all...) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H6: Impact of Major Accelerator Projects on the Development of Emergent Countries

Sponsoring Units: DPB FIP
Chair: Satoshi Ozaki, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade D

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H6.00001: Indian Participation in LHC and a Glimpse of the Road Ahead Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H6.00002: Impact of Pohang Accelerator on Large-scale Science Programs in Korea Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H6.00003: The Impact of the SESAME Project on Science and Society in the Middle East Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H7: Laboratory and Space Tests of Gravitation

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Eric Adelberger, University of Washington
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Rose Garden

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H7.00001: Pioneer Anomaly: Status of New Investigation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H7.00002: APOLLO: A Comprehensive Test of Gravity via Lunar Laser Ranging Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H7.00003: Precision Test of the Equivalence Principle Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H8: Galactic and Planetary Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Steve Kahn, SLAC/Stanford University
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade A

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H8.00001: The influence of Dynamical state on Scatter in Galaxy Cluster Mass-Observable Relations Hsiang-Yi Yang, Paul Ricker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H8.00002: Can Cluster Evaporation Explain the Missing Thermal Energy in Galaxy Clusters? Mikhail Medvedev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H8.00003: Why are the earth spin and its axis 24hours, tilted by 23.5degree? Sahnggi Park Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H8.00004: Dark matter places planets Orvin Wagner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H8.00005: Ordinary Dark Matter versus Mysterious Dark Matter in Galactic Rotation C.F. Gallo, James Feng Preview Abstract

Session H10: Numerical Simulations of Neutron Stars

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Grant Mathews, University of Notre Dame
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis A

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H10.00001: Magnetized Neutron Stars Steven Liebling, Matthew Anderson, Eric Hirschmann, Luis Lehner, Patrick Motl, David Neilsen, Carlos Palenzuela, Joel Tohline Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H10.00002: Collapse of magnetized hypermassive neutron stars in general relativity: Disk evolution and outflows Branson Stephens, Yuk Tung Liu, Stuart Shapiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H10.00003: A different way to evolve black hole-neutron star binaries Matthew Duez, Lawrence Kidder, Saul Teukolsky Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H10.00004: Evolution of Excised BHBH and BHNS Initial Data: Numerical Methods and Tests Zachariah Etienne, Joshua Faber, Yuk Tung Liu, Stuart Shapiro, Keisuke Taniguchi, Thomas Baumgarte Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H10.00005: Fully General Relativistic Simulations of black hole-neutron star Mergers Yuk Tung Liu, Zachariah Etienne, Joshua Faber, Stuart Shapiro, Keisuke Taniguchi, Thomas Baumgarte Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H10.00006: Neutron Star Binary Coalescences: How realistic is the initial data? Randy Wolfmeyer, Jian Tao, Wai-Mo Suen, Hui-Min Zhang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H10.00007: Critical Collapse of Non-Rotating and Rotating Neutron Star Systems with Axisymmetry Ke-Jian Jin, Wai-Mo Suen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H10.00008: Neutron Star Binary Coalescences: Angular Momentum Threshold Against a Prompt Collapse Hui-Min Zhang, Jian Tao, Wai-Mo Suen, Mew Bing Wan, Randy Wolfmeyer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H10.00009: Differentially rotating neutron stars: A perturbative study Adamantios Stavridis Preview Abstract

Session H11: Muon Colliders and Nu Beams

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Steve Geer, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis B

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H11.00001: Muon Beam Cooling and Muon Collider Prospects Katsuya Yonehara, Rolland Johnson, Yoroslav Derbenev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H11.00002: Muon Bunching and Phase-Energy Rotation for a Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider David Neuffer, Cary Yoshikawa Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H11.00003: Plasma Lens for Muon and Neutrino Beams Stephen Kahn, Sergey Korenev, Mary Bishai, Milind Diwan, Juan Gallardo, Ady Hershcovitch, Brant Johnson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H11.00004: A New Concept of Liquid Lithium Lens for Muon Cooling Kevin Lee, David Cline, Alper Garren, Yasuo Fukui Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H11.00005: MANX, a 6-D Muon Cooling Experiment Mary Anne Cummings Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H11.00006: Comparison of 6D Ring Cooler Schemes and Dipole Cooler for $\mu^{+} \mu^{-}$ Collider Development David Cline, Alper Garren, Yasuo Fukui, Harold Kirk Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H11.00007: Muons Produced in a Beam Dump by 8 GeV and 120 GeV Incident Protons Robert Abrams, Cary Yoshikawa Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H11.00008: Intense Stopping Muon Beams Cary Yoshikawa, Charles Ankenbrandt, Katsuya Yonehara, David Neuffer, Robert Abrams, Mary Anne Cummings, Rolland Johnson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H11.00009: Colliding neutrino beams Reinhard Schwienhorst Preview Abstract

Session H12: New Ideas

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Cecilia Gerber, University of Illinois at Chicago
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis C

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H12.00001: Vector Currents of Massive Neutrinos of an Electroweak Nature Rasulkhozha Sharafiddinov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H12.00002: Heavy Lepton Production with Anomalous Interactions Ahmet Tolga Tasci, Ahmet Turan Alan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H12.00003: An Isothermal and Isochromatic Comparison of Gall's and Planck's Black Body Radiation Laws Clarence A. Gall Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H12.00004: Bifurcations and pattern formation in particle physics: a model study Ervin Goldfain Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H12.00005: Fractional dynamics as source of CP violation in the Standard Model Ervin Goldfain Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H12.00006: The embodiment of the e-Science for High Energy Physics Hyunwoo Kim, Kihyeon Cho Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H12.00007: Nature of Reality Sunil Thakur Preview Abstract

Session H13: Minisymposium on Correlations and Jets in Heavy-Ion Collisions

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

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H13.00001: Correlations and Jets in Heavy-Ion Collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H13.00002: Decomposition of awayside components of dijet correlation in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{S_{NN}}=200$ GeV at PHENIX Chin-Hao Chen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H13.00003: Jet study in doubly triggered $h^\pm$-$h^\pm$ correlations in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV Eric Vazquez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H13.00004: Study of Baryon to Meson Ratios of Associated Hadrons in Di-Hadron Correlation Maria Cristina Suarez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H13.00005: Direct measurement of fragmentation photons in p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200$~GeV with the PHENIX experiment Ali Hanks Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H13.00006: Photon-hadron Correlations Measured in Au-Au Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV with the PHENIX Detector Megan Connors Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H13.00007: Measurement of High $p_T$ Flow and Jet Correlation in Au+Au Measurement of High $p_T$ Flow and Jet Correlation in Au+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{S_{NN}}=200GeV$ from PHENIX Rui Wei Preview Abstract

Session H14: Nuclear Structure: Light and Medium Mass Nuclei

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Lee Sobotka, Washington University at St. Louis
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis G

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H14.00001: Decay of $^{10}$C excited states above the 2$p$ + 2$\alpha $ threshold and the contribution from ``democratic'' two-proton emission K.M. Mercurio, R.J. Charity, R. Shane, L.G. Sobotka, J. Elson, M. Famiano, A. Wuosmaa, A. Banu, C. Fu, L. Trache, R.E. Tribble Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H14.00002: Precision measurements of electromagnetic matrix elements as a test of Ab-Initio calculations in light nuclei E.A. McCutchan, C.J. Lister, M.P. Carpenter, R.V.F. Janssens, T.L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, E.F. Moore, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H14.00003: Measurement of the ground state of $^{15}$Be A. Spyrou, T. Baumann, D. Bazin, G. Christian, S. Mosby, M. Strongman, M. Thoennessen, J. Brown, P.A. DeYoung, A. DeLine, J.E. Finck, A. Russell, N. Frank, E. Breitbach, R. Howes, W.A. Peters, A. Schiller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H14.00004: Isotope ratios measured in symmetric and asymmetric $^{40,48}$Ca+$^{40,48}$Ca collisions D. Henzlova, D. Brown**, B. Charity*, A. Chbihi*, D. Coupland*, R. de Souza*, J. Elson*, M. Famiano*, V. Henzl*, S. Hudan*, M. Kilburn*, J. Lee*, S. Lukyanov*, B. Lynch*, A. Rogers*, A. Sanetullaev*, L. Sobotka*, Z. Sun*, B. Tsang*, G. Verde*, M. Wallace*, M. Youngs*, G. Westfall**, A. Vander Molen** Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H14.00005: NP pairing in N=Z nuclei : The $^{44}$Ti($^{3}$He,p) reaction A.O. Macchiavelli, P. Fallon, R.M. Clark, M. Cromaz, I.Y. Lee, M. Wiedeking, K.E. Rehm, I. Ahmad, J. Greene, R.V.F. Janssens, M. Notani, R. Pardo, J.P. Schiffer, D. Seweryniak, X.D. Tang, A. Wuosmaa Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H14.00006: Attempts to Manipulate the Decay Time of Radioactive Nuclei B. Fallin, B. Grabow, W. Tornow Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H14.00007: The Role of Triaxiality in Shape-Coexistence in Light Krypton Isotopes S.M. Fischer, C.J. (Kim) Lister Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H14.00008: Level densities of residual nuclei from the reactions $^{6}$Li on $^{58}$Fe and $^{7}$Li on $^{57}$Fe Babatunde Oginni, Steven Grimes, Alexander Voinov, Aderemi Adekola, Carl Brune, Zachary Heinen, Michael Hornish, Thomas Massey, Catalin Matei, Don Carter, John O'donnell Preview Abstract

Session H15: Nuclear Astrophysics II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Hendrik Schatz, Michigan State University
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis H

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H15.00001: The Astrophysical $^{187}$Re$^{187}$Os Ratio: Measurement of the $^{187}$Re(n, 2n $\gamma$)$^{186m}$Re Destruction Cross Section J.H. Kelley, D.B. Masters, S. Hammond, H.J. Karwowski, E. Kwan, A. Hutcheson, A.P. Tonchev, W. Tornow, F.G. Kondev, S. Zhu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H15.00002: A Study of the $^{14}$C(?,?) Reaction Rate Through the ANC Technique E.D. Johnson, G.V. Rogachev, A.M. Mukhamedzhanov, A. Aguilar, P. Bender, T. DeVore, G.V. Goldberg, K.W. Kemper, S. Lee, L. Miller, J. Mitchell, P. Peplowski, M. Perry, R. Reynolds, A. Rojas Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H15.00003: Effects on $^{18}$F production in novae from changes in the $^{17}$O(p,$\alpha$)$^{14}$N rate B.H. Moazen, J.C. Blackmon, D.W. Bardayan, K.Y. Chae, K. Chipps, C.P. Domizioli, R. Fitzgerald, U. Greife, W.R. Hix, K.L. Jones, R.L. Kozub, E.J. Lingerfelt, R.J. Livesay, C.D. Nesaraja, S.D. Pain, L.F. Roberts, J.F. Shriner Jr., M.S. Smith, J.S. Thomas Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H15.00004: Spin assignments of $^{22}$Mg through a $^{24}$Mg(p,t)$^{22}$Mg measurement K.Y. Chae, B.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, B.H. Moazen, K. Chipps, R. Hatarik, K.L. Jones, R.L. Kozub, J.F. Liang, C.D. Nesaraja, P.D. O'Malley, C. Matei, S.D. Pain, S.T. Pittman, M.S. Smith Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H15.00005: Experimental Exploration of $^{69}Br$ and the rp-Process $^{68}Se$ Waiting Point A.M. Rogers*, M.A. Famiano*, M.S. Wallace*, M.-J. van Goethem*, F. Delaunay*, W.G. Lynch*, M.B. Tsang*, M. Mocko*, J. Lee*, R.T. de Souza*, S. Hudan*, L.G. Sobotka*, R.J. Charity*, J. Elson*, S. Lobastov, D. Shapira, D. Bazin, A. Gade, G. Verde* Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H15.00006: Mass Measurements of Proton-Rich Isotopes between Mo and Pd using the Canadian Penning Trap Mass Spectrometer J. Fallis, K.S. Sharma, H. Sharma, G. Savard, A.F. Levand, T. Sun, J.A. Clark, C. Deibel, A. Parikh, C. Wrede, D. Lascar, R. Segel, S. Caldwell, M. Sternberg, J. Van Schelt, F. Buchinger, J.E. Crawford, S. Gulick, J.K.P. Lee, G. Li, N.D. Scielzo, A.A. Hecht Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H15.00007: Thermal Conductivity of Accreting Neutron Stars Crusts. Liliana Caballero, Charles Horowitz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H15.00008: Nuclear Matter at High Density and Finite Temperature Abhishek Mukherjee, Geoff Ravenhall, Jaime Morales, Vijay Pandharipande Preview Abstract