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Session G2: The State of the Top Quark

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Plaza D

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G2.00001: Top Quark: Theory Perspective Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G2.00002: The State of the Top Quark Physics: recent results from the Tevatron Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G2.00003: Stating the Case for Top at the LHC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session G3: Few Body Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DNP GFB
Chair: Ronald Gilman, Rutgers University
Room: Plaza E

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G3.00001: JLab Few Body Form Factor Measurements Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G3.00002: From Deuterium to Free Neutrons - Recent Experimental Results Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G3.00003: Finite Range Effects in Atomic and Nuclear Three-Body Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session G4: New Eyes on the Universe I

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Steven Barwick, University of California, Irvine
Room: Plaza F

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G4.00001: New Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G4.00002: TIGER: Progress in Determining the Sources of Galactic Cosmic Rays Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G4.00003: Recent Progress and New Puzzles in Cosmic Ray Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session G5: Developments in Quantum Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Jorge Pullin, Louisana State University
Room: Governor's Square 15

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G5.00001: Einstein Prize Talk: The Quantum Origin of Our Classical Universe Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G5.00002: Spin Foam models: models of quantum space time Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G5.00003: The Formulation of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session G6: Physics on the Road Conference : A follow-up to the World Year of Physics 2005

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Ernest Malamud, University of Nevada - Reno
Room: Governor's Square 16

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G6.00001: Half a Million Hands: On the Road with the Little Shop of Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G6.00002: Idaho State University Physics Road Show Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G6.00003: Taking Physics and Now the Stars on the Road With the Magic Physics Bus Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session G7: Science Policy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Sponsoring Units: FHP FPS
Chair: Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Governor's Square 12

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G7.00001: Skating on Thin Ice: Evolution of Conservation in Energy Policy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G7.00002: Civic Scientist Era Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G7.00003: Science as a Model for Rational, Legitimate Government Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session G8: Plasma Astrophysics of Clusters of Galaxies

Sponsoring Units: DAP GPAP
Chair: Steven Spangler, University of Iowa
Room: Governor's Square 17

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G8.00001: GeV Gamma-ray Observations of Galaxy Clusters with the Fermi/LAT Keith Bechtol Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G8.00002: MHD Turbulence, Dynamo, and the Origin of Magnetic Fields in Galaxy Clusters Hui Li, Hao Xu Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G8.00003: Are ICM Magnetic Fields Generated from Scratch by Cosmic Rays? Mikhail Medvedev, Olga Zakutnyaya Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G8.00004: Anisotropic thermal conduction in cosmological cluster formation simulations Mateusz Ruszkowski, Ian Parrish, Marcus Brueggen Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G8.00005: Limits on Gas Evaporation from Galaxy Clusters Olga Zakutnyaya, Mikhail Medvedev Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G8.00006: Measuring Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Scaling Relations with APEX-SZ Amy Bender Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G8.00007: Supermassive Black Holes and Spiral Structure in Disk Galaxies Daniel Kennefick, Marc Seigar, Julia Kennefick, Claud Lacy Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G8.00008: Galactic archaeology in action space Robyn Sanderson Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G8.00009: Galaxy Mergers with Adaptive Mesh Refinement: Star Formation and Hot Gas Outflow Ji-hoon Kim, John Wise, Tom Abel Preview Abstract

Session G9: Running and Near Term Neutrino Experiments

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Patricia Vahle, College of William and Mary
Room: Governor's Square 11

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G9.00001: A Nearest Neighbors Approach for Electron Neutrino Event Selection in MINOS Juan Pedro Ochoa Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G9.00002: Neutrino Oscillations in MINOS Jasmine Ma Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G9.00003: Antineutrino Physics at MINOS Alexander Himmel Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G9.00004: Monitoring the Double Chooz experiment Glenn Horton-Smith Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G9.00005: The Double Chooz Outer Veto Matthew Toups Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G9.00006: Muon Neutrino Charged Current Inclusive Cross Section on Iron at SciBooNE Morgan Wascko Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G9.00007: Neutrino and antineutrino disappearance in the Booster Neutrino Beamline Kendall Mahn Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G9.00008: Electron Neutrino Appearance in the MINOS Experiment Joshua Boehm Preview Abstract

Session G10: Nuclear Instrumentation

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Michael Murray, University of Kansas
Room: Governor's Square 10

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G10.00001: Cyclotron gas stopper: simulations and predicted performance C.M. Campbell, S. Chouhan, C. Guenaut , D. Lawton, F. Marti, J. Ottarson, S. Schwarz, P. Zavodszky, A.F. Zeller, G. Bollen, D.J. Morrissey, G. Pang Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G10.00002: Compact high resolution isobar separator for study of exotic decays V. Shchepunov, A. Piechaczek, H.K. Carter, J.C. Batchelder, E.F. Zganjar Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G10.00003: Commisioning of the windowless gas target at ORNL's Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility B.H. Moazen, J.C. Blackmon, D.W. Bardayan, C.P. Domizioli, R. Fitzgerald, U. Greife, R.J. Livesay, M.S. Smith Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G10.00004: Performance of the Neutron Imaging Camera (NIC) Seunghee Son, Stanley Hunter, Jason Link, Georiga de Nolfo, Noel Guardala Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G10.00005: Development of the Real-Time Portable Neutron Spectroscope (NSPECT) for Detection and Identification of Special Nuclear Materials James Ryan, Christopher Bancroft, Peter Bloser, Ulisse Bravar, Colin Frost, Jason Legere, John Macri, Richard Woolf, Dominique Fourguette, Liane Larocque, Greg Ritter Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G10.00006: Commissioning of a Gamma Counting Facility in the Kimballton Mine Padraic Finnerty, Reyco Henning, Sean MacMullin, Kevin Macon, Alex Long, Richard Lindstrom, Henning Back, Steven Derek Roundtree Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G10.00007: Measured Nuclear Recoil Discrimination for HPGS, a Proposed Ton-Scale Dark Matte r Search in Room Temperature Gas C. Martin, D. Barton, M.P. Dion, J.H. Esterline, C.R. Howell, C.J. Martoff, P.F. Smith, W. Tornow Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G10.00008: The Polarized $^{3}$He Target performance at Jefferson Lab Chiranjib Dutta Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G10.00009: Performance of the BigBite Spectrometer during the Neutron Transversity Experiment in Hall-A Kalyan Allada Preview Abstract

Session G11: Gravitational Collapse and Theoretical Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Eric Poisson, University of Guelph
Room: Plaza Court 1

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G11.00001: Small scale structure in the approach to the singularity David Garfinkle, Frans Pretorius, Woei Chet Lim, Lars Andersson Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G11.00002: BKL Explorer: a tool to simulate the phenomenology of the BKL conjecture Beverly K. Berger Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G11.00003: Critical Collapses in Neutron Star Systems Kejian Jin, Wai-Mo Suen Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G11.00004: Critical Gravitational Collapses in Neutron Star Like Systems Mew-Bing Wan, Ke-Jian Jin, Wai-Mo Suen Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G11.00005: Spatially-Homogeneous Vlasov-Einstein Cosmology James Friedrichsen, T. Okabe, P.J. Morrison, L.C. Shepley Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G11.00006: Quasilocal Energy of FRW Universe Marcus Afshar Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G11.00007: Self-force in compact binaries using the effective field theory approach Chad Galley Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G11.00008: Gravitational Lorenz gauge self-force calculations in the time domain in 2+1D: progress report Kristen Lackeos, Leor Barack, Gaurav Khanna, Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G11.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session G12: Higgs II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Alfred Goshaw, Duke University
Room: Plaza Court 2

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G12.00001: Search for a Higgs Boson in Decays to $WW^{*}$ at CDF Britney Rutherford Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G12.00002: Search for the Higgs Boson in $WW$ Decays Involving Taus in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV Ruchika Nayyar Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G12.00003: Search for Associated Production of a $W$ and Higgs Boson in the $\tau\nu b\overline{b}$ Final State at CDF Elisabetta Pianori Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G12.00004: Higgs/$ZZ$ searches in the 3 leptons + X channels Azeddine Kasmi Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G12.00005: Search for Standard Model $H \rightarrow \tau \tau$ Decays using a new $\tau$ identification algorithm Pierluigi Totaro Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G12.00006: Multivariate techniques for $VH \rightarrow$ MET + $b\overline{b}$ Searches at CDF Doug Shaefer Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G12.00007: Search for a Standard Model Higgs Boson in Events with Missing Transverse Energy and Jets at CDF Karolos Potamianos Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G12.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G12.00009: CMS Discovery Potential of Standard Model Higgs Boson in the Vector Boson Fusion Process Haifeng Pi Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:18AM - 10:30AM		G12.00010: Search for Associated Production of $Z$ and Higgs Bosons in the $\mu \mu bb$ Final State in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV. Lucian Ancu Preview Abstract

Session G13: B Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: David Saltzberg, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: Plaza Court 3

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G13.00001: Precision Measurement of the Exclusive $B^0 \to D^{*-} \ell^+ \nu$ Branching Fraction Peter Sonnek, Lucien Cremaldi, Romulus Godang Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G13.00002: Search for $B_c$ Mesons Using the $B_c \rightarrow B^0_s X$ Decay Channel at CDF Edwin Rogers Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G13.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G13.00004: Time-dependent Dalitz-plot analysis of $B^0 \to K_S \pi^+ \pi^-$ Jelena Ilic Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G13.00005: Measurement of Correlations in $b$ Quark Pair Production at the Tevatron Jason Galyardt Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G13.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G13.00007: Measurement of Branching Fractions in $B \to K \nu \bar{\nu}$ Decays Carl Vuosalo Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G13.00008: Multipole Moments in Radiative Transitions of Charmonia James Ledoux Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G13.00009: Measurement of $B_{c}^{+} \rightarrow J/\psi \mu^{+} \nu$ Cross Section Times Branching Ratio Relative to $B^+ \rightarrow J/\psi K^+$with the CDF\,II Detector Turgun Nigmanov Preview Abstract

Session G14: Future HEP Experiments

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Dave Hedin, Northern Illinois University
Room: Plaza Court 4

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G14.00001: Supernova Neutrino Physics at a Large Water Cherenkov Detector Kate Scholberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G14.00002: Correlations between cosmic muon tracks in the ATLAS inner detector and the muon spectrometer Lashkar Kashif Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G14.00003: Cosmic Muon Analysis with the CMS Detector Chang Liu Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G14.00004: The Electron Detection Efficiency of the BeamCal at the Simulated ILC Gleb Oleinik, Uriel Nauenberg, Jack Gill Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G14.00005: Beam Tests of an ILC Tail Catcher/Muon Tracker Prototype Based on Scintillator/SiPMs Kurt Francis Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G14.00006: Using constant fraction discrimination techniques to improve time resolution in CUORE Thomas Bloxham Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G14.00007: The Neutrino Beam for the Homestake-DUSEL Long Baseline Experiment Mary Bishai Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G14.00008: Prospects for a Low Threshold Neutrino Experiment at the SNS Taritree Wongjirad Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G14.00009: Long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments with massive detectors at DUSEL To be Determined Preview Abstract

Session G15: Sherwood I

Sponsoring Units: Sherwood DPP
Chair: Carl Sovinec, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: Governor's Square 14

Sunday, May 3, 2009 8:30AM - 9:30AM		G15.00001: From Fundamental Science to Fusion Energy -- the First 50 Years of Fusion Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:30AM - 10:00AM		G15.00002: Energetic Particle-induced Geodesic Acoustic Mode Guoyong Fu Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:00AM - 10:30AM		G15.00003: Flow stabilization of the ideal MHD resistive wall mode$^1$ S.P. Smith, S.C. Jardin, J.P. Freidberg, L. Guazzotto Preview Abstract