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Session H2: The State of QCD

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Plaza D

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H2.00001: QCD at the Tevatron: Jets {\&} Photons plus Jets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H2.00002: QCD aspects of hadron collider physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H2.00003: Recent QCD Results from the Tevatron Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H3: Nucleon Structure and Fundamental Symmetries

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Mary Alberg, Seattle University
Room: Plaza E

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H3.00001: Testing fundamental symmetries with parity-violating electron scattering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H3.00002: Current Status and Expected Developments in Nucleon Structure Measurements Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H3.00003: Overview of Nucleon Structure Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H4: Nobel Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: APS
Chair: Cherry Murray, APS President and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Plaza F

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H4.00001: Flavor Physics in Japan Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H4.00002: Nobel 2008: Yoichiro Nambu and the origins of the Standard Model Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H6: Women in Experimental High Energy Physics: Science and Career Paths

Sponsoring Units: CSWP DPF
Chair: Jane Nachtman, University of Iowa
Room: Governor's Square 16

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H6.00001: Silicon detectors and their impact on hadron collider physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H6.00002: Quark Mixing, Neutrino Mixing, Charged Lepton non-Mixing Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H6.00003: The MINERvA Experiment: getting a closer look at neutrinos Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H7: Managing Nuclear Fuels: An International Perspective

Sponsoring Units: FIP FPS
Chair: Noemie Benczer-Koller, Rutgers University
Room: Governor's Square 12

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H7.00001: A Contract Between Science and Society Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H7.00002: Radioactive Waste Management, its Global Implication on Societies, and Political Impact Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H7.00003: Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel of Nuclear Research Reactor VVR-S at the National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H8: Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Todor Stanev, University of Delaware
Room: Governor's Square 17

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H8.00001: Update of the correlation of UHECRs with nearby extragalactic objects David Thomas Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H8.00002: Small-Scale Clustering of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays at the Pierre Auger Observatory Carl Pfendner Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H8.00003: Search for Correlations between HiRes Events' Pointing Directions and Local Large Scale Structure Gordon Thomson Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H8.00004: Ultra high energy cosmic rays from black hole jets of radio galaxies Charles Dermer, S. Razzaque, J.D. Finke, A. Atoyan Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H8.00005: A Three-Point Cosmic Ray Anisotropy Method John Hague, Bernard Becker, Michael Gold, John Matthews Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H8.00006: Stereoscopic Measurement of the Flux of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays by the High Resolution Fly's Eye Observatory William Hanlon Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H8.00007: On Estimating the Relative Flux of the Brightest Cosmic Ray Source above 6x10$^{19}$ eV Patrick Younk Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H8.00008: Lorentz Invariance Violation and the Observed Spectrum of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays Floyd Stecker, Sean Scully Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H8.00009: Large scale Cosmic Rays Anisotropy as Observed With IceCube Rasha Abbasi Preview Abstract

Session H9: Mini-Symposium on Single Top

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Elizaveta Shabalina, Universitaet Goettingen
Room: Governor's Square 11

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H9.00001: Measurements of single top Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H9.00002: Using Boosted Decision Trees to Search for Single Top Quark Events at the DZero Experiment Ann Heinson Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H9.00003: Using Bayesian Neural Networks to Search for Single Top Quark Events at the DZero Experiment Cecilia Gerber Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H9.00004: Using Matrix Elements to Search for Single Top Quark Events at the DZero Experiment Monica Pangilinan Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H9.00005: Search for Anomalous Top Quark Couplings at D0 Reinhard Schwienhorst Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H9.00006: Measurement of the polarization of singly-produced top quarks in CDF Ji-Eun Jung Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H9.00007: Measurement of the single top cross section Bruno Casal Preview Abstract

Session H10: Ultra-Relativistic Collisions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Thomas Ludlam, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Governor's Square 10

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H10.00001: Formation of Black Hole in AdS/CFT and Equilibration of QGP Shu Lin, Edward Shuryak Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H10.00002: Measurement of Quark Transversity through the Collins Mechanism in Mid-Rapidity Jets in $p^\uparrow p$ Collisions at STAR Robert Fersch Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H10.00003: Measurement of the Double Longitudinal Spin Asymmetry for Hadron Production in 200 GeV Polarized p+p Collisions at RHIC Bernd Surrow Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H10.00004: Deep inelastic and dipole scattering on finite extent $\mathcal{N}$=4 SYM plasma Bowen Xiao, Alfred Mueller, Arif Shoshi Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H10.00005: Evaluation of the Underlying Event in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 200 GeV at STAR Grant Webb Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H10.00006: The STAR W Physics Program at RHIC Joseph Seele Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H10.00007: The CMS ZDCs, from Beam Splash to Real Data F. Duane Ingram, Edwin Norbeck, Yasar Onel, Michael Murray, Oleg Grachov Preview Abstract

Session H11: LISA

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Guido Mueller, University of Florida
Room: Plaza Court 1

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H11.00001: The status, achievements, and prospects of the Mock LISA Data Challenges Michele Vallisneri Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H11.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H11.00003: Massive Black Hole Mergers: Can we see what LISA will hear? Joan Centrella, Cole Miller, Chris Reynolds, James van Meter, John Wise, John Baker, Darian Boggs, Bernard Kelly, Sean McWilliams Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H11.00004: Observing Merging Massive Black Hole Binaries with LISA James Thorpe, Sean McWilliams, John Baker, Keith Arnaud Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H11.00005: Applying numerical simulation results to LISA John Baker, Bernard Kelly, Sean McWilliams, James Thorpe Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H11.00006: Detection templates for extreme mass ratio inspirals: Is the radiative approximation sufficient? Eanna Flanagan, Tanja Hinderer Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H11.00007: Observational limitations of black hole perturbation theory Steve Drasco, Curt Cutler, Michele Vallisneri Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H11.00008: Black hole quasinormal mode spectroscopy with LISA Manish M. Jadhav, Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H11.00009: sdB binaries as gravitational-wave sources for LISA Ravi Kumar Kopparapu, Richard Wade Preview Abstract

Session H12: Mini-symposium on Nuclear Structure at Short Distances I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Ronald Gilman, Rutgers University
Room: Plaza Court 2

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H12.00001: Short Range Correlations in Nuclei and Their Implications for the Structure of Dense Nuclear Matter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H12.00002: A New Theoretical Analysis of the Effects of Short Range Correlations in Inclusive Lepton Scattering Chiara Benedetta Mezzetti, Claudio Ciofi degli Atti Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H12.00003: Effects of Correlations in Medium and High Energy Scattering Off Nuclei Massimiliano Alvioli, Claudio Ciofi degli Atti, Leonid Kaptari, Hiko Morita Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H12.00004: Large acceptance detector for short-range correlation studies at 12 GeV JLab Stephen Wood, Eliezer Piasetzky Preview Abstract

Session H13: Focus Session: Professional Preparation of Teachers of Physics

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: David Haase, North Carolina State University
Room: Plaza Court 3

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H13.00001: Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics: Preliminary Results Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H13.00002: College Ready: A \$7M NSF MSP project to prepare pre- and in-service teachers Gay Stewart, John Stewart Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H13.00003: Measuring Physics Teacher Knowledge: Is it Domain-Specific? Robert Talbot, Valerie Otero, Derek Briggs Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H13.00004: Rutgers Physics Teacher Preparation Program Chris D'Amato, Eugenia Etkina Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H13.00005: Enhancing Student Attitudes about Physics: A multi-university study Kara Gray, Valerie Otero Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H13.00006: Bringing Technology into Physics Classrooms Nouredine Zettlili Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H13.00007: Professional Development for K-12 Teachers of Physics and Physical Science Jim Nelson Preview Abstract

Session H14: History and Philosophy of Science

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Dan Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Plaza Court 4

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:45AM - 11:09AM		H14.00001: Is Einstein the Father of the Atomic Bomb Harry Lustig Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H14.00002: Centrifugation and the Manhattan Project Cameron Reed Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H14.00003: Unification Accomplished and Forgotten: The story of H.T. Flint James Beichler Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H14.00004: The Clouds of Physics and Einstein's Last Query: Can Quantum Mechanics be Derived from General Relativity? Friedwardt Winterberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H14.00005: Schr\"{o}dinger's Unified Field Theory: Physics by Public Relations Paul Halpern Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H14.00006: X-Ray Astronomy Discovery Experiments, II P.C. Fisher Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H14.00007: The Leviathan and the Whirlpool Nebula Trevor Weekes Preview Abstract

Session H15: Sherwood II

Sponsoring Units: Sherwood DPP
Chair: James Myra, Lodestar Research Corporation
Room: Governor's Square 14

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:30AM - 11:00AM		H15.00001: COFFEE BREAK
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:00AM - 11:30AM		H15.00002: Magnetic field threshold for runaway generation in tokamak disruptions T. F\"ul\"op, G. Pokol, H.M. Smith, P. Helander Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:30AM - 12:00PM		H15.00003: Revisiting MHD stability comparison theorems: Some surprising new results Antoine Cerfon, Jeffrey Freidberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 12:00PM - 12:30PM		H15.00004: Edge Plasma Characteristics in a Snowflake Magnetic Configuration M.V. Umansky, R.H. Bulmer, R.H. Cohen, T.D. Rognlien, D.D. Ryutov Preview Abstract

Session H20: GFB Business Meeting

Sponsoring Units: GFB
Room: Plaza Court 3