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Session J2: The State of Heavy Flavor

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Patricia McBride, Fermilab
Room: Plaza D

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J2.00001: 30 Years of the Cornell Electron Storage Ring Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J2.00002: SLAC's Glorius Past Potends an Equally Glorius Future Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J2.00003: State of Heavy Flavor Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J3: Puzzles and Challenges Near Doubly Magic 100Sn, the Heaviest Self-Conjugate Nucleus

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Rick Casten, Yale University
Room: Plaza E

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J3.00001: Measurement of the half-life of $^{100}$Sn Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J3.00002: Single-Neutron States in $^{101}$Sn populated via $\alpha$-decay Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J3.00003: Shell-model interactions around $^{100}$Sn Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J4: Merging Galaxies

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: Scott Hughes, Masschusetts Institutue of Technology
Room: Plaza F

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J4.00001: Gas inflows in galaxy mergers as a key to the pairing, growth and formation of supermassive black holes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J4.00002: Black hole mergers along the cosmic history Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J4.00003: Probing Black Hole Mergers with LISA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J5: Heinemann Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Andreas Kronfeld, Fermilab
Room: Governor's Square 15

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 1:57PM

J5.00001: Dannie Heineman Prize Talk: The BRST Symmetry at the Simplest Quantum Mechanical Level Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J6: Precision Measurements Impacting Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC
Chair: Karl Van Bibber, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Governor's Square 16

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J6.00001: A Redetermination of the Hubble Constant with the Hubble Space Telescope from a Differential Distance Ladder Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J6.00002: Cosmology, scalar-tensor theories of gravity, and precision measurements at low energy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J6.00003: Tests of Lorentz Invariance using Spinning Fermions and Laser Ranging to the Moon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J7: Physics Contributions to the Intelligence Community

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Donald Prosnitz, Rand Corporation
Room: Governor's Square 12

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J7.00001: Physicists {\&} Engineers in the Spy Business--What Does the Record Say About National Reconnaissance? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J7.00002: Physics, Physicists and Revolutionary Capabilities for the Intelligence Community Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J7.00003: Physicists and the Intelligence Community: The Next Decade Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J8: APS Editorial Question and Answer

Sponsoring Units: APS
Room: Governor's Square 17

Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:30PM - 3:30PM

J8.00001: APS Editorial Q\&A Preview Abstract

Session J9: Top Mass

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Kenneth Bloom, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Room: Governor's Square 11

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J9.00001: New Method For Extracting the Mass of the Top Quark From All-Jets Events Gianluca Petrillo Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J9.00002: A matrix element analysis measurement of the top quark mass in the lepton + jets channel with an in situ jet energy scale measurement Daryl Hare Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J9.00003: Measurement of the Mass Difference between Top and Antitop Michael Wang Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J9.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J9.00005: Measurement of the top quark mass using quantities that are independent of the jet energy scale Ford Garberson Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J9.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J9.00007: Top quark mass measurement in the lepton+jets and dilepton channels at CDF using $m_T$2 Jian Tang Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J9.00008: Plans for Jet Energy Corrections at CMS Kalanand Mishra Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J9.00009: Background studies and spin correlation expectations in $t \bar t$ events in the $e\mu$ decay channel at the LHC Alaettin Serhan Mete Preview Abstract

Session J10: Electroweak Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Willem T.H. van Oers, TRIUMF
Room: Governor's Square 10

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J10.00001: Search for a Higgs Boson Produced in Association with $W$ Boson using a Neural Network Approach at CDF Yoshikazu Nagai Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J10.00002: Precision Measurement of $a$ and $b$ in Neutron Beta Decay L. Peter Alonzi III Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J10.00003: Muon Capture on the Deuteron Frederick Gray Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J10.00004: Parity-Violating Asymmetry in the Nucleon to Delta Transition C.L. Capuano Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J10.00005: Status of the Qweak Main Detector Construction David Mack Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J10.00006: The 2500 W liquid hydrogen target for the Qweak experiment Silviu Covrig Preview Abstract

Session J11: Theoretical Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: John Friedman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Room: Plaza Court 1

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J11.00001: Relativistic theory of tidal Love numbers Eric Poisson, Taylor Binnington Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J11.00002: How do Black Holes Rotate in Parity-Violating Gravity? Frans Pretorius, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J11.00003: Vector models of gravitational Lorentz breaking Michael Seifert Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J11.00004: Cosmological Tests of General Relativity/ Robert Caldwell Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J11.00005: Spacetimes and orbits of Bumpy Black Holes Sarah Vigeland, Scott Hughes Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J11.00006: Characterizing particle orbits in general stationary axis-symmetric vacuum spacetimes Jeandrew Brink Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J11.00007: Finding Fields and Self-Force in a Gauge Appropriate to Separable Wave Equations Tobias Keidl, John Friedman, Dong-Hoon Kim, Larry Price, Abhay Shah Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J11.00008: Self-force for a particle in circular orbit around Schwarzschild black hole. Abhay Shah, John Friedman, Larry Price, Tobias Keidl, Dong-Hoon Kim Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J11.00009: Relativistic Images as Probe of Alternative Gravity Amitai Bin-Nun Preview Abstract

Session J12: Mini-Symposium on Nuclear Structure at Short Distances. II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Eliezer Piasetzky, Tel Aviv University
Room: Plaza Court 2

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J12.00001: Short-Range Correlation Studies on $^{12}C$ with 6-9~GeV/c Proton Beams John Watson, Eliezer Piasetzky, Misak Sargsian Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J12.00002: Probing Short-Range Correlations via the (e,e'pN) Reaction Douglas Higinbotham Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J12.00003: Recent Studies of Nucleon-Nucleon Short-Range Correlations with A(e,e'p) Reactions. Shalev Gilad, Peter Monaghan Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J12.00004: Impulse Approximation limitations to the $(e,e'p)$ reaction on $^{208}$Pb: search for long range correlations at high missing momenta Alexandre Camsonne, Juan Carlos Cornejo, Joaquin Lopez Herraiz Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J12.00005: Hard Break-Up of Two-Nucleons and QCD Dynamics of NN Interaction Misak Sargsian, Carlos Granados Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J12.00006: Hard Photo-disintegration of proton pairs in $^3$He E. Piasetzky, I. Pomerantz, R. Gilman Preview Abstract

Session J13: Few Body Physics III

Sponsoring Units: GFB
Chair: Wayne Polyzou, University of Iowa
Room: Plaza Court 3

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J13.00001: Know Your Target: Toward A Better Understanding of the 3He System Elena Long Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J13.00002: How Small are FSI Corections at High $Q^2$ Aidan Kelleher, Misak Sargsian Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J13.00003: Photo-disintegration of $^3$He below E$_\gamma$ = 15 MeV at HI$\vec{\gamma}$S B.A. Perdue, M.W. Ahmed, S.S. Henshaw, J. Li, S. Mikhailov, S. Stave, H.R. Weller, Y. Wu, P.P. Martel, A. Teymurazyan Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J13.00004: Subtractive renormalization of the chiral potentials up to next-to-next-to-leading order I: Higher NN partial waves Chieh Jen Yang, Charlotte Elster, Daniel Phillips Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J13.00005: Subtractive renormalization of the NN interaction from chiral effective theory up to next-to-next-to-leading order II: S-waves Daniel Phillips, Chieh Jen Yang, Charlotte Elster Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J13.00006: $_{\Lambda}^9 $Be $(\frac{3}{2}^+,\frac{5}{2}^+)$ spin-orbit splitting within three-body cluster model Vladimir Suslov, Igor Filikhin, Branislav Vlahovic Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J13.00007: Four-electron quantum dot molecule in a magnetic field Shalva Tsiklauri, Roman Kezerashvili Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J13.00008: Multiparticle dynamics: nonlinearity and long-range forces Vladimir Hizhnyakov, Mati Haas, Aleksander Shelkan, Imbi Tehver, Mihhail Klopov Preview Abstract

Session J14: Undergraduate Research (including SPS) II

Sponsoring Units: SPS
Chair: Gary White, AIP Education: SPS
Room: Plaza Court 4

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J14.00001: Elastic Compton Scattering from Carbon Kasey Lewis, Gerald Feldman Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J14.00002: A Simulation-Based Study of T2K Alignment and Focusing Components Jordan Webster Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J14.00003: Search for a Fermiophobic Higgs Boson Decaying into Diphotons at CDF Benjamin Ray, Robert Group, Ray Culbertson, Callie DeMay Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J14.00004: Zero Degree Calorimeters Radiation Containment Sarcophagus Kyle Axton Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J14.00005: Search for heavy generation down-type quark in the same-charge dilepton signature at CDF Matt Hickman, Daniel Whiteson, Michael Wilson, David Berge Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J14.00006: Searches for New Physics in Photonic Final States at the LHC with CMS Andy Yen Preview Abstract

Session J15: Windows to Burning Plasmas

Sponsoring Units: DPP
Chair: Vincent Chan, General Atomics
Room: Governor's Square 14

Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J15.00001: Energetic Particle Diagnostics for Magnetic Fusion Experiments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J15.00002: The Importance of Turbulence Measurements to Burning Fusion Plasmas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J15.00003: Scientific and Technological Challenges of Diagnosing Burning Plasmas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract