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Session L2: On the Threshold of the LHC

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Raymond Brock, Michigan State University
Room: Plaza D

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 4:06PM		L2.00001: The LHC and Cosmology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:42PM		L2.00002: The Role of US Groups in LHC Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:42PM - 5:18PM		L2.00003: Exploring the Energy Frontier; Looking Beyond LHC Discoveries Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session L3: Sakurai Prize Session

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

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 4:06PM		L3.00001: J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics Talk: Hard scattering factorization in QCD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:42PM		L3.00002: J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics Talk: Partons, QCD, and Factorization Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:42PM - 5:18PM		L3.00003: J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics Talk: Perturbative QCD: from the Tevatron to the LHC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session L4: Nucleon Microscopy

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Kees De Jager, Thomas Jefferson National National Accelerator Facility
Room: Plaza F

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 4:06PM		L4.00001: The Charge Form Factor of the Neutron Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:42PM		L4.00002: The Elastic Electromagnetic Form Factors of the Proton Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:42PM - 5:18PM		L4.00003: The Proton in the Nuclear Medium Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session L5: Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics: From Stars to Stellar Explosions

Sponsoring Units: DNP DAP
Chair: Sam Austin, Michigan State University
Room: Governor's Square 15

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 4:06PM		L5.00001: Hans A. Bethe Prize Talk: The Physics of Stars Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:42PM		L5.00002: Dimming Metals: the Effect of Progenitor Metallicity on the 56Ni Yield and Luminosity of Type La Supernovae Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:42PM - 5:18PM		L5.00003: Test of Weak Reaction Rates of Importance for Late Stellar Evolution Using Charge-exchange Reactions. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session L6: Future Accelerators for Particle Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPB DPF
Chair: Matt Poelker, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Governor's Square 16

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 4:06PM		L6.00001: Scientific Reach and Accelerator Challenges of Project-X Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:42PM		L6.00002: Accelerator Physics and Technologies for Muon Colliders Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session L8: Excellence in Physics Education Award

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University
Room: Governor's Square 17

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 4:06PM		L8.00001: Excellence in Physics Education Award Talk: Physics at the Community College Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:42PM		L8.00002: Excellence in Physics Education Award Talk: Revitalizing Introductory Physics at Community Colleges and More Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:42PM - 5:18PM		L8.00003: Excellence in Physics Education Award Talk: Promoting Incremental Research-based Instructional Innovation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session L9: QCD Topics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Boris Kayser, Fermilab
Room: Governor's Square 11

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		L9.00001: The GlueX Experiment at Jefferson Lab Seema Dhamija Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		L9.00002: Initial state gluon radiation studies in Drell-Yan events at the LHC Kyoko Yamanaka Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		L9.00003: Measurement of the Dijet Mass Spectrum at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV in the D0 experiment Mandy Rominsky Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		L9.00004: The Search for Exotic Mesons in the 3$\pi$ System in Photoproduction with CLAS Craig Bookwalter Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		L9.00005: Towards 4-quark states with 2 heavy quarks R.R. Silbar, T. Goldman Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		L9.00006: Jet identification and energy scale corrections in a high-luminosity environment at the LHC David Miller Preview Abstract

Session L10: Nuclear Structure

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers
Room: Governor's Square 10

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		L10.00001: One-neutron knockout from $^{45}$Cl L.A. Riley, B.A. Hartl, K.E. Hosier, D.C. Stoken, P.D. Cottle, K.W. Kemper, P. Adrich, T.R. Baugher, D. Bazin, J.M. Cook, C. Aa. Diget, A. Gade, D.A. Garland, T. Glasmacher, A. Ratkiewicz, K.P. Siwek, D. Weisshaar Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		L10.00002: The third generation $\Lambda$ hypernuclear spectroscopy via the(e, e'K$^+$) reaction at Jefferson Lab Daisuke Kawama Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		L10.00003: Two Proton Knockout from $^{32}$Mg P. Fallon, E. Rodriguez-vieitez, A.O. Macchiavelli, R.M. Clark, I-Y. Lee, M. Wiedeking, A. Gade, P. Adrich, D. Bazin, M. Bowen, C.M. Campbell, J.M. Cook, D.C. Dinca, T. Glasmacher, S. McDaniel, W.F. Mueller, A.F. Ratiewicz, K. Siwek, J.R. Terry, D. Wiesshaar, K. Yoneda, B.A. Brown, T. Otsuka, J.A. Tostevin, Y. Utsuno Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		L10.00004: Neutron-proton pairing in a single j-shell and the ground state spin A.O. Macchiavelli, P. Fallon, P. Van Isacker Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		L10.00005: Alpha Decay of Proton-Rich $^{112}$Cs and $^{111}$Xe Lucia Cartegni, Chiara Mazzocchi, Robert Grzywacz, Iain Darby, Sean Liddick, Krzysztof Rykaczewski, Jon Batchelder, Laura Bianco, Carrol Bingham, Elton Freeman, Christopher Goodin, Carl Gross, Alessandra Guglielmetti, David Joss, Shaohua Liu, Marco Mazzocco, Stephen Padgett, Robert Page, Mustafa Rajabali, Mauro Romoli, Paul Sapple, James Thomson, Heidi Watkins Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		L10.00006: Single-particle structure of $^{133}$Sn explored through the $^{132}$Sn(d,p) reaction in inverse kinematics K.L. Jones, R.L. Kozub, S.D. Pain, A.S. Adekola, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, K.Y. Chae, K.A. Chipps, J.A. Cizewski, L. Erikson, C. Harlin, R. Hatarik, R. Kapler, J.F. Liang, R.J. Livesay, Z. Ma, B.H. Moazen, C.D. Nesaraja, N.P. Patterson, D. Shapira, J.F. Shriner Jr, M.S. Smith, T.P. Swan, J.S. Thomas Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		L10.00007: Multiple Excited Superdeformed Bands in $^{154}$Dy Q.A. Ijaz, W.C. Ma, A.V. Afanasjev, H. Abusara, Y.B. Xu, R.B. Yadav, Y.C. Zhang, M.P. Carpenter, R.V.F. Janssens, T.L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, D.T. Nisius Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		L10.00008: Study of $^{155}$\textrm{Gd} by the (p,d$\gamma$) Reaction J.M. Allmond, C.W. Beausang, T.J. Ross, B.K. Darakchieva Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		L10.00009: Spin measurement and neutron resonance spectroscopy for $^{155}$Gd Bayarbadrakh Baramsai, G.E. Mitchell, A. Chyzh, D. Dashdorj, C. Walker, T.A. Bredeweg, A. Couture, R.C. Haight, M. Jandel, A.L. Keksis, J.M. O'Donnell, R.S. Rundberg, J.M. Wouters, J.L. Ullmann, D.J. Viera, U. Agvaanluvsan, F. Becvar, M. Krticka Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		L10.00010: Isomer Spectroscopy of the Heaviest Elements Roderick Clark Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 5:30PM - 5:42PM		L10.00011: Modern Energy Density Functional for Nuclei Shalom Shlomo, David Carson Fuls Preview Abstract

Session L11: Binary Inspiral and Gravitational Wave Kicks

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Frans Pretorious, Princeton University
Room: Plaza Court 1

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		L11.00001: Modeling gravitational recoil from precessing highly-spinning unequal-mass black-hole binaries Carlos Lousto, Manuela Campanelli, Yosef Zlochower Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		L11.00002: Post-Newtonian Approximation in a Maxwell-Like Form for Use in Interpreting Binary-Black-Hole Simulations Jeff Kaplan, David Nichols, Kip Thorne Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		L11.00003: Momentum Flow in Inspiraling Black-Hole Binaries David Nichols, Drew Keppel, Yanbei Chen, Kip Thorne Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		L11.00004: Momentum flow in numerical simulations of binary black hole mergers Geoffrey Lovelace, Mark Scheel, Ulrich Sperhake, Yanbei Chen, Drew Keppel, David Nichols Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		L11.00005: Recoil velocities from black hole mergers using perturbation theory Pranesh A. Sundararajan, Gaurav Khanna, Scott A. Hughes Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		L11.00006: Progress in modeling of black hole binaries James van Meter, John Baker, William Boggs, Joan Centrella, Bernard Kelly, Sean McWilliams Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		L11.00007: Transient resonances in the inspirals Tanja Hinderer, Eanna Flanagan Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		L11.00008: A self-force primer for numerical relativists Steven Detweiler, Ian Vega Preview Abstract

Session L12: Dark Matter Searches I: Indirect Searches

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF GPMFC
Chair: Brenda Dingus, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Plaza Court 2

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		L12.00001: Overview of Dark Matter Searches with Fermi-LAT Simona Murgia Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		L12.00002: Preliminary Results for Fermi-LAT Milky Way High Energy Gamma Line Limits Yvonne Edmonds, Elliott Bloom Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		L12.00003: The Search for Dark Matter in the Milky Way Halo with Fermi-LAT Robert Johnson Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		L12.00004: The Search for Dark Matter Galactic Satellites with Fermi-LAT Ping Wang, Elliott Bloom Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		L12.00005: Search for the Gamma-Ray Signature of Dark Matter with VERITAS Matthew Wood Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		L12.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		L12.00007: Study of indirect detection of Axion-Like-Particles with the~Fermi-LAT instrument and Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes David Paneque, Elliott Bloom, Miguel Sanchez-Conde Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		L12.00008: Shedding Light on Dark Matter: A Faraday Rotation Experiment to Limit a Dark Magnetic Moment Susan Gardner Preview Abstract

Session L13: Nuclear Theory I: Few-Body

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Daniel Phillips, Ohio University
Room: Plaza Court 3

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		L13.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		L13.00002: Scattering using Euclidean Green functions Philip Kopp, Wayne Polyzou Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		L13.00003: Chiral potentials, perturbation theory, and the $^{1}$S$_{0}$ channel of NN scattering Deepshikha Shukla Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		L13.00004: Study of alpha particle scattering by nuclei using the Klein-Gordon equation. Jeremy Scott, F. Bary Malik Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		L13.00005: Pionless effective field theory and the 4-nucleon scattering system Johannes Kirscher, Harald Griesshammer Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		L13.00006: Separable Expansions of $V_{low}$ for 2- and 3-Nucleon Systems James Shepard, James McNeil Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		L13.00007: Charge radius of $^{6}$He and Halo nuclei in the Gamow Shell Model George Papadimitriou, Witold Nazarewicz, Nicolas Michel, Marek Ploszajczak, Jimmy Rotureau Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		L13.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		L13.00009: Checker Board Model Theodore Lach Preview Abstract

Session L14: W and Z Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Alfred Goshaw, Duke University
Room: Plaza Court 4

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		L14.00001: Measurement of $W$ boson mass at D0 Jun Guo Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		L14.00002: Studies of Z + photon Production at CDF Jon Poage, Wes Ketchum, Zaid Alawi, Vadim Rusu, Young-Kee Kim Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		L14.00003: Measurement of the $WZ$ diboson cross section at D0 James Kraus Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		L14.00004: Measurement of the ZZ/WZ Diboson cross section in leptons+jets final states at CDF Wesley Ketchum, Zaid Alawi, Young-Kee Kim, Vadim Rusu Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		L14.00005: Trilinear gauge couplings measurements in proton-antiproton production of $WZ$ diboson final states Ketino Kaadze Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		L14.00006: Search for $WZ$ in the $\ell \nu b\overline{b}$ Final State at CDF Justin Keung Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		L14.00007: In-Situ Calorimeter Calibration at the ATLAS Detector with $Z \rightarrow ee$ Events Kathryn Tschann-Grimm Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		L14.00008: Studies of final-state photon radiation in the process $p\,p\hskip-7pt\hbox{$^{^{(\!-\!)}}$} \rightarrow W^{\pm} \rightarrow \ell^{\pm}\nu$ Catherine Bernaciak, Doreen Wackeroth Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		L14.00009: A precision measurement of the mass of the $W$ boson at the DZero experiment Jyotsna Osta Preview Abstract

Session L15: High Energy Density Plasmas

Sponsoring Units: DPP
Chair: Paul Drake, University of Michigan
Room: Governor's Square 14

Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		L15.00001: Subsonic and Supersonic shear flows in laser driven high-energy-density plasmas E.C. Harding, R.P. Drake, R.S. Gillespie, M.J. Grosskopf, C.C. Kuranz, A. Visco, J.R. Ditmar, Y. Aglitskiy, J.L. Weaver, A.L. Velikovich, O.A. Hurricane, J.F. Hansen, B.A. Remington, H.F. Robey, M.J. Bono, T. Plewa Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		L15.00002: Wall Shocks as Diagnostic Features of High-Energy-Density Experiments F.W. Doss, R.P. Drake, H.F. Robey, C.C. Kuranz Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		L15.00003: Challenges to understanding radiative shocks R.P. Drake, F.W. Doss, B. Fryxell, M.J. Grosskopf, J.P. Holloway, B. van der Holst, C. Huntington, C.C. Kuranz, E.S. Myra, K.G. Powell, I.V. Sokolov, Q.F. Stout, G. Toth, A.J. Visco Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		L15.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		L15.00005: Gaussian curves of X-Ray satellites spectra in the L$\alpha$ $_{\rm x}$, L$\alpha$ $_{2}$, L$\beta$ $_{1}$, L$\beta$$_{2}$ and L$\gamma$ region of 3d, 4d and 5d transition elements Surendra Poonia Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		L15.00006: A Comparison of the Nonlinear Least-Squares Fitting and Analysis of the 633.4-nm (1s$_{5} - 2p_{8}$) and 638.3-nm (1s$_{4} - 2p_{7}$) Optogalvanic Spectral Transitions of Neon Kayode Ogungbemi, Prabhakar Misra Preview Abstract