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Session Q2: Recent Progress at the Neutrino Frontier

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Boris Kayser, Fermilab
Room: Plaza D

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		Q2.00001: Recent Solar Neutrino Results and Future Prospects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		Q2.00002: Determining the Reach of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		Q2.00003: Neutrino Mass and the Origin of Matter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q3: Mini-Symposium on Transverse Spin Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Alessandro Bacchetta, Jefferson Lab
Room: Plaza E

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		Q3.00001: Spin Orbit Correlations and the Transverse Force on Quarks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		Q3.00002: Measurement of Single Target-Spin Asymmetry in Semi-Inclusive Pion Electroproduction on a Transversely Polarized $^3$He Target Yi Qiang Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		Q3.00003: Measurements of Single and Double Spin Asymmetry in pp Elastic Scattering in the Coulomb Nuclear Interference Region at RHIC Y. Makdisi, I. Alekseev, A. Bazilevsky, K. Boyle, A. Bravar, G. Bunce, S. Dhawan, K.O. Eyser, R. Gill, W. Haeberli, H. Huang, O. Jinnouchi, A. Kponou, I. Nakagawa, A. Nass, H. Okada, N. Saito, E.J. Stephenson, D. Svirida, T. Wise, J. Wood, A. Zelenski Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		Q3.00004: Collins Effects in the Collinear Factorization Approach Feng Yuan, Bowen Xiao, Jian Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		Q3.00005: Measurement of Double Spin Asymmetry $A_{LT}$ in Semi-Inclusive Pion Electroproduction on a Transversely Polarized $^3$He Target Jin Huang Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		Q3.00006: Measurement of the Target Single Spin Asymmetry $A_y^n$ in the Inclusive DIS $n^{\uparrow}$(e,e') Reaction from a Vertically Polarized $^3He$ Target Joseph Katich Preview Abstract

Session Q4: Opportunities in Hadron Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Winston Roberts, Florida State University
Room: Plaza F

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		Q4.00001: Theoretical Challenges in Hadron Spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		Q4.00002: Opportunities for Heavy Hadron Spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		Q4.00003: Symmetries and Hadron Spectroscopy with WASA-at-COSY Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q5: Computational Astrophysics of Disks: From Black Holes to Planets

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Richard Klein, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Governor's Square 15

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		Q5.00001: Radiative Models of Black Hole Accretion Flows Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		Q5.00002: Radiative Hydrodynamics and the Formation of Gas Giant Planets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		Q5.00003: MHD Simulations of Disk-Star Interaction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q6: Introductory Physics for Pre-Health and Biological Science Students

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Robert Hilborn, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: Governor's Square 16

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		Q6.00001: Pre-Medical Education in the Physical Sciences for Tomorrow's Physicians Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		Q6.00002: Designing an Introductory Physics Course for Biological Science Students Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		Q6.00003: The Care and Feeding of Pre-Meds Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q7: Is Geoengineering a Possible Stop-Gap Measure to Rapid Climate Change?

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Barbara Levi, American Institute of Physics
Room: Governor's Square 12

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		Q7.00001: Solar-band Climate Engineering Technologies, Risks and Unknowns Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		Q7.00002: The Many Problems with Geoengineering Using Stratospheric Aerosols Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		Q7.00003: Recent Results from Iron Enrichment Experiments: Implications for Geoengineering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q8: Cosmic Ray Electrons

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Jonathan Ormes, University of Denver
Room: Governor's Square 17

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		Q8.00001: Observations of High Energy Cosmic Ray Electrons by the ATIC Balloon Experiment T. Gregory Guzik Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		Q8.00002: Event analysis for high energy cosmic ray electron spectrum with the Fermi Large Area Telescope Luca Latronico Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		Q8.00003: First results on the high energy cosmic ray electron spectrum from Fermi-LAT Alexander Moiseev Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		Q8.00004: On the Sources of the High Energy Electrons and Positrons detected by Fermi Stefano Profumo Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		Q8.00005: Cosmic-ray electron signatures of dark matter Martin Pohl Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		Q8.00006: Crest: A Balloon-borne Instrument to Measure Cosmic-ray Electrons above TeV Energies S. Nutter, T. Anderson, S. Coutu, M. Geske, C. Bower, J. Musser, D. Muller, N. Park, S. Wakely, M. Schubnell, G. Tarle, A. Yagi Preview Abstract

Session Q9: Mini-Symposium on Heavy Flavor: CP Violation and Rare Decays

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: William Wisniewski, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Room: Governor's Square 11

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		Q9.00001: Rare B Decays and CP Violation from BaBar and Belle Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		Q9.00002: Amplitude Analysis of the Decay~$B^0 \to K^+\pi^-\pi^0$ Andrew Wagner Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		Q9.00003: Search for two-body $B$-meson decays with a $b_1$ meson and a $\rho$ or $K^*$ meson Angel Chavez Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		Q9.00004: Recent Results in Rare Charmless Three-body Hadronic $B$-meson Decays Eugenia Puccio Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		Q9.00005: Study of the Decays $B^0 \to K^+K^-K^0_S$ and $B^+ \to K^+K^-K^+$ Brian Lindquist Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		Q9.00006: Study of $B$-meson decays to an $\omega$ meson and a light vector meson Evan W. Thomas Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:21PM - 12:33PM		Q9.00007: Measurement of of the Time-Dependent CP asymmetries in $B^0 \to K_S K_S K_S$ Simon Sitt Preview Abstract

Session Q10: Electromagnetic Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Zein-Eddine Meziani, Temple University
Room: Governor's Square 10

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		Q10.00001: Measurement of the $^{4}He$ Charge Form Factor at Jefferson Lab Elena Khrosinkova Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		Q10.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		Q10.00003: Impulse Approximation limitations to the $(e,e'p)$ reaction on $^{209}$Bi: cross sections at quasielastic kinematics Juan Carlos Cornejo, Joaquin Lopez Herraiz Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		Q10.00004: Photoproduction and Decay Modes of the x(1280) Meson Ryan Dickson, Reinhard Schumacher Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		Q10.00005: The Near-Threshold Pion Photoproduction Program at MAX-lab G.V. O'Rielly Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		Q10.00006: Precision Measurement of $\pi^0$ Electroproduction Cross Section Near Threshold Mitra Shabestari Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		Q10.00007: First Measurement of Differential Photoproduction Cross Sections for the $\Lambda(1405)$ Using CLAS Kei Moriya, Reinhard Schumacher Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		Q10.00008: Measurement of tMeasurement of the Proton Elastic Form Factor Ratio at Low $Q^2$ Xiaohui Zhan Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:21PM - 12:33PM		Q10.00009: Recoil polarization measurements of the proton form factor ratio $G_E^p/G_M^p$ to high $Q^2$ in Hall C at Jefferson Lab Andrew Puckett Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:33PM - 12:45PM		Q10.00010: Trace Anomaly in Strong Electromagnetic Fields Lance Labun, Johann Rafelski Preview Abstract

Session Q11: Experimental Tests of Gravitation

Sponsoring Units: GGR GPMFC
Chair: Eric Adelberger, University of Washington
Room: Plaza Court 1

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		Q11.00001: Next Generation of Lunar Laser Ranging Instruments Stephen Merkowitz, David Arnold, Philip Dabney, Jeffrey Livas, Jan McGarry, Gregory Neumann, Thomas Zagwodzki Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		Q11.00002: A WEP Test on a Sounding Rocket Robert Reasenberg, Bijunath Patla, James Phillips, Eugeniu Popsecu Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		Q11.00003: Testing Theories of Gravity Using Galactic Center Stars David Merritt, Seppo Mikkola, Clifford Will, Tal Alexander, Stefan Harfst Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		Q11.00004: Constraining Modified Gravity with SN 1987A Phillip Zukin, Edmund Bertschinger Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		Q11.00005: Modification to the Luminosity Distance Redshift Relation in Modified Gravity Theories Eran Rosenthal, Eanna Flanagan, Ira Wasserman Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		Q11.00006: Relativistic Orbits in a Keplerian Limit Antonio Mondragon Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		Q11.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		Q11.00008: Bounds upon Graviton mass, and making use of the difference between Graviton propagation speed and HFGW transit speed to observe post Newtonian corrections to Gravitational potential fields Andrew Beckwith Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:21PM - 12:33PM		Q11.00009: Search for Large Extra Dimensions via Observations of Neutron Stars with Fermi--LAT Bijan Berenji, Elliott Bloom Preview Abstract

Session Q12: Nuclear Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DNP DAP
Chair: Henry Weller, Duke University
Room: Plaza Court 2

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		Q12.00001: Measurement of the Total Cross-Section for the $^{9}$Be($\gamma $,n$\alpha )\alpha $ reaction C.W. Arnold, T.B. Clegg, H.J. Karwowski, C.R. Howell, G. Rusev, A.P. Tonchev Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		Q12.00002: Search for a Broad 9.11 MeV $2^+$ in $^{12}C$* W.R. Zimmerman, P.-N. Seo, M. Gai, M.W. Ahmed, S.S. Henshaw, C.R. Howell, S.C. Stave, H.R. Weller, P.P. Martel Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		Q12.00003: First Direct Measurement of the Resonant $^{17}$F(p,$\gamma$)$^{18}$Ne Reaction Rate K.A. Chipps Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		Q12.00004: Spin assignments of $^{22}$Mg levels through a $^{24}$Mg(p,t)$^{22}$Mg measurement K.Y. Chae, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, K. Chipps, R. Hatarik, K.L. Jones, R.L. Kozub, J.F. Liang, C. Matei, B.H. Moazen, C.D. Nesaraja, P.D. O'Malley, S.D. Pain, S.T. Pittman, M.S. Smith Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		Q12.00005: First direct measurement of $^{23}$Mg(p,$\gamma$)$^{24}$Al with DRAGON L. Erikson, C. Vockenhuber, L. Buchmann, A.A. Chen, B. Davids, S. Foubister, U. Greife, U. Hager, A. Hussein, D.A. Hutcheon, P. Machule, D. Ottewell, C. Ruiz, G. Ruprecht, A. Shotter, C. Wrede, A. Wallner Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		Q12.00006: Direct Measurement of Low-Energy Resonances in $^{31}$P(p,$\alpha$)$^{28}$Si and $^{35}$Cl(p,$\alpha$)$^{32}$S Catalin Matei, B.H. Moazen, K.Y. Chae, K.L. Jones, R.W. Kapler, S.T. Pittman, D.W. Bardayan, C.D. Nesaraja, S.D. Pain, M.S. Smith, J. Allen, K.A. Chipps, R. Hatarik, C. Matthews, P.D. O'Malley, T. Pelham, W.A. Peters, J.C. Blackmon, M. Matos, R.L. Kozub, J. Rogers, D.J. Sissom Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		Q12.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		Q12.00008: Precision Mass Measurements of Heavy $^{252}$Cf Fission Fragments Near the Astrophysical r-Process Path J. Van Schelt, G. Savard, S. Caldwell, M. Sternberg, J.A. Clark, J.P. Greene, A.F. Levand, T. Sun, B.J. Zabransky, J. Fallis, K.S. Sharma, D. Lascar, R.E. Segel, G. Li Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:21PM - 12:33PM		Q12.00009: The $^{11}{\rm B}(p,\alpha)^{8}{\rm Be}^*$ Reaction at the 0.675 MeV Resonance S. Stave, S.S. Henshaw, M.W. Ahmed, B. M\"uller, B.A. Perdue, P.-N. Seo, H.R. Weller, R.M. Prior, M.C. Spraker, R.H. France III, P.P. Martel Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:33PM - 12:45PM		Q12.00010: Mapping Neutron Star Crusts with the Lightcurves of Quasi-Persistent Transients Edward Brown, Andrew Cumming Preview Abstract

Session Q13: Computational Materials and Accelerator Physics

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Room: Plaza Court 3

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		Q13.00001: Energetics and transport coherence of a Brownian motor driven by position dependent temperature Ronald Benjamin Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		Q13.00002: Band structure calculations by modal analysis Mahmoud Hussein Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		Q13.00003: Topological defects in thin films during simulation of magnetization reversal Adebanjo Oriade Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		Q13.00004: Determine the Dispersion Relation of an A6 Magnetron Using Conformal Finite Difference Time Domain Method M.C. Lin, C. Nieter, P.H. Stoltz, D.N. Smithe Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		Q13.00005: Space-Charge and Fringe-Field Effects in Simulations of Non-Scaling FFAGs Dan Abell, George Bell, Andrey Sobol, Alessandro Ruggiero, Dejan Trbojevic, Etienne Forest Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		Q13.00006: Compton based Polarized positron source for ILC, CLIC and SuperB Vitaly Yakimenko, Igor Pogorelsky, Michail Polyansky Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		Q13.00007: Experimental test of new technique to overcome spin-depolarizing resonances V.S. Morozov, A.W. Chao, A.D. Krisch, M.A. Leonova, R.S. Raymond, D.W. Sivers, V.K. Wong, A. Garishvili, R. Gebel, A. Lehrach, B. Lorentz, R. Maier, D. Prasuhn, H. Stockhorst, D. Welsch, F. Hinterberger, A.M. Kondratenko Preview Abstract

Session Q14: Beam Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Larry Cardman, Jefferson Lab
Room: Plaza Court 4

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		Q14.00001: Benchmarking a 3D Map-Based Approach to Modeling Beam Transport in RF Cavities Ilya Pogorelov, Dan Abell, Peter Stoltz, Jim Amundson Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		Q14.00002: BTF simulations for Tevatron and RHIC with resistive wall wake field Vahid Ranjbar, Andrey Sobol, Tanaji Sen, Hyung Jin Kim, Cheng-Yang Tan Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		Q14.00003: Reduction of the friction force in electron cooling systems due to magnetic field errors Andrey Sobol, George Bell, David Bruhwiler, Alexei Fedotov, Vladimir Litvinenko Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		Q14.00004: On kinetic instabilities in collisionless ultra-relativistic streaming cold electron-proton plasma Gregory Vereshchagin, V.M. Chechetkin, V.F. Dyachenko, S.L. Ginzburg, N.N. Fimin, Remo Ruffini, Ivan Siutsou Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		Q14.00005: Influence of Ion Effects on a Space Charge Limited Field Emission Flow: From Classical to ultrarelativistic regimes M.C. Lin, P.C. Chang, J.P. Verboncoeur Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		Q14.00006: Assessments of Sequential Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Boost (SqIB) Treatments Using HART Anil Pyakuryal Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		Q14.00007: The New Heavy Element Program at Texas A{\&}M University C.M. Folden III, M.C. Alfonso, A.A. Al-Harbi Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		Q14.00008: The T2K Neutrino Beamline Alysia Marino Preview Abstract

Session Q15: Sherwood III

Sponsoring Units: Sherwood DPP
Chair: Valerie Izzo, University of California, San Diego
Room: Governor's Square 14

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:45AM - 11:15AM		Q15.00001: Turbulent transport of trapped electron modes in collisionless magnetized plasma Yong Xiao Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:15AM - 11:45AM		Q15.00002: Rotational Stabilization of Magnetically Collimated Jets Christopher Carey, Carl Sovinec Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:45AM - 12:15PM		Q15.00003: Driving toroidally asymmetric current through the tokamak scrape-off layer to suppress edge-localised modes I. Joseph, R.H. Cohen, D.D. Ryutov Preview Abstract
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:15PM - 12:45PM		Q15.00004: The destabilising effect of dynamical friction on fast particle-driven waves M.K. Lilley, B.N. Breizman, S.E. Sharapov Preview Abstract