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Session W2: Bouchet Award and Panofsky Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: JoAnne Hewett, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Room: Plaza D

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		W2.00001: Edward A. Bouchet Award Talk Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		W2.00002: W. K. H. Panofsky Prize Talk: The Silicon vertex detector at CDF Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		W2.00003: W. K. H. Panofsky Prize Talk: The Silicon Vertex Trigger Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W3: Nuclear Physics Connections with Astrophysics/Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: James Nagle, University of Colorado at Boulder
Room: Plaza E

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		W3.00001: Matter under extreme conditions and its role in explosive astrophysical phenomena Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		W3.00002: Quark-Gluon Plasma: The Stuff of the Early Universe Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		W3.00003: Neutron Stars and the PREX Experiment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W4: New Facilities in Particle Astrophysics I

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Michael Turner, University of Chicago
Room: Plaza F

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		W4.00001: AGIS -- the Advanced Gamma-ray Imaging System Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		W4.00002: Science Drivers for the International X-ray Observatory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		W4.00003: LSST: the physics of the dark universe Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W6: Numerical Simulations of Coalescing Compact Objects: Black Holes and Neutron Stars

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GGR
Chair: Manuela Campanelli, Rochester Institute of Technology
Room: Governor's Square 16

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		W6.00001: Numerical Relativity: A critical new tool for astrophysics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		W6.00002: General Relativistic Simulations of Black Hole-Neutron Star Mergers: Status and Applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		W6.00003: Modelling the Inspiral and Merger of Binary Neutron Stars Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W7: Teaching Physics and the Arts

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Thomas Rossing, Stanford University
Room: Plaza Ballroom ABC

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 11:21AM		W7.00001: Teaching Physics of Music Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:21AM - 11:57AM		W7.00002: Communicating Science with the Arts Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:57AM - 12:33PM		W7.00003: Dance as a Road to Science Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W8: Gamma Ray Bursts

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, University of California, Santa Cruz
Room: Governor's Square 17

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		W8.00001: Simulations of Supernova Shock Breakout Lucille Frey, Chris Fryer, Aimee Hungerford Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		W8.00002: The Formation of Black Holes in Failing Core-Collapse Supernovae Evan O'Connor, Christian D. Ott, E. Sterl Phinney Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		W8.00003: Modeling and Interpretation of High Energy Emission from GRBs Observed with the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope Soebur Razzaque Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		W8.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		W8.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		W8.00006: The classification of GRB050509B within the canonical GRB scenario Gustavo De Barros, Maria Grazia Bernardini, Carlo Luciano Bianco, Letizia Caito, Remo Ruffini Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		W8.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		W8.00008: Long, short and fake short GRBs in the canonical GRB scenario Remo Ruffini, Maria Grazia Bernardini, Carlo Luciano Bianco, Letizia Caito, Gustavo De Barros Preview Abstract

Session W9: Top and Higgs Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Raymond Brock, Michigan State University
Room: Governor's Square 11

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		W9.00001: Search for non-standard model top antitop resonance production in the all-hadronic channel at CDF Yuri Oksuzian Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		W9.00002: Search for Charged Higgs Bosons in Decays of Top Quarks Diego Menezes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		W9.00003: Search for Neutral Supersymmetric Higgs Bosons in bbb(b) Final States in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV Prolay Mal Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		W9.00004: Measurement of the $W$ boson helicity fractions in $t\overline{t}$ production in dilepton channel at CDF Roman Lysak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		W9.00005: Measurement of forward-backward asymmetry in top quark production at CDF Glenn Strycker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		W9.00006: Measurement of The Top Quark Electric Charge Jeong Ku Lim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		W9.00007: Search for a Light NMSSM Higgs Boson at CDF Scott Wilbur Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		W9.00008: Search for Neutral Supersymmetric Higgs Bosons in b$\tau\tau$ Final States in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV Sarah Schlobohm, Aran Garcia-Bellido Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:21PM - 12:33PM		W9.00009: Search for Fermiophobic Higgs in $4\gamma$ + X Final State at CDF Atsunari Hamaguchi Preview Abstract

Session W10: Nuclear Reactions: Heavy Ions/Rare Isotope Beams I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Misak Sargsian, Florida International University
Room: Governor's Square 10

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		W10.00001: Study of bound and unbound states in the halo nucleus $^{11}$Be using the $^{10}$Be(d,p) reaction in inverse kinematics K.T. Schmitt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		W10.00002: Charged Particle Characteristics of the $^{124}$Xe+$^{112,124}$Sn reactions at 50A MeV A.B. McIntosh, S. Hudan, Z. Gosser, C.J. Metelko, M. Rudolph, R. Yanez, R.T. de Souza, A. Chbihi, M. Famiano, M.O. Fr\'egeau, J. Gauthier, J. Moisan, R. Roy, C. Schwarz, S. Bianchin, W. Trautmann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		W10.00003: Production of projectile-like-fragments with light systems in mass asymmetric, intermediate energy reactions Michael Quinlan, Iwona Pawelczak, Jan T\~oke, Udo Schr\"oder Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		W10.00004: Mid-peripheral collisions around the Fermi energy: comparison with an event generator Sylvie Hudan, A.B. McIntosh, Z. Gosser, C. Metelko, M. Rudolph, R. Yanez, R. de Souza, A. Chbihi, M. Famiano, M.O. Fregeau, J. Gauthier, J. Moisan, R. Roy, S. Bianchin, C. Schwarz, W. Trautmann, D. Durand Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		W10.00005: Measuring Near and Sub-Barrier Fusion of neutron-rich oxygen nuclei on a carbon target R.T. deSouza, Z. Gosser, M.J. Rudolph, B. Floyd, S. Hudan, A.B. McIntosh, H. Dussan, C.J. Horowitz, M. Famiano, A. Chbihi, J.-P. Wieleczko, C. Gross, F. Liang, D. Shapira, R. Varner, I. Pawelczak, M. Quinlan, Y.T. Tsai, W.U. Schroeder, J. Toke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		W10.00006: Nuclear Radii Calculations in Various Theoretical Approaches Ivan Novikov, Carlos Merino, Yuli Shabelski Preview Abstract

Session W11: Data Analysis Techniques for Ground-Based Gravitational Wave Interferometers

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Laura Cadonati, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Room: Plaza Court 1

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		W11.00001: Exploring Use of NR Waveforms in Burst Analyses of BBH Mergers Deirdre Shoemaker, Laura Cadonati, Shourov Chatterji, Sebastian Fischetti, Satyanarayan Mohapatra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		W11.00002: TwoSpect: an all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars in binary systems Evan Goetz, Keith Riles Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		W11.00003: delayRatio: A Gravitational Wave Event Physical Likelihood Estimator Based on Detection Delays and SNR Ratios Amber Stuver Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		W11.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		W11.00005: Sky Localization of Gravitational Wave Signals Using Time of Arrival Larry Price, Patrick Brady Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		W11.00006: Phase Separation and Peak Time Delays of Gravitational Wave Polarizations Erik Lentz, Michele Zanolin, Quentin Bailey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		W11.00007: Data quality, vetoes and detection confidence in burst searches Lindy Blackburn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		W11.00008: Background estimation due to correlated noise in H1 and H2 detectors using time reverse filtering method Rahul Biswas Preview Abstract

Session W12: Dark Matter Searches III

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF GPMFC
Chair: Mark Boulay, Queen's University
Room: Plaza Court 2

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		W12.00001: Current Status of the XENON100 Dark Matter Experiment Uwe Oberlack Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		W12.00002: Calibration of the XENON100 Time Projection Chamber Kyungeun Lim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		W12.00003: Position reconstruction with the XENON100 TPC based on least-squares fitting Yuan Mei Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		W12.00004: Relative scintillation efficiency of Xenon for low energy nuclear recoils. Angel Manzur, Alessandro Curioni, Louis Kastens, Daniel McKinsey, Kaixuan Ni, Taritree Wongjirad Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		W12.00005: The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search and Carrier Transport in 40 MilliKelvin Germanium $<100>$ Kyle Sundqvist Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		W12.00006: Active Neutron Shielding for Dark Matter Searches Jocelyn Monroe, Richard Yamamoto, Peter Fisher, Brett Cornell, Mareena Robinson, Dianna Cowern, Richard Eyers, Shawn Henderson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		W12.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		W12.00008: A radon daughter deposition model for low background experiments K. Rielage, V.E. Guiseppe, A. Mastbaum, S.R. Elliott, A. Hime Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:21PM - 12:33PM		W12.00009: Radon as a Source of External Background at Homestake Mine Keenan Thomas, Dongming Mei, Chao Zhang, Fred Gray, Richard Gaitskell, Simon Fiorucci Preview Abstract

Session W13: Neutrino Physics III

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Room: Plaza Court 3

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		W13.00001: Systematic Effects of a Gaseous Argon Detector for Anti-Neutrino Scatters Kareem Kazkaz, Adam Bernstein, Michael Foxe, Chris Hagmann, Igor Jovanovic, Peter Sorensen, Wolfgang Stoeffl, Celeste Winant Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		W13.00002: Search for a bosonic component in the neutrino wavefunction W. Tornow, J.H. Esterline, M.F. Kidd, A.S. Barabash, V.I. Umatov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		W13.00003: Nontrivial Vacuum Effect in Flavor Mixing Problem Nick Luhring, Chueng-Ryong Ji Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		W13.00004: ArgoNeuT: A Physics-Minded Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Test Stand Joshua Spitz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		W13.00005: Optical Properties of Gd-Loaded Liquid Scintillator and Purified Water Johnny Goett Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		W13.00006: Propects For Short Baseline Neutrino Experiments Geoffrey Mills Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		W13.00007: NuSOnG: high-precision neutrino scattering at the TeVatron Javier Duarte Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		W13.00008: Mass difference of $^{115}$In and $^{115}$Sn S. Caldwell, G. Savard, J. Clark, J. Fallis, D. Lascar, G. Li, K. Sharma, M. Sternberg, J. Van Schelt Preview Abstract

Session W14: Searches II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Plaza Court 4

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 10:57AM		W14.00001: Finding Supersymmetry without using Missing Transverse Energy Jeff Haas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:57AM - 11:09AM		W14.00002: ATLAS sensitivity to leptoquarks and heavy Majorana neutrinos in final states with high-pt dileptons and jets with early LHC data. Vikas Bansal Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:09AM - 11:21AM		W14.00003: Searching for 100 GeV Majorana Neutrinos at the LHC Using Same Sign Dilepton Final State Warren Clarida, Yasar Onel, Taylan Yetkin, Rick Vidal, Weimin Wu, Tao Han, Haifeng Pi, Efe Yazgen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:21AM - 11:33AM		W14.00004: Trigger study for GMSB with photons Shi-Lei Zang, Uriel Nauenberg, Bernadette Heyburn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:33AM - 11:45AM		W14.00005: MUSiC - A Generic Search for Deviations from Monte Carlo Predictions in CMS Carsten Hof Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:45AM - 11:57AM		W14.00006: Triggering for Hadronically Decaying Tau Leptons at CMS in the Super-LHC Era Michael Mason, Alexei Safonov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:57AM - 12:09PM		W14.00007: ATLAS Jet Calibration: layer/cell weighting Belen Salvachua Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:09PM - 12:21PM		W14.00008: CMS Detector Sensitivity for the Discovery of Supersimmetry with Two Same-sign Muons, Jets and MET Yuriy Pakhotin Preview Abstract

Session W15: Sherwood IV

Sponsoring Units: Sherwood DPP
Chair: Janardhan Manickam, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Room: Governor's Square 14

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:45AM - 11:15AM		W15.00001: Fusion-Fission Transmutation Scheme-Efficient Destruction of Nuclear Waste Mike Kotschenreuther, Swadesh Mahajan, Prashant Valanju, Erich A. Schneider Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:15AM - 11:45AM		W15.00002: On radial electric field, edge flows, and the L-H transition power threshold in tokamaks A.Y. Aydemir Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:45AM - 12:15PM		W15.00003: Exponential Growth and Filamentary Structure of Nonlinear Ballooning Instability P. Zhu, C.C. Hegna, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:15PM - 12:45PM		W15.00004: Neoclassical Toroidal Viscosity Induced Rotation in Tokamaks and Quasi-symmetric Stellarators A.J. Cole, C.C. Hegna, J.D. Callen Preview Abstract