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Session A1: The Energy Frontier at the LHC

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Patricia McBride, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Marriott Ballroom Salon 2

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 9:06AM		A1.00001: Status of the CERN Large Hadron Collider and first beam operation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:42AM		A1.00002: ATLAS Status and First Results Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 10:18AM		A1.00003: CMS Status and First Results Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A2: Flavor Decomposition of the Parton Distribution Functions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Rolf Ent, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Thurgood Marshall East

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 9:06AM		A2.00001: Flavor separation at large x Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:42AM		A2.00002: Flavor decomposition and extraction of quark and gluon polarizations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 10:18AM		A2.00003: Transverse momentum and orbital angular momentum of light quarks in the nucleon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A3: Pulsars in the Fermi Era

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Maxim Lyutikov, Purdue University
Room: Thurgood Marshall South

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 9:06AM		A3.00001: Fermi Observations of Gamma-ray Pulsars Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:42AM		A3.00002: Implications of Fermi Observations for Gamma-Ray Pulsar Emission Models Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 10:18AM		A3.00003: Particle acceleration in pulsar magnetospheres Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A4: Quantum Black Holes: Theory and Applications

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Theodore Jacobson, University of Maryland
Room: Thurgood Marshall North

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 9:06AM		A4.00001: Astrophysical Black Holes in String Theory? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:42AM		A4.00002: Realistic (?) Quantum Black Holes at the LHC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 10:18AM		A4.00003: Holographic approach to condensed matter physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A5: Art and Physics

Sponsoring Units: FPS AAPT
Chair: Charles Ferguson, Council on Foreign Relations
Room: Thurgood Marshall West

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 9:06AM		A5.00001: Perspective of an Artist Inspired by Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:42AM		A5.00002: More Than Pretty Pictures: How Translating Science Concepts into Pictures Advances Scientific Thinking Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 10:18AM		A5.00003: Using Art to Teach Science Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A6: New Directions in Plasma Science and Fusion

Sponsoring Units: DPP/GPAP NSBP/NSHP
Chair: Steven Allen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Washington 5

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 9:06AM		A6.00001: Application of Spectro-Polarimetric Techniques for Imaging Plasma Flows and Current Density in Fusion Devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:42AM		A6.00002: Multi-energy SXR imaging for magnetically confined fusion studies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 10:18AM		A6.00003: Investigations of Dusty Plasmas in the Near Earth Space Environment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A7: Mini-Symposium on Electromagnetic Reactions Involving Light Nuclei I

Sponsoring Units: DNP GFB
Chair: Harald W. Griesshammer, The George Washington University
Room: Delaware A

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 9:06AM		A7.00001: Electromagnetic Reactions Involving Light Nuclei Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		A7.00002: A precision description of deuteron electromagnetic form factors at low Q$^2$ Daniel Phillips Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		A7.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		A7.00004: Measurement of the tensor analyzing powers $T_{20}$ and $T_{21}$ in elastic electron-deuteron scattering with BLAST Michael Kohl Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		A7.00005: Measurement of the magnetic form factor of the neutron with quasielastic electron scattering from vector-polarized deuterium with BLAST Ricardo Alarcon Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		A7.00006: Large Q2 Electrodisintegration of the Deuteron in Virtual Nucleon Approximation Misak Sargsian Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:06AM - 10:18AM		A7.00007: Experiment E06-009, ``ROSEN07'': Measurement of $R=F_L/F_T$ on Deuterium in the Nucleon Resonance Region Ibrahim Albayrak Preview Abstract

Session A8: Neutrino Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Martin Cooper, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Delaware B

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 8:42AM		A8.00001: Characterizing electron optics in the KATRIN experiment Thomas Corona Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:42AM - 8:54AM		A8.00002: Calibration Techniques for the Project 8 Neutrino Mass Experiment Noah Oblath Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:54AM - 9:06AM		A8.00003: ArgoNeuT Overview and Future Goals Kinga Partyka Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		A8.00004: Background decomposition in the MINOS Near detector Joao Coelho Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		A8.00005: Particle identification in MINERvA Tammy Walton Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		A8.00006: Development of Optical Positioner for the Double Chooz Experiment Radovan Milincic Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		A8.00007: Cosmogenic $^{9}Li$ Production in Double Chooz Matthew Toups Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		A8.00008: Mini-LENS--- Operation of a Prototype Low-Energy Solar Neutrino Spectrometer Underground Steven Derek Rountree Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:06AM - 10:18AM		A8.00009: Towards benchmarking the performance of LENS B.H. Moazen, J.C. Blackmon, L.E. Linhardt, M.M. White Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:18AM - 10:30AM		A8.00010: Study of SNO+ liquid scintillator energy response Hok Seum Wan Chan Tseung Preview Abstract

Session A9: Charm Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Wendy Taylor, York University
Room: Maryland A

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 8:42AM		A9.00001: $D^0$ mixing at the BaBar experiment: recent results Giulia Casarosa Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:42AM - 8:54AM		A9.00002: Exclusive Semileptonic $D_s$ Decays Jonathan Insler Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:54AM - 9:06AM		A9.00003: Search for $D^0 \rightarrow \ell^+ \ell^-$ Elizabeth Mullin Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		A9.00004: Cabibbo-suppressed and Rare Semileptonic $D^0$ and $D^+$ Decays Junyan Ge Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		A9.00005: Search for $D_{s}^{*+} \to D_{s}^{+} e^{+} e^{-}$ Decays Souvik Das Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		A9.00006: Branching Fractions of $\chi_{cJ}\to p\bar{p}X$ Samuel Adams Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		A9.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		A9.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session A10: Dark Matter I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Angela Reisetter, University of Minnesota
Room: Maryland B

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 8:42AM		A10.00001: DMTPC: a direction-sensitive dark matter search James Battat, Steve Ahlen, Thomas Caldwell, Denis Dujmic, Andrei Dushkin, Peter Fisher, Shawn Henderson, Andrew Inglis, Asher Kaboth, G. Kohse, Richard Lanza, Jeremy Lopez, Jocelyn Monroe, Gabriella Sciolla, B.N. Skvorodnev, Hidefumi Tomita, Roland Vanderspek, Hermann Wellenstein, Richard Yamamoto Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:42AM - 8:54AM		A10.00002: Estimation of Neutron Backgrounds in CDMS-II Matthew Fritts, Angela Reisetter, Priscilla Cushman Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:54AM - 9:06AM		A10.00003: Position and energy dependent calibration of CDMS-II detectors Kevin McCarthy, Zeeshan Ahmed, Scott Hertel, David Moore, Matthew Pyle, Bruno Serfass Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		A10.00004: Estimation and Optimization of Surface Event Background Leakage in CDMS-II David C. Moore Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		A10.00005: SuperTower 1 - Status/Backgrounds/Leakage Manungu Kiveni Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		A10.00006: Measurements of Charge Transport Properties for the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Kyle Sundqvist Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		A10.00007: Monte Carlo of Cryogenic Dark Matter Search large germanium detectors Steven Leman, Kevin McCarty, Blas Cabrera, Matthew Pyle, Kyle Sundqvist, Bernard Sadoulet Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		A10.00008: Projections for the LUX Dark Matter Experiment from LUX\_0.1 Prototype Results David Malling Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:06AM - 10:18AM		A10.00009: LUX\_0.1 Prototype Results: Cryogenics and Circulation Adam Bradley Preview Abstract

Session A11: Lorentz Symmetry in Gravitation; followed by LISA Developments

Sponsoring Units: GGR GPMFC
Chair: Michael Seifert, Indiana University, and Guido Mueller, University of Florida
Room: Maryland C

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 8:42AM		A11.00001: New Tests of Lorentz Violation in Electromagnetism Matthew Mewes, Alan Kostelecky Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:42AM - 8:54AM		A11.00002: Spontaneous Lorentz symmetry breaking and topological defects Michael Seifert Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:54AM - 9:06AM		A11.00003: Current and future tests of Lorentz symmetry in gravitational systems Quentin Bailey Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		A11.00004: Einstein-Aether Inflation William Donnelly, Ted Jacobson Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		A11.00005: Solutions to a Modified Newtonian Dynamics Force Law Ronald Mickens Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		A11.00006: Mitigation of Laser Frequency Noise in LISA Interferometry James Ira Thorpe Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		A11.00007: Laser Communications for LISA and the University of Florida LISA Interferometry Simulator Dylan Sweeney, Justin Cohen, Simon Barke, Shawn Mitryk, Vinzenz Wand, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		A11.00008: Time-Delay Interferometry Simulations and Gravitational Wave Extraction at the University of Florida Interferometric Simulator Shawn Mitryk, Vinzenz Wand, Alix Preston, Guido Mueller, David Tanner Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:06AM - 10:18AM		A11.00009: Arm locking experiments on UFLIS Yinan Yu, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:18AM - 10:30AM		A11.00010: Testbed for LISA photodetectors Felipe Guzman, Jeffrey Livas, Robert Silverberg Preview Abstract

Session A12: Jets

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Ben Kilminster, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Virginia A

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 8:42AM		A12.00001: Inclusive Jet Production in Z+jets final states at CDF Stefano Camarda Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:42AM - 8:54AM		A12.00002: Measurement of Z+b-jet production cross section and ratio $\sigma$(Z+b jet)/$\sigma$(Z+jet) at D0 Kenneth Smith Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:54AM - 9:06AM		A12.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		A12.00004: W$\rightarrow\ell\nu~+ \geq n$ jets at CDF Dale Stentz Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		A12.00005: Inclusive three-jet cross section at D0 Zdenek Hubacek Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		A12.00006: Measurement of ratio of 3-jet to 2-jet cross sections Scott Atkins Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		A12.00007: Initial Measurement of the Inclusive Jet Cross Section at 10 TeV with CMS Keith Rose Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		A12.00008: Inclusive Jet Cross Section in Early LHC Data using the ATLAS Inner Detector S.C. Zenz Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:06AM - 10:18AM		A12.00009: $D^0$ Reconstruction in $b$-jets for Events with $Z^0\rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-$ + $b$-jet Jessica Metcalfe, I. Gorelov, S. Seidel, K. Toms Preview Abstract

Session A13: Cosmological Tests of General Relativity and Supersymmetry

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Will Kinney, University at Buffalo
Room: Washington 6

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 8:42AM		A13.00001: Numerical Cosmology: Building a Dynamical Universe David Garrison Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:42AM - 8:54AM		A13.00002: Extending the validity of Lagrangian Perturbation Theory Sharvari Nadkarni-Ghosh, David Chernoff Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:54AM - 9:06AM		A13.00003: Supersymmetric Hybrid Inflation Redux Mansoor Ur Rehman, Qaisar Shafi, Joshua R. Wickman Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		A13.00004: Astrophysical Searches for Extra Spatial Dimensions Michael Kavic, John Simonetti, Djorjde Minic Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		A13.00005: Cosmological Constraints on Moduli from Cosmic Strings Eray Sabancilar Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		A13.00006: Combining Shear Statistics to Constrain Cosmological Parameters Sedona Price, Jason Rhodes, Joel Berge, Richard Ellis Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		A13.00007: Testing General Relativity on Cosmological Scales with Weak Gravitational Lensing Ali Vanderveld Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		A13.00008: Cosmological Tests of General Relativity with tomographic surveys Alessandra Silvestri, GongBo Zhao, Levon Pogosian, Joel Zylberberg Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:06AM - 10:18AM		A13.00009: Parameter Estimation Forecasts in Cosmology Rahul Biswas Preview Abstract

Session A14: Gravitational Collapse and Numerical Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: John Baker, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Room: Washington 4

Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:30AM - 8:42AM		A14.00001: Gravitational Waves from Core-Collapse Supernova using CHIMERA: Models and Numerical Methods Pedro Marronetti, Konstantin Yakunin, Stephen Bruenn, John Blondin, Austin Chertkow, Charlotte Dirk, William R. Hix, Eric Lentz, O.E. Bronson Messer, Anthony Mezzacappa Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:42AM - 8:54AM		A14.00002: A new open-source spherically-symmetric general-relativistic hydrodynamics code for the study of stellar collapse and black hole formation Evan O'Connor, Christian Ott Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:54AM - 9:06AM		A14.00003: Numerical experiments testing the Kerr Limit, Naked Singularities and Surface Gravity Pablo Laguna, Tanja Bode, Richard Matzner Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		A14.00004: Variational Integrators for Numerical Relativity Will Farr Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		A14.00005: Error Reduction in Numerical Relativity Calculations Using Local Coordinates William Darian Boggs, John G. Baker, James R. Van Meter, Joan Centrella Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		A14.00006: Studying competitive critical behavior in problems of gravitational collapse, using numerical relativity Theodor Brasoveanu Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		A14.00007: Petrov Classification in Numerical Relativity Robert Owen Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		A14.00008: Late time Kerr tails Gaurav Khanna, Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:06AM - 10:18AM		A14.00009: Exact Solutions to Einstein's Field Equations for Static Spherically Symmetric Perfect Fluids Thomas Kiess Preview Abstract