Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS April Meeting 2010

Volume 55, Number 1

Saturday–Tuesday, February 13–16, 2010; Washington, DC

Session Index

Session B1: Beyond the Standard Model: Searches for New Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Jacobo Konigsberg, University of Florida
Room: Marriott Ballroom Salon 2

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B1.00001: Searches for New Physics at the Tevatron Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B1.00002: Prospects for New Physics at the LHC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B1.00003: Anticipating Discoveries in the LHC Era Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B2: String Theory and Nuclear Collisions

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: William Zajc, Columbia University
Room: Thurgood Marshall East

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B2.00001: The Gauge-String Duality and Quantum Chromodynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B2.00002: The Gauge-String Duality in Nuclear Collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B2.00003: Testing Gauge-String Duality with Nuclear Collision Data from RHIC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B3: International Planning for Astroparticle Physics

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: Michael Turner, University of Chicago
Room: Thurgood Marshall South

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B3.00001: European Strategy for Astroparticle Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B3.00002: Report from the Particle Astrophysics Scientific Assessment Group Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B3.00003: Japanese Programs in Astro-Particle Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B4: Panel Discussion: Physics in Africa

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: David Ernst, Vanderbilt University
Room: Thurgood Marshall North

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 11:10AM		B4.00001: Science and Technology in Africa: The African Union New Initiative and Financial Support Perspectives Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:10AM - 11:35AM		B4.00002: International Interdisciplinary Research Institute Project in Senegal Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:35AM - 12:00PM		B4.00003: African Astronomy and the Square Kilometre Array Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:00PM - 12:33PM		B4.00004: Panel Discussion Preview Abstract

Session B5: Secrecy and Physics

Sponsoring Units: FHP FPS AAPT
Chair: Peter Galison, Harvard University
Room: Thurgood Marshall West

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B5.00001: Secrecy and Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B5.00002: Secrecy and Physicists: Intersections of Science and National Security Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B5.00003: How Much Secrecy? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B6: Taxonomies as Tools for Enhancing Physics Learning

Sponsoring Units: FEd DNP AAPT
Chair: Gerald Feldman, The George Washington University
Room: Washington 5

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B6.00001: A New Approach to Analyzing the Cognitive Load in Physics Problems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B6.00002: Characterizing the Fundamental Intellectual Steps Required in the Solution of Conceptual Problems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B6.00003: Applying physics to solve problems in new contexts and representations: Methods Students Use Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B7: Nuclear Structure and Reactions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Bill Walters, University of Maryland
Room: Delaware A

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B7.00001: Population of low-spin levels in $^{75,77}$Ge in neutron-capture reactions N.E. Sharp, B.J. Cummings, C.J. Chiara, W.B. Walters, R.T. Bindel, R.L. Paul Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B7.00002: Measurements of Dipole Excitations in $^{48}$Ca Between E$_{\gamma}$ = 9.5 and 15.3 MeV J.R. Tompkins, C.W. Arnold, H.J. Karwowski, G.C. Rich, C.R. Howell, L.G. Sobotka Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B7.00003: Transient field $g$ factor measurement on radioactive $^{100}$Pd(2$^+_1$) via $\alpha$ transfer Noemie Benczer-Koller, Karl-Heinz Speidel, Gerfried Kumbartzki, G\"ulhan G\"urdal, Tan Ahn, Robert Casperson, Rapha\"el Chevrier, Andreas Heinz, Gabriele Ilie, Desiree Radeck, Mallory Smith, Elizabeth Williams Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B7.00004: Properties of 130Te for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay T. Bloxham, S.J. Freeman, J.D. Schiffer, D. Sharp, A.M. Howard, C.M. Deibel, J.A. Clark, B.P. Kay, J. Thomas, P. Parker, A. Heinz Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B7.00005: Feeding of isomers of stable 70$<$Z$<$80 isotopes in neutron induced reactions N. Fotiades, M. Devlin, R.O. Nelson, T. Kawano, S. Holloway, P. Talou, M.B. Chadwick, J.A. Becker, P.E. Garrett Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B7.00006: Analyzing powers for the $^{12}C(^7\vec{Li}, t/d/p)$ reactions William Weintraub, K. Kemper, D. Robson, B.G. Schmidt, N. Keeley, F. Mar\'{e}chal, B.T. Roeder Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B7.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B7.00008: Impact Parameter Characterization, Reaction Plane Determination, and Flow Analysis of 35 MeV/u $^{70}$Zn+$^{70}$Zn, $^{64}$Zn+$^{64}$Zn, $^{64}$Ni+$^{64}$Ni Z. Kohley, L. May, S. Wuenschel, B.C. Stein, R. Tripathi, S.N. Soisson, G.A. Souliotis, S.J. Yennello Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B7.00009: Probing densities of hot nuclei R. Tripathi, S. Wuenschel, G.A. Souliotis, S. Galanopoulos, Z. Kohley, K. Hagel, D.V. Shetty, K. Huseman, L.W. May, S.N. Soisson, B.C. Stein, S.J. Yennello Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:33PM - 12:45PM		B7.00010: Dynamic Fragmentation of Ca Projectiles in Intermediate-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions Michael Quinlan, Iwona Pawelczak, Hardev Singh, Jan Toke, Udo Schoder Preview Abstract

Session B8: Neutrino Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Vincente Guiseppe, University of South Dakota
Room: Delaware B

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B8.00001: The search for neutrinoless double beta decay with CUORE Laura Kogler Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B8.00002: M{\sc ajo\-ra\-na}: An Ultra-Low Background Enriched-Germanium Detector Array for Fundamental Physics Measurements Victor Gehman Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B8.00003: Modeling backgrounds to the {\sc{Majorana}} neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment Alexis Schubert Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B8.00004: Overview and Status of the EXO-200 Double Beta Decay Experiment Simon Slutsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B8.00005: Measuring Neutrinoless Double Electron Capture with $^{124}$Xe in Xenon Experiments Jason Spaans, Dongming Mei, Chao Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B8.00006: Single atom barium sources for EXO barium tagging development Yung-Ruey Yen Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B8.00007: Development of Resonance ionization Spectroscopy for highly efficient transport of single ions Karl Twelker Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B8.00008: Inelastic neutron scattering on natural copper as a background for neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments M. Boswell, M. Devlin, S.R. Elliott, N. Fotiades, V. Guiseppe, A. Hime, D.-M. Mei, R.O. Nelson, D.V. Perepelitsa Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B8.00009: Fast-Neutron Activation of Long-Lived Isotopes in Enriched Ge V.E. Guiseppe, S.R. Elliott, B.H. LaRoque, S. Mashnik, R.A. Johnson Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:33PM - 12:45PM		B8.00010: Improvement of GEANT4 Simulation in Nuclear Internal Conversion Model Chao Zhang, Dongming Mei Preview Abstract

Session B9: Instrumentation for Particle Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Alice Bean, University of Kansas
Room: Maryland A

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B9.00001: Improving the Electron Energy Resolution at CMS Richard Ruiz, Samuel Harper, Kaori Maeshima Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B9.00002: Uniformity Studies of the ATLAS Electromagnetic Calorimeter using Cosmic Ray Muons R. Caputo Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B9.00003: Systematic effects on photon measurement in ATLAS David Joffe Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B9.00004: Studies of Electron Trigger and Identification Efficiencies using $Z \to e^{+}e^{-}$\ simulation at the ATLAS Ho Li, Monica Dunford, Young-Kee Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B9.00005: Measuring Electron-Photon Misidentification in the ATLAS Detector Using Z$\rightarrow e^+e^-$ Decay R. Daya, D. Joffe, R. Ishmukhametov, R. Stroynowski Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B9.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B9.00007: Study of the Pulse Shapes from the 3-in-1 Cards at ATLAS TileCal Y. Cheng, M. Dunford, Y.K. Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B9.00008: Studies of TPB dissolved in Toluene Ruel Jerry, Lindley Winslow, Janet Conrad Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B9.00009: Electronics for a Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector Erica Caden, Charles Lane Preview Abstract

Session B10: Sub-Nucleonic Degrees of Freedom

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Christian Weiss, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Maryland B

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B10.00001: Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering (DVCS) on a Longitudinally Polarized Proton Target Using CLAS Latifa Elouadrhiri Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B10.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B10.00003: Measurement of the anti-quark distributions in the proton with Drell-Yan process Lamiaa El Fassi Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B10.00004: Report on the Spin Asymmetries of the Nucleon Experiment Whitney Armstrong Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B10.00005: A Precision Measurement of Neutron d2 Matthew Posik Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B10.00006: The helicity asymmetry measurements for pi0 photoproduction with FROST at Jlab Hideko Iwamoto Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B10.00007: Semi-Inclusive Pion Electroproduction in Deep Inelastic Scattering Wesley Gohn, Harut Avakian, Kyungseon Joo, Maurizio Ungaro Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B10.00008: The Measurement of Transverse Single Spin Asymmetry of Forward Charged Hadrons in the PHENIX experiment at RHIC Feng Wei Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B10.00009: Neutron Electric Polarizability from Lattice QCD Andrei Alexandru, Frank Lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:33PM - 12:45PM		B10.00010: The CLAS12 Detector and Its Physics Program at the JLAB 12 GEV Energy Upgrade Latifa Elouadrhiri Preview Abstract

Session B11: SPS Undergraduate Research I

Chair: Gary White, American Institute of Physics
Room: Maryland C

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B11.00001: Supersymmetric Dark Matter as the Source of the WMAP Haze Gabriel Caceres, Dan Hooper Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B11.00002: Effective approximations for computing neutrino-stimulated pair production Laura Johnson Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B11.00003: Prompt Radio Emission from Gamma Ray Bursts Noelle Gotthardt Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B11.00004: Analysis of Mars Mid-Latitude Lobate Debris Aprons Ian Dougherty, Tim McClanahan Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B11.00005: Noninvasive Lunar Exploration John Meredith Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B11.00006: A Static Energy-Angle Analyzer Brian Tennyson Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B11.00007: Astrophotography on a Budget: An Introduction to the Night Sky Robert Arn, Daniel Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B11.00008: Approximate Solar Temperatures from Color Indices Measured at the Winfree Observatory Cheridan Harris, Tom Michalik Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B11.00009: Research Concerning Detection of Cosmic Rays Maxwell Grady, John Cunningham, Steve Kuhlmann, Hal Spinka, Dave Underwood, Mark Hammergren Preview Abstract

Session B12: Heavy Flavor CP

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: David Brown, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Virginia A

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B12.00001: Measurement of CP violation in $B^0\overline{B^0}$ mixing using partially reconstructed $B^0 \to D^*\ell \nu$ decays and Kaon Tags Enrico Feltresi Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B12.00002: Study of two-body $B^0$ decays to $\rho^0 K^{0}$, $f_0 K^{0}$ and $\rho^- K^{*+}$ Corry Lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B12.00003: Branching fractions and CP asymmetry in $B^+ \to \phi \phi K^+$ and $B^0 \to \phi \phi K^0 $ decays Hulya Atmacan Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B12.00004: Direct CP Violation in the $B^{0}_{s}$ meson Fabrizio Ruffini Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B12.00005: Current Status of CP Violation Measurements from D0 John Ellison Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B12.00006: Measuring $-2\beta_s$ with $B_s0 \to J/psi f_0(980)$ Decays at LHCb Liming Zhang, Sheldon Stone Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B12.00007: The Belle II Super B Factory Experiment at KEK Leo Piilonen Preview Abstract

Session B13: Observational Implications of Gravitational Waves

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: John Baker, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Room: Washington 6

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B13.00001: Detecting Gravitational Waves with Pulsar Timing Arrays Larry Price, Xavier Siemens, Jolien Creighton, Peng Yu Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B13.00002: First search for gravitational waves from the youngest known neutron star Benjamin Owen Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B13.00003: Gravitational Waves and SGR Bursts Leo Singer Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B13.00004: Searches for coalescence of binary systems in LIGO and Virgo data Gabriela Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B13.00005: Distinguishing Compact White-dwarf Binary Systems - An application of GW color magnitude diagram for LISA Ravi Kumar Kopparapu Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B13.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B13.00007: Extracting accretion disk radii from LISA observations of accreting binary star systems Shane Larson Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B13.00008: Seeking optical counterparts to gravitational wave event candidates Jonah Kanner Preview Abstract

Session B14: Dynamics of Black Holes

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: John Friedman, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Room: Washington 4

Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B14.00001: A study of non-linear effect in the ringdown of black holes in binary collisions Manuel Tiglio, David Brizuela, Frank Herrmann, Jose Maria Martin-Garcia, Enrique Pazos Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B14.00002: Statistical Studies of Post Newtonian Equations Frank Herrmann, Chad Galley, Gustavo Guerberoff, John Silberholz, Manuel Tiglio Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B14.00003: Dynamics of Compact Binaries in Effective Field Theory Formalism Delphine Perrodin Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B14.00004: Bobbing and Kicks in Electromagnetism and Gravity Samuel E. Gralla, Abraham I. Harte, Robert M. Wald Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B14.00005: Gravitational self-force for a particle in circular orbit around the Schwarzschild black hole Abhay Shah, John Friedman, Tobias Keidl, Larry Price Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B14.00006: Higher order self-force effects Chad Galley Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B14.00007: Gravitational Self-force in a Radiation Gauge: Circular Orbits in the Schwarzschild Spacetime Tobias Keidl, John Friedman, Larry Price, Abhay Shah Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B14.00008: Time--domain 2+1D Lorenz gauge self force and orbital evolution for EMRIs: progress report Kristen A. Lackeos, Leor Barack, Gaurav Khanna, Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract
Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B14.00009: Harmonic (Lorenz) Gauge Perturbations of the Schwarzschild Metric Mark Berndtson Preview Abstract

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