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Session H1: Panofsky, Bouchet and Wilson Prizes

Sponsoring Units: DPF DPB
Chair: Boris Kayser, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Marriott Ballroom Salon 2

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H1.00001: W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Talk: 40 Years of Neutrino Physics--A Personal History Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H1.00002: Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators Talk Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H1.00003: Edward A. Bouchet Award Talk Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H2: New Directions in Hadron Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Les Bland, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Thurgood Marshall East

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H2.00001: Physics for Future Facilities for QCD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H2.00002: Baryons and Evidence for Direct Hadron Production in Heavy Ion Collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H2.00003: Forward particle production in d+Au collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H3: Magnetoplasmas in Astrophysical Jets, Lobes, and in the Laboratory

Sponsoring Units: DAP GPAP
Chair: Philipp Kronberg, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Thurgood Marshall South

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H3.00001: Global Structures of Radio Galaxies -- Theory and Simulations Meet Observations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H3.00002: Exploring how astrophysical jets work using laboratory plasma jets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H3.00003: Extended Lobes as Sources of High Energy Particles and Radiation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H4: Plans for Future High Energy Accelerators and Outlook on Advanced Concepts

Sponsoring Units: DPB DPF
Chair: Swapan Chattopadyay, Cockcroft Institute
Room: Thurgood Marshall North

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H4.00001: SuperB: Design and Update Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H4.00002: Key R{\&}D challenges for a muon collider Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H4.00003: Laser-driven soft x-ray undulator source Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H5: Physicists Inside the Beltway

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

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H5.00001: Perspective from Academia and Government Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H5.00002: A Decade in DC: The Congressional Science Fellowship and Beyond Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H5.00003: Perspective from Capitol Hill and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H6: Universality in Few-Fermion Systems

Sponsoring Units: GFB DNP
Chair: Daniel Phillips, Ohio University
Room: Washington 5

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H6.00001: Universal Three-Body Bound States of Ultracold Fermionic Atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H6.00002: Universal interactions in atomic and low-energy few-nucleon systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H6.00003: Large Scattering Lengths, Universality, Correlations and Few-Nucleon Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H7: Nuclear Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Kate Jones, University of Tennessee
Room: Delaware A

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H7.00001: New Equation of State for Supernova Simulations Gang Shen, Chuck Horowitz Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H7.00002: A Study of the $^{12}C$ + $^{12}C$ Fusion Reactions at Astrophysically Relevant Energies J. Zickefoose, J. Schweitzer, T. Spillane, D. Schuermann, Y. Guan, H.-W. Becker, C. Rolfs, F. Strieder, M. De Cesere, N. De Cesere, A. Di Leva, F. Terrasi, L. Gialanella, G. Imbriani, B. Limata Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H7.00003: Differential Cross Section Measurements for Elastic and Inelastic Scattering of Neutrons from Neon Sean MacMullin, Reyco Henning, Mary Kidd, Werner Tornow, Calvin Howell Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H7.00004: Spin assignments to excited states in $^{22}$Na through a $^{24}$Mg(p,$^{3}$He)$^{22}$Na reaction measurement K.Y. Chae, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, J.F. Liang, C.D. Nesaraja, M.S. Smith, B.H. Moazen, K.L. Jones, S.T. Pittman, K.A. Chipps, R. Hatarik, P.D. O'Malley, S.D. Pain, R.L. Kozub, C. Matei Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H7.00005: Proton Capture Reactions on 46Ti, 64Zn, 114Sn and 116Sn relevant to rp-Process Ravin Kodikara, Michael Famiano, Brenna Giacherio, V. Subramanian, Asghar Kayani Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H7.00006: Structure of $^{69}$Br and the rp-process in X-ray bursts Caroline Nesaraja, Michael Smith Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H7.00007: Identification of $\mu $s isomers in the $^{100}$Sn region Ana Becerril, Mathew Amthor, Thomas Baumann, Daniel Bazin, Jill Berryman, Heather Crawford, Alfredo Estrade, Alexandra Gade, Thomas Ginter, Carol Guess, Marc Hausmann, Milan Matos, Giuseppe Lorusso, Paul Mantica, Rhiannon Meharchand, Kei Minamisono, Fernando Montes, George Perdikakis, Jorge Pereira, Mauricio Portillo, Hendrik Schatz, Karl Smith, Joshua Stoker, Andreas Stolz, Remco Zegers Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H7.00008: Enabling Environmental Background Reduction for Nuclear Astrophysics Measurements with Pulsed Proton Beams Matthew Buckner, John Cesaratto, Thomas Clegg, Bret Carlin Preview Abstract

Session H8: Electroweak Interactions II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Geoff Greene, University of Tennessee
Room: Delaware B

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H8.00001: Global Analysis of the Strange Vector and Axial Form Factors of the Nucleon and Their Uncertainties John Schaub, Stephen Pate Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H8.00002: Experimental Constraints on the Parameters of the Effective Field Theory of the Weak Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction William Snow Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H8.00003: Measurement of the Parity-odd Neutron Spin Rotation in Liquid Helium H. Erik Swanson, C.D. Bass, T.D. Bass, B.E. Crawford, J.M. Dawkins, K. Gan, B.R. Heckel, J.C. Horton, C.R. Huffer, D. Luo, D.M. Markoff, A.M. Micherdzinska, H.P. Mumm, J.S. Nico, A.K. Opper, M.G. Sarsour, E. Sharapov, W.M. Snow, S.C. Walbridge, V. Zhumabekova Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H8.00004: A Neutron Polarimeter for the Parity Violating Neutron Spin Rotation Measurement in Liquid $^{4}$He D. Luo, C.D. Bass, T.D. Bass, B.E. Crawford, J.M. Dawkins, K. Gan, B.R. Heckel, J.C. Horton, C.R. Huffer, D.M. Markoff, A.M. Micherdzinska, H.P. Mumm, J.S. Nico, A.K. Opper, M.G. Sarsour, E. Sharapov, W.M. Snow, H.E. Swanson, S.C. Walbridge, V. Zhumabekova Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H8.00005: Computer Simulation and Systematic Effects for Neutron Spin Rotation in Liquid Helium Kangfei Gan, A.M. Micherdzinska, A.K. Opper, C.D. Bass, H.P. Mumm, J.S. Nico, T.D. Bass, J.M. Dawkins, J.C. Horton, D. Luo, W.M. Snow, B.E. Crawford, B.R. Heckel, H.E. Swanson, C.R. Huffer, P.R. Huffman, D.M. Markoff, M.G. Sarsour, E.I. Sharapov, V. Zhumabekova Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H8.00006: The status of the NPDGamma experiment and the liquid para-H$_{2}$ target Jiawei Mei Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H8.00007: Measuring D$_2$O depolarization for NDT$\gamma$ experiment Zhaowen Tang Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H8.00008: High Precision Half-Life Measurement of $^{38}$Ca H.I. Park, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, L. Chen, J. Goodwin, V. Horvat, N. Nica, L. Trache, R.E. Tribble Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H8.00009: Precision Measurement of the Radiative Decay Mode of the Neutron Benjamin O'Neill Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:33PM - 12:45PM		H8.00010: Simulations for a Precision Measurement of the Radiative Decay Mode of the Neutron Matthew Bales Preview Abstract

Session H9: Electroweak Physics at the Energy Frontier

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Chip Brock, Michigan State University
Room: Maryland A

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H9.00001: Cross Section Measurement for $Z(\gamma) \rightarrow \mu\mu\gamma$ in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at the Tevatron Andrew Kobach Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H9.00002: Studies of Z + photon production at CDF Jake Whitaker, John Freeman, Vadim Rusu, Young-Kee Kim Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H9.00003: Studies of initial state gluon radiation in Drell-Yan events at the LHC K. Yamamoto Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H9.00004: Drell-Yan cross section measurement Alexey Svyatkovskiy, Hwidong Yoo, Norbert Neumeister Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H9.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H9.00006: Measurement of $WZ$ cross section at D0 Carrie McGivern Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H9.00007: Search for Anomalous $WWZ$ and $WW\gamma$ Triple Gauge Couplings Rami Vanguri Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H9.00008: Study of WW and WZ Productions at LHC with ATLAS Xuefei Li Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H9.00009: Search for Rare Radiative Decay $W\rightarrow\pi\gamma$ in ppbar Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$ TeV Christopher Lester, Pavel Murat, Thomas Phillips, Al Goshaw, Andrea Bocci Preview Abstract

Session H10: History of Physics Contributed Papers

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: David Cassidy, Hofstra University
Room: Maryland B

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H10.00001: Did Minkowski Change his Mind about Noneuclidean Symmetry in Special Relativity? Felix T. Smith Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H10.00002: Ettore Majorana and the birth of autoionization Ennio Arimondo, Charles W. Clark, William C. Martin Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H10.00003: Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas: An appraisal of an under-appreciated polymath John David Jackson Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H10.00004: The Washington Conference on Theoretical Physics: Bringing the Spirit of Copenhagen to Foggy Bottom Paul Halpern Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H10.00005: Bullion to B-fields: The Silver Program of the Manhattan Project Cameron Reed Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H10.00006: What I have learned in reading and writing history of physics Harry Lustig Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H10.00007: Twist `til we tear the house down: How Clifford solved the universe in 1870 James Beichler Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H10.00008: A Historical View of Kirchhoff's Black Body Universal Distribution Function $\left( K_{\lambda }\right) $ Clarence A. Gall Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H10.00009: History of the 3 Theories of Light Jeffrey Boyd Preview Abstract

Session H11: Physics Education Research

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Samuel Lightner, Westminster College
Room: Maryland C

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H11.00001: Improving students' understanding of quantum mechanics Chandralekha Singh, Guangtian Zhu Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H11.00002: Investigations of student understanding of the Boltzmann factor and its applications John Thompson, Trevor Smith, Donald Mountcastle Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H11.00003: Using Clustering to Identify Intellectually Similar Groups of Students John Stewart, Mayo Miller Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H11.00004: Student learning of electric circuits in the ``SCALE-UP/Studio'' environment Andrew Crouse, David Smith, Paul Van Kampen, Luke Keller, Matt Price, Michael Rogers Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H11.00005: A Standardized Test to Assess Introductory Physics Instructional Methods Beth Thacker, Aaron Titus, Martin DeWitt Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H11.00006: Large Scale Assessment of the Introductory Courses Kwan Cheng, Beth Thacker Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H11.00007: Full Information Item Factor Analysis of the FCI Eric Hagedorn Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H11.00008: Explorations in Physics and Distance Learning Kenneth Caviness Preview Abstract

Session H12: Neutrino Physics B

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Erik Blaufuss, University of Maryland
Room: Virginia A

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H12.00001: Effects of Systematic Uncertainties on Short-Baseline Reactor Antineutrino Experiments Arthur Franke Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H12.00002: Double Chooz Experimental Plan and Detector Design Brandon White Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H12.00003: Estimating the Lithium-9 Production Rate due to Muon Capture in Double Chooz Cara Henson Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H12.00004: Background Studies for Double Chooz: Identifying $^9$Li Decay Claire Thomas Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H12.00005: Inverse Beta Decay Reconstruction in the Double Chooz Monte Carlo Anne Norrick Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H12.00006: Non-Standard $\bar{\nu}_e\rightarrow X$ Oscillations in Double Chooz Javier Duarte Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H12.00007: The Status of KamLAND After Purification Christopher Grant Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H12.00008: The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment Zhe Wang Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H12.00009: Simulation and Prediction of SONGS Reactor Antineutrino Flux Using the DRAGON Code Christopher Jones, Janet Conrad, Adam Bernstein Preview Abstract

Session H13: High Energy Neutrino Detection and Properties

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Kara Hoffman, University of Maryland
Room: Washington 6

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H13.00001: Observation of UHE Cosmic Rays from a Balloon-borne Neutrino Telescope Stephen Hoover Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H13.00002: The Nature of Horizontally Polarized Events in ANITA 1: MC Simulations Eric Grashorn Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H13.00003: The Search for Ultra High-Energy Neutrinos With The ANITA Experiment Abigail Goodhue Vieregg Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H13.00004: The Sensitivity of the ANITA Experiment to Magnetic Monopoles Miles Detrixhe Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H13.00005: Upper limit on the diffuse flux of UHE tau neutrinos Claudia Fracchiolla Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H13.00006: The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO) Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Mark Christl Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H13.00007: Probing Dark Matter with Neutrinos Ina Sarcevic Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H13.00008: Neutrinos in Hot and Dense Media Samina Masood Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H13.00009: Search Capability for $\eta \to \nu_{e,{\tau}}\bar\nu_{e,{\tau}}$ Decays in Cubic Kilometer Neutrino Detectors Ali Fazely, Rathnayaka Gunasingha, Richard Imlay, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, Xianwu Xu Preview Abstract

Session H14: Black Holes

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Clifford Will, Washington University in St. Louis
Room: Washington 4

Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H14.00001: Simulating the emission from shocked disks and black hole--neutron star mergers Matthew Anderson, Luis Lehner, David Neilsen, Miguel Megevand Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H14.00002: A Numerical Study of Skyrmion Collisions Benjamin Gutierrez Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H14.00003: Over-spinning a black hole with a test body Ted Jacobson, Thomas Sotiriou Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H14.00004: Gravitational and Electromagnetic Signatures from the Tidal Disruption of a White Dwarf by an Intermediate Mass Black Hole Roland Haas, Tanja Bode, Pablo Laguna Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H14.00005: Using Strong Field Images near Sgr A* to Probe Extra Dimensions Amitai Bin-Nun Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H14.00006: Is the central object in the galaxy a black hole? Laleh Sadeghian, Clifford Will Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H14.00007: A simple non-singular black hole model Manasse Mbonye Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H14.00008: Kerr-Schild Method and the Geodesic Structure in a Codimension-2 Brane Black Holes Nelson Zamorano, Susana Aguilar, Bertha Cuadros Melgar Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H14.00009: A Practical Foundation for Mapping Black Hole Spacetimes Sarah Vigeland, Scott Hughes Preview Abstract