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Session K1: Towards the Proton Intensity Frontier

Sponsoring Units: DPF DPB
Chair: Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Marriott Ballroom Salon 2

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		K1.00001: Project X: A multi-MW Proton Source at Fermilab Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:42PM		K1.00002: Neutrinos at the Intensity Frontier Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:42PM - 5:18PM		K1.00003: Experiments at the Limits of the Intensity Frontier Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K2: Jet Reconstruction in a High-Multiplicity Environment

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Saskia Mioduszewski, Texas A&M University
Room: Thurgood Marshall East

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		K2.00001: New Jet Methods for High-Multiplicity Environments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:42PM		K2.00002: Full Jet Reconstruction at RHIC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:42PM - 5:18PM		K2.00003: Direct jet reconstruction in $p + p$ and $\mathrm{Cu} + \mathrm{Cu}$ collisions at PHENIX Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K3: Nucleosynthesis in Stellar Explosions

Sponsoring Units: DNP DAP
Chair: Christian Iliadis, University of North Carolina
Room: Thurgood Marshall South

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		K3.00001: Advances in the Modeling of Type Ia Supernovae Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:42PM		K3.00002: Nucleosynthesis in the Classical Nova Outburst Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:42PM - 5:18PM		K3.00003: New Hydrodynamical Models of Type I X-Ray Bursts Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K4: Earth, Sky and Moon: Gravity Tests Across 13 Orders of Magnitude

Sponsoring Units: GGR GPMFC
Chair: John Gillaspy, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Thurgood Marshall North

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		K4.00001: Laboratory Tests of the Inverse Square Law of Gravity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:42PM		K4.00002: ESA's GOCE gravity gradiometer mission Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:42PM - 5:18PM		K4.00003: Advancing Tests of Relativity via Lunar Laser Ranging Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K5: Pais Prize and Tate Medal

Sponsoring Units: APS AIP
Chair: Fred Dylla, American Institute of Physics
Room: Thurgood Marshall West

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		K5.00001: Theory and Experiment in the Quantum-Relativity Revolution (Pais History of Physics Prize 2009) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:42PM		K5.00002: Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics Talk: Nuclear Fusion Power: Are we really serious about our future? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K6: Energy Research and Applications: Sustainability and the Environment

Sponsoring Units: GERA
Chair: Claudio Pellegrini, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: Washington 5

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		K6.00001: The Sustainable Energy Challenge Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:42PM		K6.00002: The Sustainable Nuclear Future: Fission and Fusion E.M. Campbell Logos Technologies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:42PM - 5:18PM		K6.00003: Alternate Energy for National Security. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K7: Mini-Symposium on Electromagnetic Reactions Involving Light Nuclei II

Sponsoring Units: DNP GFB
Chair: Ronald Gilman, Rutgers University
Room: Delaware A

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		K7.00001: An overview of the research program at the High Intensity Gamma-Ray Source (HIGS) to study light nuclei Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		K7.00002: The Near-Threshold Pion Photoproduction Program at MAX-lab Grant O'Rielly Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		K7.00003: Program of Compton Scattering Studies on the Deuteron at HIGS Gerald Feldman Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		K7.00004: Interaction current in $p p \to p p \gamma$ K. Nakayama, H. Haberzettl Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		K7.00005: First Study of Three-body Photo-disintegration of $^3$He $\overrightarrow{^3He}(\vec{\gamma},n)pp$ with Double Polarizations W. Chen, X. Zong, M.W. Ahmed , H. Gao, S. Henshaw, B.A. Perdue, X. Qian, P. Seo, S. Stave, H.R. Weller, Q. Ye, W. Zheng, X. Zhu, M. Busch, J. Li, S.F. Mikhailov, C. Sun, Y.K. Wu, R. Lu Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		K7.00006: Photodisintegration of Lithium Isotopes R.E. Pywell, W.A. Wurtz, B. Norum, S. Kucucker, B.D. Sawatzky, H.R. Weller, M.A. Ahmed, S. Stave Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:06PM - 5:18PM		K7.00007: A New Measurement of the Total Cross Section for the Photodisintegration of $^{9}$Be Near Threshold C.W. Arnold, T.B. Clegg, H.J. Karwowski, G.C. Rich, J.R. Tompkins, C.R. Howell Preview Abstract

Session K8: Hadronic Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Barry Berman, George Washington University
Room: Delaware B

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		K8.00001: Polarization Observable $E$ in the $p(\gamma, \pi^+)n$ Reaction Steffen Strauch Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		K8.00002: Near Threshold Pion Electroproduction at High $Q^2$ Puneet Khetarpal Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		K8.00003: Photoproduction of the exclusive $\gamma p \to K^{*+}Y$ reaction ($Y=\Lambda$ or $\Sigma^0$) at CLAS Wei Tang, Dustin Keller, Kenneth Hicks Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		K8.00004: Cascade Spectroscopy and Recent Photo-production Results from CLAS Dennis Weygand Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		K8.00005: Search for Strangeonia in Photoproduction using CLAS Mukesh Saini Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		K8.00006: Measurement of Single Target-Spin Asymmetry in Semi-Inclusive Charged Pion Electroproduction on a Transversely Polarized $^3$He Target Chiranjib Dutta Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		K8.00007: Coherent $\pi^+$ Photoproduction on $^3$He Rakhsha Nasseripour, Barry Berman Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		K8.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:06PM - 5:18PM		K8.00009: The Photoproduction of $\Lambda $*(1520) Zhiwen Zhao Preview Abstract

Session K9: Top Quark Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Cecilia Gerber, University of Illinois at Chicago
Room: Maryland A

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		K9.00001: Measurement of the top pair production cross section in the Lepton+jets channel with D0 RunII data Sehwook Lee Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		K9.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		K9.00003: Study of measurement of the $t\bar{t}$\ cross section in the electron + jets channel at ATLAS using kinematic information Babak Abi Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		K9.00004: $t\bar{t}$ Cross Section Measurement in Muon + Jets Channel at ATLAS Using Kinematic Information Dilip Jana Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		K9.00005: Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in top quark pair production at the D0 experiment Douglas Orbaker Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		K9.00006: Measurement of top pair spin correlation using CDF Run II lepton+jets data David Mietlicki Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		K9.00007: Measurement of spin correlation in top quark pair production at the D0 experiment Tim Head Preview Abstract

Session K10: Computational Physics

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Jan Tobochnik, Kalamazoo College
Room: Maryland B

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		K10.00001: Fluid Phase Equilibria for SSSW Potentials Predicted Using Monte Carlo Simulations in the Gibbs Ensemble John White Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		K10.00002: Simulation of X-ray Diffraction Patterns from Arbitrary Targets John Barber Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		K10.00003: Fast Solvers for Models of Thermosolutal Convection P. Aaron Lott, Howard Elman, Anil Deane, Geoffrey McFadden Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		K10.00004: Mathematical Methods for Fast Track Recognition Yuriy Yatsunenko Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		K10.00005: A Course in Computational Physics George Rawitscher Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		K10.00006: Inferring Near-Surface Tornado Wind Fields from Simulated Surface Marks Michael Zimmerman, David Lewellen Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		K10.00007: Physics of Lipofuscin Formation and Growth in Age Related Macular Degeneration Fereydoon Family, K.I. Mazzitello, C.M. Arizmendi, Hans E. Grossniklaus Preview Abstract

Session K11: SPS Undergraduate Research IV

Chair: Thomas Olsen, American Institute of Physics
Room: Maryland C

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		K11.00001: Carbide Derived Carbon Super Capacitor Application James Appelgate, Dave Bauer, James Quirin, S.E. Lofland, J.D. Hettinger, M. Heon, Y. Gogotsi Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		K11.00002: Investigation of Defect Formation in Multi-layer Graphene under Radioactive Irradiation Pubudu Galwaduge, Joseph Lambert, Roberto Ramos Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		K11.00003: Microscopic Thoery of the Conductivity in Carbon Nanotubes Seongphill Moon, Shigei Fujita, Akira Suzuki, S. Godoy Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		K11.00004: Modeling optoelectronic devices incorporating colloidal quantum dots Ian Rousseau Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		K11.00005: Nonlinear Optical Properties of Quantum Dot Composites Anthony Kolodzinski Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		K11.00006: Fabricating Flux Qubits With Electron Beam Lithography Erik Crowe, A.J. Przybysz, H. Kwon, B.K. Cooper, R. Budoyo, K. Mitra, C.J. Lobb, J.R. Anderson, A. Dragt, F.C. Wellstood, V. Zaretski, Z. Kim, B. Palmer Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		K11.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		K11.00008: Study of Superconducting Magnesium Diboride at milli-Kelvin Temperatures J.T. Mlack, J.G. Lambert, Z.E. Thrailkill, S.A. Carabello, P.T. Galwaduge, R.C. Ramos Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:06PM - 5:18PM		K11.00009: Synthesis Methods for the Creation of Gold Nanoparticle Heat Transfer Fluids Erika Swartz, Rebecca Christianson, Jessica Townsend, Thomas Kodger, David Weitz Preview Abstract

Session K12: Higgs Searches I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Al Goshaw, Duke University
Room: Virginia A

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		K12.00001: Measurement of the $WW+WZ$ diboson cross section in final states containing both leptonic and hadronic decays at CDF Martina Hurwitz Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		K12.00002: Search for $WZ$ production in the $\ell \nu b\overline{b}$ final state at CDF Justin Keung Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		K12.00003: Search for diboson production in final states containing missing transverse energy and $b$-quark jets Stephen Poprocki Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		K12.00004: Search for $WZ/ZZ$ diboson production in the dilepton $+$ dijet final state at CDF Wesley Ketchum Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		K12.00005: Search for Associated Production of W and Higgs Bosons in $l \nu bb$ Final States in ppbar Collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV with Neural Networks Jonathan Brown Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		K12.00006: Search for SM Higgs production in association with a $W$ boson using a neural network technique at CDF Martin Frank Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		K12.00007: Search for Associated Production of W and Higgs Bosons in the $ \ell \nu bb$ Final State in ppbar Collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV with the Boosted Decision Tree technique Hatim Hegab Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		K12.00008: New techniques for reducing backgrounds originating from fake missing transverse energy in SM Higgs searches at CDF Philip Hebda Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:06PM - 5:18PM		K12.00009: New techniques for improving SM Higgs search in the transverse missing energy plus jets final state at CDF Qiuguang Liu Preview Abstract

Session K13: High Energy Gamma Rays from GRB and Gravitational Wave Detection

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Jonathan Granot, Stanfor Linear Accelerator Center
Room: Washington 6

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		K13.00001: High Energy Radiation from Black Holes in Gamma Ray Bursts Charles Dermer, Govind Menon, Soebur Razzaque, Justin Finke Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		K13.00002: Hadronic interpretation of high energy radiation from Fermi LAT GRBs Soebur Razzaque, Charles Dermer, Justin Finke Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		K13.00003: Probing the Association of Gravitational-Wave and Gamma-Ray Bursts with LIGO and Virgo Laura Cadonati Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		K13.00004: Astrophysically Triggered Searches for Gravitational Waves Zsuzsa Marka Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		K13.00005: Final Results of the All-sky Search for Gravitational-wave Bursts in the First Joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo Run Amber Stuver Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		K13.00006: Frequency stabilization of a laser used to measure Plank scale indeterminacy Robert Lanza, Aaron Chou, Young-Kee Kim Preview Abstract

Session K14: Approximations in General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Steven Detweiler, University of Florida
Room: Washington 4

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		K14.00001: A solution to the Fouth order Killing Equations Jeandrew Brink Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		K14.00002: Self-force with numerical relativity tools Ian Vega, Peter Diener, Wolfgang Tichy, Steve Detweiler Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		K14.00003: Hamiltonian of a spinning test-particle in curved spacetime Enrico Barausse, Etienne Racine, Alessandra Buonanno Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		K14.00004: Analysis of extreme mass ratio inspirals in Kerr: Transition from inspiral to plunge Tanja Hinderer Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		K14.00005: Geometry and dynamics of a tidally deformed black hole Eric Poisson Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		K14.00006: Accurate analytical waveforms of coalescing binary black holes Yi Pan Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		K14.00007: Searching for a Carter-like constant of motion in the Bach-Weyl solution Saeed Mirshekari, Clifford Will Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		K14.00008: A Hybrid Approximation Technique for Head-on Black-Hole-Binary Mergers David Nichols, Yanbei Chen, Drew Keppel, Geoffrey Lovelace, Ulrich Sperhake Preview Abstract
Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:06PM - 5:18PM		K14.00009: Gravitational self-force meets the post-Newtonian approximation in extreme-mass ratio inspiral of binary black holes Steven Detweiler Preview Abstract