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Session Q1: Dark Matter in the Universe

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: Craig Hogan, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory/University of Chicago
Room: Marriott Ballroom Salon 2

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Q1.00001: Dark Matter Observed in the Universe Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Q1.00002: Indirect Detection and Theoretical Models Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Q1.00003: Recent Results on Dark Matter Searches with Fermi Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q2: Fundamental Symmetries (in Few-Body Systems)

Sponsoring Units: DNP GFB
Chair: Allena Opper, The George Washington University
Room: Thurgood Marshall East

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Q2.00001: Measuring the Neutron Lifetime Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Q2.00002: Results from a Search for the Permanent Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) of $^{199}$Hg Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Q2.00003: CP-violating Moments in Few-body Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q3: Keys to Success in Global Collaborative Physics Projects

Sponsoring Units: FIP DPF
Chair: Harvey Newman, California Institute of Technology
Room: Thurgood Marshall South

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Q3.00001: The large hadron collider program Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Q3.00002: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Q3.00003: Marshak Lectureship Talk: SESAME: An International Collaborative Science Project in the Middle East Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q4: Ground-based Interferometers on the Road to Gravitational Wave Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Laura Cadonati, University of Massachusetts
Room: Thurgood Marshall North

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Q4.00001: The LIGO and Virgo Gravitational Wave Detectors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Q4.00002: Multi-Messenger Astronomy and Astrophysics with Gravitational-Wave Transients Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Q4.00003: Science of continuous gravitational wave signals: periodic waves and the stochastic background Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q5: Origins of Research and Teaching at Selected Physics Departments

Sponsoring Units: FHP FEd AAPT
Chair: James Stith, American Institute of Physics
Room: Thurgood Marshall West

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Q5.00001: 250 Years of Physics at the College of William and Mary: 1760-2010 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Q5.00002: 80 Years of Physics at Fisk University Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Q5.00003: Research and Education in Physics and Astronomy at Haverford College Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q6: Perspectives of Women Physicists As Seen From Academia, National Laboratories, and Industry

Sponsoring Units: COM/CSWP FGSA/AAPT
Chair: Kawtar Hafidi, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Washington 5

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Q6.00001: Experience of women physicist in industry (Tentative) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Q6.00002: Opportunities and Challenges for Women in Physics in National Laboratories Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Q6.00003: Women Physicists in Academia Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q7: Mini-Symposium: Exotic Phenomena in High Energy Nuclear Collisions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Dmitri Kharzeev, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Delaware A

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Q7.00001: Observation of charge-dependent azimuthal correlations and possible local strong parity violation in heavy ion collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Q7.00002: Hadronic and partonic mechanisms for a reaction plane charge asymmetry Berndt Mueller, Masayuki Asakawa, Abhijit Majumder Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Q7.00003: Effect of Cluster Particle Correlation on Local Parity Violation Observables Fuqiang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Q7.00004: Search for Local Strong Parity Violation Using Reaction Plane Determined by Spectator Neutrons in STAR Gang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Q7.00005: Measurement of multiplicity asymmetry correlation between positive and negative particles in Au+Au and d+Au collisions by STAR Quan Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Q7.00006: A fundamental test of the Higgs Yukawa coupling in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions Michael Tannenbaum Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Q7.00007: Strangelets at the LHC E. Norbeck, Y. Onel Preview Abstract

Session Q8: The Nucleus as a Theorists' Laboratory

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Dean Halderson, Western Michigan University
Room: Delaware B

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Q8.00001: Tamm-Dancoff as the contraction limit of the Richardson-Gaudin equations for pairing Stijn De Baerdemacker Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Q8.00002: Projected Hartree-Fock in a shell-model basis Joshua Staker, Calvin Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Q8.00003: A Performant Algorithm to Calculate Spin- and Parity-Dependent Nuclear Level Densities Roman Senkov, Mihai Horoi Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Q8.00004: Sensitivity analysis of random shell-model interactions Plamen Krastev, Calvin Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Q8.00005: Probing time-odd and tensor terms of the Skyrme functional in rotating nuclei V. Hellemans, P.-H. Heenen, M. Bender Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Q8.00006: Dirac Oscillators and the Relativistic R-matrix Janina Grineviciute, Dean Halderson Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Q8.00007: Nonlinear Features of Nuclear Collective Vibrations Sarah Buchhorn, Vladimir Zelevinsky Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Q8.00008: Is Deuterium Nuclear Fusion Catalyzed by Antineutrinos? Isaac Shomer Preview Abstract

Session Q9: Higgs Searches III

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Ritchie Patterson, Cornell University
Room: Maryland A

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Q9.00001: Using tri-lepton events to improve SM Higgs search in $VH \rightarrow VWW$ decay channel at CDF Jason Nett Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Q9.00002: Search for SM Higgs in $ZH \rightarrow ZWW$ incorporating hadronic decays of the $W$ boson at CDF Geumbong Yu Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Q9.00003: Search for the SM Higgs in semi-leptonic $WW$* decays in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV Shannon Zelitch Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Q9.00004: Search for the Higgs Boson in $WW^{(*)}\to \ell^+\ell^-$ Decays in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV Davide Gerbaudo Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Q9.00005: Search for the Higgs boson in the four lepton final state Rachel Wilken Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Q9.00006: Covariant Matrix based e/$\gamma$ Identification Algorithm for Higgs searches at the LHC H. Kim, J. Yu Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Q9.00007: Exploring exotic symmetry breaking scenarios in the di-boson (WZ) channel at the LHC Edgar Carrera Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Q9.00008: Higgs Boson Exchange Effects in $l^+l^- \rightarrow W^+W^-$ at High Energy Elena Brewer, Ulrich Baur Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Q9.00009: Constraints on the Lee-Wick Higgs Sector Christopher Carone Preview Abstract

Session Q10: Plasma Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPP
Chair: James Drake, University of Maryland
Room: Maryland B

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Q10.00001: Well Confined High Density Plasmas as Neutron Sources A. Bianchi, B. Coppi Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Q10.00002: The Effect of SF$_{6}$ dilution in an Argon plasma Sudip Koirala, Matt Gordon Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Q10.00003: Recent Discoveries on the Plasma Environment of Mars as seen by the Radar Sounder on MARS EXPRESS Spacecraft Firdevs Duru, Donald A. Gurnett, David D. Morgan Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Q10.00004: Passive, precise plasma jet experiments on the sky Philipp Kronberg Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Q10.00005: Observational signatures of sub-Larmor scale magnetic fields in astrophysical objects and HEAD lab experiments Mikhail Medvedev Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Q10.00006: Stimulated Brillouin Scattering from OMEGA gas-filled hohlraums and NIF hohlraums with gold-boron layers Richard Berger, L. Divol, D. Froula, S. Glenzer, J. Kline, P. Michel, D. Callahan, D. Hinkel, R. London, N. Meezan, L. Suter, E. Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Q10.00007: Numerical Simulations of Pair Production by Ultraintense Lasers Edison Liang, Alexander Henderson, Pablo Yepes, Hui Chen, Scott Wilks Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Q10.00008: Monte Carlo Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Optogalvanic Waveforms FOR 1s$_{5}$-2p$_{j}$ (j = 7,8,9) transitions of Neon in a Hollow Cathode Discharge Kayode Ogungbemi, Xianming Han, Prabhakar Misra Preview Abstract

Session Q11: Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Lee Lindblom, California Institute of Technology
Room: Maryland C

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Q11.00001: Broadband Search for Continuous-Wave Gravitation Radiation with LIGO Vladimir Dergachev Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Q11.00002: Nonlinear mode coupling in rotating neutron stars and its effects on the r-mode instability Ruxandra Bondarescu, Saul Teukolsky, Ira Wasserman Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Q11.00003: Gravitational Waves from Low Mass Neutron Stars C.J. Horowitz Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Q11.00004: Quadrupole Moments of Rotating Neutron Stars Swapnil Tripathi Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Q11.00005: Gravitational waves from NS-NS and NS-BH inspirals and the high-density equation of state John L. Friedman Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Q11.00006: Tidal deformability of neutron stars with realistic equations of state Benjamin Lackey, Tanja Hinderer, Jocelyn Read, Ryan Lang Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Q11.00007: Tuning advanced gravitational-wave detectors to optimally measure neutron-star merger waves Leo Stein Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Q11.00008: Modeling Gravitational Wave Emission from Soft Gamma Repeaters Christian D. Ott, Peter Kalmus Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Q11.00009: Gravitational Waves from Core-Collapse Supernova using CHIMERA: Analysis of the Gravitational Signatures Konstantin Yakunin, Pedro Marronetti, Stephen Bruenn, John Blondin, Austin Chertkow, Charlotte Dirk, William R. Hix, Eric Lentz, O.E. Bronson Messer, Anthony Mezzacappa Preview Abstract

Session Q12: Neutrino Physics C

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Karsten Heeger, University of Wisconsin
Room: Virginia A

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Q12.00001: $\nu _e $ from K$^{+}$ Decay in SciBooNE Gary Cheng Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Q12.00002: Anti-fiducial Muons in MINOS Matthew Strait Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Q12.00003: Selecting Electron Neutrino Events in the MINOS Detectors Mhair Orchanian Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Q12.00004: Muon Removal Techniques in the MINOS $\theta_{13}$ Analysis Xiaobo Huang Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Q12.00005: Measurement of the relative neutrino flux using low-nu method Jiajie Ling, Azizur Rahaman, Sanjib Mishra Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Q12.00006: Calibration of the MINERvA detector with light injection and cosmic ray muons Clifford Simon Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Q12.00007: Absolute Calibration of the MINER$\nu$A Detector Emily Maher Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Q12.00008: Simulating GeV particles in a very large liquid scintillator detector Jarek Kaspar Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Q12.00009: Light Modeling and Detection in LArTPCs Benjamin Jones Preview Abstract

Session Q13: Very High Energy Gamma Ray Detection and Cosmic Ray Propagation

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: elizabeth Hays, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Room: Washington 6

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Q13.00001: The TeV Gamma-Ray Sky Observed by Milagro Brenda Dingus Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Q13.00002: Energy spectrum of Galactic gamma-ray sources detected by Milagro Andrew Smith Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Q13.00003: Physics with the HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory Jordan Goodman Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Q13.00004: Constraining the Propagation of Galactic Cosmic Rays Using Measurements of the Composition and Energy Spectra of Dominantly Secondary Isotopes Kelly Lave, Mark Wiedenbeck, Alan Cummings, Andrew Davis, Richard Leske, Richard Mewaldt, Edward Stone, W. Robert Binns, Martin Israel, Lauren Scott, Eric Christian, Georgia de Nolfo, Tycho von Rosenvinge Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Q13.00005: On the positron fraction and models of cosmic ray propagation Ramanath Cowsik, Benjamin Burch Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Q13.00006: A Method for Constraining Galactic Magnetic Field Models Using Data from the Pierre Auger Observatory Michael Sutherland Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Q13.00007: Cross-Correlation of UHECRs with the Local Matter Distribution Craig Lage Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Q13.00008: Search for nearby extragalactic sources of the highest energy cosmic rays Miguel Mostafa Preview Abstract

Session Q14: Quantum Aspects of Gravitation

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Jorge Pullin, Louisiana State University
Room: Washington 4

Monday, February 15, 2010 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Q14.00001: Gravitational consequences of confined fields in braneworlds Stephen Green Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Q14.00002: The Emergence of General Relativity from Loop Quantum Gravity Chun-Yen Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Q14.00003: Linear Response and the Validity of the Semiclassical Approximation in de Sitter Space Paul Anderson, Carmen Molina-Paris, Emil Mottola Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Q14.00004: Relational interpretation with Dirac observables and the problem of time in quantum gravity Jorge Pullin, Rodolfo Gambini Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Q14.00005: Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity? Steven Carlip Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Q14.00006: Numerical Analysis of Black Hole Evaporation in the CGHS Model Fethi M. Ramazanoglu, Abhay Ashtekar, Frans Pretorius Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Q14.00007: Decoherence Functionals for Quantum Cosmology David Craig, Parampreet Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Q14.00008: Asymptotics of the Wigner 9j-Symbol Hal Haggard, Robert Littlejohn Preview Abstract

Session Q15: Editorial Question and Answer Session

Room: Wilson A

Monday, February 15, 2010 2:30PM - 3:30PM

Q15.00001: APS Editorial Q\&A Preview Abstract