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Session S1: Dark Matter in the Laboratory

Sponsoring Units: DPF DAP
Chair: David Saltzberg, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: Marriott Ballroom Salon 2

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S1.00001: Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:42PM		S1.00002: Searching for WIMPs in the Galactic Halo: Scaling Up with Liquid Xenon Detectors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 5:18PM		S1.00003: Missing energy based searches at colliders: gateway to dark matter in the lab? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S2: Fusion, Fission and Super Heavy Element Production

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Daniel Shapira, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Thurgood Marshall East

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S2.00001: Status of the search for the heaviest elements Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:42PM		S2.00002: Fission Barriers of Compound Superheavy Nuclei Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 5:18PM		S2.00003: Hot fusion or cold fusion, best route to the SHEs? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S3: Probing Galactic Astrophysics with Supernova Remnants

Sponsoring Units: DAP GPAP
Chair: Patrick Slane, Harvard?Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Room: Thurgood Marshall South

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S3.00001: Observational Constraints on Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Supernova Remnants Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:42PM		S3.00002: Gamma-Ray Emission from Supernova Remnants Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 5:18PM		S3.00003: Supernova Remnants as Probes of Type Ia Nucleosynthesis Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S4: Gravity in Extreme Conditions

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GGR
Chair: Luis Lehner, Louisiana State University
Room: Thurgood Marshall North

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S4.00001: Computational Models of Stellar Collapse, Core-Collapse Supernovae, and Black Hole Formation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:42PM		S4.00002: Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics Talk: Black Hole Collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 5:18PM		S4.00003: Status Report on Black Hole Critical Behavior Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S5: Sakharov Prize

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Thurgood Marshall West

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S5.00001: Andrei Sakharov Prize Talk: Supporting Repressed Scientists: Continuing Efforts Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:42PM		S5.00002: Andrei Sakharov Prize Talk: Guerrilla Tactics for Human Rights: the Paradigm of Scientists for Sakharov, Orlov and Sharansky (SOS) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 5:18PM		S5.00003: Andrei Sakharov Prize Talk: Human Rights and International Science -- a Symbiotic Relationship Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S6: 2010 Excellence In Physics Education Award Presentations

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Richard Peterson, Bethel University
Room: Washington 5

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S6.00001: Excellence in Physics Education Award Talk: The Role of Physics Education Research in the Design and Assessment of Active Learning Curricula and Tools Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:42PM		S6.00002: Excellence in Physics Education Award Talk: Curriculum Development for Active Learning using Real Time Graphing and Data Collection Tools Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 5:18PM		S6.00003: Excellence in Physics Education Award Talk: Sharing Active Learning Strategies in the Developed and Developing Worlds Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S7: Mini-Symposium on Electromagnetic Reactions Involving Light Nuclei III

Sponsoring Units: DNP GFB
Chair: Mohammad Waseem Ahmed, Duke University
Room: Delaware A

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S7.00001: Electromagnetic properties of hadrons from lattice QCD Brian Tiburzi, William Detmold, Andre Walker-Loud Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S7.00002: Hard Photodisintegration of a Proton Pair Douglas Higinbotham, Ishay Pomerantz Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S7.00003: Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering off ${}^4He$ nucleus Ahmed El Alaoui Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S7.00004: Measurements of the Electric Form Factor of the Neutron at High Momentum Transfer Seamus Riordan Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S7.00005: Understanding 3He(e,e'p) Reaction Asymmetry Dependence on Missing Momentum Ge Jin Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S7.00006: A$_y$ Measurement from $^3\mbox{He}^\uparrow(e,e'n)$ Scattering at Jefferson Lab Elena Long Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S7.00007: A precise extraction of the proton induced polarization in $^4$He($e,e^\prime \vec p\,$)$^3$H Simona Malace, Michael Paolone, Steffen Strauch Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S7.00008: Polarization Transfer in $^4$He($\vec{e}$,$e'\vec{p}$)$^3$H Michael Paolone, Simona Malace, Steffen Strauch Preview Abstract

Session S8: Hadronic Physics III

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: M.J. Tannenbaum, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Delaware B

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S8.00001: High $p_{T}$ Single Electrons from Heavy-Flavor Decays in $p$+$p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 200 GeV and 62 GeV in the PHENIX experiment at RHIC Harry Themann Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S8.00002: $J/\psi$ Production Mechanism Measurements at PHENIX Todd Kempel Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S8.00003: Neutral pion single transverse spin asymmetries with the PHENIX experiment John Koster Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S8.00004: Observation of W decay in 500 GeV p+p collisions J. Haggerty Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S8.00005: Measurement of the Proton Quark Structure from Parity Violating Lepton Asymmetries in W Production in PHENIX at RHIC John Hill Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S8.00006: Transverse Single Spin Asymmetries of di-Hadron Production in Polarized $p+p$ Collisions at PHENIX Ruizhe Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S8.00007: Investigating the near-side ridge structure in two particle number correlations at RHIC Chanaka De Silva Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S8.00008: Directed and Elliptic Flow of Charged Hadrons in 22.4 GeV Cu+Cu Collisions Yadav Pandit Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S8.00009: Study of Hadronization Dynamics at JLab Rapha\"el Dupr\'e, Kawtar Hafidi Preview Abstract

Session S9: Single Top and Theory

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Pierre Raymond, University of Florida
Room: Maryland A

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S9.00001: Measurement of t-channel Single Top Quark Production at the D0 Experiment Ann Heinson Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S9.00002: Measurement of the t-channel Single Top Quark Cross Section at D0 Nathan Triplett Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S9.00003: Single Top Quark Production at D0 Using Boosted Decision Trees Mark A. Padilla Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S9.00004: Single Top Quark Production at D0 Using Bayesian Neural Networks Alice Bean Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S9.00005: Beyond the standard model searches in single top events Yun-Tse Tsai Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S9.00006: Combined Single-Top Search with Early ATLAS Data Jenny Holzbaur, R. Schwienhorst, B.G. Pope, P. Ryan Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S9.00007: Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to s-channel single top quark production and decay at the LHC Sarah Heim, Qing-Hong Cao, Reinhard Schwienhorst, C.-P. Yuan Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S9.00008: Renormalization Group Fixed Point with a Fourth Generation P.Q. Hung, Chi Xiong Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S9.00009: The four-dimensional effective action of a multibrane world in five dimensions Jolyon Bloomfield, Eanna Flanagan Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S9.00010: Synthetic gauge fields and Dirac physics in ultracold atoms Charles W. Clark, Jay Y. Vaishnav, Indubala I. Satija Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 5:30PM - 5:42PM		S9.00011: The Electroweak Single Production of $t'$ Quarks at the CERN Large Hadron electron Collider Abdulkadir Senol, Orhan Cakir, Ahmet Tolga Tasci Preview Abstract

Session S10: Equivalence Principle and Precision Gravity Tests

Sponsoring Units: GGR GPMFC
Chair: Stephan Schlamminger, University of Washington
Room: Maryland B

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S10.00001: Testing gravity at scales below 100 microns Charles Hagedorn, Matthew Turner, Stephan Schlamminger, Jens Gundlach Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S10.00002: Short Range Test of the Gravitational Inverse Square Law using the Fourier Bessel Torsion Pendulum Ted Cook, Eric Adelberger, Blayne Heckel, Erik Swanson Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S10.00003: Rotating Torsion Balance Tests of the Equivalence Principle Todd Wagner, Stephan Schlamminger, Jens Gundlach Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S10.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S10.00005: A 10 minute test of the weak equivalence principle Robert Reasenberg, Eiichi Hirose, Enrico Lorenzini, Biju Patla, James Phillips, Eugeniu Popescu, Emanuele Rocco, Rajesh Thapa Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S10.00006: SR-POEM requirements for spurious acceleration reduction Biju Patla, Enrico Lorenzini, James Phillips, Robert Reasenberg Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S10.00007: Sub-picometer Laser Distance Gauge for SR-POEM and Astronomical Instruments James D. Phillips, Robert D. Reasenberg Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S10.00008: New Tests of Relativity Jay D. Tasson, Alan Kostelecky Preview Abstract

Session S11: Mini-Symposium: Recent Results from RHIC I: Heavy Flavor

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Huan Huang, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: Maryland C

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S11.00001: Heavy Quarkonium Production at RHIC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S11.00002: Heavy quarkonia production in $p$+$p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=200 GeV measured by PHENIX detector at RHIC Cesar L. da Silva Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S11.00003: J/$\psi$ suppression with respect to the reaction plane in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=200 GeV by the PHENIX detector Byungil Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S11.00004: $\Upsilon$ and $\chi_c$ production in $p$+$p$ and $d$+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200 GeV in the PHENIX experiment Kwangbok Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S11.00005: Upsilon + Hadron correlations at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) Matthew Cervantes Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S11.00006: Measurement of single electrons from heavy flavor decays in d+Au collisions at $\surd $s = 200 GeV by PHENIX J. Matthew Durham Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S11.00007: Heavy flavor electron - hadron correlations in p+p and Au+Au collisions at PHENIX Jiayin Sun Preview Abstract

Session S12: QCD Probes

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Dmitri Denisov, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Virginia A

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S12.00001: Electric Polarizability In Lattice QCD Michael Lujan, Frank Lee, Andrei Alexandru Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S12.00002: Extraction of the $\rho$-meson Decay Width from Lattice QCD Craig Pelissier, Andrei Alexandru, Frank Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S12.00003: Measurement of Collins Asymmetries in the inclusive production of hadron pairs Isabella Garzia Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S12.00004: Measurement of $f_{D_s}$ Using $D_s^+\to \tau^+\nu$ and $\tau^+\to\rho^+\overline{\nu}$ Liming Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S12.00005: Measurement of direct photon pair production cross sections at D0 Bjoern Penning Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S12.00006: Double parton interactions in photon + 3 jets events in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV Georgy Golovanov Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S12.00007: Inclusive Photons at CMS Vanessa Gaultney, Stephan Linn, Vasundhara Chetluru, Vivian O'Dell, Serguei Ganjour, Nikos Varelas Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S12.00008: Anomalous Single Production of Charged Heavy Leptons at Future Linear Colliders Ahmet Tolga Tasci, Abdulkadir Senol Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S12.00009: Measurement of $f_{D_s}$ in $D_s \rightarrow \mu \nu$ decays Aidan Randle-Conde Preview Abstract

Session S13: UHECR Detection Techniques and Prospects

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Room: Washington 6

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S13.00001: Search for Long-lived particles in cosmic rays Mario Camuyrano, Mark Adams Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S13.00002: Radar Detection of ultra high energy cosmic rays Abaz Kryemadhi, Michael Bakunov, Alex Maslov, Alina Novokovskaya Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S13.00003: Status and prospects of the AMBER experiment for detecting ultrahigh energy cosmic ray air showers through molecular bremsstrahlung P.S. Allison, X. Gao, P.W. Gorham, J. Kennedy, L. Macchiarulo, C. Miki, L.L. Ruckman, G.S. Varner, J.J. Beatty, J. Davis, E.W. Grashorn, N. Griffith, J. Mayer, C. Morris Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S13.00004: The MIDAS experiment: MIcrowave Detection of Air Showers Pedro Facal, Martina Bohacova, Maria Monasor, Paolo Privitera, Luis C. Reyes, Cristopher Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S13.00005: Measurement of absolute fluorescence yield in air by AIRFLY Martina Bohacova, Carlos Hojvat, Frederick Kuehn, Pedro Facal, Maria Monasor, Paolo Privitera, Cristopher Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S13.00006: Upgrades to the LIDAR atmospheric monitoring detectors for the Pierre Auger Observatory Maria Becker Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S13.00007: Enhancements of the Southern Pierre Auger Observatory Ralf Ulrich Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S13.00008: The Pierre Auger Northern Observatory Gregory Snow Preview Abstract

Session S14: Advances in Ground-based Gravitational Wave Detection

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Peter Shawhan, University of Maryland
Room: Washington 4

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S14.00001: Improving the performance of the Enhanced LIGO detectors Katherine Dooley Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S14.00002: Evanescent-wave heat transfer between two parallel plates of sapphire Richard Ottens, Volker Quetschke, Guido Mueller, David Reitze, David Tanner Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S14.00003: Estimating the Rate of False Signals in LIGO's Compact Binary Coalescence Gravitational-wave Searches Sarah Caudill Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S14.00004: Separating Gravitational Wave Signals from Instrument Artifacts Tyson Littenberg, Neil Cornish Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S14.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S14.00006: Directional searches for persistent gravitational waves Eric Thrane, Stephan Ballmer, Joseph D. Romano, Sanjit Mitra, Dinpongkar Talukder, Sukanta Bose, Vuk Mandic Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S14.00007: Extending the Reach of Gravitational Wave Astronomy: Detection without Characterization Ryan Patrick Fisher, Lee Samuel Finn Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S14.00008: An all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars in binary systems using the TwoSpect algorithm Evan Goetz, Keith Riles Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S14.00009: The Observational Limits of Ground Based Gravitational Wave Detectors: Core-collapse Supernovae Meagan Lang, Ruxandra Bondarescu, Lee Samuel Finn, Ryan Fisher, Ravi Kopparapu Preview Abstract

Session S15: Physics Outreach

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Peggy Norris, Sanford Underground Laboratory at Homestake
Room: Harding

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S15.00001: The SPS Intern Experience: Preparing the 2009 SPS Outreach Catalyst Kit Erica Watkins, Mary E. Mills, Scott A. Stacy, Gary White, Kendra Rand Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S15.00002: After-school, Activity-based Physical Science in a Low-income, Rural County Staci Small, Ben Ryan, Nik Vann, Christopher Moore Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S15.00003: Undergraduate Research in Experimental Granular Physics Dustin Kimble, Jon Bougie Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S15.00004: Optics and Light Activities for Teachers of all Grade Levels from Easily Obtainable Supplies Richard Lindgren, Curtis Hendricks, Lynn Lucatorto, Thomas McNeilus, Stephen Thornton Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S15.00005: Online Astronomy Resources from the American Museum of Natural History Robert Steiner Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S15.00006: Neutrinos and dark matter in the Black Hills Margaret McMahan Norris, Bentley Sayler Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S15.00007: Education and Outreach for Neutrino and Dark Matter Physics Katherine Guenthner Preview Abstract
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S15.00008: HEP data in education and outreach efforts Matt Bellis Preview Abstract