Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2011
Volume 56, Number 4
Saturday–Tuesday, April 30–May 3 2011; Anaheim, California
Chair Index
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A1 Kavli Foundation Plenary Session: 100 Years of Sub-Atomic Physics Apr 30 2011 8:30AM Grand Ballroom A-D |
Barry C. Barish, APS President and California Institute of Technology |
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B1 Solvay at One Hundred; Pais Prize Talk Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Grand A |
Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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B2 Tevatron Results Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Grand BCD |
Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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B3 Neutron Stars: What's the Matter? Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Garden 3 |
Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics |
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B4 Hadron Spectroscopy and Exotic Particle Searches Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Garden 4 |
Barry Ritchie, Arizona State University |
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B5 Electromagnetic Pulse Phenomena Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Royal AB |
Benn Tannenbaum, Sandia National Laboratories |
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B6 Plasma Physics of Cosmic Rays in Galaxies Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Terrace A-F |
Ellen Zweibel, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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B7 Nuclear Structure I: A<70 Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Grand E |
Alan Wuosmaa, Western Michigan University |
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B8 Higgs Detection I Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Grand F |
Doug Bryman, University of British Columbia |
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B9 Performance of Operating Detectors Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Grand G |
Chris Parkes, University of Glasgow |
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B10 Electroweak Interactions Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Garden 1 |
Timothy Chupp, University of Michigan |
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B11 New Instruments and Techniques for Astrophysics Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Garden 2 |
Dan McCammon, University of Wisconsin--Madison |
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B12 Quantum Aspects of Gravitation Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Royal CD |
Parampreet Singh, Louisiana State University |
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B13 Undergraduate Research including SPS (all topics) Apr 30 2011 10:45AM Royal EF |
Gary White, Society of Physics Students (AIP) |
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C1 Centennial of the Nuclear Atom Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Grand A |
Peter Pesic, St. John's College |
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C2 Collider Signatures Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Grand BCD |
Alice Bean, University of Kansas |
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C3 Time Domain Astrophysics Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Garden 3 |
Alicia Soderberg, Harvard University |
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C4 Proton Charge Radius and Precision QED Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Garden 4 |
Hossein Sadeghpour, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
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C5 Nuclear Structure at the Limits of Stability Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Royal AB |
Dan Bardayan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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C6 Computational Physics: Algorithms to Applications Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Terrace A-F |
Rajiv Kalia, University of Southern California |
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C7 Electromagnetic Interactions I Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Grand E |
John Price, California State University, Dominguez Hills |
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C8 Electroweak and Gauge Boson Physics Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Grand F |
Chris Quigg, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
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C9 New Techniques in Neutrino Detection Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Grand G |
Kate Scholberg, Duke University |
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C10 Mini-symposium on Early-Time and Long-Range Correlations in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions I Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Garden 1 |
Prof. Roy Lacey, SUNY Stony Brook |
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C11 Cosmic Ray Measurements, Anisotropies and Propagation Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Garden 2 |
Mikhail Medvedev, University of Kansas |
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C12 Self-force Calculations and their Implications for Gravitational Physics Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Royal CD |
Eric Poisson, University of Guelph |
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C13 Educating and Exciting the Public about Physics Apr 30 2011 1:30PM Royal EF |
Lawrence Woolf, General Atomics |
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E1 AdS/CFT Physics Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Grand A |
JoAnne Hewett, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
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E2 New Insights into the Short-Range, High-Momentum Components of the Nuclear Wavefunction Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Grand BCD |
Rolf Ent, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
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E3 Best Practices in Undergraduate Research Experiences Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Garden 3 |
Juan Burciaga, Denison University |
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E4 Frontiers of Computational Astrophysics and Gravitation Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Garden 4 |
Vicky Kalogera, Northwestern University |
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E5 Nuclear Weapons at 65 Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Royal AB |
Patricia M. Lewis, Monterey Institute for International Studies |
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E6 Accelerators for Sub-Atomic Physics: I. History Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Terrace A-F |
Lia Merminga, TRIUMF |
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E7 Hadronic Physics I Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Grand E |
Latifa Elouadrhiri, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
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E8 QCD Physics Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Grand F |
Laura Reina, Florida State University |
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E9 Physics of the Top Quark I Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Grand G |
Bob Hirosky, University of Virginia |
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E10 Mini-symposium on Early-Time and Long-Range Correlations in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions II Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Garden 1 |
Prof. Steffen Bass, Duke University |
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E11 Theoretical Outlooks Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Garden 2 |
David Saltzberg, University of California, Los Angeles |
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E12 Spacetime Structure of Binary Black Hole Simulations Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Royal CD |
Mark Scheel, California Institute of Technology |
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E13 Energy Research and Applications Apr 30 2011 3:30PM Royal EF |
Kathryn Clay, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers |
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G1 Lattice QCD and the Hadron Spectrum May 1 2011 8:30AM Grand A |
Huey-Wen Lin, University of Washington |
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G2 Progress in Quantum Gravity May 1 2011 8:30AM Grand BCD |
Jorge Pullin, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge |
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G3 Millisecond Pulsars May 1 2011 8:30AM Garden 3 |
Lynn Cominsky, Sonoma State University |
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G4 The Scent of Neutrinos May 1 2011 8:30AM Garden 4 |
Kara Hoffman, University of Maryland |
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G5 Pipkin Award and Quantum Technologies for Gravitational Wave Detection May 1 2011 8:30AM Royal AB |
Blayne Heckel, University of Washington |
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G6 Excellence in Physics Education Award Session May 1 2011 8:30AM Terrace A-F |
Paula Heron, University of Washington |
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G7 Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions I May 1 2011 8:30AM Grand E |
Miklos Gyulassy, Columbia University |
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G8 BSM via Resonances May 1 2011 8:30AM Grand F |
Sasha Pranko, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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G9 Tevatron Higgs Searches I May 1 2011 8:30AM Grand G |
Michael Eads, University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
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G10 Electromagnetic Interactions II May 1 2011 8:30AM Garden 1 |
Doug Higinbotham, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
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G11 Characterization and Instrumentation for Gravitational Wave Detection May 1 2011 8:30AM Garden 2 |
Sukanta Bose, Washington State University |
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G12 Gravitational Astrophysics May 1 2011 8:30AM Royal CD |
Carlos Lousto, Rochester Institute of Technology |
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G13 Instrumentation for Dark Matter Detection May 1 2011 8:30AM Royal EF |
Juan Collar, University of Chicago |
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H1 Laboratory Plasma Astrophysics May 1 2011 10:45AM Grand A |
Dan McCammon, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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H2 Advances in the Strong Interaction May 1 2011 10:45AM Grand BCD |
Abhay Deshpande, SUNY Stony Brook |
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H3 Frontiers in Computational Nuclear Physics May 1 2011 10:45AM Garden 3 |
Robert Tribble, Texas A&M University |
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H4 Accelerators for Sub-Atomic Physics: II. Present and Near Future May 1 2011 10:45AM Garden 4 |
Lia Merminga, TRIUMF |
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H5 Panofsky Prize May 1 2011 10:45AM Royal AB |
Raymond Brock, Michigan State University |
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H6 Physics Education Research: Solved Problems and Open Questions May 1 2011 10:45AM Terrace A-F |
John Thompson, University of Maine |
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H7 Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions II May 1 2011 10:45AM Grand E |
Zhangbu Xu, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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H8 Dark Matter Experiments and Neutron Shielding May 1 2011 10:45AM Grand F |
Ed Blucher, University of Chicago |
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H9 LHC SUSY Searches May 1 2011 10:45AM Grand G |
Mike Tuts, Columbia University |
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H10 Mini-symposium on Parity Violation I May 1 2011 10:45AM Garden 1 |
Charles Horowitz, Indiana University |
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H11 X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astrophysics May 1 2011 10:45AM Garden 2 |
Bing Zhang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
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H12 Post-Newtonian Approximations and Alternative Theories of Gravity May 1 2011 10:45AM Royal CD |
Tanja Hinderer, California Institute of Technology |
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H13 History of Physics I May 1 2011 10:45AM Royal EF |
David Cassidy, Hofstra University |
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J1 The Essence of Neutrinos May 1 2011 1:30PM Grand A |
Kate Scholberg, Duke University |
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J2 Centennial of Superconductivity May 1 2011 1:30PM Grand BCD |
Martin Blume, Brookhaven National Laboratory and APS |
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J3 New Results from the Cosmos May 1 2011 1:30PM Garden 3 |
Neil Cornish, Montana State University |
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J4 Nuclear Theory May 1 2011 1:30PM Garden 4 |
Wayne Polyzou, University of Iowa |
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J5 Forum on Physics and Society, Awards Session May 1 2011 1:30PM Royal AB |
Charles Ferguson, Federation of American Scientists |
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J6 The Digital Divide in 2010 May 1 2011 1:30PM Terrace A-F |
Harvey Newman, California Institute Technology |
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J7 Instrumentation I May 1 2011 1:30PM Grand E |
Andreas Piechaczek, Oak Ridge Associated Universities |
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J8 Accelerator Neutrino Results May 1 2011 1:30PM Grand F |
JoAnne Hewett, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
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J9 Reactor Neutrino Experiments May 1 2011 1:30PM Grand G |
Zarko Pavlovic, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
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J10 Mini-symposium on Parity Violation II May 1 2011 1:30PM Garden 1 |
Robert Michaels, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
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J11 Nuclear Structure II: A>70 May 1 2011 1:30PM Garden 2 |
Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers University |
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J13 Integrating Modern Physics into the K-12 Curriculum I May 1 2011 1:30PM Royal EF |
Peggy Norris, Black Hills State University |
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L1 Sakurai Prize May 1 2011 3:30PM Grand A |
Pierre Ramond, University of Florida |
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L2 Relativistic Viscous Hydrodynamics at RHIC (DNP Thesis Prize Session) May 1 2011 3:30PM Grand BCD |
William Zajc, Columbia University |
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L3 Astrophysical Flares May 1 2011 3:30PM Garden 3 |
Patrick Slane, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
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L4 High Precision Spectroscopy May 1 2011 3:30PM Garden 4 |
Blayne Heckel, University of Washington |
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L5 Initiatives for Broadening Participation of Minorities in Graduate Level Physics May 1 2011 3:30PM Royal AB |
Yesim Darici, Florida International University |
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L6 Energy Research & Applications: Alternative Fuels May 1 2011 3:30PM Terrace A-F |
Jennifer Klay, California Polytechnic State University |
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L7 Applications and Instrumentation May 1 2011 3:30PM Grand E |
Elise Martin, University of Kentucky |
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L8 Tevatron and LHC BSM Searches May 1 2011 3:30PM Grand F |
Manfred Paulini, Carnegie Mellon University |
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L9 LHC Searches May 1 2011 3:30PM Grand G |
Nancy Marinelli, University of Notre Dame |
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L10 Mini-symposium on Parity Violation III May 1 2011 3:30PM Garden 1 |
David Armstrong, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
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L11 Solar and Supernova Neutrinos, Compact Objects May 1 2011 3:30PM Garden 2 |
Cecilia Lunardini, Arizona State University |
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L12 Strong-field gravity: black holes, event horizons, and cosmology May 1 2011 3:30PM Royal CD |
Carlos Lousto, Rochester Institute of Technology |
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L13 Integrating Modern Physics into the K-12 Curriculum II May 1 2011 3:30PM Royal EF |
Peggy Norris, Black Hills State University |
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M1 APS Past President's Address and Prizes and Awards Ceremonial Session May 1 2011 5:45PM Grand BCD |
Barry C. Barish, APS President and California Institute of Technology |
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N1 Discovery Science in a Time of Harsh Budgetary Constraints May 1 2011 8:30PM Grand A |
Michael Lubell, APS Director of Public Affairs |
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P1 Plenary Session II May 2 2011 8:30AM Grand Ballroom A-D |
Michael Turner, University of Chicago |
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Q1 The Standard Model and Beyond May 2 2011 10:45AM Grand A |
Kara Hoffman, University of Maryland |
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Q2 Neutrinos and Fundamental Symmetries May 2 2011 10:45AM Grand BCD |
Brian Fujikawa, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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Q3 Direct Detection of Dark Matter May 2 2011 10:45AM Garden 3 |
Paul Shapiro, University of Texas at Austin |
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Q4 So Many Dynamos: Flow Generated Magnetic Fields in Nature, in the Computer, and in the Lab I May 2 2011 10:45AM Garden 4 |
Cary Forest, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Q5 Physics and Engineering of Deep Water Drilling May 2 2011 10:45AM Royal AB |
Peter D. Zimmerman, King's College London |
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Q6 Spectroscopy and Interactions in Four & More-Body Systems: Efimov Spectrum May 2 2011 10:45AM Terrace A-F |
Seth Rittenhouse, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
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Q7 Nuclear Astrophysics I May 2 2011 10:45AM Grand E |
Richard Cyburt, Michigan State University |
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Q8 Proposed Neutrino Experiments May 2 2011 10:45AM Grand F |
Joe Formaggio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Q9 Physics of the Top Quark II May 2 2011 10:45AM Grand G |
David Shih, Rutgers University |
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Q10 Hadronic Physics II May 2 2011 10:45AM Garden 1 |
Simon Capstick, Florida State University |
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Q11 New Theories of Cosmology & Astrophysics May 2 2011 10:45AM Garden 2 |
Edward Kolb, University of Chicago |
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Q12 Numerical Relativity: Black Holes, Neutron Stars and Accretion Disks May 2 2011 10:45AM Royal CD |
Pablo Laguna, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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R1 Neutron Stars and the Dense Matter Equation of State May 2 2011 1:30PM Grand A |
Charles Horowitz, Indiana University, Bloomington |
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R2 LHC Results May 2 2011 1:30PM Grand BCD |
Raymond Brock, Michigan State University |
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R3 Black Holes: Nature's Ultimate Spinmeisters May 2 2011 1:30PM Garden 3 |
Manuela Campanelli, Rochester Institute of Technology |
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R4 So Many Dynamos: Flow Generated Magnetic Fields in Nature, in the Computer, and in the Lab II May 2 2011 1:30PM Garden 4 |
Cary Forest, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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R5 The Status of Arms Control May 2 2011 1:30PM Royal AB |
Pierce Corden, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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R6 Accelerators for Sub-Atomic Physics: III. Future May 2 2011 1:30PM Terrace A-F |
Lia Merminga, TRIUMF |
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R7 Neutrinos I May 2 2011 1:30PM Grand E |
Jelena Maricic, Drexel University |
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R8 Charm and B Physics I May 2 2011 1:30PM Grand F |
Mikhail Shifman, University of Minnesota |
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R9 Charm and B Physics II May 2 2011 1:30PM Grand G |
Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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R10 Hadronic Physics III May 2 2011 1:30PM Garden 1 |
Matthew Shepherd, Indiana University |
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R11 WIMP and Axion Searches May 2 2011 1:30PM Garden 2 |
Dan Hooper, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
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R12 Physics Education May 2 2011 1:30PM Royal CD |
Thomas Olsen, Society of Physics Students (AIP) |
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R13 Precision Measurements, Fundamental Symmetries, and Tests of the Standard Model May 2 2011 1:30PM Royal EF |
Blayne Heckel, University of Washington |
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T1 The Future of Particle Physics May 2 2011 3:30PM Grand A |
Patricia McBride, Fermilab |
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T2 Observational Implications of Gravitational-Wave Observations May 2 2011 3:30PM Grand BCD |
Szabolcs Marka, Columbia University |
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T3 The Death of Massive Stars May 2 2011 3:30PM Garden 3 |
Alicia Soderberg, Harvard University |
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T4 Bonner Prize Session May 2 2011 3:30PM Garden 4 |
William Zajc, Columbia University |
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T5 FIP Prize Session May 2 2011 3:30PM Royal AB |
Harvey Newman, California Institute of Technology |
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T6 Effective Use of Technology: Engaging Students Inside and Outside Classrooms May 2 2011 3:30PM Terrace A-F |
Homeyra Sadaghiani, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
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T7 CMB, Structure Formation, Reionization, Indirect Detection May 2 2011 3:30PM Grand E |
Corbin Covault, Case Western Reserve University |
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T8 Electroweak Physics May 2 2011 3:30PM Grand F |
Jonathan Feng, University of California, Irvine |
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T9 High Energy Neutrino Detection May 2 2011 3:30PM Grand G |
Ina Sarcevic, University of Arizona |
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T10 History of Physics II May 2 2011 3:30PM Garden 1 |
Gloria Lubkin, Physics Today, Retired |
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T11 Background Supression in Noble Gas Dark Matter Detectors May 2 2011 3:30PM Garden 2 |
Laura Baudis, University of Zurich |
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T12 Numerical Relativity: Algorithms and Code Development May 2 2011 3:30PM Royal CD |
Christian Ott, California Institute of Technology |
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T13 Pushing the Boundariesof Quantum Mechanics and Gravity May 2 2011 3:30PM Royal EF |
Blayne Heckel, University of Washington |
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V1 Plenary Session III May 3 2011 8:30AM Grand Ballroom A-D |
Wiliam Zajc, Columbia University |
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X1 Enhancing Performance and Retention of Under-Represented Students in Undergraduate Physics May 3 2011 10:45AM Grand A |
Patricia Burchat, Stanford University |
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X2 Working with Luis Alvarez (1911-1988) May 3 2011 10:45AM Grand BCD |
Stanley Wojcicki, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
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X3 Progess in Nuclear Physics May 3 2011 10:45AM Garden 3 |
Craig Roberts, Argonne National Laboratory |
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X4 Einstein Prize and New Methods for Old Problems in Gravitational Physics May 3 2011 10:45AM Garden 4 |
Patrick Brady, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
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X5 Plasmas, Planets and Protostars May 3 2011 10:45AM Royal AB |
Hantao Ji, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
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X6 Beyond the Standard Model May 3 2011 10:45AM Terrace A-F |
Jonathan Feng, University of California, Irvine |
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X7 Nuclear Astrophysics II May 3 2011 10:45AM Grand E |
Achim Schwenk, Technical University Darmstadt |
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X8 Charm and B Physics III May 3 2011 10:45AM Grand F |
Stan Brodsky, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
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X9 Charm and B Physics IV May 3 2011 10:45AM Grand G |
Pierre Ramond, University of Florida |
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X10 Reactions: Rare Isotopes/Heavy Ions/Fission May 3 2011 10:45AM Garden 1 |
C.W. Beausang, University of Richmond |
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X11 Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Structure May 3 2011 10:45AM Garden 2 |
Anze Slosar, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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X12 Signal Analysis Methods for Gravitational-wave Detection May 3 2011 10:45AM Royal CD |
Neil Cornish, Montana State University |
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Y1 Much Ado About Nothing: The Quantum Vacuum May 3 2011 1:30PM Grand A |
Pierre Ramond, University of Florida |
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Y2 Massive Neutron Stars and Dense Matter May 3 2011 1:30PM Grand BCD |
Charles Horowitz, Indiana University |
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Y3 Searching for Dark Matter in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies May 3 2011 1:30PM Garden 3 |
Elizabeth Hays, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Y4 QCD in Nuclear Physics May 3 2011 1:30PM Garden 4 |
Doug Higinbotham, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
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Y5 Science Diplomacy May 3 2011 1:30PM Royal AB |
Harvey Newman, California Institute of Technology |
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Y6 Best Practices in K12 Physics Teacher Preparation Programs May 3 2011 1:30PM Terrace A-F |
Alice Churukian, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
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Y7 Neutrinos II May 3 2011 1:30PM Grand E |
Allena Opper, The George Washington University |
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Y8 Novel Instrumentation May 3 2011 1:30PM Grand F |
David Saltzberg, University of California, Los Angeles |
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Y9 Tevatron BSM Searches I May 3 2011 1:30PM Grand G |
Stephane Willocq, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
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Y10 Instrumentation II May 3 2011 1:30PM Garden 1 |
Matthew Lamont, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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Y11 Gravitational Wave Astronomy May 3 2011 1:30PM Garden 2 |
Alan Weinstein, California Institute of Technology |
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Y12 Numerical Relativity: Binaries with Matter May 3 2011 1:30PM Royal CD |
John Friedman, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee |
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