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Session E1: AdS/CFT Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: JoAnne Hewett, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Grand A

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E1.00001: QCD and AdS/CFT Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:42PM		E1.00002: AdS/CFT and Plasma Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:42PM - 5:18PM		E1.00003: New String Developments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E2: New Insights into the Short-Range, High-Momentum Components of the Nuclear Wavefunction

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Rolf Ent, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Grand BCD

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E2.00001: New, High precision results on $x>1$ and the EMC Effect in Nuclei Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:42PM		E2.00002: The nuclear wavefunction at high momenta and connections to the EMC effect Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:42PM - 5:18PM		E2.00003: Short Range Correlations, High-Momentum Components of Nuclei, and the EMC Effect; New Theoretical Insights Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E3: Best Practices in Undergraduate Research Experiences

Sponsoring Units: FEd FGSA
Chair: Juan Burciaga, Denison University
Room: Garden 3

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E3.00001: Undergraduate Research: Faculty Roles and Best Practices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:42PM		E3.00002: REU at Notre Dame: ``Experience'' over a Quarter Century Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:42PM - 5:18PM		E3.00003: Physics REU sites: What works? How do we know? How do we improve? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E4: Frontiers of Computational Astrophysics and Gravitation

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GGR
Chair: Vicky Kalogera, Northwestern University
Room: Garden 4

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E4.00001: Correlated Electromagnetic and Gravitational Waves from Supermassive Black Hole Binary Mergers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:42PM		E4.00002: The Einstein@Home search for new neutron stars Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:42PM - 5:18PM		E4.00003: Cosmological Simulations: Capturing the Formation of the First Stars and Galaxies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E5: Nuclear Weapons at 65

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Patricia M. Lewis, Monterey Institute for International Studies
Room: Royal AB

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E5.00001: TBD by speaker Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:42PM		E5.00002: Issues for Future Nuclear Arms Control Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:42PM - 5:18PM		E5.00003: TBD by speaker Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E6: Accelerators for Sub-Atomic Physics: I. History

Sponsoring Units: DPB FHP
Chair: Lia Merminga, TRIUMF
Room: Terrace A-F

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		E6.00001: Cyclotrons: From Science to Human Health Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:42PM		E6.00002: Linear Accelerators - Principles, History, and Applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:42PM - 5:18PM		E6.00003: Proton-Antiproton Colliders Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session E7: Hadronic Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Latifa Elouadrhiri, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Grand E

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		E7.00001: Exclusive Kaon Electroproduction in Hall C at JLab Nathaniel Hlavin, Tanja Horn Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		E7.00002: Measuring two-photon exchange in elastic electron-proton scattering with OLYMPUS Axel Schmidt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		E7.00003: Pair-Symmetric Background of Spin Asymmetries of the Nucleon Experiment (Jefferson Lab E07-003) Luwani Ndukum Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E7.00004: Charged Particle Tracking for the GlueX Detector Simon Taylor Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E7.00005: Offline Computing for the GlueX Experiment at Jefferson Lab Mark Ito Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E7.00006: Strangeness photoproduction near the threshold at ELPH-Tohoku Masashi Kaneta Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		E7.00007: Search for Missing Resonances in $\gamma p\to K^+\Lambda$ using circularly polarized photons on longitudinally polarized target Liam Casey Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		E7.00008: Preliminary Measurement of Longitudinal Spin Asymmetry $A_1^{^3He}$ Diana Parno Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		E7.00009: Pion Structure from Lattice QCD Huey-Wen Lin, William Detmold Preview Abstract

Session E8: QCD Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Laura Reina, Florida State University
Room: Grand F

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		E8.00001: Measurement of Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations in Proton-Antiproton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV Kiran Chakravarthula Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		E8.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		E8.00003: Study of Baryon Production in $e^+e^-$ Annihilation near 10 GeV at {\sc BaBar} Darren M. Jennings, David N. Brown Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E8.00004: Inclusive Hadron Production in $e^+e^-$ Annihilation near 10 GeV at {\sc BaBar} Adam D. Braun, David N. Brown Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E8.00005: Measurement of Collins Asymmetries in inclusive production of pion pairs in $e^+e^-$ collisions at {\sc BaBar} Isabella Garzia Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E8.00006: Charged particle multiplicities in proton-proton collisions at 900 GeV and 7 TeV center of mass energies Remi Zaidan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		E8.00007: Measurement of underlying event characteristics using charged particles in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7 TeV$ with the ATLAS detector at the LHC Joseph Virzi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		E8.00008: Measurement of the Underlying Event Activity in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 0.9$~TeV and 7 TeV Mohammed Zakaria Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		E8.00009: Measurement of the Isolated Prompt Photon Production Cross Section at CMS Abraham de Benedetti Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		E8.00010: Measurement of Photon+Jet Cross Section at CMS Michael Anderson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 5:30PM - 5:42PM		E8.00011: Search for New Physics in the Dijet Centrality Ratio in CMS Daniel Miner Preview Abstract

Session E9: Physics of the Top Quark I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Bob Hirosky, University of Virginia
Room: Grand G

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		E9.00001: Single-Top Quark Search Results with Early ATLAS Data Jenny Holzbauer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		E9.00002: Measurement of single top quark production cross section at CDF Zhenbin Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		E9.00003: Single Top Quark Production at D0 Using Boosted Decision Trees Mark Padilla Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E9.00004: Measurement of the Single Top Quark Production Cross Sections at D0 Ann Heinson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E9.00005: Measurement of CP Violation In Single Top Production Weigang Geng Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E9.00006: Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in pp collisions at 7 TeV center of mass energy using secondary vertex b-tagging Ioana Anghel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		E9.00007: Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in $pp$ collisions at 7 TeV center of mass energy using electrns, jets and $b$-tags Yao Weng Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		E9.00008: Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section with early ATLAS data Babak Abi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		E9.00009: Top pair production in the channel $t\bar{t}{\rightarrow}W(e/{\mu}+{\nu}_{e,{\mu}})W({\tau}_{\rm had}+{\nu}_{{\tau}_{\rm had}})bb$ at ATLAS Jacob Searcy Preview Abstract

Session E10: Mini-symposium on Early-Time and Long-Range Correlations in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Prof. Steffen Bass, Duke University
Room: Garden 1

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		E10.00001: Azimuthal correlations of charged hadrons in Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV Eric Appelt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		E10.00002: Higher Harmonic Jet Tomography as a Probe of Fluctuating Initial Condition Geometries in A+A Barbara Betz, Giorgio Torrieri, Miklos Gyulassy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		E10.00003: Elliptic flow measurement in $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV Pb+Pb collisions with the Lee-Yang Zeros method Shengquan Tuo Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E10.00004: $K_S^0$ and $\Lambda$ elliptic flow from the Beam Energy Scan at RHIC Jie Zhao Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E10.00005: Viscous hydrodynamic radial and elliptic flow from RHIC to LHC Chun Shen, Ulrich Heinz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E10.00006: Initial eccentricity fluctuations and their relation to higher-order flow harmonics Roy Lacey Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		E10.00007: Possibility to disentangle anisotropic flow, flow fluctuation, and nonflow Li Yi, Aihong Tang, Fuqiang Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		E10.00008: The Power Spectrum and Viscosity in Heavy Ion Collisions Agnes Mocsy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		E10.00009: Probing the CP violation signal in the quark-gluon plasma at RHIC using the PHENIX detector Nuggehalli Ajitanand Preview Abstract

Session E11: Theoretical Outlooks

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: David Saltzberg, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: Garden 2

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		E11.00001: Semper FI? Supercurrents, R-Symmetries, and the Status of Fayet-Iliopoulos Terms in Supergravity Keith Dienes Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		E11.00002: Codimension Two Branes: Examples Nelson Zamorano, Cesar Arias Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		E11.00003: A Holographic Josephson Junction Benson Way, Gary Horowitz, Jorge Santos Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E11.00004: Quantum back-reaction from non-adiabatic changes Curtis Asplund, David Berenstein Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E11.00005: Mechanism for family replication in supersymmetric SO(10) Roland Allen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E11.00006: Heart of Darkness: The Significance of the Zeptobarn Scale for Neutralino Direct Detection David Sanford, Jonathan Feng Preview Abstract

Session E12: Spacetime Structure of Binary Black Hole Simulations

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Mark Scheel, California Institute of Technology
Room: Royal CD

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		E12.00001: Visualizing the Weyl Curvature Tensor: Frame-Drag Vortex Lines and Tidal Tendex Lines Kip S. Thorne, Yanbei Chen, Jeffrey D. Kaplan, Keith D. Matthews, David A. Nichols, Mark Scheel, Fan Zhang, Aaron Zimmerman, Geoffrey Lovelace, Robert Owen, Jeandrew Brink Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		E12.00002: Vortex and Tendex Lines in Post-Newtonian and Black-Hole Perturbation Spacetimes David Nichols, Yanbei Chen, Kip Thorne, Aaron Zimmerman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		E12.00003: Further interpretation and application of frame-drag vorticity and tidal tendicity Robert Owen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E12.00004: Computation of Vortex and Tendex Lines in Numerical Simulations, and Their Behaviors in a Head-on Collision of Spinning Black Holes Keith D. Matthews Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E12.00005: The Meanings of Frame-Drag Vortex Lines and Tidal Tendex Lines Fan Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E12.00006: Binary-black-hole mergers with spins beyond the Bowen-York limit Geoffrey Lovelace, Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		E12.00007: Intermediate-mass-ratio black hole binaries: numerical relativity meets perturbation theory Carlos Lousto, Manuela Campanelli, Hiroyuki Nakano, Yosef Zlochower Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		E12.00008: Hybrid black-hole binary initial data Bruno Mundim, Bernard Kelly, Yosef Zlochower, Hiroyuki Nakano, Manuela Campanelli Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		E12.00009: Simulations of Binary Black Hole Mergers in Gaseous Disks Brian Farris, Yuk Tung Liu, Stuart Shapiro Preview Abstract

Session E13: Energy Research and Applications

Sponsoring Units: GERA
Chair: Kathryn Clay, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Room: Royal EF

Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		E13.00001: An overview of the Neutron Induced Fission Fragment Tracking Experiment (NIFFTE) including first detector performance results Jennifer Klay Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		E13.00002: The Neutron Induced Fission Fragment Tracking Experiment: Hardware Overview Dana Duke Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		E13.00003: Software and computing for the Neutron Induced Fission Fragment Tracking Experiment (NIFFTE) Rich Baker Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		E13.00004: Optimum Luminescent Solar Concentrators Hermilo Hernandez-Noyola, David Potterveld, Roy Holt, Seth Darling, George Crabtree Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		E13.00005: The Fabrication of ZnO nanowires on Silicon by using Dual Ion Beam Sputtering Anup Bandyopadhyay Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		E13.00006: Oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells: influence of the carbon support Cecile Malardier-Jugroot, Michael Groves, Manish Jugroot Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		E13.00007: Chemovoltaic Effect in H2 Oxidation on Catalytic Schottky Nanostructures Eduard Karpov, Suhas Dasari Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		E13.00008: Hubbert's Peak -- A Physicist's View Richard McDonald Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 30, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		E13.00009: PHYSICS OF PREDETERMINED EVENTS: Complementarity States of Choice-Chance Mechanics Manuel Morales Preview Abstract