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Session H1: Laboratory Plasma Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DPP DAP
Chair: Dan McCammon, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: Grand A

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H1.00001: Laboratory Studies of Magnetic Reconnection Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H1.00002: Laboratory measurements of the dynamics and reconnection of large B fields in high energy density plasmas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H1.00003: Plasma Dynamo Experiments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H2: Advances in the Strong Interaction

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Abhay Deshpande, SUNY Stony Brook
Room: Grand BCD

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H2.00001: Strong local parity violation at RHIC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H2.00002: Initial results from the LHC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H2.00003: Charmonium-like States at the B-Factories Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H3: Frontiers in Computational Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP DCOMP
Chair: Robert Tribble, Texas A&M University
Room: Garden 3

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H3.00001: Ab initio methods for nuclear properties - a computational physics approach Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H3.00002: Lattice Gauge Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H3.00003: Modeling of Core-Collapse Supernovae Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H4: Accelerators for Sub-Atomic Physics: II. Present and Near Future

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: Lia Merminga, TRIUMF
Room: Garden 4

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H4.00001: The Nuclear Frontier: Rare Isotope Facilities for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H4.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H4.00003: The Energy Frontier: Tevatron, LHC and LHC Upgrades Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H5: Panofsky Prize

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Raymond Brock, Michigan State University
Room: Royal AB

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H5.00001: W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Talk: Searching for the Rare Decay K$^+$ [($\to \pi $)]$^+ \nu (\bar{\nu}$) : a Needle in a Haystack Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H5.00002: W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Talk: Getting to K$^{+ }\to \pi ^{+ }\nu\bar\nu$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H5.00003: W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Talk: Kaons Redux- Seeking New Physics with Rare Decays of Kaons Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H6: Physics Education Research: Solved Problems and Open Questions

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: John Thompson, University of Maine
Room: Terrace A-F

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H6.00001: Physics Education Research in Perspective: An Historical and Conceptual Overview Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H6.00002: Physics Education Research: Adapting to new topics and student populations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H6.00003: What causes the patterns in students' incorrect answers to physics questions? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H7: Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Zhangbu Xu, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Grand E

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H7.00001: Study of $\Lambda-\Lambda$ correlations with the STAR detector at RHIC Neha Shah Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H7.00002: System Size Dependence of Chemical and Kinetic Freeze-Out in Heavy Ion Collisions Orpheus Mall Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H7.00003: Particle Production in $s_{\small NN} = 2.76$ TeV Heavy Ion Collisions Johann Rafelski, Jean Letessier Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H7.00004: Unstable Hadrons in Hot Hadron Gas in Laboratory and in the Early Universe Inga Kuznetsova, Johann Rafelski Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H7.00005: Lambda(1520) production in Cu+Cu collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV in STAR Masayuki Wada Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H7.00006: Strange Antibaryon to Baryon Ratios in RHIC Beam Energy Scan Feng Zhao Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H7.00007: Status Report on Anti-$\alpha$ Search at STAR Hao Qiu Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H7.00008: STAR as a Fixed Target Experiment Samantha Brovko Preview Abstract

Session H8: Dark Matter Experiments and Neutron Shielding

Sponsoring Units: DPF DAP GPMFC
Chair: Ed Blucher, University of Chicago
Room: Grand F

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H8.00001: CoGeNT-4: Prospects for an expanded search for light-mass WIMPS John Orrell, Craig Aalseth, Juan Collar, Tony Day, Nicole Fields, Erin Fuller, Todd Hossbach, Marty Keillor, Dick Kouzes, Cory Overman, Brent Vandevender Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H8.00002: Background Rejection in SuperCDMS iZIP Detectors Matt Pyle Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H8.00003: The MiniCLEAN Single-Phase Noble Liquid Dark Matter Experiment Michael Ronquest Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H8.00004: The DarkSide-10 Prototype Dark Matter Detector Ben Loer Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H8.00005: Liquid-nitrogen cryogenic system for noble liquid detectors Emily Lebsack Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H8.00006: Active Neutron Shielding R\&D for Dark Matter Searches Shawn Henderson, Jocelyn Monroe, Peter Fisher Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H8.00007: Measurements of Neutron Shielding by Water and Concrete from 100 - 800 MeV Kimberly Palladino, Jocelyn Monroe, Shawn Henderson Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H8.00008: Measuring External Sources of Background at Homestake for DUSEL Experiments Dongming Mei, Keenan Thomas, Chao Zhang, Fred Gray, Jaret Heise, Dan Durben Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H8.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session H9: LHC SUSY Searches

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Mike Tuts, Columbia University
Room: Grand G

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H9.00001: Search for supersymmetry in same-sign dilepton channel at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV with 35$pb^{-1}$ Brokk Toggerson Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H9.00002: Search for new physics with same-sign di-leptons, jets, and missing transverse energy in pp-collisions at 7 TeV Ronald Remington Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H9.00003: A search for new physics in three or more lepton modes in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}= 7$ TeV Christopher Edelmaier Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H9.00004: Search for New Physics using the $\alpha_{\mathrm{T}}$ variable in multijet events using b-tagging Paul Geffert Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H9.00005: Search for New Physics in multijet events with significant missing transverse energy using b-tagging Harold Nguyen Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H9.00006: Search for Matter Symmetry Violation with Inclusive Multileptons Dmitry Hits Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H9.00007: Search for Long-Lived Particles out-of-time with LHC Collisions in ATLAS Joshua Cogan Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H9.00008: Search for New Physics in the Trilepton Channel at the ATLAS Detector Steve Farrell Preview Abstract

Session H10: Mini-symposium on Parity Violation I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Charles Horowitz, Indiana University
Room: Garden 1

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H10.00001: MeV to TeV Physics with Parity-Violating Electron Scattering: An Overview Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H10.00002: Setup of polarized electron source for parity-violation experiments Mark Dalton Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H10.00003: The Proton's Weak Charge D.S. Armstrong Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H10.00004: The status of the liquid hydrogen target for the Qweak experiment Adesh Subedi Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H10.00005: Results from the Particle Tracking System of the Qweak Experiment Siyuan Yang Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H10.00006: The QWeak Experiment's Main Detector System Scott MacEwan Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H10.00007: Dispersion $\gamma Z$-box correction to parity violating electron scattering Mikhail Gorshteyn, Charles Horowitz, Michael Ramsey-Musolf Preview Abstract

Session H11: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Bing Zhang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Room: Garden 2

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H11.00001: Energy Spectrum of Cygnus Diffuse Excess with MILAGRO Jessica Galbraith-Frew Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H11.00002: The Mass Distribution of Stellar-Mass Black Holes Will Farr, Niharika Sravan, Andrew Cantrell, Laura Kreidberg, Charles Bailyn, Ilya Mandel, Vicky Kalogera Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H11.00003: Fermi-LAT observations of transient and flaring systems in the Galaxy Elizabeth Hays Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H11.00004: The Chandra Observations of BL Lac Markarian 421 in the High-Emission State Alexander Konopelko, Charini Wanigarachchi Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H11.00005: Recent Highlights from the VERITAS Blazar Science and Observing Program Matthew Orr Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H11.00006: Study of HAWC Sensitivity to AGN Asif Imran Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H11.00007: TeV gamma rays from BL-Lacs and photon - hidden sector paraphoton kinetic mixing Richard Anantua, Oliver Baker Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H11.00008: The Unresolved Blazar Component of the Extragalactic Gamma Ray Background Floyd Stecker, Tonia Venters Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H11.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session H12: Post-Newtonian Approximations and Alternative Theories of Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Tanja Hinderer, California Institute of Technology
Room: Royal CD

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H12.00001: Post-1-Newtonian tidal effects in the gravitational waveform from binary inspirals Justin Vines, Tanja Hinderer, Eanna Flanagan Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H12.00002: Perturbative, post-Newtonian, and general relativistic dynamics of black hole binaries Alexandre Le Tiec Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H12.00003: A Hybrid Method for Inspiralling Black-Hole Binaries Yanbei Chen, David Nichols Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H12.00004: Inspiralling compact binaries in scalar-tensor theories of gravity: Equations of motion to 2.5 post-Newtonian order Saeed Mirshekari, Nicolas Yunes, Clifford Will Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H12.00005: Effective Gravitational Wave Stress-energy Tensor in Alternative Theories of Gravity Leo Stein Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H12.00006: Effective Field Theories for Dark Energy Jolyon Bloomfield, Eanna Flanagan Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H12.00007: Observational Signatures of Binary Black Holes Mergers in Brans-Dicke Theory of Gravity James Healy, Pablo Laguna, Enrique Pazos, Deirdre Shoemaker, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H12.00008: Topologically Massive Gravity from the Outside In Colin Cunliff Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H12.00009: Eternal radiation and De Sitter space Douglas Singleton, Emil Akhmedov, Pavle Buividovich Preview Abstract

Session H13: History of Physics I

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: David Cassidy, Hofstra University
Room: Royal EF

Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:45AM - 11:09AM		H13.00001: The discovery of cosmic rays Per Carlson, Alessandro De Angelis Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:09AM - 11:33AM		H13.00002: Up the Decade! 50 Years of Astronomical Prioritizations and Predictions Virginia Trimble Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:33AM - 11:57AM		H13.00003: Jocular Physics: A Tribute to Bohr in Humor Paul Halpern Preview Abstract
Sunday, May 1, 2011 11:57AM - 12:21PM		H13.00004: Correcting a Persistent Manhattan Project Statistical Error Cameron Reed Preview Abstract

Session H20: FED Business Meeting

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Room: Terrace A-F

Session H21: FPS Business Meeting

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Room: Royal EF