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Session R1: Neutron Stars and the Dense Matter Equation of State

Sponsoring Units: DNP DAP
Chair: Charles Horowitz, Indiana University, Bloomington
Room: Grand A

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R1.00001: Hans A. Bethe Prize Talk: Neutron stars and stellar collapse: the physics of strongly interacting Fermi systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:42PM		R1.00002: Astrophysical Measurement of the Ultradense Matter Equation of State Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 3:18PM		R1.00003: Determination of the Neutron Star Equation of State from Astrophysical Measurement Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session R2: LHC Results

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Raymond Brock, Michigan State University
Room: Grand BCD

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R2.00001: Results from LHCb Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:42PM		R2.00002: Physics with CMS: highlights from 2010 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 3:18PM		R2.00003: Latest results from the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session R3: Black Holes: Nature's Ultimate Spinmeisters

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: Manuela Campanelli, Rochester Institute of Technology
Room: Garden 3

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R3.00001: Measuring the Spins of Stellar-Mass Black Holes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:42PM		R3.00002: Black hole-neutron star mergers: Effects of the orientation of the black hole spin Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 3:18PM		R3.00003: Spin-Induced Gravitational Recoil: Effect on the Evolution of Massive Black Holes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session R4: So Many Dynamos: Flow Generated Magnetic Fields in Nature, in the Computer, and in the Lab II

Sponsoring Units: DPP DCOMP
Chair: Cary Forest, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: Garden 4

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R4.00001: Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics Talk: Numerical Modeling of Accretion Disk Dynamos driven by the MRI Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:42PM		R4.00002: Magnetogenesis and magnetothermal equilibria in turbulent galaxy-cluster plasmas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 3:18PM		R4.00003: Simulations of global-scale dynamo action in the Sun and other stars Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session R5: The Status of Arms Control

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Pierce Corden, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Room: Royal AB

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R5.00001: What Happens to Deterrence as Nuclear Weapons Decrease Toward Zero? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:42PM		R5.00002: Confidence in Nuclear Weapons as Numbers Decrease and Time Since Testing Increases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 3:18PM		R5.00003: Securing Support from a Skeptical Senate for Further Strategic Arms Controls Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session R6: Accelerators for Sub-Atomic Physics: III. Future

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

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R6.00001: Electron-Ion Collider as a Gluon Microscope Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:42PM		R6.00002: Advanced acceleration schemes for e+e - colliders Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 3:18PM		R6.00003: Responsible, Renewable, Recyclable: An Energy Management Strategy for Modern Accelerators Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session R7: Neutrinos I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Jelena Maricic, Drexel University
Room: Grand E

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R7.00001: Measuring Nuclear Effects with MINERvA G. Arturo Fiorentini Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R7.00002: A three-flavor oscillation analysis of a new KamLAND data set Thomas O'Donnell Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R7.00003: Study of ${\Lambda}^{0}$ polarization in $ {\nu}_{\mu} N \longrightarrow {\Lambda}^{0}{\mu}^{-}X$ at Low Energies M. Cristiana Zarazua, Julian Felix Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R7.00004: Weak Pion and Photon Production from Nuclei in a Chiral Effective Field Theory (Update) Xilin Zhang, Brian D. Serot Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R7.00005: The MINER$\nu$A Test Beam Study Julian Felix Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R7.00006: Daya Bay Calibration System Raymond Hei-man Tsang Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R7.00007: What we know about neutrino mixing angles and mass-squared differences David Ernst, Jesus Escamilla-Roa, David Latimer, Bernadette Cogswell Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		R7.00008: Anti-Neutrino Quasi-Elastic Scattering in MINERvA Jesse Chvojka Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		R7.00009: Early Neutrino data in the NOvA Near Detector On the Surface Minerba Betancourt Preview Abstract

Session R8: Charm and B Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Mikhail Shifman, University of Minnesota
Room: Grand F

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R8.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R8.00002: Measurement of Upsilon Polarization at CDF James Thome Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R8.00003: Improved measurements of decays mediated by the $b\to s\ell\ell$ transition at CDF Hideki Miyake Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R8.00004: Measurement of charmless two body decays of B hadrons ar CDF Fabrizio Ruffini Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R8.00005: Precision measurement of the natural line width of the $D^{*+}$ at {\sc BaBar} Zachary Huard Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R8.00006: Measurement of $CP$-violating asymmetries in $B^0 \rightarrow (\rho \pi)^0$ using a time-dependent Dalitz-plot analysis of the {\sc BaBar} Tomonari Miyashita Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R8.00007: Measurement of the $B_s$ semileptonic branching ratio with {\sc BaBar} data above the $\Upsilon(4S)$ Brian Hamilton Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		R8.00008: Search for baryon- and lepton-number violation in $B$ decays using the {\sc BaBar} dataset Matthew Bellis Preview Abstract

Session R9: Charm and B Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Grand G

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R9.00001: Study of $B \to D^{(*)} \ell \nu$ and $|V_{cb}|$ with full reconstruction of $B$ mesons in {\sc BaBar} data Chiara Piacentini Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R9.00002: Study of $B^- \to \omega \ell^- \bar\nu_\ell$ decays at {\sc BaBar} H. Wells Wulsin Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R9.00003: Measurement of the exclusive semileptonic decays $B\to D\tau^-\bar\nu_\tau$ and $B\to D^*\tau^-\bar\nu_\tau$ at {\sc BaBar} Manuel Franco Sevilla Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R9.00004: Precision measurement of the $B_{s}$ lifetime using the channel $B^{0}_s\rightarrow D_s^{+}\mu X$ Jorge Martinez-Ortega Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R9.00005: Measurement of the ${\mathcal{B}} (\Lambda^0_{b} \rightarrow J/\Psi \Lambda_0)$ using 6.1 fb$^{-1}$ of D0 data Enrique Camacho Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R9.00006: Measurement of the branching fractions of $B_s^{0} \rightarrow D_s^{(*)+} D_s^{(*)-}$ decays at CDF Dominik Horn, Michael Feindt, Thomas Kuhr, Michal Kreps Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R9.00007: Measurement of the $B_s \to J/\psi\phi$ Production Cross Section in $pp$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV in the CMS experiment at LHC Giordano Cerizza Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		R9.00008: Measurement of the Inclusive $\Upsilon$ production cross section in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$~TeV Yu Zheng Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		R9.00009: Measurement of $\Upsilon(1S)$ polarization using CMS Matthew Rudolph Preview Abstract

Session R10: Hadronic Physics III

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Matthew Shepherd, Indiana University
Room: Garden 1

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R10.00001: Low-energy antikaon nucleon and nucleus interaction studies Johann Marton Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R10.00002: GPD Evolution for a Scalar Particle Hikmat BC, Matthias Burkardt Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R10.00003: Asymptotical contributions to pion electromagnetic and transition form factor Peng Guo, Mikhail Gorchtein, Adam Szczepaniak Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R10.00004: Hadronization dynamics of $\Lambda^{0}$ baryon Lamiaa El Fassi Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R10.00005: Spin doublet $(1^-,2^-)$ of ${ }_\Lambda ^6 $He within three-body cluster model Vladimir Suslov, Igor Filikhin, Branislav Vlahovic Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R10.00006: Gluon propagator in Color Glass Condensate and its Phenomenological Implications on Hadronic Cross Sections Man-Fung Cheung Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R10.00007: Evidence for a Bound H-dibaryon from Lattice QCD Martin Savage Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		R10.00008: Global Analyis of Exclusive Pion and Kaon Electroproduction Tanja Horn Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		R10.00009: Pseudoscalar Mass Spectrum in a Soft-Wall Model of AdS/QCD Sean Bartz, Thomas Kelley, Joseph Kapusta Preview Abstract

Session R11: WIMP and Axion Searches

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF GPMFC
Chair: Dan Hooper, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Garden 2

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R11.00001: Generalized results of the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment Michael Hotz, D. Lyapustin, L. Rosenberg, G. Rybka, A. Wagner, J. Hoskins, C. Martin, P. Sikivie, N. Sullivan, D. Tanner, S. Asztalos, G. Carosi, C. Hagmann, D. Kinion, K. van Bibber, R. Bradley, J. Clarke Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R11.00002: Results from a search for non-virialized halo axions with the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment Jeff Hoskins, C. Martin, P. Sikivie, N. Sullivan, D. Tanner, M. Hotz, D. Lyapustin, L. Rosenberg, G. Rybka, A. Wagner, S. Asztalos, G. Carosi, C. Hagmann, D. Kinion, K. van Bibber, R. Bradley, J. Clarke Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R11.00003: A search for hidden sector photons with the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment Andrew Wagner, M. Hotz, D. Lyapustin, L. Rosenberg, G. Rybka, J. Hoskins, C. Martin, P. Sikivie, N. Sullivan, D. Tanner, S. Asztalos, G. Carosi, C. Hagman, D. Kinion, K. Van Bibber, R. Bradley, J. Clarke Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R11.00004: The next phase of the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment Gianpaolo Carosi, S. Asztalos, C. Hagmann, D. Kinion, K. van Bibber, M. Hotz, D. Lyapustin, L. Rosenberg, G. Rybka, A. Wagner, J. Hoskins, C. Martin, P. Sikivie, N. Sullivan, D. Tanner, R. Bradley, J. Clarke Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R11.00005: Results from the CDMS Detector Monte Carlo Kevin McCarthy, Steven Leman, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R11.00006: Latest Results from the EDELWEISS Dark Matter Experiment G. Adam Cox Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R11.00007: Constraints on Light Dark Matter from CDMS II David Moore Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		R11.00008: Search for Axions using CUORE Seth Newman Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		R11.00009: The Nuclear Recoil Energy Scale in CDMS II Detectors Scott Fallows Preview Abstract

Session R12: Physics Education

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Thomas Olsen, Society of Physics Students (AIP)
Room: Royal CD

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R12.00001: Teaching Physics Through Comic Books Rebecca Thompson Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R12.00002: Effective Physics Study Habits Nouredine Zettili Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R12.00003: Epistemological effects of a problem solving approach in nonquantitative introductory science classes Bradley McCoy Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R12.00004: Using the Big Ideas in Cosmology to Teach College Students Lynn Cominsky, Kevin McLin, Kim Coble, Janelle Bailey, Anne Metevier Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R12.00005: Case--studies approach to transferring introductory STEM classes: a course on astrobiology Lior M. Burko, Sandra K. Enger Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R12.00006: Student reasoning about graphical representations of (definite) integrals John Thompson, Rabindra Bajracharya, Thomas Wemyss Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R12.00007: Using Technology to Facilitate and Enhance Project-based Learning in Mathematical Physics Gintaras Duda Preview Abstract

Session R13: Precision Measurements, Fundamental Symmetries, and Tests of the Standard Model

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC
Chair: Blayne Heckel, University of Washington
Room: Royal EF

Monday, May 2, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R13.00001: Precision laser spectroscopy of Li isotopes for probing the nuclear size J.D. Gillaspy, C.J. Sansonetti, C.E. Simien, S.M. Brewer, J.N. Tan, R.C. Brown, S.J. Wu, J.V. Porto Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R13.00002: Towards a new study of the electron-neutrino angular correlation in the decay of magneto-optically trapped $^6$He A. Knecht, B.G. Delbridge, A. Garcia, G.C. Harper, R.G.H. Robertson, H.E. Swanson, D.I. Will, C. Wrede, D.W. Zumwalt, P. Mueller, Z.-T. Lu, W. Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R13.00003: Application of a high speed digitizer to high-precision nuclear $\beta$-decay lifetime measurements Lixin Chen, John Hardy Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R13.00004: Searching for the electron electric dipole moment in an electrostatic storage ring David Kawall Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R13.00005: Measurements of UCN storage times versus temperature in a deuterated-polystyrene coated acrylic cell W.C. Griffith, Y. Bagdasarova, S.M. Clayton, M.D. Cooper, S.A. Currie, T. Ito, M.F. Makela, C. Morris, M.S. Rahaman, J.C. Ramsey, A. Saunders, R. Rios Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R13.00006: The Temperature Dependence of UCN Wall Losses in Material Bottles Coated with Deuterated Polystyrene M.D. Cooper, Y. Bagdasarova, S.M. Clayton, S.A. Currie, W.C. Griffith, T. Ito, M.F. Makela, C. Morris, M.S. Rahaman, J.C. Ramsey, A. Saunders, R. Rios Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R13.00007: Muon Decay Parameters from TWIST: Results and Limiting Systematic Uncertainties Richard Mischke Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		R13.00008: The Mu2e Experiment at Fermilab James Miller Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		R13.00009: The TREK program at J-PARC Michael Kohl Preview Abstract