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Session T1: The Future of Particle Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Patricia McBride, Fermilab
Room: Grand A

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		T1.00001: The Tevatron and Beyond Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:06PM - 4:42PM		T1.00002: The LHC and Beyond Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42PM - 5:18PM		T1.00003: Lepton Colliders Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T2: Observational Implications of Gravitational-Wave Observations

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Szabolcs Marka, Columbia University
Room: Grand BCD

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		T2.00001: Exploring the transient universe with gravitational waves Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:06PM - 4:42PM		T2.00002: Searches for a stochastic background of gravitational waves Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42PM - 5:18PM		T2.00003: Exploring the galactic neutron star population with gravitational waves Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T3: The Death of Massive Stars

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Alicia Soderberg, Harvard University
Room: Garden 3

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		T3.00001: Core-Collapse Supernovae -- the Outliers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:06PM - 4:42PM		T3.00002: Weird Supernovae and Implications for their Progenitor Stars Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42PM - 5:18PM		T3.00003: New Classes of Super-Luminous Supernovae Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T4: Bonner Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: William Zajc, Columbia University
Room: Garden 4

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		T4.00001: Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics Talk: Symmetries and Simple Patterns in Nuclei Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:06PM - 4:42PM		T4.00002: Symmetries in nuclei: New methods and applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42PM - 5:18PM		T4.00003: Probing simple patterns in complex nuclei with transfer reactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T5: FIP Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: Harvey Newman, California Institute of Technology
Room: Royal AB

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		T5.00001: John Wheatley Award Talk: Picometer Resolution Electron Microscopy a New Tool to Tailor Materials at the Atomic Scale Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:06PM - 4:42PM		T5.00002: Nicholson Medal for Human Outreach Talk: Physics Outreach: Social Benefits Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T6: Effective Use of Technology: Engaging Students Inside and Outside Classrooms

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Homeyra Sadaghiani, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Room: Terrace A-F

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		T6.00001: The interactive learning toolkit: technology and the classroom Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:06PM - 4:42PM		T6.00002: Using multimedia prelectures to improve student learning in lecture. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42PM - 5:18PM		T6.00003: The impact of changing technologies on instruction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T7: CMB, Structure Formation, Reionization, Indirect Detection

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Corbin Covault, Case Western Reserve University
Room: Grand E

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T7.00001: Design and Calibration of the QUIET CMB Polarimeter Immanuel Buder Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T7.00002: First Results from the Q/U Imaging ExperimenT (QUIET) Jonathan Zwart Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T7.00003: Probing gas dynamics in cluster mergers through the SZ effect Siddharth Malu, Ravi Subrahmanyan, Mark Wieringa, D. Narasimha Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T7.00004: Cosmic Reionization and the End of the Dark Ages Paul R. Shapiro Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T7.00005: GAPS: A Novel Indirect Search for Dark Mater S.A. Isaac Mognet Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T7.00006: Prototype Flight for the GAPS Experiment, An Indirect Search for Dark Matter Tracy Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T7.00007: The effect of quantum evaporation of dark matter halos M.V. Medvedev Preview Abstract

Session T8: Electroweak Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Jonathan Feng, University of California, Irvine
Room: Grand F

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T8.00001: Search for diboson production in the lepton plus missing transverse energy plus two $b$-quark jets final state at CDF Marco Trovato Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T8.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T8.00003: Measurement of the Standard Model $ZZ$ cross-section and search for heavy Standard Model Higgs in the final state $ZZ\rightarrow llll$ at CDF Tatiana Rodriguez, Elliot Lipeles, Nigel Lockyer Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T8.00004: Measurement of $W\gamma$ and $Z\gamma$ production at the LHC Alfred Goshaw Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T8.00005: Measurement of the WW Production Cross Section in pp Collisions at 7 TeV with the ATLAS Experiment Yusheng Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T8.00006: Study of $Z\gamma$ Helicity Distributions at CMS Irakli Chakaberia Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T8.00007: Measurement of Associated $WW$ and $WZ$ Production in lepton+jets Final States in ppbar Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV Joe Haley Preview Abstract

Session T9: High Energy Neutrino Detection

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Ina Sarcevic, University of Arizona
Room: Grand G

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T9.00001: Ray Propagation in Ice for Radio Cherenkov Neutrino Experiments Christopher Weaver Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T9.00002: Point-to-point measurement of radio frequency attenuation in South Polar ice Michael Richman, Kara Hoffman Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T9.00003: Updates on IceCube's Radio Frequency extension Hagar Landsman Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T9.00004: Pre-Phase A Results from the ARIANNA Detector from the Antarctic seasons 2009-10 and 2010-11 Jordan Hanson Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T9.00005: Characterizing the search for UHE neutrinos with the ARIANNA detector Kamlesh Dookayka Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T9.00006: ANITA-II Ultra-Relativistic Magnetic Monopole Search Strategy and Results Miles Detrixhe, Dave Besson Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T9.00007: Monte Carlo studies for neutrino detection from Minna Bluff and other mountainsides in Antarctica Taylor Barrella, Abigail Vieregg, David Saltzberg Preview Abstract

Session T10: History of Physics II

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Gloria Lubkin, Physics Today, Retired
Room: Garden 1

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 3:54PM		T10.00001: Building the Superconducting Super Collider, 1989-1993: The Problem of Project Management Michael Riordan Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:54PM - 4:18PM		T10.00002: The Quantum Underground: Early quantum theory textbooks Clayton Gearhart Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:18PM - 4:42PM		T10.00003: Poincar\'{e}, Minkowski, and the Road to Space-Time: New Light on Some History that Did Not Happen Felix T. Smith Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42PM - 5:06PM		T10.00004: X-Ray Astronomy Discovery Experiments, III* P.C. Fisher Preview Abstract

Session T11: Background Supression in Noble Gas Dark Matter Detectors

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC DAP DPF
Chair: Laura Baudis, University of Zurich
Room: Garden 2

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T11.00001: New Measurement of $^{39}$Ar in Underground Argon for Dark Matter Experiments Jingke Xu Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T11.00002: Suppression of Rn-daughters in the DarkSide Dark Matter Search Huajie Cao Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T11.00003: Background Characterization in the DarkSide-50 Dark Matter Detector Pablo Mosteiro Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T11.00004: Gamma background discrimination in the XENON100 experiment Antonio Melgarejo Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T11.00005: Suppression of Anomalous Events Using PMT Pattern Information in XENON100 Data Yuan Mei Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T11.00006: Estimation of Anomalous Single Scatter Events in XENON100 Data Kyungeun Lim Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T11.00007: MiniCLEAN surface backgrounds Boqian Wang, Richard Schnee Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T11.00008: Neutron Calibration System for the MiniCLEAN Experiment Lu Feng Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T11.00009: Detection of residual krypton in xenon gas for WIMP dark matter searches Attila Dobi Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T11.00010: Argon Depletion for a Large Scale Dark Matter Detector Dana Byram, Jason Spaans, Dongming Mei, Yongchen Sun, Christina Keller Preview Abstract

Session T12: Numerical Relativity: Algorithms and Code Development

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Christian Ott, California Institute of Technology
Room: Royal CD

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T12.00001: Control systems in numerical relativity Mark Scheel Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T12.00002: A New AMR Code for Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics in Dynamical Specetimes: Numerical Method and Code Validation Yuk Tung Liu, Zachariah Etienne, Stuart Shapiro Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T12.00003: Adaptive Mesh Refinement in the Context of Spectral Numerical Evolutions of Binary Black Hole Space-Times Bela Szilagyi Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T12.00004: Second-Order Spectral Simulations of Black Hole Binaries Nicholas Taylor Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T12.00005: Constructing better initial data for compact binary systems Frank L\"offler, Roland Haas, Bruno Mundim, Tanja Bode Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T12.00006: GenASiS: A full GR-RMHD simulation framework: overview, goals, and preliminary tests Petr Tsatsin, Reuben Budiardja, Christian Cardall, Eirik Endeve, Pedro Marronetti, Anthony Mezzacappa Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T12.00007: Utilizing a GRMHD Code to Determine the Gravitational Radiation from Primordial Turbulence David Garrison Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T12.00008: Towards a Standardized Characteristic Extraction Tool Maria Babiuc Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T12.00009: Gravitational wave extraction in simulations of binary black hole mergers and rotating stellar core collapse Christian Reisswig Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T12.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session T13: Pushing the Boundariesof Quantum Mechanics and Gravity

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

Monday, May 2, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T13.00001: Matter Waves and Clock Comparisons Michael Hohensee, Holger M\"uller Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T13.00002: Short-range force detection with optically-levitated microspheres Andrew Geraci, Scott Papp, John Kitching Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T13.00003: Limits on possible new nucleon monopole-dipole interactions from measurements of the Spin Relaxation Rate of Polarized $^3$He Gas Changbo Fu, Mike Snow, Tom Gentile Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T13.00004: Phenomenology of Lorentz-violating gravitational couplings Quentin Bailey Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T13.00005: Classical Light Bending in the SME Framework Rhondale Tso, Quentin Bailey Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T13.00006: Lepton Decay in Hot and Dense Media Samina Masood Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T13.00007: Classical relativistic ideal gas in thermodynamic equilibrium in a uniformly accelerated reference frame Domingo Louis-Martinez Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T13.00008: There may be Fermi Energy levels in the hollow interiors of Nanotubes that would allow for a type of Quantum Richard Kriske Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T13.00009: Electrical conductance between multi-walled carbon nanotube and Cu Feng Gao, Jianmin Qu, Matthew Yao Preview Abstract
Monday, May 2, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T13.00010: Coherence Lifetimes in the Charge Conserving Systems Due to the Thin Spectrum Evren Karakaya, Ozgur Mustecaplioglu Preview Abstract