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Session Y1: Much Ado About Nothing: The Quantum Vacuum

Sponsoring Units: DPF DAP
Chair: Pierre Ramond, University of Florida
Room: Grand A

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y1.00001: New Perspectives on Condensates in Quantum Chromodynamics and the Cosmological Constant Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y1.00002: The Particle Vacuum Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y1.00003: Vacuum Energy and Cosmology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y2: Massive Neutron Stars and Dense Matter

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Charles Horowitz, Indiana University
Room: Grand BCD

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y2.00001: A Two Solar Mass Neutron Star Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y2.00002: Quark matter and neutron stars Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y2.00003: Constraints on neutron star properties from neutron matter calculations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y3: Searching for Dark Matter in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Elizabeth Hays, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Room: Garden 3

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y3.00001: Dwarf galaxies as probes of dark matter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y3.00002: Numerical simulations of Galactic dark matter substructure and implications for indirect detection Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y3.00003: Fermi observation of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y4: QCD in Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: GHP DNP
Chair: Doug Higinbotham, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Garden 4

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y4.00001: Recent Results and Future Measurements of Elastic Nucleon Form Factors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y4.00002: Abelian anomaly and neutral pion production Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y4.00003: Nucleon Spin Structure Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y5: Science Diplomacy

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

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y5.00001: Science Diplomacy in Large International Collaborations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y5.00002: A Scientist's Approach to Diplomacy -- First, Listen and Learn Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y5.00003: Science Diplomacy in Action Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y6: Best Practices in K12 Physics Teacher Preparation Programs

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Alice Churukian, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Room: Terrace A-F

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y6.00001: Surveying the State of U.S. Physics Teacher Education: Report of the National Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y6.00002: Physics Teacher Preparation's Role in the Transformation of a Physics Department Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y6.00003: Train Your Physics Teachers in the Physics Department, How it has Worked at Brigham Young University Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y7: Neutrinos II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Allena Opper, The George Washington University
Room: Grand E

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y7.00001: CUORE status and recent crystal validation runs Ke Han Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y7.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y7.00003: Fast-Neutron Activation of Long-Lived Nuclides in Natural Pb D. Hixon, V.E. Guiseppe, S.R. Elliott Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y7.00004: Turn-on of the EXO-200 Detector Steven Herrin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y7.00005: Characterization of the KATRIN detector section Brandon Wall Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y7.00006: Development of Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy for highly efficient transport of single ions Maria Montero Diez, Karl Twelker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y7.00007: Project 8: A Neutrino Mass Experiment at Radio Frequencies Michelle Leber Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y7.00008: Determining the neutrino hierarchy from a galactic supernova using a next-generation detector David Webber Preview Abstract

Session Y8: Novel Instrumentation

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: David Saltzberg, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: Grand F

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y8.00001: Shielding Photomultiplier Tubes from Magnetic Fields at Cryogenic Temperatures: Results from MicroBooNE Testing Timothy McDonald, Thomas Briese, Paul Nienaber Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y8.00002: Boron and thermal neutron interactions on borosilica window photomultiplier tubes Ugur Akgun Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y8.00003: Study of New Anisotropic Conductive Adhesive for Bump Bonding Richard Lander, Robert Fields, Angela Galvez, Britt Holbrook, Benjamin Michlin, Alexandra Moskeleva, Christian Neher, Mani Tripathi, Michael Woods Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y8.00004: Beam Tests of Directly Coupled Scintillator Tiles and Silicon Photomultipliers Stephen Cole, Gerald Blazey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y8.00005: Design of the Next Generation SuperCDMS Detectors Scott Hertel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y8.00006: Goals and Status of MICE, the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment Pavel Snopok Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y8.00007: Status of the EXO gas detector R{\&}D Kirill Pushkin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y8.00008: Xenon purity measurements via mass spectroscopy for the EXO-200 double beta decay experiment Yung-Ruey Yen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Y8.00009: The EXO-200 Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber Simon Slutsky Preview Abstract

Session Y9: Tevatron BSM Searches I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Stephane Willocq, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Room: Grand G

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y9.00001: Search for a 4th generation up-like Quark at CDF David Cox Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y9.00002: Search for Dark Matter in Fourth Generation Quarks Kanishka Rao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y9.00003: A Search for Single Charged Massive Long-Lived Particles at the Fermilab Tevatron Juliette Alimena Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y9.00004: A Search for Pairs of Charged Massive Long-Lived Particles at the Fermilab Tevatron Sung Woong Cho Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y9.00005: Search for Charged Higgs Boson decaying into top and bottom quarks Liang Li Preview Abstract

Session Y10: Instrumentation II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Matthew Lamont, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Garden 1

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y10.00001: A New HRIBF Electron Beam Plasma Ion Source Ronald Goans, Ken Carter, Boyce Griffith, Charles Reed Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y10.00002: Implementation of a high-density multichannel data acquisition system at ORNL for nuclear reaction studies S.H. Ahn, K.L. Jones, M. Matos, D.W. Bardayan, K.Y. Chae, M.S. Smith, R.L. Varner, J.M. Elson, M.A. Famiano Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y10.00003: Geant4 Simulation of HRIBF Fission-Tracking Detector Z. Kohley, C.J. Gross, J.F. Liang, D. Shapira, R.L. Varner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y10.00004: The Oak Ridge Isobar and Isomer Separator and Spectrometer (ORISS) Andreas Piechaczek, J.C. Batchelder, H.K. Carter, C.A. Reed, O. Yair, V. Shchepunov, E.F. Zganjar, A. Blalock, S. Berridge, R. Todd, G. Armstrong, K. Omoumi, A.R. Fleury, Y. Hu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y10.00005: Forward Vertex (FVTX) detector for PHENIX experiment Sergey Butsyk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y10.00006: How to improve reaction plane measurement via the combination of multiple detectors? Xiaoyang Gong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y10.00007: Status of the PHENIX VTX Upgrade John Koster Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y10.00008: Charmed Meson Reconstruction Using Micro Vertexing Technique and Silicon Trackers in STAR Experiment at RHIC Jaiby Joseph Preview Abstract

Session Y11: Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: Alan Weinstein, California Institute of Technology
Room: Garden 2

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y11.00001: Low-latency Selection of Gravitational-wave Event Candidates for EM Follow-up Observation Amber Stuver Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y11.00002: The Low-Latency Search for Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescence Larry Price Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y11.00003: Gravity Waves Produced by a Fluctuating Stress Tensor during Inflation L.H. Ford, Chun-Hsien Wu, Jen-Tsung Hsiang, Kin-Wang Ng Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y11.00004: Gravitational Wave Astronomy of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries with Pulsar Timing Arrays Xihao Deng, Lee Samuel Finn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y11.00005: Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts from Six Magnetars Peter Kalmus Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y11.00006: Electromagnetic emissions from black hole spacetimes Luis Lehner, Travis Garrett, Eric Hirschmann, Steven Liebling, David Neilsen, Patrick Motl, Carlos Palenzuela Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y11.00007: Gamma-ray burst standard sirens: Precision cosmology from gravitational waves Daniel Holz, Samaya Nissanke, Scott Hughes, Neal Dalal, Jonathan Sievers Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y11.00008: Study of AM CVn Population Density using the Palomar Transient Factory David Levitan, Shri Kulkarni, Tom Prince, Samaya Nissanke, Michele Vallisneri Preview Abstract

Session Y12: Numerical Relativity: Binaries with Matter

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: John Friedman, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Room: Royal CD

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y12.00001: Towards realistic simulations of non-vacuum compact binaries David Neilsen, Matthew Anderson, Christian Draper, Eric Hirschmann, Luis Lehner, Steven Liebling, Megevand Miguel, Patrick Motl, Carlos Palenzuela Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y12.00002: Electromagnetic field dynamics in Binary Neutron Stars Carlos Palenzuela, Matthew Anderson, Eric Hirschmann, Luis Lehner, Steven Liebling, David Neilsen, Patrick Motl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y12.00003: General Relativistic Simulations of Magnetized Binary Neutron Stars Bruno Giacomazzo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y12.00004: Progress on realistic modeling of black hole-neutron star binary mergers Matthew Duez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y12.00005: Material effects in binary neutron star inspiral waveforms Charalampos Markakis, Jocelyn Read, Luca Baiotti, Jolien Creighton, Bruno Giacomazzo, John Friedman, Luciano Rezzolla, Masaru Shibata, Keisuke Taniguchi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y12.00006: Detectability of equation of state parameters from black hole-neutron star inspiral Benjamin Lackey, Koutarou Kyutoku, Masaru Shibata, Patrick Brady, John Friedman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y12.00007: Simulations of Astrophysical Black-Hole Formation using the Spectral Einstein Code (SpEC) Jeffrey Kaplan, Christian Ott, Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y12.00008: Binary neutron star initial data with spin Wolfgang Tichy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Y12.00009: Head-on collisions of binary white dwarf--neutron stars: Simulations in full general relativity Vasileios Paschalidis, Zachariah Etienne, Yuk Tung Liu, Stuart L. Shapiro Preview Abstract