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Session C2: Invited Session: Instrumentation in High Energy Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Alice Bean, University of Kansas
Room: Regency Ballroom V

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C2.00001: Coordinating detector research and development in the U.S. Invited Speaker: Marcel Demarteau Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C2.00002: The lartge-area picosecond photo-detector (LAPPD) project Invited Speaker: Gary Varner Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C2.00003: A New Water-based Liquid Scintillator for Large Neutrino Physics Invited Speaker: Minfang Yeh Preview Abstract

Session C3: Invited Session: Intermediate Mass Black Holes: In Search of the Missing Link

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Avery Broderick, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Room: Hanover CDE

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C3.00001: The Smallest Supermassive Black Holes Invited Speaker: Jenny Greene Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C3.00002: Evidence for IMBHs from ultra-luminous X-ray sources and in globular clusters Invited Speaker: Mathieu Servillat Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C3.00003: Intermediate-mass black holes: A theoretical perspective Invited Speaker: Ilya Mandel Preview Abstract

Session C4: Invited Session: Isospin and Spin Dependence of Few-Nucleon Forces

Sponsoring Units: GFB DNP
Chair: Calvin Howell, Duke University
Room: International Ballroom North

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C4.00001: Three-Nucleon Forces in Chiral Perturbation Theory Invited Speaker: Ruprecht Machleidt Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C4.00002: Three-Nucleon Forces in Lattice Effective Field Theory Invited Speaker: Dean Lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C4.00003: Overview of Measurements Related to Three-Nucleon Force Effects Invited Speaker: Werner Tornow Preview Abstract

Session C5: Invited Session: The Scientific Legacy of Bruno Rossi

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: International Ballroom South

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C5.00001: Rossi and high-energy astronomy Invited Speaker: George W. Clark Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C5.00002: Rossi and Space Physics Invited Speaker: Edward Stone Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C5.00003: Bruno Rossi: Cosmic Ray Research 1929 - 1953 Invited Speaker: Jim Cronin Preview Abstract

Session C6: Invited Session: Goals and Assessment of the Physics Graduate Program

Sponsoring Units: FEd FGSA
Chair: Juan Burciaga, Mount Holyoke College
Room: Embassy C

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C6.00001: Beyond Physics Courses and Research: Preparing PhDs for Their Future Invited Speaker: Kenneth Heller Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C6.00002: Objectives and Assessment of the NMSU Physics Ph.D. program Invited Speaker: Stefan Zollner Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C6.00003: A New Curriculum for Physics Graduate Students Invited Speaker: Harald W. Griesshammer Preview Abstract

Session C7: Neutrino Astronomy

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Ignacio Taboada, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Embassy D

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C7.00001: Status update on the HALO experiment Jeffery Secrest Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C7.00002: Sensitivity of the Helium and Lead Observatory to Supernova Neutrino Spectra Kate Scholberg Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C7.00003: Precision Measurement of the $^{7}$Be Solar Neutrino Flux and its Annual Modulation Szymon Manecki Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C7.00004: Upper limit on the diffuse flux of UHE neutrinos using the Pierre Auger Observatory Claudia Fracchiolla Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C7.00005: The Results of Ice Studies for the ARIANNA Detector from the Antarctic Seasons 2010-11 and 2011-12 Jordan Hanson Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C7.00006: Analysis of Antarctic Surface Reflectivity for Reconstruction of Neutrino and Cosmic Ray Air Shower Events Jessica Stockham Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C7.00007: Radio Frequency Attenuation Length Estimate in Antarctic Ice from Radar Depth Sounding Data Mark Stockham Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C7.00008: Search for Choked GRBs using Icecube's DeepCore Jacob Daughhetee Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C7.00009: Astrophysical Point Source Searches with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory Naoko Kurahashi Preview Abstract

Session C8: Gravitational-Wave Source Modeling

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Bernard Kelly, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Room: Embassy B

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C8.00001: Accounting for Ringdown Mode-Mixing in Black-Hole Merger Waveforms Bernard Kelly, John Baker Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C8.00002: A Subtlety with the Demodulation of Waveforms from Precessing Binaries Robert Owen, Michael Boyle, Harald Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C8.00003: Reduced Basis representations of multi-mode black hole ringdown gravitational waves Scott Field, Sarah Caudill, Chad Galley, Frank Herrmann, Manuel Tiglio Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C8.00004: The Suitability of Hybrid Waveforms for Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors Ilana MacDonald, Samaya Nissanke, Harald Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C8.00005: Gravitational waves from eccentric binary systems Valentin Necula, Sergey Klimenko, Guenakh Mitselmakher, Janna Levin Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C8.00006: EMRI gravitational waveforms including orbit--integrated self force effects Kristen Lackeos, Gaurav Khanna, Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C8.00007: Maximum elastic deformations of relativistic stars Nathan Johnson-McDaniel, Benjamin Owen Preview Abstract

Session C9: Higgs Searches II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Alexey Drozdetskiy, University of Florida
Room: Embassy E

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C9.00001: Search For the Higgs Boson Decaying to Two Photons with the ATLAS Detector Amanda Kruse Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C9.00002: Search for the Higgs Boson Decaying to Bottom Quarks Michael Mooney Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C9.00003: Search for the SM $ZH\to ee b\bar{b}$ production at D0 Peng Jiang Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C9.00004: Search for the SM $ZH\to\mu\mu b\bar{b}$ production at D0 Jiaming Yu Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C9.00005: Search for associated production of $Z$ and Higgs bosons in $\nu\bar{\nu}b\bar{b}$ final states in $p\bar{p}$ collissions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV Xiaowen Lei Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C9.00006: Multivariate Techniques and b-tagging Optimization in Standard Model $WH$ Searches at DO Savanna Shaw Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C9.00007: Improved $b$-quark identification strategy for the low mass Higgs boson searches at CDF Yuri Oksuzian Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C9.00008: Improving the Trigger Efficiency Calculation for the WH-lvbb analysis at the CDF experiment Hao Liu Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C9.00009: Jet Identification and Dijet Mass Resolution for Standard Model Higgs Searches at D0 Dikai Li Preview Abstract

Session C10: Electroweak Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Pieter Mumm, NIST
Room: Embassy A

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C10.00001: Prospects for True Muonium Physics with HPS Andrzej Banburski, Philip Schuster Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C10.00002: MuSun - Muon Capture on the Deuteron Peter Kammel Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C10.00003: Suppression of false asymmetries for the QWeak experiment Emmanouil Kargiantoulakis Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C10.00004: Measurement of Branching-Ratios in the $\beta$ Decay of $^{38}$Ca H.I. Park, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, M. Bencomo, L. Chen, J. Goodwin, V. Horvat, N. Nica, B. Roeder, L. Trache, R.E. Tribble Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C10.00005: An Alpha-Gamma Counter for Absolute Neutron Flux Measurement A. Yue, G. Greene, M. Dewey, D. Gilliam, J. Nico, A. Laptev Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C10.00006: Recent Progress Towards a Measurement of the Neutron Lifetime Using Magnetically Trapped Ultracold Neutrons K.W. Schelhammer, C.R. Huffer, P.R. Huffman, D.E. Marley, K.J. Coakley, Michael Huber, P.P Hughes, H.P. Mumm, A.K. Thompson, A.T. Yue, N.C. Abrams Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C10.00007: Update of the NPDGamma Experiment at the Fundamental Neutron Physics Beamline at the Spallation Neutron Source Serpil Kucuker Dogan Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C10.00008: Measurement of the Parity-Violating directional Gamma-ray Asymmetry in Polarized Neutron Capture on $^{35}$Cl Nadia Fomin Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C10.00009: Towards a new study of the electron-neutrino angular correlation in the decay of trapped $^6$He Andreas Knecht Preview Abstract

Session C11: Nuclear Structure and Reactions I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Ingo Wiedenhoever, Florida State University
Room: Embassy F

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C11.00001: Hypernuclei production experiment E05-115 at Jefferson Laboratory HallC by (e, e'K$^{+}$) reaction Chunhua Chen Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C11.00002: The direct measurement of the lifetime of the heavy $\Lambda$ hypernuclei Xiyu Qiu Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C11.00003: Calculations of reaction and interaction cross sections for $^{11}$Li scattering on carbon target Ivan Novikov, Yuli Shabelski Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C11.00004: Studies of the $\mathrm{^{19}O(d,p)^{20}O}$ reaction at {\sc resolut} Daniel Santiago-Gonzalez, Ingo Wiedenhoever, L.T. Baby, J. Baker, S.A. Kuvin, G.V. Rogachev, L.E. Linhardt, J.C. Blackmon Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C11.00005: Gamma ray spectroscopy and shell model calculations reveal the structure of $^{25}$Na Justin VonMoss, Samuel Tabor, Vandana Tripathi, Peter Bender, Pei-Luan Tai, Alexander Volya Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C11.00006: Gamma ray spectroscopy of $^{31}$Si Pei-Luan Tai, Leanne Hamilton, Peter Bender, Samuel Tabor, Vandana Tripathi, Calem Hoffman, Roderick Clark, Paul Fallon, Augusto Macchiavelli, S. Paschalis, M. Petri, Michael Carpenter, Robert Janssens, T. Lauritsen, E.A. McCutchan, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, C. Chiara, X. Chen, W. Reviol, D. Sarantites Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C11.00007: Core-coupled protons, $f_{7/2}$ intruder states, and competing $g_{9/2}$ proton and neutron structures in $^{65,67}$Cu C.J. Chiara, I. Stefanescu, A.A. Hecht, N. Hoteling, A. W\"{o}hr, W.B. Walters, S. Zhu, R.V.F. Janssens, M.P. Carpenter, E.G. Jackson, B.P. Kay, T. Lauritsen, E.A. McCutchan, D. Seweryniak, R. Broda, B. Fornal, W. Kr\'{o}las, T. Paw\l at, J. Wrzesi\'{n}ski, X. Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C11.00008: Negative $g$ factor for the 4$^+_1$ state in $^{86}$Sr: a test of the shell model near $N$ = 50 G.J. Kumbartzki, N. Benczer-Koller, K.-H. Speidel, D.A. Torres, Y.Y. Sharon, S.J.Q. Robinson, L. Zamick, G. G\"urdal, T. Ahn, V. Anagnostatou, Ch. Bernard, M. Elvers, P. Goddard, A. Heinz, G. Ilie, E.A. McCutcheon, J. Qian, D. Radeck, D. Savran, V. Werner, E. Williams Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C11.00009: Induced depletion of $^{108m}$Ag with 6 MeV bremsstrahlung J. Carroll, M. Litz, K. Netherton, S. Henriquez, N. Pereira, S. Karamian Preview Abstract

Session C12: Invited Session: Hard Hadronic Probes of Nuclear Collisions

Sponsoring Units: GHP DNP
Chair: Peter Petreczky, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Grand Hall East A/B

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C12.00001: Interpreting jet results from RHIC and LHC Invited Speaker: Bjoern Schenke Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C12.00002: Quarkonium production in heavy-ion collisions Invited Speaker: Raphael Granier de Cassagnac Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C12.00003: Recent Finite Temperature Lattice Results Invited Speaker: Alexei Bazavov Preview Abstract

Session C15: SPS Undergraduate Research, Education, and Outreach II

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Gary White, Society of Physics Students, American Institute of Physics
Room: Grand Hall East D

Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C15.00001: Rutherford's Nuclear World Fidele Bingwa Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C15.00002: Making Time for Spacetime: The Story of a National Science Cafe Effort Kendra Redmond, Anish Chakrabarti Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C15.00003: Shaping the Brown Dwarf Desert: Predicting the Primordial Brown Dwarf Binary Distributions from Turbulent Fragmentation Peter Jumper, Robert Fisher Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C15.00004: A Semi-Analytic Model of a Buoyant Flame Bubble Propagation During the Deflagration Phase of a Type Ia Supernova Kevin Jumper, Robert Fisher Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C15.00005: Variational symmetries and conservation laws of the coupled Maxwell-Dirac equations Jackson Fliss, Balraj Menon Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C15.00006: Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Explore the Effects of Si-C Chemistry in 20-keV C60 Bombardment of Si Clarissa Briner, Kristin Krantzman Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C15.00007: AFM and SThM Characterization of Graphene Christopher Foy, Anton Sidorov, Xunchi Chen, Ming Ruan, Claire Berger, Walter de Heer, Zhigang Jiang Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C15.00008: A Connection between Geometrical Optics and an Elementary Kinematics Experiment Nelson Zamorano, Luis Argomedo, Ricardo Henriquez Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 31, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C15.00009: Teaching Online: An Integrated Approach Christian Thomas Preview Abstract