Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS April Meeting 2012

Volume 57, Number 3

Saturday–Tuesday, March 31–April 3 2012; Atlanta, Georgia

Session Index

Session G2: Invited Session: Results from Electron-Positron Colliders

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Jonathan Rosner, University of Chicago
Room: Regency Ballroom V

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G2.00001: Results from BaBar Invited Speaker: Yury Kolomensky Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G2.00002: Recent Results from Belle Invited Speaker: Todd Pedlar Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G2.00003: Electron-Positron Collisions in the Charmonium Region: Results from BESIII and CLEO-c Invited Speaker: Matthew Shepherd Preview Abstract

Session G3: Invited Session: Toward Understanding the Origins of Galactic Cosmic Rays

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Martin Israel, Washington University in St. Louis
Room: Hanover CDE

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G3.00001: Precision Measurements of the Cosmic-Ray Composition Invited Speaker: Mirko Boezio Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G3.00002: Gamma-ray observations of Cosmic ray accelerators Invited Speaker: Stefan Funk Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G3.00003: The origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays: theory confronts observations Invited Speaker: Elena Amato Preview Abstract

Session G4: Invited Session: Pulsar Timing Arrays and Gravitational Radiation

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Room: International Ballroom North

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G4.00001: Pulsar Timing Arrays: No longer a Blunt Instrument for Gravitational Wave Detection Invited Speaker: Andrea Lommen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G4.00002: Electromagnetic Emission from Supermassive Black Hole Binaries Resolved by Pulsar Timing Arrays Invited Speaker: Zoltan Haiman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G4.00003: Testing alternative theories of gravity using Pulsar Timing Arrays Invited Speaker: Massimo Tinto Preview Abstract

Session G5: Invited Session: Advancements in Computational Physics Using NSF's TeraGrid/XSEDE Resources

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GFB
Chair: Deirdre Shoemaker, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: International Ballroom South

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G5.00001: Turbulence in Type Ia Supernovae Simulations Invited Speaker: Robert Fisher Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G5.00002: Excited states in lattice QCD Invited Speaker: Colin Morningstar Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G5.00003: Petascale Kinetic Simulations in Space Sciences: New Simulations and Data Discovery Techniques and Physics Results Invited Speaker: Homa Karimabadi Preview Abstract

Session G6: Invited Session: Students as Colleagues: An Examination of Teacher-Student Collaboration in Improving Educational Environments

Sponsoring Units: FEd COM
Chair: Angela Little, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Embassy C

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 9:30AM		G6.00001: Progress through Predicament: How Collaborating on Tough Problems Cultivates a Successful, Supportive Community Invited Speaker: Ana Aceves Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:30AM - 10:15AM		G6.00002: Collaborative activities for improving the quality of science teaching and learning and learning to teach science Invited Speaker: Kenneth Tobin Preview Abstract

Session G7: Dark Matter: Indirect Searches

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: James Buckley, Washington University in St. Louis
Room: Embassy D

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G7.00001: Search For Dark Matter Satellites Using the Fermi LAT Elliott Bloom, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Louis Stirgari, Ping Wang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G7.00002: Constraints on Dark Matter and Supersymmetry from LAT Observations of Dwarf Galaxies Alex Drlica-Wagner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G7.00003: The VERITAS Dark Matter Science Program Andrew Smith Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G7.00004: Using Exact Velocity Distributions for Galactic Dark Matter Halos in Gamma-Ray Luminosity Calculations Daniel Hunter, Francesc Ferrer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G7.00005: Quantum-Coherence on Galactic Scales: New Prospects for Constraining Ultra-Light Particle Dark Matter Tanja Rindler-Daller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G7.00006: Applications of passivated silicon detectors Richard Kyung, Chan Ho Park Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G7.00007: Cosmological Simulations Evidence in Favor of Two-Component Flavor-Mixed Cold Dark Matter M.V. Medvedev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G7.00008: Dark Matter Density as a function of the Time of Year Orvin Wagner Preview Abstract

Session G8: General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamical Simulations

Sponsoring Units: GGR DCOMP
Chair: Joshua Faber, Rochester Institute of Technology
Room: Embassy B

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G8.00001: GRMHD Simulations of Astrophysical Phenomena Invited Speaker: Joshua Faber Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G8.00002: Magnetized Accretion onto Inspiraling Binary Black Holes: I. Spacetime Metric Bruno Mundim, Hiroyuki Nakano, Scott Noble, Manuela Campanelli, Yosef Zlochower, Julian Krolik, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G8.00003: Magnetized Accretion onto Inspiraling Binary Black Holes: II. Disk Dynamics Scott Noble, Bruno Mundim, Hiroyuki Nakano, Julian Krolik, Manuela Campanelli, Yosef Zlochower, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G8.00004: GR Simulations of Binary Black Hole Mergers in Magnetized Disks Brian Farris, Vasileios Paschalidis, Roman Gold, Stuart Shapiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G8.00005: Supermassive Black Hole Mergers in Magnetized Hot Accretion Flows Tanja Bode, Pablo Laguna Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G8.00006: General Relativistic Simulations of Magnetized Plasmas around Merging Supermassive Black Holes Bruno Giacomazzo, John Baker, M. Coleman Miller, Christopher Reynolds, James van Meter Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G8.00007: Modeling the Electromagnetic and Gravitational Radiation from Neutron Stars Steven Liebling, Matthew Anderson, Eric Hirschmann, David Neilsen, Chad Hanna, Luis Lehner, Carlos Palenzuela, Christopher Thompson, Patrick Motl Preview Abstract

Session G9: Charm and Variety

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Doreen Wackeroth, SUNY Buffalo
Room: Embassy E

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G9.00001: Measurement of $D^0$--$\bar{D^0}$ Mixing with CDF Nagesh Kulkarni Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G9.00002: Observation of $D^0 \to \eta \omega$ Mackenzie Smith, David Cinabro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G9.00003: Search for flavor-changing-neutral-current and lepton-flavor-violating decays of the $D^0$ meson at BABAR Edward Behn Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G9.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G9.00005: An analytic solution to LO coupled DGLAP evolution equations for $F_2^{\gamma p}(x,Q^2)$ and $G(x,Q^2)$ Phuoc Ha Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G9.00006: Calculation of $\pi \mu $ atom decay rate as possible background for $K_L \to \pi _0 \nu \overline \nu $ Jia Xu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G9.00007: Vanishing dimensions: theory and phenomenology Dejan Stojkovic, Greg Landsberg, Luis Anchordoqui, Malcolm Fairbrain, De Chang Dai Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G9.00008: Vector boson mass generation without new particles Bernd Berg Preview Abstract

Session G10: The Small Neutrino Mixing Angle Theta13

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Bob McKeown, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Embassy A

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G10.00001: First Results from Double Chooz and Future Prospects Arthur Franke Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G10.00002: The Daya Bay Experiment I: Introduction and Overview Jim Napolitano Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G10.00003: Abstract of DYB APS April talk II: Design, Construction, and Calibration of the Antineutrino Detectors Xin Qian Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G10.00004: The Daya Bay Experiment III: Design, Construction, and Calibration of the Active Water Shield Ka Vang Tsang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G10.00005: The Daya Bay Experiment IV: Performance of Side-by-Side Antineutrino Detectors Christine Lewis Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G10.00006: The Daya Bay Experiment V: Overall Performance and Schedule for Neutrino Oscillation Results Yasuhiro Nakajima Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G10.00007: The NOvA Experiment Ji Liu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G10.00008: Status of the NOvA Near Detector Prototype Timothy Kutnink Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G10.00009: The Charged Lepton Mass Matrix and Non-zero $\theta_{13}$ with TeV Scale New Physics Ahmed Rashed, Alakabha Datta Preview Abstract

Session G11: Nuclear Structure and Reactions II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Christopher Chiara, University of Maryland
Room: Embassy F

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G11.00001: New high-spin level scheme of $^{112}$Rh: signature inversion and possible chirality Shaohua Liu, J.H. Hamilton, A.V. Ramayya, S.J. Zhu, Y. Shi, F.R. Xu, J.C. Batchelder, N.T. Brewer, J.K. Hwang, Y.X. Luo, J.O. Rasmussen, W.C. Ma Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G11.00002: High-spin states in $^{122,124}$Sn above the 10$^{+}$ isomers. N. Fotiades, M. Devlin, R.O. Nelson, J.A. Cizewski, R. Kr\"{u}cken, R.M. Clark, P. Fallon, I.Y. Lee, A.O. Macchiavelli, W. Younes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G11.00003: Collective structures up to spin $\sim$ $65\hbar$ in the $N = 90$ isotones $^{158}$Er and $^{157}$Ho X. Wang, M.A. Riley, S.L. Miller, J. Simpson, E.S. Paul, H.C. Boston, P. Hampson, D.S. Judson, P.J. Nolan, J.M. Rees, J.P. Revill, R.V.F. Janssens, M.P. Carpenter, C.R. Hoffman, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, C.J. Chiara, U. Garg, A.D. Ayangeakaa, J. Matta, D.J. Hartley, D.C. Radford, L.L. Riedinger, I. Ragnarsson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G11.00004: Search for the Wobbling Mode in $^{169}$Re D.J. Hartley, E.E. Pedicini, J.R. Vanhoy, M.A. Riley, X. Wang, L.L. Riedinger, P.F. Bertone, M.P. Carpenter, C.J. Chiara, G. Gurdal, R.V.F. Janssens, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E.A. McCutchan, S. Zhu, A.D. Ayangeakaa, U. Garg, J. Matta, W.C. Ma, S. Mukhopadhyay, P. Chowdhury, S. Hota Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G11.00005: Unusual Quasiparticle Alignments in $^{168, 169}$W S.L. Miller, X. Wang, M.A. Riley, D.J. Hartley, E. Pedicini, J.R. Vanhoy, L.L. Riedinger, R.V.F. Janssens, P. Bertone, M.P. Carpenter, C.J. Chiara, G. Gurdal, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E.A. McCutchan, S. Zhu, A.D. Ayangeakka, U. Garg, J. Matta, W.C. Ma, S. Mukhopadhyay, P. Chowdhury, S. Hota Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G11.00006: Isotopic Trends in Dynamical Breakup Sylvie Hudan, Romualdo de Souza Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G11.00007: Asymmetry Dependence of Nuclear Caloric Curves A.B. McIntosh, A. Bonasera, S. Galanopoulos, K. Hagel, Z. Kohley, L. May, D.V. Shetty, W.B. Smith, S.N. Soisson, G.A. Souliotis, B.C. Stein, R. Tripathi, S. Wuenschel, S.J. Yennello Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G11.00008: Production of radon and thorium isotopes near N=126 shell closure in 48Ca and 54Cr induced fusion reactions on 162Dy Dmitriy Mayorov, Tyler Werke, Marisa Alfonso, Charles Folden Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G11.00009: Event-by-Event Fission Modeling with FREYA Ramona Vogt, Jorgen Randrup Preview Abstract

Session G12: Invited Session: The Nucleon Resonance Spectrum

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Volker Burkert, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Grand Hall East A/B

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G12.00001: Light Baryon Spectroscopy at Jefferson Lab: What have we learned about excited baryons? Invited Speaker: Volker Crede Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G12.00002: Coupled-channels analyses of meson production data and identification of nucleon resonances Invited Speaker: Satoshi Nakamura Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G12.00003: Lattice QCD sprectrum of excited states of the nucleon Invited Speaker: Stephen Wallace Preview Abstract

Session G14: Instrumentation and Accelerator Technologies

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Room: Grand Hall East C

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G14.00001: Polarized Electrons for Polarized Positrons Erica Fanchini Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G14.00002: SESAME -- A third generation synchrotron light source for the Middle East Herman Winick Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G14.00003: Measurement of the Lorentz Angle in CMS Pixel Detectors Richard Brosius, Andrew Godshalk, Ashish Kumar Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G14.00004: MICE Step I: first measurement of emittance with particle physics detectors Gene Kafka, Vittorio Palladino Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G14.00005: Progress in the construction of the MICE cooling channel Durga Rajaram, Vittorio Palladino Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G14.00006: Comparison of scintillators for single shot imaging of laser accelerated proton beams Nathan Cook Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G14.00007: The Luminosity Measurement for Tevatron Run II at Fermilab's D0 Experiment Gregory Snow Preview Abstract

Session G16: Sherwood I

Sponsoring Units: DPP
Chair: Chris Hegna, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: Hanover FG

Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 9:30AM		G16.00001: The Future of Boundary Plasma and Material Science Invited Speaker: Dennis Whyte Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:30AM - 10:00AM		G16.00002: Turbulent saturation and transport in global 3D two-fluid simulations of the tokamak edge Barrett Rogers, Paolo Ricci Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:00AM - 10:30AM		G16.00003: The nonlinear dispersion relation of geodesic acoustic modes Robert Hager, Klaus Hallatschek Preview Abstract

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Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G9.00001: Measurement of \(D^0\)--\(\bar{D^0}\) Mixing with CDF Nagesh Kulkarni Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G9.00002: Observation of $D^0 \to \eta \omega$ Mackenzie Smith, David Cinabro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G9.00003: Search for flavor-changing-neutral-current and lepton-flavor-violating decays of the $D^0$ meson at BABAR Edward Behn Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G9.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G9.00005: An analytic solution to LO coupled DGLAP evolution equations for $F_2^{\gamma p}(x,Q^2)$ and $G(x,Q^2)$ Phuoc Ha Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G9.00006: Calculation of $\pi \mu $ atom decay rate as possible background for $K_L \to \pi _0 \nu \overline \nu $ Jia Xu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G9.00007: Vanishing dimensions: theory and phenomenology Dejan Stojkovic, Greg Landsberg, Luis Anchordoqui, Malcolm Fairbrain, De Chang Dai Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G9.00008: Vector boson mass generation without new particles Bernd Berg Preview Abstract