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Session H2: Invited Session: The Top Quark

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Craig Group, The University of Virginia and Fermi Accelerator National Laboratory
Room: Regency Ballroom V

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H2.00001: Top Quark Physics and Precision Electroweak Measurements at the Tevatron Invited Speaker: Robert Kehoe Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H2.00002: Results from the LHC on the top quark Invited Speaker: Meenakshi Narain Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H2.00003: Theoretical remarks on top quark physics Invited Speaker: Zack Sullivan Preview Abstract

Session H3: Invited Session: Toward Understanding the Origins of Extra-Galactic Cosmic Rays

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Angela Olinto, University of Chicago
Room: Hanover CDE

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H3.00001: On the transition from Galactic to extragalactic cosmic rays Invited Speaker: Joerg Hoerandel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H3.00002: The Highest Energy Cosmic Rays Invited Speaker: Miguel Mostafa Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H3.00003: Future Directions for Extra-galactic Cosmic Ray Physics Invited Speaker: Peter Gorham Preview Abstract

Session H4: Invited Session: Science Diplomacy: Accelerator Based Science in Korea

Sponsoring Units: DPB FIP
Chair: Kwang-Je Kim, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: International Ballroom North

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H4.00001: Introduction to Korean Accelerator Science and Activities in Industrial Accelerators Invited Speaker: Won Namkung Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H4.00002: Korean Contribution to the Progress of Science and Humanity Invited Speaker: Dong-Pil Min Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H4.00003: Synchrotron Radiation and X-ray FEL Projects in Korea Invited Speaker: M.H. Cho Preview Abstract

Session H5: Invited Session: Physicists Advising on National Security

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Gloria Lubkin, Physics Today Editor Emerita
Room: International Ballroom South

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H5.00001: Experience with the President's Science Advisory Committee, Its Panels, and Other Modes of Advice Invited Speaker: Richard Garwin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H5.00002: Experiences Advising our Government from the Point of View of a JASON Invited Speaker: Roy Schwitters Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H5.00003: Advisory Experiences wih the DOD, DOE and the Intelligence Community Invited Speaker: John Foster, Jr. Preview Abstract

Session H6: Invited Session: Energy Services for the Developing World I

Sponsoring Units: GERA FIP
Chair: Alvin Compaan, University of Toledo
Room: Embassy C

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H6.00001: Fuel efficient stoves for the poorest two billion Invited Speaker: Ashok Gadgil Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H6.00002: Lighting for the unelectrified billion Invited Speaker: Kurt Kornbluth Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H6.00003: Solar Glitter: Low Cost, Solar Energy Harvesting with Microsystems Enabled Photovoltaics Invited Speaker: Jeffrey Nelson Preview Abstract

Session H7: Extragalactic Astronomy and Gamma Ray Bursts

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Elizabeth Hays, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Room: Embassy D

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H7.00001: Rapid TeV Gamma-Ray Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei: the Case of BL Lacertae Wei Cui Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H7.00002: The Impact of Gamma-ray Halos on the Angular Anisotropy of the Extragalactic Gamma-ray Background Tonia Venters, Vasiliki Pavlidou Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H7.00003: Radio continuum emission and HI gas accretion in the NGC 5903/5898 compact group of galaxies Paul Wiita, Gopal Krishna, Mukul Mhaskey Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H7.00004: Stellar-mass compact object evolution from the deepest X-ray surveys of the extragalactic Universe Ann Hornschemeier, Bret Lehmer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H7.00005: Fermi Observations of Gamma-ray Bursts Julie McEnery Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H7.00006: Prospects for GRB detection with the HAWC scaler system Andreas Tepe, Ignacio Taboada Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H7.00007: Recent Results from Gamma-ray-burst Neutrino Searches in IceCube Nathan Whitehorn Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H7.00008: Probing cosmic baryons with X-ray spectroscopy of GRB afterglows Dieter Hartmann, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Jan-Willem den Herder, Luigi Piro, David Burrows, Takaya Ohashi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H7.00009: An New Analysis of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Alexander Mayer Preview Abstract

Session H8: Numerical Relativity: Neutron Stars and Black Holes

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Wolfgang Tichy, Florida Atlantic University
Room: Embassy B

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H8.00001: Binary neutron stars with spin Wolfgang Tichy Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H8.00002: Simulations of Binaries Neutron Star with Arbitrary Spins using the Einstein Toolkit Petr Tsatsin, Pedro Marronetti, Konstantin Yakunin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H8.00003: Binary NS simulations using SpEC Roland Haas, Jeffrey Kaplan, Christian Ott, Bela Szilagyi, Mark Scheel, Philipp Moesta, Matthew Duez, Francois Foucart Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H8.00004: Tidal excitation of normal modes in eccentric binary neutron stars Roman Gold, Sebastiano Bernuzzi, Marcus Thierfelder, Bernd Bruegmann, Frans Pretorius Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H8.00005: Neutron star evolutions using tabulated equations of state with a new execution model Matthew Anderson, Hartmut Kaiser, David Neilsen, Thomas Sterling Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H8.00006: Fully General Relativistic Simulations of Magnetized Neutron Star--Black Hole Binary Mergers Zachariah Etienne, Yuk Tung Liu, Vasileios Paschalidis, Stuart Shapiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H8.00007: Relativistic MHD in dynamical spacetimes: Improved EM gauge condition for AMR grids Vasileios Paschalidis, Zachariah Etienne, Yuk Tung Liu, Stuart Shapiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H8.00008: Eccentric Compact Object Mergers William East, Frans Pretorius, Branson Stephens Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H8.00009: Black Hole-Neutron Star Mergers for 10 Solar Mass Black Holes Francois Foucart, Matthew Duez, Lawrence Kidder, Bela Szilagyi, Mark Scheel, Saul Teukolsky Preview Abstract

Session H9: Bottom Quark Physics

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

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H9.00001: Recent Bottomonium Results from Belle Dallas Wulf Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H9.00002: A Search for Bottomonium-like Resonances at the Collider Detector at Fermilab Mark Schott Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H9.00003: Measurements of quark fragmentation using kaons produced in association with prompt \(D_{(s)}^+\) mesons at CDF Niharika Ranjan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H9.00004: Measurement of the \(B^0_s \to J/\psi\phi \) branching fraction at CDF Drew Kerr Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H9.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H9.00006: Search for $B^0_s\rightarrow\mu^+\mu^-$ at D0 Michelle Prewitt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H9.00007: $b$-tagging calibration of ATLAS data using the System8 method Kevin Sapp Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H9.00008: $B^{\pm}_{c}$ meson observation at ATLAS Rui Wang, Konstantin Toms, Sally Seidel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H9.00009: Search for Double J/Psi Resonances in CMS at the LHC Andrew York Preview Abstract

Session H10: Few-nucleon Systems

Sponsoring Units: GFB DNP
Chair: Haiyan Gao, Duke University
Room: Embassy A

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H10.00001: Beam-Target Double Spin Asymmetry in $\vec{D}(\vec{e},e'p)n$ Michael Mayer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H10.00002: Determination of the Azimuthal Asymmetry for Deuteron Photodisintegration at $E_\gamma=1.1-2.3$~GeV Nicholas Zachariou, Yordanka Ilieva Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H10.00003: Isobar configurations in the $^3$He ground state Rakhsha Nasseripour Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H10.00004: Three-body photodisintegration of 3He with double polarizations at incident photon energies E 12.8 MeV and 14.7 MeV Georgios Laskaris, Qiang Ye, Haiyan Gao, Bawitlung Lalremruata, Mohammad Ahmed, Ying Wu, Jonathan Mueller, Luke Myers, Jeromy Tompkins, Qiujian Ye, Min Huang, Chao Peng, Yang Zhang, Wangzhi Zheng, Seth Henshaw, Brent Perdue, Xin Qian, Sean Stave, Henry Weller, Dipangkar Dutta, Todd Averett Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H10.00005: A$_y$ Measurement from $^3\mbox{He}^\uparrow(e,e'n)$ Scattering at Jefferson Lab Elena Long Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H10.00006: Cluster calculations for the $^6$He and $^9$Be spectra Igor Filikhin, Vladimir Suslov, Branislav Vlahovic Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H10.00007: Dynamics of dud, dut in superstrong laser fields for laser induced nuclear fusion Andre D. Bandrauk, Guennaddi Paramonov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H10.00008: Observation of Electron Cloud Stabilized 1 MeV Beam-Beam d+d Reactons in Self-Colliding Orbits and Feasibility of Electric Isotope Breeder Bogdan Maglich, Christian Druey, P.K. Iyengar, Mahadeva Srinivasan Preview Abstract

Session H11: Nuclear Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University
Room: Embassy F

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H11.00001: Alpha production via electromagnetic dissociation John W. Norbury Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H11.00002: $^{18}$O($p$,$\gamma$)$^{19}$F resonance strength measurement at low energies Matthew Buckner, Christian Iliadis, John Cesaratto, Chris Howard, Thomas Clegg, Arthur Champagne, Stephen Daigle Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H11.00003: The Simulation of a Nuclear Astrophysics Detection System Christopher Howard, Arthur Champagne, Christian Iliadis Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H11.00004: Experimental techniques to use the $(d,n)$ reaction for spectroscopy of low-lying proton-resonances Sean Kuvin, Ingo Wiedenh\"over, Lagy T. Baby, Jessica Baker, Daniel Santiago-Gonzalez, Georgios Perdikakis, Dennis Gay, Imeh Ebong Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H11.00005: The commissioning of a summing NaI(Tl) (SuN) gamma detector Anna Simon Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H11.00006: R-Process Nucleosynthesis in the Neutrino Pair Heated Collapsar MHD Jet Grant Mathews, Ko Nakamura, Sasumu Sato, Seiji Harikae, Toshitaka Kajino Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H11.00007: $^{176}$Lu/$^{175}$Lu thermometry for Oklo natural reactors: a new look at old data Chris Gould, Eduard Sharapov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H11.00008: High Amplitude Bulk Viscosity of Dense Matter and Probing the Phases of Dense matter with Neutron Star Physics Simin Mahmoodifar, Mark Alford, Kai Schwenzer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H11.00009: Bulk viscosity of strange quark matter Xinyang Wang, Igor Shovkovy Preview Abstract

Session H12: Invited Session: New Measurements of Fundamental Constants and Materials

Sponsoring Units: DNP GPMFC
Chair: Susan Gardner, University of Kentucky
Room: Grand Hall East A/B

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H12.00001: New Experimental Limits on Non-Newtonian Forces in the Micrometer range Invited Speaker: Alexander Sushkov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H12.00002: Muon capture on the proton -- Final results from the MuCap experiment Invited Speaker: Peter Winter Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H12.00003: Trapped Antihydrogen Invited Speaker: Francis Robicheaux Preview Abstract

Session H14: Hot Topics in Computational Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DAP
Chair: Vicky Kalogera, Northwestern University
Room: Grand Hall East C

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H14.00001: The Challenge of Modeling Dense Stellar Systems Invited Speaker: David Merritt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H14.00002: Relaxation in axisymmetric stellar cusps around black holes Eugene Vasiliev, David Merritt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:33AM - 12:09PM		H14.00003: The Changing Landscape of Type Ia Supernova Progenitors Invited Speaker: Chris Fryer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H14.00004: Cracking the Most Luminous Supernovae: Multidimensional Simulations of Pulsational Pair-Instability Supernovae Ke-Jung Chen, Alexander Heger, Ann Almgren, Stan Woosley Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H14.00005: A New Monte Carlo Method for Velocity-Dependent Neutrino And Photon Transport Ernazar Abdikamalov, Adam Burrows, Frank Loeffler, Christian D. Ott, Erik Schnetter, Evan O'Connor Preview Abstract

Session H15: Cosmic Rays Education II and Faster-than-Light Controversies

Sponsoring Units: FEd DAP
Chair: Marjorie Bardeen, Fermilab
Room: Grand Hall East D

Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H15.00001: Students using large muon detectors to investigate an array of cosmic ray phenomena Paul Sedita, Kevin McFarland Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H15.00002: The Mile Deep Muon Detector at Sanford Underground Laboratory Margaret McMahan, Steve Gabriel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H15.00003: The Cosmic Muon Detector Array at Westmont College Warren Rogers Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H15.00004: Cosmic Ray Physics at a Community College: Assembly, Detection and Measurement Sewan Fan, Scott Davis, Leo Osornio, Brooke Haag Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H15.00005: The Public Event Display of the Pierre Auger Observatory Miguel Mostafa Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H15.00006: Superluminal Neutrinos: The Good Kind of Science Controversy Michael Lucibella Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H15.00007: Controversial Physics: Perfect Public Outreach Opportunity Rebecca Thompson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H15.00008: Controversial Science and the Media James Riordon Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H15.00009: Selectively Bringing Down the Curtain on OPERA Superluminal Neutrino Papers Robert Garisto Preview Abstract

Session H16: Sherwood II

Sponsoring Units: DPP
Chair: Paul Bonoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Hanover FG

Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:00AM - 11:30AM		H16.00001: Gyrokinetic Simulations with External Resonant Magnetic Perturbations: Island Torque and Nonambipolar Transport with Rotation R.E. Waltz, F.L. Waelbroeck Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:30AM - 12:00PM		H16.00002: A Self-Consistent Mechanism for Incomplete Reconnection in Sawteeth Matthew Beidler, Paul Cassak Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:00PM - 12:30PM		H16.00003: Rotation of tokamak halo currents Allen Boozer Preview Abstract