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Session J2: Invited Session: Standard Model Higgs Boson Searches

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Nikos Varelas, University of Illinois at Chicago
Room: Regency Ballroom V

Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J2.00001: Higgs Theory and Phenomenology in the Standard Model Invited Speaker: Doreen Wackeroth Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J2.00002: Standard model Higgs boson search results with the full Tevatron dataset Invited Speaker: Craig Group Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J2.00003: Standard Model Higgs Search Invited Speaker: Alexey Drozdetskiy Preview Abstract

Session J3: Invited Session: Cosmic Rays and Hadron Physics

Sponsoring Units: GHP DAP
Chair: Amy Connolly, Ohio State University
Room: Hanover CDE

Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J3.00001: Cosmic Ray Muons in QCD Invited Speaker: Lisa Gerhardt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J3.00002: Collision modelling in air showers and accelerators Invited Speaker: Klaus Werner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J3.00003: Hadronic Physics and Air Shower Detectors Invited Speaker: Ralph Engel Preview Abstract

Session J4: Prize Session: Bouchet Award, Lilienfeld Prize, Nicholson Medal

Sponsoring Units: APS
Room: International Ballroom North

Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J4.00001: Edward A. Bouchet Award Lecture: Saturation of the cross-polar cap potential Invited Speaker: Ramon Lopez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J4.00002: Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize Lecture: The Higgs Boson, String Theory, and the Real World Invited Speaker: Gordon Kane Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J4.00003: Nicholson Medal for Human Outreach Lecture: Inceasing Diversity in Physics Invited Speaker: David Ernst Preview Abstract

Session J5: Invited Session: The Dynamics of Waves and Energetic Particles: Observations

Sponsoring Units: DPP GPAP
Chair: Donald Spong, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: International Ballroom South

Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J5.00001: Radio emissions from planetary magnetospheres Invited Speaker: Donald A. Gurnett Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J5.00002: Energetic Particle Transport by Instabilities in Fusion Plasmas Invited Speaker: William Heidbrink Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J5.00003: Pulsar Radio Emission Mechanisms: The Crab Enigmas Invited Speaker: Timothy Hankins Preview Abstract

Session J6: Invited Session: Teaching and Learning Physics Through ComPADRE

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Bruce Mason, University of Oklahoma
Room: Embassy C

Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J6.00001: Building and Using A National Digital Library for Computational Physics Education Invited Speaker: Wolfgang Christian Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J6.00002: The Advanced Labs Website: resources for upper-level laboratories Invited Speaker: Ramon Torres-Isea Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J6.00003: The Physic Source, a ComPADRE digital library, focusing on resources for teaching introductory physics Invited Speaker: Taha Mzoughi Preview Abstract

Session J7: Gamma Rays and Neutrinos in the Galaxy

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Julie McEnery, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Room: Embassy D

Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J7.00001: Milagro Observations of Potential TeV Emitters Anushka Abeysekara, James Linnemann Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J7.00002: Very High Energy Observations of the Supernova Remnant CTA1 with VERITAS Reshmi Mukherjee Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J7.00003: The Crab Nebula as a Standard Candle for TeV gamma-ray astronomy Trevor Weekes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J7.00004: Fermi LAT observations of the Crab Nebula during the exceptional April 2011 outburst Elizabeth Hays Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J7.00005: Detection of the Crab pulsar above 100 GeV A. Nepomuk Otte Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J7.00006: An engineering array for the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory Megan Longo, Miguel Mostafa Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J7.00007: FPGA based trigger system for the HAWC experiment Ian Wisher, Michael DuVernois, Jakob De Maeyer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J7.00008: High Energy Neutrinos from the Fermi Bubbles Soebur Razzaque, Cecilia Lunardini Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J7.00009: Neutrino Oscillations Above A Black Hole Accretion Disk Annelise Malkus, Gail McLaughlin, James Kneller, Rebecca Surman Preview Abstract

Session J8: Simulations of General Relativistic Astrophysical Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Christian Reisswig, California Institute of Technology
Room: Embassy B

Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J8.00001: On the detectability of dual jets from binary black holes Philipp Moesta, Daniela Alic, Luciano Rezzolla, Olindo Zanotti, Carlos Palenzuela Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J8.00002: Modeling charged particles around dual jets from coalescing binary black holes Matt Kinsey, Tanja Bode, James Healy, Pablo Laguna, Deirdre Shoemaker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J8.00003: Tidal Disruption of a Main Sequence Star by a Super-massive Black Hole Binary Rafael Aranha, Tanja Bode, Roland Haas, Pablo Laguna Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J8.00004: Three-dimensional Simulations of Stellar Core Collapse using Multiblocks Christian Reisswig Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J8.00005: The relative stability of black hole threshold solutions in gravitational collapse Theodor Brasoveanu, Frans Pretorius Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J8.00006: Black hole free energy during charged collapse Ariel Edery, Hugues Beauchesne Preview Abstract

Session J9: Top Quark

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Robert Kehoe, Southern Methodist University
Room: Embassy E

Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J9.00001: Simultaneous cross-section measurements of SM $e\mu$ final state processes at ATLAS Kevin Finelli Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J9.00002: Measurement of the cross section in $t\bar t$ + jets using a multivariate kinematics fit method with the ATLAS detector Babak Abi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J9.00003: Precision measurement of the top quark mass in events with two leptons at D0 Huanzhao Liu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J9.00004: W Helicity measurement in top quark events with D0 Amitabha Das Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J9.00005: Search for Violation of Lorentz Invariance in $t\overline{t}$ Production and Decay at the D0 Experiment Denver Whittington Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J9.00006: Diagnosing the top-quark angular asymmetry using LHC intrinsic charge asymmetries Simon Knapen, Yue Zhao, Matthew Strassler Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J9.00007: Measurements of single top quark production cross section and search for anomalous $Wtb$ Couplings at D0 Jyoti Joshi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J9.00008: NLO QED Contributions to Top Quark Pair Production Jia Zhou, Andreas Scharf, Doreen Wackeroth Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J9.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session J11: Minisymposium: Dark Forces below the Proton Mass Scale

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: O. Keith Baker, Yale University
Room: Embassy F

Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J11.00001: Theory and Status of New Sub-GeV Forces Invited Speaker: Natalia Toro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J11.00002: Dark Photon Searches at MAMI Achim Denig Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J11.00003: New experimental results for a vector boson A Bogdan Wojtsekhowski, Rouven Essig, Philip Schuster, Natalia Toro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J11.00004: The Heavy Photon Search Experiment at Jefferson Lab Francois-Xavier Girod Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J11.00005: A Torsion-Balance Search for Axion-Like Particles Frank Fleischer, Seth Hoedl, Eric Adelberger, Blayne Heckel, C.D. Hoyle, David Shook, Erik Swanson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J11.00006: Searching for hidden Sector Photons and Chameleons with ADMX A. Wagner, C. Boutan, M. Hotz, D. Lyapustin, L.J. Rosenberg, G. Rybka, S.J. Asztalos, G. Carosi, C. Hagmann, D. Kinion, K. van Bibber, J. Hoskins, J. Hwang, C. Martin, P. Sikivie, I. Stern, N.S. Sullivan, D.B. Tanner, R. Bradley, J. Clarke Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J11.00007: LIPSS status and LIPSS-2 future experiments James R. Boyce, A. Afanasev, O.K. Baker, K.B. Beard, G. Biallas, M. Minarni, T.R. Robinson, M. Shinn Preview Abstract

Session J12: Invited Session: Energy Services for the Developing World II

Sponsoring Units: FIP GERA
Chair: Ellen Stechel, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: Grand Hall East A/B

Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J12.00001: Hybrid chromophore/template nanostructures: a customizable platform material for emissions-free solar energy storage and conversion Invited Speaker: Alexie Kolpak Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J12.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J12.00003: Distributed wind power for developing nations Invited Speaker: Trudy Forsyth Preview Abstract

Session J14: Computational Methods in Particle & Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DPF DNP
Chair: Dean Lee, North Carolina State University
Room: Grand Hall East C

Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J14.00001: Novel phase in SU(3) lattice gauge theories with many light fermions David Schaich, Anqi Cheng, Anna Hasenfratz, Gregory Petropoulos Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J14.00002: Large N QCD with adjoint fermions Rajamani Narayanan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J14.00003: Finite Lattice Size Corrections the Energy-Momentum Dispersion Zachary McDargh Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J14.00004: Finite Size Scaling in Minimal Walking Technicolor Joel Giedt, Evan Weinberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J14.00005: Using FLUKA Monte Carlo transport code to develop parameterizations for fluence and energy deposition data for high-energy heavy charged particles John Brittingham, Lawrence Townsend, Janet Barzilla, Kerry Lee Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J14.00006: Solving the many body pairing problem through Monte Carlo methods Mark Lingle, Alexander Volya Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J14.00007: Fermion bag solutions to some unsolved sign problems Anyi Li, Shailesh Chandrasekharan Preview Abstract

Session J15: History of Physics and Educational Topics

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Adrienne Kolb, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Grand Hall East D

Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J15.00001: On the Late Invention of the Gyroscope Kenneth Brecher Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J15.00002: Sommerfeld's balancing act with Einstein: The geometry of relativistic velocity space Felix T. Smith Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J15.00003: Francis Perrin's 1939 Analysis of Uranium Criticality Cameron Reed Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J15.00004: Babson, Bahnson, the DeWitts and the General Relativity Renaissance Hamilton Carter Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J15.00005: Who was Christine Shack? Ronald E. Mickens Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J15.00006: Black Holes: are they as real as we think? John Laubenstein Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J15.00007: Online and Blended Climate Change Courses for Secondary School Educators from the American Museum of Natural History Robert Steiner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J15.00008: Learning Physics from the Real World by Direct Observation Saami J. Shaibani Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J15.00009: Teaching the Maxwell and Dirac Equations in the Same Algebra Gene McClellan Preview Abstract

Session J16: Tutorial for Authors and Referees

Sponsoring Units: APS
Room: Hanover FG

Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:30PM

J16.00001: Tutorial for Authors and Referees Preview Abstract