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Session R2: Invited Session: Angular Momentum Transport in the Laboratory and in Nature

Sponsoring Units: DPP GPAP
Chair: Fred Skiff, University of Iowa
Room: Regency Ballroom V

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R2.00001: Why Magnetically Confined Plasmas Rotate and Why it is Important Invited Speaker: Stanley Kaye Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		R2.00002: Turbulent momentum transport and intrinsic rotation in tokamaks Invited Speaker: Michael Barnes Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		R2.00003: Momentum Transport in Accretion Disks Invited Speaker: John Hawley Preview Abstract

Session R3: Invited Session: Testing Gravity on Cosmic Scales

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: Nikhil Padmanabhan, Yale University
Room: Hanover CDE

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R3.00001: Astrophysical Tests of Gravity Invited Speaker: Bhuvnesh Jain Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		R3.00002: Theoretical developments in bounding gravity in extra dimensions Invited Speaker: Claudia deRham Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		R3.00003: N-body simulations of modified gravity models Invited Speaker: Fabian Schmidt Preview Abstract

Session R4: Invited Session: Women in Physics: Status and Interventions

Sponsoring Units: CSWP
Chair: Senta Greene, Vanderbilt University
Room: International Ballroom North

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R4.00001: Limited Resources, Limited Opportunities, and the Accumulation of Disadvantage: Evidence from the Global Survey of Physicists Invited Speaker: Rachel Ivie Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		R4.00002: Advancing Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Abigail Stewart Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		R4.00003: Building Bridges to Diversity: Strategies and Lessons Learned from The Fisk-Vanderbilt Master's-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program Invited Speaker: Kelly Holley-Bockelmann Preview Abstract

Session R5: Wilson Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: William Barletta, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: International Ballroom South

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R5.00001: Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators Lecture: Frontiers of FEL Physics and Technology Invited Speaker: John M.J. Madey Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		R5.00002: Challenges of Seeded Free-Electron Lasers Invited Speaker: Stephen Milton Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		R5.00003: Ultra-bright storage ring light sources Invited Speaker: Ferdinand Willeke Preview Abstract

Session R6: Invited Session: Parton Density Studies at an Electron-Ion Collider

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Ramona Vogt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Embassy C

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R6.00001: The physics of strong color fields in nucleons and nuclei at high energies Invited Speaker: Raju Venugopalan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		R6.00002: Border posts: transverse spin and the study of color confinement at the Electron Ion Collider (EIC) Invited Speaker: Dennis Sivers Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		R6.00003: Experiments at an Electron-Ion Collider Invited Speaker: Ernst Sichtermann Preview Abstract

Session R7: Extracting Physical Information from Gravitational Wave Signals

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GGR
Chair: Neil Cornish, Montana State University
Room: Embassy D

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R7.00001: Decoding Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescence Events Invited Speaker: Will Farr Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R7.00002: Evidence for Spin in Compact Binary Coalescence: when can we trust it? Vivien Raymond, Ben Farr, Will Farr, Diego Fazi, John Veitch, Ilya Mandel, Ben Aylott, Christian R\"over, Vicky Kalogera Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R7.00003: Re-Purposed MCMC for Low-Latency Sky Localization of Gravitational Wave Sources Benjamin Farr, Vivien Raymond, Will Farr, Diego Fazi, John Veitch, Ilya Mandel, Benjamin Aylott, Christian Roever, Vicky Kalogera Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R7.00004: What Waveforms do Data Analysts Want?, or the dangers of systematic errors in parameter estimation Ilya Mandel Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R7.00005: Black Hole Spectroscopy, Final System Parameters Lionel London, James Healy, Sam Finn, Deirdre Shoemaker Preview Abstract

Session R8: Approximations in General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Samuel Gralla, University of Maryland College Park
Room: Embassy B

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R8.00001: How to Compute the Motion of a Body Samuel Gralla Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R8.00002: Self-forced motion of a scalar particle around a Schwarzschild black hole Ian Vega, Peter Diener, Barry Wardell, Steven Detweiler Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R8.00003: Self-consistent waveforms from a scalar charge in orbit around a Schwarzschild blak hole Peter Diener, Ian Vega, Barry Wardell, Steven Detweiler Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R8.00004: Inspiralling compact binaries in scalar-tensor theories of gravity: Equations of motion to 2.5 post-Newtonian order Saeed Mirshekari, Clifford Will Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R8.00005: Tendex and Vortex Lines of Black Hole Spacetimes Aaron Zimmerman, David Nichols, Rob Owen, Fan Zhang, Jeandrew Brink, Yanbei Chen, Jeffrey Kaplan, Geoffrey Lovelace, Keith Matthews, Mark Scheel, Kip Thorne Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R8.00006: Tendex and Vortex Lines of Perturbed Schwarzschild and Kerr Black Holes David Nichols, Jeandrew Brink, Yanbei Chen, Jeffrey Kaplan, Geoffrey Lovelace, Keith Matthews, Robert Owen, Mark Scheel, Kip Thorne, Fan Zhang, Aaron Zimmerman Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R8.00007: Quasinormal modes of Kerr black holes in the eikonal limit Huan Yang, David Nichols, Fan Zhang, Aaron Zimmerman, Zhongyang Zhang, Yanbei Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		R8.00008: Relativistic effects in the tidal interaction between a white dwarf and a massive black hole in Fermi normal coordinates Roseanne M. Cheng, Charles R. Evans Preview Abstract

Session R9: New Particle Searches II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Yuri Gershtein, Rutgers University
Room: Embassy E

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R9.00001: Search for Long-Lived Massive Particles at CMS Seth Cooper Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R9.00002: Search for Multiply-Charged Heavy Stable Charged Particles at CMS Venkatesh Veeraraghavan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R9.00003: A search for leptoquarks with the ATLAS detector Burton DeWilde Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R9.00004: Search for Anomalous Production of Multilepton Events and $R$-Parity-Violating Supersymmetry in $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV $pp$ Collisions Emmanuel Contreras-Campana, Richard Gray, Sunil Somalwar, Amitabh Lath, Scott Thomas, John Paul Chou, Matthew Walker, Sanjay Arora, Shruti Panwalkar, Peter Thomassen, Patrick Zywicki, Michael Park, Kin Chan, Kelvin Mei, Eric Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R9.00005: Search for anomalous production of like-sign lepton pairs with the ATLAS detector Louise Skinnari Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R9.00006: Search for TeV-Scale Gravity Signatures in Final States with Leptons and Jets with the ATLAS Detector at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV German Colon Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R9.00007: Comparison of fourth generation charged leptons various models with 1 or 2 extra dimensions Christine DiMenna, Erin DePree, Elliot Russell Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		R9.00008: Discriminating between fourth generation and Kaluza-Klein charged lepton decays Ian Morgan, Jeremy Perrin, Pasquale Raico, Kevin Tennyson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		R9.00009: Supersymmetric minimal B-L model at the TeV scale with right-handed Majorana neutrino dark matter. arXiv:1111.1789v2 [hep-ph] Zachary Burell Preview Abstract

Session R10: QCD, EWK, and Jet Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Nikos Varelas, University of Illinois at Chicago
Room: Embassy A

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R10.00001: Measurement of the Rapidity Dependence of Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations and Determination of the Strong Coupling Constant Kiran Chakravarthula Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R10.00002: Measurement of $Z$ boson production in association with heavy flavor jets at D0 Joseph Zennamo Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R10.00003: Measurement of the forward-backward charge asymmetry in $Z/\gamma^*\to e^+e^-$ events with the D0 detector at the Tevatron Siqi Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R10.00004: Measurement of the Underlying Event Activity for p-p collisions with $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV and 0.9 TeV at CMS Mohammed Zakaria Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R10.00005: Measurement of the Triple Differential Cross Section of Photon plus Jet in pp Collisions at 7 TeV Chuanzhe Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R10.00006: Measurement of the Muon Charge Asymmetry from W Bosons Produced in pp Collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV Samir Guragain Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R10.00007: New Jet Physics with ATLAS Lily Asquith Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		R10.00008: Tagging $q/g$ and $g\rightarrow b\bar{b}$ Jets at ATLAS Maximilian Swiatlowski Preview Abstract

Session R11: Precision Neutrino Physics and Its Interpretation

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Jonathan Link, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: Embassy F

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R11.00001: OscSNS: A Precision Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment William Louis Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R11.00002: Testing the Validity of an Antineutrino Anomaly with High Precision Beta Spectra Gregory Keefer, Timothy Classen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R11.00003: Photon Events at MiniBooNE Experiment Xilin Zhang, Brian D. Serot Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R11.00004: Radiative corrections to anti-neutrino proton scattering Fred Myhrer, Udit Raha, Kuniharu Kubodera Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R11.00005: Issues in Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering ($0.3 < E_{\nu} < 3.0$ GeV) Gerry Garvey Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R11.00006: Neutrino Exclusive Charged Current Quasi-Elastic Scattering in MINERvA Tammy Walton Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R11.00007: Exclusive Neutrino Charged Current Coherent Pion Production Cross Section Measurements in MINERvA A. Higuera Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		R11.00008: Study of $\nu_\mu + e$ elastic scattering in MINER$\nu$A experiment Jaewon Park Preview Abstract

Session R12: Dissertation and Mentorship Awards

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Robert Tribble, Texas A&M University
Room: Grand Hall East A/B

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		R12.00001: Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics Lecture: New Germanium Detectors for Neutrino Research and Dark Matter Searches Invited Speaker: Phillip Barbeau Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		R12.00002: Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics Lecture: T violation in nuclear systems. An effective approach Invited Speaker: Emanuele Mereghetti Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		R12.00003: Orbital Angular Momentum in the Nucleon Invited Speaker: Gerald Garvey Preview Abstract

Session R14: High Energy Physics and Dark Matter Search

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC
Room: Grand Hall East C

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R14.00001: Magnetic Resonances at Short Distances Horace Crater, Cheuk-Yin Wong Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R14.00002: Mu2e: A High-Sensitivity Charged Lepton Flavor-Violating Search at Fermilab James Miller Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R14.00003: Measurement of the inclusive isolated prompt photon cross section in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}= 7~TeV$ with the ATLAS detector using 4.9 $fb^{-1}$ Scarlet Norberg Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R14.00004: Status of the DEAP-3600 Detector Thomas Sonley Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R14.00005: Status of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Detector Nicole Larsen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R14.00006: Simulation of Cosmogenic and Radioactive Backgrounds for the CoGeNT Dark Matter Detector Mark Kos Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R14.00007: Germanium Detector Response to Nuclear Recoils in Searching for Dark Matter D'Ann Barker, Dongming Mei Preview Abstract

Session R15: Physics Education Research: Issues in Intro Classes, Modeling and Gender

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Thomas Olsen, Am. Inst. of Physics/Soc. of Physics Students
Room: Grand Hall East D

Monday, April 2, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		R15.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		R15.00002: Exploring the Integration of Computational Modeling in the ASU Modeling Curriculum Michael Schatz, John Aiken, John Burk, Marcos Caballero, Scott Douglas, Brian Thoms Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		R15.00003: Analysis of Newton's Third Law Questions on the Force Concepts Inventory at Georgia State University Christopher Oakley, Brian Thoms Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		R15.00004: Assessing the Integration of Computational Modeling and ASU Modeling Instruction in the High School Physics Classroom John Aiken, Michael Schatz, John Burk, Marcos Caballero, Brian Thoms Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		R15.00005: The Retarding Force on a Fan-Cart Reversing Direction Tarlok S. Aurora, Bernard J. Brunner Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		R15.00006: The influence of physics teacher gender on college students' pursuit of careers in the physical sciences Florin Lung, Geoff Potvin, Philip M. Sadler, Gerhard Sonnert Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		R15.00007: Examining Physics Career Interests: Recruitment and Persistence into College R.M. Lock, Z. Hazari, P.M. Sadler, G. Sonnert Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		R15.00008: The Relationship between Doctoral Completion Time, Gender, and Future Salary Prospects for Physical Scientists Geoff Potvin, Robert H. Tai Preview Abstract
Monday, April 2, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		R15.00009: Factors that encourage females to pursue physical science careers: Testing five common hypotheses Zahra Hazari, Geoff Potvin, Robynne M. Lock, Florin Lung, Philip M. Sadler, Gerhard Sonnert Preview Abstract