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Session W2: DPF Prize and Award Session

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Patricia McBride, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Regency Ballroom V

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:45AM - 11:21AM		W2.00001: W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Lecture: The making of GLAST: Being creative with experimental particle physics Invited Speaker: William Atwood Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:21AM - 11:39AM		W2.00002: Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics Lecture: Calculating the number of degrees of freedom in supersymmetric quantum field theories in three dimensions Invited Speaker: Daniel Jafferis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:39AM - 11:57AM		W2.00003: LeRoy Apker Award Lecture: Connecting the Holographic and Wilsonian Renormalization Groups Invited Speaker: Djordje Radicevic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:57AM - 12:15PM		W2.00004: Tanaka Dissertation Award Lecture Invited Speaker: Georgia Karagiorgi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:15PM - 12:33PM		W2.00005: J.J. and Noriko Sakurai Dissertation Award Lecture Invited Speaker: Andre Lessa Preview Abstract

Session W3: Invited Session: Cosmological Constraints from Small-Scale CMB Anisotropies

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: John Wise, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Hanover CDE

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:45AM - 11:21AM		W3.00001: Latest results from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope Invited Speaker: Tobias Marriage Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:21AM - 11:57AM		W3.00002: Cosmological Constraints from the South Pole Telescope Invited Speaker: Bradford Benson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:57AM - 12:33PM		W3.00003: Non-Gaussianity in the CMB Invited Speaker: Kendrick Smith Preview Abstract

Session W5: Invited Session: Nuclear Energy, Post-Fukushima

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Peter Zimmerman, Kings College London
Room: International Ballroom South

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:45AM - 11:21AM		W5.00001: Nuclear Safety Concerns post-Fukushima and future of Nuclear Power Invited Speaker: Richard Meserve Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:21AM - 11:57AM		W5.00002: Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Nuclear Energy Future Invited Speaker: Mark Peters Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:57AM - 12:33PM		W5.00003: A mild skeptic's view of nuclear power and a deep skeptic's view of reprocessing Invited Speaker: Harold Feiveson Preview Abstract

Session W6: Panel Discussion: Challenges for Early Career Researchers in International Collaborations and Exchanges

Sponsoring Units: FIP FGSA
Chair: Renee Horton, Lousiana State University
Room: Embassy C

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:45AM - 11:21AM		W6.00001: Collaborating across the ocean Invited Speaker: Lindley Winslow Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:21AM - 12:33PM		W6.00002: Panel Discussion Preview Abstract

Session W7: Cosmic Ray Spectrum and Distribution

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Gregory Guzik, Louisiana State University
Room: Embassy D

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:45AM - 10:57AM		W7.00001: Measuring the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum with the Telescope Array Benjamin Stokes, Dmitri Ivanov, Gordon Thomson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:57AM - 11:09AM		W7.00002: Reconstructing the Energy of Cosmic Rays with IceTop Jonathan Eisch, Adam Wright Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:09AM - 11:21AM		W7.00003: All-particle Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum with IceTop Bakhtiyar Ruzybayev, Serap Tilav, Thomas Gaisser Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:21AM - 11:33AM		W7.00004: Observation of cosmic ray anisotropy with the IceCube and IceTop detectors Marcos Santander Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:33AM - 11:45AM		W7.00005: Anisotropy studies with the Pierre Auger Observatory Benjamin Whelan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:45AM - 11:57AM		W7.00006: The JEM-EUSO Mission Angela Olinto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:57AM - 12:09PM		W7.00007: The Microwave Air Yield Beam Experiment (MAYBE): measurement of GHz radiation for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays detection Christopher Williams, Martina Bohacova, Carla Bonifazi, Gabriella Cataldi, Sergey Chemerisov, Joao De Mello Neto, Pedro Facal San Luis, Brendan Fox, Peter W. Gorham, Carlos Hojvat, Nick Hollon, Rishi Meyhandan, Luis Reyes, Benjamin Rouille D'Orfeuil, Edivaldo M. Santos, James Pochez, Paolo Privitera, Hal Spinka, Valerio Verzi, Maria Monasor, Jing Zhou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:09PM - 12:21PM		W7.00008: Microwave detection of cosmic ray showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory Pedro Facal Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:21PM - 12:33PM		W7.00009: Radar Detection of Cosmic Rays Isaac Myers Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:33PM - 12:45PM		W7.00010: Radar Detection of High Energy Cosmic Ray Showers Abaz Kryemadhi, Michael Bakunov, Alex Maslov, Alina Novokovskaya Preview Abstract

Session W8: Topics in Numerical Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Manuel Tiglio, University of Maryland College Park
Room: Embassy B

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:45AM - 10:57AM		W8.00001: The Einstein Toolkit Frank L\"{o}ffler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:57AM - 11:09AM		W8.00002: Continuum and discrete initial-boundary value problems and the Einstein field equations Manuel Tiglio, Olivier Sarbach Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:09AM - 11:21AM		W8.00003: A conformal thin-sandwich solver for generic initial data Fethi M. Ramazanoglu, William E. East, Frans Pretorius Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:21AM - 11:33AM		W8.00004: Numerical simulations with a First order BSSN formulation of Einstein's field equations David Brown, Peter Diener, Scott Field, Jan Hesthaven, Frank Herrmann, Abdul Mroue, Olivier Sarbach, Erik Schnetter, Manuel Tiglio, Michael Wagman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:33AM - 11:45AM		W8.00005: Resolving Topological Features of Black Hole Event Horizons Jeff Kaplan, Michael Cohen, Mark Scheel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:45AM - 11:57AM		W8.00006: Using Radial Basis Functions to Interpolate along Single-Null Characteristics Maria Babiuc, Clyde-Emmanuel Meador Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:57AM - 12:09PM		W8.00007: Binary Black Holes: Are the Scalar-Tensor and General Relativistic Versions Indistinguishable? Clifford Will Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:09PM - 12:21PM		W8.00008: Late Inspiral and Merger of Binary Black Holes in Scalar-Tensor Theories of Gravity James Healy, Tanja Bode, Roland Haas, Enrique Pazos, Pablo Laguna, Deirdre Shoemaker, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:21PM - 12:33PM		W8.00009: Numerical Simulations of Domain Wall Collapse David Garfinkle Preview Abstract

Session W9: Direct Dark Matter Detection

Sponsoring Units: DPF DAP
Chair: Corbin Covault, Case Western Reserve University
Room: Embassy E

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:45AM - 10:57AM		W9.00001: Measuring Neutron Response using Data and Monte Carlo Simulation in Xenon100 Paul Scovell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:57AM - 11:09AM		W9.00002: Data analysis on XENON100 detector searching for WIMP Alfio Rizzo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:09AM - 11:21AM		W9.00003: The XENON1T Demonstrator Ran Budnik, Elena Aprile, Bin Choi, Hugo Contreras, Luke Goetzke, Kyungeun Lim, Rafael Lang, Antonio Melgarejo, Rino Persiani, Guillaume Plante, Alfio Rizzo, Peter Shagin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:21AM - 11:33AM		W9.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:33AM - 11:45AM		W9.00005: Background estimation of the XENON1T Dark Matter Search Experiment Paolo Beltrame Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:45AM - 11:57AM		W9.00006: New Measurement of $^{39}$Ar in Underground Argon with a Low Background Liquid Argon Detector Jingke Xu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:57AM - 12:09PM		W9.00007: Status of the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment and $^{39}$Ar Background Simulation Thomas Caldwell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:09PM - 12:21PM		W9.00008: In Situ Optical Calibration of MiniCLEAN Jui-Jen Wang, Franco Giuliani, Michael Gold Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:21PM - 12:33PM		W9.00009: Measurement of the scintillation reponse of liquid xenon to electronic recoils down to low energies Kyungeun E. Lim, E. Aprile, R. Budnik, B. Choi, H.A. Contreras, K.-L. Giboni, L.W. Goetzke, J. Koglin, R.F. Lang, A.J. Melgarejo Fernandez, R. Persiani, G. Plante, A. Rizzo Preview Abstract

Session W10: Partonic Structure in Nucleons and Nuclei

Sponsoring Units: GHP DNP
Chair: John Arrington, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Embassy A

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:45AM - 10:57AM		W10.00001: How well do we know the neutron structure function? John Arrington, Joshua G. Rubin, Wally Melnitchouk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:57AM - 11:09AM		W10.00002: Extracting the Proton Longitudinal Structure Function Moments from World Data Peter Monaghan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:09AM - 11:21AM		W10.00003: Nuclear High Momentum Components and Short Range Structure Donal Day, John Arrington, Nadia Fomin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:21AM - 11:33AM		W10.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:33AM - 11:45AM		W10.00005: Study of Three-Nucleon Short Range Correlations in $x>2$ regime Zhihong Ye, John Arrington, Donal Day, Douglas Higinbotham Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:45AM - 11:57AM		W10.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:57AM - 12:09PM		W10.00007: Deep Exclusive PI0 and ETA Electroproduction with CLAS at Jefferson Lab Paul Stoler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:09PM - 12:21PM		W10.00008: Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering off Helium Eric Voutier Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:21PM - 12:33PM		W10.00009: Kinematic Issue of GPDs in DVCS Chueng-Ryong Ji, Bernard Bakker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:33PM - 12:45PM		W10.00010: Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering at eRHIC Salvatore Fazio, Dieter Mueller Preview Abstract

Session W12: Invited Sesson: Neutrinos: The Wild Frontier

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Bruce Vogelaar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: Grand Hall East A/B

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:45AM - 11:21AM		W12.00001: Neutrinos as a probe of Earth's interior Invited Speaker: Yuri Efremenko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:21AM - 11:57AM		W12.00002: Solar Neutrinos in 2012: The End of Days? Invited Speaker: Gabriel Orebi Gann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:57AM - 12:33PM		W12.00003: Neutrino Self-Refraction in Core-Collapse Supernovae Invited Speaker: Basudeb Dasgupta Preview Abstract

Session W14: Nucleon Form Factors and Two-Photon Exchange

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Andrei Afanasev, The George Washington University
Room: Grand Hall East C

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:45AM - 10:57AM		W14.00001: Overview and Status of the OLYMPUS Experiment Rebecca Russell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:57AM - 11:09AM		W14.00002: The OLYMPUS Target System Brian Henderson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:09AM - 11:21AM		W14.00003: Track Reconstruction for the OLYMPUS Experiment Colton O'Connor Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:21AM - 11:33AM		W14.00004: Pion Electroproduction in the OLYPUS Experiment Lauren Ice Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:33AM - 11:45AM		W14.00005: Radiative Corrections in the OLYMPUS Experiment Axel Schmidt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:45AM - 11:57AM		W14.00006: Beyond the Born Approximation: The Two-Photon Exchange Experiment in CLAS Puneet Khetarpal Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:57AM - 12:09PM		W14.00007: Nucleon elastic form factors in a relativistic quark model Simon Capstick, Bradley Keister Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:09PM - 12:21PM		W14.00008: Two Photon Exchange for Exclusive Pion Electroproduction Andrei Afanasev, Aleksandrs Aleksejevs, Svetlana Barkanova Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:21PM - 12:33PM		W14.00009: Luminosity Monitors for the OLYMPUS Experiment J. Diefenbach Preview Abstract

Session W16: Sherwood IV

Sponsoring Units: DPP
Room: Hanover FG

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:45AM - 11:15AM		W16.00001: Energetic particle effects on n=1 MHD instabilities in a DIII-D hybrid discharge D.P. Brennan, M.R. Halfmoon, C.C. Kim, R.J. La Haye Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:15AM - 11:45AM		W16.00002: Oblique Plasmoid Instabilities S.D. Baalrud, A. Bhattacharjee, Y.-M. Huang, W. Daughton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:45AM - 12:15PM		W16.00003: Unveiling the kinetic mechanism for RMP penetration in diverted edge geometry C.S. Chang, G. Park, S. Ku, T. Evans, R. Moyer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:15PM - 12:45PM		W16.00004: Theoretical and simulation studies of plasma-wall interactions Xianzhu Tang, Z. Guo, N. Krasheninnikova, G.L. Delzanno, V. Borovikov, D. Perez, A. Voter, B. Uberuaga Preview Abstract