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Session X2: Sakurai Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Pierre Ramond, University of Florida
Room: Regency Ballroom V

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		X2.00001: J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics Lecture: Particle physics after the first LHC results Invited Speaker: Guido Altarelli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		X2.00002: J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics Lecture: Some QCD aspects of physics beyond the standard model Invited Speaker: Torbjorn Sjostrand Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		X2.00003: J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics Lecture: Improving the precision of high-energy simulation and analysis tools Invited Speaker: Bryan Webber Preview Abstract

Session X3: Invited Session: Hot Topics in Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DAP DCOMP
Chair: Neil Cornish, Montana State University
Room: Hanover CDE

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		X3.00001: First BAO Results from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Invited Speaker: Nikhil Padmanabhan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		X3.00002: Neutrinos in Cosmology Invited Speaker: Lloyd Knox Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		X3.00003: The Puzzling Darkness of Massive Milky Way Subhalos Invited Speaker: Michael Boylan-Kolchin Preview Abstract

Session X4: Invited Session: The Detection Challenge in Modern Physics Experiments

Sponsoring Units: GGR DPF
Chair: Patrick Brady, University of Madison-Wisconsin
Room: International Ballroom North

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		X4.00001: Gravitational wave astronomy with LIGO and Virgo detectors Invited Speaker: Gabriela Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		X4.00002: Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS neutrino beam Invited Speaker: Dario Autiero Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		X4.00003: ADMX: The Axion Dark Matter eXperiment Invited Speaker: Gray Rybka Preview Abstract

Session X5: Invited Session: Accelerators for Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPB DNP
Chair: Thomas Glasmacher, Michigan State University
Room: International Ballroom South

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		X5.00001: Challenges of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Invited Speaker: Thomas Glasmacher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		X5.00002: A new high-energy electron microscope to study QCD Invited Speaker: Richard Milner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		X5.00003: CEBAF and Advances in RF Superconductivity Invited Speaker: Charles Reece Preview Abstract

Session X6: Invited Session: The Dynamics of Waves and Energetic Particles: Theoretical Models

Sponsoring Units: GPAP DPP
Chair: James Drake, University of Maryland College Park
Room: Embassy C

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		X6.00001: Alfven waves and their excitations by energetic particles in fusion and space plasmas Invited Speaker: Liu Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		X6.00002: Understanding the global excitation of whistler-mode chorus and its effects on Earth's radiation belt dynamics Invited Speaker: Richard Thorne Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		X6.00003: Solar Energetic Particles: Wave Generation and Particle Acceleration at Shocks Invited Speaker: Martin Lee Preview Abstract

Session X7: Neutron Stars and General Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Pablo Laguna, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Embassy D

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		X7.00001: Photoionization and Electron-Ion Recombination of Fe~XVII for High Temperature Plasmas Sultana Nahar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		X7.00002: Determining the temporal dynamics of the solar $\alpha$ effect Andrew Newton, Eun-jin Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		X7.00003: Resonant Shattering of Neutron Star Crusts David Tsang, Jocelyn Read, Tanja Hinderer, Anthony Piro Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		X7.00004: The Impact of Magnetic Screening on Neutron Star Crusts Joseph Hughto, Jos\'e Pons, Charles Horowitz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		X7.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X7.00006: Equation for the Origin of Spiral Galactic Formation and Rotation Stewart Brekke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X7.00007: Boson Star Lensing at the Center of the Galaxy Amitai Bin-Nun Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X7.00008: Gravitational Repulsion of Photons Ari Brynjolfsson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X7.00009: Theory of Everything (TOE): scalar potential model John Hodge Preview Abstract

Session X8: General Relativity and Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Jocelyn Read, University of Mississippi
Room: Embassy B

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		X8.00001: Newtonian and Relativistic Cosmologies Stephen Green, Robert Wald Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		X8.00002: Measure and Probability in Cosmology Joshua Schiffrin, Robert Wald Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		X8.00003: Dark matter distribution in the Schwarzschild geometry Laleh Sadeghian, Ferancesc Ferrer, Clifford M. Will Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		X8.00004: Measuring luminosity distance and redshift using only gravitational wave observations of binary neutron star coalescences Jocelyn Read, Chris Messenger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		X8.00005: New Interpretation for the Observed Cosmological Redshifts and its Implications Branislav Vlahovic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X8.00006: Dwarf galaxy rotation curves with conformal gravity James O'Brien Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X8.00007: Quantum fluctuations in the stress energy of a conformally invariant scalar field in de Sitter space Jason Bates, Paul Anderson, H.T. Cho, B.L. Hu Preview Abstract

Session X9: New Directions

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Lindley Winslow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Embassy E

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		X9.00001: A Multiple Particle System Equation Underlying the Klein-Gordon-Dirac-Schr\"{o}dinger Equations D.T. Froedge Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		X9.00002: Conserved Currents, their Excitations, Fields, and Masses D.F. Scofield Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		X9.00003: Higgs-like interactions in the finitary 4-vertex representation Wayne R. Lundberg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		X9.00004: A space-wave model of zitterbewegung and the internal structure of the electron Dennis Crossley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		X9.00005: On a Singular Solution in Higgs Field (3) - Relativistical Energy Flow towards Higgs boson Kazuyoshi Kitazawa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X9.00006: Formulation of D-brane Dynamics Thomas Evans Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X9.00007: Knot physics, spacetime in co-dimension 2 Clifford Ellgen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X9.00008: Some physical consequences of a random walk in velocity space Caroline Herzenberg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X9.00009: OPERA, MINOS Experimental Result Prove Special and General Relativity Theories; the Principle of Lorentz Invariance Invalid David E. Pressler Preview Abstract

Session X10: W, Z, Drell-Yan

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Meenakshi Narain, Brown University
Room: Embassy A

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		X10.00001: Measurement of the differential Drell-Yan cross section with the CMS detector at the LHC Alexey Svyatkovskiy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		X10.00002: Measurement of the Drell-Yan differential cross section dSigma/dM in the electron channel in pp collisions at 7 TeV at CMS E. Avdeeva, J. Butt, I. Kravchenko, A. Juodagalvis, E. Olayia, C. Shepherd-Themistocleous, S. Tkaczyuk, G. Bauer, J. Bendavid, E. Butz, M. Chan, V. Dutta, P. Everaerts, G. Gomez-Ceballos, M. Goncharov, K. Hahn, P. Harris, M. Klute, S. Nahn, C. Paus, D. Ralph, M. Rudolph, K. Sumorok, K. Sung, S. Xie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		X10.00003: FEWZ: A Fully Exclusive Numerical Code for Combined QCD and QED Correction to Drell-Yan Process Ye Li, Frank Petriello Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		X10.00004: Measurement of $W\gamma$ and $Z\gamma$ production and limits on anomalous gauge couplings using $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV Miaoyuan Liu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		X10.00005: Search for excited muons with the ATLAS experiment Serdar Gozpinar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X10.00006: Search for high-mass di-tau resonances in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV Indara Suarez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X10.00007: Search for Contact Interactions in the Dimuon Channel in p-p Interactions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 7 TeV Sowjanya Gollapinni Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X10.00008: Signatures of Standard Model Dimuon Sources in the CMS Detector Pramod Lamichhane, Paul Karchin, Leonard Spiegel, Caroline Milstene, Sowjanya Gollapinni, Chamath Kottachchi, Mark Mattson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X10.00009: Angular Distribution of Muon Pairs Produced by the Drell-Yan Mechanism Compared to an Exotic Model of Contact Interactions for High Energy p-p Collisions Chamath Kottachchi Preview Abstract

Session X11: Underground Neutrino Physics and Background Studies

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Lisa Kaufman, Indiana University
Room: Embassy F

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:30PM - 1:42PM		X11.00001: Kimballton Underground Research Facility S. Derek Rountree, R. Bruce Vogelaar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:42PM - 1:54PM		X11.00002: Prototyping for LENS B.C. Rasco Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:54PM - 2:06PM		X11.00003: A measurement of underground neutral particle fluxes with the SciBath detector Lance Garrison, Rex Tayloe, Robert Cooper, Lori Rebenitsch, Remmington Thornton, Hans-Otto Meyer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:06PM - 2:18PM		X11.00004: The {\sc Majorana Demonstrator} Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay Experiment V.E. Guiseppe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:18PM - 2:30PM		X11.00005: Surface alpha backgrounds from plate-out of radon progeny Gopakumar Perumpilly, Vincente Guiseppe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X11.00006: Experimental limit of the atmospheric concentration of $^{42}$Ar Jeremy Kephart, Rosara Kephart, Judah Friese Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X11.00007: Double-Beta-Decay as a Possible Indicator of Change in the Strong Force Eugene Chaffin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X11.00008: Compact Cosmic Ray Detector for On-orbit Testing of Shielding Materials Stephen Berkebile, James R. Gaier Preview Abstract

Session X12: Invited Session: Precision Tests of New Physics Using Neutrons and Nuclei

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Fred Wietfeldt, Tulane University
Room: Grand Hall East A/B

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:30PM - 2:06PM		X12.00001: Nuclear Matrix Elements from Lattice QCD Invited Speaker: Joseph Wasem Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:06PM - 2:42PM		X12.00002: Isospin-symmetry-breaking effects in nuclear $\beta$ decay Invited Speaker: Dan Melconian Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:42PM - 3:18PM		X12.00003: Precision Measurements of the Neutron Decay Asymmetry A Invited Speaker: Bastian Maerkisch Preview Abstract