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Session D2: Invited Session: Intensity Frontier: Neutrinos

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Bob Bernstein, Fermilab
Room: Plaza D

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 4:06PM		D2.00001: Theta-13 Measurements Invited Speaker: Zelimir Djurcic Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:42PM		D2.00002: Status and Future of Double Beta Decay Invited Speaker: Carter Hall Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 5:18PM		D2.00003: Neutrinos: the next steps Invited Speaker: Kate Scholberg Preview Abstract

Session D3: Invited Session: The Search for the QCD Critical Point

Sponsoring Units: DNP GHP
Chair: Agnes Mocsy, Pratt Institute
Room: Plaza E

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 4:06PM		D3.00001: Lattice QCD results at non-zero temperatures and densities Invited Speaker: Swagato Mukherjee Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:42PM		D3.00002: Condensed matter approach to a partonic system - The energy scan at RHIC Invited Speaker: Michael Lisa Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 5:18PM		D3.00003: New advances in the hydrodynamic description of the QCD critical point in heavy-ion collisions Invited Speaker: Marlene Nahrgang Preview Abstract

Session D4: Invited Session: Tidal Disruption Events

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: Clifford Will, University of Florida
Room: Plaza F

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 4:06PM		D4.00001: Observations of tidal disruptions by black holes Invited Speaker: Suvi Gezari Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:42PM		D4.00002: Simulations of tidal disruptions Invited Speaker: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 5:18PM		D4.00003: Beller Lectureship: Predictions for Observational Signatures of the Tidal Disruption of Stars Invited Speaker: Linda Strubbe Preview Abstract

Session D5: Invited Session: Science and Communication: A Potent Cocktail

Sponsoring Units: FGSA
Chair: Laura Boon, Purdue University
Room: Governor's Square 14

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 4:06PM		D5.00001: Talking Physics to Regular People: The Why and the How Invited Speaker: Sidney Perkowitz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:42PM		D5.00002: Oh, The Places You'll Go! Communicating Science in Some Surprising Venues Invited Speaker: Diandra Leslie-Pelecky Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 5:18PM		D5.00003: The Flame Challenge and Communicating Science Invited Speaker: Ben Ames Preview Abstract

Session D6: Invited Session: Physicists as Science Advisors

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Micah Lowenthal, National Academy of Science
Room: Governor's Square 15

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 4:06PM		D6.00001: Physicists as Science Advisors Invited Speaker: Valerie Thomas Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:42PM		D6.00002: Physicists as Science Advisors Invited Speaker: John Morgan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 5:18PM		D6.00003: Physicists as Science Advisors Invited Speaker: Steve Fetter Preview Abstract

Session D7: Invited Session: Energy Frontier: Accelerators

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: Donald Hartill, Cornell University
Room: Governor's Square 16

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 4:06PM		D7.00001: LHC Performance and Upgrade Plans Invited Speaker: Frank Zimmermann Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:42PM		D7.00002: Linear Collider Plans Invited Speaker: Kaoru Yokoya Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 5:18PM		D7.00003: Options for Very High Energy Invited Speaker: Frank Zimmermann Preview Abstract

Session D8: CMB II

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Lloyd Knox, University of California, Davis
Room: Governor's Square 10

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D8.00001: ACTPol: Overview of a next-generation polarization-sensitive CMB observatory in Chile Jeff McMahon Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D8.00002: ACTPol: Receiver Characterization, Instrument Deployment and Current Status Laura Newburgh Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D8.00003: First CMB Polarization Measurements from SPTpol Stephen Hoover Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D8.00004: Cosmological Results from Sunyaev-Zel'dovich-selected Galaxy Clusters in the 2500-square-degree SPT-SZ Survey Lindsey Bleem Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D8.00005: CMB Temperature Power Spectrum Measurements and Cosmological Constraints from the 2500 Square Degree SPT-SZ Survey Kyle Story Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D8.00006: Probing Reionization and Large-Scale Structure with the 2500 Square Degree SPT-SZ Survey Elizabeth George Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D8.00007: Gravitational Lensing of the Microwave Background in the 2500 Square Degree SPT Survey Oliver Zahn Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D8.00008: Final Results from Three Years of Observations with the BICEP Telescope Colin Bischoff Preview Abstract

Session D9: Double-beta Decay

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Tomasz Wachala, Colorado State University
Room: Governor's Square 11

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D9.00001: Search for 0$\nu\beta\beta$ with CUORE: Preliminary results from CUORE-0 Jonathan Ouellet Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D9.00002: Design, fabrication, and testing of the CUORE detector calibration system Adam Dally Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D9.00003: EXO - Status of Ba tagging R{\&}D activities Michal Tarka Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D9.00004: Using EXO-200 Results to Make Background Projections for the Next Generation EXO Detector (nEXO) Tessa Johnson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D9.00005: EXO-200: Detector Performance and neutrinoless double-beta decay search results Wolfhart Feldmeier Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D9.00006: A background model for the MAJORANA low-background broad energy germanium detector Alexis Schubert Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D9.00007: Determination of the Crystal Axis Orientations of Ge detectors for the \textsc{Majorana} \textsc{Demonstrator} Wenqin Xu, Matthew Busch, Steven Elliott, Matthew Green, Alex Hegai, Reyco Henning, Michael Ronquest, Kyle Snavely, Ari Zitin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D9.00008: The {\sc Majorana Demonstrator}, a $^{76}$Ge-based neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment Jacqueline Strain Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D9.00009: $2\nu\beta\beta$ of $^{96}$Zr to the First Excited $0^+$ State Sean Finch, Werner Tornow Preview Abstract

Session D10: Quantum Gravity and Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Steve Carlip, University of California, Davis
Room: Governor's Square 12

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D10.00001: The loop quantum gravity black hole Jorge Pullin, Rodolfo Gambini Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D10.00002: Black Hole Entropy from complex Ashtekar variables Marc Geiller Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D10.00003: Quantum gravitational inflationary scenario in Bianchi-I spacetime Brajesh Gupt, Parampreet Singh Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D10.00004: Chimera: A hybrid numerical approach for isotropic loop quantum cosmology Peter Diener, Brajesh Gupt, Parampreet Singh Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D10.00005: Observational consequences of Loop Quantum Cosmology Thomas Cailleteau Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D10.00006: Loop quantum gravity without the Hamiltonian constraint Norbert Bodendorfer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D10.00007: Unimodular quantum gravity Astrid Eichhorn Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D10.00008: Riemann observables of the noncancellation of spacetime geometry fluctuations Victor Parkinson, Larry Ford Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D10.00009: Breakdown of the Equivalence between Gravitational Mass and Energy for a Quantum Body in Metric Theories of Gravity Andrei Lebed Preview Abstract

Session D11: Dark Matter II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Dmitri Denisov, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Governor's Square 17

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D11.00001: Results from a direct dark matter search with the MAJORANA low-background broad energy germanium detector Padraic Finnerty Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D11.00002: The LUX experiment - Overview and Status Blair Edwards Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D11.00003: The LUX Experiment - Background Model and Physics Goals David Malling Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D11.00004: Operation and First Data of DM-Ice17 at the South Pole Matthew Kauer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D11.00005: Understanding and modeling the backgrounds for dark matter search at the South Pole with DM-Ice17 and DM-Ice Bethany Reilly Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D11.00006: Cosmogenic Activation in the DM-Ice Experiment Walter Pettus Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D11.00007: Event Characteristics in DM-Ice-17 Zachary Pierpoint Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D11.00008: Energy Response of DM-Ice17 Antonia Hubbard Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D11.00009: Lattice calculation of composite dark matter form factors David Schaich Preview Abstract

Session D12: QCD

Chair: Nikos Varelas, University of Illinois at Chicago
Room: Plaza Court 1

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D12.00001: Measurement of the differential cross sections for the production of an isolated photon with associated jet in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$~TeV Alexander Verkheev Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D12.00002: K$_{S}^{0}$ Production at the Main Injector Particle Production Experiment at Fermilab Amandeep Singh Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D12.00003: Probing strongly-coupled systems through Dirac eigenmodes Anqi Cheng, Anna Hasenfratz, Gregory Petropoulos, David Schaich Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D12.00004: Kaon Production at the Fermilab Main Injector Emily Lindgren Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D12.00005: Running coupling and pomeron loop effects on inclusive and diffractive DIS cross sections Maria Beatriz Gay Ducati, Emmanuel de Oliveira, Jo\~ao Thiago de Santana Amaral Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D12.00006: Fragmentation functions and MHV amplitudes in light-front perturbation theory Christian A. Cruz-Santiago, Anna M. Stasto Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D12.00007: Double Parton Interactions in $\gamma + b/c + 2$~jet events in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$~TeV Georgy Golovanov Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D12.00008: Particle Production Measurements using the MIPP Detector at Fermilab Sonam Mahajan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D12.00009: Improved Lattice Renormalization Group Techniques Gregory Petropoulos, Anqi Cheng, Anna Hasenfratz, David Schaich Preview Abstract

Session D13: Nuclear Science and Security: Research at Minority Serving Institutions

Sponsoring Units: COM DNP
Chair: Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers University
Room: Plaza Court 2

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 4:06PM		D13.00001: DOE's Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program: Building a Sustainable Pipeline Invited Speaker: Dimitri Kusnezov Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D13.00002: A Multi-layered target for the Study of Neutron-Unbound Nuclei Paul Gueye, Nathan Frank, Michael Thoennessen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D13.00003: Novel Surface Preparation and Contacts for CdZnTe Nuclear Radiation Detectors Using Patterned Films of Semiconductors and Insulators Arnold Burger, Michael Groza, Adam Conway, Steve Payne Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D13.00004: Tungsten - Yttrium Based Nuclear Structural Materials Chintalapalle Ramana, Jack Chessa, Gustavo Martinenz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D13.00005: Synthesis of scintillating metal organic frameworks for the detection of radiation from subatomic particles Conrad Ingram, Michael Williams Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D13.00006: On the Radiochemical Separations of the Beta-emitting Fission Products Zheng Chang, Ralf Sudowe Preview Abstract

Session D14: Missions and Surveys

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Miguel Mostafa, Colorado State University
Room: Plaza Court 3

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D14.00001: The JEM-EUSO Mission Lawrence Wiencke Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D14.00002: The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET): a High-Energy Astroparticle Physics Observatory on the International Space Station John Krizmanic Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D14.00003: The Dark Ages Radio Explorer (DARE): What were the first objects to light up the Universe and when did they do it? Jack Burns Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D14.00004: The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory: First Light Thomas Weisgarber Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D14.00005: Survey and pointed mode observations with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Julie McEnery Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D14.00006: LENS: $\mu$LENS Simulations, Analysis, and Results Charles Rasco Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D14.00007: Hard X-ray emission from Starburst Galaxies with the NuSTAR Mission Ann Hornschemeier, Megan Argo, Keith Bechtol, Steve Boggs, Finn Christensen, William Craig, Charles Hailey, Fiona Harrison, Bret Lehmer, J.-C. Leyder, Thomas Maccarone, Andrew Ptak, Daniel Stern, Tonia Venters, Daniel Wik, Andreas Zezas, William Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D14.00008: Search for Giant Relic Radio Lobes Straddling Classical Double Radio Galaxies Paul Wiita, S.K. Sirothia, - Gopal-Krishna Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D14.00009: Controlling for the Effects of Baryons in Cosmic Shear Constraints on Dark Energy Andrew Zentner Preview Abstract

Session D15: Light Mesons and Baryons

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Sebastian Kuhn, Old Dominion University
Room: Plaza Court 4

Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D15.00001: Photoproduction of scalar mesons using CLAS at JLab Shloka Chandavar, Kenneth Hicks, Dustin Keller Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D15.00002: Preliminary Results of T and F Asymmetries for KLambda Photoproduction from the Proton Natalie Walford, Franz Klein Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D15.00003: Rotation averaged one-particle-exchange potential in Light Front time-ordered perturbation theory Ziyue Li, Chueng-Ryong Ji Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D15.00004: Nucleon Structure from Lattice QCD Using a Nearly Physical Pion Mass Sergey Syritsyn, Jeremy Green, Andrew Pochinsky, John Negele, Michael Engelhardt, Stefan Krieg Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D15.00005: Lattice study of quark distribution amplitudes in the pion and its excitations Ekaterina Mastropas, David Richards Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D15.00006: Deeply Virtual Exclusive Reactions in a Polarized Electron Ion Collider Charles Hyde Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D15.00007: Exclusive Meson Production in Hall C at JLab 12 GeV Marco Carmignotto, Tanja Horn, Jullianna Couto, Bijay Nepal Preview Abstract