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Session G2: Invited Session: WIMP Dark Matter

Sponsoring Units: DPF DAP
Chair: Jonathan Feng, University of California, Irvine
Room: Plaza D

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G2.00001: Review of Direct Detection of Dark Matter Invited Speaker: Tom Shutt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G2.00002: Recent Results from Indirect Searches for Dark Matter Invited Speaker: Alex Drlica-Wagner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G2.00003: Dark Matter: Theory and Synthesis Invited Speaker: Jason Kumar Preview Abstract

Session G3: Invited Session: Spin Structure of the Nucleon at Short and Long Distances

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Sebastian Kuhn, Old Dominion University
Room: Plaza E

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G3.00001: Spin structure functions of the proton and the neutron at low to moderate Q$^2$ Invited Speaker: Nevzat Guler Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G3.00002: Probing the Spin Structure of the Nucleon: New Experimental Results on $d_2$ and $A_1$ for both Neutron and Proton from JLab Invited Speaker: Brad Sawatzky Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G3.00003: First JAM results on the determination of polarized parton distributions Invited Speaker: Pedro Jimenez-Delgado Preview Abstract

Session G4: Invited Session: Communicating with the Media and the Public

Sponsoring Units: CSWP
Chair: Susan Blessing, Florida State University
Room: Plaza F

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G4.00001: Physics for the People: Talking to the Press and the Public about Popular Physics Topics Invited Speaker: Rebecca Thompson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G4.00002: Talking to Journalists about Your Research Invited Speaker: James Riordon Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G4.00003: Media Interview Workshop Invited Speaker: Mike Lucibella Preview Abstract

Session G5: Invited Session: Instrumentation for Current and Future Gravitational Wave Detectors

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Michael Landry, LIGO Hanford Observatory
Room: Governor's Square 14

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G5.00001: Status of Large Scale Gravitational Wave Detectors Invited Speaker: Brian O'Reilly Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G5.00002: Beyond Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors: Beating the Quantum Limit with Squeezed States of Light Invited Speaker: Lisa Barsotti Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G5.00003: Strategies for Thermal Noise Reduction in Future Gravitational Wave Detectors Invited Speaker: Nicolas Smith-Lefebvre Preview Abstract

Session G6: Invited Session: Computational Physics at the Bleeding Edge

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Timothy Germann, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Governor's Square 15

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G6.00001: Computational Astrophysics at the Bleeding Edge: Simulating Core Collapse Supernovae Invited Speaker: Anthony Mezzacappa Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G6.00002: Computational Cosmology at the Bleeding Edge Invited Speaker: Salman Habib Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G6.00003: Computational Plasma Physics at the Bleeding Edge: Simulating Kinetic Turbulence Dynamics in Fusion Energy Sciences Invited Speaker: William Tang Preview Abstract

Session G7: Invited Session: Transforming Teaching and Learning in Upper-division Physics

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Benjamin Zwickl, University of Colorado at Boulder
Room: Governor's Square 16

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 9:06AM		G7.00001: Using a Research-based Approach to Transform Upper-division Laboratory Courses Invited Speaker: Heather Lewandowski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:42AM		G7.00002: Using a Research-based Approach to Transform Upper-division Courses in Classical and Quantum Mechanics and E\&M Invited Speaker: Steven Pollock Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 10:18AM		G7.00003: Physics Education Research at the Upper Division at the University of Maine Invited Speaker: John Thompson Preview Abstract

Session G8: Cosmogenic and Astrophysical Neutrinos

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Patrick Younk, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Governor's Square 10

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G8.00001: Observation of PeV Neutrinos in IceCube Nathan Whitehorn Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G8.00002: Point source searches with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory Jacob Feintzeig Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G8.00003: Recent IceCube Results for Diffuse Neutrinos and Future Outlook Christopher Weaver Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G8.00004: Performance study of Cascade Reconstruction at the Glashow Resonance in IceCube Hans Niederhausen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G8.00005: Overview of newly installed surface antennas in the Askaryan Radio Array Mark Stockham Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G8.00006: Monte Carlo studies of ARA detector optimization Jessica Stockham Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G8.00007: ARA TestBed background data analysis and neutrino sensitivity limit study. Eugene Hong, Amy Connolly, Carl Pfendner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G8.00008: Trigger developments for ARA Ming-Yuan Lu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G8.00009: Performance and Status of the ARIANNA Experiment for Detection of GZK Neutrinos Joulien Tatar Preview Abstract

Session G9: Neutrino Mass and Oscillation Experiments

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Carter Hall, University of Maryland
Room: Governor's Square 11

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G9.00001: Status of the KATRIN Neutrino Mass Experiment Diana Parno Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G9.00002: Tritium neutrino mass experiments: measuring the molecular dissociation probability Laura Bodine, Diana Parno, R.G. Hamish Robertson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G9.00003: Precise Measurement of Branching-Ratios in the $\beta$ decay of $^{38}$Ca H.I. Park, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, M. Bencomo, L. Chen, V. Horvat, N. Nica, E. Simmons, B.T. Roeder, R.E. Tribble Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G9.00004: Status of the Project 8 Prototype Noah Oblath Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G9.00005: Cosmic muon induced neutrons at Daya Bay Shih-Kai Lin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G9.00006: Cosmogenic $^{9}\mathrm{Li}$ and $^{8}\mathrm{He}$ Backgrounds Measured at the Daya Bay Experiment Hin-Lok Henoch Wong Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G9.00007: Characterizing Energy Response of the Daya Bay Detectors Bryce Littlejohn Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G9.00008: Liquid Scintillator Light Yield Measurements for the SNO+ Experiment Sean Grullon Preview Abstract

Session G10: Gravitational Wave Data Analysis

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Neil Cornish, Montana State University
Room: Governor's Square 12

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G10.00001: BayesWave: a novel method for detecting un-modeled gravitational wave bursts Paul T. Baker, Neil Cornish, Tyson Littenberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G10.00002: Multi-resolution analysis of gravitational-wave signals with the WDM transform Valentin Necula, Sergey Klimenko Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G10.00003: A Hierarchical Approach to Rapid Gravitational Wave Parameter Estimation Benjamin Farr, Vicky Kalogera Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G10.00004: The Application of Bayesian Inference to Gravitational Waves from Core-Collapse Supernovae Sarah Gossan, Christian Ott, Peter Kalmus, Joshua Logue, Siong Heng Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G10.00005: Impact of higher-order modes on detecting binary black hole coalescences Larne Pekowsky, James Healy, Pablo Laguna, Deirdre Shoemaker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G10.00006: Using a corotating frame to model and interpret gravitational waves from strong-field binary black hole merger Richard O'Shaughnessy, Jim Healy, Larne Pekowsky, Lionel London, Deirdre Shoemaker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G10.00007: Gravitational Wave Tests of Strong Field General Relativity with Binary Inspirals: Optimal Model Selection Laura Sampson, Neil Cornish, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G10.00008: Systematic parameter errors in binary neutron star inspirals: effects of spin, tides, and high post-Newtonian order terms Marc Favata Preview Abstract

Session G11: Tevatron, Higgs and top

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Nikos Varelas, University of Illinois at Chicago
Room: Governor's Square 17

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G11.00001: The Tevatron's Legacy Thomas Junk Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G11.00002: Jet Energy Resolution in Higgs Boson Searches at the D0 Experiment Savanna Shaw Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G11.00003: Selection of Higgs Boson candidates in the WH channel decaying into a lepton, neutrino, and a pair of $b$-quark jets at D0 detector Ryuji Yamada, Michael Cooke, Alexander Abbinante, Anthony Podkowa, Benjamin Rabe Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G11.00004: Search for the Higgs boson in final states with tau-jets Ian Howley Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G11.00005: Probing spin and parity in the $WH \rightarrow \ell \nu b\bar{b}$ channel at DZero Emily Johnson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G11.00006: Composite description of standard-model particles Jaime Besprosvany Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G11.00007: Is Radiative Electroweak Symmetry Breaking Consistent with a 125 GeV Higgs Mass? Zhi-Wei Wang, Tom Steele Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G11.00008: How top quark dipole moments affect Higgs decay Lance Labun, Johann Rafelski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G11.00009: FCNC Top Quark Production Via Anomalous Couplings Elwin Martin, Nikolaos Kidonakis Preview Abstract

Session G12: Searches I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Bob Bernstein, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Plaza Court 1

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G12.00001: Dark photon search and the Higgs-strahlung channel Igal Jaegle Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G12.00002: Photon-Axion Mixing Effects and Mirror Cavity Experiments Carol Scarlett, Mikhail Khankhasayev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G12.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G12.00004: A search for baryon-number-violating decays of the $\Lambda$ using CLAS at JLab Michael McCracken, Matt Bellis Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G12.00005: Search for stopped particles produced in pp collisions at CMS Marissa Rodenburg Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G12.00006: The Heavy Photon Search Experiment at Jefferson Laboratory Sho Uemura Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G12.00007: Identifying Displaced Decays of Long-lived Hidden Sector Particles Heather Russell Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G12.00008: Search for Lightly Ionizing Particles (LIPs) using CDMS-II detectors Kunj Prasad Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G12.00009: APEX: The A Prime EXperiment at Jefferson Lab James Beacham Preview Abstract

Session G13: Nuclear Theory

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Simon Capstick, Florida State University
Room: Plaza Court 2

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G13.00001: Manifestations of triaxiality in nuclear spectrum and in electromagnetic transitions Volha Abramkina, Alexander Volya Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G13.00002: Critical scaling of excited nuclear systems from quantum fluctuations Justin Mabiala Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G13.00003: Odd\_J Pairing Interaction Larry Zamick, Alberrto Escuderos Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G13.00004: Fusion of neutron-rich systems using time-dependent density-constrained DFT Volker Oberacker, A.S. Umar Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G13.00005: Nuclear Structure: Going Beyond Standard Methods Jennifer Glick, Vladimir Zelevinsky Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G13.00006: QRPA calculations of Giant Monopole Resonances Paolo Avogadro, Carlos Bertulani, Takashi Nakatsukasa Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G13.00007: A New Electromagnetic Cabibbo-Kobayshi-Maskawa Quark Mixing Matrix Thomas Ward Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G13.00008: Polarization Operator in a Theory of Massless Fermions with Superfluidity Sajib Barman, Vivian Incera Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G13.00009: Exotic nuclear structure and origin of the heavy nuclei with covariant density functional theory Jie Meng Preview Abstract

Session G14: Simulations of Binary Neutron Star and Black Hole - Neutron Star Mergers

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Andrew MacFadyen, New York University, New York
Room: Plaza Court 3

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G14.00001: General relativistic simulations of black hole-neutron star mergers: Effects of tilted magnetic fields Zachariah Etienne, Vasileios Paschalidis, Stuart Shapiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G14.00002: Black hole-neutron star mergers at realistic mass ratios Francois Foucart, Brett Deaton, Matthew Duez, Lawrence Kidder, Ilana MacDonald, Christian Ott, Harald Pfeiffer, Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi, Saul Teukolsky Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G14.00003: Neutrino Energetics of Black Hole--Neutron Star Mergers M. Brett Deaton Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G14.00004: Black hole - neutron star simulations with Bowen-York type data Pablo Laguna, Michael Clark, Tanja Bode, Deirdre Shoemaker, Carl Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G14.00005: Initial Data for Binary Neutron Stars with Arbitrary Spin and Orbital Eccentricity Petr Tsatsin, Pedro Marronetti Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G14.00006: Binary NS simulations using SpEC Roland Haas, Jeffrey Kaplan, Bela Szilagyi, Curran Muhlberger, Francois Foucart, Jonas Lippuner, Mark Scheel, Matthew Duez, Christian Ott Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G14.00007: Binary neutron stars with arbitrary spins in numerical relativity Nick Tacik, Francois Foucart, Harald Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G14.00008: Loud and Bright: Gravitational and possible electromagnetic signals induced by binary neutron star mergers Carlos Palenzuela, Luis Lehner, Marcelo Ponce, Chris Thompson, Steve Liebling, Dave Neilsen, Eric Hirschmann, Matt Anderson, Patrick Motl Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G14.00009: Importance of cooling in triggering the collapse of hypermassive neutron stars Vasileios Paschalidis, Zachariah Etienne, Stuart Shapiro Preview Abstract

Session G15: Accelerators and Lasers

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Room: Plaza Court 4

Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		G15.00001: MICE, the international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment Chris Heidt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		G15.00002: Acoustic measurements of RF cavity breakdown Peter Lane, Pavel Snopok, Yagmur Torun, Alan Bross Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		G15.00003: Development of tracking detector for transfer reactions with light beams at NSCL S. Ilyushkin, S. Ahn, D.W. Bardayan, J.A. Cizewski, B. Manning, P. O'Malley, S. Pain, F. Sarazin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		G15.00004: High-Intensity Continuous Wave Slow Positron Source at Jefferson Lab Serkan Golge, Branislav Vlahovic, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		G15.00005: Shock-wave proton acceleration from a hydrogen gas jet Nathan Cook, Igor Pogorelsky, Mikhail Polyanskiy, Marcus Babzien, Olivier Tresca, Chakra Maharjan, Peter Shkolnikov, Vitaly Yakimenko Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		G15.00006: Beamstrahlung Radiation for Beam-Beam Instability Rachid Ayad, Chaouki Boulahouache, Jamal H. Madani, Ibrahim S. Alobaidan, Abdelouahab Abdesselam, Giovanni Bonvicini, Mohammad A. Ahmad Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		G15.00007: Modeling of thermal effects in dielectric wakefield accelerators Peter Stoltz, Philippe Piot, Daniel Mihalcea, Francois Lemery Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		G15.00008: Wake-Field Reduction in Hybrid Photonic Crystal Cavities Danny Rehn, Greg Werner, Carl Bauer, John Cary Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		G15.00009: A superradiant Raman laser as an atomic sensor Justin G. Bohnet, Zilong Chen, Joshua M. Weiner, Kevin C. Cox, James K. Thompson Preview Abstract