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Session H2: Invited Session: Energy Frontier: Higgs Boson II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Dmitri Denisov, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Plaza D

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H2.00001: Higgs Boson Results from the Tevatron Invited Speaker: Thomas Junk Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H2.00002: Theoretical Implications of the Higgs Data Invited Speaker: Patrick Draper Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H2.00003: Higgs e+e- Future Facilities Invited Speaker: Keisuke Fujii Preview Abstract

Session H3: Invited Session: Initial State Fluctuations and Transport in the Quark-Gluon Plasma

Sponsoring Units: DNP GHP
Chair: Richard Seto, University of California, Riverside
Room: Plaza E

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H3.00001: Measurement of initial state fluctuations at RHIC Invited Speaker: Paul Sorensen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H3.00002: Measurement of Initial State Fluctuations at LHC Invited Speaker: Raimond Snellings Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H3.00003: Theory of Initial State Fluctuations, Thermalization and CGC Invited Speaker: Kevin Dusling Preview Abstract

Session H4: Invited Session: Dark Energy

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: Marcelo Gleiser, Dartmouth College
Room: Plaza F

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H4.00001: Dark Energy Theory Invited Speaker: Rachel Bean Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H4.00002: Dark Energy Survey: understanding the acceleration of the Universe Invited Speaker: Jiangang Hao Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H4.00003: Dark Energy Experiments: The Road Ahead Invited Speaker: Jeffrey Newman Preview Abstract

Session H5: Invited Session: Wilson and Thesis Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: Donald Hartill, Cornell University
Room: Governor's Square 14

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H5.00001: Robert R. Wilson Prize Talk: The Linac Coherent Light Source Invited Speaker: John Galayda Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H5.00002: Doctoral Thesis Research in Beam Physics Award Talk: High Energy Ion Cooling from Microbunched Electrons Invited Speaker: Daniel Ratner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H5.00003: New Electron Source for Energy Recovery Linacs Invited Speaker: Ivan Bazarov Preview Abstract

Session H6: Invited Session: Low Carbon Electricity

Sponsoring Units: FPS GERA
Chair: Valerie Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Governor's Square 15

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H6.00001: Low Carbon Electricity Invited Speaker: Arun Majumdar Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H6.00002: Renewable Electricity Futures: Exploration of a U.S. Grid with 80{\%} Renewable Electricity Invited Speaker: Trieu Mai Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H6.00003: Advances in Solar Energy Invited Speaker: Christiana Honsberg Preview Abstract

Session H7: Invited Session: FIP/FGSA Session on Science Diplomacy

Sponsoring Units: FIP FGSA
Chair: Harvey Newman, California Institute of Technology
Room: Governor's Square 16

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H7.00001: Science in Brazil Invited Speaker: Marco A. Raupp Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H7.00002: Science Foreign Policy at the State Department: Why Would They Need a Cosmologist? Invited Speaker: Nicholas Suntzeff Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H7.00003: Science and Diplomacy Invited Speaker: E. William Colglazier Preview Abstract

Session H8: Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Bruno Giacomazzo, University of Colorado at Boulder
Room: Governor's Square 10

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H8.00001: Measuring Accretion Impact Radii With Optical and Gravitational Wave Observations of Compact Binaries Eric Addison, Katie Brevik, Shane L. Larson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H8.00002: Binary black hole mergers in magnetized disks: simulations in full general relativity Roman Gold, Brian Farris, Vasileios Paschalidis, Zachariah Etienne, Stuart Shapiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H8.00003: Constructing binary black hole template banks using numerical relativity waveforms Prayush Kumar Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H8.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H8.00005: Prospects for GW transients in early Advanced LIGO and Virgo science runs Gabriela Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H8.00006: Increasing LIGO sensitivity by feedforward subtraction of auxiliary length control noise Grant Meadors, Keita Kawabe, Keith Riles Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H8.00007: Pulsar Timing Arrays: No longer a blunt instrument for Gravitational Wave Detectio Andrea Lommen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H8.00008: Search for Gravitational Waves From Nearby Globular Clusters Santiago Caride Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H8.00009: Searching for Gravitational Wave Bursts via Bayesian Nonparametrics Data Analysis with Pulsar Timing Arrays Xihao Deng Preview Abstract

Session H9: Neutron Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Nadia Fomin, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Governor's Square 11

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H9.00001: Overview and status update on the UCNtau experiment Chris Cude Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H9.00002: Current Status of the NPDGamma Experiment Mark McCrea Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H9.00003: Polarized Cold Neutron Capture in $^{27}$Al Septimiu Balascuta Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H9.00004: Status of Neutron Beta Decay Asymmetry Studies from the UCNA Experiment David Phillips II Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H9.00005: The UCNB experiment: progress toward the measurement of electron-proton coincidences from the beta decay of polarized, ultracold neutrons Sky Sjue Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H9.00006: aCORN: A precision measurement of the electron-antineutrino correlation in neutron decay Fred Wietfeldt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H9.00007: Limits on the Fierz Interference term for the free neutron Kevin Hickerson Preview Abstract

Session H10: Classical and Semiclassical Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Jorge Pullin, Louisiana State University
Room: Governor's Square 12

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H10.00001: Near-Horizon Conformal Symmetry Revisited Steven Carlip Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H10.00002: Imaginary action and gravitational entropy Yasha Neiman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H10.00003: Thermodynamics of a Black Hole with Moon Samuel Gralla, Alexandre Le Tiec Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H10.00004: Near-Extremal Kerr $AdS_2\times S^2$ Solution and Black-Hole/Near-Horizion-CFT Duality Ananda Guneratne, Leo Rodriguez, Sujeev Wickramasekara, Tuna Yildirim Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H10.00005: SUSY Schwarzschild and Schwarzschild-(anti)de Sitter black holes O. Obregon, S. Zacarias, J.C. Lopez-Dominguez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H10.00006: Density Density Correlation Function for a Bose-Einstein Condensate Analog Black Hole Paul Anderson, Roberto Balbinot, Alessandro Fabbri, Renaud Parentani Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H10.00007: Configurational Entropy of Perturbed Classical Systems Damian Sowinski, Marcelo Gleiser Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H10.00008: Relativity of Scale: Emergence of Quantum Behavior from Space-Time Geometry and Its Implications Shantikumar Nair Preview Abstract

Session H11: Neutrino Oscillation Studies

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Bob McKeown, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Governor's Square 17

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H11.00001: Reconstruction Algorithms for Electon Neutrino Appearance in NOvA Evan Niner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H11.00002: Status of the NOvA Experiment Satish Desai Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H11.00003: Expected sensitivity of the NOvA muon neutrino disappearance analysis Kirk Bays Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H11.00004: Sensitivity of the NOvA $\nu_e$ appearance analysis Christoper Backhouse Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H11.00005: Muon - Charged Current Neutrino Event Selection From The NOvA Prototype Detector's Data Enrique Arrieta Diaz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H11.00006: Measuring $\theta_{23}$ with IceCube DeepCore Laura Gladstone Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H11.00007: Measurement of muon neutrino oscillations using the complete MINOS data set Michelle Mesquita de Medeiros Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H11.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H11.00009: Measuring $\theta_{13}$ in the Double Chooz experiment Keith Crum Preview Abstract

Session H12: New Ideas and Directions

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Ron Lipton, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Plaza Court 1

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H12.00001: Sub-GUT mSUGRA Pearl Sandick Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H12.00002: Higher-dimensional oscillations of quantum particles Eric Hedin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H12.00003: Scalar theories and symmetry breaking in the light-front coupled-cluster method Sophia Chabysheva Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H12.00004: E.Cartan's Spinor and the infrared QCD Sadataka Furui Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H12.00005: Knot Theory and Topologically Massive Yang-Mills Theory Tuna Yildirim, Vincent Rodgers, Parameswaran Nair, Suzanne Carter Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H12.00006: An Alternative Approach to the Klein-Gordon-Dirac Equations for Classical and Quantum Mechanics D.T. Froedge Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H12.00007: Unified Field Theory and Force Formulas of Interactions Tian Ma, Shouhong Wang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H12.00008: Using dispersion relations to look for new physics in pp elastic scattering at the LHC Peter Denton, Thomas Weiler Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H12.00009: Lorentz violation in positronium decay from the Standard Model Extension Gregory Adkins, Richard Fell Preview Abstract

Session H13: Structure and Reactions of Few-Nucleon Systems

Sponsoring Units: DNP GFB
Chair: Judith McGover, University of Manchester
Room: Plaza Court 2

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H13.00001: New precision era of strong interaction studies of the antikaon-nucleon interaction Johann Marton Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H13.00002: Cross sections for neutron-deuteron elastic scattering in the energy range 135-250 MeV J.L. Matthews, M.B. Chtangeev, W.A. Franklin, T. Akdogan, E. Ertan, M.A. Kovash, M. Yuly Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H13.00003: Faddeev calculation for breakup neutron-deuteron scattering at 14.1 MeV lab energy Vladimir Suslov, Mikhail Braun, Igor Filikhin, Ivo Slaus, Branislav Vlahovic Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H13.00004: T-T Neutron Spectrum from Inertial Confinement Implosions Joseph Caggiano, Maria Gatu Johnson, Andrew Bacher, Denns McNabb Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H13.00005: Three-body photodisintegration of $^3$He using a longitudinally polarized target and a circularly polarized $\gamma$ beam at 12.8 and 14.7 MeV Georgios Laskaris Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H13.00006: \textit{Ab initio} many-body calculations of the $^4$He photo-absorption cross section Micah Schuster, Sofia Quaglioni, Calvin Johnson, Eric Jurgenson, Petr Navr\'{a}til Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H13.00007: Solution of the Schroedinger Eq. in the presence of very long-range potentials George Rawitscher Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H13.00008: Low-energy fusion caused by an interference Boris Ivlev Preview Abstract

Session H14: Numerical Investigations in Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: David Garfinkle, Oakland University
Room: Plaza Court 3

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H14.00001: Relative stability of black hole threshold solutions in gravitational collapse Theodor Brasoveanu, Frans Pretorius Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H14.00002: Critical Collapse of Rotating Gravitational Waves: Recent Progress Tony Chu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H14.00003: Scalar Field in AdS: BHs, boson stars and collapse Steven Liebling Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H14.00004: Numerical Relativity as a tool for studying the Early Universe David Garrison Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H14.00005: Ultrarelativistic black hole formation William East, Frans Pretorius Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H14.00006: Caustic echoes and their astrophysical applications Chad Galley, Anil Zenginoglu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H14.00007: Intermediate behavior of Kerr Black Hole tails Anil Zengino\u{g}lu, Gaurav Khanna, Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract

Session H15: Teaching and Learning for Physics Majors

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Heather Lewandowski, University of Colorado
Room: Plaza Court 4

Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H15.00001: Informal science participation positively affects the communication and pedagogical skills of university physics students Kathleen Hinko, Noah Finkelstein Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H15.00002: Teaching Quantum Mechanics through Project-based Learning Gintaras Duda Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H15.00003: A Fluctuating Torque Nelson Zamorano, Alfredo G\'omez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H15.00004: Materials for Active Engagement in Nuclear and Particle Physics Courses Jeff Loats, Cindy Schwarz, Ken Krane Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H15.00005: Using Laboratory Homework to Facilitate Skill Integration and Assess Understanding in Intermediate Physics Courses Marty Johnston, Jeffrey Jalkio Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H15.00006: A student-driven approach to learning about the interplay of model and measurement Dimitri Dounas-Frazer, Punit Gandhi, Jesse Livezey, Geoffrey Iwata Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H15.00007: Student Collaborative Networks and Academic Performance David Schmidt, Ariel Bridgeman, Patrick Kohl Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H15.00008: Teaching climate change in undergraduate courses Michael Sadler Preview Abstract