Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS April Meeting 2013

Volume 58, Number 4

Saturday–Tuesday, April 13–16, 2013; Denver, Colorado

Session Index

Session X2: Invited Session: Non-WIMP Dark Matter

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

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 11:21AM		X2.00001: Non-WIMP dark matter in cosmology Invited Speaker: Annika Peter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:57AM		X2.00002: Axion and Axion-Like Particle Dark Matter Invited Speaker: Leslie Rosenberg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:57AM - 12:33PM		X2.00003: The Experimental Search for Hidden Sector Photons Invited Speaker: John Jaros Preview Abstract

Session X3: Invited Session: New Development in Baryon Resonance Spectrum

Sponsoring Units: DNP GHP
Chair: Latifa Elouadrhiri, Jefferson Laboratory
Room: Plaza E

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 11:21AM		X3.00001: Latest results from the CLAS N* polarization program Invited Speaker: Michael Dugger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:57AM		X3.00002: $\gamma_{v}NN^*$ Transition Amplitudes and Excited Baryon Structure from CLAS Invited Speaker: Victor Mokeev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:57AM - 12:33PM		X3.00003: The Bonn-Gatchina PWA: Search for New States and Study of Resonance Properties Invited Speaker: Andrey Sarantsev Preview Abstract

Session X4: Invited Session: Multimessengers from Space

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: Corbin Covault, NASA
Room: Plaza F

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 11:21AM		X4.00001: Gamma-ray and X-ray views of the energetic sky from a multimessenger perspective Invited Speaker: Elizabeth Hays Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:57AM		X4.00002: Current and Future Cosmic Ray Observatories in Space Invited Speaker: Eun-Suk Seo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:57AM - 12:33PM		X4.00003: The Science of Gravitational Waves with Space Observatories Invited Speaker: James Thorpe Preview Abstract

Session X5: Fundamental Symmetries

Sponsoring Units: DNP GPMFC
Chair: Seamus Riordan, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Room: Governor's Square 14

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X5.00001: Testing Lorentz invariance in $\beta$ decay Hans Wilschut, Auke Sytema, Elwin Dijck, Steven Hoekstra, Klaus Jungmann, Stefan M\"uller, Gerco Onderwater, Coen Pijpker, Lorenz Willmann, Jacob Noordmans, Rob Timmermans Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X5.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X5.00003: Systematics of the SNS n-3He Experiment Christopher Crawford Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X5.00004: Probing the Faraday Effect of Polarized $^{3}He$ Gretchen Phelps, Josh Abney, Wolfgang Korsch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X5.00005: Potential use of a Kerr Cell in polarized electron accelerator sources for experiments in parity-violation Mark Dalton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X5.00006: Linear Regression Systematics of the Q-weak Main Detector Asymmetry David Mack Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X5.00007: Measuring Muon Capture on the Deuteron Frederick Gray Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:09PM - 12:21PM		X5.00008: The Mu2e Experiment Bertrand Echenard Preview Abstract

Session X7: Invited Session: 100 Years of the Bohr Atom

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Peter Pesic, St. John's College
Room: Governor's Square 16

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 11:21AM		X7.00001: Niels Bohr and the Third Quantum Revolution Invited Speaker: Alfred Scharff Goldhaber Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:57AM		X7.00002: Memories of Crisis: Bohr, Kuhn, and the Quantum Mechanical ``Revolution'' Invited Speaker: Suman Seth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:57AM - 12:33PM		X7.00003: What Is Complementarity? Invited Speaker: Don Howard Preview Abstract

Session X8: Geophysical Astronomy

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Adrian Melott, University of Kansas
Room: Governor's Square 10

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X8.00001: Astrophysical Ionizing Radiation Sources and Life on Earth Brian Thomas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X8.00002: Search for Supernova $^{60}$Fe in the Earth's Fossil Record Shawn Bishop, Peter Ludwig, Ramon Egli, Valentina Chernenko, Thomas Frederichs, Silke Merchel, Georg Rugel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X8.00003: Biological effects of muons from cosmic rays originating from nearby supernova Michael Murray, Adrian Melott, Chistopher Fisher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X8.00004: Sample Analysis at Mars Organic Contaminants Library (SAM-OCL) Raul Garcia-Sanchez, Prabhakar Misra, John Canham, Paul Mahaffy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X8.00005: Ground level radiation from cosmic ray shower secondaries Andrew Overholt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X8.00006: The Isotropy Problem of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays: The Effects of Anisotropic Transport Rahul Kumar, David Eichler Preview Abstract

Session X9: Neutrino Scattering

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Michelle M. Medeiros, Fermilab
Room: Governor's Square 11

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X9.00001: Results of the $\nu_\mu$ Charged Current Inclusive Analysis using the $\pi^0$ Detector and Time Projection Chamber of the T2K Experiment Raj Das, Alex Clifton, Robert Johnson, Alysia Marino, Erez Reinherz-Aronis, Walter Toki, Tianlu Yuan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X9.00002: Analysis Strategy and Selection Procedure for $\nu_\mu$ Charged Current Inclusive Interactions using the $\pi^0$ Detector (P0D) and the Time Projection Chambers of the T2K Experiment Erez Reinherz-Aronis, Alex Clifton, Raj Das, Walter Toki, Robert Johnson, Alysia Marino, Tianlu Yuan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X9.00003: Selection of the Neutrino Induced Charged Current Single Pion Events with the T2K Near Detector Tomasz Wachala, Shamil Assylbekov, Robert Wilson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X9.00004: Preliminary Charged-Current Single Charged Pion Cross Section Measurement on Water with the T2K Near Detector Shamil Assylbekov, Tomasz Wachala, Robert Wilson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X9.00005: Charged-current multiple pion production using $\nu_{\mu}$ in the P{\O}D in the T2K experiment Scott Davis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X9.00006: Minerva Detector Calibration Laza Rakotondravohitra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X9.00007: MINERvA CCInclusive Analysis David Martinez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:09PM - 12:21PM		X9.00008: Inclusive Charged Pion Production at MINERvA Brandon Eberly, Clifford Simon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:21PM - 12:33PM		X9.00009: A calculation of the ultra-high energy neutrino cross sections Phuoc Ha Preview Abstract

Session X10: Numerical Relativity Methodology

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Harald Pfeiffer, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
Room: Governor's Square 12

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X10.00001: General relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics with the Einstein Toolkit Philipp Moesta, Bruno Mundim, Joshua Faber, Scott Noble, Tanja Bode, Roland Haas, Frank Loeffler, Christian Ott, Christian Reisswig, Erik Schnetter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X10.00002: Exploring the outer limits of Numerical Relativity Carlos Lousto, Yosef Zlochower Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X10.00003: Accuracy Issues for Numerical Waveforms Yosef Zlochower, Marcelo Ponce, Carlos Lousto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X10.00004: Estimating gauge errors in Newman-Penrose extrapolated waveforms via comparison with Cauchy Characteristic Extraction Nicholas Taylor, Michael Boyle, Christian Reisswig, Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi, Christian Ott Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X10.00005: General relativistic null-cone evolutions with a high-order scheme Christian Reisswig Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X10.00006: Steps towards the well-posedness of the characteristic evolution for the Einstein equations Maria Babiuc Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X10.00007: Physical properties of a quasi-Kinnersley tetrad Fan Zhang, Jeandrew Brink, Bela Szilagyi, Geoffrey Lovelace Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:09PM - 12:21PM		X10.00008: Numerical Relativity Ringdown Waveforms: From Spherical to Spheroidal Mode Decomposition Lionel London, James Healy, Deirdre Shoemaker Preview Abstract

Session X11: SUSY

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

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X11.00001: Interpretation of Searches for Supersymmetry with Simplified Models Christopher Silkworth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X11.00002: Triggering and signal optimization in a search for SUSY with bottom-quark jets in pp collisions at 8 TeV with CMS Harold Nguyen, Bill Gary, Pawandeep Jandir, Owen Long, Tom Danielson, Kristen Flowers, Jeffrey Richman, William Ford, Ale Gaz, Troy Mulholland, James Smith, Keith Ulmer, Ben Kreis, Anders Ryd, Don Teo, Julia Thom, Josh Thompson, Luke Winstrom, Peter Wittich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X11.00003: Prediction of top-quark and W boson backgrounds in a search for supersymmetry with b-tagged jets at CMS Kristen Flowers Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X11.00004: Data-driven estimation of Z-boson backgrounds to new physics with the b-jet and missing transverse energy signature Troy Mulholland Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X11.00005: Search for new physics using events with two same-sign isolated leptons in the final state L. Muniz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X11.00006: Search for supersymmetry using events with three leptons, multiple jets, and missing transverse momentum in 8 TeV proton-proton collision data with the ATLAS detector Chen Zhou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X11.00007: Search for chargino and slepton pair production using the $M_{\mathrm{CT}\perp}$ variable Nicholas Eggert Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:09PM - 12:21PM		X11.00008: Search for Electroweak production of changino and neutralinos Santiago Folgueras Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:21PM - 12:33PM		X11.00009: Searches for supersymmetry in final states with a Z boson with the ATLAS detector Devin Harper Preview Abstract

Session X12: Neutrino Detector Development

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

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X12.00001: Future Neutrino Oscillation Sensitivities for Long-Baseline Experiments Matthew Bass, Daniel Cherdack, Robert Wilson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X12.00002: Comparison of $\nu_{\mu}\rightarrow\nu_{e}$ Oscillation calculations with matter effects Michael Gordon, Walter Toki Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X12.00003: Muon Detectors at the Near Site of Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Daniel Poulson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X12.00004: A Fast MC for LBNE Daniel Cherdack, Bob Wilson, Matt Bass Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X12.00005: Outer Detector Events at T2K Taritree Wongjirad Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X12.00006: Incorporating Multi-Nucleon Effects in T2K's Neutrino Interaction Simulation Software. Jaclyn Schwehr Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X12.00007: Measurement of High Energy $\nu_{e}$ in the T2K beam using ND280 P0D Jay Hyun Jo, Jeanine Adam Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:09PM - 12:21PM		X12.00008: Introduction to the $\pi^{0}$ Detector (P0D) of the Tokai to Kamioka (T2K) Experiment Near Detector and the Alignment of the P0D Alex Clifton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:21PM - 12:33PM		X12.00009: Neutrino-induced neutral-current elastic (NCE) scattering in the P0D in the T2K experiment Daniel Ruterbories Preview Abstract

Session X13: Instrumentation: JLAB

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Johann Marton, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Room: Plaza Court 2

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X13.00001: Simulation of a hadron calorimeter for Jefferson Lab Hall-A Super Bigbite Spectrometer Vahe Mamyan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X13.00002: Large Gas Electron Multiplier Trackers for Super Bigbite Spectrometer at Jefferson lab Hall A K. Saenboonruang, K. Gnanvo, N. Liyanage, V. Nelyubin, S. Sacher, E. Cisbani, P. Musico, B. Wojtsekhowski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X13.00003: Quartz Detector for the SuperHMS Spectrometer at Hall-C Jefferson Lab Abdellah Ahmidouch, Samuel Danagoulian, Benjamin Griego, Demetria Campbell, Sharon Spratt, Charles Perdrisat, Howard Fenker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X13.00004: A Novel Spin-Light Polarimeter for the Electron Ion Collider Prajwal Mohanmurthy, Dipangkar Dutta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X13.00005: Design of a Noble Gas Cerenkov for the Super High Momentum Spectrometer for 12 GeV at Jefferson Lab Donal Day, Mikhail Yurov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X13.00006: Studies of single-photoelectron response and of performance in high magnetic field of a multianode H8500C-03 photomultiplier tube Simona Malace, Bradley Sawatzky, Haiyan Gao Preview Abstract

Session X14: Approximation Methods in General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Chad Galley, California Institute of Technology
Room: Plaza Court 3

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X14.00001: Towards a perturbative treatment of gravitational wave memory David Garfinkle, Lydia Bieri Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X14.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X14.00003: Tidal heating and torquing of a Kerr black hole Katerina Chatziioannou, Eric Poisson, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X14.00004: Branching of the quasinormal mode spectrum in nearly extremal Kerr spacetimes Aaron Zimmerman, Huan Yang, Fan Zhang, David Nichols, Emanuele Berti, Yanbei Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X14.00005: Self-forced gravitational waveforms for intermediate mass ratio inspirals: estimating second order effects Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X14.00006: Self-Force on Accelerated Charges in Generic Spacetimes Thomas Linz, John Friedman, Alan Wiseman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X14.00007: Spin-dependent post-Newtonian parameters from EMRI computation in Kerr background John Friedman, Alexandre Le Tiec, Abhay Shah Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:09PM - 12:21PM		X14.00008: A comment on the calculation of periastron precession in general relativity James Crawford Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:21PM - 12:33PM		X14.00009: Riemannian space-time, de Donder Conditions and Gravitational Field in Flat Space-time Gordon Liu Preview Abstract

Session X15: Spin Structure of the Nucleon II

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Xiaodong Jiang, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Plaza Court 4

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X15.00001: Distribution of Angular Momentum in the Transverse Plane Lekha Adhikari, Matthias Burkardt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X15.00002: Single Target-Spin Asymmetries in Inclusive Hadron Electroproduction Reaction Using a Transversely Polarized $^3$He Target Kalyan Allada Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X15.00003: Single and Double Spin Asymmetries for Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering on Proton and Deuteron Suman Koirala, Sebastian Kuhn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X15.00004: Leading- and higher-twist double-spin asymmetries in proton-proton scattering Daniel Pitonyak, Andreas Metz, Andreas Schaefer, Jian Zhou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X15.00005: Spectrometer Optics Calibration for Jefferson Lab $g_2^p$ Experiment Chao Gu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X15.00006: A Measurement of g2p and the Longitudinal-Transverse Spin Polarizability Min Huang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X15.00007: Polarized Proton Target for the g2p Experiment Melissa Cummings Preview Abstract

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