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 Y2: Invited Session: Intensity Frontier: Quark Flavored Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Jonathan Rosner, University of Chicago
Room: Plaza D

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y2.00001: Heavy Quark Flavor Physics Invited Speaker: Vera Luth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y2.00002: The Future of Quark Flavor Physics Invited Speaker: Jack Ritchie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y2.00003: Tevatron Legacy Measurements Invited Speaker: Marco Verzocchi Preview Abstract

Session Y3: Invited Session: New EDM Results and Their Implications

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Douglas Beck, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Plaza E

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y3.00001: New results from the YbF EDM experiment Invited Speaker: B.E. Sauer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y3.00002: The ACME electron electric dipole moment search Invited Speaker: David DeMille Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y3.00003: EDMs and the LHC: Implications of Recent Results Invited Speaker: Michael Ramsey-Musolf Preview Abstract

Session Y4: Invited Session: Energetic Neighbors

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Brian Thomas, Washburn University
Room: Plaza F

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y4.00001: Magnetars Storm the Earth Invited Speaker: Victoria Kaspi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y4.00002: Intermittent Astrophysical Radiation Sources and Terrestrial Life Invited Speaker: Adrian Melott Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y4.00003: When Stars Attack! Effects and Signatures of Near-Earth Supernova Invited Speaker: Brian Fields Preview Abstract

Session Y7: Invited Session: Educational Outreach by the High Energy Physics Community

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Thomas Jordan, University of Florida
Room: Governor's Square 16

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:30PM - 2:06PM		Y7.00001: Particle Physics Outreach for Secondary Education Invited Speaker: Spencer Pasero Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:06PM - 2:42PM		Y7.00002: Impact of Outreach on Physics Enrollment in Idaho Invited Speaker: Steven Shropshire Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:42PM - 3:18PM		Y7.00003: Quarknet Invited Speaker: Michell Wayne Preview Abstract

Session Y8: Galactic Astronomy

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

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y8.00001: Transport Properties and Radiation Production in Plasmas with Sub-Larmor-Scale Magnetic Turbulence B. Keenan, M.V. Medvedev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y8.00002: On mass and linear momentum conservation for the evolution of magnetized plasma in a highly dilute plasma environment Daniel Berdichevsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y8.00003: High Energy Particle Populations and Relevant Plasma Processes Associated with Shining Black Holes* Bruno Coppi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y8.00004: Do R Coronae Borealis Stars Form from Double White Dwarf Mergers? Patrick Motl, Jan Staff, Athira Menon, Falk Herwig, Wesley Even, Chris Fryer, Tom Geballe, Marco Pignatari, Geoffrey Clayton, Joel Tohline Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y8.00005: The effect of host cluster gravitational tidal forces on the internal dynamics of spiral galaxies Alexander Mayer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y8.00006: Abundances of Elements in Nebulae and Chemical Evolution of the Universe Sultana Nahar, M. Dance, E. Palay, A. Pradhan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y8.00007: HAWC sensitivity to Galactic TeV gamma-ray sources Michelle Hui Preview Abstract

Session Y9: Nuclear Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Micha Kilburn, University of Notre Dame
Room: Governor's Square 11

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y9.00001: Nuclear Pasta Properties from Molecular Dynamics Simulations Andre da Silva Schneider, Joe Hughto, Charles Horowitz, Don Berry Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y9.00002: Neutrino opacity for astrophysics Gang Shen, Luke Roberts, Vincenzo Cirigliano, Sanjay Reddy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y9.00003: Generic conditions for stable hybrid stars Sophia Han, Mark Alford, Madappa Prakash Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y9.00004: Inelastic Scattering of Alphas on Mg-24 as a Surrogate for Stellar Carbon Burning Justin Munson, Eric Norman, Jason Burke, Larry Phair, Robert Casperson, Matt McCleskey, Perry Chodash, Richard Hughes, Ellen McCleskey, Roby Austin, Antti Saastamoinen, Alex Spiridon, Roman Chyzh, Shamsuzzoha Basunia, Timothy Ross, Jennifer Ressler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y9.00005: Prospects of Optical Single Atom Detection in Noble Gas Solids for Measurements of Rare Nuclear Reactions Jaideep Singh, Kevin G. Bailey, Zheng-Tian Lu, Peter Mueller, Thomas P. O'Connor, Chen-Yu Xu, Xiaodong Tang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y9.00006: Spectroscopy of $^{86,87,88}$Se levels populated through beta decay of $^{86,87,88}$As J. Pereira, W.B. Walters, M.K. Smith, A. Aprahamian, C.J. Chiara, A. Gade, T. Ginter, G. Hackman, N. Larson, S.N. Liddick, C. Prokop, H. Schatz, O.B. Tarasov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y9.00007: Experimental Results of the $^{33}$S($\alpha$,p)$^{36}$Cl Cross Sections: Implications on $^{36}$Cl Production in the Early Solar System Matthew Bowers, Philippe Collon, Yoav Kashiv, William Bauder, Wenting Lu, Karen Ostdiek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y9.00008: Measuring radiative capture rates at DRAGON U. Hager, B. Davids, J. Fallis, U. Greife, D.A. Hutcheon, A. Rojas, C. Ruiz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Y9.00009: From a complex scalar field to the two-fluid picture of superfluidity S. Kumar Mallavarapu, Mark Alford, Andreas Schmitt, Stephan Stetina Preview Abstract

Session Y10: Instrumentation: MicroBooNE & ArgoNeuT

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Kate Scholberg, Duke University
Room: Governor's Square 12

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y10.00001: MicroBooNE Jennet Dickinson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y10.00002: MicroBooNE TPC trigger and GPS timing Leonidas Kalousis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y10.00003: MicroBooNE Electronics David Kaleko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y10.00004: Calibrating the MicroBooNE Photomultiplier Tube (PMT) Array with Michel Electrons from Cosmic Ray Muons Amy Greene Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y10.00005: The ArgoNeuT Experiment at Fermilab Saima Farooq Preview Abstract

Session Y11: Instrumentation I

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

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y11.00001: Track-based alignment of the CMS Muon System Austin Schneider, Vadim Khotilovich, Yuriy Pakhotin, Alexei Safonov, Aysen Tatarinov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y11.00002: Testbeam and laboratory characterization of 3D CMS pixel sensors Mayur Bubna, Alex Krzwyda, Enver Alagoz, Daniela Bortoletto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y11.00003: Performance of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter Stephe Cole Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y11.00004: CMS HCAL Endcap Simulations for the High Luminosity LHC Kevin Pedro Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y11.00005: A Hardware Track Finder for the ATLAS Trigger System Jeremy Love Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y11.00006: Optimization of Energy Resolution in the Digital Hadron Calorimeter using Longitudinal Weights J.R. Smith, B. Bilki, K. Francis, J. Repond, J. Schlereth, L. Xia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y11.00007: A Wireless Power and Data Acquisition System for Large Detectors Himansu Sahoo, Patrick De Lurgio, Zelimir Djurcic, Gary Drake, Andrew Kreps, Reza Hashemian, Michael Oberling, Timothy Pearson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y11.00008: Device Engineering of Large Area, High Performance Bi-Alkali Photocathodes for Fast-Timing Applications Junqi Xie, Marcel Demarteau, Henry Frisch, Edward May, Alexander Paramonov, Robert Wagner, Dean Walters Preview Abstract

Session Y12: Searches III

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

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y12.00001: Measurement of $Z$ boson production in association with heavy flavor jets at D0 Joseph Zennamo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y12.00002: Helicity-Based Parton Shower for Matching with QCD Matrix Elements Kassahun Betre Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y12.00003: Search for top quark pair resonances with ATLAS Venkatesh Kaushik Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y12.00004: Search for exotic same sign dilepton signatures in p-p collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8TeV with the ATLAS detector Fionnbarr O'Grady Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y12.00005: Likelihood analysis in Compact Muon Solenoid search for physics beyond the standard model in events with bottom-quark jets Benjamin Kreis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y12.00006: Missing Transverse Energy Performance at CMS using Photon + Jet Events Brian Calvert, Ted Kolberg, Sarah Eno, Nick Hadley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y12.00007: Physics Beyond the Standard Model at a High-Luminosity LHC with the ATLAS Detector Chris Pollard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y12.00008: Electron Identification Studies for the ATLAS Level 1 Trigger Upgrade Last Feremenga, Marc-Andre Pleier, Francesco Lanni Preview Abstract

Session Y13: Instrumentation II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Sean Stave, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Room: Plaza Court 2

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y13.00001: Projectile influence on production cross section for $^{48}$Ca-, $^{50}$Ti-, and $^{54}$Cr- induced fusion-evaporation reactions D.A. Mayorov, T.A. Werke, M.C. Alfonso, M.E. Bennett, C.M. Folden III Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y13.00002: Effects of Odd-$Z$ Projectiles on Fusion-Evaporation Cross Sections Tyler Werke, Dmitriy Mayorov, Marisa Alfonso, Megan Bennett, Michael DeVanzo, Charles Folden III Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y13.00003: Detector Design for the sPHENIX Hadronic Calorimeter Shawn Beckman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y13.00004: The Barrel Calorimeter for the GlueX Experiment at Jefferson Lab Zisis Papandreou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y13.00005: Status of the construction of the Gluex Forward Drift Chambers Simon Taylor Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y13.00006: Characteristics of S12045(X) photon sensors for GlueX E.S. Smith, Y. Qiang, I. Tolstukhin, W.K. Brooks, H. Hakobyan, S. Kuleshov, O. Soto, A. Toro Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y13.00007: Simulation and Analysis of Neutron Activation Risk for the IsoDAR High-Intensity Electron Antineutrino Source Michael Skuhersky Preview Abstract

Session Y14: Astrophysical Numerical Relativity Simulations

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Pablo Laguna, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Plaza Court 3

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y14.00001: Three-Dimensional General Relativistic Simulations of Core-Collapse Supernovae Ernazar Abdikamalov, Christian D. Ott, Philipp Moesta, Roland Haas, Steve Drasco, Evan O'Connor, Christian Reisswig, Casey Meakin, Erik Schnetter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y14.00002: General Relativistic Simulations of Magnetized Plasmas around Black Holes Fatemeh Hossein-Nouri Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y14.00003: Accretion disks around kicked black holes: Post-kick Dynamics Marcelo Ponce, Joshua A. Faber, James C. Lombardi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y14.00004: Force Free Magnetospheres of Kerr Black holes Govind Menon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y14.00005: Tidal Disruption of a Star By a Massive Black Hole: the Fate of the Debris Roseanne Cheng, Charles Evans, Tamara Bogdanovic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y14.00006: Magnetic effects on the low-T/W instability in proto-neutron stars Curran Muhlberger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y14.00007: Neutron-star mergers in scalar-tensor theories of gravity Enrico Barausse, Carlos Palenzuela, Marcelo Ponce, Luis Lehner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y14.00008: Spontaneous Scalarization with Dynamical General Relativity Fethi M Ramazanoglu, Frans Pretorius Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Y14.00009: Stiffness effects on the dynamics of bar-mode instability in full General Relativity Frank L\"offler, Roberto De Pietri, Alessandra Feo, Luca Franci Preview Abstract

Session Y15: Quantum Mechanics and Electrodynamics

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC
Chair: Brian Sawyer, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Plaza Court 4

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:30PM - 1:42PM		Y15.00001: Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics in a Classical Spacetime Huan Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y15.00002: Exploring the foundations of quantum mechanics using Monte Carlo simulations of the Freedman-Clauser experimental test of Bell's Inequality Stephen Foulkes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y15.00003: Teichmuller Space Resolution of the EPR Paradox Friedwardt Winterberg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y15.00004: Calendar effects in quantum mechanics in view of interactive holography Simon Berkovich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:18PM - 2:30PM		Y15.00005: Can Real Forces Be Induced by Interference of Quantum Wavefunctions? Ido Kaminer, Jonathan Nemirovsky, Mikael Rechtsman, Rivka Bekenstein, Mordechai Segev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y15.00006: Spectroscopy and Thermometry of Drumhead Modes in a Mesoscopic 2D Coulomb Crystal of $^9$Be$^+$ Brian Sawyer, Joseph Britton, Carson Teale, Adam Keith, Joseph Wang, James Freericks, John Bollinger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y15.00007: QED, Nuclear Size, and the Cosmos: Applications of High Precision Atomic Spectroscopy John Gillaspy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y15.00008: QED vacuum fluctuations as a function of magnetic moment Johann Rafelski, Lance Labun Preview Abstract

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