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Session B2: Invited Session: DPF Prize Session I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Ian Peter Shipsey, Purdue University
Room: Chatham Ballroom A

Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:45AM - 11:09AM		B2.00001: W. K. H. Panofsky Prize: The Road to Neutrino Mixing Angle $\theta_{13}$ Invited Speaker: Kam-Biu Luk Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:09AM - 11:33AM		B2.00002: Panofsky Prize Talk II Invited Speaker: Yifang Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:33AM - 11:57AM		B2.00003: Henry Primakoff Award: The Mixed-Up Neutrino: Precision Measurement of Oscillation at Daya Bay Invited Speaker: Daniel Dwyer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:57AM - 12:21PM		B2.00004: Dannie Heineman Prize: Some remarks on Physical Mathematics Invited Speaker: Gregory Moore Preview Abstract

Session B3: Invited Session: Hadron Polarizabilities

Sponsoring Units: DNP GFB
Chair: Elton Smith, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Chatham Ballroom B

Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B3.00001: Hadron polarizabilities: what do they tell us about hadron structure? Invited Speaker: D. Hornidge Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B3.00002: Measuring the polarizabilities of the proton and pion with photon and hadron beams Invited Speaker: Rory Miskimen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B3.00003: Connecting the muon g-2 and proton size anomalies to hadron polarizabilities Invited Speaker: Carl Carlson Preview Abstract

Session B4: Invited Session: Neutron Star Radii

Sponsoring Units: DAP DNP
Chair: Michael Miller, University of Maryland
Room: Chatham Ballroom C

Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B4.00001: Measurement of Neutron Star Radii with X-ray Binaries and Recycled Pulsars Invited Speaker: Slavko Bogdanov Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B4.00002: Determining the equation of state via microscopic simulations Invited Speaker: Alexandros Gezerlis Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B4.00003: Extracting the neutron star equation of state from gravitational wave data Invited Speaker: Jocelyn Read Preview Abstract

Session B6: Relativistic Heavy Ions: Theoretical Aspects

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Vivian Incera, University of Texas at El Paso
Room: 200

Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B6.00001: Thermal fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions Clint Young Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B6.00002: Reconsideration of Statistical Hadronization in Light of LHC Results Michal Petran, Johann Rafelski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B6.00003: Time-Dependent Dynamics of Massive Quarkonium Resonances in Nuclear and Quark-Gluon-Plasma Media Noor Sabrina Mah Hussin, Asmaa Shalaby, Athanasios Petridis Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B6.00004: Enhanced Pair Production in Multicenter Systems by SuperIntense Lasers Andre Bandrauk Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B6.00005: Towards the Test of Saturation Physics Beyond Leading Logarithm David Zaslavsky, Anna Stasto, Bo-Wen Xiao Preview Abstract

Session B7: Physics of Light Systems

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Room: 201

Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B7.00001: Analysis and Preliminary Results of The NPDGamma Experiment Jason Fry Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B7.00002: GEANT4 Simulation of the NPDGamma Experiment Emil Frlez Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B7.00003: $^7_\Lambda$He bound state within three-body approach Vladimir Suslov, Igor Filikhin, Branislav Vlahovic Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B7.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B7.00005: Two-proton decay from Isobaric Analog States of light nuclei Kyle Brown Preview Abstract

Session B9: Solar and Planetary Physics

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Miriam Forman, Stonybrook University
Room: 203

Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B9.00001: Turbulence cascades in the solar wind Miriam Forman, Jesse Coburn, Charles Smith, Bernard Vasquez, Julia Stawarz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B9.00002: On the Nature of the Corona: The Electron Affinity of Metallic Hydrogen, not Extreme Temperatures, Generates Highly Ionized Gaseous Ions in the Outer Solar Atmosphere Pierre-Marie Robitaille Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B9.00003: Kuang's Semi-Classical Formalism for Calculating Electron Capture Cross Sections: A Space- Physics Application A.F. Barghouty Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B9.00004: On the Thermodynamics and other Constitutive Properties of a Class of Strongly Magnetized Matter Observed In Astrophysics Daniel Berdichevsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B9.00005: Sputtering of lunar regolith by solar wind protons and heavy ions, and general aspects of potential sputtering S.T. Alnussirat, M.S. Sabra, A.F. Barghouty, Douglas L. Rickman, F. Meyer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B9.00006: Understanding the Martian Atmosphere-Geosphere Interactions Using Oxygen Isotopic Forensics Ani Khachatryan, Mark Thiemens, Analisa Hill, Robina Shaheen, Kenneth Chong Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B9.00007: Terrestrial Gamma Flashes at Ground and Balloon Level James Rodi, Rebecca Ringuette, Michael Cherry Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B9.00008: Lightning Detection at the Telescope Array Cosmic Ray Observatory Helio Takai, John Belz, Gordon Thomson, William Hanlon, Bill Rison, Ron Thomas, Paul Krehbiel, Takeshi Okuda Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B9.00009: Equations for the Formation and Origin of Planetary and Stellar Rotation Stewart Brekke Preview Abstract

Session B10: History of Physics

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Catherine Westfall, Michigan State University
Room: 204

Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B10.00001: Reactions to Einstein's 1929 Unified Field Theory Proposal Paul Halpern Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B10.00002: The Origins of the Franck-Hertz Experiments Clayton Gearhart Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B10.00003: Nikola Tesla, the Ether and his Telautomaton Kendall Milar Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B10.00004: Minkowski's Road to Space-Time, and its Consequences and an Alternative Felix T. Smith Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B10.00005: Rapidity: The Special Relativity Work of Dr. Vladimir Karapetoff Hamilton Carter Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B10.00006: Developments in Computational Physics at Particle Accelerators Francisco Cano Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B10.00007: From the Dawn of Nuclear Physics to the First Atomic Bombs Stephen Woolbright, Jacob Schumacher, Ekaterina Michonova-Alexova Preview Abstract

Session B11: Invited Session: Issues in Quantum Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Jorge Pullin, Louisiana State University
Room: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B11.00001: ABSTRACT MOVED TO K16.00007 Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B11.00002: Quantum Space Time Engineering Invited Speaker: Bianca Dittrich Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B11.00003: Singularity Resolution in Quantum Gravity Invited Speaker: Parampreet Singh Preview Abstract

Session B14: Undergraduate Research and Outreach - SPS I

Chair: Toni Sauncy, Society of Physics Students
Room: 102

Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B14.00001: Life as a Mather Intern at the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Katherine Stankus Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B14.00002: Properties of Quantum-Dot-Doped Liquid Scintillators Christopher Coy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B14.00003: Liquid Scintillators for Neutrino Detection in Large Scale Detectors Athena Ierokomos Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B14.00004: UV Enhancement of CR-39 Nuclear Track Detector Etch Parameters Nathan Traynor, Christopher McLauchlin, Kenneth Dodge, James McLean, Stephen Padalino, Michelle Burke, Craig Sangster Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B14.00005: An OPERA-3D Model of Muon Injection in the Muon $g-2$ Storage Ring Lia Vallina Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B14.00006: Identification of Upward-going Muons for Dark Matter Searches at the NOvA Experiment Liting Xiao Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B14.00007: Expected Performance of the Fast Interaction Trigger (FIT) for the Upgrade of the ALICE Detector Bernard Boston, Edmundo Garcia-Solis, Austin Harton Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B14.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session B15: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics I

Chair: Larne Pekowsky, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: 103

Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B15.00001: What can we learn about the neutron-star equation of state from gravitational-wave observations of inspiralling binary neutron stars? Benjamin Lackey, Leslie Wade Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B15.00002: Measuring the neutron star tidal Love number with inspiral waveforms Marc Favata Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B15.00003: Cas A and friends: directed searches for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars Benjamin Owen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B15.00004: Search for Gravitational Waves From Nearby Globular Clusters Santiago Caride Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B15.00005: Rapidly extracting astrophysics from gravitational-wave observations in the Advanced Detector era Rory Smith Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B15.00006: Constraining models of Population III stars using gravitational-wave observations Tanner Prestegard, Vuk Mandic, Keith Olive, Elisabeth Vangioni Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B15.00007: Sco X-1 in LIGO: directed searches for continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars in binary systems Grant Meadors, Evan Goetz, Keith Riles Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B15.00008: Gravitational and neutrino signatures from core-collapse supernovae Konstantin Yakunin, Bronson Messer, Pedro Marronetti, Anthony Mezzacappa, Eric Lentz, Stephen Bruenn, William Raphael Hix, James Austin Harris, John Blondin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B15.00009: Measuring the Angular Momentum Distribution of Core-Collapse Supernova Progenitors Sarah Gossan, Ernazar Abdikamalov, Alexandra DeMaio, Christian Ott Preview Abstract

Session B17: Invited Session: Hyperloop and other Transportation Ideas

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Valerie Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: 105-106

Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B17.00001: The Hyperloop as a Source of Interesting Estimation Questions Invited Speaker: Rhett Allain Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B17.00002: Hyperloops, Nuclear Spacecraft, and the New York City Subway Invited Speaker: Stephen Granade Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B17.00003: Can we build a more efficient airplane? Using applied questions to teach physics Invited Speaker: Aatish Bhatia Preview Abstract

Session B20: CSWP/DPF Networking Luncheon

Sponsoring Units: CSWP DPF
Room: Hyatt Regency Savannah Savannah Room

Saturday, April 5, 2014 12:00PM - 2:30PM

B20.00001: CSWP/DPF Networking Luncheon Preview Abstract

Session B21: Lunch with the Grads: A Panel Discussion About Physics Graduate School

Room: 102

Saturday, April 5, 2014 12:30PM - 1:30PM

B21.00001: Lunch with the Grads: A Panel Discussion About Physics Graduate School Preview Abstract