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Session H2: Invited Session: Higgs Boson I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Howard Haber, University of California, Santa Cruz
Room: Chatham Ballroom A

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H2.00001: Higgs results from ATLAS Invited Speaker: Gabriella Sciolla Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H2.00002: Higgs Results from CMS Invited Speaker: Adolf Bornheim Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H2.00003: Precision calculations for Higgs Physics Invited Speaker: Ayres Freitas Preview Abstract

Session H3: Invited Session: Frontiers of the Interface Between Physics and Medicine

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPB
Chair: Jerry Nolen, Argonne National Laboratories
Room: Chatham Ballroom B

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H3.00001: New Methods for Targeted Alpha Radiotherapy Invited Speaker: J. David Robertson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H3.00002: Accelerator Production of Isotopes for Medical Use Invited Speaker: Suzanne Lapi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H3.00003: Hadron Cancer Therapy - relative merits of X-ray, proton and carbon beams Invited Speaker: Oliver Jakel Preview Abstract

Session H4: Invited Session: Early Universe

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: Lloyd Knox, University of California, Davis
Room: Chatham Ballroom C

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H4.00001: Reaching the Planck Scale with CMB Polarization Invited Speaker: Daniel Green Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H4.00002: Primordial Non-Gaussianity and High Energy Physics Invited Speaker: Marilena Loverde Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H4.00003: Leptogenesis Invited Speaker: Mu-Chun Chen Preview Abstract

Session H6: Relativistic Heavy Ions: p+ p and p+ A

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Abhisek Sen, University of Tennessee
Room: 200

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H6.00001: Measurement of heavy flavor decay electrons in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV Irakli Martashvili Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H6.00002: Strange baryon vs meson ratio in near-side and away-side jets in p$+$p collisions at ALICE using azimuthal correlations Sandun Jayarathna Pahula Hewage Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H6.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H6.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H6.00005: Higher harmonics from intrinsic multi-particle production Kevin Dusling Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H6.00006: Production of electrons from heavy flavor decays in p-Pb collisions at $\surd$s $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV measured with ALICE Rebecca Scott Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H6.00007: Spatial meson correlators at non-zero and dissolution of charmonium states Peter Petreczky, Alexei Bazavov, Frithjof Karsch, Swagato Mukherjee, Yu Maezawa Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H6.00008: Untriggered di-hadron correlations using 2.76 TeV Pb-Pb collisions in ALICE Danthasinghe Piyarathna Preview Abstract

Session H7: Electroweak Interactions

Chair: Leah Broussard, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: 201

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H7.00001: Update on the Los Alamos UCN Source Mark Makela Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H7.00002: UCN Transport for the UCNA Experiment Brittney VornDick Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H7.00003: UCNB Experimental Overview: Recent Progress and Future Goals Bryan Zeck Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H7.00004: The Data Acquisition System for the Nab Experiment Aaron Sprow, Christopher Crawford, Simon Lovell Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H7.00005: Resonant Frequency Spin Flipper for the nHe3 Experiment Christopher Hayes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H7.00006: Development of an Electrostatic Ion Beam Trap for the Study of Beta Decay Correlations Yuan Mei Preview Abstract

Session H8: Mini-Symposium on Physics of the Cosmos

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Alan Smale, NASA Goddard
Room: 202

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H8.00001: High Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology from Space Invited Speaker: Ann Hornschemeier Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H8.00002: CosmicSIG science and plans Angela V. Olinto Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H8.00003: Exploring the future science of space-based gamma-ray observations Elizabeth Hays Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H8.00004: CMB Measurements: Looking forward from Planck2013 Shaul Hanany Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H8.00005: NASA and Dark Energy Jason Rhodes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H8.00006: Space-based gravitational wave observatories: Learning from the past, moving towards the future Guido Mueller, Neil Cornish Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H8.00007: Probing the Hot and Energetic Universe -- X-rays and Astrophysics Jay Bookbinder Preview Abstract

Session H10: Invited Session: AAPT: Physics in the Life Sciences

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University
Room: 204

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H10.00001: From Random Walks to Brownian Motion, from Diffusion to Entropy: Statistical Principles in Introductory Physics Invited Speaker: Mark Reeves Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H10.00002: Optimizing Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences: Placing Physics in Biological Context Invited Speaker: Catherine Crouch Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H10.00003: Coordinating an IPLS class with a biology curriculum: NEXUS/Physics Invited Speaker: Edward Redish Preview Abstract

Session H11: Invited Session: Careers beyond General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR FGSA
Chair: Benjamin Farr, Northwestern University
Room: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H11.00001: Numerical Relativity as preparation for Industrial Data Science, a personal perspective Invited Speaker: Kenneth Smith Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H11.00002: From Cosmology to Consulting Invited Speaker: William Nelson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H11.00003: Developing Technology Products - A Physicist's Perspective Invited Speaker: Michael Burka Preview Abstract

Session H12: Dark Matter I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Robert Bernstein, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: 100

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H12.00001: Absolute ionization yield of 6.7 keV argon atoms stopping in liquid argon Peter Sorensen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H12.00002: The XENON1T Demonstrator: Impact of the recirculation of the gas above the liquid xenon on the purity Hugo Contreras Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H12.00003: A New Method for Electronic Recoil Calibration in Liquid Noble Dark Matter Detectors Sean MacMullin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H12.00004: Limits on GeV-scale WIMPs using charge signals in XENON100 Richard Wall Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H12.00005: SuperCDMS SNOLAB Experiment and Active Neutron Veto Yu Chen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H12.00006: Optimizing SuperCDMS phonon energy sensitivity by studying quasiparticle transport in Al films Jeffrey Yen, Benjamin Shank, Blas Cabrera, Robert Moffatt, Peter Redl, Paul Brink, Astrid Tomada, Matt Cherry, Betty Young, Teddy Tortorici, John Mark Kreikebaum Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H12.00007: A Template-Matching Method For Measuring Energy Depositions In TES Films Benjamin Shank, Jeffrey Yen, Blas Cabrera, John Mark Kreikebaum, Robert Moffatt, Peter Redl, Betty Young, Paul Brink, Matthew Cherry, Astrid Tomada Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H12.00008: Geant4 Simulations of SuperCDMS iZip Detector Charge Carrier Propagation Robert Agnese, Daniel Brandt, Peter Redl, Makoto Asai, Dana Faiez, Mike Kelsey, Enrico Bagli, Adam Anderson, Chandler Schlupf Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H12.00009: Spatial Imaging of Charge Transport in Germanium at Low Temperature Robert Moffatt, Blas Cabrera, Fedja Kadribasic, Peter Redl, Benjamin Shank, Betty Young, Daniel Brandt, Paul Brink, Matthew Cherry, Astrid Tomada Preview Abstract

Session H13: QCD Physics

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC DPF
Chair: JoAnne Hewett, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: 101

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H13.00001: FCNC Top Quark Production Via Anomalous Gluon Coupling Elwin Martin, Nikolaos Kidonakis Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H13.00002: Radii of protons and a way to resolve the proton size puzzle Xiao-Fan Chen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H13.00003: Study of double parton interactions in photon + 3 jets events and photon + $b/c$ + 2 jets events at the Tevatron Georgy Golovanov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H13.00004: Signal Reconstruction and Performance of the ATLAS Hadronic calorimeter ATLAS ATLAS Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H13.00005: Comparisons of Exact Amplitude--Based Resummation Predictions and LHC Data A. Mukhopadhyay, S.K. Majhi, B.F.L. Ward, S.A. Yost Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H13.00006: Measurements of $W+b+X$ and $W+c+X$ production cross sections at the Tevatron Olga Gogota Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H13.00007: Topological insulators and the QCD vacuum: the theta parameter as a Berry phase Harry Thacker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H13.00008: Measurements of the prompt single $J/\psi$ and double $J/\psi$ production cross section at the Tevatron Robert Hirosky Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H13.00009: Measurement of the muon charge asymmetry in inclusive pp to WX production at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV Hasan Ogul Preview Abstract

Session H14: Spin Structure

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Harut Avakian, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: 102

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H14.00001: Sivers Function in the Quasi-Classical Approximation Matthew Sievert, Yuri Kovchegov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H14.00002: Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries for Jet-like Events at Forward Rapidities in $p+p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 500 GeV with the STAR Experiment Mriganka Mouli Mondal Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H14.00003: Measurement of transverse spin dependent fragmentation of $\pi^0$/$\eta$ mesons in $e^+e^-$ Annihilation at Belle Hairong Li Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H14.00004: Extracting $W$ Single Spin Asymmetry in Longitudinally Polarized $pp$ Collisions at PHENIX forward arms Abraham Meles Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H14.00005: Neutron structure via forward tagging of the $eD\to e^{\prime}NX$ reaction at the Electron-Ion Collider Kijun Park Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H14.00006: Deeply virtual Compton scattering on longitudinally polarized protons at CLAS Angela Biselli Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H14.00007: Quark Angular Momentum Distribution in the Transverse Plane Lekha Adhikari, Matthias Burkardt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H14.00008: The D-term of Exploding Q-Balls Michael Cantara, Peter Schweitzer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H14.00009: $W^{\pm}$ production measurement at mid-rapidity in 510 GeV polarized $p+p$ collisions at PHENIX Nerangika Bandara, David Kawall Preview Abstract

Session H15: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics III

Chair: Ian Harry
Room: 103

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H15.00001: Mis-modelling in Gravitational Wave Astronomy: The Trouble with Templates Laura Sampson, Neil Cornish, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H15.00002: A sparse representation of gravitational waves from precessing compact binaries Jonathan Blackman, Bela Szilagyi, Chad Galley, Manuel Tiglio Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H15.00003: Bayesian Inference for Transient Gravitational Waves and Instrument Glitches: Theory Neil Cornish, Tyson Littenberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H15.00004: Bayesian Inference for Gravitational Wave Transients and Instrument Glitches: Applications Tyson Littenberg, Neil Cornish, Vicky Kalogera Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H15.00005: Detecting and charactezing black hole binary mergers without waveform templates Margaret Millhouse, Neil Cornish, Tyson Littenberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H15.00006: Identification of BBH Merger Phenomenology Through Principal Component Analysis Deirdre Shoemaker, James Clark, Laura Cadonati, Ik Siong Heng, Nicholas Mangini, Larne Pekowsky Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H15.00007: Burst Searches for Compact Binary Coalescences Sergey Klimenko Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H15.00008: Search for Gravitational Waves from Eccentric Binary Black Holes Vaibhav Tiwari, Sergei Klimenko Preview Abstract

Session H17: Invited Session: The Impact of Advanced Digital Resources on Research in Physics

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DAP
Chair: Barry Schneider, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: 105-106

Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H17.00001: Unearthing the excited hadron resonances in lattice QCD using NSF XSEDE resources Invited Speaker: Colin Morningstar Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H17.00002: Petascale Simulations of Core-Collapse Supernovae Invited Speaker: Christian D. Ott Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H17.00003: Petascale Cosmology: Simulations of Structure Formation Invited Speaker: Tiziana Di Matteo Preview Abstract

Session H18: FPS Business Meeting

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Room: Jasper Boardroom

Sunday, April 6, 2014 9:30AM - 10:30AM

H18.00001: FPS Business Meeting Preview Abstract

Session H20: Undergraduate Awards Brunch

Room: Hyatt Regency Savannah Scarbrough 3-4

Sunday, April 6, 2014 10:30AM - 12:00PM

H20.00001: Undergraduate Awards Brunch Preview Abstract