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Session K2: Invited Session: Quarkonium - XYZ States

Sponsoring Units: DPF GFB
Chair: Michael Tuts, Columbia University
Room: Chatham Ballroom A

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K2.00001: Charging up the $XYZ$ spectrum: recent experimental developments in charmonium spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Matthew Shepherd Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K2.00002: Lattice Results for Heavy Quarkonia Invited Speaker: Christopher Thomas Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K2.00003: Theoretical Interpretations of the XYZ States Invited Speaker: Eric Braaten Preview Abstract

Session K3: Invited Session: Search for Sterile Neutrinos

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Sam Zeller, Fermi National Laboratory
Room: Chatham Ballroom B

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K3.00001: Systematic Uncertainty in the Analysis of the Reactor Neutrino Anomaly Invited Speaker: Anna Hayes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K3.00002: MiniBooNE Results and the future of Sterile Neutrino Searches Invited Speaker: Heather Ray Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K3.00003: Cosmological and Astrophysical Implications of Sterile neutrinos Invited Speaker: Kevork Abazajian Preview Abstract

Session K4: Invited Session: Jets and Astophysical Tests of General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: Grzegorz Madejski, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Chatham Ballroom C

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K4.00001: Observationally constraining the jet power extracted from spinning black holes Invited Speaker: Sera Markoff Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K4.00002: GRMHD simulations of black hole accretion and jets Invited Speaker: Alexander Tchekhovskoy Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K4.00003: Tests of GR Using Neutron Star - White Dwarf Binaries Invited Speaker: Scott Ransom Preview Abstract

Session K6: Mini-Symposium on Nuclear Physics: Sensitive Input for Understanding Nucleosynthesis II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Maxime Brodeur, University of Notre Dame
Room: 200

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K6.00001: Understanding the sensitivity of core-collapse supernovae to weak interaction rates Chris Sullivan, Remco Zegers, Evan O'Connor, Thomas Grubb, Sam M. Austin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K6.00002: Informing Neutron-Capture Rates through (d,p) Reactions on Neutron-Rich Tin Isotopes B. Manning, J.A. Cizewski, R.L. Kozub, S. Ahn, J.M. Allmond, D.W. Bardayan, K.Y. Chae, K.A. Chipps, M.E. Howard, K.L. Jones, J.F. Liang, M. Matos, F.M. Nunes, C.D. Nesaraja, P.D. O'Malley, S.D. Pain, W.A. Peters, S.T. Pittman, A. Ratkiewicz, K.T. Schmitt, D. Shapira, M.S. Smith, L. Titus Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K6.00003: Towards an In-Beam Measurement of the Neutron Lifetime to 1 Second Jonathan Mulholland Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K6.00004: A Novel Approach to Study of Neutron Producing Reactions for Nuclear Astrophysics Michael Febbraro, Frederick Becchetti, Bruce Pierson, Chris Lawrence, Ramon Torres-Isea, Dan Robertson, Ed Stech, James Kolata, William Peters Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K6.00005: Neutron Transport and Systematic Studies with the UCN$\tau$ Experiment at LANL Daniel Salvat Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K6.00006: Time-of-flight Mass Measurement of Neturon-rich Nuclei Zachary Meisel, S. George, J. Browne, D. Bazin, B.A. Brown, F. Carpino, H. Chung, A. Estrade, M. Famiano, A. Gade, M. Matos, W. Mittig, F. Montes, D. Morissey, J. Periera, H. Schatz, J. Schatz, M. Scott, D. Shapira, K. Smith, J. Stevens, W. Tan, K. Wimmer, J. Winkelbauer, J. Yurkon Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K6.00007: First experiments performed with the JENSA gas jet target system P.J. Thompson, K.A. Chipps, U. Greife, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, L.E. Linhardt, S.T. Pittman, A. Kontos, M. Matos, S.D. Pain, M.S. Smith, H. Schatz, K.T. Schmitt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K6.00008: Determining the resonance strength of the $^{56}$Ni \textit{rp}-process waiting point through (d,n) with VANDLE and MoNA-LISA W. Peters, R. Grzywacz, M. Madurga, S.V. Paulauskas, S. Taylor, J. Allen, J.A. Cizewski, B. Manning, M.E. Howard, J. Smith, M. Jones, T. Baumann, M. Thoennessen, D.W. Bardayan, S.D. Pain, R.C.C. Clement, J. Brown, B. Luther, S. Ilyushkin, P.D. O'Malley, R. Ikeyama, R.L. Kozub, Z.J. Bergstrom, P.A. DeYoung, W. Rogers Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K6.00009: Particle-gamma measurements for nuclear astrophysics S.D. Pain, A. Ratkiewicz, D.W. Bardayan, T. Baugher, J.C. Blackmon, S. Burcher, K.A. Chipps, J.A. Cizewski, S. Hardy, K.L. Jones, R.L. Kozub, I. Marsh, B. Manning, W.A. Peters, D. Seweryniak, C. Shand, M.S. Smith, S. Zhu Preview Abstract

Session K7: Applications of Nuclear Physics

Chair: Andy Saunders, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: 201

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K7.00001: Actinide Studies with Ultracold Neutrons Leah Broussard Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K7.00002: Distinguishing Fissile From Non-Fissile Materials Using Linearly Polarized Gamma Rays J.M. Mueller, M.W. Ahmed, H.J. Karwowski, L.S. Myers, M.H. Sikora, H.R. Weller, W.R. Zimmerman, J. Randrup, R. Vogt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K7.00003: Ultra-High Rate Measurements of Spent Fuel Gamma-Ray Emissions Douglas Rodriguez, Brent VanDevender, Lynn Wood, Brian Glasgow, Matthew Taubman, Michael Wright, Michael Dion, Karl Pitts, Robert Runkle, Luke Campbell, James Fast Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K7.00004: Geant4 predictions of energy spectra in typical space radiation environment M.S. Sabra, A.F. Barghouty Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K7.00005: Dynamic Allocation of Sugars in Barley L.C. Cumberbatch, A.S. Crowell, B.A. Fallin, C.R. Howell, C.D. Reid, A.G. Weisenberger, S.J. Lee, J.E. McKisson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K7.00006: Development of A Modular Plant Imaging PET System and Its Use In Evaluating Corn Plant Root Systems Alexander Crowell, Laurie Cumberbatch, Brent Fallin, Calvin Howell, Chantal Reid, Greg Bonito, Chris Topp, Andrew Weisenberger, Seung Joon Lee, Jack McKisson, Carl Zorn, Mark Smith Preview Abstract

Session K8: Astroparticle Observatories and Techniques

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Kohta Murase, Institute for Advanced Study
Room: 202

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K8.00001: Extreme Energy Particles with JEM-EUSO Angela V. Olinto Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K8.00002: EUSO-BALLOON: a Pathfinder for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory Mission Jim Adams, Peter Von Ballmoos, Andrea Santangelo, Mark Christl, Lawrence Weincke Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K8.00003: Greenland Neutrino Observatory (GNO): A New Detector for Ultra-high Energy Neutrinos Abigail Vieregg Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K8.00004: Cerenkov Events Seen by The TALE Air Fluorescence Detector T. AbuZayyad, Z. Zundel, J.D. Smith, S.B. Thomas, D. Ivanov, J.N. Mathews, C.C.H. Jui, G. Thomson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K8.00005: Telescope Array Radar (TARA) Remote Station Design and Development Samridha Kunwar Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K8.00006: Radio Emission from an Electron Shower in a Dielectric in the Presence of a Magnetic Field Stephanie Wissel, Konstantin Belov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K8.00007: Optical and Ionization Basic Cosmic Ray Detector Julian Felix, Diego A. Andrade, Aurora C. Araujo, Luis Arceo, Carlos A. Cervantes, Jorge A. Molina, Luz R. Palacios Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K8.00008: Comparative Analysis of Cherenkov Light Detectors in an Oil Drum Rexavalmar Niduaza, Zachary Wedel, Juan Castro, Favian Zavala, Sewan Fan, Laura Fatuzzo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K8.00009: Analysis of Silicon Photomultiplier Detector Waveforms from Cosmic Rays using Digital Signal Processing Techniques Juan Castro, Favian Zavala, Rexavalmar Niduaza, Zachary Wedel, Sewan Fan, Stefan Ritt, Laura Fatuzzo Preview Abstract

Session K9: Indirect Dark Matter Searches

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Carsten Rott, Sungkyunkwan University
Room: 203

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K9.00001: Growth of structure in a Universe with complex scalar-field dark matter Tanja Rindler-Daller, Bohua Li, Paul Shapiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K9.00002: Constraints on Dark Matter Annihilation by Radio Observations of Milky Way Andrey Egorov, Elena Pierpaoli, Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K9.00003: Resolving Small-Scale Dark Matter Structures Using Multi-Source Indirect Detection Kenny Chun Yu Ng, Ranjan Laha, Sheldon Campbell, Shunsaku Horiuchi, Basudeb Dasgupta, Kohta Murase, John Beacom Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K9.00004: Dark-matter admixed white dwarfs Shing Chi Leung, Ming Chung Chu, Lap Ming Lin, Ka Wing Wong Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K9.00005: The Luminous Convolution Model-The light side of dark matter Sophia Cisneros, Noah Oblath, Joe Formaggio, George Goedecke, David Chester, Richard Ott, Aaron Ashley, Adrianna Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K9.00006: Luminogenesis RG Flow Kevin Ludwick Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K9.00007: Flattened Velocity Dispersion in Globular Clusters; A Perspective From Modified Gravity Schemes Maria Jimenez, Xavier Hernandez, Christine Allen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K9.00008: Hunting for topological dark matter with atomic clocks Andrei Derevianko, Maxim Pospelov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K9.00009: Study of vortices in Axion BEC dark matter Nilanjan Banik, Pierre Sikivie Preview Abstract

Session K10: Invited Session: Large Scale International Facilities II: Particle Accelerators

Sponsoring Units: FIP DPB
Chair: Christine Darve, European Spallation Source
Room: 204

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K10.00001: European Spallation Source and Neutron Science Invited Speaker: James Yeck Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K10.00002: CERN Roadmap: Exploitation of the Full Potential of the LHC and post-LHC Accelerator Studies Invited Speaker: Frederick Bordry Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K10.00003: The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Project Invited Speaker: Thomas Glasmacher Preview Abstract

Session K11: Town Hall on APS Corporate Reform, Open Access Publishing, and the Future of Open Data

Sponsoring Units: APS
Room: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 2:15PM		K11.00001: APS Corporate Reform Malcolm Beasley Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:15PM - 3:00PM		K11.00002: Town Hall Meeting: Open Access and Open Data: What They Mean for APS Journals Joseph Serene, Michael Lubell Preview Abstract

Session K12: Neutrinos from Reactors and the Cosmos

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Sally Seidel, University of New Mexico
Room: 100

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K12.00001: PROSPECT: A Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment Bryce Littlejohn Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K12.00002: Background Characterization for PROSPECT: a US Short-baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment Thomas Langford Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K12.00003: Scintillator Development for the PROSPECT Experiment Minfang Yeh Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K12.00004: The Watchman Detector Design Steven Dazeley Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K12.00005: WATCHMAN: Reactor Monitoring and Neutrino Physics with a Gadolinium Doped Water Detector Adam Bernstein Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K12.00006: The Atmospheric Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE) Matthew Wetstein Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		K12.00007: Coherent Scattering Investigations at the Spallation Neutron Source Phil Barbeau Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K12.00008: The IceCube DeepCore Detector Laura Gladstone Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K12.00009: Determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy with PINGU Tyce DeYoung Preview Abstract

Session K13: Dark Sector and Neutrino Theory

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

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K13.00001: Dark Matter Particles Interacting via a Higgs Field Jurij Darewych, Alexander Chigodaev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K13.00002: Viable dark matter via radiative symmetry breaking in a Higgs portal extension of the standard model Zhi-Wei Wang, Tom Steele, Robb Mann, Dagoberto Contreras Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K13.00003: Majorana Physics Through the Cabibbo Haze Jennifer Kile, Michael Perez, Pierre Ramond, Jue Zhang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K13.00004: Democratic Neutrino Paradigm Dmitry Zhuridov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K13.00005: Accommodate the Neutrino Mixing Angle $\theta_{13}$ within SU(5) Jue Zhang, Jennifer Kile, Jay Perez, Pierre Ramond Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K13.00006: Collective Neutrino Oscillations Shashank Shalgar, Huaiyu Duan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K13.00007: Constraints on quark interactions with light dark matter Bogdan Dobrescu, Claudia Frugiuele Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K13.00008: Two Fundamental Principles of Nature's Interactions Tian Ma, Shouhong Wang Preview Abstract

Session K15: Numerical Relativity with Matter: Methods and Simulations I

Chair: Geoffrey Lovelace, California State University, Fullerton
Room: 103

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K15.00001: Gravitational Waveforms in the Early Inspiral of Black Hole-Neutron Star Systems Kevin Barkett Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K15.00002: Black hole-neutron star mergers with a hot equation of state and neutrino cooling Francois Foucart Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K15.00003: Neutrino-Driven Outflows From Realistic Black Hole-Neutron Star Mergers M. Brett Deaton, Francois Foucart, Matthew D. Duez, Evan O'Connor, Christian D. Ott, Lawrence E. Kidder, Curran D. Muhlberger, Harald P. Pfeiffer, Mark A. Scheel, Bela Szilagyi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K15.00004: Mass ejection from black hole-neutron star binaries Koutarou Kyutoku, Kunihito Ioka, Masaru Shibata Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K15.00005: GR simulations of binary black hole-neutron stars: Precursor electromagnetic signals Vasileios Paschalidis, Zachariah B. Etienne, Stuart L. Shapiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K15.00006: General relativistic corrections to the pulsar spin-down luminosity Milton Ruiz, Vasileios Paschalidis, Stuart Shapiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K15.00007: Tidal disruption process for a Newtonian star and non-spinning black hole Roseanne Cheng, Tamara Bogdanovic Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K15.00008: Simulating extreme-mass-ratio systems in full general relativity: tidal disruption events William East, Frans Pretorius Preview Abstract

Session K16: Quantum Aspects of Gravitation II

Chair: Parampret Singh, Lousiana State University
Room: 104

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K16.00001: The Instability of Global de Sitter Space to Particle Creation Emil Mottola, Paul Anderson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K16.00002: Resummed Quantum Gravity Prediction for the Cosmological Constant and Constraints on SUSY GUTS B.F.L. Ward Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K16.00003: Lorentzian de Sitter Space From Causal Dynamical Triangulations Jonah Miller, Joshua Cooperman, Kyle Lee Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K16.00004: Quantum fluctuations and the small scale structure of spacetime Steven Carlip Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K16.00005: On Resolutions of Cosmological Singularities in Higher-Spin Gravity Benjamin Burrington, Leopoldo Pando Zayas, Nicholas Rombes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K16.00006: Quantum Theory of Large Amplitude Gravitational Waves Dillon Scofield Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K16.00007: An Effective Framework for Quantum Cosmology Invited Speaker: Martin Bojowald Preview Abstract

Session K17: Invited Session: Gaining Inspiration from Galileo, Einstein and Oppenheimer

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Catherine Westfall, Michigan State University
Room: 105-106

Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K17.00001: Galileo as an intellectual heretic and why that matters Invited Speaker: Paolo Palmieri Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K17.00002: Walking In The Footsteps of Einstein: Why History of Physics Aids Physics Education Invited Speaker: Gerd Kortemeyer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K17.00003: Using the History of Physics to Enrich Your Teaching. Invited Speaker: Cameron Reed Preview Abstract