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Session R2: Invited Session: Neutrinos from Accelerators and Reactors

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Robert Bernstein, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Chatham Ballroom A

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R2.00001: Neutrino Cross Sections Invited Speaker: Laura Fields Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R2.00002: Experimental Anomalies in Neutrino Physics Invited Speaker: Ornella Palamara Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R2.00003: Neutrino Physics: Theory Invited Speaker: Lisa Everett Preview Abstract

Session R3: Invited Session: Quadropole Collectivity and Shape Coexistence around A=100

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Sam Tabor, Florida State University
Room: Chatham Ballroom B

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R3.00001: Quadrupole Collectivity in Neutron Deficient Sn Isotopes Invited Speaker: Alexandra Gade Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R3.00002: Shape Co-existence at N=60: Single Particle Structure of $^{95}$Sr Invited Speaker: Reiner Kr\"ucken Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R3.00003: Inelastic proton scattering of Sn isotopes studied with GRETINA Invited Speaker: Christopher Campbell Preview Abstract

Session R4: Invited Session: Gravitational Lensing Applications of CMB Surveys

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

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R4.00001: CMB Lensing and the Hunt for Primordial B Modes Invited Speaker: Gilbert Holder Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R4.00002: CMB Lensing Cross Correlations Invited Speaker: Lindsey Bleem Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R4.00003: CMB-discovered high-z lenses and ALMA as probes of dark matter substructure Invited Speaker: Neal Dalal Preview Abstract

Session R6: QCD

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Simon Capstick, Florida State University
Room: 200

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R6.00001: Inhomogeneous Phases in the QCD-Phase Map Vivian de la Incera Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R6.00002: BCS-BEC Crossover in Strongly Coupled Quark Matter Israel Portillo, Efrain Ferrer, Vivian de la Incera, Jason Keith Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R6.00003: Induced magnetic moment in effective models of quarks in a magnetic field Efrain J. Ferrer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R6.00004: Do the superfluid vortices in CFL quark matter spontaneously decay? S. Kumar Mallavarapu, Mark Alford Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R6.00005: Quantum Electrodynamics Interpolated Between Instant Form and Front Form Ziyue Li, Murat An, Chueng-Ryong Ji Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R6.00006: An Introduction to Euclidean Relativistic Quantum Mechanics Philip Kopp, Wayne Polyzou Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R6.00007: Branched Hamiltonians and Supersymmetry Thomas Curtright, Cosmas Zachos Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R6.00008: The Electron as a Heisenberg Fluid - Linking Quantum Behavior with Relativity Shantikumar Nair Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R6.00009: The nature of magnetic phenomena is the electric phenomenon new iterpretationg Yongquan Han Preview Abstract

Session R7: Instrumentation I

Chair: Dipangkar Dutta, Mississippi State University
Room: 201

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R7.00001: Development of Spin-Exchange Polarized 3He Target Cells that Incorporate both Glass and Metal Maduka M. Kaluarachchi, Yunxiao Wang, Daniel J. Matyas, William A. Tobias, Yuan Zheng, Vladimir Nelyubin, Gordon D. Cates Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R7.00002: Development of a Thin-Walled Tritium Gas Target System for $(\gamma,p)$ Measurements Forrest Friesen, Calvin Howell Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R7.00003: Cross calibration of the JLab, Hall C, Compton and M\o ller polarimeters and a study of systematic uncertainties of the Compton electron detector Amrendra Narayan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R7.00004: Improving the quantum efficiency of the CLAS12 LTCC PMTs with a p-Terphenyl wavelength shifter Sylvester Joosten, Brandon Elman, Kyle Johnston, Zein-Eddine Meziani, Nikolaos Sparveris, Michael Paolone, Whitney Armstrong, Edward Kaczanowicz Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R7.00005: Improved Detection of Cherenkov Radiation using Wavelength-Shifting Paints Barak Schmookler, Longwu Ou Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R7.00006: Online SVT Commissioning and Monitoring using a Service-Oriented Architecture Framework Justin Ruger, Yuri Gotra, Dennis Weygand, Veronique Ziegler, David Heddle, David Gore Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R7.00007: Measuring the Rate of Muon Capture on the Deuteron Luis Ibanez Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R7.00008: Near-Threshold Measurement of \boldmath $\gamma n \rightarrow p \pi^-$ at MAX-lab Grant O'Rielly Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R7.00009: A measurement of two-photon exchange in unpolarized elastic electron-proton scattering Mikhail Yurov Preview Abstract

Session R8: Gamma-ray and Neutrino Observations

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Keith Bechtol, University of Chicago
Room: 202

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R8.00001: IceCube Results for Diffuse Muon Neutrinos Christopher Weaver Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R8.00002: Search for diffuse extraterrestrial contained neutrino-induced cascades using IceCube 79- and 86-string configurations Mariola Lesiak-Bzdak, Joanna Kiryluk Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R8.00003: Searches for Point Sources of Astrophysical Neutrinos with the IceCube Neutrino Telescope Jacob Feintzeig Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R8.00004: Measurement of the cosmic ray energy spectrum with IceCube Bakhtiyar Ruzybayev Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R8.00005: Muon-induced spallation backgrounds for MeV astrophysical neutrino signals in Super-Kamiokande Weishi Li, John Beacom Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R8.00006: The Cherenkov Telescope Array Valerie Connaughton Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R8.00007: HAWC Observations of Galactic TeV Gamma-Ray Sources Hao Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R8.00008: Excess of Diffuse Gamma-ray Emission from the Inner Galaxy: Bubbles, Jets, Dark Mater Meng Su Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R8.00009: The Search for Annihilating Dark Matter with The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory J. Patrick Harding Preview Abstract

Session R9: Education - Practice and Research I

Room: 203

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R9.00001: A flaw in a textbook derivation of Faraday's law Bernd Berg Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R9.00002: Periscope: Looking into learning in best-practices physics classrooms Rachel Scherr Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R9.00003: Clickers don't always help: Classroom context and goals can mitigate clicker effects on student learning Amy Shapiro, Grant O'Rielly, Judith Sims-Knight Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R9.00004: Teaching Vectors Through an Interactive Game Based Laboratory James O'Brien, Gergely Sirokman Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R9.00005: Teaching Scientific Reasoning to Liberal Arts Students Louis Rubbo Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R9.00006: The Higgs bridge: a tutorial for students and teachers Roland Allen, Suzy Lidstr\"{o}m Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R9.00007: Framing the Questions: the Freshman Approach to Special Relativity Elaine Tennant, Hamilton Carter Preview Abstract

Session R10: Invited Session: Vision of Accelerator and Detector R&D in the US

Sponsoring Units: DPB DNP DPF
Chair: Manouchehr Farkhondeh, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics
Room: 204

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R10.00001: Office of Science Accelerator R\&D Programs Invited Speaker: L.K. Len Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R10.00002: DOE Office of Science Accelerator Stewardship Program Invited Speaker: Michael Zisman Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R10.00003: Office of Science Detector R\&D Programs Invited Speaker: H. Marsiske Preview Abstract

Session R11: Invited Session: Precision Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis

Sponsoring Units: GFB DAP
Chair: Kenneth Nollett, Ohio University
Room: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R11.00001: Primordial deuterium at the per cent level Invited Speaker: Ryan Cooke Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R11.00002: A Bitter Pill: The Cosmic Lithium Problem Invited Speaker: Brian Fields Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R11.00003: Quark mass variations of nuclear forces, BBN, and all that Invited Speaker: Ulf-G. Meissner Preview Abstract

Session R12: Axion and Dark Matter II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Mike Tuts, Columbia University
Room: 100

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R12.00001: Results of a Microwave Cavity Search for Dark Matter Axion-Like-Particles A.T. Malagon, O.K. Baker, J.L. Hirshfield, Y. Jiang, G. Kazakevitch, S. Kazakov, M.A. LaPointe, A.J. Martin, S. Shchelkunov, P.L. Slocum, A.E. Szymkowiak Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R12.00002: Mississippi State Axion Search John Madsen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R12.00003: Progress on the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment - High Frequency (ADMX-HF) Karl van Bibber Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R12.00004: ADMX High-Frequency Microwave Cavity Development I. Stern Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R12.00005: Progress towards a Hybrid Superconducting Microwave Cavity for ADMX Gianpaolo Carosi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R12.00006: Status of the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment Thomas Caldwell Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R12.00007: Mini-LENS: developing a charged-current approach to measuring CNO and pp solar neutrinos R. Bruce Vogelaar Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R12.00008: A search for WIMPs and tests of local dark matter velocity distributions with the CoGeNT public dataset Matthew Bellis, Chris Kelso, Juan Collar, Nicole Fields Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R12.00009: The DRIFT Directional Dark Matter Experiments John Harton Preview Abstract

Session R13: LHC Searches I

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC DPF
Chair: Nikos Varelas, University of Illinois at Chicago
Room: 101

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R13.00001: Search for ttbar resonances in semileptonic final states in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV Irving Sandoval Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R13.00002: Studying Same Sign $W^{\pm}W^{\pm}$ Production at the LHC Alexander Sood Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R13.00003: Same Sign $W^{\pm}W^{\pm}$ Production and Limits on Anomalous Quartic Gauge Couplings Lulu Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R13.00004: W' signatures with odd Higgs particles Andrea Peterson, Bogdan Dobrescu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R13.00005: A 2-D Sensitivity Study in Searching for a High Mass Z' Boson at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV with the Dielectron Channel Using the ATLAS Detector Aaron Vermeersch Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R13.00006: Search for W$' \rightarrow$ tb in the hadronic final state in proton-proton collisions at 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector Ho Ling Li Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R13.00007: Search for Z' resonances decaying to top-antitop in dilepton$+$jets final states in pp collisions at 8 TeV center of mass energy Jimin George, Ia Iashvili, Supriya Jain Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R13.00008: A Search for Z'$\to\tau\tau$ using $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV $pp$ Collisions at ATLAS Andrew Leister Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R13.00009: Search for diboson resonances in the $llqq$ final state using pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV with the ATLAS detector Miles Wu Preview Abstract

Session R14: Tests of Physics Laws

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC
Room: 102

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R14.00001: Characterizing the Hadronic Weak Interaction with the n-3He Experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source Joshua Hamblen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R14.00002: Testing Lorentz invariance using rotating cryogenic sapphire oscillators Stephen Parker, Moritz Nagel, Evgeny Kovalchuk, Paul Stanwix, Eugene Ivanov, John Hartnett, Achim Peters, Michael Tobar Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R14.00003: Test of Relativistic Kinetic Energy Equation Bharat Chaudhary Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R14.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R14.00005: Stokes' theorem, gauge symmetry and the time-dependent Aharonov-Bohm effect James Macdougall, Douglas Singleton Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R14.00006: New precision tests of the Pauli Exclusion Principle for Electrons in the underground laboratory at Gran Sasso Johann Marton Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R14.00007: A New Foundation of Quantum Mechanics Spyros Efthimiades Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R14.00008: Catalysis of chiral symmetry breaking in dense QED Paul Springsteen, Efrain Ferrer, Vivian Incera, Angel Sanchez Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R14.00009: Precision Determination of the Newtonian Gravitational Constant G in HUST Group Jun Luo Preview Abstract

Session R15: Numerical Relativity with Matter: Methods and Simulations II

Chair: William East, Princeton University
Room: 103

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R15.00001: Magnetized Neutron Stars With Realistic Equations of State and Neutrino Cooling Steven Liebling, David Neilsen, Matthew Anderson, Luis Lehner, Carlos Palenzuela Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R15.00002: Electromagnetic Counterparts from Tilted Magnetized Binary Neutron-Stars Mergers Marcelo Ponce, Carlos Palenzuela, Patrick M. Motl, Matthew Anderson, Eric W. Hirschmann, Luis Lehner, Steven L. Liebling, David Neilsen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R15.00003: Beyond 2nd order in the simulations of binary neutron stars in general relativity David Radice, Luciano Rezzolla, Filippo Galeazzi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R15.00004: Magnetar Formation from the Merger of Binary Neutron Stars Bruno Giacomazzo Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R15.00005: Binary neutron stars with realistic spin Wolfgang Tichy, Sebastiano Bernuzzi, Tim Dietrich, Bernd Bruegmann Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R15.00006: Evolutions of eccentric binary neutron stars with improved initial data Nathan Johnson-McDaniel, Niclas Moldenhauer, Charalampos Markakis, Bernd Br{\"u}gmann, Wolfgang Tichy Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R15.00007: Binary NS simulations using SpEC Roland Haas, Bela Szilagyi, Jeffrey Kaplan, Christian Ott, Jonas Lippuner, Mark Scheel, Kevin Barkett, Curran Muhlberger, Francois Foucart, Matthew Duez Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R15.00008: Exploring the Use of Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Numerical Relativity Francois Hebert, Lawrence Kidder, Saul Teukolsky Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R15.00009: Multi-patch methods for magnetohydrodynamic accretion simulations Fatemeh Hossein Nouri Preview Abstract

Session R16: Tests of General Relativity and Gravitation

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Carlos Palenzuela
Room: 104

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R16.00001: Sensitivity Considerations for a Short-range Test of the Gravitational Inverse-square Law David Smith, Crystal Cardenas, A. Conrad Harter, C.D. Hoyle, Holly Leopardi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R16.00002: Tests of the Weak Equivalence Principal Below Fifty Microns Holly Leopardi, C.D. Hoyle, Dave Smith, Crystal Cardenas, Andrew Conrad Harter Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R16.00003: A Sounding Rocket Payload to Test the Weak Equivalence Principle Robert D. Reasenberg, James D. Phillips Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R16.00004: Error Budget for SR-POEM, a Test of the Weak Equivalence Principle James D. Phillips, Bijunath R. Patla, Robert D. Reasenberg Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R16.00005: Astrophysical Limits on Superluminal Electron and Neutrino Velocities Floyd Stecker Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R16.00006: Theoretical Suggestion of Realistic Experiment on the Earth's Orbit to Test Quantum Effects in General Relativity Andrei Lebed Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R16.00007: Conformal Gravity Rotation Curve of the Milky Way Galaxy James O'Brien, Robert Moss Preview Abstract

Session R17: Invited Session: The Many Worlds of Leo Szilard

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: 105-106

Monday, April 7, 2014 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R17.00001: The Many Worlds of Leo Szilard: Physicist, Peacemaker, Provocateur Invited Speaker: William Lanouette Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R17.00002: Leo Szilard In Physics and Information Invited Speaker: Richard Garwin Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R17.00003: Leo Szilard: Biologist and Peace-Maker Invited Speaker: Matthew Meselson Preview Abstract