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Session S2: Invited Session: Searches for New Physics at the LHC

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Yuri Gershtein, Rutgers University
Room: Chatham Ballroom A

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S2.00001: Exotics (non-SUSY) physics searches at the LHC Invited Speaker: Harinder Bawa Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S2.00002: SUSY Results from the LHC Invited Speaker: Daryl Hare Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S2.00003: New Physics – Where do we go from here Invited Speaker: Mariangela Lisanti Preview Abstract

Session S3: Invited Session: Electroweak Interactions, Neutrinos and Neutrons

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Ani Aprahamian, University of Notre Dame
Room: Chatham Ballroom B

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S3.00001: Neutrino Driven Nucleosynthesis in the Early Galaxy Invited Speaker: Projjwal Banerjee Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S3.00002: Neutron Trapping using a Magneto-Gravitational Trap Invited Speaker: Chen-Yu Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S3.00003: The beta-decay of $^{6}$He: a sensitive window to search for physics beyond the standard model Invited Speaker: Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic Preview Abstract

Session S4: Invited Session: Cosmological Constraints from Gamma-Ray Data

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Julie McEnery, NASA
Room: Chatham Ballroom C

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S4.00001: DAP Young Star: Intensity and Origin of the Extragalactic Gamma-ray Background Invited Speaker: Keith Bechtol Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S4.00002: Using Very High Energy Photons from Blazars for Cosmological Insight Invited Speaker: Amy Furniss Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S4.00003: Cascade gamma rays as a probe of the high-energy universe: general constraints, hints, and implications Invited Speaker: Kohta Murase Preview Abstract

Session S6: Heavy Nuclei and Matter

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Jeff Carroll, Army Research Laboratory
Room: 200

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S6.00001: Single-neutron excitations in $^{96}$Mo from the $^{95}$Mo(d,p) reaction Shuya Ota, J.A. Cizewski, A. Ratkiewicz, S. Burcher, B. Manning, S.L. Rice, C. Shand, J.T. Burke, R.J. Casperson, J.E. Escher, N.D. Scielzo, I. Thompson, M. McCleskey, W.A. Peters, R.A.E. Austin, C.W. Beausang, R.O. Hughes, T.J. Ross Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S6.00002: Investigation of the structure of neutron-deficient Cd isotopes Anna Simon, P. Humby, C.W. Beausang, J.T. Burke, R.J. Casperson, M. McCleskey, A. Saastamoinen, J.M. Allmond, R. Chyzh, M. Dag, J. Koglin, S. Ota, T.J. Ross Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S6.00003: Investigation of low/medium spin excited states in $^{150-154}$Sm via the (p,d) and (p,t) reactions P. Humby, A. Simon, C. Beausang, K. Gell, T. Tarlow, G. Vyas, T.J. Ross, R.O. Hughes, J.T. Burke, R.J. Casperson, J. Koglin, S. Ota, J.M. Allmond, M. McCleskey, E. McCleskey, A. Saastamoinen, R. Chyzh, M. Dag Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S6.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S6.00005: Progress in Electromagnetic Alteration of Nuclear Decay Properties R.J. Casperson, R.O. Hughes, J.T. Burke, N.D. Scielzo, R. Soufli Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S6.00006: Measurement of the $\alpha$/SF branching ratio of $^{252}$Cf with the NIFFTE fission TPC Lucas Snyder Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S6.00007: Fusion, fission, and quasi-fission using TDHF Sait Umar, Volker Oberacker Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S6.00008: Auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo simulations of neutron matter in chiral effective field theory Jeremy Holt, Aurel Bulgac, Sergej Moroz, Kenneth Roche, Gabriel Wlazlowski Preview Abstract

Session S7: Instrumentation II

Chair: Adbellah Ahmidouch, North Carolina A&T State University
Room: 201

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S7.00001: Development of fast-release solid catchers for rare isotopes Jerry Nolen, John Greene, Jeong-Seog Song, Jeffrey Elam, Anil Mane, Uma Sampathkumaran, Raymond Winter, David Hess, Mohammad Mushfiq, Daniel Stracener Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S7.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S7.00003: Development of an Isotropic Optical Light Source for Testing Nuclear Instruments Zachary Yokley Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S7.00004: MOVED TO L1.029 Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S7.00005: The fissionTPC Mike Heffner Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S7.00006: The GA PEAcH: A Portable Electrostatic Accelerator Patrick McClanahan, Ashlyn Burch, Quintorious Bivins, Megan Garrett, Zachary Jordan, Rhett Roberts, Benjamin Thomas, Sharon Careccia, Rommie Johnson, Ralph France III, K.C. McGill, Jr., Mark Spraker Preview Abstract

Session S8: Radio in Ice: UHECR Cosmic-rays and Neutrinos

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Amy Connolly, Ohio State University
Room: 202

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S8.00001: The Askaryan Radio Array: Status and Performance Ryan Maunu, Kara Hoffman, Mike Richman Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		S8.00002: ARA testbed template based UHE neutrino search Steven Prohira Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S8.00003: A cut-based search for ultra-high energy neutrinos with the ARA TestBed Eugene Hong, Amy Connolly, Carl Pfendner Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S8.00004: Time Domain Analysis of ARIANNA Data Acquisition: Distinguishing Askaryan Radiation from Thermal Backgrounds Jordan Hanson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S8.00005: The ExaVolt Antenna Brian Dailey Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S8.00006: Radio Frequency Attenuation Length Estimates In Ice from Antarctic and Greenlandic Radar Depth Sounding Data Mark Stockham Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S8.00007: Optimization of energy reconstruction for ANITA III Viatcheslav Bugaev, Brian Rauch, Robert Binns, Martin Israel, Konstantin Belov, David Urdaneta, Joe Lam, Andrew Romero-Wolf, Stephanie Wissel Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S8.00008: Ice surface roughness modeling for effect on radio signals from UHE particle showers Jessica Stockham Preview Abstract

Session S9: Cosmic Microwave Background

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Tyler Natoli
Room: 203

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S9.00001: Uniformity of CMB as a non-inflationary geometrical effect Branislav Vlahovic, Cosmin Ilie, Maxim Eingorn Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S9.00002: Constraining light WIMPs and neutrinos with BBN and the CMB Kenneth Nollett, Gary Steigman Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S9.00003: Rees-Sciama signatures from evolving dark matter halos in the cosmic microwave background Liang Dai, Lin Yang, Marc Kamionkowski, Joseph Silk Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S9.00004: Cosmology with CMB measurements from ACTPol: current status and future constraints Francesco De Bernardis Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S9.00005: ACTPol: Status and preliminary CMB polarization results from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope Brian Koopman Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S9.00006: SPTpol Measurement of E and B-mode CMB Polarization Tyler Natoli Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S9.00007: The E and B EXperiment: EBEX Kyle Helson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S9.00008: Detection of gravitational lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background polarization by the POLARBEAR experiment Adrian Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S9.00009: Relic neutrinos: Physically consistent treatment of effective number of neutrinos and neutrino mass Jeremiah Birrell, Johann Rafelski Preview Abstract

Session S10: Education - Practice and Research II

Room: 204

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S10.00001: A Summer at the University: A twenty five years experience with High School Students Nelson Zamorano Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S10.00002: The Compleat Undergraduate Physics Student Recruiter Robert Mitchell Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S10.00003: Ideas for Use of an IPad in Introductory Physics Education Tarlok S. Aurora Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S10.00004: A project-based approach to Conceptual Physics Franz Rueckert Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S10.00005: Teaching Quantum Mechanics through Project-based Learning Gintaras Duda, Kristina Ward Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S10.00006: Novel approaches for inspiring students and electrifying the public Suzy Lidstr\"{o}m, Alex Read, Stephen Parke, Roland Allen, Steven Goldfarb, Sascha Mehlhase, Tord Ekel\"{o}f, Alan Walker Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S10.00007: RiSA: A Science Festival for the Bilingual and Bicultural Rio Grande Valley Joey Shapiro Key, Cristina Torres, Robert Stone Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S10.00008: Federal STEM Educator Professional Development Programs: a discussion of funding, approaches, and implementation Aline McNaull Preview Abstract

Session S11: Invited Session: Singularities in General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Dierdre Shoemaker, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S11.00001: On the Nature of Singularities in Cosmological Solutions of Einstein's Equations Invited Speaker: James Isenberg Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S11.00002: Dynamics near Space-like Singularities and Quantum Bounces Invited Speaker: Abhay Ashtekar Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S11.00003: Numerical Investigations of Singularities in General Relativity Invited Speaker: David Garfinkle Preview Abstract

Session S12: Flavor Physics: Charged Leptons and Updates

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Nicholas Hadley, University of Maryland
Room: 100

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S12.00001: Analyzing KOTO Data With Correlation Coefficients Duncan Mcfarland, Joseph Comfort Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S12.00002: Searching for Heavy Photons with TREK Peter Monaghan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S12.00003: Producing a Precision Magnetic Field in the Muon $g-2$ Experiment at Fermilab Brendan Kiburg Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S12.00004: A SQUID-based $^3$He Co-magnetometer Readout for the SNS nEDM Experiment Young Jin Kim, Steven Clayton Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S12.00005: Study of $b$ baryons using D0 Run II data Jose Andres Garcia Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S12.00006: Further Investigation for Exotic Strucutres in the $J/\psi\phi$ Mass Spectrum from Exclusive B decays Suleyman Durgut Preview Abstract

Session S13: Higgs Boson: Theory and Experiment

Sponsoring Units: DPF GPMFC
Chair: Ian Shipsey, Oxford University
Room: 101

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S13.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S13.00002: Measurement of the properties of a Higgs boson in the four-lepton final state Ian Anderson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S13.00003: Measurement of the Spin and Parity of the Higgs Boson with $H\to ZZ^{\ast }\to 4l$ Decay Channel Using the ATLAS Detector Nan Lu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S13.00004: Spin and Parity of the Higgs Boson in the $H \rightarrow b\bar{b}$ Decay Channel at D0 Emily Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S13.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S13.00006: Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson Decaying to $\mu^+\mu^-$ in $pp$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ and 8 TeV with the CMS Detector Justin Hugon Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S13.00007: Probing CP Violation in $h\rightarrow\gamma\gamma$ with Converted Photons Fady Bishara, Yuval Grossman, Roni Harnik, Dean Robinson, Jing Shu, Jure Zupan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S13.00008: Search for the standard model Higgs boson in the $Z(ll)H(b\bar{b})$ channel using jet substructure Inga Bucinskaite Preview Abstract

Session S14: Topics in Accelerators and Beams

Sponsoring Units: DPB DPF
Chair: Robert Bernstein, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: 102

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S14.00001: High field muon ionization cooling channel for micron scale emittance Hisham Sayed, Robert Palmer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S14.00002: A complete six-dimensional beam cooling scheme for a Muon Collider Diktys Stratakis, Scott Berg, Robert Palmer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S14.00003: Construction and Physics program for MICE next step IV Ben Freemire Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S14.00004: Non-Scaling FFAG lattice for the eRHIC Dejan Trbojevic, Steven Brooks, Francois Meot, Scott Berg, Wuzheng Meng, Nicholaos Tsoupas, Brett Parker, Vadim Ptistyn, Peter Thieberger, Vladimir Litvinienko, Thomas Roser, Michiko Minty Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S14.00005: Radiation Heating Analysis for Superconducting Undulator Laura Boon, Katherine Harkay, Yury Ivanyushenkov, Yuko Shiroyanagi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S14.00006: Beam Position Monitoring in the CSU Accelerator Facility Joshua Einstein, Max VanKeuren, Stephen Watras Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S14.00007: High Repetition Rate Crab Cavity Prototype for an Electron-Ion Collider Alejandro Castilla, Jean Delayen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S14.00008: Superconducting Spoke Cavities for High-Velocity Applications Christopher Hopper, Jean Delayen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S14.00009: Design of a New Acceleration System for High-Current Pulsed Proton Beams from an ECR Source Andrew L. Cooper, Ivan Pogrebnyak, Jason T. Surbrook, Keegan J. Kelly, Bret P. Carlin, Arthur E. Champagne, Thomas B. Clegg Preview Abstract

Session S15: Gravitational Waveform Modeling

Room: 103

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S15.00001: Applying Late-Merger IRS Multi-Mode Templates to Parameter Estimation Bernard Kelly, John Baker Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S15.00002: Extending empirical models for binary black hole merger-ringdown waveforms to include late inspiral John Baker, Bernard Kelly Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S15.00003: Effective-one-body modeling of generic black-hole binaries Andrea Taracchini Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S15.00004: Spin Precession: Breaking the degeneracy between Neutron Stars and Black Holes Katerina Chatziioannou, Neil Cornish, Antoine Klein, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S15.00005: Surrogate models for EOB gravitational waveforms Scott Field, Chad Galley, Jan Hesthaven, Jason Kaye, Manuel Tiglio Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S15.00006: Surrogate models for numerical relativity waveforms Chad Galley, Jonathan Blackman, Scott Field, Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi, Manuel Tiglio Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S15.00007: Self--force gravitational waveforms for extreme and intermediate mass ratio inspirals: importance of spin--orbit coupling Gaurav Khanna, Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S15.00008: Self-forced evolutions for comparable and intermediate mass ratio coalescences Eliu Huerta, Prayush Kumar, Jonathan Gair, Sean McWilliams Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S15.00009: Post-newtonian approach for spin effects in compact objects binaries Sylvain Marsat Preview Abstract

Session S17: Invited Session: Division of Physics of Beams Award Session

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: Stan Shriber, Michigan State University
Room: 105-106

Monday, April 7, 2014 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S17.00001: Welcome and Introductory Remarks F. Pilat, K. Kirby, S. Schriber, A. Sessler Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:06PM - 2:30PM		S17.00002: Robert R. Wilson Prize: The Quest for Bright, Coherent X-Rays: A Personal Story Invited Speaker: Kwang Je Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:30PM - 2:54PM		S17.00003: The ``Big-Bang'' Process for the Division of Physics of Beams Invited Speaker: Stan Schriber Preview Abstract
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:54PM - 3:18PM		S17.00004: The Making of the U.S. Particle Accelerator School Invited Speaker: Jean Delayen Preview Abstract