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Session C0: Science: Becoming the Messenger Communications Workshop

Sponsoring Units: FOEP
Room: Johnson B

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:00PM - 6:00PM

C0.00001: Science: Becoming the Messenger Communications Workshop Preview Abstract

Session C2: Dark Matter II

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Marcela Carena, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Holiday 1

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C2.00001: Study of annual modulation at Soudan Mine using a liquid scintillation detector Chao Zhang, Dongming Mei Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C2.00002: Systematic uncertainties in the search for annual modulation in CDMS-II Danielle Speller Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C2.00003: Status of SuperCDMS Soudan High Threshold Analysis Todd Doughty Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C2.00004: Modeling Background Distributions for the SuperCDMS Soudan High Threshold Analysis Brett Cornell Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C2.00005: Neutron Veto Prototype for the SuperCDMS SNOLAB Experiment Abaz Kryemadhi, Ben Loer, Katrina Schrock, Matthew Bressler Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C2.00006: Trigger Efficiency Calculation from the Second Run of CDMSlite. Alexander Leder Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C2.00007: Understanding the Energy Spectrum from the Second Run of CDMSlite Mark Pepin Preview Abstract

Session C3: Invited Session: Neutron Stars and Laboratories for Neutrino, Nuclear and Gravitational Physics

Sponsoring Units: GGR DNP
Chair: Zach Etienne, West Virginia University
Room: Holiday 2

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C3.00001: Measuring the neutron-star equation of state from gravitational-wave observations of coalescing compact binaries Invited Speaker: Benjamin Lackey Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C3.00002: Microphysical Aspects of Supernova and Compact Object Merger Modeling Invited Speaker: Evan O'Connor Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C3.00003: Nuclear Physics of neutron stars Invited Speaker: Jorge Piekarewicz Preview Abstract

Session C4: Hadron Structure I

Sponsoring Units: GHP DNP DPF
Chair: Howie Haber, University of California, Santa Cruz
Room: Holiday 3

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C4.00001: Initial State Helicity Correlation in Wide Angle Compton Scattering Donal Day, Dustin Keller, Jixie Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C4.00002: Neutron structure with (un)polarized deuterons and forward spectator tagging at the Electron-Ion Collider Kijun Park, Charles Hyde, Christian Weiss, Douglas Higinbotham, Pawel Nadel-Turonski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C4.00003: Flavor dependence of the EMC effect John Arrington Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C4.00004: Exploring Sea Quark EMC Effect and Anti-Shadowing Through Drell-Yan at SeaQuest / Fermilab E906 Bryan Dannowitz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C4.00005: Studies of Proton-Induced Dimuons with 120 GeV Protons and the Iron Beam Dump at E906/SeaQuest Randall McClellan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C4.00006: Measuring the ratio of $\bar{d}/\bar{u}$ in the proton as a function of x at SeaQuest Bryan Kerns Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C4.00007: Low mass Drell-Yan production at the CERN LHC within the dipole formalism M.Beatriz Gay Ducati, Mirian Griep, Magno Machado Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C4.00008: Recent results from PHENIX on double helicity asymmetry ($A^{\pi^{0}}_{LL}$) measurement at center of mass energy ($\sqrt{s}$) = 510 GeV Hari Guragain Preview Abstract

Session C5: Undergraduate Research - SPS II

Sponsoring Units: APS SPS
Chair: Sean Bentley, Society of Physics Students, American Institute of Physics
Room: Key 1

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C5.00001: Experiments with Electrodynamic Wheels Nathan Gaul, Daniel Corey, Vincent Cordrey, Walerian Majewski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C5.00002: ABSTRACT MOVED TO D1.00011 Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C5.00003: Thermal Noise of Epoxies Hannah Fair, Gregory Harry, Jonathan Newport, Steve Penn Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C5.00004: Seasonal Dependence and Aging Effect of GEM Prototype~for the SiD~in the ILC Yvonne Ng, Jaehoon Yu, Andrew White Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C5.00005: Investigation of Self Triggered Cosmic Ray Detectors using Silicon Photomultiplier Adrian Knox, Rommel Niduaza, Victor Hernandez, Daniel Ruiz, Daniel Ramos, Sewan Fan, Laura Fatuzzo, Stefan Ritt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C5.00006: Near-field effects in radio-frequency emission from particle showers in a dense medium Rachel Hyneman, Stephanie Wissel, Konstantin Belov, Patricia Vahle, David Salzberg, Andres Romero-Wolf Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C5.00007: Neoclassical bootstrap current models for describing NSTX plasmas Matthew Parsons Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C5.00008: Muon Detection with a Ring Imaging Cerenkov Radiation Detector Kristina Pritchard, Shemaiah Khopang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C5.00009: Gravitational Redshift of Deformed Neutron Stars Alexis Romero, Omair Zubairi, Fridolin Weber Preview Abstract

Session C6: Fundamental Symmetries I

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC DNP
Chair: Chen-Yu Liu, Indiana University
Room: Key 2

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C6.00001: A New Search for the Atomic EDM of $^{129}$Xe at FRM-II (Munich Research Reactor) Florian Kuchler, Peter Fierlinger, Eva Kraegeloh, Tobias Lins, Mike Marino, Jonas Meinel, Benjamin Niessen, Stefan Stuiber, Martin Burghoff, Isaac Fan, Wolfgang Kilian, Silvia Knappe-Grueneberg, Allard Schnabel, Frank Seifert, Lutz Trahms, Jens Voigt, Tim Chupp, Skyler Degenkolb, Fei Gong, Natasha Sachdeva, Earl Babcock, Jaideep Singh Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C6.00002: First Measurement of the Permanent Electric Dipole Moment of Radium-225 Jaideep T. Singh, K.G. Bailey, M.N. Bishof, M.R. Dietrich, J.P. Greene, R.J. Holt, M.R. Kalita, W. Korsch, N.D. Lemke, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T.P. O'Connor, R.H. Parker Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C6.00003: Development on cryogenic valve (V1) for the SNS nEDM experiment Zhaowen Tang, Takeyasu Ito, John Ramsey, Scott Currie Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C6.00004: Progress on Tests of Electric Breakdown of Superfluid Liquid Helium-4 in High Electric Field for the SNS nEDM Experiment Wanchun Wei, Douglas Beck, Vince Cianciolo, Steven Clayton, Christopher Crawford, Scott Currie, William Griffith, Takeyasu Ito, John Ramsey, Amy Roberts, Richardo Schmid, George Seidel, Daniel Wagner, Steven Williamson, Weijun Yao Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C6.00005: Search For CP Violation in Positronium Chelsea Bartram Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C6.00006: Developments in Ultracold Neutron Measurement for the UCN$\tau$ experiment Nathan Callahan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C6.00007: Progress toward a new measurement of the neutron lifetime Kyle Grammer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C6.00008: Precision neutron flux measurements and applications using the Alpha Gamma device Eamon Anderson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C6.00009: Measuring the free neutron lifetime to $\leq$ 0.3s via the beam method Nadia Fomin, Jonathan Mulholland Preview Abstract

Session C7: Gravitational Wave Data Analysis

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Neil Cornish, Montana State University
Room: Key 3

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C7.00001: An analysis of the FrequencyHough method for an all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves Andrew Miller, Pia Astone Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C7.00002: Observing Gravitational Waves from the Next Nearby Core-Collapse Supernova Sarah Gossan, Christian Ott, Peter Kalmus, Patrick Sutton, Michele Zanolin, Philipp Moesta, Nutsinee Kijbunchoo, Amber Stuver Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C7.00003: Constraining Gravitational-Wave Propagation Speed with Multimessenger Observations Atsushi Nishizawa, Takashi Nakamura Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C7.00004: On Coincidence of Gravitational Waves and Meter-Wavelength Radio Cregg Yancey Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C7.00005: Measurement of the signal polarization with the network of ground-based gravitational wave detectors Sergey Klimenko Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C7.00006: Reconstruction of chirp mass and eccentricity in the search for eccentric binary black holes Vaibhav Tiwari, Sergei Klimenko Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C7.00007: Waveform reconstruction with coherent WaveBurst algorithm Claudia Lazzaro, Marco Drago, Sergey Klimenko, Giovanni Andrea Prodi, Maria Concetta Tringali, Gabriele Vedovato Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C7.00008: Binary Black Holes produced in Globular Clusters Carl Rodriguez, Meagan Morscher, Bharath Pattabiraman, Sourav Chatterjee, Fred Rasio Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C7.00009: A comparison of parameterized signal priors for detecting binary black hole mergers Margaret Millhouse, Neil Cornish, Tyson Littenberg Preview Abstract

Session C8: Invited Session: Excellence in Physics Education Award

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University
Room: Key 4

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C8.00001: Student resources for learning physics Invited Speaker: David Hammer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C8.00002: Why instructors other than Joe Redish should care about epistemological framing Invited Speaker: Andrew Elby Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C8.00003: Excellence in Physics Education Award Talk: Learning to Listen - Implications for Interdisciplinary Instruction Invited Speaker: Edward Redish Preview Abstract

Session C9: Invited Session: High-Energy Transients in the Universe

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Julie McEnery, NASA
Room: Key 5

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C9.00001: Probing Neutron Star Physics with Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Magnetar Bursts Invited Speaker: Daniela Huppenkothen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C9.00002: Very rapid VHE flares from the radio galaxy IC310 Invited Speaker: Karl Mannheim Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C9.00003: Fast Radio Bursts Invited Speaker: Laura Spitler Preview Abstract

Session C10: Invited Session: DPF Prize Session: Sakurai Prize, Heineman Prize and Primakoff Award

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: JoAnne Hewett, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Key 6

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C10.00001: J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics Talk: Concrete Quarks Invited Speaker: George Zweig Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C10.00002: Dannie Heineman Prize Lecture: From Dual Resonance Models to Superstrings Invited Speaker: Pierre Ramond Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C10.00003: Henry Primakoff Award for Early Career Particle Physics Talk: The Search for Dark Sectors Invited Speaker: Rouven Essig Preview Abstract

Session C11: Invited Session: Frontiers of Computational Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DAP
Chair: Paul Shapiro, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Key 7

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C11.00001: Cosmological N-body Simulation of Galaxy and Large-Scale Structure Formation: The Gravity Frontier Invited Speaker: Anatoly Klypin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C11.00002: Cosmological Radiative Transfer + Hydro + N-body Simulation of Galaxy Formation and the Intergalactic Medium: The Radiation-Hydro Frontier Invited Speaker: Romain Teyssier Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C11.00003: Cosmological Hydro + N-body Simulation of Galaxy and Large-Scale Structure Formation: The Gas Dynamics Frontier Invited Speaker: Phillip Hopkins Preview Abstract

Session C12: Invited Session: Panel Discussion on Big Science and Challenges

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Pushpalatha Bhat, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Key 8

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 2:00PM		C12.00001: The Diminishing Support for Science: Persuade or Perish Invited Speaker: Norman R. Augustine Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:00PM - 2:15PM		C12.00002: NASA Science Missions Invited Speaker: John Grunsfeld Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:15PM - 2:30PM		C12.00003: Big Space Telescopes Invited Speaker: John Mather Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:30PM - 2:45PM		C12.00004: Future of Particle Physics in the U.S. Invited Speaker: Nigel Lockyer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:45PM - 3:18PM		C12.00005: Panel Discussion and Q\&A Preview Abstract

Session C13: Quantum Gravity I

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Seth Major, Hamilton College
Room: Key 9

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C13.00001: T-duality off shell in 3D Type II superspace Martin Polacek Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C13.00002: Four-dimensional entropy from three-dimensional gravity Steven Carlip Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C13.00003: Recursive Generation of Space-Times Dennis Marks Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C13.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C13.00005: Hessian and graviton propagator of the proper vertex Atousa Chaharsough Shirazi, Jonathan Engle, Ilya Vilenskiy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C13.00006: Quantum Gravity: Have We Been Asking The Right Question? Hontas Farmer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C13.00007: Surface Tension and Negative Pressure Interior of a Non-Singular ``Black Hole'' Emil Mottola, Pawel Mazur Preview Abstract

Session C14: Low Energy Cosmic Rays

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Eun-Suk Seo, University of Maryland
Room: Key 10

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C14.00001: Measurements of Hydrogen and Helium Isotopes with the BESS-Polar II Instrument Nicolas Picot-Clemente Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C14.00002: Measurement by ACE-CRIS of the $^{60}$Fe/Fe ratio in Galactic Cosmic Rays W.R. Binns, M.H. Israel, K.A. Lave, E.R. Christian, G.A. de Nolfo, T.T. von Rosenvinge, A.C. Cummings, R.A. Leske, R.A. Mewaldt, E.C. Stone, M.E. Wiedenbeck Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C14.00003: Ultra-Heavy Galactic Cosmic Ray Abundances from the SuperTIGER Instrument Ryan Murphy, W.R. Binns, R.G. Bose, P.F. Dowkontt, M.H. Israel, B.F. Rauch, J.E. Ward, T.J. Brandt, G.A. De Nolfo, T. Hams, J.T. Link, J.W. Mitchell, K. Sakai, M. Sasaki, A.W. Labrador, R.A. Mewaldt, E.C. Stone, C.J. Waddington, M.E. Wiedenbeck Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C14.00004: Study of TeV Cosmic Rays with HAWC Daniel Fiorino, Collin Buelo Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C14.00005: Developing a Pass 8 Cosmic-Ray Proton Event Class David M. Green, Elizabeth A. Hays Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C14.00006: Improving Directional Reconstruction for IceCube's Most Interesting Events Kyle Jero Preview Abstract

Session C15: Instrumentation I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Bogdan Wojtsekhowski, Jefferson Laboratory
Room: Key 11

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C15.00001: 9125B ET Photomultiplier Tubes with a Wavelength Shifting Paint for a Gas Cherenkov Counter Scott Barcus, Todd Averett, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C15.00002: Construction of a hadron calorimeter for Jefferson Lab Hall-A Super Bigbite Spectrometer Vahe Mamyan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C15.00003: Precision Optics Optimization for GMp Experiment Yang Wang, Kalyan Allada, Todd Averett, Eric Christy, Chao Gu, Min Huang, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C15.00004: GEANT4 simulation of APEX background radiation and shielding Maduka M. Kaluarachchi, Gordon D. Cates, B. Wojtsekhowski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C15.00005: Using BigBite to Detect DIS Electrons for the MARATHON Experiment Tyler Hague Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C15.00006: Upgrade of the Cherenkov Detector of the JLab Hall A BigBite Spectrometer Michael Nycz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C15.00007: Particle Transportation Through the JLab Hall A BigBite Spectrometer Sheren Alsalmi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C15.00008: Simulation Study of RICH Detector for Particle Identification in Forward Region at Electron-Ion Collider Cheuk-Ping Wong Preview Abstract

Session C16: Particle Detectors I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Dmitri Denisov, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Key 12

Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C16.00001: The Mu2e Experiment Andrew Vold Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C16.00002: The Slow Controls System of the New Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermilab Michael Eads Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C16.00003: Performance of the ATLAS Hadronic calorimeter and the phase II upgrade program Sergei Chekanov Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C16.00004: Commissioning and Alignment of the Pixel Luminosity Telescope of CMS Grant Riley Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C16.00005: Trigger Data Serializer ASIC chip for the ATLAS New Small Wheel sTGC Detector Xiangting Meng, Jinhong Wang, Liang Guan, Ziru Sang, John Chapman, Bing Zhou, Junjie Zhu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C16.00006: Boosted object hardware trigger development and testing for the Phase I upgrade of the ATLAS Experiment Giordon Stark Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C16.00007: Upgrade of the Upstream Tracker at LHCb Jason Andrews Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C16.00008: Trigger System Upgrades for the SNO+ Experiment Eric Marzec Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 11, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C16.00009: Development of high performance bi-alkali photocathodes for next-generation sensors Junqi Xie, Karen Byrum, Marcel Demarteau, Robert Wagner, Dean Walters, Jingbo Wang, Lei Xia, Huyue Zhao Preview Abstract