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Session J2: Dark Matter IV

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Aaron Roodman, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Holiday 1

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J2.00001: ADMX overview and new limits on axion mass Dmitry Lyapustin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J2.00002: Status of the Axion Dark Matter Experiment -- High Frequency (ADMX-HF) Benjamin Brubaker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J2.00003: The ADMX Site and Dilution Refrigerator James Sloan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J2.00004: Improved tunable microstrip SQUID amplifiers for the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment Sean O'Kelley, J{\O}rn Hansen, Gene Hilton, Jan-Michael Mol, John Clarke Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J2.00005: The ADMX Sidecar cavity and receiver-chain~ Christian Boutan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J2.00006: ADMX Microwave Cavity R{\&}D Status Ian Stern Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J2.00007: Active Resonators for ADMX Ana Malagon Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J2.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:21PM - 12:33PM		J2.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session J3: Nuclear Structure II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Christopher Chiara, Army Research Laboratory
Room: Holiday 2

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J3.00001: The 3$_{1}^{-}$ level in $^{56}$Fe N. Fotiades, M. Devlin, R.O. Nelson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J3.00002: Identification of deformed intruder states in semi-magic $^{70}$Ni C.J. Chiara, W.B. Walters, R.V.F. Janssens, D. Weisshaar Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J3.00003: Zn-71 levels populated in neutron-capture-gamma reactions Andrew Huchison, Jessica Harker, William B. Walters, Mark Waite, Rick Paul Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J3.00004: An Exploration of Structures in the Transitional Odd-Odd Nucleus $^{160}\textrm{Lu}$ S.T. Hallgren, D.J. Hartley, M.A. Riley, J. Baron, S. Miller, J. Simpson, P.J.R. Mason, E.S. Paul, A.J. Boston, H.C. Boston, P.J. Nolan, J. Wright, R.V.F. Janssens, A.D. Ayangeakaa, M.P. Carpenter, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, L.L. Riedinger, J. Carroll, C.J. Chiara, J. Harker, U. Garg, J. Matta, W.C. Ma Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J3.00005: Investigation of a Peak-Like Feature Observed in the Triton Energy Spectra from the $^{152,154}$Sm(p,t) Reactions P. Humby, E. Wilson, C.W. Beausang, A. Simon, 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
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J3.00006: Using the 154Sm(p,d) reaction to extend the level scheme of 153Sm to the continuum region Emma Wilson, Cornelius Beausang, Peter Humby, Anna Simon, Timothy Ross, Richard Hughes, James Burke, Robert Casperson, Johnathon Koglin, Shuya Ota, James Allmond, Matthew McCleskey, Ellen McCleskey, Antti Saastamoinen, Roman Chyzh, Kristen Gell, Tom Tarlow, Gargi Vyas Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J3.00007: Search for High-Spin Triaxial Strongly Deformed Bands in $^{166}$W W.C. Ma, S. Mukhopadhyay, P. Premarashna, J.C. Marsh, R.B. Yadav, U. Garg, J.T. Matta, A.D. Ayangeakaa, Y. Gupta, R.V.F. Janssens, M.P. Carpenter, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, F.G. Kondev, J. Chen, D.J. Hartley, D.C. Biswas, R. Chakrabarti, C. Petrache, C.J. Chiara Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J3.00008: Analysis of the Nuclear Structure of $^{186}$Re Using Neutron-Induced Reactions David Matters, John McClory, James Carroll, Chris Chiara, Nikolaos Fotiades, Matt Devlin, Ron O. Nelson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:21PM - 12:33PM		J3.00009: Cross sections of intermediate energy abrasion-fission fragments from cobalt to silver Michael Bowry Preview Abstract

Session J4: Mini-symposium on Partonic Structure beyond Densities: Orbital Motion, Correlations, Fluctuations II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Leonard Gamberg, Penn State University
Room: Holiday 3

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J4.00001: Accessing Fragmentation Functions in e+e- annihilation at Belle and Belle II Invited Speaker: Anselm Vossen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J4.00002: Azimuthal Single-Spin Asymmetries of Charged Pions in Jets in $p^{\uparrow}p$ Collisions at STAR Kevin Adkins Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J4.00003: Measurement of the Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries for $\pi^{0}$ and Electromagnetic Jets at forward rapidities at STAR Mriganka Mouli Mondal Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J4.00004: Effects of many-body correlations on the Bjorken-x dependence of DIS cross section ratios off nuclei Athanasios Petridis, Allen Barr, Drew Fustin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J4.00005: Quantum fluctuations of parton densities in diffractive ep scattering Christian Weiss Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J4.00006: Intrinsic transverse momentum and QCD vacuum structure P. Schweitzer, M. Strikman, C. Weiss Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:21PM - 12:33PM		J4.00007: Partons within nuclear short range correlations Adam Freese, Misak Sargsian, Mark Strikman Preview Abstract

Session J5: History of Physics

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Robert Crease, Stony Brook University
Room: Key 1

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J5.00001: Impact of WWI on Relativity and Other Sciences Virginia Trimble Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J5.00002: Spin Dynamics of Kelvin's Pebbles, Jellett's Eggs, and Shiva's Lingam Stones Kenneth Brecher Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J5.00003: Anticipations of dark energy in the work of Schr\"{o}dinger Paul Halpern Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J5.00004: The curious incident of Wheeler's $\delta$-rays Dieter Brill Preview Abstract

Session J6: Research Experiences and Confronting Controversy in Undergraduate Education

Sponsoring Units: GPER FEd
Chair: Benjamin Dreyfus, University of Maryland
Room: Key 2

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J6.00001: Prize for a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution Talk: The Rewards of Research at an Undergraduate Institution and Lessons Learned in Building Detector Systems that Work Invited Speaker: Donald Isenhower Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J6.00002: Access to undergraduate research opportunities at a large research university Heather Lewandowski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J6.00003: GRAD-MAP: The First Year and Beyond Ashlee Wilkins, Katherine Jameson, Sylvia Zhu, Alexander McCormick, David Green, Lora Price, Myra Stone, Paul Syers, Gareth Roberg-Clark, Corbin Taylor, Sonali Shukla, Stuart Vogel, Donna Hammer, Tim Uher Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J6.00004: Why I think Computational Physics has been the most valuable part of my undergraduate physics education Matthew Parsons Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J6.00005: Debates of science vs. religion in undergraduate general education cosmology courses Ramon Lopez-Aleman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J6.00006: Methods of teaching the physics of climate change in undergraduate physics courses Michael Sadler Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:21PM - 12:33PM		J6.00007: Where do Students Go Wrong in Applying the Scientific Method? Louis Rubbo, Christopher Moore Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:33PM - 12:45PM		J6.00008: Development of a Modern Cosmic Ray Telescope based on Silicon Photomultipliers for use in High Schools Daniel Ruiz Castruita, Rommel Niduaza, Victor Hernandez, Adrian Knox, Daniel Ramos, Sewan Fan, Laura Fatuzzo Preview Abstract

Session J7: Neutrino Cross Sections and Flux II

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Mark Messier, Indiana University
Room: Key 3

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J7.00001: Measurements of The Neutrino Flux Using Fine-Grained Tracker Xinchun Tian, Sanjib Mishra, Roberto Petti, Hongyue Duyang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J7.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J7.00003: Potential measurements of neutrino-deuterium interactions with the T2K near detectors Kendall Mahn Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J7.00004: Measurement of Resonance Inteaction In The NOMAD Detector Hongyue Duyang, Xinchun Tian, Sanjib Mishra Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J7.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J7.00006: Measurement of muon plus proton final states in muon neutrinos interactions on CH at 4.2GeV Laza Rakotondravohitra Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J7.00007: Atmospheric charm: perturbative production and IceCube neutrino backgrounds Mary Hall Reno, Atri Bhattacharya, Rikard Enberg, Ina Sarcevic Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J7.00008: Cosmic Muon-Removal Technique For NO$\nu$A Experiment Nitin Yadav, Hongyue Duyang, Sanjib Mishra Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:21PM - 12:33PM		J7.00009: Measurement of the High Energy Neutrino-Nucleon Cross Section with IceCube Yiqian Xu, Joanna Kiryluk Preview Abstract

Session J8: Invited Session: International Photon Science Facilities

Sponsoring Units: DPB FIP
Chair: Stuart Henderson, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Key 4

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J8.00001: European XFEL Progress and Plans Invited Speaker: Harald Sinn Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:57AM		J8.00002: The LCLS-II Project at SLAC Invited Speaker: David Schultz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:33PM		J8.00003: Overview of international 4th Generation Synchrotron Light Sources plans Invited Speaker: Harald Reichert Preview Abstract

Session J10: Invited Session: Exploring the Unknown: High-Energy Collisions

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Marcela Carena, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Key 6

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J10.00001: New Physics Searches at the LHC: Results and Future Prospects Invited Speaker: Hongxuan Liu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:57AM		J10.00002: Anomalies in Searches from Run I: What to watch in Run II Invited Speaker: Pushpalatha Bhat Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:33PM		J10.00003: Implications of Naturalness Invited Speaker: Nathaniel Craig Preview Abstract

Session J11: Invited Session: Identifying Grand Challenges in Physics Education Research

Sponsoring Units: GPER
Chair: Rachel Scherr, Seattle Pacific University
Room: Key 7

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J11.00001: Physics Education Research efforts to promote diversity: Challenges and opportunities Invited Speaker: Suzanne Brahmia Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:57AM		J11.00002: Grand Challenges in Physics Education Research: Teacher Preparation Invited Speaker: Paula Heron Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:33PM		J11.00003: Bridging the Knowledge-Practice Gap in Undergraduate Physics Education Invited Speaker: Charles Henderson Preview Abstract

Session J12: Invited Session: Prize Session: Joseph A. Burton, Leo Szilard and John Wheatley Awards

Sponsoring Units: FPS FIP
Chair: Micah Lowenthal, National Academy of Science
Room: Key 8

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J12.00001: Joseph A. Burton Forum Award Talk: Science for Diplomacy, Diplomacy for Science Invited Speaker: E. Wiliam Colglazier Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:57AM		J12.00002: Leo Szilard Lectureship Aware Talk: Technology development and innovation for the bottom of the economic pyramid Invited Speaker: Ashok Gadgil Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:33PM		J12.00003: John Wheatley Award Talk: Experimental magnetism research in Dhaka, Hanoi and Uppsala Invited Speaker: Per Nordblad Preview Abstract

Session J13: Focus Session: Beller Lectureship on Ground Based Gravitational Wave Detection

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Ben Farr, Princeton University
Room: Key 9

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J13.00001: LIGO-India: expanding the international network of gravitational wave detectors Invited Speaker: Balasubramanian Iyer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J13.00002: Improvement of the GEO600 gravitational wave detector using squeezed states of light Katherine Dooley Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J13.00003: Frequency dependent squeezed light at audio frequencies John Miller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J13.00004: Experimental Limits on Gravitational Waves in the MHz Frequency Range with the Fermilab Holometer Robert Lanza Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J13.00005: Optical Coating Thermal Noise Testbed Michael T. Hartman, Johannes Eichholz, David B. Tanner, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J13.00006: Progress towards the measurement of quantum radiation pressure noise Jonathan Cripe, Robinjeet Singh, Warren Johnson, Garrett Cole, Thomas Corbitt Preview Abstract

Session J14: Cosmology II: Early Universe and Inflation

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Robert Caldwell, Dartmouth College
Room: Key 10

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J14.00001: Sensitivity of Inflationary Predictions to Pre-inflationary Phases Sina Bahrami, Eanna Flanagan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J14.00002: Inflation : Long Wavelength Modes and Non-Gaussianities Anne-Sylvie Deutsch, Sarah Shandera, B\'eatrice Bonga, Suddhasattwa Brahma Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J14.00003: The Early Universe $f^{2}FF$ Model of Primordial Magnetic Field at Natural Inflation Anwar AlMuhammad, Rafael Lopez-Mobilia Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J14.00004: Gravitational Collapse in the Primordial Plasma Jolyon Bloomfield Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J14.00005: Complex Scalar Field Dark Matter and Cosmological B-Modes from Inflation Bohua Li, Tanja Rindler-Daller, Paul Shapiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J14.00006: Chiral Imprint of a Cosmic Gauge Field on Primordial Gravitational Waves Robert Caldwell, Jannis Bielefeld Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J14.00007: Observational signatures of loop quantum cosmology Brajesh Gupt, Abhay Ashtekar Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J14.00008: General Study of Perturbations in Bouncing and Cyclic Models Riley Mayes, Tirthabir Biswas, Colleen Lattyak Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:21PM - 12:33PM		J14.00009: A Critical Examination of the Models Proposed to Account for Baryon-Antibaryon Segregation Following the Quark-Hadron Transition Moishe Garfinkle Preview Abstract

Session J15: Hadron Structure II

Chair: Bayram Torayn, Old Dominion University
Room: Key 11

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J15.00001: The Search For Nucleon-Nucleon Correlations and the EMC Effect Douglas Higinbotham Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J15.00002: Quark/gluon structure of light nuclei with spectator tagging at EIC Christian Weiss Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J15.00003: Coherent $\rho$-meson photo production from CLAS Taya Chetry, Nicholas Compton, Kenneth Hicks Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J15.00004: Meson Spectroscopy in Coherent Production off $^4$He with CLAS Bayram Torayev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J15.00005: The Scalar Generalized Transverse Momentum Distributions Abha Rajan, Aurore Courtoy, Simonetta Liuti Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J15.00006: QCD Nuclear g-factor and the Spin-Statistics Theorem Thomas Ward Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J15.00007: The Checkerboard Model of the Nucleus Theodore Lach Preview Abstract

Session J16: Heavy Quark Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Ian Shipsey, University of Oxford
Room: Key 12

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J16.00001: Galilean-Invariant XEFT Eric Braaten Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J16.00002: Observation of $B^{+}\to \psi (2S)\varphi K^{+}$ Reddy Pratap Gandrajula Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J16.00003: Radiative Transitions of the Y(4260) at BES III Manuel Lara Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J16.00004: Double Quarkonium Production at CMS Maksat Haytmyradov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J16.00005: Forward/Backward Asymmetry Measurements at D0 Bruce Hoeneisen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J16.00006: Potential-model implications of the charmed strange states at 2860 MeV Walter Jaronski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J16.00007: First observation and studies of the simultaneous production of $J/\psi$ and $\Upsilon$ at the Tevatron Olga Gogota Preview Abstract

Session J18: Future of Physics Days Undergraduate Awards Brunch

Sponsoring Units: APS
Room: Carroll AB

Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:30AM - 12:00PM

J18.00001: Future of Physics Days Undergraduate Awards Brunch Preview Abstract