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Session K2: Elementary Particles and Dark Matter

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Andrea Albert, Stanford University
Room: Holiday 1

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K2.00001: A Critical Look at the 3.5 keV Line Tesla Jeltema, Stefano Profumo, Eric Carlson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K2.00002: Search for Indirect Signals of Dark Matter with The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory Brian Baughman, Patrick Harding Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K2.00003: Dark matter admixed Type Ia supernovae Shing Chi Leung, Ming Chung Chu, Lap Ming Lin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K2.00004: Dark matter sterile neutrinos and supernova explosions MacKenzie Warren, Grant Mathews, Jun Hidaka, Toshitaka Kajino Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K2.00005: Do Dark Matter Axions Form a Condensate with Long-Range Correlation? Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Mark Hertzberg, Alan Guth Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K2.00006: Searching for Traces of Planck-Scale Physics with High Energy Neutrinos Floyd Stecker, Sean Scully, Stefano Liberati, David Mattingly Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K2.00007: Milagro Limits and HAWC Sensitivity for the Rate Density of Evaporating Primordial Black Holes Samuel Marinelli Preview Abstract

Session K3: Invited Session: Neutrino Mass

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: John Wilkerson, University of North Carolina
Room: Holiday 2

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K3.00001: The Project 8 Neutrino Mass Experiment Invited Speaker: Ben Monreal Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K3.00002: Tests of See-saw Mechnisms at the LHC Invited Speaker: Tao Han Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K3.00003: Recent Results from Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiments Invited Speaker: Lindley Winslow Preview Abstract

Session K4: Mini-symposium on Partonic Structure beyond Densities: Orbital Motion, Correlations, Fluctuations III

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Harut Avakian, Jefferson Lab
Room: Holiday 3

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K4.00001: Electron structure: Shape, size, and generalized parton distributions in QED Gerald A. Miller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K4.00002: Extracting GPDs from hard exclusive processes Latifa Elouadrhiri Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K4.00003: Generalized Parton Distributions Describing Partonic Orbital Angular Momentum Simonetta Liuti, Michael Engelhardt, Abha Rajan, Aurore Courtoy Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K4.00004: Exclusive Measurement of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering off $^{4}$He Nathan Baltzell Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K4.00005: New Measurements of the Target-normal Single-spin Asymmetry $A_y$ for $^3$He$^\uparrow (e,e^\prime)$ in Quasi-elastic and Deep-inelastic Scattering Todd Averett Preview Abstract

Session K6: Supporting Minorities in Science, Exploring Learning Environments, and Developing Conceptual Inventories

Sponsoring Units: GPER FEd
Chair: Mary Bridget Kustusch, DePaul University
Room: Key 2

(Author Not Attending)		K6.00001: Topics in Current Science Research: Closing the Achievement Gap for Under Resourced Students of Color Alvaro Loya Villalpando, Miguel Daal, Arran Phipps, Danielle Speller, Bernard Sadoulet, Rachel Winheld Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K6.00002: Warwick and Uppsala Programmes to encourage girls toward scientific careers Suzy Lidstr\"{o}m, Ally Caldecote, Maja Hallsing, Tom Hase, Bj\"{o}rgvin Hj\"{o}rvarsson, Kayleigh Lampard Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K6.00003: Enhancing physics demonstration shows: where physics and the arts meet to achieve success Donna Hammer, Tim Uher Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K6.00004: Quantitative Analysis of the Physics/Calculcus Themed Learning Communiy at Northern Illinois University Daniel Stange Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K6.00005: Student Performance in Measuring Distance with Wavelengths in Various Settings Gary White Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K6.00006: Teaching Resistance through an interactive gaming lab James G. O'Brien, Greg Sirokman, Franz Rueckert, Derek Cascio Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K6.00007: Free Response vs. Multiple Choice CUE at Oregon State University Justyna Zwolak, Corinne Manogue Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K6.00008: Assessing Student's Ability to Solve Textbook Style Problems Karen Cummings Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K6.00009: The Salinas Airshower Learning And Discovery Project (SALAD) Victor Hernandez, Rommel Niduaza, Daniel Ruiz Castruita, Adrian Knox, Daniel Ramos, Sewan Fan, Laura Fatuzzo Preview Abstract

Session K7: Spacetime Geometry and Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Kartik Prabhu, University of Chicago
Room: Key 3

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K7.00001: Analytical Trumpet Slices in Schwarzschild and Kerr Spacetimes Thomas Baumgarte, Kenneth Dennison, Pedro Montero Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K7.00002: Searching for Toroidal Event Horizons in Binary Black Hole Mergers Andy Bohn Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K7.00003: Monte Carlo Studies of Transitions in Interacting Spacetimes and Scalar Fields Kendall Mallory Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K7.00004: Asymptotics with a positive cosmological constant: Illustration with linear fields on de Sitter space-time Beatrice Bonga, Abhay Ashtekar, Aruna Kesavan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K7.00005: Asymptotics with a positive cosmological constant II Aruna Kesavan, Abhay Ashtekar, Beatrice Bonga Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K7.00006: Closed Timelike Loops in Homogeneous Rotating $\Lambda$-dust Cosmologies David Lindsay Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K7.00007: Spacetime Topology from Cosmic Strings and Foliations Christopher Duston Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K7.00008: Tracking the Degrees of Freedom in the AdS/CFT Correspondence with Cartan Geometry Jeffrey Hazboun Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K7.00009: Boundary Terms of Noether Currents for Gravity from Multisymplectic Geometry Eugene Kur Preview Abstract

Session K8: Invited Session: STEM Education: What's Happening and How to Influence It

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: John Stewart, West Virginia University
Room: Key 4

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K8.00001: Why (and How) Policy Matters in Physics Education: a disciplinary perspective on educational policy Invited Speaker: Noah Finkelstein Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K8.00002: Current Topics In STEM Education Policy Invited Speaker: Tyler Glembo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K8.00003: The Faculty Role in Advocacy: What, Why, and How Invited Speaker: Scott Franklin Preview Abstract

Session K9: Invited Session: Astrophysical Black Holes on All Mass Scales

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: Grzegorz Madejski, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Key 5

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K9.00001: NuSTAR results on Ultra-Luminous X-ray sources: black holes or neutron stars? Invited Speaker: Felix Fuerst Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K9.00002: Emission from the Black Hole Sagittarius A* and its immediate environment Invited Speaker: Andreas Eckart Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K9.00003: Black holes on all scales: similarities and differences Invited Speaker: Chris Done Preview Abstract

Session K10: Invited Session: Panofsky Prize and Exploring the Unknown with Intense Beams

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Michael Tuts, Columbia University
Room: Key 6

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K10.00001: W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Prize Lecture: Long Baseline Neutrino Physics at Fermilab: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Invited Speaker: Stanley Wojcicki Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K10.00002: Results in Quark Flavor Physics Invited Speaker: Sheldon Stone Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K10.00003: Charged lepton mixing - an experimental overview Invited Speaker: Vadim Rusu Preview Abstract

Session K11: Invited Session: Beam Physics in Support of Next Generation Facilities

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPB
Chair: Jerry Nolen, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Key 7

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K11.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K11.00002: Prospects for Next-Generation Storage Ring Light Sources Invited Speaker: Michael Borland Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K11.00003: Beam Dynamics Considerations in Electron Ion Colliders Invited Speaker: Geoffrey Krafft Preview Abstract

Session K12: Invited Session: Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Sponsoring Units: FPS GERA
Chair: Valerie Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Key 8

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K12.00001: Anthropogenic CO$_{2}$ as a Feedstock for Cyanobacteria-Based Biofuels Invited Speaker: Ronald Chance Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K12.00002: Direct Air Capture Invited Speaker: Klaus Lackner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K12.00003: How Long Until Policy and Technology Align? Invited Speaker: Jane Long Preview Abstract

Session K13: Numerical Relativity: Algorithms and Code Development

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: James Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Key 9

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K13.00001: Spectral Cauchy Characteristic Extraction: Gravitational Waves and Gauge Free News Casey Handmer, Bela Szilagyi, Jeff Winicour Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K13.00002: Numerical Study of the Gravitational and Electromagnetic Waves on the Null Cone Maria Babiuc Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K13.00003: Coulomb Scalars, Tendicities, and Vorticities of Black Hole Spacetimes in Numerical Relativity Tehani Finch, Bernard Kelly, John Baker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K13.00004: Accelerating black hole simulations with GPUs Adam Lewis, Abdul Mrou\'e, Harald Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K13.00005: Curvature-Based Method for Measuring Numerical Black-Hole Spins Bernard Kelly, Tehani Finch, James van Meter, John Baker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K13.00006: Smooth Is Overrated: Generalizing Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Numerical Relativity Jonah Miller, Erik Schnetter Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K13.00007: Exploring the Use of Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Numerical Relativity Francois Hebert, Lawrence Kidder, Saul Teukolsky Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K13.00008: Adaptive Wavelets Methods in Numerical Relativity Eric Hirschmann, Matt Anderson, David Neilsen, Jackson Debuhr, Bo Zhang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K13.00009: A stable high-order multipatch method for black hole accretion simulations Wyatt Brege Preview Abstract

Session K14: High Energy Cosmic Rays

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Dmitri Ivanov, University of Utah
Room: Key 10

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K14.00001: First results from the EUSO-Balloon campaign J. Eser, J. Adams, M. Christl, E. Kuznetsov, M. Rodencal, J. Sawatzki, L. Wiencke Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K14.00002: UHECR mass composition measurement at Telescope Array via stereoscopic observation Thomas Stroman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K14.00003: Results on composition from the Pierre Auger Observatory Eun-Joo Ahn Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K14.00004: Subluminal Events in the Search for UHECR at TA Nathan Waugh Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K14.00005: Fluoresence Detection of Cosmic Ray Air Showers Between $10^{16.5}$ eV and $10^{18.5}$ eV with the Telescope Array Low Energy Extension (TALE) Zachary Zundel, Jeremy Smith, Stan Thomas, Tareq Abuzayyad, Dmitri Ivanov, John Matthews, Charles Jui Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K14.00006: Extending the measurement of shower maximum to the highest energies using universality and data from the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory Andrea Biscoveanu, Miguel Mostaf\'a Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K14.00007: Uncertainties in energy reconstruction of cosmic rays for ANITA III caused by differences in models of radio emission in atmospheric showers Viatcheslav Bugaev, Brian Rauch, Harm Schoorlemmer, Joe Lam, David Urdaneta, Stephanie Wissel, Konstantin Belov, Andrew Romero-Wolf Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K14.00008: Overview and initial results from the ANITA HiCal Experiment Jessica Stockham Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K14.00009: Upgrade of the Central Laser Facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory and first results Carlos Medina-Hernandez, Lawrence Wiencke, Eric Mayotte Preview Abstract

Session K15: Electro-Magnetic Interactions

Chair: Al Amin Kabir, Kent State University
Room: Key 11

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K15.00001: Two-photon exchange contribution to elastic electron-proton scattering Mikhail Yurov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K15.00002: Radiative Corrections for Lepton-Proton Scattering: When the Mass Matters Andrei Afanasev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K15.00003: Proton Magnetic Form Factor from Existing Elastic e-p Cross Section Data Longwu Ou, Eric Christy, Shalev Gilad, Cynthia Keppel, Barak Schmookler, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K15.00004: Charge Radius Measurements of Some Light Nuclei Al Amin Kabir Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K15.00005: The $^3$He-$^3$H Charge Radius Difference Luke Myers, Doug Higinbotham, John Arrington Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K15.00006: Quasielastic Transverse and Longitudinal Response Functions in the range 0.55 GeV/c$\leq \mid \overrightarrow{q}\mid\leq$1.0 GeV/c Hamza Atac Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K15.00007: Pion Electroproduction and VCS in the $\Delta $ Resonance Region Nikolaos Sparveris Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K15.00008: The Spring 2015 JLab Hall A Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering Run S. Lee Allison Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K15.00009: Monte Carlo Study of Electromagnetic Calorimeter Performance for Proton Form Factor Measurements at JLab Richard Obrecht, Andrew Puckett Preview Abstract

Session K16: Dark Matter V

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Nathanial Craig, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Key 12

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K16.00001: Development of the LUX detector's CH$_{3}$T calibration source and ER response Richard Knoche Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K16.00002: The XENON1T Cryogenic System Yun Zhang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K16.00003: Monitoring xenon purity in the LUX detector with a mass spectrometry system Jon Balajthy Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K16.00004: Measurement of ER Fluctuations in Liquid Xenon with the LUX Detector Using a Tritium Calibration Source Attila Dobi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K16.00005: Ultra-low Energy Calibration of LUX detector using 127Xe Electron Capture Dongqing Huang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K16.00006: A Novel Nuclear Recoil Calibration in the LUX Detector Using a D-D Neutron Generator James Verbus Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K16.00007: Measurement of the Charge and Light Yield of Low Energy Electronic and Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon at Different Electric Fields Matthew Anthony, Elena Aprile, Hugo Contreras, Luke Goetzke, Antonio Melgarejo, Guillaume Plante, Marc Weber Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K16.00008: Background Model Status and Improvements for the LUX Detector Brian Tennyson Preview Abstract