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Session S2: Gravitational Waves and Their Electromagnetic Counterparts

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Leo Singer, NASA
Room: Holiday 1

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S2.00001: Predictions for Swift Follow-up Observations of Advanced LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Sources Judith Racusin, Phil Evans, Valerie Connaughton Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S2.00002: The Needle in the 100 deg2 Haystack: From Fermi GRBs to LIGO Discoveries with the Palomar Transient Factory Leo Singer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S2.00003: Wide-field X-ray afterglow searches for gravitational wave events Peter Shawhan, Justin Tervala Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S2.00004: A cross-correlation search for intermediate-duration gravitational waves from GRB magnetars Robert Coyne Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S2.00005: Selecting gravitational wave events for EM follow-up in the advanced detector era Min-A Cho Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S2.00006: Optimizing low latency LIGO-Virgo localization Hsin-Yu Chen, Daniel Holz Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S2.00007: Using Boosting Decision Trees in Gravitational Wave Searches triggered by Gamma-ray Bursts Sarah Zuraw Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S2.00008: Search for Gravitational Waves from Nearby Globular Clusters Santiago Caride Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		S2.00009: Exploring the Model Dependence of Electromagnetic Signals in Circumbinary Disk Simulations Scott Noble, Manuela Campanelli, Julian Krolik, Bruno Mundim, Hiroyuki Nakano, Yosef Zlochower Preview Abstract

Session S3: Invited Session: Astrophysical Reactions Rates via Charge-Exchange and Transfer Techniques

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University
Room: Holiday 2

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S3.00001: Charge-exchange reactions and electron-capture rates for presupernova stellar evolution Invited Speaker: Remco Zegers Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S3.00002: Next-generation transfer reaction studies with JENSA Invited Speaker: K.A. Chipps Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S3.00003: Indirect methods in nuclear astrophysics Invited Speaker: Carlos Bertulani Preview Abstract

Session S4: Neutrinos - Low Energy II

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Christopher O’Shaughnessy, University of North Carolina
Room: Holiday 3

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S4.00001: Investigation of the backgrounds in the EXO-200 experiment Tamar Didberidze Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S4.00002: Validation of Pulse Shape Simulation for Ge detectors in the \textsc{Majorana Demonstrator} Benjamin Shanks Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S4.00003: Detector Characterization for the Majorana Demonstrator Thomas Gilliss Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S4.00004: Analysis of Cosmic Ray Backgrounds for Double-Beta Decay Experiments Mitchell Hughes Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S4.00005: COHERENT First Steps for an Experimental Neutrino Program at the Spallation Neutron Source Grayson Rich Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S4.00006: Ion Studies Using Radon-222 in the EXO-200 Detector Erica Smith Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S4.00007: Barium Tagging for nEXO in Liquid and Gas Xenon Scott Kravitz, Thomas Brunner, Dan Fudenberg Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S4.00008: Barium Tagging in Solid Xenon for nEXO Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Tim Walton, Chris Chambers, Adam Craycraft, William Fairbank Preview Abstract

Session S5: Beam Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: James Ellison, Illinois Institute of Technology
Room: Key 1

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S5.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S5.00002: Beam-Plasma Interaction in Muon Ionization Cooling Lattices James Ellison, Pavel Snopok Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S5.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S5.00004: Redetermining CEBAF's Absolute Energy Tong Su Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S5.00005: ABSTRACT MOVED TO D1.00027 Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S5.00006: Direct injection into the IsoDAR Cyclotron using a RFQ Spencer Axani Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		S5.00007: Experimental Results from a Resonant Dielectric Laser Accelerator Rodney Yoder, Joshua McNeur, Esin Sozer, Gil Travish, Kiran Shankar Hazra, Brian Matthews, Joel England, Edgar Peralta, Ziran Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S5.00008: Modeling Photoemission of Spin-Polarized Electrons from NEA GaAs Photocathodes Oksana Chubenko, Andrei Afanasev Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S5.00009: High-Flux Neutron Generator Facility for Geochronology and Nuclear Physics Research Cory Waltz Preview Abstract

Session S6: Mini-symposium on Recent Results with Cold and Ultracold Neutrons

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Pieter Mumm, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Key 2

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S6.00001: The scattering length difference between the $b_1$ and $b_0$ states of $n$-$^3$He using a neutron interferometer Invited Speaker: M.G. Huber Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S6.00002: Status of The NPDGamma Analysis Jason Fry Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S6.00003: Analysis of the aCORN NG-6 Dataset Michael Mendenhall Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S6.00004: Status of the UCNA Experiment Michael Brown Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S6.00005: The overview and early measurements from the n3He experiment Garishvili Garishvili Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S6.00006: New Results from the UCN$\tau$ Experiment Evan Adamek Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S6.00007: Analysis of hadronic parity violation in the context of beyond the standard model physics using results from the NPDGamma collaboration Chris Haddock Preview Abstract

Session S7: Focus Session: Space-based Gravitational Wave Detection I

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Jeffrey Livas, NASA
Room: Key 3

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S7.00001: The LISA Pathfinder Mission Invited Speaker: Paul McNamara Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S7.00002: LISA technology development using the UF precision torsion pendulum Stephen Apple, Andrew Chilton, Taiwo Olatunde, Giacomo Ciani, Guido Mueller, John Conklin Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S7.00003: Telescope design considerations and prototyping for a space-based gravitational wave observatory Shannon Sankar, Jeffrey Livas Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S7.00004: A demonstration of arm-locking for LISA using the GRACE-FO Laser Ranging Instrument Ira Thorpe, Kirk McKenzie, Andrew Sutton Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S7.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S7.00006: Characterization of the LISA Pathfinder Drag Reduction System Jacob Slutsky Preview Abstract

Session S8: Invited Session: Hadron Spectroscopy from JLab to EIC

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Ramona Vogt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Key 4

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S8.00001: Opportunities in Photoproduction and Spectroscopy at an EIC Invited Speaker: Justin Stevens Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S8.00002: Photoproduction of Structure in the $d\pi$ System Near the $N\Delta$ mass: Sign of a Quasi-Bound State? Invited Speaker: Reinhard Schumacher Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S8.00003: Physics Analysis Center at JLab Invited Speaker: Adam Szczepaniak Preview Abstract

Session S9: Invited Session: Cosmic Microwave Background B Modes and Inflation

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: Lloyd Knox, University of California, Davis
Room: Key 5

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S9.00001: Measurements of B-mode Polarization at degree angular scales with the BICEP2, Keck, and Planck Invited Speaker: John Kovac Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S9.00002: Models of Polarized Emission from Interstellar Dust Grains Invited Speaker: Bruce Draine Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S9.00003: The Theory of Inflation Invited Speaker: Sarah Shandera Preview Abstract

Session S10: Invited Session: Instrumentation, Flavor Physics and Apker Award

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Ian Shipsey, Oxford University
Room: Key 6

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S10.00001: Instrumenting LSST: Three Billion Pixels on the Sky Invited Speaker: Aaron Roodman Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S10.00002: Prospects for Discovery in Flavor Physics Invited Speaker: Jure Zupan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S10.00003: Leroy Apker Award Talk: Finite Temperature Casimir Effect for Charged Scalars in a Magnetic Field Invited Speaker: Kevin Seltzer Preview Abstract

Session S11: Invited Session: Precision Experimental Measurements of Gravitation

Sponsoring Units: GGR GPMFC
Chair: Stephan Schlamminger, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Key 7

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S11.00001: Experimental tests of the Einstein Equivalence Principle Invited Speaker: Michael Hohensee Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S11.00002: Why is it so difficult to measure big G? Invited Speaker: James Faller Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S11.00003: Testing Newton's Gravitational Inverse-Square Law Invited Speaker: Charles Hagedorn Preview Abstract

Session S12: Invited Session: Models of International Partnership I

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: Edmond Berger, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Key 8

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 1:57PM		S12.00001: Introduction and Context Invited Speaker: David Gross Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:57PM - 2:24PM		S12.00002: LHC at CERN – Machine and Detectors Invited Speaker: Sergio Bertolucci Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:24PM - 2:51PM		S12.00003: The Long Baseline Neutrino Facility -- Developing Model Invited Speaker: Joseph Lykken Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:51PM - 3:18PM		S12.00004: FRIB (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)--Diverse Partnership Models in Nuclear Physics Invited Speaker: Thomas Glasmacher Preview Abstract

Session S13: Quantum Gravity and Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Paul Andeson, Wake Forest University
Room: Key 9

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S13.00001: SL(2,C) Chern-Simons Theory and Quantum Gravity with a Cosmological Constant Hal Haggard, Muxin Han, Wojciech Kaminski, Aldo Riello Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S13.00002: Quantum resolution of timelike singularities in spherically symmetric, self-similar spacetimes Deborah Konkowski, Thomas Helliwell, Jon Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S13.00003: Numerical loop quantum cosmology: some recent results Parampreet Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S13.00004: Phenomenology of Loop Quantum Cosmology Ivan Agullo Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S13.00005: Consistent quantum prediction in spin-foam quantum cosmology David Craig Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S13.00006: Emergence of constant curvature spacetimes with an effective charge and cosmological constant in loop quantum cosmology Anton Joe, Naresh Dadhich, Parampreet Singh Preview Abstract

Session S14: Missions and Instruments II (Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos)

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Brenda Dingus, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Key 10

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S14.00001: Final Preparation of the CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) for Launch to the International Space Station Brian Rauch Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S14.00002: Proton - Electron discrimination capabilities with CALET Aaron J. Worley, Jonathan F. Ormes Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S14.00003: On-orbit instrument calibration of CALET Amir Javaid Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S14.00004: The Heavy Nuclei eXplorer (HNX) Small Explorer Mission John Mitchell, W. Robert Binns, Thomas Hams, Martin Israel, John Krizmanic, Jason Link, Brian Rauch, Kenichi Sakai, Makoto Sasaki, Andrew Westphal, Mark Wiedenbeck Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S14.00005: From CREAM to ISS-CREAM: A Next Step in the Direct Measurement of Cosmic Rays David Angelaszek Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S14.00006: The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA): status and initial results Ming-Yuan Lu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S14.00007: The JEM-EUSO mission Lawrence Wiencke Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S14.00008: EUSO angular resolution based on Pierre Auger Observatory reconstruction methodology William Painter Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S14.00009: The Non-Imaging CHErenkov (NICHE) Array: A TA/TALE extension to measure the flux and composition evolution of Very-High Energy Cosmic Rays John Krizmanic, Douglas Bergman, Yoshiki Tsunesada Preview Abstract

Session S15: Mini-symposium on New Forces at the GeV Scale and Dark Matter II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Natalia Toro, Perimeter Institute
Room: Key 11

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S15.00001: Accelerating Our Understanding of the Dark Sector Invited Speaker: Philip Schuster Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S15.00002: Accelerator-Produced sub-GeV Dark Matter Search Using MiniBooNE Remington Thornton Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S15.00003: Hidden Sector Searches at the NOvA Near Detector Athanasios Hatzikoutelis Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S15.00004: A search at Super-Kamiokande for low mass dark matter candidates in the T2K neutrino beam Corina Nantais Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S15.00005: Projections for Dark Photon Searches at Mu3e Yiming Zhong, Bertrand Echenard, Rouven Essig Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S15.00006: The Heavy Photon Search Experiment at Jefferson Lab Omar Moreno Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S15.00007: Tracking and Vertexing for the Heavy Photon Search Experiment Sho Uemura Preview Abstract

Session S16: Supersymmetry Searches and Models

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Pushpa Bhat, Northern Illinois University
Room: Key 12

Monday, April 13, 2015 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S16.00001: Jet Finding Efficiencies for Single and Multiple Matched Partons Cayla Stifler Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S16.00002: A Stop Decay Search Using Jet Substructure Jackson Olsen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S16.00003: Identifying Boosted New Physics With Non-Isolated Leptons Alice Sady, Christopher Brust, Petar Maksimovic, Prashant Saraswat, Matthew T. Walters, Yongjie Xin Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S16.00004: A Search for Supersymmetry at CMS in Events with Two Photons and Missing Transverse Energy Arka Santra, Andrew Askew Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S16.00005: Supersymmetry discovery potential in future LHC and HL-LHC running with the CMS detector Ahmad Borzou Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S16.00006: Search for Natural GMSB in Top Quark Pair + Photons Events Brian Francis Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S16.00007: A search for new physics with multilepton final states by the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider Mariel Tader Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S16.00008: A search for SUSY with Razor kinematic variables in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC Anton Kravchenko, Zach Marshall, Louise Heelan, Daniel Bullock, Amir Farbin, Milind Purohit Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S16.00009: Search for $h\to $\textit{aa }decays in the NMSSM in the $\mu \mu \tau \tau $ channel using 20.3 /fb of pp collisions at $\surd $s $=$ 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector Benjamin Kaplan, Andrew Haas Preview Abstract