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Session U2: Pulsars, Neutron Stars and Black Holes

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Room: Holiday 1

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U2.00001: Weighing ULX Black Holes Using X-ray Reverberation Mapping Tod Strohmayer, Dheeraj Pasham Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U2.00002: A 400 solar mass black hole in the galaxy M82 Dheeraj Pasham, Tod Strohmayer, Richard Mushotzky Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U2.00003: Impact of Deformation on the Structure of Non-Rotating Neutron Stars Omair Zubairi, Fridolin Weber, Efrain Ferrer, Vivian Incera Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U2.00004: Limiting the Accretion-fed Growth of Neutron Stars during Common Envelope Morgan MacLeod, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U2.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U2.00006: Fanning the Flames: X-ray Burst Probes of Nuclear Burning Simin Mahmoodifar, Tod Strohmayer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U2.00007: Neutron Star Universality Near the Maximum Mass Sharon Morsink, Jason Fedorowich Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U2.00008: Neutrino emissivity in the quark-hadron mixed phase of neutron stars William Spinella, Fridolin Weber Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U2.00009: Braking Index of Isolated Pulsars Oliver Hamil, Jirina Stone, Martin Urbanec, Gabriela Urbancova Preview Abstract

Session U3: Invited Session: DNP Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Ani Aprahamian, University of Notre Dame
Room: Holiday 2

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U3.00001: Edward A. Bouchet Award Talk: Nuclear liquid-gas phase diagram - What have learned? Invited Speaker: Jorge Lopez Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U3.00002: Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics Talk: Matter at High Energy Density and Ultra-relativistic Nuclear Collisions Invited Speaker: Larry McLerran Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U3.00003: Tom W. Bonner Prize In Nuclear Physics Talk: Jet Tomography of Quark Gluon Plasmas in High Energy Nuclear Collisions Invited Speaker: Miklos Gyulassy Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 5:18PM - 5:54PM		U3.00004: Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics Talk: Tracking Detectors in the STAR Experiment at RHIC Invited Speaker: Howard Wieman Preview Abstract

Session U4: Neutrino Cross Sections and Flux III

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Kevin McFarland, University of Rochester
Room: Holiday 3

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U4.00001: Neutrino Induced Coherent $\rho$ Production in a Fine Grained Tracker Libo Jiang, Christpher Kullenberg, Xinchun Tian, Sanjib Mishra Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U4.00002: Image Processing Techniques applied to Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Data Jessica Esquivel Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U4.00003: Software Geometry in Simulations Tyler Alion, Brett Viren, Tom Junk Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U4.00004: Background Reduction in Neutrino Oscillation Analyzes for a Liquid Argon-based Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Matthew Hogan, Daniel Cherdack, Robert Wilson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U4.00005: Exploring Neutrino Oscillation Parameter Space with a Monte Carlo Algorithm Hugo Espejel, David Ernst, Bernadette Cogswell, David Latimer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U4.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U4.00007: Systematic Uncertainty Studies in the LBNE Fast Monte Carlo Jeremy Hewes, Daniel Cherdack Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U4.00008: Simulation of Neutrino Flux in NO$\nu$A Kuldeep Maan, Hongyue Duyang, Sanjib Mishra Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U4.00009: Optical calibration of SNO$+$ Edward Leming Preview Abstract

Session U5: Energy Research

Chair: John M. Wilson, Virginia Commonwealth University
Room: Key 1

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U5.00001: Influence of water on the reaction path of the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells Cecile Malardier-Jugroot, Michael Groves, Manish Jugroot Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U5.00002: Mono-layer BC$_2$ a high capacity anode material for Li-ion batteries Rahul Hardikar, Atanu Samanta, Sang Soo Han, Kwang-Ryeol Lee, Abhishek Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U5.00003: Two orders of magnitude enhancement in Li diffusivity in FCC fullerene under pressure Deya Das, Aaditya Manjanath, Sang Soo Han, Kwang-Ryeol Lee, Abhishek Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U5.00004: Surface nanocrystalline and hardening effects of Ti--Al--V alloy by electropulsing ultrasonic shock Xiaoxin Ye Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U5.00005: The Greatest Challenge Ever for Mankind, Requiring Policies of Accelerating Hardship and Implementation Difficulty John Wilson Preview Abstract

Session U6: Numerical Relativity and Black Hole Binaries

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Bruno Giacomazzo, Universidad de Trento
Room: Key 2

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U6.00001: Puncture Initial Data for Highly Spinning Black-Hole Binaries Ian Ruchlin, James Healy, Carlos Lousto, Yosef Zlochower Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U6.00002: Asymptotically matched quasicircular binary black hole initial data William Throwe Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U6.00003: Constructing binary black hole initial data with high mass ratios and spins Serguei Ossokine, Francois Foucart, Harald Pfeiffer, Bela Szilagyi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U6.00004: Comparing Post-Newtonian and Numerical-Relativity Precession Dynamics Lawrence Kidder, Sergei Ossokine, Michael Boyle, Harald Pfeiffer, Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U6.00005: Numerical relativity reaching into post-Newtonian territory: a compact-object binary simulation spanning 350 gravitational-wave cycles Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi, Jonathan Blackman, Tony Chu, Lawrence Kidder, Harald Pfeiffer, Alessandra Buonanno, Yi Pan, Andrea Taracchini Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U6.00006: Generic, Long, High Mass Ratio Binary Black Hole Inspiral Simulations Aaron Zimmerman, Adam Lewis, Harald Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U6.00007: Expanding the catalog of binary black-hole simulations: aligned-spin configurations Tony Chu, Harald Pfeiffer, Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U6.00008: Gravitational Waveforms in the Early Inspiral of Binary Black Hole Systems Kevin Barkett, Prayush Kumar, Swetha Bhagwat, Duncan Brown, Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U6.00009: SXS Catalog of Gravitational Waveforms Daniel Hemberger Preview Abstract

Session U7: Focus Session: Space-based Gravitational Wave Detection II

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Ira Thorpe, NASA
Room: Key 3

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U7.00001: The Gravitational Universe - ESA's L3 mission Guido Mueller, Masaki Ando, Pierre Binetruy, Philippe Bouyer, Luigi Cacciapuoti, Mike Cruise, Fabio Favata, Martin Gehler, Reinhard Genzel, Oliver Jennrich, Mark Kasevich, Bill Klipstein, Michael Perryman, Frederic Safa, Bernard Schutz, Robin Stebbins, Stefano Vitale Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U7.00002: Possible Space-based Gravitational Wave Observatory Mission Design for the L3 Cosmic Visions Opportunity Jeffrey Livas Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U7.00003: Black Hole Astrophysics with eLISA Joey Shapiro Key Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U7.00004: Architectures for a Space-based Gravitational-Wave Observatory Robin Stebbins Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U7.00005: Development of a US Gravitational Wave Laser System for LISA Jordan Camp, Kenji Numata Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U7.00006: Back-reflection from a Spiral Pattern Secondary Mirror for LISA Zachary Bush, Aaron Spector, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U7.00007: A New Optical Bench Concept for Space-Based Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Missions Andrew Chilton, Stephen Apple, Giacomo Ciani, Taiwo Olatunde, John Conklin, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract

Session U9: Invited Session: Cosmological Parameters and Tensions

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

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U9.00001: LCDM Cosmology: Successes and Remaining Challenges Invited Speaker: Cora Dvorkin Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U9.00002: Cosmological Parameters I Invited Speaker: Raphael Flauger Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U9.00003: Cosmological Parameters II Invited Speaker: Charles Lawrence Preview Abstract

Session U10: Invited Session: Exploring the Standard Model at Colliders

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Laura Reina, Florida State University
Room: Key 6

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U10.00001: Boosted Jets at the LHC Invited Speaker: Andrew Larkoski Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U10.00002: Precision Electroweak Physics at the LHC Invited Speaker: Ayres Freitas Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U10.00003: Precision QCD at the LHC Invited Speaker: Stefan Hoeche Preview Abstract

Session U11: Invited Session: Correlated Fermions in Nuclei and Ultra-Cold Atomic Gasses

Sponsoring Units: DNP GFB
Chair: Daniel Phillips, Ohio University
Room: Key 7

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U11.00001: The nuclear contact and the photoabsorption cross section Invited Speaker: Nir Barnea Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U11.00002: Possible Universal Properties of Correlated High Momentum Fermions Invited Speaker: Misak Sargsian Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U11.00003: Correlated Fermions from Ultra-Cold Atomic Gases to Nuclear Matter Invited Speaker: Lawrence Weinstein Preview Abstract

Session U12: Invited Session: Models of International Partnership II

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: Maria Spiropulu, California Institute of Technology
Room: Key 8

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 3:57PM		U12.00001: ITER--Is it a model For International Scientific Cooperation? Invited Speaker: Robert Iotti Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:57PM - 4:24PM		U12.00002: Astrophysics and Cosmology: International Partnerships Invited Speaker: Roger Blandford Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:24PM - 4:51PM		U12.00003: The LIGO Scientific Collaboration Invited Speaker: Gabriela Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:51PM - 5:18PM		U12.00004: Panel Discussion Preview Abstract

Session U13: Connecting Gravitational Wave Observations with Source Properties

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Jess McIver, University of Massachusetts
Room: Key 9

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U13.00001: R-mode frequencies of slowly rotating relativistic neutron stars with realistic equations of state Benjamin Owen, Ashikuzzaman Idrisy, David Jones Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U13.00002: Modeling the dynamics of tidally-interacting binary neutron stars up to merger Sebastiano Bernuzzi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U13.00003: BBH Classification Using Principal Component Analysis Deirdre Shoemaker, Laura Cadonati, James Clark, Brian Day, Ik Siong Jeng, Alexander Lombardi, Lionel London, Nicholas Mangini, Josh Logue Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U13.00004: Detection and Measurement of Heavy Black Hole Binaries Philip Graff, Alessandra Buonanno, B. Sathyaprakash Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U13.00005: Distinguishing neutron stars from black holes and probing the mass gap with Advanced LIGO/Virgo observations Tyson Littenberg, Benjamin Farr, Scott Coughlin, Vicky Kalogera Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U13.00006: A semianalytic Fisher matrix for precessing BH-NS binaries Richard O'Shaughnessy, Prakash Nepal, Andrew Lundgren Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U13.00007: Parameter estimation on gravitational waves from neutron star binaries with spinning components Ben Farr, Christopher Berry, Kipp Cannon, Will Farr, Philip Graff, Chad Hanna, Carl-Johan Haster, Ilya Mandel, Hannah Middleton, Chris Pankow, Larry Price, Trevor Sidery, Leo Singer, Alex Urban, Alberto Vecchio, John Veitch, Salvatore Vitale Preview Abstract

Session U14: Mini-symposium on Future MeV Gamma-Ray Science and MIssions

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Jeremy Perkins, NASA/GSFC
Room: Key 10

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U14.00001: Science from the MeV Gamma Ray Sky Invited Speaker: Reshmi Mukherjee Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U14.00002: Scientific Optimization for Proposed MeV Gamma-Ray Instruments, Lessons Learned From the Fermi-LAT Eric Charles Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U14.00003: Next Generation Compton Telescope Design Challenges Bernard F. Phlips, J. Eric Grove, W. Neil Johnson, Richard S. Woolf, Eric A. Wulf Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U14.00004: Extending Fermi LAT discoveries: Compton-Pair Production Space Telescope (ComPair) for MeV Gamma-ray Astronomy Alexander Moiseev, Elizabeth Hays, John Mitchell, Julie McEnery, Jeremy Perkins, David Thompson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U14.00005: The Future of High Energy Polarimetry Mark McConnell Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U14.00006: Advanced Energetic Pair Telescope (AdEPT), a Medium-Energy Gamma-Ray Polarimeter Stanley Hunter Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U14.00007: Unique Perspective of High-energy Astrophysical Systems Offered by Future MeV Polarization Observations Tonia Venters Preview Abstract

Session U15: Mini-symposium on New Forces at the GeV Scale and Dark Matter III

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Stepan Stepanyan, Jefferson Lab
Room: Key 11

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U15.00001: Heavy Photon Search Commissioning Run and Performance of the Electromagnetic Calorimeter Holly Szumila-Vance Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U15.00002: Results from the HPS Commissioning Run Nathan Baltzell Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U15.00003: Status of the DarkLight Experiment Charles Epstein Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U15.00004: DarkLight Invisibles Effort Narbe Kalantarians Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U15.00005: Search for a new gauge boson in a fixed-target experiment at CERN SPS Mikhail Kirsanov Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U15.00006: Cornell Dark Photon Search James Alexander, Yuichi Kubota, Maxim Perelstein, David Rubin, Peter Wittich, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U15.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U15.00008: Light Meson Decays at Jefferson Lab Ilya Larin Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U15.00009: Status of the APEX experiment Gregg Franklin, Rouven Essig, Philip Schuster, Natalia Toro, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski Preview Abstract

Session U16: Particle Detectors III

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Nick Hadley, University of Maryland
Room: Key 12

Monday, April 13, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U16.00001: Development of lithium-loaded liquid scintillator for PROSPECT Danielle Norcini Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U16.00002: A 3-D Theoretical Model for Calculating Plasma Effects in Germanium Detectors Wenzhao Wei, Jing Liu, Dongming Mei Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U16.00003: Low-energy recoils and energy scale in liquid xenon detector for direct dark matter searches Lu Wang, Dongming Mei Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U16.00004: Energy Resolution Optimization of the Yale ``PIXeY'' Two-Phase Xenon Detector Nicholas Destefano, Moshe Gai, Daniel McKinsey, Ethan Bernard, Christopher Wahl, Blair Edwards, Markus Horn, Nicole Larsen, Brian Tennyson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U16.00005: The DEAP 3600 Dark Mater Detector Thomas Sonley Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U16.00006: A p-type point-contact germanium detector with amorphous semiconductor surface Jing Liu, Dongming Mei Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U16.00007: Improving axion detection sensitivity in high purity germanium detector based experiments Wenqin Xu, Steven Elliott Preview Abstract
Monday, April 13, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U16.00008: Charge Trapping in Germanium Dark Matter Detectors Arran Phipps Preview Abstract