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Session H2: Theory Developments in Particle Physics and Gravitation

Sponsoring Units: DPF GGR
Chair: Mirjam Cvetic, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Ballroom A

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H2.00001: Quantum Information and spacetime Invited Speaker: John Preskill Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H2.00002: Soft particles from the edge of space-time Invited Speaker: Burkhard Schwab Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H2.00003: Gravitational lessons from Holographic Entanglement Entropy Invited Speaker: Veronika Hubeny Preview Abstract

Session H3: Low Energy, High Precision Lepton Flavor Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Karsten Heeger, Yale University
Room: Ballroom B

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H3.00001: g-2 on the Lattice Invited Speaker: Thomas Blum Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H3.00002: The New g-2 Experiment at Fermilab Invited Speaker: Peter Winter Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H3.00003: Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Results Invited Speaker: Bernhard Schwingenheuer Preview Abstract

Session H4: The Physics of Exoplanets

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Anna Frebel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Ballroom C

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H4.00001: Dynamical evolution and instability of planetary systems Invited Speaker: Katherine Deck Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H4.00002: Exoplanet Habitability: Our Knowledge, Ignorance & Constraints Invited Speaker: David Kipping Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H4.00003: Relativity and Exoplanets: Gravitational Microlensing, Doppler Beaming, and More Invited Speaker: Scott Gaudi Preview Abstract

Session H5: Black Holes - The Schwarzschild Solution and Beyond

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Thomas W. Baumgarte, Bowdoin College
Room: Ballroom D

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H5.00001: Schwarzschild Solution: A Historical Perspective Invited Speaker: Marcia Bartusiak Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H5.00002: Dark Candles of the Universe: Black Hole Observations Invited Speaker: Aycin Aykutalp Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H5.00003: Quantum black holes in loop quantum gravity Invited Speaker: Javier Olmedo Preview Abstract

Session H6: Supporting and Understanding Physics Identity Development

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Room: 150ABC

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H6.00001: Becoming physics people: Development of physics identity in self-concept and practice through the Learning Assistant experience Invited Speaker: Eleanor Close Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H6.00002: Identity development in upper-level physics students: transitions in and out of physics Invited Speaker: Paul Irving Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H6.00003: The role of recognition and interest in physics identity development Invited Speaker: Robynne Lock Preview Abstract

Session H7: Porting Particle Accelerator Codes on Emerging Computer Architectures

Sponsoring Units: DPB DCOMP
Chair: Jean-Luc Vay, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: 150G

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H7.00001: PIC codes for plasma accelerators on emerging computer architectures (GPUS, Multicore/Manycore CPUS) Invited Speaker: Henri VINCENTI Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H7.00002: A portable approach for PIC on emerging architectures. Invited Speaker: Viktor Decyk Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H7.00003: Astrophysics PIC codes on manycore systems Invited Speaker: Salman Habib Preview Abstract

Session H9: Nuclear Structure I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Christopher Chiara, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Room: 250A

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H9.00001: Investigating 3-body Decays of Cluster States with the PAT-TPC Lisa Carpenter, Y. Ayyad Limonge, D. Bazin, S. Beceiro-Novo, J. Bradt, M. Cortesi, W. Mittig, T. Ahn, J.J. Kolata, Z. Meisel, F.D. Bechetti, A. Fritsch, A. Howard Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H9.00002: Search for $\alpha$-Cluster Structure in Exotic Nuclei with the Prototype Active-Target Time-Projection Chamber A. Fritsch, Y. Ayyad, D. Bazin, S. Beceiro-Novo, J. Bradt, L. Carpenter, M. Cortesi, W. Mittig, D. Suzuki, T. Ahn, J.J. Kolata, F.D. Becchetti, A.M. Howard Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H9.00003: $\beta$-delayed $\gamma$-decay of $^{26}\mathrm{P}$ David Perez-Loureiro, C. Wrede, M. B. Bennett, S. N. Liddick Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H9.00004: Revalidation of the Isobaric Multiplet Mass Equation for the A$=$20 quintet Brent Glassman, D. Perez-Loureiro, C. Wrede, J. Allen, D. Bardyan, M. Bennett, A. Brown, K. Chipps, M. Febbraro, Cathleen Fry, O. Hall, M. Hall, S. Liddick, P. O'Malley, W. Ong, S. Pain, S. Schwartz, P. Shidling, H. Sims, P. Thompson, E. Zhang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H9.00005: Rotational Band Structure in $^{32}$Mg Heather Crawford Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H9.00006: Structure of T$_z=3/2$, $^{33}$P Nucleus Rebeka Sultana Lubna, Vandana Tripathi, Samuel Tabor, Pei-Laun Tai, Peter Bender Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H9.00007: Study of the Nuclear Structure of $^{39}$P Using Beta-Delayed Gamma Spectroscopy Brittany Abromeit Preview Abstract

Session H11: Physics of the Cosmos mini-symposium

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: James Bock, California Institute of Technology
Room: 250C

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H11.00001: High Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology from Space:~ NASA's Physics of the Cosmos Program Invited Speaker: Ann Hornschemeier Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H11.00002: The gravitational wave decade John Conklin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H11.00003: Probing the Hot and Energetic Universe: X-rays and Astrophysics Marshall Bautz, Ralph Kraft Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H11.00004: Future Prospects for Space-Based Gamma Ray Astronomy Mark McConnell Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H11.00005: Spaced-based Cosmic Ray Astrophysics Eun-Suk Seo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H11.00006: The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation and its Polarization Edward Wollack Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H11.00007: Space Based Dark Energy Surveys Olivier Dore Preview Abstract

Session H12: Astrophysical Neutrinos

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: John Matthews, University of Utah
Room: 250DE

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H12.00001: A Study of Spatially-Coincident IceCube Neutrinos and Fermi Gamma-Ray Sources Hannah Seymour, Reshmi Mukherjee, Michael Shaevitz, Marcos Santander Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H12.00002: High Energy Atmospheric Neutrino Fluxes From a Realistic Primary Spectrum Felipe Campos Penha, Hans Dembinski, Thomas K. Gaisser, Serap Tilav Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H12.00003: A new method to constrain flavor ratio of astrophysical neutrinos Shirley Li, Mauricio Bustamante, John Beacom Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H12.00004: The matter-neutrino resonance around thick disks Michael Deaton Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H12.00005: Abstract Withdrawn
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H12.00006: Choked Jets and Low-Luminosity Gamma-Ray Bursts as Hidden Neutrino Sources Nicholas Senno, Kohta Murase, Peter Mészáros Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H12.00007: Propagation of neutrinos in hot and dense media samina masood Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H12.00008: Two Dimensional Simulations of Core-Collapse Supernovae with Neutrino Transport in FLASH Evan O'Connor, Sean Couch Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H12.00009: Overview of the ANITA-III Long-duration Balloon Payload Flight and the Improvements in the ANITA-IV Scheduled Mission Viatcheslav Bugaev Preview Abstract

Session H14: Ground Based Gravitational Wave Detectors

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Stefan Ballmer, Syracuse University
Room: 251AB

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H14.00001: Noise Performance of the Advanced LIGO Detectors Evan Hall Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H14.00002: Calibration of the Advanced LIGO Detectors During the First Observational Run Jeffrey Kissel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H14.00003: Calibration of the Advanced LIGO detectors using radiation pressure Shivaraj Kandhasamy Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H14.00004: Hunting for MHz gravitational waves with the Fermilab Holometer Brittany Kamai Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H14.00005: The input optics of Advanced LIGO D.B. Tanner, M.A. Arain, G. Ciani, D. Feldbaum, P. Fulda, J. Gleason, R. Goetz, M. Heintze, R.M. Martin, C.L. Mueller, L.F. Williams, G. Mueller, V. Quetschke, W.Z. Korth, D.H. Reitze, R.T. DeRosa, A. Effler, K. Kokeyama, V.V. Frolov, A. Mullavey, J. Poeld Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H14.00006: RF jitter modulation alignment sensing for interferometric gravitational wave detectors. P. Fulda, D. Voss, L. Ortega, N. Foster, G. Mueller, D. B. Tanner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H14.00007: A low loss Faraday isolator for squeezed vacuum injection in Advanced LIGO Ryan Goetz, David Tanner, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H14.00008: CryoTHOR: measuring thermal noise in optical coatings Giacomo Ciani, Johannes Eichholz, Michael Hartman, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract

Session H15: Neutron Star and Supernova Gravity Wave Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Steven Liebling, Long Island University
Room: 251C

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H15.00001: Probing the Internal Composition of Neutron Stars with Gravitational Waves Katerina Chatziioannou, Kent Yagi, Antoine Klein, Neil Cornish, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H15.00002: Gravitational Wave Physics with Binary Love Relations Kent Yagi, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H15.00003: Improved Universal No-Hair Relations for Neutron Stars Barun Majumder, Kent Yagi, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H15.00004: Low-mass neutron stars: universal relations, the nuclear symmetry energy and gravitational radiation Hector O. Silva, Emanuele Berti, Hajime Sotani Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H15.00005: Effects of neutron-star dynamic tides on gravitational waveforms within the effective-one-body approach Tanja Hinderer, Andrea Taracchini, Francois Foucart, Alessandra Buonanno, Jan Steinhoff, Matthew Duez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H15.00006: Nonlinear Tides in Coalescing Binary Neutron Stars Nevin Weinberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H15.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H15.00008: Gravitational Wave Signals from 2D and 3D Core Collapse Supernova Explosions Konstantin Yakunin, Anthony Mezzacappa, Pedro Marronetti, Stephen Bruenn, W. Raphael Hix, Eric J. Lentz, O. E. Bronson Messer, J. Austin Harris, Eirik Endeve, John Blondin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H15.00009: Equation of State Dependence of Gravitational Waves from Rapidly Rotating Core-Collapse Sherwood Richers, Christian D. Ott, Ernazar Abdikamalov Preview Abstract

Session H16: Dark Matter I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Josh Klein, University of Pennsylvania
Room: 251D

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H16.00001: DarkSide-50 WIMP search results with low radioactivity argon Xin Xiang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H16.00002: Nuclear Recoil Calibration of DarkSide-50 Erin Edkins Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H16.00003: Pulse shape discrimination in DarkSide-50 Guangyong Koh Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H16.00004: Darkside-20k: A 20 ton Liquid Argon Dark Matter Experiment Henning Back Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H16.00005: Measuring Sub-keV Ionization Yields in Liquid Argon for Dark Matter and Coherent Neutrino Scattering Searches Brian Lenardo, Adam Bernstein, Kareem Kazkaz, Sergey Pereverzev, Finn Rebassoo, Samuele Sangiorgio, Mani Tripathi, Jingke Xu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H16.00006: Results from the PandaX-II Commissioning Run Xiang Xiao Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H16.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H16.00008: Search for dark matter in monojet events in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=13 TeV Sonaina Undleeb Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H16.00009: Stealth Dark Matter: Model, lattice calculations, and constraints David Schaich Preview Abstract

Session H17: Instrumentation for Particle Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Matthew Muether, Fermilab
Room: 251E

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H17.00001: An Estimation of Photon Scattering Length in Tetraphenyl-butadiene Dustin Stolp, Olivia Dalager, Navneet Dhaliwal, Benjamin Godfrey, Michael Irving, Kareem Kazkaz, Aaron Manalaysay, Christian Neher, Scott Stephenson, Mani Tripathi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H17.00002: Study the performance of LYSO and CeBr3 crystals using Silicon Photomultipliers Abaz Kryemadhi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H17.00003: Characterizing Scitillation and Cherenkov Light Yield in Water-Based Liquid Scintillators B. J. Land, J. Caravaca, F. B. Descamps, G. D. Orebi Gann Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H17.00004: Optimization of the SiD concept in the presence of ILC backgrounds Jan Strube, Thomas Markiewicz, Christopher Milke, Anne Schuetz, Bruce Schumm, Marcel Stanitzki Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H17.00005: A Compton Suppressed Gamma Ray Counter For Radio Assay of Materials Benjamin Godfrey Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H17.00006: Recent Upgrades at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility Mandy Rominsky Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H17.00007: Overview of a new compact and portable $x$-pinch radiation source generator (200-ka, 200-ns) for physics and industry applications. Roman Shapovalov, Rick Spielman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H17.00008: Maximizing Number of Passes in Recirculating Energy Recovery Linacs S. Alex Bogacz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H17.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session H18: Alternative Theories of Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Ted Jacobson, University of Maryland
Room: 251F

Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H18.00001: Are Scalar-Tensor Theories Ruled Out by Solar System Observations? David Anderson, Nicol\'as Yunes, Enrico Barausse Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H18.00002: The Lore of the Hair Nicolas Yunes, Kent Yagi, Leo Stein Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H18.00003: Kludge modified gravity inspiral-merger-ringdown waveforms: Testing gravitational-wave tests of general relativity Nathan Johnson-McDaniel, Abhirup Ghosh, Archisman Ghosh, Anuradha Samajdar, Parameswaran Ajith, Walter Del Pozzo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H18.00004: Recent Advances in Conformal Gravity James O'Brien, Spasen Chaykov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H18.00005: Scalar Gravitational Waves Emil Mottola Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H18.00006: Extremal Black Holes in Dynamical Chern-Simons Gravity Leo Stein, Robert McNees, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H18.00007: Parity horizons and chronology protection in shape dynamics Gabriel Herczeg Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H18.00008: Derivation of Einstein--Cartan theory from general relativity Richard Petti Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H18.00009: Determining Exact Solutions in a Class of Non-Riemannian Theories of Gravitation P.F. Kelly Preview Abstract

Session H19: Future of Physics Days Undergraduate Awards Brunch

Sponsoring Units: APS
Room: Marriott Salem AB

Sunday, April 17, 2016 10:30AM - 12:00PM

H19.00001: Future of Physics Days Undergraduate Awards Brunch Preview Abstract