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Session K2: New Physics Searches at the LHC

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Joseph Incandela, CERN
Room: Ballroom A

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K2.00001: Jet Substructure: Boosting the Search for New Physics at the LHC Invited Speaker: Jesse Thaler Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K2.00002: SUSY searches at the LHC Invited Speaker: Dominick Olivito Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K2.00003: Non-SUSY search for BSM physics at the LHC. Invited Speaker: James Proudfoot Preview Abstract

Session K3: Low Energy Neutrino Nuclear Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Reyco Henning, University of North Carolina
Room: Ballroom B

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K3.00001: Direct nuclear probes of neutrino mass Invited Speaker: Diana Parno Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K3.00002: Update and Initial Results from The COHERENT Experiment Invited Speaker: Matthew Green Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K3.00003: Solar Neutrinos, Past, Present, Future Invited Speaker: Frank Calaprice Preview Abstract

Session K4: DAP Thesis Prize

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Pat Burchat, Stanford University
Room: Ballroom C

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K4.00001: New Frontiers for Diagnosing the Turbulent Nature of the Multiphase Magnetized Interstellar Medium Invited Speaker: Blakesley Burkhart Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K4.00002: Understanding non-Gaussianity signatures in general relativity Invited Speaker: Liang Dai Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K4.00003: Unveiling the Progenitors of Short-duration Gamma-ray Bursts Invited Speaker: Wen-fai Fong Preview Abstract

Session K5: Listening to the Universe with Pulsar Timing Arrays

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Chiara Mingarelli, California Institute of Technology
Room: Ballroom D

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K5.00001: Building a Galactic Scale Gravitational Wave Observatory Invited Speaker: Maura McLaughlin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K5.00002: Detecting stochastic backgrounds of gravitational waves with pulsar timing arrays Invited Speaker: Xavier Siemens Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K5.00003: Exploring the Universe with Pulsar Timing Arrays Invited Speaker: Sarah Burke-Spolaor Preview Abstract

Session K6: Lattice Field and the Quest for Beyond the Standard Model Physics

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DPF
Chair: Carleton DeTar, University of Utah
Room: 150ABC

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K6.00001: INVITED ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K6.00002: Supersymmetry on the Lattice Invited Speaker: David Schaich Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K6.00003: Beyond the Standard Model Physics with Lattice Simulations Invited Speaker: Enrico Rinaldi Preview Abstract

Session K7: Electron-Ion Colliders

Sponsoring Units: DPB DNP
Chair: Fulvia Pilat, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: 150G

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		K7.00001: Physics at Electron-Ion Colliders Invited Speaker: Abhay Deshpande Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K7.00002: eRHIC, the BNL design for a future Electron-Ion Collider Invited Speaker: Thomas Roser Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 3:18PM		K7.00003: JLAB Design for a Future Electron-Ion Collider Invited Speaker: Fulvia Pilat Preview Abstract

Session K9: Nuclear Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Carlos Bertulani, Texas A&M University Commerce
Room: 250A

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K9.00001: Cross-section measurements of $^7Be+d \rightarrow p+\alpha+\alpha$ and $^7Li+d \rightarrow n+\alpha+\alpha$ with ANASEN and their implication in the Standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis(SBBN). Nabin Rijal, Ingo Wiedenhover, L.T. Baby, J. Belarge, S. Kuvin, J.C. Blackmon, K.T. Macon, D. Santiago-Gonzalez, E. Koshchiy, G. Rogachev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K9.00002: Bubble Chamber : A novel technique for measuring thermonuclear rates at low energies R. Talwar, J. Benesh, B. DiGiovine, J. Grames, R. J. Holt, G. Kharashvili, D. Meekins, D. Moser, M. Poelkar, K. E. Rehm, A. Robinson, A. Sonnenschein, M. Stutzman, R. Suleiman, C. Tennant, C. Ugalde Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K9.00003: \A{31}Cl beta decay and the \A{30}P\pg\A{31}S reaction rate in nova nucleosynthesis Michael Bennett, C. Wrede, B. A. Brown, S. N. Liddick, D. Pérez-Loureiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		K9.00004: Measuring Th, U and Pb abundances in the ancient r-process star HE1523-0901, and neutron-star mergers as the site of the r-process Invited Speaker: Anna Frebel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K9.00005: Influence of neutrinos on r-process nucleosynthesis in black hole--neutron star mergers Jonas Lippuner, Luke F. Roberts, Matthew D. Duez, Joshua A. Faber, Francois Foucart, James C. Lombardi, Christian D. Ott, Marcelo Ponce Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K9.00006: ABSTRACT MOVED TO X4.003 Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K9.00007: Pairing in high-density neutron matter including short- and long-range correlations Dong Ding, Arnau Rios, Helber Dussan, Willem Dickhoff, Sam Witte, Artur Polls Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		K9.00008: Outflows from neutron star merger remnant disks: nucleosynthesis and kilonovae Rodrigo Fernandez, Jonas Lippuner, Luke Roberts, Alexander Tchekhovskoy, Francois Foucart, Brian Metzger, Daniel Kasen, Eliot Quataert Preview Abstract

Session K10: Instrumentation I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Gordon Cates, University of Virginia
Room: 250B

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K10.00001: Scintillating fiber array for tagging post-bremsstrahlung electrons Philip Cole, Stefan Alef, Bj\"orn-Eric Reitz, Hartmut Schmieden, J\"urgen Hannappel, Thomas Jude, Paolo Levi Sandri Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K10.00002: Automated Microwave Frequency Control in Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Experiments Ethan Scott, Ian Johnson, Dustin Keller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K10.00003: Quartz Hodoscope for the SuperHMS Spectrometer Trigger System at Hall-C Jefferson Lab Nouf Alharbi, Abdellah Ahmidouch, Bashar Aljawarneh, Samuel Danagoulian Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K10.00004: Gas Ring Cherenkov Detector for High Luminosity and High Background Rates Experiments at Hall-A Jefferson Lab. Bashar Aljawrneh, A Ahmidouch, T Averett, S Danagoulian, B Wojtsekhowski, H Yao Preview Abstract

Session K12: Astrophysics Data Analysis

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Hao Zhou, Michigan Tech
Room: 250DE

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K12.00001: Development of a Matched Runs Method for VERITAS Andrew Flinders Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K12.00002: HAWC Energy Reconstruction via Neural Network Samuel Marinelli Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K12.00003: On the energy estimation of gamma rays using a ground parameter Kelly Malone Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K12.00004: Percolation analysis for cosmic web with discrete points Jiajun Zhang, Dalong Cheng, Ming-Chung Chu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K12.00005: Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for the Two-Moment Model of Radiation Transport Eirik Endeve, Cory Hauck Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K12.00006: Results of NSF Workshop on Open Access to Data for the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Michael Hildreth Preview Abstract

Session K13: Compact Objects

Chair: Vicky Kalogera, Northwestern University
Room: 250F

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K13.00001: Can magnetic-field windup kill the r-mode instability of neutron stars? John Friedman, Lee Lindblom, Luciano Rezzolla Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K13.00002: Black Hole Battery Janna Levin, Daniel D'Orazio Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K13.00003: Modeling Neutron Star Stability with a Modified Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff Equation Spasen Chaykov, James O'Brien Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K13.00004: Axial Symmetric Solutions to Einstein's Field Equations for Deformed Neutron Stars Omair Zubairi, Fridolin Weber Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K13.00005: Hyperons, Delta Baryons, and Deconfined Quarks in Neutron Star Cores William Spinella, Fridolin Weber Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K13.00006: Can we use the Slow-Rotation Approximation in Electromagnetic Observations of Black Holes? Dimitry Ayzenberg, Kent Yagi, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K13.00007: Simulations of Double White Dwarf Mergers Patick Motl, Jan Staff, Dominic Marcello, Geoffrey Clayton, Juhan Frank Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K13.00008: Quark matter and fermionic dark matter compact stars CHHANDA SAMANTA, Somenath Mukhopadhyay, Devasish Narayan Basu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K13.00009: VHE Observations of TeV Gamma-Ray Binaries by VERITAS Payel Kar Preview Abstract

Session K14: Advanced LIGO Methods and Results II

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Sarah Caudill, University of Western Michigan
Room: 251AB

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K14.00001: The PyCBC search pipeline for detecting gravitational waves from compact binary mergers Alexander Nitz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K14.00002: Advanced LIGO stream-based offline search for compact binary coalescences Surabhi Sachdev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K14.00003: Applying Data Quality to the Searches for Compact Binary Coalescences in the First Observing Run of Advanced LIGO Laura Nuttall Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K14.00004: The ``Uberbank'': A search for compact binary coalescences in the first Observing run of Advanced LIGO Collin Capano Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K14.00005: Searching for Gravitational Waves from Compact Binaries with Precessing Spins Ian Harry, Alejandro Bohe, Stephen Privitera, Alessandra Buonanno Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K14.00006: Searching for Intermediate Mass Black Holes with Advanced LIGO Laleh Sadeghian, Leslie Wade Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K14.00007: Expanding the Search Parameter Space for Low Latency Compact Binary Searches Stephen Privitera Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K14.00008: Classifying glitches and improving data quality of Advanced LIGO gravitational-wave searches Marco Cavaglia, Jade Powell, Daniele Trifiro, Ik Siong Heng Preview Abstract

Session K15: Numerical Relativity: Binary Black Hole Merger Outcomes

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Yosef Zlochower, Rochester Institute of Technology
Room: 251C

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K15.00001: Remnant mass, spin, and recoil from spin aligned black-hole binaries II: New simulations, recoil fit and hangup studies James Healy, Carlos Lousto Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K15.00002: Unstable Flip-flopping spinning binary black holes Carlos Lousto, James Healy Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K15.00003: Measuring the redshift factor in binary black hole simulations Aaron Zimmerman, Adam Lewis, Harald Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K15.00004: Modeling rapidly spinning, merging black holes with numerical relativity for the era of first gravitational-wave observations Geoffrey Lovelace Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K15.00005: Tests and applications of the SXS binary black hole catalog Mark Scheel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K15.00006: Confronting Numerical Relativity With Nature: A model-independent characterization of binary black-hole systems in LIGO Karan Jani, James Clark, Deirdre Shoemaker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K15.00007: Effective-one-body modeling of precessing black hole binaries Andrea Taracchini, Stanislav Babak, Alessandra Buonanno Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K15.00008: Surrogate models of precessing numerical relativity gravitational waveforms for use in parameter estimation Jonathan Blackman, Scott Field, Chad Galley, Daniel Hemberger, Mark Scheel, Patricia Schmidt, Rory Smith Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K15.00009: Learning from Future Gravitational Wave Detections: Modeling and Radiated Quantities Lionel London, Frank Ohme, Sebastian Khan, Alex Vano-Vinuales, Chinmay Kalaghatgi, Sascha Husa, Nathan Johnson-McDaniel Preview Abstract

Session K16: Axions at ADMX

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Kevork N. Abazajian, Univ of California, Irvine
Room: 251D

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K16.00001: Hunting for axion dark matter with the ADMX project Gianpaolo Carosi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K16.00002: The Axion Dark Matter eXperiment Cryogenic System Hannah LeTourneau Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K16.00003: ADMX Receiver and Analysis Ana Malagon Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K16.00004: Tunable microstrip SQUID amplifiers for the Gen 2 Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX) Sean O'Kelley, Gene Hilton, John Clarke Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K16.00005: Searching for low mass axions with an LC-circuit N. Crisosto, P. Sikivie, N.S. Sullivan, D.B. Tanner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K16.00006: Status and Early Results from the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment - High Frequency (ADMX-HF) Samantha Lewis Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K16.00007: Josephson parametric amplifiers for the ADMX-HF experiment Maxime Malnou, Daniel Palken, Gene Hilton, Leila Vale, Konrad Lehnert Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K16.00008: Microwave Cavity R\&D for ADMX-HF Maria Simanovskaia, Kelly Backes, Gianpaolo Carosi, Saad Kenany, Samantha Lewis, Jaben Root, Karl van Bibber Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K16.00009: Enhancing the ADMX-HF Search Rate via Quantum Squeezing Daniel Palken, Maxime Malnou, Konrad Lehnert Preview Abstract

Session K17: Accelerator-based Neutrino Experiments I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Hallsie Reno, University of Iowa
Room: 251E

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K17.00001: Latest Results from MINOS and MINOS+ Simon De Rijck Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K17.00002: COHERENT at the Spallation Neutron Source Bjorn Scholz, Kate Scholberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K17.00003: Search for Short-Baseline Oscillations in the NOvA Near Detector Siva Prasad Kasetti, Adam Aurisano, Bindu Anubha Bambah, Ting Miao, John W Cooper Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K17.00004: Sterile Neutrino Searches using the NOvA Detector Louise Suter Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K17.00005: Electron neutrino appearance analysis in the NOvA experiment Erika Catano Mur Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K17.00006: Energy Estimation for the NOvA Electron Neutrino Appearance Analysis Fernanda Psihas Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K17.00007: Rejecting Non-MIP-Like Tracks using Boosted Decision Trees with the T2K Pi-Zero Subdetector Matthew Hogan, Jacklyn Schwehr, Daniel Cherdack, Robert Wilson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		K17.00008: The Design and Monitoring of the Timing and Synchronization System at the NOvA Experiment Justin Vasel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		K17.00009: Role of hierarchy, of $\delta\mapsto\pi-\delta$ symmetry, and of the octant of $\theta_{23}$ in the analysis of neutrino oscillation data Bernadette Cogswell, David Latimer, David Ernst Preview Abstract

Session K18: Research in Physics Education

Sponsoring Units: GPER
Room: 251F

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		K18.00001: The impact of conservative forces on student reasoning about graphical work John Thompson, Jessica Clark Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		K18.00002: Student understanding of the time dependence of spin-1/2 systems Gina Passante Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		K18.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		K18.00004: Student use of model-based reasoning when troubleshooting an electronic circuit Heather Lewandowski, MacKenzie Stetzer, Kevin Van De Bogart, Dimitri Dounas-Frazer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		K18.00005: Network Analysis of Students' Use of Representations in Problem Solving Daryl McPadden, Eric Brewe Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		K18.00006: Implementing Learning Assistants and Tutorials in the Laboratory Environment John Stewart, Rachel Henderson, Paul Miller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		K18.00007: Paths to Licensure: Things Physicists Should Know Gay Stewart, John Stewart Preview Abstract

Session K20: Communication & Negotiation Skills Workshop for Women I

Sponsoring Units: APS
Room: Marriott Alta Room

Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:30PM - 3:30PM

K20.00001: Communication & Negotiation Skills Workshop for Women I Preview Abstract