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Session S2: New Directions in Particle Physics Phenomenology

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Marcela Carena, Fermilab
Room: Ballroom A

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S2.00001: Neutral Naturalness Invited Speaker: Roni Harnik Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S2.00002: New Ideas for Baryogenesis Invited Speaker: Geraldine Servant Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S2.00003: New Physics at the LHC Invited Speaker: Michele Papucci Preview Abstract

Session S3: Electron Beams for Parity Experiements

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

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S3.00001: Polarized electrons for parity violation experiments at Jefferson Lab. Invited Speaker: Matthew Poelker Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S3.00002: The control and measurement of helicity correlated beam asymmetries for parity-violation experiments Invited Speaker: Kent Paschke Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S3.00003: Technology and techniques for parity experiments at Mainz: Past, Present and Future Invited Speaker: Juergen Diefenbach Preview Abstract

Session S4: Supernovae - New Clues and Challenges

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Fiona Harrison, California Institute of Technology
Room: Ballroom C

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S4.00001: New Physical and Numerical Insights into the Core-Collapse Supernova Mechanism Invited Speaker: Adam Burrows Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S4.00002: 44Ti and other Gamma Rays from SN 1987A Invited Speaker: Steven Boggs Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S4.00003: The Nuclear Physics of Type Ia Supernovae Invited Speaker: Edward Brown Preview Abstract

Session S5: Space Based Gravitational Wave Astrophysics

Chair: Laura Sampson, LIGO Scientific Collaboration
Room: Ballroom D

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S5.00001: LISA Pathfinder: picometers and femtoNewtons in space Invited Speaker: Martin Hewitson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S5.00002: Listening to the low-frequency gravitational-wave band Invited Speaker: Scott Hughes Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S5.00003: Simulations of the Birth and Early Growth of Supermassive Black Holes Invited Speaker: Kelly Bockelmann Preview Abstract

Session S6: Insights in Hadron Structure from Transverse Momentum Dependent Distribution (TMDs)

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Paul Reimer, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 150ABC

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S6.00001: Experimental overview of COMPASS and CLAS results on TMDs Invited Speaker: Caroline Riedl Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S6.00002: Experimental overview of TMDs in proton-nucleus collisions Invited Speaker: Elke Aschenauer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S6.00003: TMDs: Theory overview Invited Speaker: Zhongbo Kang Preview Abstract

Session S7: Big International Neutrino Projects and Collaborations

Sponsoring Units: FIP DPF
Chair: Maria Spiropulu, California Institute of Technology
Room: 150G

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S7.00001: Global neutrino futures Invited Speaker: David Wark Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S7.00002: DUNE: A Large International Collaboration From the Start Invited Speaker: Mark Thomson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S7.00003: The European Neutrino Landscape Invited Speaker: Marco Zito Preview Abstract

Session S9: Mini-Symposium: Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Jing Liu, University of South Dakota
Room: 250A

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S9.00001: Interpretations of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Invited Speaker: Werner Rodejohann Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S9.00002: The {\sc Majorana Demonstrator} Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment Ralph Massarczyk Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S9.00003: Result from, and status of, EXO-200 Ryan MacLellan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S9.00004: Search for $0\nu\beta\beta$ with CUORE: experiment and cryogenic systems overview Alexey Drobizhev Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S9.00005: Commissioning the Majorana Demonstrator Wenqin Xu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S9.00006: The cosmogenic induced background estimation for the M\footnotesize AJORANA \normalsize D\footnotesize EMONSTRATOR \normalsize enriched $^{76}$Ge. Brandon White Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S9.00007: PandaX-III: high-pressure gas TPC for Xe136 neutrinoless double beta decay at CJPL Xiangdong Ji Preview Abstract

Session S10: Ultrarelativistic Heavy-Ions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Doga Gulhan, MIT
Room: 250B

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S10.00001: Measurements of $\mathrm{J} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {\mathrm{J} \mathrm{\psi }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} \mathrm{\psi }$ polarization in p$+$p collisions at STAR Siwei Luo Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S10.00002: Heavy Quarkonia on the Light Front Yang Li, Guangyao Chen, Lekha Adhikari, Xingbo Zhao, Pieter Maris, James Vary Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S10.00003: Factorial Moments and Intermittency in pp Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV Khadeejah Alghadeer, Lee Sawyer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S10.00004: Probing proton fluctuations with asymmetric rapidity correlations Kevin Dusling, Adam Bzdak Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S10.00005: Light-front time evolution in intense fields Guangyao Chen, Xingbo Zhao, Yang Li, Pieter Maris, Kirill Tuchin, James Vary Preview Abstract

Session S11: From Planets to Galaxy Clusters

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Michelle Hui, NASA/MSFC
Room: 250C

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S11.00001: Detecting Extrasolar Asteroid Belts Through Their Microlensing Signatures Ethan Lake, Zheng Zheng, Subo Dong Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S11.00002: Long-term Stability Of Earth-like Planets Niyousha Davachi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S11.00003: Studying the nature of runaway stars using Andromeda's massive stellar population. Jordan Bulkley, Anil Seth, Cliff Johnson, Julianne Dalcanton, Raja Guhathakurta, Claire Dorman, Katie Hamren, Nelson Caldwell, Ben Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S11.00004: Lattice Structure in Astrophysics: A reconsideration of White Dwarfs, Variables, and Wolf-Rayet Stars. Pierre-Marie Robitaille Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S11.00005: Large-scale Inference Problems in Astronomy: Building a 3D Galactic Dust Map Douglas Finkbeiner Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S11.00006: The Luminous Convolution Model for Galaxy Rotation Curves Shanon Rubin, Maria Mucci Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S11.00007: Equation for the Origin of Rotation of Two Armed Spiral Galaxies Stewart Brekke Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S11.00008: The Best Constraints on the Transport Processes in the Intracluster Medium Yuanyuan Su, Ralph Kraft, Paul Nulsen, Elke Roediger, Christine Jones, William Forman, Eugene Churazov, Scott Randall, Marie Machacek Preview Abstract

Session S12: Cosmology: Observation, Interpretation, Large Scale Structure

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, MIT
Room: 250DE

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S12.00001: Cosmology with kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect measurements from ACTPol and future surveys. Francesco De Bernardis Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S12.00002: SPIDER: Listening for the echoes of inflation from above the clouds Jeffrey Filippini Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S12.00003: Probing the Epoch Reionization at Redshifts 6 to 12 with MWA, PAPER and HERA Daniel Jacobs Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S12.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S12.00005: Fundamental Constants as Monitors of Particle Physics and Dark Energy Rodger Thompson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S12.00006: Gravitational potential wells and the cosmic bulk flow Yuyu Wang, Abhinav Kumar, Hume Feldman, Richard Watkins Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S12.00007: Multi-stream portrait of the Cosmic web Nesar Ramachandra, Sergei Shandarin Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		S12.00008: Examining the Viability of Phantom Dark Energy Kevin Ludwick Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S12.00009: Modified Chaplygin Gas Cosmology from Geometrothermodynamics Hachemi Benaoum Preview Abstract

Session S13: Intermediate Energy Cosmic Rays

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Jason Link, NASA
Room: 250F

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S13.00001: Current and Future Measurements of Ultra-Heavy Galactic Cosmic Rays. Invited Speaker: Jason Link Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S13.00002: Observation of $^6$$^0$Fe in the Galactic Cosmic Rays M.H. Israel, W.R. Binns, E.R. Christian, A.C. Cummings, G.A. deNolfo, K.A. Lave, R.A. Leske, R.A. Mewaldt, E.C. Stone, T.T. vonRosenvinge, M.E. Wiedenbeck Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S13.00003: Abundances of Ultra-Heavy Galactic Cosmic Rays from the SuperTIGER Instrument Ryan Murphy Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S13.00004: Recovery of the SuperTIGER Instrument and Preparations for the Flight of SuperTIGER-2 N.E. Walsh Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S13.00005: Measurement of Relative Abundances of Ultra-Heavy Cosmic Rays with CALET on the ISS Brian Rauch Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S13.00006: The All Particle Cosmic-Ray Energy Spectrum Measured with HAWC Zigfried Hampel-Arias Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S13.00007: Measurement of cosmic-ray induced high energy muons with the HAWC observatory Ahron Barber Preview Abstract

Session S14: Advanced LIGO Methods and Results III

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Vivien Raymond, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Room: 251AB

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S14.00001: Using waveform complexity in the search for transient gravitational wave events Margaret Millhouse, Tyson Littenberg, Neil Cornish, Jonah Kanner Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S14.00002: Inferring the physical properties of gravitational wave sources from multi-wavelet waveform reconstructions Tyson Littenberg Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S14.00003: Hierarchical searches for gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO Ryan Lynch Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S14.00004: Observing Gravitational Waves from Core-Collapse Supernovae in the Advanced Detector Era Sarah Gossan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S14.00005: Advanced LIGO searches for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts Dipongkar Talukder Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S14.00006: Searching for the stochastic gravitational-wave background in Advanced LIGO's first observing run S. Gwynne Crowder Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S14.00007: Searches for continuous gravitational waves with Advanced LIGO Benjamin Owen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S14.00008: Improving the Sensitivity of Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Galactic Neutron Stars in Binary Systems Ansel Neunzert, Keith Riles Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S14.00009: Searching for Gravitational Waves from Unknown Galactic Neutron Stars --  Evaluation of the PowerFlux Pipeline Orion Sauter, Keith Riles, Vladimir Dergachev Preview Abstract

Session S15: Laboratory Tests of Gravitation

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Sheila Dwyer, LIGO Laboratory
Room: 251C

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S15.00001: Reproducible Analysis and Blindness in a Null Test of Newton's Gravitational Inverse Square Law At Sub-millimeter Scales Charles Hagedorn, Krishna Venkateswara, Jens Gundlach Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S15.00002: Development of a Torsion Balance Experiment to Investigate Gravitation at the Sub-Millimeter Range Adam Archibald, Mike Abercrombie, Tsitsi Nousinov, Kasey Wagoner, Ramanath Cowsik Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S15.00003: Torsion Balance Test of Einstein's Equivalence Principle Michael Abercrombie, Adam Archibald, Tsitsi Nussinov, Kasey Wagoner, Ramanath Cowsik Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S15.00004: Optically Levitated Microspheres as a Probe for New Interactions Alexander Rider, David Moore, Charles Blakemore, Marie Lu, Giorgio Gratta Preview Abstract

Session S16: LHC Instrumentation II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: James Proudfoot, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 251D

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S16.00001: Muon reconstruction performance of the ATLAS detector in Run 2 Hannah Herde Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S16.00002: Performance of the new small-strip Thin Gap Chamber for the ATLAS Muon System at the LHC. Alain Bellerive Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S16.00003: A Simulation of the Front End Signal Digitization for the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer thin RPC trigger upgrade project. Xiangting Meng, John Chapman, Daniel Levin, Tiesheng Dai, Junjie Zhu, Bing Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S16.00004: Thermal imaging QC for silicon strip staves of the ATLAS phase II upgrade Carlos Vergel Infante Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S16.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S16.00006: Trigger data serializer chip design and test for the ATLAS forward muon upgrade Reid Pinkham Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S16.00007: Development of Radiation-Tolerant, Low Mass, High Bandwidth Flexible Printed Circuit Cables for Particle Detection Applications Neil McFadden Preview Abstract

Session S17: Neutrino Oscillation Searches

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

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S17.00001: PROSPECT: the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment Donald Jones Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S17.00002: Characterizing and validating the PROSPECT segmented scintillator detector design Danielle Norcini Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S17.00003: Segmented Detector Calibration Techniques for the PROSPECT Experiment Daniel Davee Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S17.00004: Search for the appearance of atmospheric tau neutrinos in Super-Kamiokande Zepeng Li Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S17.00005: Search for Nucleon Decay in SNO+ light water Morgan Askins Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S17.00006: Cherenkov and scintillation light separation on the TheiaR$\&$D experiment Javier Caravaca, Benjamin Land Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S17.00007: Measurement of electron longitudinal diffusion coefficient in liquid argon Yichen Li, Wei Tang, Xin Qian Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S17.00008: Exploring a Non-Minimal Sterile Neutrino Model at IceCube Zander Moss, Carlos Arguelles Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S17.00009: The SNO+ Scintillator Purification Plant and Projected Sensitivity to Solar Neutrinos in the Pure Scintillator Phase Teal Pershing Preview Abstract

Session S18: Expanding Public Understanding of Physics

Sponsoring Units: GPER
Room: 251F

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S18.00001: Phantom of the Universe: A State-of-the-Art Planetarium Show on Dark Matter Michael Barnett Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S18.00002: The Particle Physics Playground website: tutorials and activities using real experimental data Matthew Bellis Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S18.00003: CoffeeShop Astrophysics: An Adventure in Public Outreach Sydney Chamberlin, Megan DeCesar, Sarah Caudill, Laleh Sadeghian, Laura Nuttall, Alex Urban, Casey McGrath Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S18.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S18.00005: Acoustics outreach program for the deaf. Cameron T. Vongsawad, Mark L. Berardi, Jennifer K. Whiting, M. Jeannette Lawler, Kent L. Gee, Tracianne B. Neilsen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S18.00006: The Sound of Steam: Acoustics as the Integrator Between Arts and STEM Caleb Goates, Jenny Whiting, Mark Berardi, Kent L. Gee, Tracianne B. Neilsen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S18.00007: Physics at the Frontier HS Teacher Workshop: bringing particle physics and cloud chambers into the classroom Alyx Gleason, Jamie Bedard, Matthew Bellis Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S18.00008: The Intersection of Science and Politics Elias Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, April 18, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S18.00009: The Utility of a Physics Education in Science Policy Drew Roberts Preview Abstract

Session S20: Communication & Negotiation Skills Workshop for Women II

Sponsoring Units: APS
Room: Marriott Alta Room

Monday, April 18, 2016 1:30PM - 3:30PM

S20.00001: Communication & Negotiation Skills Workshop for Women II Preview Abstract