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Session H2: Topics in Physics Education

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Room: Maryland B

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H2.00001: QuarkNet: Benefits for Teachers, Their Students and Physicists Marjorie Bardeen Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H2.00002: Driving from Chicago to Buenos Aires: instrumentation courses during a road trip across the Americas Federico Izraelevitch Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H2.00003: Start Talking Science: A model for STEM communication events Christina Love Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H2.00004: Gravitational Wave Detection in the Introductory Lab Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H2.00005: Teaching Nuclear Physics in a General Education Curriculum Shelly R. Lesher Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H2.00006: Undergraduate Research in Physics as a course for Engineering and Computer Science Majors James O'Brien, Franz Rueckert, Greg Sirokman Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H2.00007: Instruction of Multidisciplinary Content in Introductory Courses Saami J. Shaibani Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H2.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H2.00009: Efficient Generation and Use of Power Series for Broad Application. Joseph Rudmin, James Sochacki Preview Abstract

Session H3: New Directions in Gravity

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Peter Shawhan, University of Maryland
Room: Maryland C

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H3.00001: Gravitation is a Gradient in the Velocity of Light DT Froedge Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H3.00002: Quantum elements of time and space Dennis Marks Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H3.00003: Using the IRC model to quantize gravity Aran Stubbs Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H3.00004: Gravitational Effects of a Crystalline Quantum Foam David Crouse Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H3.00005: Quantum Gravity, May Not Be The Right Question. Hontas Farmer Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H3.00006: Surface Tension of Spacetime Howard Perko Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H3.00007: The problem on stationary states in self gravitational field Stanislav Fisenko Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H3.00008: Quantization Of Temperature Paul OBrien Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H3.00009: Causal, Self-consistent Field Quantum Mass-Spacetimes Dillon Scofield Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:18AM - 10:30AM		H3.00010: Hypervortex Explanation of Galaxies Gary Warren Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		H3.00011: Big Bang of Massenergy and Negative Big Bang of Spacetime Dayong Cao Preview Abstract

Session H4: Cosmic-rays: Anisotropy and Ground Based Observations

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Amy Connolly, The Ohio State University
Room: Virginia A

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H4.00001: A Search for Cosmic-ray Proton Anisotropies with Fermi LAT Matthew Meehan, Justin Vandenbroucke Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H4.00002: Systematic Study of the Time-Dependence of the Sidereal Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy and Solar Dipole with IceCube Michael Lukasik Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H4.00003: Analysis of Near Horizontal Muons at HAWC Ahron Barber Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H4.00004: Using GALPROP to Study H and He Spectra Hardening in Cosmic-Ray Data Yuxi Lu, Mathew Chung, Xinying Ding, Nicolas Picot-Clemente, Eun-Suk Seo Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H4.00005: Field Testing the EUSO-SPB instrument Johannes Eser, Austin Cummings, Rachel Gregg, Harry Krantz, Zach Polonsky, Lawrence Wiencke Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H4.00006: The Non-Imaging CHErenkov (NICHE) Array: A TA/TALE extension using Cherenkov radiation to measure Cosmic Ray Composition to sub-PeV energies John Krizmanic, Douglas Bergman, Yoshiki Tsunesada, Tareq Abu-Zayyad, John Belz, Gordon Thomson Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H4.00007: Safely Transporting the assembled EUSO-SPB instrument 1000 miles for field testing Austin Cummings, Rachael Gregg, Zach Polonsky Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H4.00008: Monitoring the TeV sky on short timescales with HAWC Israel Martinez-Castellanos Preview Abstract

Session H5: Mini-symposium: Physics of the Cosmos

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Ann Hornschemeier, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Room: Virginia B

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H5.00001: High Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology from Space: NASA’s Physics of the Cosmos Program Invited Speaker: Marshall Bautz Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H5.00002: Preparing for LISA in the post-detection era John Conklin Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H5.00003: Future Hard X-ray and Gamma-Ray Missions Henric Krawczynski Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H5.00004: Progress in Astrophysics of Cosmic Rays Igor Moskalenko Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H5.00005: Black holes, formation of structure, and extreme physics: the present and future of X-ray astrophysics Ralph Kraft, Mark Bautz Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H5.00006: The Cosmic Microwave Background and its Polarization Edward Wollack Preview Abstract

Session H7: Computational Accelerator Physics

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DPB
Chair: Tor Raubenheimer, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Delaware A

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H7.00001: Synergia: a new platform for beam dynamics with multiple bunch interactions Invited Speaker: James Amundson Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H7.00002: High Resolution Beam Modeling and Optimization with IMPACT Invited Speaker: Ji Qiang Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H7.00003: WARP-X: a new exascale computing platform for Beam-Plasma Simulations Invited Speaker: Jean-Luc Vay Preview Abstract

Session H9: Dark Matter with Lux/LZ, DarkSide and Axions and ADMX

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Mirjam Cvetic, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Roosevelt 1

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H9.00001: First results from a microwave cavity axion search at $25~\mu\mathrm{eV}$: Overview Benjamin Brubaker Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H9.00002: First results from a microwave cavity axion search at $25~\mu\mathrm{eV}$: Analysis Ling Zhong Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H9.00003: The ADMX Microwave Cavity: Present and future Nathan Woollett Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H9.00004: Recent progress on the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX) Rakshya Khatiwada Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H9.00005: Reflectance measurements of PTFE, Kapton, and PEEK for xenon scintillation light for the LZ detector. M. Arthurs, E. Batista, J. Haefner, W. Lorenzon, D. Morton, A. Neff, M. Okunawo, K. Pushkin, A. Sander, S. Stephenson, Y. Wang Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H9.00006: An Improved Nuclear Recoil Calibration in the LUX Detector Using a Pulsed D-D Neutron Generator Dongqing Huang Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H9.00007: The DarkSide-50 liquid argon dark matter search Tessa Johnson Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H9.00008: Analysis of Alpha Backgrounds in DarkSide-50 Alissa Monte Preview Abstract

Session H10: Lattice QCD and the Physics Beyond the Standard Model

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DPF
Chair: Steve Gottlieb, Indiana University
Room: Roosevelt 2

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H10.00001: Lattice QCD and physics beyond the Standar Model: an experimentalist perspective Invited Speaker: Marina Artuso Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H10.00002: First-principles calculation of hadronic contributions to the muon anomalous magnetic moment Invited Speaker: Christoph Lehner Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H10.00003: Lattice QCD calculations of weak matrix elements Invited Speaker: Carleton DeTar Preview Abstract

Session H11: Beyond-Standard-Model Searches II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Tulika Bose, Boston University
Room: Roosevelt 3

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H11.00001: Study of Lepton Flavor Universality in Semileptonic decays with LHCb Brian Hamilton Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H11.00002: Searches for leptoquarks in CMS and possibilities for reinterpretation at the LHC David Morse Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H11.00003: Search for a heavy resonance decaying into WZ/ZZ final state in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV using the CMS detector Kamal Lamichhane Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H11.00004: Search for New Phenomena in Dijet Events in $pp$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector Benjamin Allen Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H11.00005: Search for signatures of Littlest Higgs with T-parity dijet final states with the ATLAS detector Marijus Brazickas Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H11.00006: Search for long-lived stopped particles at CMS using 13 TeV data Weifeng Ji Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H11.00007: Search for pair production of vector-like quarks that decay to a Z boson and a third-generation quark in trilepton final states in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector You Zhou, Elliott Cheu Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H11.00008: Search for the production of a long lived neutral particle which decays hadronically in association with a Z boson in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector Michael Werner Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H11.00009: Spontaneous Breaking of Lie Groups to Discrete Symmetries Bradley Rachlin, Thomas Kephart Preview Abstract

Session H12: Nuclear Reactions and Astrophysics I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Sanjay Reddy, Univ. of Washington
Room: Roosevelt 4

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H12.00001: Simualting the Phase Separated rp-ash Matthew Caplan, Chuck Horowitz, Donald Berry Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H12.00002: Development of a Neutron Long Counter Detector for ($\alpha$, n) Cross Section Measurements at Ohio University Kristyn Brandenburg, Zach Meisel, Carl R Brune, Thomas Massey, Doug Soltesz, Shiv Subedi Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H12.00003: A New Open-Source Nuclear Equation of State Framework based on the Liquid-Drop Model with Skyrme Interactions Andre da Silva Schneider, Luke Roberts, Christian Ott Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H12.00004: Report on an improved calculation of the Beryllium-7 + proton $\rightarrow$ Boron-8 + photon cross section at stellar energies X. Zhang, Kenneth M. Nollett, D. R. Phillips Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H12.00005: Reaction Mechanism Dependence Of The Population And Decay Of $^{\mathrm{10}}$HE Han Liu, Thomas Redpath, Michael Thoennessen Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H12.00006: Lifetime Measurement of $^{26}$O Thomas Redpath Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H12.00007: Enhancement of fusion at near-barrier energies for neutron-rich light nuclei: $^{\mathrm{19}}$O $+ \quad^{\mathrm{12}}$C Varinderjit Singh, J. Vadas, T. K. Steinbach, B. B. Wiggins, S. Hudan, R. T. deSouza, L. T. Baby, S. A. Kuvin, Vandana Tripathi, I. Wiedenhover, A. S. Umar Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H12.00008: Measuring the fusion cross-section of $^{39,47}$K + $^{28}$Si at near barrier energies Justin Vadas, Varinderjit Singh, Blake Wiggins, Jacob Huston, Sylvie Hudan, Romualdo deSouza, Abdou Chbihi, Dieter Ackermann, Kyle Brown Preview Abstract

Session H13: Minisymposium: Instrumentation for Low Energy Nuclear and Neutrino Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Sharon Stephenson, Gettysburg College
Room: Roosevelt 5

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H13.00001: A High Rigidity Spectrometer for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. Invited Speaker: Remco Zegers Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H13.00002: Direct Observation of Neutron Scattering in MoNA Scintillator Detectors W. F. Rogers, S. Mosby, N. Frank, A.N. Kuchera, M. Thoennessen Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H13.00003: A multi-layered active target for the study of neutron-unbound nuclides at NSCL Jessica Freeman, Paul Gueye, Thomas Redpath Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H13.00004: The new Digital Data Acquisition System for MoNA-LISA Dayah Chrisman, Paul DeYoung Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H13.00005: G4MoNA - A Geant4 Simulation for unbound nuclides detected with MoNA/LISA Paul Gueye, Jessica Freeman, Nathan Frank Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H13.00006: High-rate axial-field ionization chamber for particle identification of Radioactive beams Romualdo Desouza, Justin Vadas, Varinderjit Singh, G. Visser, A. Alexander, S. Hudan, J. Huston, B. Wiggins, A. Chbihi, M. Famiano, M. Bischak Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H13.00007: Development of a flexible circuit board for low-background experiments Alan Poon, Paul Barton, Ankur Dhar, Joern Larsen, James Loach Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:18AM - 10:30AM		H13.00008: Detection of far ultraviolet radiation by wavelength-shifting tetraphenyl butadiene Joshua R. Graybill, Chandra B. Shahi, Michael C. Coplan, Robert E. Vest, Alan K. Thompson, Charles W. Clark Preview Abstract

Session H14: Einstein Prize Talk and Advanced LIGO Search Results

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Emanuele Berti, University of Mississippi
Room: Washington 1

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H14.00001: Black Holes, Thermodynamics, and Quantum Theory Invited Speaker: Robert Wald Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H14.00002: Searches for all types of binary mergers in the first Advanced LIGO observing run. Invited Speaker: Jocelyn Read Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H14.00003: Searching for the stochastic gravitational-wave background in Advanced LIGO's first observing run Invited Speaker: Patrick Meyers Preview Abstract

Session H15: Cosmology with Ultra Low Mass Fields

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: David Kaplan, Johns Hopkins University
Room: Washington 2

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H15.00001: Precision measurement for particle physics and cosmology Invited Speaker: Peter Graham Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H15.00002: Magnetometer Searches for Ultra Low Mass Fields Invited Speaker: Michael Romalis Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H15.00003: Torsion-balance experiments and ultra-low-mass fields Invited Speaker: William Terrano Preview Abstract

Session H16: Nuclear Physics Careers Off the Beaten Path

Sponsoring Units: DNP FGSA
Chair: Nicholas Weingartner, Washington University
Room: Washington 3

Sunday, January 29, 2017 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H16.00001: Mid-Career PhD Physicists: Academia {\&} Beyond Invited Speaker: Susan White Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H16.00002: Nuclear Detection for Homeland Security Invited Speaker: Robert Ledoux Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H16.00003: Nuclear Physicists in Finance Invited Speaker: Carlo Mattoni Preview Abstract