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Session J2: Few-Body Systems

Sponsoring Units: GFB
Chair: Saori Pastore, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Maryland B

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J2.00001: The Efimov effect with finite range interactions Lucas Platter Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J2.00002: Three-body recombination in heteronuclear systems at finite temperature with a large positive scattering length Samuel Emmons, Bijaya Acharya, Lucas Platter Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J2.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J2.00004: Constraining Exotic Weakly-Coupled Long-Range Interactions with Pseudoscalar and Axial Couplings With Unpolarized Data Sheakha Aldaihan, William Michael Snow, Dennis Krause Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J2.00005: The saga of the tetraneutron Roman Ya. Kezerashvili Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J2.00006: Hard QCD rescattering in few nucleon systems Dhiraj Maheswari, Misak Sargsian Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J2.00007: On the absence of turbulence in exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equation and implications of a quantum interpretation of turbulence Amador Muriel Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J2.00008: The Generalized Onsager Model and DSMC Simulations of High-Speed Rotating Flow with Swirling Feed Dr. Sahadev Pradhan Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:21PM - 12:33PM		J2.00009: Modeling the Physics of Sliding Objects on Rotating Space Elevators and Other Non-relativistic Strings Leonardo Golubovic, Steven Knudsen Preview Abstract

Session J3: Beams

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Room: Maryland C

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J3.00001: Describing Polarization States of Photon Vortices Andrei Afanasev, Dartagnan Howell Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J3.00002: Interaction of Photon Vortex Beams with Atomic Matter Maria Solyanik, Andrei Afanasev, Carl E. Carlson Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J3.00003: Compact Photon Source for Polarized Target Experiments Gabriel Niculescu, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J3.00004: Synchrotron Light Sources in Developing Countries Herman Winick, Piero Pianetta Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J3.00005: THz generation from elliptically-focused two-color laser pulses at 1 kHz Yungjun Yoo, Donghoon Kuk, Zheqiang Zhong, Ki-Yong Kim Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J3.00006: Measurement of Frequency, Temperature, RF Field Dependence of Surface Resistance of Superconductors Using a Half Wave Cavity HyeKyoung Park, Jean Delayen Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J3.00007: MeV electron acceleration at 1 kHz with \textless 10 mJ laser pulses Fatholah Salehi, Andy Goers, George Hine, Linus Feder, Donghoon Kuk, Bo Miao, Daniel Woodbury, Ki-Yong Kim, Howard Milchberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J3.00008: The status of MICE Ao Liu Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:21PM - 12:33PM		J3.00009: Detailed Modeling of Physical Processes in Electron Sources for Accelerator Applications Oksana Chubenko, Andrei Afanasev Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:33PM - 12:45PM		J3.00010: IED Countermeasures James Ziegler Preview Abstract

Session J4: Cosmic Ray Science Interest Group I

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Igor Moskalenko, Stanford University
Room: Virginia A

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J4.00001: Voyager 1 Observations of Galactic Cosmic Rays in the Local Interstellar Medium A. C. Cummings, E. C. Stone, B. C. Heikkila, N. Lal, W. R. Webber, G. J\'{o}hannesson, I. V. Moskalenko, E. Orlando, T. A. Porter Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J4.00002: Constraints on Galactic Cosmic-Ray Origins from Elemental Composition Measurements W.R. Binns, E.R. Christian, A.C. Cummings, G.A. deNolfo, M.H. Israel, K.A. Lave, R.A. Leske, R.A. Mewaldt, E.C. Stone, T.T. von Rosenvinge, M.E. Wiedenbeck Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J4.00003: Exploring Ultra-Heavy Cosmic Rays with the Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (TIGER) Jason Link Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J4.00004: AMS results on positrons and antiprotons in cosmic rays Andrei Kounine Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J4.00005: Measuring the Cosmic Particle Radiation from electrons to actinides - CALET John Mitchell Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J4.00006: Status of the HELIX Experiment Scott Wakely Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J4.00007: A new measurement of cosmic-ray electrons and positrons with the Large Area Telescope Alberto Manfreda Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J4.00008: CALET On-orbit Calibration and Performance Yosui Akaike Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:21PM - 12:33PM		J4.00009: Measurement of the cosmic-ray proton spectrum with the Fermi Large Area Telescope David Green Preview Abstract

Session J5: Dwarf Galaxies, Dark Matter and Magnetic Fields

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Andrea Albert, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Virginia B

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J5.00001: Estimating the GeV Emission of Millisecond Pulsars in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies Miles Winter, Gabrijela Zaharijas, Keith Bechtol, Justin Vandenbroucke Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J5.00002: Searches for Angular Extension in High Latitude Fermi-LAT Sources Regina Caputo, Mattia Di Mauro, Manuel Meyer, Brendan Wells, Matthew Wood Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J5.00003: Intergalactic Magnetic Field Observations and their Fundamental Implications Tanmay Vachaspati Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J5.00004: Zero-Range Effective Field Theory for Resonant Wino Dark Matter Evan Johnson, Eric Braaten, Hong Zhang Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J5.00005: Elementary particles, dark matter candidate and new extended standard model Jaekwang Hwang Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J5.00006: Dark matter candidate with well-defined mass and couplings Roland Allen Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J5.00007: Constraining Proton-Dark Matter Scattering Using Cosmic Ray Measurements Christopher Cappiello, Kenny Ng, John Beacom Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J5.00008: Dark Matter Annihilation and Decay limits with HAWC Tolga Yapici Preview Abstract

Session J6: Testing General Relativity with Black Hole Observations

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Leo Stein, Caltech
Room: Virginia C

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J6.00001: Tests of general relativity from gravitational wave observations of binary black holes Invited Speaker: Walter Del Pozzo Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J6.00002: Testing general relativity with black-hole binary observations: results and prospects Michele Vallisneri Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J6.00003: Probing Extreme Gravity with GW150914 and GW151226 Kent Yagi, Nicolas Yunes, Frans Pretorius Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J6.00004: Spectroscopic analysis of stellar mass black-hole mergers in our local universe with ground-based gravitational wave detectors Swetha Bhagwat, Duncan Brown, Stefan Ballmer Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J6.00005: Modeling Gravitational Waves to Test GR Dispersion and Polarization Rhondale Tso, Yanbei Chen, Maximilliano Isi Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J6.00006: Theory-Agnostic Tests of GR with Multi-Band Gravitational Waves Nicolas Yunes, Enrico Barausse, Katherine Chamberlain Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:21PM - 12:33PM		J6.00007: Gravitational Wave Tests of General Relativity with Future Detectors Katie Chamberlain, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:33PM - 12:45PM		J6.00008: Comparing Black hole Shadow Widths in the Equatorial Plane for General Relativity and Selected Alternative Theories of Gravity James Graber Preview Abstract

Session J7: FPS Awards Session

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Room: Delaware A

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J7.00001: Leo Szilard Lectureship Award: Science Matters -- Technical Dimensions of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Agreements Invited Speaker: James Timbie Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:57AM		J7.00002: Physics and Diplomacy: A True Story Invited Speaker: Allen Sessoms Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:33PM		J7.00003: Physics in Populist Cultures: The Hard Lessons We Need To Learn Invited Speaker: Michael Lubell Preview Abstract

Session J8: Using 21st Century Physics to Educate 21st Century Students

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Kenneth Cecire, University of Notre Dame
Room: Delaware B

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J8.00001: Overview of Nuclear Physics Data: Databases, Web Applications and Teaching Tools Invited Speaker: Elizabeth McCutchan Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:57AM		J8.00002: Cosmic Rays - A Word-Wide Student Laboratory Invited Speaker: Mark Adams Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:33PM		J8.00003: Using Data from the Large Hadron Collider in the Classroom Invited Speaker: Jeremy Smith Preview Abstract

Session J9: Dark Matter with Xenon

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Bob Tschirhart, FermiLab
Room: Roosevelt 1

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J9.00001: Measurement of Low Energy Electronic Recoil Response and Electronic/Nuclear Recoils Discrimination in XENON100 Jingqiang Ye Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J9.00002: Search for Periodic Rate Variations in XENON100 and Comparison with DAMA/LIBRA Annual Modulation Qing Lin Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J9.00003: The XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment Patrick de Perio Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J9.00004: The Electron Recoil Response of the XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment Evan Shockley Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J9.00005: The Low-Energy Background in XENON1T Fei Gao, Alec Stein Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J9.00006: Purification for the XENONnT dark matter experiment Ethan Brown Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J9.00007: The XENONnT Dark Matter Experiment Elena Aprile Preview Abstract

Session J10: 3-Flavor Neutrino Oscillations

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Kate Scholberg, Duke University
Room: Roosevelt 2

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J10.00001: Intense and exciting: current and future accelerator-based measurements of neutrino oscillation Invited Speaker: Lisa Whitehead Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:57AM		J10.00002: 3-flavor oscillations with current and future reactor experiments Invited Speaker: Dan Dwyer Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:33PM		J10.00003: 3-flavor oscillations with current and future atmospheric experiments Invited Speaker: Ed Kearns Preview Abstract

Session J11: Neutrino I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Josh Klein, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Roosevelt 3

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J11.00001: Atmospheric Tau Neutrino Appearance Analysis with IceCube/DeepCore Feifei Huang Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J11.00002: Searching for Sterile Neutrinos at J-PARC with JSNS$^2$ Johnathon Jordan Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J11.00003: Prospects of Light Sterile Neutrino Oscillation and CP Violation Searches at the Fermilab Short Baseline Neutrino Facility Davio Cianci, Mark Ross-Lonergan, Georgia Karagiorgi, Andy Furmanski Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J11.00004: NOvA Short-Baseline Tau-Neutrino Appearance Search Rijeesh Keloth Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J11.00005: Long-baseline Neutrino Oscillation at DUNE Elizabeth Worcester Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J11.00006: Looking for Sterile Neutrinos via Neutral-Current Disappearance with NOvA. Shaokai Yang Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J11.00007: Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum Shape from Daya Bay Jim Napolitano Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J11.00008: Search for sterile neutrino oscillations in muon neutrino disappearance at MINOS/MINOS+ Jacob Todd Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:21PM - 12:33PM		J11.00009: The status and initial results of the {\sc Majorana Demonstrator} Xiaoyu Zhu Preview Abstract

Session J12: Nuclear Reactions and Astrophysics II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: David Dean, ORNL
Room: Roosevelt 4

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 10:57AM		J12.00001: $\beta^-$-Decay Study of the Deformed, Neutron-Rich Nucleus $^{160}$Eu D.J. Hartley, F.G. Kondev, G. Savard, A.D. Ayangeakaa, S. Bottoni, M.P. Carpenter, J.A. Clark, C.R. Hoffman, R.V.F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, P. Copp, C. Hu, H. Zhang, Y. Zhu, A. Nystrom, R. Orford, J. Sethi Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:57AM - 11:09AM		J12.00002: Determining fragmentation dynamics through a study of neutron multiplicity at the NSCL Sharon Stephenson, Peter Christ, Maria Mazza Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:09AM - 11:21AM		J12.00003: Supernovae neutrino pasta interaction Zidu Lin, Charles Horowitz, Matthew Caplan, Donald Berry, Luke Roberts Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J12.00004: Low energy excitations of the neutron star core Sanjay Reddy Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J12.00005: Astrophysical reaction rates from a symmetry-informed first-principles perspective Alison Dreyfuss, Kristina Launey, Robert Baker, Jerry Draayer, Tomas Dytrych Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J12.00006: A measurement of the parity violating asymmetry in the neutron capture on $^3$He at the SNS. Latiful Kabir Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J12.00007: PUSHing Core-Collapse Supernovae to Explosions in Spherical Symmetry: Explodability and Nucleosynthesis Yields Sanjana Sinha, Kevin Ebinger, Carla Frohlich, Albino Perego, Matthias Hempel, Matthias Liebendoerfer, F.-K. Thielemann Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J12.00008: Ab initio predictions of the symmetry energy and recent constraints. Francesca Sammarruca Preview Abstract

Session J13: Mini-Symposium: New Approaches to Search for non-WIMP Dark Matter

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Reyco Henning, University of North Carolina
Room: Roosevelt 5

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J13.00001: New Frontiers in Dark Matter Detection Invited Speaker: Jesse Thaler Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:33AM		J13.00002: The low-energy program of the \sc {Majorana Demonstrator} Ralph Massarczyk Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:33AM - 11:45AM		J13.00003: Can nuclear physics explain the anomaly observed in the internal pair creation in Beryllium-8 nucleus? Xilin Zhang, Gerald A. Miller Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:45AM - 11:57AM		J13.00004: ${ }^{8}Be$ Anomalous Internal Pair Production: Possible E2 Transitions . Thomas Ward, David Koltick, Haoyu Wang Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J13.00005: Sub-GeV Dark Matter Search with MiniBooNE Rex Tayloe Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:09PM - 12:21PM		J13.00006: Searching for heavy photons at Jefferson Lab using detached vertices Lawrence Weinstein, Holly Szumila-Vance Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:21PM - 12:33PM		J13.00007: Resonance Search for a Heavy Photon in the 2015 Engineering Run Data of the Heavy Photon Search Experiment Omar Moreno Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:33PM - 12:45PM		J13.00008: The Light Dark Matter eXperiment Owen Colegrove Preview Abstract

Session J14: Outreach and Engaging the Public

Sponsoring Units: FOEP
Chair: Larry Gladney, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Washington 1

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J14.00001: TBD Invited Speaker: David Kaplan Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:57AM		J14.00002: Lessons for the Scientist-Communicator: Education \& Public Outreach in The Dark Energy Survey Invited Speaker: Rachel Wolf Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:09PM		J14.00003: Let's Go Where the Kids Are: A Successful ICHEP Outreach Program Marjorie Bardeen Preview Abstract

Session J15: Prize Talks: Black Holes and Cosmic Explosions

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Fiona Harrison, California Institute of Technology
Room: Washington 2

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J15.00001: Lilienfeld Prize Talk: How do massive black holes grow? Invited Speaker: Martin Rees Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:57AM		J15.00002: Edward A. Bouchet Award: Heavy element synthesis in the Universe Invited Speaker: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:33PM		J15.00003: Hans A. Bethe Prize: Cosmic Collisions Online -- Compact Binary Mergers, Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Ray Bursts Invited Speaker: Stuart Shapiro Preview Abstract

Session J16: Investigating Parton Dynamics with Drell-Yan-like Processes

Sponsoring Units: GHP DNP
Chair: Paul Reimer, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Washington 3

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 11:21AM		J16.00001: The 3D structure of the nucleon in momentum space: status and perspectives Invited Speaker: Alessandro Bacchetta Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:57AM		J16.00002: Transverse single-spin asymmetries of weak bosons and Drell-Yan production at STAR Invited Speaker: Salvatore Fazio Preview Abstract
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:33PM		J16.00003: Drell-Yan measurement at COMPASS: a place to test the TMD PDFs universality Invited Speaker: Vincent Andrieux Preview Abstract

Session J20: Undergraduate Breakfast, Career Workshop, and Awards

Room: Wilson Room

Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:00AM - 12:00PM

J20.00001: Undergraduate Breakfast, Career Workshop, and Awards Preview Abstract