Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS April Meeting 2017

Volume 62, Number 1

Saturday–Tuesday, January 28–31, 2017; Washington, DC

Session Index

Session S2: Physics Outreach and Physics History

Sponsoring Units: FOEP FHP FED
Chair: Rebecca Thompson, APS
Room: Maryland B

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S2.00001: The IceCube MasterClass: providing high school students an authentic research experience Silvia Bravo Gallart, Ellen Bechtol, David Schultz, Megan Madsen, Jean DeMerit Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S2.00002: Science Behind Bars: Reaching Inmates from Rikers Island Agnes Mocsy Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S2.00003: Growing Physics and Astronomy Public Outreach in Montreal Gabrielle Simard, Kelly Lepo Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S2.00004: Sharing the Wonder of Gravitational Waves Joey Shapiro Key Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S2.00005: Quantum Mechanics for Everybody: An autonomous MOOC on EdX for nonscientists James Freericks, Dylan Cutler, Lucas Vieira-Barbosa Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S2.00006: Reviving Complementarity: John Wheeler's efforts to apply complementarity toward a quantum description of gravitation. Paul Halpern Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S2.00007: Discrete Space-Time: History and Recent Developments David Crouse Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S2.00008: Soviet Hadron Collider Dmitri Kotchetkov Preview Abstract

Session S3: Topics in Physics Education Research

Sponsoring Units: GPER
Chair: Tim Stelzer
Room: Maryland C

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S3.00001: Metacognitive gimmicks and their use by upper level physics students Gary White, Tiffany-Rose Sikorski, Justin Landay Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S3.00002: Understanding Female Students' Physics Identity Development Zahra Hazari Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S3.00003: Situated Self-efficacy in Introductory Physics Students Rachel Henderson, Seth Devore, Lynnette Michaluk, John Stewart Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S3.00004: Using a psychometric lens to examine gender differences on the FCI Rebecca Lindell, Alexis Papak, John Stewart, Adrienne Traxler Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S3.00005: The Effect of Prior Knowledge and Gender on Physics Achievement John Stewart, Rachel Henderson Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S3.00006: Examining Student Attitudes in Introductory Physics via the Math Attitude and Expectations Survey (MAX) Deborah Hemingway, Mark Eichenlaub, Wolfgang Losert, Edward F Redish Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S3.00007: Professional development workshops for physics education research Eleanor C. Sayre, Scott V Franklin, Mary Bridget Kustusch Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S3.00008: GRAD-MAP: A Physics and Astronomy Diversity Initiative at the University of Maryland Robyn Smith, Zeeve Rogoszinski, Kyle Sheppard, Corbin Taylor, Ashlee Wilkins, Stuart Vogel, Steve Rolston, Donna Hammer, Suvi Gezari, Jimmy Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S3.00009: Towards an understanding of graduate admissions practices in physics Geoff Potvin, Deepa Chari Preview Abstract

Session S4: Active Galactic Nuclei

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Sara Buson, NASA-GSFC
Room: Virginia A

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S4.00001: First NuSTAR observations of the BL Lac -- type blazar PKS 2155-304: constraints on the jet content and distribution of radiating particles Grzegorz Madejski, Krzysztof Nalewajko, Kristin Madsen, James Chiang, Mislav Balokovic, David Paneque, Amy Furniss Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S4.00002: Observations of recent flares of the blazar 1ES1959+650 with VERITAS Yuyang Zhou, Marcos Santander Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S4.00003: The spectral energy distribution of the core of Cen A with H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT Jeff Magill, Dmitry Prokhorov, Yvonne Becherini, Sara Buson, Dario Gasparini, Jeremy Perkins, Yasuyuki Tanaka Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S4.00004: Possible Quasi-Periodic Gamma-ray Emission from Blazar PG 1553+113 David Thompson, Sara Cutini, Stefano Ciprini, Stefan Larsson, Antonio Stamerra Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S4.00005: Exploring the jet launching region in active galactic nuclei using high-resolution VLBI Bindu Rani Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S4.00006: Resolving the Extragalactic Gamma-ray Background Marco Ajello, Mattia Di Mauro Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S4.00007: Hunting for Point Sources in the Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Sky Siddharth Mishra Sharma, Mariangela Lisanti, Lina Necib, Benjamin Safdi Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S4.00008: Expanding the Gamma-ray Universe: High Redshift Fermi-LAT Blazars Roopesh Ojha, Vaidehi Paliya, Dario Gasparrini, Marco Ajello, Sara Cutini Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S4.00009: First Results from the 7 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South Survey: A Good Hard Look at Growing Supermassive Black Holes in the Distant Universe William Brandt Preview Abstract

Session S5: From Axions to Active Galactic Nuclei

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Masha Baryakhtar, Perimeter Institute
Room: Virginia B

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S5.00001: Astrophysics of Collapsing Axion Stars Joshua Eby, Madelyn Leembruggen, Peter Suranyi, L.C.R. Wijewardhana Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S5.00002: Emission of Photons and Relativistic Axions from Axion stars Abhishek Mohapatra, Eric Braaten, Hong Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S5.00003: Searches for Axionlike Particles with the Fermi Large Area Telescope Andrea Albert, Manuel Meyer, Miguel Sanchez-Conde, Matthew Wood Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S5.00004: Imprint of DESI fiber assignment on anisotropic power spectrum of emission line galaxies Robert N. Cahn, Lucas Pinol, Nicholas Hand, Patrick McDonald, Uros Seljak Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S5.00005: Photometric Properties of Galaxy Clusters in the Dark Energy Survey Brian Welch Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S5.00006: A Radiative Transport Model for Blazars Tiffany Lewis, Justin Finke, Peter Becker Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S5.00007: Implications of Relationships between Black Hole Mass, Bolometric Luminosity, and Beam Power of AGN Ruth Daly Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S5.00008: Numerical studies of SMBH magnetospheres and observational predictions for AGNs and inner jets Alex Ford, Mikhail V. Medvedev Preview Abstract

Session S6: Loop Quantum Gravity and Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Jorge Pullin, Louisana State University
Room: Virginia C

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S6.00001: Loop Quantum Cosmology and the CMB Invited Speaker: Ivan Agullo Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S6.00002: Evolution of perturbations in anisotropic loop quantum cosmology Sreenath Vijayakumar, Ivan Agullo, Javier Olmedo Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S6.00003: Loop quantum cosmology: confronting the hybrid quantization approach with observations Javier Olmedo, Daniel Martin de Blas Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S6.00004: The JWKB approximation in loop quantum cosmology David Craig, Parampreet Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S6.00005: Spinfoam Cosmology with the Proper Vertex Ilya Vilensky Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S6.00006: Squeezed vacua in loop quantum gravity Lucas Hackl, Eugenio Bianchi, Jonathan Guglielmon, Nelson Yokomizo Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S6.00007: Emergence of space-like correlations in loop quantum gravity Eugenio Bianchi Preview Abstract

Session S7: The Roles of Physicists in International and Nonprofit Organizations

Sponsoring Units: FPS FIP
Chair: Allen Sessoms, Georgetown University
Room: Delaware A

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S7.00001: Physics and Its Multiple Roles in the International Atomic Energy Agency Invited Speaker: Charles D. Massey Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S7.00002: Science Policy: A World of Opportunities Invited Speaker: Anne-Marie Mazza Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S7.00003: S&T in Development: Ending Extreme Poverty Invited Speaker: Michelle L'Archeveque Jones Preview Abstract

Session S8: Pushing the Boundaries of Lattice QCD

Sponsoring Units: GHP DCOMP
Chair: Peter Petreczky, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Delaware B

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S8.00001: Advances in hadronic structure from Lattice QCD Invited Speaker: Martha Constantinou Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S8.00002: Lattice QCD Calculations in Nuclear Physics towards the Exascale Invited Speaker: Balint Joo Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S8.00003: Lattice QCD at finite temperature and density from Taylor expansion Invited Speaker: Patrick Steinbrecher Preview Abstract

Session S9: Accelerator and Detector Upgrades

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

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S9.00001: Qualification of the modules for the Phase 1 upgrade of the CMS forward pixel detector Irving Sandoval Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S9.00002: Tests of the CMS Phase 1 Upgrade FPIX Half Cylinders Xuan Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S9.00003: ABSTRACT MOVED TO F1.40 Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S9.00004: Module production for the Phase 1 upgrade of the CMS forward pixel detector Joaquin Siado Castaneda Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S9.00005: ATLAS level-1 calorimeter trigger: Run-2 performance and Phase-1 upgrades Ben Carlson, Tae Min Hong Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S9.00006: The CMS Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger for LHC Run II Tutanon Sinthuprasith Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S9.00007: Upgrades to the CMS Cathode Strip Chambers for 2017 and the High Luminosity LHC David Morse Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S9.00008: Quality Control of the Large-area GEM detectors at Production Sites for the CMS Muon Endcap Upgrade Mehdi Rahmani Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S9.00009: Fermilab’s Proton Accelerator Complex : World Record Performance and Upgrade Plans Vladimir Shiltsev Preview Abstract

Session S10: Maria Goeppert Mayer Award, Sakurai Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Drew Baden, University of Maryland
Room: Roosevelt 2

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 1:51PM		S10.00001: Maria Goeppert Mayer Award: An Effective Field Theory Approach to Soft Photon and Graviton Theorems Invited Speaker: Henriette Elvang Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:51PM - 2:12PM		S10.00002: Sakurai Prize: The Future of Higgs Physics Invited Speaker: Sally Dawson Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:12PM - 2:33PM		S10.00003: Sakurai Prize: Beyond the Standard Model Higgs Boson Invited Speaker: Howard Haber Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:33PM - 2:54PM		S10.00004: Sakurai Prize: Extended Higgs Sectors — phenomenology and future prospects Invited Speaker: John Gunion Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:54PM - 3:15PM		S10.00005: Sakurai Prize: Why the Higgs Boson data implies an M-theory world Invited Speaker: Gordon Kane Preview Abstract

Session S11: Neutrino Detector II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Dmitri Denisov, FermiLab
Room: Roosevelt 3

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S11.00001: Uncontained $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current quasi-elastic events at the NOvA far detector Jose Sepulveda-Quiroz Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S11.00002: Low-Statistics Estimation of the PINGU Neutrino Detector's Resolutions Justin Lanfranchi Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S11.00003: $\pi^{0}$ mass reconstruction in NOvA Far Detector. Sijith Edayath Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S11.00004: Alignment of the NOvA Detectors Sebastian Bending Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S11.00005: Physics Impact of Improvements to the Beam Timing Resolution at MicroBooNE Tia Miceli Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S11.00006: Electron lifetime measurement using cosmic ray muons at the MicroBooNE LArTPC Varuna Crishan Meddage Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S11.00007: Systematics Treatment in oscillation analyses in IceCube-DeepCore Elim Cheung Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S11.00008: Sterile Neutrino Search with Starting Events in IceCube Kevin Ghorbani, Francis Halzen Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S11.00009: Software-based cosmic ray mitigation for neutrino event reconstruction in MicroBooNE Christopher Barnes Preview Abstract

Session S12: Light Mesons and Baryons

Sponsoring Units: DNP GHP
Chair: William Briscoe, George Washington University
Room: Roosevelt 4

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S12.00001: Disentanglement of Electromagnetic Baryon Properties Daniel Sadasivan, Michael Doring Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S12.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S12.00003: Chiral Extrapolation of Light Mesons from the Lattice Bin Hu, Michael Doring, Maxim Mai, Raquel Molina, Andrei Alexandru Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S12.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S12.00005: Radiative decay of $\eta^{\prime}$ at CLAS Georgie Mbianda Njencheu, Moskov Amaryan, Ilya Larin Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S12.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S12.00007: Multi-Particle States in the Finite Volume Michael Doring, Dimitri Agadjanov, Maxim Mai, Ulf-G. Meissner, Akaki Rusetsky Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S12.00008: Photo-production of $\omega $ Meson Using CLAS at Jefferson Laboratory Zulkaida Akbar Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S12.00009: Legendre Expansions for Two-Hadron Reactions Igor Strakovsky, Yakov Azimov, William Briscoe Preview Abstract

Session S13: Minisymposium: Precision Measurements in Nuclear Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Maxime Brodeur, University of Notre Dame
Room: Roosevelt 5

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 1:42PM		S13.00001: Beta-delayed neutron spectroscopy using ion traps Barbara Wang, A. Czeszumska, K. Siegl, S. Caldwell, A. Aprahamian, M. Burkey, J. Clark, A. Levand, S. Marley, G. Morgan, E. Norman, A. Nystrom, R. Orford, S. Padgett, A. Perez Galvan, G. Savard, N. Scielzo, K. Sharma, S. Strauss Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:42PM - 1:54PM		S13.00002: Studies of Beta-Delayed Neutron Emission using Trapped Ions Kevin Siegl, A. Aprahamian, N.D. Scielzo, G. Savard, J.A. Clark, A.F. Levand, M. Burkey, S. Caldwell, A. Czeszumska, T.Y. Hirsh, K. Kolos, S.T. Marley, G.E. Morgan, E.B. Norman, A. Nystrom, R. Orford, S. Padgett, A. Pérez Galván, K.S. Sh, S.Y. Strauss, B.S. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 1:54PM - 2:06PM		S13.00003: Searching for Tensor Currents in the Weak Interaction Using $^{8}$Li $\beta$ Decay M.T. Burkey, G. Savard, R.E. Segel, J.A. Clark, N.D. Scielzo, A.T. Gallant, K. Kolos, S.W. Padgett, B.S. Wang, T. Hirsh, E. Heckmaier, S.T. Marley, G. Morgan, R. Orford, K.S. Sharma Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:18PM		S13.00004: Precision measurements in $^{\mathrm{\mathbf{20}}}$\textbf{F beta decay} Maximilian Hughes, Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic, Paul Voytas, Elizabeth George, Stan Paulauskas, Xueying Huyan Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:18PM - 2:30PM		S13.00005: Overview of Neutron Beta Correlation Parameter Analysis from the UCNA Experiment Xuan Sun Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S13.00006: Performance of the New Los Alamos UCN Source and Implications for Future Experiments Mark Makela Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S13.00007: Overview of the n3He Experiment and Target Chamber Mark McCrea Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S13.00008: Simulation of ion chamber signals in the $n+^{3}$He$\rightarrow p+t$ experiment Christopher Coppola Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S13.00009: Polarized Electron Source for the MOLLER Experiment Caryn Palatchi Preview Abstract

Session S14: Progenitors of Merging Binary Black Holes

Sponsoring Units: DAP DGRAV
Chair: Peter Shawhan, University of Maryland
Room: Washington 1

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S14.00001: Beller Lectureship: Classical binary star evolution leading to a binary black hole Invited Speaker: Selma de Mink Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S14.00002: Dynamical Formation and Merger of Binary Black Holes Invited Speaker: Nicholas Stone Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S14.00003: Binary Black Holes from Dense Star Clusters Invited Speaker: Carl Rodriguez Preview Abstract

Session S15: Correlating Optical and CMB Surveys

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Scott Dodelson, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Washington 2

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S15.00001: Understanding the large-scale structure from the cosmic microwave background: shear calibration with CMB lensing; gas physics from the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect. Invited Speaker: Emmanuel Schaan Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S15.00002: Cross-Correlating DES and SPT Invited Speaker: Eric Baxter Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S15.00003: The Kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect Invited Speaker: Simone Ferraro Preview Abstract

Session S16: Neutrino Cross Sections from eV to TeV

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Alan Poon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Washington 3

Monday, January 30, 2017 1:30PM - 2:06PM		S16.00001: Neutrino Cross Sections at Solar Energies Invited Speaker: Louis Strigari Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:06PM - 2:42PM		S16.00002: Progress and Challenges of Neutrino-Nuclear Cross Sections in the GeV Regime Invited Speaker: Kendall Mahn Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 2:42PM - 3:18PM		S16.00003: Neutrino Cross Sections at Supernova Energies Invited Speaker: Kate Scholberg Preview Abstract

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