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Session U2: Classically Forbidden Transitions: Tunneling Through the Barriers to Advance Women and Minorities in Physics

Sponsoring Units: FPS COM
Chair: Beverly Hartline, Montana Tech of the University of Montana
Room: Maryland B

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U2.00001: An International Dimension – the Advancement of Women in Physics and Astrophysics in the UK Invited Speaker: Jocelyn Bell-Burnell Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U2.00002: Overcoming Stereotypes to Advance Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Njema Frazier Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U2.00003: Advancing Minorities and Women to the PhD in Physics and Astronomy Invited Speaker: Keivan Stassun Preview Abstract

Session U4: Supernovae, GRBs and Other Transients

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Elizabeth Ferrara, University of Maryland - College Park
Room: Virginia A

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U4.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U4.00002: Multidimensional neutrino-transport simulations of the core-collapse supernova central engine Evan O'Connor, Sean Couch Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U4.00003: Monte Carlo Neutrino Transport in Core-Collapse Supernovae Sherwood Richers, Joshua Dolence, Christian Ott Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U4.00004: Multi-D Full Boltzmann Neutrino Hydrodynamic Simulations in Core Collapse Supernovae and their detailed comparison with Monte Carlo method Hiroki Nagakura, Sherwood Richers, Christian Ott, Wakana Iwakami, Shun Furusawa, Kohsuke Sumiyoshi, Shoichi Yamada Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U4.00005: r-Process nucleosynthesis in neutron star merger disk outflows Jonas Lippuner, Rodrigo Fernandez, Luke Roberts, Francois Foucart, Dan Kasen, Brian Metzger Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U4.00006: The Second Fermi Large Area Telescope GRB Catalog Daniel Kocevski Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U4.00007: More Gamma-ray Bursts from the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Michael Briggs Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U4.00008: Searching For Fast Radio Burst Counterparts with Swift's Burst Alert Telescope James DeLaunay, Derek Fox Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U4.00009: Beaming Properties of Energetic Electrons and Photons Inside Thunderstorms Eric Cramer, Michael Briggs Preview Abstract

Session U5: Gravitational Waves and Dark Matter

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Paul Shapiro, University of Texas
Room: Virginia B

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U5.00001: The LIGO Discovery and Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter Invited Speaker: Ely Kovetz Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U5.00002: Did LIGO Detect Dark Matter? Simeon Bird, Ilias Cholis, Julian Munoz, Yacine Ali-Haimoud, Marc Kamionkowski, Ely Kovetz, Alvise Raccanelli, Adam Riess Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U5.00003: Constraints on MACHO Dark Matter from Compact Stellar Systems in Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies Timothy Brandt Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U5.00004: Effect of Primordial Black Holes on the Cosmic Microwave Background and Cosmological Parameter Estimates Massimo Ricotti, Jeremiah Ostriker, Katherine Mack Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U5.00005: Pulsar timing can constrain primordial black hole dark matter in the LIGO mass window Katelin Schutz Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U5.00006: Searching for the QCD Axion with Black Holes and Gravitational Waves Masha Baryakhtar Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U5.00007: Complex scalar field dark matter and its impact on detectability of the stochastic gravitational wave background from inflation Tanja Rindler-Daller, Bohua Li, Paul Shapiro Preview Abstract

Session U7: Physics Drives Our Economy, Connects the World, Creates the Future

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: Cherrill Spencer, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Delaware A

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U7.00001: Where do Foreign Student STEM graduates work after they graduate? Invited Speaker: Neil Ruiz Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U7.00002: Bridging the Divide- Adventures of an academic entrepreneur Invited Speaker: Thirumalai Venkatesan Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U7.00003: Wheatley Award 2017 Winner: How Physics Can Help Africa Transform, from a Problem to an Opportunity Invited Speaker: Neil Turok Preview Abstract

Session U8: History of the Search for Gravitational Waves

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Alan Chodos, The American Physical Society (retired)
Room: Delaware B

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U8.00001: WIRED BY WEBER: The Story of the First Searcher and Searches for Gravitational Waves Invited Speaker: Virginia Trimble Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U8.00002: The Path to Gravitational Wave Detection Invited Speaker: Barry Barish Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U8.00003: Enabling the Discovery of Gravitational Radiation Invited Speaker: Richard Isaacson Preview Abstract

Session U9: HL-LHC, Belle2, Future Colliders

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Marcela Carena, FermiLab
Room: Roosevelt 1

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U9.00001: Simulation study of pixel detector charge digitization Fuyue Wang, Benjamin Nachman, Maurice Sciveres Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U9.00002: Chronopixels: particle detector R{\&}D for the ATLAS phase 2 upgrade Christian Weber, Keith Baker, Thomas Barker, Charles Baltay, Nikolai Sinev, Jim Brau, David Strom Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U9.00003: Data Quality Monitoring System for New GEM Muon Detectors for the CMS Experiment Upgrade Robert King Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U9.00004: Analysis of Performance of a Radiation-Hard, Highly-Segmented Shashlik Electromagnetic Calorimeter in the CERN H4 Testbeam Eric Culbertson, Chris Neu, Gage DeZoort, Alexander Ledovskoy, Tutanon Sinthuprasith Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U9.00005: Fast Timing Detector R{\&}D for Forward Proton Detectors at LHC Christina Snyder Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U9.00006: The FPGA based L1 track finding Tracklet approach Savvas Kyriacou Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U9.00007: Scintillator Based Tracking Detectors for a Muon System at Future Colliders Dmitri Denisov, Valery Evdokimov, Strahinja Lukic, Predrag Ujic Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U9.00008: The upgraded K-Long and Muon Detector at Belle II Taylor Kimmel Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U9.00009: Results of FE65-P2 Stability Tests for the High Luminosity LHC Upgrade Katherine Dunne Preview Abstract

Session U10: LHC Run 2 Physics

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

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U10.00001: Higgs and Standard Model Physics at the LHC Invited Speaker: Si Xie Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U10.00002: BSM Searches at the LHC Invited Speaker: Michael Hance Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U10.00003: Theory - LHC Phenomenology Invited Speaker: Stefania Gori Preview Abstract

Session U11: Underground and Collider

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Kate Scholberg, Duke University
Room: Roosevelt 3

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U11.00001: Proton Decay Searches with DUNE Kevin Wood Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U11.00002: Excited baryons and insensitivity to chiral symmetry breaking: variational Cornell-model computations Felipe J. Llanes-Estrada, Pedro Bicudo, Marco Cardoso, Tim Van Cauteren Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U11.00003: Amplitude analysis of the charmed decay D0 to KKpipi Nicola Skidmore Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U11.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U11.00005: Mass Gap Equation in 1+1 Dimensional QCD Interpolating between the Instant and Front Forms of Relativistic Dynamics Bailing Ma, Chueng-Ryong Ji Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U11.00006: Vector boson production in association with jets at CMS. Emanuela Barberis Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U11.00007: Jet Energy Scale and Resolution Measurements at CMS Charles Harrington Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U11.00008: Proton Scattering on Liquid Argon Ryan Bouabid Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U11.00009: A Waveform Library Technique for Multi-Site Identification with the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Micah Buuck Preview Abstract

Session U12: Mini-Symposium: Compton Scattering and the Polarizabilities

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Evangeline Downie, George Washington Univ.
Room: Roosevelt 4

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U12.00001: Polarized Compton Scattering Experiments at the Mainz Microtron Invited Speaker: Philippe Martel Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U12.00002: Electric polarizability of neutral hadrons from lattice QCD Frank Lee, Andrei Alexandru, Michael Lujan, Walter Freeman Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U12.00003: Spin Polarisabilities and Compton Scattering from $\chi$EFT: Bridging QCD and Data Harald W. Griesshammer, Judith A. McGovern, Daniel R. Phillips Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U12.00004: Polarizability Measurements at MAMI David Hornidge Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U12.00005: Extracting Neutron Polarizabilities from Compton Scattering on Quasi-Free Neutrons in $\gamma d \rightarrow \gamma n p$ Berhan Demissie Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U12.00006: Commissioning and Operation of a Cryogenic Target at HI$\gamma$S David Kendellen Preview Abstract

Session U13: Minisymposium: Precision Measurements in Nuclear Physics III

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Guy Savard, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Roosevelt 5

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U13.00001: Mass Measurements with the Canadian Penning Trap at CARIBU Invited Speaker: Rodney Orford Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U13.00002: Multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MR-ToF) simulation and commissioning at the University of Notre Dame James M Kelly, Catherine Nicoloff, Bradley E Schultz, Maxime Brodeur Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U13.00003: Precision experiments to test the Standard Model at the University of Notre Dame Maxime Brodeur Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U13.00004: Building a Single Atom Microscope for Nuclear Astrophysics Dustin Frisbie, Maegan Johnson, Kristen Parzuchowski, Jennifer Wenzl, Jaideep Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U13.00005: A new search for the permanent electric dipole moment of $^{129}$Xe at FRM-II N. Sachdeva, T. Chupp, S. Degenkolb, P. Fierlinger, E. Kraegloh, F. Kuchler, T. Lins, J. Meinel, B. Niessen, S. Stuiber, W. A. Terrano, M. Burghoff, I. Fan, W. Kilian, S. Gr{\"u}neberg, A. Schnabel, F. Seifert, D. Stollfuss, L. Trahms, J. Voight, E. Babcock, Z. Salhi, J. Huneau, J. Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U13.00006: Upgrades for an improved measurement of the EDM of $^{\mathrm{\mathbf{225}}}$\textbf{Ra} Tenzin Rabga, Kevin Bailey, Matthew R. Dietrich, John P. Greene, Roy J. Holt, Wolfgang Korsch, Zheng-Tian Lu, Peter Mueller, Tom P. O'Connor, Steven Fromm, Roy Ready, Jaideep T. Singh Preview Abstract

Session U14: Numerical Relativity Simulations of Compact Binary Mergers

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV DCOMP
Chair: Carlos Lousto, Rochester Institute of Technology
Room: Washington 1

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U14.00001: Simulations of binary black hole mergers Invited Speaker: Geoffrey Lovelace Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U14.00002: The exotic remnants of compact object binary mergers Invited Speaker: Matthew Duez Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U14.00003: Simulations of binary neutron star mergers Invited Speaker: Kenta Kiuchi Preview Abstract

Session U15: New Results from Galaxy Surveys

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Brenna Flaugher, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Washington 2

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U15.00001: Joining Forces against the Dark Universe: New Results from Spectroscopic Surveys Invited Speaker: Shirley HO Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U15.00002: New results from SN Surveys Invited Speaker: Chris D'Andrea Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U15.00003: Our warped universe: the power of gravitational lensing for probing the cosmos Invited Speaker: Brian Nord Preview Abstract

Session U16: Neutrino Detection Challenges for Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF GFB
Chair: Saori Pastore, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Washington 3

Monday, January 30, 2017 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U16.00001: Neutrino Scattering from 12C Invited Speaker: Anna Hayes Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U16.00002: The MINERvA Experiment Invited Speaker: Minerba Betancourt Preview Abstract
Monday, January 30, 2017 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U16.00003: Neutrino-nucleus interaction: an ab-initio perspective Invited Speaker: Alessandro Lovato Preview Abstract