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Session B02: New Results and Challenges in WIMP Direct Detection

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Priscilla Cushman, University of Minnesota
Room: A112-113

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B02.00001: Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics Talk: Tiny Bubbles in the Mine: Dark Matter Detection via Bubble Chamber Invited Speaker: Eric Dahl Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B02.00002: New Results from the XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment Invited Speaker: Elena Aprile Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B02.00003: Backgrounds in WIMP direct detection dark matter experiments Invited Speaker: John Orrell Preview Abstract

Session B04: Getting the Word Out

Sponsoring Units: FECS FPS
Chair: Maria Longobardi, University of Geneva
Room: A120-122

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B04.00001: From Natural Laws to Writing Laws: A Physicist Turned Policymaker Invited Speaker: Anna Quider Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B04.00002: Dinosaurs, Neutrons and a little Alchemy -- revealing the secrets of a long-lost past. Invited Speaker: Joseph Bevitt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B04.00003: Transformers, Origami, and Physics: Communicating Science While Navigating the Attention Economy Invited Speaker: Jesse Silverberg Preview Abstract

Session B05: From Neutron Skins to Neutron Stars

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Evangeline Downie, George Washington University
Room: A123-125

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B05.00001: Illuminating nuclei for neutron stars Invited Speaker: Daniel Watts Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B05.00002: Measurements of Neutron Skins through Parity-Violating Electron Scattering Invited Speaker: Seamus Riordan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B05.00003: Neutron skins and neutron stars in the multi-messenger era Invited Speaker: Jorge Piekarewicz Preview Abstract

Session B06: Opportunities in Global Nuclear Science Industries

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: Roy Peterson, University of Colorado
Room: B130

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B06.00001: Applications of Accelerators in Nuclear Science Invited Speaker: Philip Cole Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B06.00002: Advances in the Global Use of Isotopes for Medicine, Industry and Environmental Science Invited Speaker: Nigel Stevenson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B06.00003: Radiation Testing Electronics with Heavy Ions--The Best Way to Hit a Target Moving Ever Exponentially Faster Invited Speaker: Raymond Ladbury Preview Abstract

Session B07: Time Domain Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, University of California, Santa Cruz
Room: B131-132

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B07.00001: Probing the Origins of Fast Radio Bursts Invited Speaker: Shriharsh Tendulkar Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		B07.00002: Super-flaring stars Invited Speaker: John Wisniewski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		B07.00003: Rethinking the Fundamentals of Classical Nova Explosions Invited Speaker: Laura Chomiuk Preview Abstract

Session B08: Machine Learning, and Other Advanced Computational Techniques

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Matthew Graham, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: A110

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B08.00001: Neutrino Identification using Convolutional Neural Networks in the NOvA Experiment Ryan Murphy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B08.00002: Electron Neutrino Energy Reconstruction with Convolutional Neural Network Shiqi Yu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B08.00003: Machine learning approaches to measure the hadronic recoil for a W mass precision measurement with the CMS experiment at LHC Olmo Cerri Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B08.00004: Measuring the WW cross section using the Random Forest MVA Thoth Gunter, Michael Schmitt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B08.00005: Deep Learning the Jet Response Rohan Bhandari, Raghav Elayavalli, Alexx Perloff, Andrew Whitbeck Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B08.00006: Utilization of Machine Learning to Enhance Background Subtraction at E906/SeaQuest Marshall Scott Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B08.00007: A framework for PDFs at a photon collider Zack Sullivan Preview Abstract

Session B09: Supersymmetry Searches and Models

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Tao Han, University of Pittsburgh
Room: A111

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B09.00001: Search for low mass three-jet resonances at the Compact Muon Solenoid Hannah Glaser, Amitabh Lath, Eva Halkiadakis, Yuri Gershtein, Elliot Hughes, Abhijith Gandrakota Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B09.00002: Search for long-lived particles with multijet displaced vertices in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=13 TeV Jennifer Chu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B09.00003: Search for Displaced Leptons in Proton-Proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV Bryan Cardwell Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B09.00004: Search for resonance in inclusive and b-tagged dijet mass spectra in proton-proton collision at √s = 13 TeV Zhixing Wang, Federico De Guio, sungwon lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B09.00005: Search for new physics with dijet angular distributions in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV at CMS Jingyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B09.00006: Estimation of the Z Invisible Background for Searches for Supersymmetry in the All-Hadronic Channel Andres Abreu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B09.00007: Searches for Electroweak Production of Compressed Supersymmetry with Soft Leptons and Missing Transverse Momentum in $pp$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector Sheena Schier Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B09.00008: Search for supersymmetry in final states with photons and missing transverse energy at 13 TeV Allison Reinsvold Hall Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B09.00009: Search for supersymmetry in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV using identified top quarks Hui Wang Preview Abstract

Session B10: Undergraduate Research I

Sponsoring Units: APS SPS
Chair: Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society
Room: A216

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B10.00001: Damping of a Simple Pendulum Due to Drag on Its String Siva Shankar, Pirooz Mohazzabi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B10.00002: Homoclinic orbits in Pipe flow Akshunna Dogra, Nazmi Budanur, Bjoern Hof Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B10.00003: Observation of an Optical Spring with a Beamsplitter Benjamin Lane, Jonathan Cripe, Baylee Danz, Thomas Corbitt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B10.00004: Numerical Simulations of Non-Spherical Compact Stars David Wigley, Omair Zubairi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B10.00005: Scalar Dark Earth-Shine Adam Green, Flip Tanedo Preview Abstract

Session B11: Heavy Flavor and Heavy Hadron Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Dmitri Denisov, Fermilab
Room: A220-221

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B11.00001: The Belle II experiment: status and Physics prospects Boqun Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B11.00002: Mesurement of the $ D^{*+} - D^+ $ mass difference Michael Sokoloff Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B11.00003: Measurement of the Branching Fraction of anti-B0 to D*$+$ lepton anti-neutrino and Extraction of Vcb Romulus Godang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B11.00004: Combined measurement of CP violating angle $\beta$ by the BaBar and Belle experiments Chunhui Chen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B11.00005: Charmless hadronic B decays from Belle. Vipin Gaur Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B11.00006: Search for Decay $B_s \to \eta^\prime$ $K_s$ in Belle Data Tong Pang, Vladimir Savinov Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B11.00007: Search for New Hadronic States $W_{bj}$ in Belle data Nicholas Corrado, Vladimir Savinov Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B11.00008: Rare decays at LHCb Preema Pais, Mike Sokoloff Preview Abstract

Session B12: Hadronic Physics I

Sponsoring Units: GHP DNP
Chair: Ian Cloet, ANL
Room: A222-223

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B12.00001: Calculations of the Parton Structure of the Nucleon* Kyle Bednar, Ian Cloet, Peter Tandy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B12.00002: The search for color transparency through the A(e, e$^\prime$p) reaction at 12 GeV Md Latiful Kabir Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B12.00003: Form Factors and Generalized Parton Distributions of Heavy Quarkonia in Basis Light Front Quantization Lekha Adhikari, Yang Li, Meijian Li, Pieter Maris, James P. Vary Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B12.00004: Measuring the Neutron Magnetic Form Factor to High-$Q^2$ Using the Ratio Method and the New Super BigBite Spectrometer Juan Carlos Cornejo Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B12.00005: Precision Measurement of the Proton Elastic Cross-Section at High $\rm Q^{2}$ Thir Gautam, Bashar Aljawrneh, Barak Schmookler, Longwu Ou, Yang Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B12.00006: Asymmetry Measurement of the Electric Form Factor of the Neutron Richard Obrecht Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B12.00007: The Slope of the Nucleon Electromagnetic Form Factors from Coordinate-Space Moments of Matrix Elements. David Richards, Chris Bouchard, Chia Chang, Kostas Orginos Preview Abstract

Session B13: Alternative Theories of Gravity

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Leo Stein, California Institute of Technology
Room: A224-225

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B13.00001: Gravitational-wave polarizations beyond general relativity: recent results and future prospects Maximiliano Isi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B13.00002: Towards Scalar-Tensor Waveforms at Second post-Newtonian Order Anna Heffernan, Ryan Lang, Clifford Will Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B13.00003: Eccentricity Matters: Improvement of Constraints on Jordan-Brans-Dicke-Fierz Theory with Gravitational Waves from Eccentric Compact Binary Inspirals Sizheng Ma, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B13.00004: Spin Precession in Dynamical Chern-Simons Gravity: A Complete Picture Nicholas Loutrel, Nicolas Yunes, Takahiro Tanaka Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B13.00005: Slowly-Rotating Neutron Stars in Massive Bigravity Andrew Sullivan, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B13.00006: Regularization of instabilities in gravity theories Fethi M Ramazanoglu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B13.00007: Quasi-normal modes of black holes in scalar-tensor theories with non-minimal derivative couplings Ruifeng Dong, Jeremy Sakstein, Dejan Stojkovic Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B13.00008: A Conformal Gravity Approach to Universal Centripetal Accelerations of Spiral Galaxies James O'Brien, Thomas Chiarelli, Philip Mannheim Preview Abstract

Session B14: Computational Physics

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Alexei Bazavov, Michigan State University
Room: A226

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B14.00001: Distributed Memory Techniques for Classical Simulation of Quantum Circuits Ryan LaRose Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B14.00002: Spectral Methods in the Presence of Discontinuities Jonah Miller, Piotrowska Joanna, Erik Schnetter Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B14.00003: Relaxation in the beta-FPUT chain for small N Tyler Barrett, Surajit Sen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B14.00004: Studying chaotic pendulum using a microcontroller Cahit Erkal Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B14.00005: Dynamics of high-density uniform ellipsoidal electron bunches driven by a linear chirp Xukun Xiang, Brandon Zerbe, Phillip Duxbury Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B14.00006: Potts Model with Different Spin States, Simulated on a Structural Connectome to Model the Structure- Function Relationship of the Human Brain Pubuditha Abeyasinghe, Francisco de Sousa Lima, Marco Aiello, Carlo Cavaliere, Raimundo Costa, Adrian Owen, Andrea Soddu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B14.00007: Quantum machine learning for universal quantum computation Elizabeth Behrman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B14.00008: Method of and System for Determining a Highly Accurate and Objective Maximum Medical Improvement Status and Dating Assignment Jerry Artz, Daniel Penn, John Alchemy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B14.00009: Spectral Clustering using Expert Knowledge C. Tyler Diggans Preview Abstract

Session B15: Physics of the Cosmos Minisymposium

Chair: Graca Rocha, JPL
Room: B230-231

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		B15.00001: The Physics of the Cosmos Multimessenger Science Analysis Group. Invited Speaker: John Conklin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 12:33PM		B15.00002: Open Business and Discussion Graca Rocha Preview Abstract

Session B16: Gravitational Waves: Data Analysis Techniques and Parameter Estimation - I

Sponsoring Units: DAP DGRAV
Chair: Richard O'Shaughnessy, LIGO
Room: B232-233

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B16.00001: Can LIGO measure the spins of nearly extremal, merging binary black holes? Geoffrey Lovelace, Katerina Chatziioannou Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B16.00002: Measuring the effective spin of binary black holes Ken K. Y. Ng, Salvatore Vitale, Aaron Zimmerman, Carl-Johan Haster, Katerina Chatziioannou, Davide Gerosa Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B16.00003: Systematic Errors and Energy Estimates in Binary Black Hole Ringdown Vishal Baibhav, Emanuele Berti, Vitor Cardoso, Gaurav Khanna Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B16.00004: Searching for Eccentric Binary Black Holes with BayesWave Belinda Cheeseboro, Sean McWilliams, Paul Baker, Amber Lenon Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B16.00005: Influence of higher-order waveform multipoles for the detection of eccentric binary black hole mergers Adam Rebei, Eliu Huerta, Roland Haas, Daniel Johnson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B16.00006: Constraining properties of black hole mimickers with gravitational wave observations of binary black holes Nathan Johnson-McDaniel, Arunava Mukherjee, Rahul Kashyap, Parameswaran Ajith, Walter Del Pozzo, Salvatore Vitale, Tanja Hinderer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B16.00007: Numerical simulations of binary black holes for GW170104 Carlos Lousto, James Healy, Jacob Lange, Richard O'Shaughnessy Preview Abstract

Session B17: Galactic Sources and Cosmic-ray Accelerators

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Tracy Slayter, MIT
Room: B234-235

Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		B17.00001: Abstract Unavailable Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		B17.00002: $\beta$-delayed $\gamma$ decay of $^{20}$Mg and the $^{19}$Ne(p,$\gamma$)$^{20}$Na breakout reaction in Type I X-ray bursts Brent Glassman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		B17.00003: Understanding the Very High Energy Emission from the possible PWN 2HWC J2019+367 with HAWC Chad Brisbois, Petra Huentemeyer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		B17.00004: Exoplanet Phase Curve Information Content: Towards Optimized Observing Strategies Ben Placek, Kevin Knuth, Daniel Angerhausen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		B17.00005: Studying Galactic Compact Binary Systems with HAWC at Multi-TeV Energies Chang Dong Rho Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		B17.00006: GeV-TeV Gamma-Ray Study at the Fermi Cocoon Region with HAWC and Fermi-LAT data Binita Hona, Petra Huentemeyer, Andrew Robare, Henrike Fleischhack Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		B17.00007: The Gamma Cygni SNR at the Highest Energies Henrike Fleischhack, Petra Huentemeyer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		B17.00008: Understanding Galactic Cosmic Ray Accelerators with VERITAS Brian Humensky Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		B17.00009: PeVatron candidates in the first 30 months of HAWC data Kelly Malone Preview Abstract

Session B20: Future of Physics Days: Lunch with the Grads

Room: A216

Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:00PM - 1:30PM

B20.00001: Future of Physics Days: Lunch with the Grads Preview Abstract