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Session C02: Accelerators for Nuclear Physics Research: Status and Plans

Sponsoring Units: DPB DNP
Chair: Dmitri Denisov, Fermilab
Room: A112-113

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C02.00001: EIC Design and Challenges for eRHIC Invited Speaker: Ferdinand Willeke Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C02.00002: EIC Design and Challenges for JLEIC Invited Speaker: Yuhong Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C02.00003: FRIB Facility Goals, Status, and Plans Invited Speaker: Jie Wei Preview Abstract

Session C03: Hidden Sector Searches at the Sensitivity Frontier

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC DPF
Chair: Mike Snow, Indiana University, Bloomington
Room: A114-115

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C03.00001: Searches for ultralight dark matter Invited Speaker: Lutz Trahms Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C03.00002: Light Mediators to Dark Sectors Invited Speaker: Philip Tanedo Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C03.00003: NA64 searching for hidden sectors at the CERN SPS Invited Speaker: Paolo Crivelli Preview Abstract

Session C04: Recent LIGO/Virgo Results

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Laura Cadonati, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: A120-122

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C04.00001: Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescences Detected during the Second Advanced LIGO/Virgo Observing Run Invited Speaker: Jolien Creighton Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C04.00002: Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo Invited Speaker: Jennifer Driggers Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C04.00003: Searches for continuous gravitational waves from rotating neutron stars Invited Speaker: Sinead Walsh Preview Abstract

Session C05: From QCD to the Deuteron

Sponsoring Units: GFB DNP
Chair: Dean Lee, Michigan State University
Room: A123-125

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C05.00001: Lattice QCD and the gluonic structure of light nuclei Invited Speaker: Phiala Shanahan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C05.00002: New Results on the Nucleon Resonance Spectrum and Structure from Photo- and Electroproduction Experiments Invited Speaker: Victor Mokeev Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C05.00003: Lattice Generalized Parton Distributions and Form Factors of the Nucleon Invited Speaker: Martha Constantinou Preview Abstract

Session C06: Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missile Defense

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Joel Primack, University of California, Santa Cruz
Room: B130

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C06.00001: North Korean Long-Range Ballistic Missiles and US Missile Defenses Invited Speaker: Ted Postol Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C06.00002: Missile Defense and Space Weapons Invited Speaker: Laura Grego Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C06.00003: US Nuclear Weapons Modernization Invited Speaker: Roy Schwitters Preview Abstract

Session C07: Tracing Chemical Evolution

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

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C07.00001: Exploring the Universe with Metal-Poor Stars Invited Speaker: Anna Frebel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C07.00002: Understanding the Stellar Fossil Record Invited Speaker: Charli Sakari Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C07.00003: Chemical Evolution in Simulations of Galaxy Formation Invited Speaker: Jill Naiman Preview Abstract

Session C08: Neutrino Physics: Results and New Initiatives I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Swagato Banerjee, University of Louisville
Room: A110

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C08.00001: Resolving DUNE oscillation parameter ambiguities in the 3+1 sterile neutrino scenario using SBN Yeon-jae Jwa, Davio Cianci, Georgia Karagiorgi, Mark Ross-Lonergan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C08.00002: Short-baseline Sterile Neutrino Searches Using the NOvA Near Detector Adam Aurisano, Siva Kasetti, Rijeesh Keloth Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C08.00003: Planned Improvements to Sterile Neutrino Searches in the NOvA Far Detector Sijith Edayath Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C08.00004: A Disappearance Search for Sterile Neutrinos with the CAPTAIN-Mills Detector at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center Robert Cooper Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C08.00005: Fine Structure in the Antineutrino Spectrum Generated by a Nuclear Reactor Alejandro Sonzogni, Michael Nino, Elizabeth McCutchan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C08.00006: Assembly and Installation of the PROSPECT Short-Baseline Antineutrino Detector Xianyi Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C08.00007: Pulse Shape Discriminating $^6$Li-Doped Liquid Scintillator for the PROSPECT Experiment Richard Rosero Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C08.00008: Simulating Calibrations and Energy Response in the PROSPECT Detector Adam Hansell Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C08.00009: Calibration and Initial Performance of the PROSPECT Detector Jeremy Gaison Preview Abstract

Session C09: Beyond Standard Model Physics I

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

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C09.00001: EFT of NonStandard neutrino Interactions Michele Tammaro, Wolfgang Altmannshofer, Jure Zupan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C09.00002: Bump-Hunt Analysis on the 2016 Data of the Heavy Photon Search (HPS) Experiment Sebouh Paul Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C09.00003: Dinucleon and Nucleon Decay into Two-Body Final States with No Hadrons Sara Sussman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C09.00004: Search for New Physics with Emerging Jets Yongbin Feng, Alberto Belloni, Sarah Eno, Nick Hadley, Shabnam Jabeen, Geng-Yuan Jeng, Francesca Ricci-Tam, Young Ho Shin, Kak Wong, Ted Kolberg Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C09.00005: Search for signatures of large extra dimensions in high-mass diphoton events using proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV with CMS Andrew Buccilli Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C09.00006: Abstract Withdrawn
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C09.00007: A Search for Fully Hadronic Mode Vector-Like Quark Pair Production in 13 TeV pp Collisions using CMS Data Amar Venugopal Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C09.00008: Searching for Dark Matter with Boosted Higgs Bosons in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector Nikola Whallon Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C09.00009: Search for Non-thermal Dark Matter in Monojet Events in Proton-Proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV Sonaina Undleeb Preview Abstract

Session C10: Undergraduate Research II

Sponsoring Units: APS SPS
Chair: James Merrick, Society of Physics Students
Room: A216

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C10.00001: Ionized hydrogen survey for supermassive black hole detection Samuel Montgomery, David Westpfahl, Daniel Klinglesmith III Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C10.00002: Stable Orbits for Exomoons in Earth’s Cousin (Kepler-452b) Orbiting a Sun-like Star Niyousha Davachi, Marialis Rosario-Franco, Sergio Garza, Zdzislaw Musielak Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C10.00003: Background Studies for an Accelerator-Based Dark Matter Search Nan Ma Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C10.00004: Strange Particle Production in ALICE at the LHC Donielle Miller, Travante Thompson, Edmundo Garcia-Solis, Austin Harton Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C10.00005: Structural Differences between Cold Dark Matter and Self-Interacting Dark Matter Models Throughout Time Renata Koontz, Peter Creasey, Hai-Bo Yu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C10.00006: Search for Supersymmetry With Razor Variables in Higgs to Diphoton Decays Produced in Association with Leptons and Jets in Proton-Proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV Stephanie Kwan, Jiajing Mao, Cristian Pena, Si Xie, Maria Spiropulu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C10.00007: Construction and Operation of Multi-Wire Proportional Chambers Michael Reynolds Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C10.00008: Signal Detection Electronics for a Multi-Wire Proportional Chamber Jacob Barron Preview Abstract

Session C11: Nuclear Theory I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Lucas Platter, University of Tennessee
Room: A220-221

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C11.00001: Decoupling of bound states with the Magnus expansion and the in-medium similarity renormalization group. Anthony Tropiano, Scott Bogner, Richard Furnstahl, Nathan Parzuchowski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C11.00002: Bayesian error analysis for phenomenological nuclear interactions Rodrigo Navarro Perez Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C11.00003: Medium effects in infinite neutron matter using in-medium similarity renormalizaton group (IM-SRG) technique Sarath Srinivas Saravanan, Sunethra Ramanan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C11.00004: Brueckner-Hartree-Fock calculations in the Density Matrix Expansion approach Yinu Zhang, Scott Bogner, Richard Furnstahl Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C11.00005: Reduced Density Matrix Mechanics with Neutron Drops Alexander Dyhdalo, Richard Furnstahl Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C11.00006: Scale dependence of short-range correlations with the in-medium similarity renormalization group Nathan Parzuchowski, Richard Furnstahl, Scott Bogner Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C11.00007: Fission dynamics within time-dependent density functional theory Shi Jin, Aurel Bulgac, Kenneth Roche, Nicolas Schunck, Ionel Stetcu Preview Abstract

Session C12: Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Justin Frantz, Ohio University
Room: A222-223

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C12.00001: Causal Charge Diffusion and Fluctuations in Heavy-Ion Collisions Christopher Plumberg, Joseph Kapusta Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C12.00002: Response studies of the CME-sensitive sine observable to heavy ion backgrounds Yicheng Feng, Jie Zhao, Fuqiang Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C12.00003: Bulk viscosity of strongly interacting media: a dilepton perspective Gojko Vujanovic, Jean-Francois Paquet, Sangwook Ryu, Chun Shen, Gabriel Denicol, Sangyong Jeon, Charles Gale, Ulrich Heinz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C12.00004: The static hard-loop gluon propagator to all orders in anisotropy Mohammad Nopoush, Yun Guo, Michael Strickland Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C12.00005: Bottomonium suppression at RHIC and LHC Brandon Krouppa, Alexander Rothkopf, Radoslaw Ryblewski, Michael Strickland Preview Abstract

Session C13: Analytical Calculations and Approximations in General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Kartik Prabhu, Cornell University
Room: A224-225

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C13.00001: Spikes in the approach to spacetime singularities David Garfinkle, Frans Pretorius Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C13.00002: The breakdown of the orbit-averaging approximation in Eccentric Binaries Samuel Liebersbach, Nicholas Loutrel, Nicolas Yunes, Neil Cornish Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C13.00003: No such thing as a circular orbit Nicolas Yunes, Nicholas Loutrel, Samuel Liebersbach, Neil Cornish Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C13.00004: Revisiting the emission from an extreme mass ratio plunge Aaron Zimmerman, Zachary Mark, Yanbei Chen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C13.00005: Eccentric, Spinning Black Hole Binaries in the Inspiral Regime Brennan Ireland, Eric West, Hiroyuki Nakano, Manuela Campanelli Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C13.00006: Calculating the scalar self-force for generic orbits in the Kerr spacetime Zachary Nasipak, Thomas Osburn, Charles Evans Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C13.00007: Eccentric orbit binary black hole inspirals: Informing the post-Newtonian expansion through black hole perturbation theory Christopher Munna, Erik Forseth, Charles Evans, Seth Hopper Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C13.00008: Time domain calculations of scalar self-force and radiation from an orbiting point charge in Schwarzschild spacetime Karna Morey, Zach Nasipak, Charles R. Evans, Jonathan Bennett Preview Abstract

Session C14: Gravitational Wave SIG Minisymposium

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, Nicoloas Yunes, Vanderbilt University, Montana State University
Room: A226

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C14.00001: Free-fall performance for the LISA gravitational wave observatory: new results from LISA Pathfinder Invited Speaker: Peter Wass Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 3:18PM		C14.00002: Open Business and Discussion. Kelly Holley-Bockelman Preview Abstract

Session C15: Missions and Instruments

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Tyce DeYoung, Michigan State University
Room: B230-231

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C15.00001: Camera Development for a Next-Generation TeV Gamma-Ray Telescope Colin Adams, Rachel Fedora, Brendan Krull, Thomas Meures, Leslie Taylor, Justin Vandenbroucke, Megan Wachtendonk Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C15.00002: BurstCube: A CubeSat for Gravitational Wave Counterparts Judith Racusin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C15.00003: POEMMA: Probe Of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics John Krizmanic Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C15.00004: The EUSO-SPB2 Mission Lawrence Wiencke, Angela Olinto Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C15.00005: EUSO-SPB1: An overview Johannes Eser Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C15.00006: Motivated by LISA: Current Progress on the Development Of Space-flight Qualified Optical Hardware Daniel Hillsberry, Andrew Chilton, Guido Mueller, John Conklin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C15.00007: Systems Overview of the Micro-X Sounding Rocket Antonia Hubbard Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C15.00008: Non-Gravitational Wave Physics and Astrophysics from NANOGrav Scott Ransom Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C15.00009: Satellite Deep Space Launch Facility London Dunham Preview Abstract

Session C16: Compact Object Structure and Magnetic Fields

Sponsoring Units: DAP DGRAV
Chair: Zaven Arzoumanian, NASA
Room: B232-233

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C16.00001: Faithful Representations of Causal Barotropic Neutron Star Equations of State Lee Lindblom Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C16.00002: The Deconfinement Phase Transition in Proto-Neutron-Star Matter Jacob Roark Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C16.00003: Consequences of Axial Symmetry on Compact Stellar Objects Omair Zubairi, Fridolin Weber Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C16.00004: Delta isobars in neutron star matter William Spinella, Fridolin Weber Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C16.00005: Selective Excitation of Stellar Oscillations of a Magnetar with an Externally Coupled Tangled Magnetic Field Joseph Bretz, Anthony van Eysden, Bennett Link Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C16.00006: The Structure of Magnetically Dominated Black Hole Magnetospheres Kevin Thoelecke, Masaaki Takahashi, Sachiko Tsuruta Preview Abstract

Session C17: Physics Education and Outreach

Sponsoring Units: FEd FOEP
Chair: Andrew Heckler, Ohio State University
Room: B234-235

Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C17.00001: Using Inexpensive Muon Telescopes for Advanced Lab Experiments Brett Fadem Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C17.00002: Learning physics by experiment: II. Optical paths Saami Shaibani Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C17.00003: The new AP 1 and AP 2 exams: three-year status update Suzanne White Brahmia Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C17.00004: The Physics Graduate Experience: Retention throughout the years Sara Mueller, Amber Byrum, Christopher Porter, Alison Koenka, Andrew Heckler Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C17.00005: The Physics Graduate Experience: Happiness and Productivity Amber Byrum, Sara Mueller, Christopher Porter, Alison Koenka, Andrew Heckler Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C17.00006: Abstract Withdrawn
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C17.00007: Inclusive K-12 Outreach With Evidence-Based Interventions Micha Kilburn Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C17.00008: Future Faces of Physics: Planetarium Outreach Event Jesus Perez, Edwin Robles, Josefa Gregorio Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 14, 2018 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C17.00009: Reaching New Audiences at Non-Science Venues Connie Potter Preview Abstract