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Session H02: Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Time Projection Chamber

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

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H02.00001: Origins, Development, and Future of the TPC Idea Invited Speaker: David Nygren Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H02.00002: Liquid Argon TPCs for Neutrino Physics Invited Speaker: Flavio Cavanna Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H02.00003: Using the TPC to understand collisions between relativistic heavy ions Invited Speaker: Helen Caines Preview Abstract

Session H03: Dark Matter & Galaxies: The Legacy of Vera Rubin

Sponsoring Units: FPS FHP
Chair: Beverly Hartline, Montana Tech
Room: A114-115

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H03.00001: A Bright Vision for Dark Matter Invited Speaker: Annika Peter Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H03.00002: Personal reflections on Vera Rubin and her science Invited Speaker: Deidre Hunter Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H03.00003: Remembrances from Vera's Colleagues and Admirers Invited Speaker: Participation From Audience Preview Abstract

Session H04: Tests of General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV GPMFC
Chair: Clifford Will, University of Florida - Gainesville
Room: A120-122

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H04.00001: Levitated Optomechanics for Precision Gravitational Measurements Invited Speaker: Brian D'Urso Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H04.00002: The first results of the MICROSCOPE space test of the equivalence principle. Invited Speaker: Manuel Rodrigues Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H04.00003: TBD Invited Speaker: Jason Hogan Preview Abstract

Session H05: Snapshots of the Dynamics of the Nucleon

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Bob McKeown, Jefferson Lab
Room: A123-125

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H05.00001: Glimpses of gluons in spatial imaging through DVCS Invited Speaker: Julie Roche Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H05.00002: A glimpse of the proton spin through lattice Invited Speaker: Yi-Bo Yang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H05.00003: Glimpse on fluctuations in proton structure through heavy ion reactions Invited Speaker: Prithwish Tribedy Preview Abstract

Session H06: Many Body Quantum Computations in Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DNP
Chair: Alexei Bazavov, Michigan State University
Room: B130

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H06.00001: Nuclear structure and reactions from ab initio calculations Invited Speaker: Sofia Quaglioni Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H06.00002: Coupled-cluster calculations of atomic nuclei Invited Speaker: Gustav R. Jansen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H06.00003: Nuclear structure and quantum phase transitions with lattice effective field theory Invited Speaker: Dean Lee Preview Abstract

Session H07: Crisis in Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Josh Frieman, Fermilab
Room: B131-132

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		H07.00001: Crisis in Cosmology: Measuring The Local Value of the Hubble Constant Invited Speaker: David Jones Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		H07.00002: Clarifying the Hubble Constant Tension Invited Speaker: Stephen Feeney Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		H07.00003: The Hubble Constant from the Cosmic Microwave Background Invited Speaker: Bradford Benson Preview Abstract

Session H08: Neutrino Beams I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Leonidas Aliaga, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: A110

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H08.00001: Latest Results From Searches for Neutral Current Disappearance in NOvA Tomas Nosek Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H08.00002: Latest Constraints on Mixing Parameters in Three-Flavor Neutrino Oscillations from NOvA Nitish Nayak Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H08.00003: Muon Neutrino Disappearance at NOvA Vladimir Bychkov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H08.00004: Status of DUNE experiment Luke Corwin, Jaroslaw Nowak Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H08.00005: Design and Fabrication of the protoDUNE Dual Phase LArTPC Animesh Chatterjee Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H08.00006: Neutrino induced Coherent Pion: Precision Study in DUNE ND Bing Guo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H08.00007: Precision temperature gradient system for ProtoDune Yujing Sun Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H08.00008: First Measurement of Monoenergetic Muon Neutrino Charged Current Interactions Rory Fitzpatrick Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H08.00009: Abstract Withdrawn

Session H09: Dark Matter Searches, Dark Forces, and Bosonic Mediators

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Scott Hertel, UMass Amherst
Room: A111

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H09.00001: Cosmogenic Backgrounds for the DarkSide Experiment Parth Singh Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H09.00002: Background Models and Blinding Strategies in the Third Run of CDMSlite D'Ann Barker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H09.00003: Results from the Third and Final CDMSlite Run William Page Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H09.00004: Preliminary results from the DAMIC-100 Dark Matter Experiment Karthik Ramanathan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H09.00005: Recent advances in the search for a leptopohobic boson at GlueX Cristiano Fanelli, John Hardin, Mike Williams, Yunjie Yang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H09.00006: An Update on the Bosonic Dark Matter Search with the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Jamin Rager Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H09.00007: Search for a dark matter force mediator Vardan Khachatryan, Rouven Essig, Natalia Toro, Philip Schuster, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H09.00008: Search for DARK Force at BABAR Richard Kass Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H09.00009: An Amplified Standard Model Antonio Colella Preview Abstract

Session H10: Current Research in Physics Education

Sponsoring Units: GPER FEd
Chair: Paula Heron, University of Washington
Room: A216

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H10.00001: Examining Concurrent Representation Choices Using Network Analysis Daryl McPadden, Eric Brewe Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H10.00002: Exploring relevance using the perspective of interacting systems Abhilash Nair, Vashti Sawtelle Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H10.00003: Abstract Withdrawn
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H10.00004: Frequent Testing to Improve Performance in Introductory Physics at the University of Illinois Tim Stelzer, Gary Gladding, Brianne Gutmann, Morten Lundsgaard Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H10.00005: Defining, Establishing and Ensuring Fairness on Concept Inventories Rebecca Lindell, Rachel Henderson, John Stewart, Adrienne Traxler Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H10.00006: Exploring the FCI using Multi-dimensional Item Response Theory John Stewart, Cabot Zabriskie, Seth DeVore Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H10.00007: Synthesis Problems: How to help student to solve physics problems with multiple concepts. Andrew Heckler, Ryan Badeau, Bashira Ibrahim, Lin Ding Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H10.00008: Introductory student interpretation of validity checks of expressions John Thompson, Abolaji Akinyemi Preview Abstract

Session H11: Mini-Symposium on FRIB and ReA Instrumentation II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Steven Pain, Oak Ridge National Lab
Room: A220-221

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H11.00001: The Active Target Time Projection Chamber (AT-TPC) Daniel Bazin, Tan Ahn, Yassid Ayyad, Saul Beceiro-Novo, Lisa Carpenter, Marco Cortesi, Michelle Kuchera, William Lynch, Wolfgang Mittig, Jaspreet Randhawa, Clémentine Santamaria, Nathan Watwood, John Yurkon Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H11.00002: SECAR: The Separator for Capture Reactions in Astrophysics Sara Ayoub, Aalayah Spencer, Fernando Montes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H11.00003: SOLARIS -- A Dual-Mode Spectrometer for Charged-Particle Spectroscopy at ReA Benjamin Kay Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H11.00004: A Radio-Frequency Kicker for the study of exotic nuclei Andrew Rogers, D. Bazin, P.N. Ostroumov, A. Plastun, L.G. Sobotka Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H11.00005: ISLA, an Isochronous Separator with Large Acceptance for Experiments with Reaccelerated Beams at FRIB A M Amthor, D Bazin, W Mittig, A Ringhausen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H11.00006: FRIB Decay Station -- opportunities and challenges Robert Grzywacz, Sean Liddick, Darek Seweryniak, Nicholas Scielzo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H11.00007: Penning trap mass spectrometry Q-value determinations for highly-forbidden $\beta $-decay Rachel Sandler, Matt Redshaw, Kerim Gulyuz, Nadeesha Gamage, Georg Bollen, Ryan Ringle, Martin Eibach, Alec Hamaker, Chris Izzo, Daniel Puentes, Isaac Yandow Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H11.00008: Probing the fusion of neutron-rich nuclei with reaccelerated radioactive beams Justin Vadas, Varinderjit Singh, Blake Wiggins, Jacob Huston, Sylvie Hudan, Romualdo deSouza, Zidu Lin, Charles Horowitz, Abdou Chbihi, Dieter Ackermann, Michael Famiano, Kyle Brown Preview Abstract

Session H12: Computational Issues and Few-Nucleon Systems

Sponsoring Units: GFB
Chair: Lucas Platter, University of Tennessee
Room: A222-223

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H12.00001: Physics of celestial scale dumbbells Leonardo Golubovic, Steven Knudsen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H12.00002: A realistic three-dimensional calculation of relativistic nucleon-nucleon interactions Mohammadreza Hadizadeh, Mahdi Radin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H12.00003: Renormalization of Inverse Power Law Potentials Daniel Odell, Lucas Platter Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H12.00004: Faddeev Calculations for $Nd$ Breakup Scattering within Isospin and Given Charge Formalism: Numerical Stability Vladimir Suslov, Igor Filikhin, Roman Kezerashvili, Branislav Vlahovic Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H12.00005: Momentum Space Faddeev Calculation of $d+\alpha$ Scattering Jin Lei, Linda Hlophe, Charlotte Elster, Andreas Nogga, Filomena Nunes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H12.00006: Three body charmed nuclei . Shalva Tsiklauri Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H12.00007: Deuteron Compton Scattering Above Pion Threshold Luke Myers, Bruno Strandberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H12.00008: The sensitivity of different $\gamma p$ scattering observables to the proton’s dipole polarisabilities Harald Griesshammer, Judith McGovern, Daniel Phillips Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H12.00009: Bremsstrahlung in Low-Energy Lepton-Proton Scattering Pulak Talukdar, Fred Myhrer, Udit Raha Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:33PM - 12:45PM		H12.00010: Van der Waals and Casimir-Polder Interactions of Hydrogen Atoms in Excited States Chandra Adhikari, Vincent Debierre, Ulrich Jentschura Preview Abstract

Session H13: Quantum Aspects of Gravitation - II

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Eugenio Bianchi, Penn State
Room: A224-225

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H13.00001: The emergence of spacetime in causal set theory Steven Carlip, Samuel Loomis Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H13.00002: Singularities and black holes in causal set gravity Yu Asato Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H13.00003: A Measure for Manifoldlikeness of a Causal Set Miremad Aghili, Luca Bombelli, Benjamin Pilgrim Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H13.00004: Mandelstam's "Quantization of the Gravitational Field" revisited Jorge Pullin, Rodolfo Gambini, Miguel Campiglia Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H13.00005: Canonical quantization of symmetry reduced gravitational models: recent advances Javier Olmedo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H13.00006: Black Hole Evaporation in (3+1) D: From a nonthermal to a thermal spectrum Paul Anderson, Raymond Clark, Michael Good Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H13.00007: BEC Black Hole Analog with Massive Phonons Richard Dudley, Paul Anderson, Alessadro Fabbri Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H13.00008: Trans-Planckian issues and Emergent Gravity: from BEC to analogue Black Holes Supratik Sarkar, A. Bhattacharyay Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H13.00009: Resolution of singularities in dynamic spacetimes Deborah Konkowski, Thomas Helliwell Preview Abstract

Session H14: Gravitational Waves: Searches and Detected Signals

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Peter Shawhan, University of Maryland, College Park
Room: A226

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H14.00001: Status of the LISA Data Challenges John Baker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H14.00002: The all-sky search for unmodeled gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO-Virgo Ryan Lynch Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H14.00003: Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts During the Second Advanced LIGO Observing Run Robert Coyne Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H14.00004: Past, present and future of the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave early alerting system E Katsavounidis Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H14.00005: Wide parameter searches for continuous waves with Advanced LIGO Vladimir Dergachev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H14.00006: Pulsar-timing-array searches for stochastic gravitational waves vs Solar-System Ephemerides Michele Vallisneri Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H14.00007: Evolution of limits on the gravitational-wave stochastic background using the NANOGrav 11-year dataset Jeffrey Hazboun Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H14.00008: Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries from the NANOGrav 9-year and 11-year Data Sets Sarah Vigeland Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H14.00009: Limits on gravitational wave memory from the NANOGrav 11-year data set Paul Baker Preview Abstract

Session H15: Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Tracy Slatyer, MIT
Room: B230-231

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H15.00001: Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Composition Observed by Telescope Array in Hybrid Mode William Hanlon Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H15.00002: Measuring cosmic-ray composition at PeV energies with the IceCube Observatory James Bourbeau, Stefan Westerhoff Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H15.00003: The Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum above 0.1 EeV measured by the Telescope Array and TALE Fluorescence Telescopes JiHee Kim Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H15.00004: Measurement of the cosmic ray flux spectrum above 300 PeV with the Pierre Auger Observatory Alan Coleman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H15.00005: Anisotropy Results of the Telescope Array Experiment Dmitri Ivanov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H15.00006: Observing Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays with a prototype of the Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes John Farmer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H15.00007: Recent Results from the Auger@TA Cross-calibration Project Sean Quinn Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H15.00008: The Non-Imaging CHErenkov (NICHE) Array: A TA/TALE extension using Cherenkov radiation to measure Cosmic Ray Composition to sub-PeV energies Douglas Bergman, John Krizmanic, Tareq Abu-Zayyad, Yoshiki Tsunesada Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H15.00009: Diffuse Gamma-ray and Neutrino Constraints on UHECR sources, for realistic UHECR composition. Marco Muzio, Glennys Farrar, Michael Unger Preview Abstract

Session H16: Future Science and Prospects in MeV Gamma-ray Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Alexander Moisev, NASA
Room: B232-233

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H16.00001: All-Sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO) - A discovery mission for the MeV gamma-ray band Jeremy Perkins Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H16.00002: Evaluation of the Scientific Capabilities of the AMEGO instrument Regina Caputo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H16.00003: MeV Astrophysics in the Multimessenger Era Eric Burns Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H16.00004: Shining Light on Dark Matter in the MeV Regime Tim Linden Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H16.00005: Understanding Element Formation in Dynamic Environments with MeV Gamma-ray Spectroscopy Julie McEnery Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H16.00006: Probing Cosmic-ray Physics in Starburst Galaxies With Future High-Energy Missions Tonia Venters, Mihoko Yukita, Ann Hornschemeier, Andrew Ptak, Daniel Wik, Bret Lehmer, Neven Vulic, Jeremy Perkins Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H16.00007: Development of the AMEGO Subsystems Sean Griffin Preview Abstract

Session H17: Electromagnetic Follow-Up of Gravitational-Wave Observations

Sponsoring Units: DAP DGRAV
Chair: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Lick Observatory
Room: B234-235

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		H17.00001: Gravitational Wave and Multimessenger Searches with AMON James DeLaunay Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		H17.00002: The Low-Latency Detection of GW170817 Cody Messick Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		H17.00003: The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Targeted Search Daniel Kocevski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		H17.00004: Time-domain astronomy with the Fermi GBM in the Multimessenger Era C. Michelle Hui Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		H17.00005: Real-time search for coincidence of sub-threshold events between HAWC and LIGO-Virgo Monica Seglar-Arroyo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		H17.00006: Low-Frequency Radio Searches Supporting Gravitational-Wave Detection Timothy Dolch, Teviet Creighton, Louis Dartez, Frederick Jenet, Fronefield Crawford, Jing Luo, James Murray Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		H17.00007: Investigating Gravitational Wave Multi-Messenger Sources for Pulsar Timing Arrays Joseph Simon, Sarah Burke-Spolaor Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		H17.00008: Optical follow-up of GW170814 with the Dark Energy Camera Zoheyr Doctor Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		H17.00009: On the Progenitor of Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 Michael Zevin Preview Abstract