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Session J20: Preparing Students for Careers Outside Academia

Sponsoring Units: FED
Room: Hilton Columbus Emerson Burkhart B

Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:00PM - 2:00PM

J20.00001: Preparing Students for Careers Outside Academia Preview Abstract

Session J21: Forum with Congressman/Physicist Bill Foster

Room: Union Ballroom BC

Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:00PM - 1:30PM

J21.00001: Forum with Congressman/Physicist Bill Foster Preview Abstract

Session J01: DPF Business Meeting

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Room: A110

Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:33PM - 1:30PM

J01.00001: DPF Business Meeting Preview Abstract

Session J02: Accelerators for Energy Frontier Research: Status and Plans

Sponsoring Units: DPB DPF
Chair: Vladimir Shiltsev, Fermilab
Room: A112-113

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J02.00001: Future Circular Collider : Status and Plans Invited Speaker: Daniel Schulte Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J02.00002: Lastest SRF accelerator technology breakthroughs and progress toward ILC Invited Speaker: Alexander Romanenko Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J02.00003: High Field Magnet Technology Progress and Relevance for the Next HEP Machines Invited Speaker: Soren Prestemon Preview Abstract

Session J03: History of Numerical Relativity

Sponsoring Units: FHP DCOMP
Chair: Daniel Kennefick, University of Arkansas-Favetteville
Room: A114-115

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J03.00001: The Pre-History of the Two Black Hole Collision Problem Invited Speaker: Larry Smarr Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J03.00002: Numerical Relativity 1980-2000s: The era of sharpening our tools and exploring Einstein's physics Invited Speaker: Ed Seidel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J03.00003: Binary Black Hole Mergers: Breakthroughs, Waveforms, Astrophysics, and Gravitational Waves Invited Speaker: Joan Centrella Preview Abstract

Session J04: Quantum Aspects of Gravitation

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Gary Horowitz, University of California Santa Barbara
Room: A120-122

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J04.00001: Loop Quantum Gravity and the Quantization of Null Surfaces Invited Speaker: Wolfgang Wieland Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J04.00002: How low can the energy density go? Invited Speaker: Aron C. Wall Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J04.00003: Gravitational physics from quantum information constraints Invited Speaker: Mark Van Raamsdonk Preview Abstract

Session J05: Baryon and Lepton Number Violation

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Alan Poon, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Room: A123-125

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J05.00001: Recent theoretical advances in electroweak baryogenesis Invited Speaker: Michael Ramsey-Musolf Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J05.00002: Neutrinoless double beta decay: present status and future prospects Invited Speaker: J.F. Wilkerson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J05.00003: Searches for baryon number violation in proton decays and neutron-antineutron oscillations. Invited Speaker: William Snow Preview Abstract

Session J06: Low-Energy Precision Tests of the Standard Model

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC FOEP
Chair: Shannon Hoogerheide, NIST
Room: B130

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J06.00001: A precision measurement of the electron's electric dipole moment using trapped molecular ions Invited Speaker: William Cairncross Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J06.00002: Challenging the Standard Model: High-Precision Comparisons of the Fundamental Properties of Protons and Antiprotons Invited Speaker: Stefan Ulmer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J06.00003: Precision microwave measurements of n=2 states in simple atoms: Determination of the fine-structure constant and the charge radius of the proton Invited Speaker: E. A. Hessels Preview Abstract

Session J07: R-Process Nucleosynthesis

Sponsoring Units: DAP DNP
Chair: Dan Kasen, University of California Berkeley
Room: B131-132

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J07.00001: Sites of the r-process: supernovae and mergers: Recent Successes and Current Issues Invited Speaker: Chris Fryer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J07.00002: R-process production and transients from neutron star mergers Invited Speaker: Jennifer Barnes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J07.00003: Nuclear and neutrino physics of the r-process Invited Speaker: Gail McLaughlin Preview Abstract

Session J08: Neutrino Beams II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Elizabeth Worcester, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: A110

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J08.00001: Improving the Booster Neutrino Beam Flux Prediction and Systematics in MicroBooNE Gray Yarbrough Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J08.00002: Testing the Accuracy of Electron Recombination Models in MicroBooNE London Cooper-Troendle, Xiao Luo, Sowjanya Gollapinni, Wei Tang, Supraja Balasubramanian, Tara Skiba Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J08.00003: Calibration of the MicroBooNE LArTPC for Space Charge Effects Christopher Barnes Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J08.00004: Measurement of the Charged Current $\nu_e$(and $\bar\nu_e$) Interaction Rate on Water with the T2K P0D Detector Yue Wang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J08.00005: Repurposing MINOS Scintillator Modules for the Short Baseline Neutrino Program Far Detector (ICARUS) Cosmic Ray Tagger Christopher Hilgenberg, Robert Wilson, Anne Schukraft, Simone Marcocci Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J08.00006: First Results from The PixLAr Setup Akshat Tripathi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J08.00007: First Demonstration of MeV-Scale Physics in LArTPCs Ivan Lepetic Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J08.00008: Pi+ Cross Section Analysis in LArIAT Gregory Pulliam Preview Abstract

Session J09: Liquid Xenon Dark Matter Experiments

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Eric Dahl, Northwestern University
Room: A111

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J09.00001: Abstract Withdrawn
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J09.00002: Signal Yields in Liquid Xenon with the LUX Experiment Vetri Velan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J09.00003: Measurement of Charge and Light Yields of Liquid Xenon using Carbon-14 and Tritium Beta Decay Sources in the LUX Detector Jon Balajthy Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J09.00004: Calibrating the XENON1T Dark Matter Detector Joseph Howlett Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J09.00005: Ultra-low Background of XENON1T Dark Matter Search Experiment Tianyu Zhu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J09.00006: Xenon circulation and liquid-level stability in the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment Dylan Temples Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J09.00007: Development of the LZ High Voltage Grids Ryan Linehan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J09.00008: Status of the LZ Cathode High Voltage Research and Design Project James Watson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J09.00009: Recent results from the LZ System Test platform at SLAC Kelly Stifter

Session J10: Minisymposium: Low Radioactivity Background Techniques in Underground Experiments - I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Yuan Mei, LBNL
Room: A216

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J10.00001: Low Radioactivity Background Techniques Invited Speaker: Jodi Cooley Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J10.00002: Abstract Withdrawn
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J10.00003: Improving Capabilities of Low-Background Assay at SNOLAB Chris Jillings Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J10.00004: Measurement of the Davis Cavern Gamma-Ray Background at the Sanford Underground Research Facility Sally Shaw Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J10.00005: Simulations of external backgrounds at SURF for the LUX and LZ experiments David Woodward Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J10.00006: The Active Veto System for the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Experiment and Underground Muon Signals Douglas Tiedt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J10.00007: Abstract Withdrawn

Session J11: Electromagnetic Production of Hadronic Resonances

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Reinhard Schumacher, Carnegie Mellon University
Room: A220-221

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J11.00001: Antibaryon Photoproduction using CLAS at Jefferson Lab William Phelps Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J11.00002: Photoproduction of $\omega$ mesons off bounded proton with the CLAS detector at Jlab Olga Cortes, Philip Cole Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J11.00003: Differential Cross Section for $\gamma d \rightarrow \omega d$ using CLAS at Jefferson Lab Taya Chetry, Kenneth Hicks Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J11.00004: Measuring the Beam Asymmetry for a0(980) Photoproduction on the Proton at GlueX Stuart Fegan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J11.00005: Measurement of Polarization Observables for the $\Lambda$ in the reaction $\gamma p \rightarrow K^{+} \Lambda$. Shankar Adhikari, Brian Raue, Lei Guo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J11.00006: A study of the $\gamma p \rightarrow K^+ \Lambda^*$ reaction Utsav Shrestha, Taya Chetry, Kenneth Hicks Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J11.00007: A study of the $\gamma d \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-d$ reaction Kenneth Hicks, Taya Chetry, Reinhard Schumacher Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J11.00008: The prospect for studying $n\pi^{+}\pi^{0}$ electroproduction off protons with CLAS12 Gleb Fedotov, Kenneth Hicks, Iuliia Skorodumina Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J11.00009: Polarization Observables from Strangeness Photoproduction on a Frozen Spin Target at Jefferson Lab Igor Strakovsky, Stuart Fegan Preview Abstract

Session J12: Hadronic Physics III

Sponsoring Units: GHP DNP
Chair: Michael Kohl, Hampton University
Room: A222-223

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J12.00001: Chiral Light Front Perturbation Theory and the Flavor Dependence of the Light-Quark Nucleon Sea Mary Alberg, Gerald A. Miller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J12.00002: Lattice Parton Distribution Functions at Physical Pion Mass Huey-Wen Lin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J12.00003: Nucleon structure functions at large Bjorken x from 12 GeV commissioning experiment E12-10-002 in Hall C Debaditya Biswas, Abel Sun Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J12.00004: Measurement of the $\frac{F_2^n}{F_2^p}$ ratio in the JLab MARATHON experiment Michael Nycz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J12.00005: Status of the Jefferson Lab Marathon Experiment Tong Su Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J12.00006: Light unflavored mesons in a light-front Hamiltonian approach Wenyang Qian, Shaoyang Jia, Yang Li, James Vary Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J12.00007: Baryons in a light-front approach Anji Yu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J12.00008: A measurement of the Compton scattering cross section during the PrimEx-II experiment at JLab Li Ye Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J12.00009: Commissioning the Super High Momentum Spectrometer in Hall C at Jefferson Lab Holly Szumila-Vance Preview Abstract

Session J13: Numerical Relativity: Neutron Stars and Other Sources with Matter

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV DCOMP
Chair: John Baker, NASA
Room: A224-225

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J13.00001: Assessing confidence in numerical relativity waveforms of binary neutron star mergers Roland Haas, Shawn Rosofsky, Sebastiano Bernuzzi, Tim Dietrich, Bruno Giacomazzo, Riccardo Ciolfi, Daniel Johnson, Eliu Huerta Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J13.00002: Effects of a new Equation of State on Binary Neutron Star Mergers Andrea Endrizzi, Domenico Logoteta, Bruno Giacomazzo, Ignazio Bombaci, Riccardo Ciolfi, Wolfgang Kastaun Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J13.00003: GW170817, General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations, and the Neutron Star Maximum Mass Milton Ruiz, Stuart Shapiro, Antonios Tsokaros Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J13.00004: Spin in binary neutron star initial data Antonios Tsokaros, Koji Uryu, Milton Ruiz, Stuart Shapiro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J13.00005: Quasi-radial instability of differentially rotating relativistic stars Gabriele Bozzola, Nikolaos Stergioulas, Roberto De Pietri Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J13.00006: Study of f-mode Oscillations in Numerical Relativity Simulations of Perturbed Neutron Stars and Highly Eccentric Binary Neutron Star Mergers Shawn Rosofsky, Roman Gold, Cecilia Chirenti, Cole Miller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J13.00007: Black hole-neutron star post-merger evolution using viscous relativistic hydrodynamics Milad Haddadi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J13.00008: Evolution of the Magnetized, Neutrino-Cooled Accretion Disk in the Aftermath of a Black Hole Neutron Star Binary Merger Fatemeh Hossein Nouri, Matthew Duez, Francois Foucart, M. Brett Deaton, Roland Haas, Milad Haddadi, Lawrence Kidder, Christian Ott, Harald Pfeiffer, Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi Preview Abstract

Session J15: Large Scale Structure - Dark Energy Survey

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: Michael Troxel, Ohio State University
Room: B230-231

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J15.00001: The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Survey Paul Martini Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J15.00002: The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Project Brenna Flaugher Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J15.00003: The Dark Energy Survey: Progress Through First 5 Survey Seasons H Thomas Diehl Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J15.00004: Cosmological Parameter Constraints from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program Three Year Spectroscopic Sample Dillon Brout Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J15.00005: Photometric Calibration for the Dark Energy Survey William Wester Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J15.00006: The Halo Population Statistics of DES redMaPPer Selected Clusters Arya Farahi, August Evrard Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J15.00007: Galaxy Cluster Cosmology with DES Y1 Data Yuanyuan Zhang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J15.00008: Producing an SDSS-BOSS CMASS sample with imaging from the Dark Energy Survey to test gravity Sujeong Lee, Eric Huff, Ashley Ross, Michael Troxel, Niall MacCrann, Ami Choi, Tim Eifler, Chris Hirata, Klaus Honscheid Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J15.00009: Density split statistics: Cosmological constraints from counts and lensing in cells in DES Y1 Daniel Gruen Preview Abstract

Session J16: FPS Awards Session

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Beverly Hartline, Montana Tech
Room: B232-233

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM

J16.00001: Leo Szilard Lectureship Award Talk: ``Recycling'' nuclear waste: risks and benefits Invited Speaker: Edwin Lyman Preview Abstract

Session J17: Innovative Ideas for Engaging the Public

Sponsoring Units: FOEP
Chair: Larry Gladney, University of Pennsylvania
Room: B234-235

Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:30PM - 1:57PM		J17.00001: TBD Invited Speaker: Renee Horton Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:57PM - 2:24PM		J17.00002: Meeting People Where They Are: Presence and Dialogue in Science Outreach Invited Speaker: Lucianne Walkowicz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:24PM - 2:51PM		J17.00003: Harnessing Curiosity and Storytelling to Engage the Public Invited Speaker: Becky Thompson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:51PM - 3:18PM		J17.00004: Outreach outside the box or how to maximize your effort Invited Speaker: Sam Sampere Preview Abstract

Session J14: Tutorial for Authors and Referees

Room: A226

Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:30PM - 3:30PM

J14.00001: Tutorial for Authors and Referees Preview Abstract