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Session R02: Frontier Physics Enabled by New Facilities

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Leo Piilonen, Virginia Tech
Room: A112-113

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R02.00001: Charged Lepton Flavor Violation and the new Mu2e and COMET experiments. Invited Speaker: Bertrand Echenard Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R02.00002: Exploring new physics with Muon g-2 Invited Speaker: Renee Fatemi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R02.00003: Physics reach at JLab with the 12 GeV upgrade Invited Speaker: Patrizia Rossi Preview Abstract

Session R03: Physics Education Research: Network Analysis, Institutional Change, and Troubleshooting in Laboratories

Sponsoring Units: GPER FED
Chair: John Thompson, University of Maine
Room: A114-115

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R03.00001: Educational commitment and attitudes: The Social Network Perspective Invited Speaker: Justyna Zwolak Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R03.00002: Student engagement in modeling and metacognition while troubleshooting a circuit Invited Speaker: Dimitri Dounas-Frazer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R03.00003: Integrated Elements of an Action Plan Leading to Institutional Change Invited Speaker: Charles Henderson Preview Abstract

Session R04: Gravitational Wave Sources: Compact Binary Formation Scenarios

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV DAP
Chair: Daniel Holz, University of Chicago
Room: A120-122

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R04.00001: What do LIGO’s Black Holes Remember? Invited Speaker: Davide Gerosa Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R04.00002: Uncovering the Formation of Compact Objects Through Gravitational Wave Observations Invited Speaker: Will Farr Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R04.00003: Dynamics versus isolated binary evolution: place your bets Invited Speaker: Michela Mapelli Preview Abstract

Session R05: The Bold New Era of Big Data & Machine Learning

Sponsoring Units: DAP DCOMP
Chair: Alexei Bazavov, Michigan State University
Room: A123-125

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R05.00001: Exploring the universe with artificial intelligence Invited Speaker: Kevin Schawinski Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R05.00002: Machine Learning in the LIGO-Virgo Era Invited Speaker: Kai Staats Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R05.00003: AI in the Sky: The Application of Artificial Intelligence to Cosmological Questions Invited Speaker: Brian Nord Preview Abstract

Session R06: The Structure of the Pion and Kaon as a Theatre of QCD

Sponsoring Units: GHP DNP
Chair: David Richards, Jefferson Lab
Room: B130

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R06.00001: The experimental determination of the pion and kaon form factors and structure functions Invited Speaker: Garth Huber Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R06.00002: Partonic Structure of the Pion and Kaon Invited Speaker: Ian Cloet Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R06.00003: Studies of the pion and kaon in lattice QCD Invited Speaker: Bipasha Chakraborty Preview Abstract

Session R07: Physicists and Human Rights

Sponsoring Units: FIP FECS
Chair: Elena Aprile, Columbia University
Room: B131-132

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R07.00001: Andrei Sakharov Prize Talk: Parity in Our World and in Physics Invited Speaker: Ravi Kuchimanchi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		R07.00002: Andrei Sakharov Prize Talk: Prisoners of Conscience in Iran (Presented on behalf of Narges Mohammadi by Nayereh Tohidi) Invited Speaker: Narges Mohammadi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		R07.00003: The Role of the Physicist in Human Rights Invited Speaker: Shelly R. Lesher Preview Abstract

Session R08: Higgs Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Dmiitri Denisov, Fermilab
Room: A110

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R08.00001: Search for physics beyond the standard model in events with Higgs bosons and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV Frank Jensen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R08.00002: Evidence for the Higgs boson decay to a bottom quark-antiquark pair Sean-Jiun Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R08.00003: Search for resonant pair production of Higgs bosons in the four bottom quark final state in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV Daniel Guerrero Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R08.00004: Radiative Decays of the Higgs Boson to a Pair of Fermions Xing Wang, Tao Han Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R08.00005: Combined measurements of the Higgs boson production and decay rates in H->ZZ*->4l and H->gamgam decay channels using pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS Experiment Hongtao Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R08.00006: Search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to two muons in pp collisions at center-of-mass energy at 13 TeV Xunwu Zuo, Andrew Carnes, Andrew Brinkerhoff, Pierluigi Bortignon, Dimitri Bourilkov, Sergei Gleyzer, Darin Acosta Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R08.00007: Multivariate techniques for detection of $ttH\rightarrow\gamma\gamma$ events in ATLAS at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV Jennet Dickinson Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R08.00008: Measurement of fiducial and differential cross sections of the SM Higgs boson in the 4l decay channel using the ATLAS detector. Andrea Gabrielli Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R08.00009: Off-shell Higgs signal strength measurement in the high-mass ZZ final states with the ATLAS detector Heling Zhu Preview Abstract

Session R09: Visible Dark Photon Searches

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Gordan Krnjaic, Fermilab
Room: A111

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		R09.00001: Dark Matter, Dark Forces, and the GeV-Scale Discovery Frontier Philip Schuster Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:45AM		R09.00002: Dark Photons at LHCb Mike Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:45AM - 12:09PM		R09.00003: Resonance search results from HPS and Future Prospects Mathew Graham Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:09PM - 12:33PM		R09.00004: Direct Search for Dark Photons and Dark Higgs with the SeaQuest Spectrometer at Fermilab Sho Uemura, Kun Liu, Ming Liu Preview Abstract

Session R10: Minisymposium on Probing High Baryon Density Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Chun Shen, BNL
Room: A216

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R10.00001: Directed flow of particles and quarks from the RHIC Beam Energy Scan measured by STAR Prashanth Shanmuganathan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R10.00002: Two-particle correlations of identified hadrons in Au+Au collisions for the Beam Energy Scan program at RHIC Sedigheh Jowzaee Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R10.00003: New Development on Modelling Fluctuations and Fragmentation in Heavy-Ion Collisions Hao Lin, Pawel Danielewicz Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R10.00004: Equation of state for QCD with a critical point from the 3D Ising Model Paolo Parotto Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R10.00005: (3+1)D hybrid model of heavy-ion collisions at BES energies with dynamical sources Lipei Du, Gojko Vujanovic, Ulrich Heinz Preview Abstract

Session R11: Nuclear Theory II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: David Dean, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: A220-221

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R11.00001: Microscopic folding potentials based on NCSM nonlocal densities for elastic proton scattering off light nuclei Matthew Burrows, Charlotte Elster, Gabriela Popa, Stephen Weppner, Kristina Launey, Pieter Maris, Andreas Nogga Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R11.00002: Sensitivity of Nuclear Optical Potentials to Similarity Renormalization Group Transformations Ryan Caulfield, Richard Furnstahl Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R11.00003: Neutron Transfer Reactions for Deformed Nuclei Using Sturmian Basis States Vesselin G. Gueorguiev, Jutta E. Escher, Peter D. Kunz, Frank S. Dietrich Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R11.00004: Analysis of neutron skins using a nonlocal Dispersive Optical Model Mack Atkinson, M.H. Mahzoon, M.A. Keim, W.H. Dickhoff, R.J. Charity Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R11.00005: Neutron width statistics in a realistic resonance-reaction model Paul Fanto, George Bertsch, Yoram Alhassid Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R11.00006: Analysis of low-energy corrections to the eikonal approximation Pierre Capel, Chloe HEBBORN Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R11.00007: Nuclear Polarization Corrections to the Lamb Shift in Muonic Deuterium Samuel Emmons, Lucas Platter Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R11.00008: Role of fluctuations on the pairing properties of nuclei in the random spacing model M. A. Al Mamun, C. Constantinou, M. Prakash Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R11.00009: Abstract Withdrawn

Session R12: Electroweak Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Hans Mumm, NIST
Room: A222-223

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R12.00001: Status of the BL2 beam measurement of the neutron lifetime Shannon Fogwell Hoogerheide Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R12.00002: The sensitivity and reach of UCN$\tau$ and how we get there Eric Fries Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R12.00003: A next generation neutron lifetime measurement based on UCN$\tau $ Alexander Saunders Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R12.00004: The UCN$\tau$ measurement of the free neutron lifetime: status report Chris Cude-Woods Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R12.00005: A Precision Measurement of Unpolarized Neutron Beta Decay in the Nab Experiment Jason Fry Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R12.00006: The Measurement and Mitigation of Residual Beam Polarization for the Nab Experiment Chelsea Hendrus Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R12.00007: Detection systematics in the Nab experiment Leah Broussard Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R12.00008: Neutron-antineutron conversion to search for B-L violation Xinshuai Yan, Susan Gardner Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R12.00009: Characterization of Noise Sources in the n3He Parity Violating Asymmetry Measurement Mark McCrea Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:33PM - 12:45PM		R12.00010: Searching for Tensor Currents in the Weak Interaction Using $^{8}$Li $\beta$ Decay M.T. Burkey, G. Savard, R.E. Segel, J.A. Clark, J. Klimes, N.D. Scielzo, A.T. Gallant, K. Kolos, S.W. Padgett, B.S. Wang, T. Hirsh, R. Orford, E. Heckmaier, J. Pierce, L. Varriano, D. Burdette, S.T. Marley, G. Morgan, K.S. Sharma Preview Abstract

Session R13: Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Deborah Konkowski, U.S. Naval Academy
Room: A224-225

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R13.00001: Conservation of asymptotic charges from past to future null infinity Kartik Prabhu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R13.00002: Symmetries and Charges of General Relativity at Null Boundaries Venkatesa Chandrasekaran, Kartik Prabhu, Eanna Flanagan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R13.00003: Gravitational wave memory observables Alexander Grant, Eanna Flanagan, Abraham Harte, David Nichols Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R13.00004: The Memory Effect of Particle Scattering in Odd Spacetime Dimensions Gautam Satishchandran, Robert Wald Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R13.00005: A geometric framework for cosmological spacetimes Béatrice Bonga, Kartik Prabhu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R13.00006: Systematics of gravitational radiation for asymptotically de Sitter spacetimes Sina Bahrami Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R13.00007: Black hole scalar charge from a horizon integral in Einstein-dilaton-Gauss-Bonnet gravity Leo Stein Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R13.00008: Fractal Dimension of Turbulent Black Holes John Ryan Westernacher-Schneider Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R13.00009: Critical Collapse in the Absence of Spherical Symmetry Thomas Baumgarte Preview Abstract

Session R14: Mergers, Collapse and Black Hole Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Scott Noble, The University of Tulsa and Goddard Space Flight Center
Room: A226

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R14.00001: Black Hole Dynamics in Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton-Axion Theory Hyun Lim, Eric Hirschmann, Luis Lehner, Steve Liebling, Carlos Palenzuela Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R14.00002: Boson Star Mergers as Alternatives to Standard Compact Object Mergers Steven Liebling Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R14.00003: The superradiant instability of massive vector fields around spinning black holes William East, Frans Pretorius Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R14.00004: Abstract Withdrawn
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R14.00005: Cauchy-horizon singularity inside perturbed Kerr black holes revisited Gaurav Khanna, Lior Burko, Anil Zenginovglu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R14.00006: Linearized Stability of Extreme Black Holes Lior M. Burko, Gaurav Khanna Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R14.00007: The Affine-Null Formulation Of The Gravitational Equations: Spherical Critical Collapse Jeffrey Winicour, J. A. Crespo, H. P. de Oliveira Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R14.00008: Critical Collapse of a Massless Scalar Field in 3+1D General Relativity Nils Deppe Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R14.00009: Non-Spherically Symmetric Collapse in Asymptotically AdS Spacetimes Hans Bantilan, Pau Figueras, Markus Kunesch, Paul Romatschke Preview Abstract

Session R15: Cosmological Parameters and Halo Structure

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Annika Peter, Ohio State University
Room: B230-231

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R15.00001: The Viability of Phantom Dark Energy as a Quantum Field in 1st-Order FLRW Space Kevin Ludwick Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R15.00002: The dynamics of cosmological models using \texttt{CosmoEJS} Jacob Moldenhauer, Andrew Chang Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R15.00003: Sample variance in the local measurements of the Hubble constant Hao-Yi Wu, Dragan Huterer Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R15.00004: Simulating Cosmic Reionization and its Observable Consequences with Fully-Coupled Radiation-Hydrodynamics Paul Shapiro Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R15.00005: Plasma Constraints on the Cosmological Abundance of Magnetic Monopoles and the Origin of Cosmic Magnetic Fields Mikhail V. Medvedev, Abraham Loeb Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R15.00006: The ellipticity of galaxy cluster halos from satellite galaxies and weak lensing Tae-hyeon Shin, Joseph Clampitt, Bhuvnesh Jain, Gary Bernstein, Andrew Neil, Eduardo Rozo, Eli Rykoff Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R15.00007: Ultra-diffuse galaxy evolution in simulations Louis Penafiel, Laura Sales Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R15.00008: Stellar Streams Discovered in the Dark Energy Survey Nora Shipp, Alex Drlica-Wagner Preview Abstract

Session R16: Current Trends in U.S. Science Policy, a panel discussion

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Allen Sessoms, Higher Education Innovation Group, American Physical Society
Room: B232-233

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 12:33PM

R16.00001: Current Trends in U.S. Science Policy, a panel discussion Preview Abstract

Session R17: Detection and Origin of Astrophysical Neutrinos

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: John Beacom, The Ohio State University
Room: B234-235

Monday, April 16, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		R17.00001: The IceCube Neutrino Observatory: Future Plans Tyce DeYoung Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		R17.00002: Improvements in IceCube event reconstructions Tianlu Yuan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		R17.00003: An update on the IceCube enhanced starting track event selection and realtime stream Sarah Mancina, Kyle Jero Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		R17.00004: Abstract Withdrawn
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		R17.00005: Relic Supernova Neutrinos and the Nuclear Equation of State Grant Mathews, Jun Hidaka, Toshitaka Kajino Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		R17.00006: Supernova Neutrino Detection at the NOvA Experiment Justin Vasel, Andrey Sheshukov, Alec Habig Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		R17.00007: Distinguishing DSNB signal from atmospheric neutrino backgrounds in Super-Kamiokande and future SK-Gd Bei Zhou, John Beacom Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		R17.00008: Supernova Neutrino Studies for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment Erin Conley Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		R17.00009: Detecting Neutrinos with DarkSide-20k Ziping Ye Preview Abstract