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Session U02: Gravitational Waves and Dark Matter Searches

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV DPF
Chair: Daniel Holz, University of Chicago
Room: A112-113

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U02.00001: Ultra-light axion dark matter Invited Speaker: Lam Hui Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U02.00002: Searching for Ultralight Particles with Black Holes and Gravitational Waves Invited Speaker: Masha Baryakhtar Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U02.00003: Primordial Black Holes as Gravitational Wave Sources Invited Speaker: Ilias Cholis Preview Abstract

Session U03: Physics Experiments in Antarctica, What They Tell Us About the South Pole and the Changing Climate

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: Noemi Mirkin, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Room: A114-115

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U03.00001: The Microphysics of Antarctic Clouds: what we know and what we’re trying to discover Invited Speaker: Gillian Young Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U03.00002: Observing Antarctic Ice-sheet Conditions Using Ice-Penetrating Radar Invited Speaker: Dustin Schroeder Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U03.00003: Breaking the ice: an exploration of material behavior, boundary conditions, and (ice) failure in Antarctica. Invited Speaker: Liz C. Logan Preview Abstract

Session U05: DNP Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: David Dean, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: A123-125

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U05.00001: The Value of Undergraduate Research Participation in Physics, and in National DNP Meetings via the Conference Experience for Undergraduates Invited Speaker: W.F. Rogers Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U05.00002: Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics Talk: The quest for Quark-Gluon Plasma Invited Speaker: Edward Shuryak Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U05.00003: Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics Talk: Hunting the Rarest Isotopes. Invited Speaker: Bradley Sherrill Preview Abstract

Session U06: Strategic Planning Town Hall Meeting

Room: B130

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 5:00PM

U06.00001: Strategic Planning Town Hall Meeting Preview Abstract

Session U07: History of Women Pioneers in Astronomy

Sponsoring Units: DAP FHP
Chair: Priyamvada Natarajan, Yale University
Room: B131-132

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 4:06PM		U07.00001: Henrietta Leavitt, Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin and the women of Harvard Observatory Invited Speaker: Dava Sobel Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:42PM		U07.00002: Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneer in measuring the distances to the stars Invited Speaker: Alan Paige Lightman Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 5:18PM		U07.00003: Cepheids and the Distance Ladder today Invited Speaker: Adam Riess Preview Abstract

Session U08: Detector R&D and performance II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Alan Schwartz, University of Cincinnati
Room: A110

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U08.00001: Incorporating position sensitivity into an E x B design microchannel plate detector J. Huston, B. Wiggins, J. Johnstone, J. Vadas, A. Whiteman, S. Hudan, R.T. deSouza Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U08.00002: A Search for New Physics using Trigger-Level Analysis with ATLAS Bryan Reynolds, Antonio Boveia, Emma Tolley Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U08.00003: Single Top + Higgs$\rightarrow b\bar{b}$ Production in ATLAS Experiment: Investigating Effect of High Granularity Timing Detector (HGTD) on Analysis with Phase II Upgrade Elizabeth Helfenberger, Usha Mallik, Spyridon Argyropoulos, Weitao Wang, Jose Benitez Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U08.00004: Ultra-Fast Hadronic Calorimetry Dmitri Denisov, Strahinja Lukic, Nikolai Mokhov, Sergei Striganov, Predrag Ujic Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U08.00005: Mistag rate calibration using Direct Tag method in {\$}pp{\$} collisions at {\$}$\backslash $sqrt\textbraceleft s\textbraceright $=${\$} 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector Wasikul Islam, Alexander Khanov Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U08.00006: Heterodyne Design for ALPS II experiment Ayman Hallal, Giuseppe Messineo, joseph gleason, David Tanner, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U08.00007: Single Photon Detection Using Optical Heterodyne Interferometry Zachary Bush, Simon Barke, Harold Hollis, Aaron Spector, Ayman Hallal, David Tanner, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U08.00008: First application of a novel directional neutron detector to background measurements at SuperKEKB. Michael Hedges Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U08.00009: Experimental demonstration of enhancement in sensitivity to axionic dark matter using a squeezed state receiver Daniel Palken, Maxime Malnou, Leila Vale, Gene Hilton, Konrad Lehnert Preview Abstract

Session U09: QCD and Hadrons

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Stephen Sekula, Southern Methodist University
Room: A111

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U09.00001: The KOTO experiment at J-PARC and the search for KL Brian Beckford Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U09.00002: A search for an excited bottom quark decaying to a top quark and W boson in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV Lucas Corcodilos Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		U09.00003: Abstract Withdrawn
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U09.00004: Quarkonium Production in Jets Thomas Mehen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U09.00005: The Neutral Pion Radiative Decay Width Precision Measurement at Jefferson Lab Ilya Larin Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U09.00006: Search for Exotic Mesons at CMS Suleyman Durgut Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U09.00007: Symmetry breaking corrections to Axial vector Mesons at Large Recoil using LEET and SCET Arslan Sikandar, Muhammad Jamil Aslam Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U09.00008: Charmed Baryon to Strange Baryon Decay using QCD Sum Rules Bijit Singha, Leonard Kisslinger Preview Abstract

Session U10: Technology and curriculum developments in Physics Education

Sponsoring Units: GPER FEd
Chair: John Thompson, University of Maine
Room: A216

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U10.00001: Education Research in Graduate Quantum Mechanics: Misunderstandings and Tutorials Christopher Porter, Andrew Heckler Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U10.00002: A Controlled Study of Stereoscopic Virtual Reality in Freshman Electrodynamics Joseph Smith, Chris Porter, Chris Orban Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U10.00003: Uncovering student difficulties reasoning with data by investigating student eye movements Rebecca Rosenblatt, Raymond Zich Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U10.00004: An evaluation tool designed to assess physics visualizations, animations and apps effectiveness teaching computational modeling Sebastian Garces, Ethan Stanley, Rebecca Rosenblatt, Neil Christiansen, Raymond Zich, Chris Orbin, Rebecca Lindell Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U10.00005: A Game-Centered, Interactive Approach for Using Programming Exercises in Introductory Physics Chris Orban, Richelle Teeling-Smith, Chris Porter Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U10.00006: Incorporating design-based lab concepts in General Physics Matthew Bellis Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U10.00007: Using PreTeXt to produce a better online text (or lab manual) Joseph Christensen Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U10.00008: Privilege and Broadening Participation in Physics Lior Burko Preview Abstract

Session U11: Nuclear Theory III

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Richard Furnstal, Ohio State University
Room: A220-221

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U11.00001: Quantum Chaos on 2 spin levels Declan Mulhall Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U11.00002: Weak processes in the two-nucleon sector Lucas Platter Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U11.00003: A harmonic solution for two-dimensional adjoint QCD Uwe Trittmann Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U11.00004: Three-Dimensional Lippmann-Schwinger Cross Section Model for Space Radiation Applications Charles Werneth, Xiaojing Xu, Ryan Norman, Khin Maung Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U11.00005: Isotopically-Resolved Neutron Total Cross Sections as a Probe of Nuclear Structure Cole Pruitt Preview Abstract

Session U12: Minisymposium on Initial State and Early Time Dynamics of Heavy Ion Collisions II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Frank Guerts, Rice University
Room: A222-223

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U12.00001: Progress toward identifying BFKL effects in dijet processes Timothy Raben, Christophe Royon, Federico Deganutti, Augustin Sabio Vera, Gregorio Chachamis, David Gordo Gomez Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U12.00002: Analyzing jets emitted from Bose-Einstein condensates with insights from particle and nuclear physics. Miguel Arratia Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U12.00003: Measurement of Double-Differential Jet Cross Section in pp Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 5 TeV with the CMS Detector Owen Baron, Ian Laflotte, Raghav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, Sevil Salur, John Strologas Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U12.00004: Event-plane dependent away-side jet-like correlation shape in Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV from STAR Liang Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U12.00005: Study of jet energy loss with jet-hadron correlations in pp and Pb--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 2.76$ TeV with ALICE Raymond Ehlers Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U12.00006: Inclusive jet measurements in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02$ TeV with ALICE James Mulligan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U12.00007: Photon - Hadron Correlations in Heavy Ion Collisions from PHENIX Tyler Danley Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U12.00008: $\gamma$ and $\pi^0$-Hadron Correlations in Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC with ALICE Michael Oliver Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U12.00009: Studies of Jet-related Two-Particle Correlations in Small and Peripheral Heavy Ion Systems with PHENIX Abinash Pun Preview Abstract

Session U13: Gravitational Waves: Source Modeling - III

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Jocelyn Read, Cal State Fullerton
Room: A224-225

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U13.00001: GW170817: Joint Constraint on the Neutron Star Equation of State from Gravitational Waves and Electromagnetic Observations David Radice, Albino Perego, Francesco Zappa, Bernuzzi Sebastiano Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U13.00002: Recovering the Neutron Star Equation of State from a Binary Neutron Star Gravitational Wave Detection with LIGO Matthew Carney, Burke Irwin, Leslie Wade Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U13.00003: Inferring the post-merger gravitational wave emission from binary neutron star coalescences Margaret Millhouse, Katerina Chatziioannou, James Clark, Andreas Bauswein, Tyson Littenberg, Neil Cornish Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U13.00004: Gravitational wave spectroscopy of binary neutron star merger remnants with mode stacking Huan Yang, Vasileios Paschalidis, Kent Yagi, Luis Lehner, Frans Pretorius, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U13.00005: Placing Constraints on a Neutron Star Equation of State using Heirarchical Population Inference Monica Rizzo, Richard O'Shaughnessy Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U13.00006: Constraining the nuclear equation of state with multiple observational channels Richard O'Shaughnessy, Jocelyn Read, Monica Rizzo, Andrew Steiner, Les Wade, Daniel Wysocki Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U13.00007: Observing universal tidal relations in neutron star binaries Carl-Johan Haster, Katerina Chatziioannou, Aaron Zimmerman, Kent Yagi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U13.00008: Combining information from multiple gravitational wave signals Katerina Chatziioannou, Carl-Johan Haster, Aaron Zimmerman Preview Abstract

Session U14: Tests of General Relativity and Gravitation

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Aaron Zimmerman, CITA
Room: A226

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U14.00001: Measuring Gravitational-Wave Polarizations with the Stochastic Background Thomas Callister Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U14.00002: Testing astrophysical black holes using X-ray reflection spectroscopy Cosimo Bambi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U14.00003: Tests of General Relativity Through Gravitational Waves Kellie Ault, Quentin Bailey Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U14.00004: Constraining Einstein-\AE{}ther Theory with Eccentric Gravitational Waves Alexander Saffer, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U14.00005: Do Solar System Observations Kill Scalarization in Neutron Stars? David Anderson, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U14.00006: Testing Gravity on Cosmological Scales using Strong Gravitational Lensing Dhrubo Jyoti Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U14.00007: Phenomenology of Holometer Cross-Correlations in Relational Emergent Space-Time Ohkyung Kwon, Craig Hogan Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U14.00008: The Gravitational Compass: new space-based detection methods for circularly polarized gravitational waves Tristan Smith, Robert Caldwell Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U14.00009: Expected Along-Track Geopotential Resolution for the GRACE Follow-On Mission. Peter Bender, Kaixuan Kang Preview Abstract

Session U15: Cosmic Microwave Background and More

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Barbara Ryden, Ohio State University
Room: B230-231

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U15.00001: GreenPol Ari Kaplan, Philip Lubin, Peter Meinhold, Nic Rupert, Hans Kristian Eriksen, Ingunn Kathrine Wehus, Unni Fuskeland, Pavel Naselsky, Per Rex Christensen, Sebastian Domenico von Hausegger, Hao Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U15.00002: SPT-3G: An Upgraded Cosmic Microwave Background Receiver for the South Pole Telescope Joshua Sobrin Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U15.00003: CMB Data Analysis and Selection for POLARBEAR-2 Raymond Tat Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U15.00004: Cosmological analysis pipelines through Neural Networks Nesar Ramachandra Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U15.00005: Cosmological constraints from lensing ratios Judit Prat Marti Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U15.00006: Exploring circular polarization in the CMB due to conventional sources of cosmic birefringence Paulo Montero-Camacho, Christopher Hirata Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U15.00007: Self-interactions of a highly degenerate quantum scalar field Sankha Subhra Chakrabarty, Seishi Enomoto, Yaqi Han, Pierre Sikivie, Elisa Todarello Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U15.00008: Baryogenesis via Post-Inflationary Relaxation of the Higgs Vacuum Expectation Value Lauren Pearce Preview Abstract

Session U16: Minisymposium: Low Radioactivity Background Techniques in Underground Experiments - III

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Wenqin Xu, University of South Dakota
Room: B232-233

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U16.00001: TPC without charge multiplication : a CMOS direct readout towards neutrinoless double-beta decay and other applications. Yuan Mei Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U16.00002: Low Energy Noise Rejection with the Majorana Demonstrator Clinton Wiseman Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U16.00003: Performance of the MAJORANA Low-Mass Front-End in liquid cryogen Jordan Myslik, Nicolas Abgrall, Paul Barton, Lukas Hehn, Alan Poon, Marcos Turqueti, Kai Vetter, Sergio Zimmermann Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U16.00004: R\&D Status of Low Tc TES for CUPID Light Detectors Bradford Welliver Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U16.00005: Measurement of Light Emission in TeO$_2$ Crystals Roger Huang, Giovanni Benato, Javier Caravaca, Yury Kolomensky, Ben Land, Gabriel Orebi Gann, Benjamin Schmidt Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		U16.00006: CUORE Noise Reduction using Decorrelation and Filtering Sachinthya Wagaarachchi Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U16.00007: Ultra low background DEAP-3600 detector: Is the secret ingredient Acrylic? Pierre Gorel Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		U16.00008: A study of high energy gamma intensities in $^{208}$Tl decay from a ThO$_{2}$ powder Gowoon Kim, Insik Hahn, Yeongduk Kim, Douglas Leonard, Eunkyung Lee, Moohyun Lee, Suyeon Park, Woongu Kang Preview Abstract

Session U17: Ultra High-energy Neutrinos

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: Stephanie Wissel, Cal Poly
Room: B234-235

Monday, April 16, 2018 3:30PM - 3:42PM		U17.00001: Results from the third flight of ANITA Oindree Banerjee Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:42PM - 3:54PM		U17.00002: Tau neutrino signals at POEMMA Mary Hall Reno Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 3:54PM - 4:06PM		U17.00003: Trinity: An instrument to detect cosmogenic neutrinos with the Earth skimming technique Nepomuk Otte Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:06PM - 4:18PM		U17.00004: Cumulative Neutrino and Gamma-Ray Backgrounds from Halo and Galaxy Mergers Chengchao Yuan, Peter Meszaros, Kohta Murase, Donghui Jeong Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:18PM - 4:30PM		U17.00005: Askaryan Radio Array neutrino detector: status and design considerations for the future Rishabh Khandelwal, Ming-Yuan Lu, Albrecht Karle Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:30PM - 4:42PM		U17.00006: A Search for a Diffuse Flux of UHE Neutrinos from Four Years of Data Taken by Two Stations of the Askaryan Radio Array Carl Pfendner Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:42PM - 4:54PM		U17.00007: Directional Reconstruction as a Means of Lowering Thresholds for Point-Source Searches in Askaryan Radio Array Brian Clark Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 4:54PM - 5:06PM		U17.00008: Evolving Antennas for Radio Detection of Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos Julie Rolla, Prof. Amy Connolly, Kai Staats, Prof. Stephanie Wissel, Prof. Dean Arakaki, Ian Best, Suren Gourapura, Corey Harris, Hannah Hasan, Luke Letwin, Dr. Carl Pfendner, Jordan Potter, Sam Romano, Lucas Smith, Jacob Trevithick, Max Walker, John Wookey Preview Abstract
Monday, April 16, 2018 5:06PM - 5:18PM		U17.00009: Abstract Withdrawn