Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS April Meeting 2018

Volume 63, Number 4

Saturday–Tuesday, April 14–17, 2018; Columbus, Ohio

Session Index

Session X02: The Energy Frontier: Results from LHC

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Christopher Hill, Ohio State University - Columbus
Room: A112-113

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		X02.00001: Long-lived Particles at the LHC Invited Speaker: Jessie Shelton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		X02.00002: Higgs physics at LHC Invited Speaker: Swagato Banerjee Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		X02.00003: Beyond Standard Model physics at the Large Hadron Collider Invited Speaker: Sunil Somalwar Preview Abstract

Session X04: Unveiling Massive Black Holes

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Emanuele Berte, The University of Mississippi
Room: A120-122

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		X04.00001: Unveiling the first black holes Invited Speaker: Priyamvada Natarajan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		X04.00002: Arguments For and Against Intermediate-Mass Black Holes Invited Speaker: Cole Miller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		X04.00003: The quest for low frequency gravitational waves Invited Speaker: Enrico Barausse Preview Abstract

Session X06: Progress and Challenges for Women Physicists in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: Cherrill Spencer, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: B130

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		X06.00001: Marshak Lectureship: Women in Physics in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries: Progress and Challenges Invited Speaker: Ibiyinka Fuwape Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		X06.00002: Women Physicists in India and other Asian Countries Invited Speaker: Rohini Godbole Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM		X06.00003: Beller Lectureship: The Status of Women Physicists in Egypt and the Middle East Invited Speaker: Mona Mohsen Preview Abstract

Session X07: Mapping the Local Universe

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Amy Connolly, Ohio State University
Room: B131-132

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		X07.00001: Sweating the small stuff: solving small-scale challenges to $\Lambda$CDM with dwarf galaxy simulations at the high resolution limit Invited Speaker: Coral Wheeler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM		X07.00002: TBD Invited Speaker: Kevin Bundy Preview Abstract

Session X08: Top Physics, and Lepton Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Douglas Schaefer, CERN
Room: A110

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X08.00001: Top pair production, spin correlations and polarized gluon distributions Gary Goldstein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X08.00002: Measurement of the cross section of top quark pairs in association with a photon in lepton+jets events at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV Titas Roy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X08.00003: Design and performance of the calorimeter system for the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab Jason Hempstead Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X08.00004: Beam measurements using the Straw Tracking Detectors of the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment Saskia Charity Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X08.00005: Electric field effects on the muon anomalous precession frequency in the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment Wanwei Wu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X08.00006: Search for Higgs boson decays to beyond-the-Standard-Model light bosons in four-lepton events with the ATLAS detector at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV Rongkun Wang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X08.00007: Branching Fraction for Z decays to four leptons and constraints on new physics Jessica Rainbolt, Michael Schmitt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		X08.00008: Search for new physics in the four lepton final state in CMS Otman Charaf, Mayda Velasco Preview Abstract

Session X09: Axions I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Eric Braaten, Ohio State University
Room: A111

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X09.00001: Recent Results from the ADMX Axion Dark Matter Search Experiment Edward Daw Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X09.00002: Design of the ADMX Gen2 Axion Search Nick Du Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X09.00003: Quantum Amplifiers for the ADMX experiment Gianpaolo Carosi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X09.00004: Axion Dark Matter Detection using Superconducting Qubits Ankur Agrawal, Akash Dixit, Srivatsan Chakram, Ravi Naik, Jonah Kudler-Flam, Aaron Chou, David I. Schuster Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X09.00005: Reaching the 5--9 $\mu$eV Range with ADMX: Multi-Cavity Array Jihee Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X09.00006: The First data of axion mass range around 2.5 GHz at CAPP in Korea Doyu Lee, Woohyun Chung, Ohjoon Kwon, Soohyung Lee, Jihoon Choi, Andrei Matlashov, Jinsoo Kim, Danho Ahn, Yannis Semertzidis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X09.00007: Improving axion dark matter search at IBS/CAPP in Korea Ohjoon Kwon, Woohyun Chung, Doyu Lee, Jinsu Kim, Danho Ahn, Andrei Matlashov, Yannis semertzidis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		X09.00008: The Global Network of Optical Magnetometers to search for Exotic physics (GNOME) : experimental scheme YUN CHANG SHIN, Dong-Ok Kim, YoungGeun Kim, Yannis Semertzidis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		X09.00009: Characterization of the optical magnetometer at CAPP GNOME station Dong-Ok Kim, YoungGeun Kim, Yun Chang Shin, Yannis Semertzidis Preview Abstract

Session X10: Neutrino and Nuclear Decay Rates

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Diana Parno, Carnegie Mellon University
Room: A216

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X10.00001: Measurement of the spectral function of Argon and Titanium through the (e,e’p) reaction Hongxia Dai Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X10.00002: Validation of neutrino energy estimation using electron scattering data Mariana Khachatryan, Lawrence Weinstein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X10.00003: Testing a Neutrino Event Generator against Electron Scattering Data Afroditi Papadopoulou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X10.00004: The ANNIE Experiment at Fermilab Emrah Tiras, Matthew Wetstein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X10.00005: Electron Neutrino Event Selection in MicroBooNE Using Deep Learning Rui An Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X10.00006: Review of the Decay Rate Parameter Variation due to Neutrino/Antineutrino Interactions Shih-Chieh Liu, David Koltick, Jonathan Nistor, Jordan Heim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X10.00007: Limits on the Variation of $^{54}$Mn and $^{137}$Cs Nuclear Decay Parameters due to Nuclear Reactor on-off Cycling David Koltick, Shih-Chieh Liu, Jonathan Nistor, Jordan Heim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		X10.00008: Limits on Ag-108m Decay Rate Variations due to Reactor Antineutrinos Jonathan Nistor, Jordan Heim, David Koltick, Shih-Chieh Liu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		X10.00009: Muon-induced spallation backgrounds in DUNE Guanying Zhu, Shirley Li, John Beacom Preview Abstract

Session X11: Computational Methods for Particle and Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Alexei Bazavov, Michigan State University
Room: A220-221

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X11.00001: Challenges and Opportunities in HEP Software and Computing Mark Neubauer, Peter Elmer, Michael Sokoloff Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X11.00002: A Method for Storing Monte Carlo Cross Section Information in the CMS Experiment Shawn Zaleski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X11.00003: Simulation and Design of the next phase of Project 8, a Direct Neutrino Mass Measurement Experiment Tim Wendler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X11.00004: Computational Developments for Coupled Cluster Theory With Triples and Three-Body Forces Justin Lietz, Morten Hjorth-Jensen, Gustav Jansen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X11.00005: Topological charge and cooling scales in pure SU(2) lattice gauge theory David Clarke, Bernd Berg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X11.00006: A Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Spectral Neutrino Transport Eirik Endeve, Ran Chu, Cory Hauck, Anthony Mezzacappa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X11.00007: On the Schur complement of the nearest Kronecker product preconditioner for elliptic boundary value problems Pablo Brubeck Preview Abstract

Session X13: New Perspectives in Gravitational Physics - I

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Lior Burko, Georgia Gwinnett College
Room: A224-225

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X13.00001: Classical Dirac particle in the gravitational field of a ring laser Robert Fischetti, Ronald Mallett Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X13.00002: Ligo Gravitational waves: Ripples in Spacetime or Electromagnetic DT Froedge Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X13.00003: Abstract Withdrawn
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X13.00004: Is propellantless propulsion through gravitational induction possible in general relativity? L. L. Williams Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X13.00005: Does Gravitational Collapse Occur? Insight from the Laws of Thermodynamics. Pierre-Marie Robitaille Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X13.00006: Holographic Equivalence Principal (HEP). Paul OBrien Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X13.00007: Quantum Nature of Physical Space, Aristotle Fifth Element or Casimir Vacuum, Connects Constants of Chaos Theory ($\delta $, $\alpha )$ in Mathematics to Universal Gas Constant and Atomic Mass Unit ($R^{\mathrm{o}}$, \textit{amu}) in Physics Siavash Sohrab Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		X13.00008: Use of a Density Function to Represent Gravity George Schuhmann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		X13.00009: Non-spherical Distribution of Gravitational Field Flux under Integral Form Gauss's Law of Gravity to Interpret the Flat Rotation Curve and the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation of Disk Galaxies Te Chun Wang Preview Abstract

Session X14: Gravitation and Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DAP DGRAV
Chair: Michela Mapelli, Universita di Padova
Room: A226

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X14.00001: Post-Newtonian Dynamics in Dense Star Clusters Carl Rodriguez, Pau Amaro-Seoane, Sourav Chatterjee, Frederic Rasio Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X14.00002: Low-mass X-ray binaries from black-hole retaining globular clusters Matthew Giesler, Drew Clausen, Christian Ott Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X14.00003: Prompt Electromagnetic Transients from Binary Black Hole Mergers Bernard Kelly, John Baker, Zachariah Etienne, Bruno Giacomazzo, Jeremy Schnittman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X14.00004: Stellar-Mass Black Hole-Star Binaries and What We Would See Harrison Gott, Dimitry Ayzenberg, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X14.00005: Mode-Tide Interactions in Binary Neutron Stars Xiao Fang, Paulo Montero-Camacho, Christopher Hirata Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X14.00006: Extended I-Love Relations for Slowly Rotating Neutron Stars Philippe Landry, Jeremie Gagnon-Bischoff, Stephen Green, Nestor Ortiz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X14.00007: I-Love-Q to the extreme Hector O. Silva, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		X14.00008: Probing Parity Violation in Neutron Stars: I-Love-Q relations in dynamical Chern Simons Gravity Toral Gupta, Barun Majumder, Kent Yagi, Nicolas Yunes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		X14.00009: A Framework for Reconstructing the Complete Evolutionary History of Low-Mass X-ray Binaries Charles Kimball, Tassos Fragos, Mads Sorensen, Vicky Kalogera, Aprajita Hajela, Michael Zevin, Slobodan Mentovic Preview Abstract

Session X15: Numerical Relativity: Algorithms and Code Development

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Mark Scheel, Caltech
Room: B230-231

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 10:57AM		X15.00001: Generating Gravitational Waveforms Beyond BBHs Using Waveform Splicing Kevin Barkett, Vijay Varma, Mark Scheel, Yanbei Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:57AM - 11:09AM		X15.00002: Tuning spin and eccentricity for generic binary black hole simulations Harald Pfeiffer, Katerina Chatziioannou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:09AM - 11:21AM		X15.00003: SpECTRE: A task-based discontinuous Galerkin code for relativistic astrophysics Lawrence Kidder Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 11:33AM		X15.00004: Solving Einstein's Equations Using Discontinuous Galerkin Methods Eamonn O'Shea Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:33AM - 11:45AM		X15.00005: General-relativistic neutron star evolutions with the discontinuous Galerkin method Francois Hebert, Lawrence Kidder, Saul Teukolsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:45AM - 11:57AM		X15.00006: High-order local time stepping for GR-hydrodynamics simulations William Throwe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:57AM - 12:09PM		X15.00007: Helmholtz's third theorem in numerical general relativity Charalampos Markakis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:09PM - 12:21PM		X15.00008: Scheduled Relaxation Jacobi Method for Initial Data Problems Vedant Puri, Roland Haas, Eloisa Bentivegna Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:21PM - 12:33PM		X15.00009: Hyperbolic Initial Data for Nontrivial Spacetimes Maria Babiuc Hamilton Preview Abstract

Session X16: Cosmic Ray SIG Minisymposium

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Jim Beatty, Ohio State University
Room: B232-233

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM		X16.00001: Recent Observations of Galactic Cosmic Rays from Voyagers 1 and 2 Invited Speaker: A.C. Cummings Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 12:33PM		X16.00002: Open Business and Discussion Jim Beatty Preview Abstract

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