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Session J02: Edward Bouchet Award Talk and Progress in Numerical Simulations of Compact Binaries

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV DCOMP
Chair: Larry Kidder, Cornell University
Room: Sheraton Plaza D

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J02.00001: From simulations of binary black holes to insights into astrophysics and gravitational waves Invited Speaker: Carlos O Lousto
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J02.00002: Numerical relativity simulations of neutron star mergers Invited Speaker: David Radice
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J02.00003: Lessons and future prospects from the interplay of multimessenger astronomy and computational gravity Invited Speaker: Vasileios Paschalidis

Session J03: Honoring Leon Lederman

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Pier Oddone, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: Sheraton Plaza E

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J03.00001: From Neutrinos to B quarks Invited Speaker: Sally Dawson
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J03.00002: In Leon’s company, it seemed that anything might be possible Invited Speaker: Chris Quigg
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J03.00003: The Singing Janitor and Other Stories: Leon's Adventures in Science Education Invited Speaker: Marjorie G Bardeen

Session J04: Radionuclide Astronomy

Sponsoring Units: DAP DNP
Chair: Catherine Deibel, Louisiana State University
Room: Sheraton Plaza F

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J04.00001: Learning from gamma-ray lines of cosmic radionuclei. Invited Speaker: Roland L Diehl
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J04.00002: Astrophysical Radionuclides: Where are they and what can they tell us? Invited Speaker: Aimee Hungerford
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J04.00003: Nuclear Physics of Astrophysical Radionuclide Production Invited Speaker: Bradley S Meyer

Session J05: Early Results From JLab 12 GeV

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Julie Roche, Ohio University
Room: Sheraton Governor's Square 14

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J05.00001: First results from the MARATHON Jefferson Lab Tritium DIS Experiment Invited Speaker: Gerassimos G Petratos
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J05.00002: Recent Results From GlueX Invited Speaker: Colin Gleason
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J05.00003: CLAS12 First Experiments and Hadron Structure Invited Speaker: Daniel S Carman

Session J06: Creating an Inclusive Physics Community for the Next Century

Sponsoring Units: CSWP
Chair: Maria J. Rodriguez, Utah State University
Room: Sheraton Governor's Square 15

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J06.00001: Personal Experience of a Female Theoretical Physicist Invited Speaker: Mirjiam Cvetic
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J06.00002: A career in physics and in LIGO - personal observations of progress on diversity in physics Invited Speaker: Gabriela Gonzalez
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J06.00003: TBD Invited Speaker: Pearl Sandick

Session J07: Teaching Energy in the 21st Century

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Mackenzie Stetzer, University of Maine
Room: Sheraton Governor's Square 16

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J07.00001: Content Knowledge for Teaching Energy: Framework and Assessment Invited Speaker: Eugenia Etkina
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J07.00002: Leveraging understanding of energy from physics to overcome unproductive intuitions in chemistry Invited Speaker: Beth A. Lindsey
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 3:18PM		J07.00003: Is Energy a Substance, a Location, or a Blend of Both?  Ontological Metaphors for Energy in Physics Invited Speaker: Benjamin W Dreyfus

Session J08: Advances in Gamma-ray Observatories

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Daniel Grin, Haverford College
Room: Sheraton Governor's Square 10

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J08.00001: Cryocooler Systems for Improved GeD Gamma-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy T. J. Brandt, S. Banks, S. E. Boggs, C. A. Kierans, J. Ku, S. McBride, B. Mochizuki, O. Quinones, J. Roberts, A. Shih, C. Sleator, J. A. Tomsick
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J08.00002: Augmentation of VERITAS Telescopes for Stellar Intensity Interferometry David B Kieda, Nolan K Matthews, Andrew E Flinders, Rylee A Cardon
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J08.00003: First astrophysical results with the VERITAS Stellar Intensity Interferometer Nolan K Matthews, Andy Flinders, Rylee A Cardon, Stephan LeBohec, David B Kieda
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J08.00004: All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO) - A Discovery Mission for the MeV Band Judith L Racusin
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J08.00005: Status of the All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory Prototype Sean Griffin
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J08.00006: AMEGO: Simulations of the Instrument Performance Regina M Caputo, Carolyn Kierans, Judith L Racusin, Fabian Kislat
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J08.00007: Diffuse gamma-ray line astronomy with AMEGO Carolyn Kierans, Andreas Zoglauer, Chris Fryer, Dieter Hartmann, Christopher Shrader

Session J09: Sub-GeV Dark Matter

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Bertrand Echenard, Caltech
Room: Sheraton Governor's Square 11

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J09.00001: The Heavy Photon Search Experiment Matthew R Solt
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J09.00002: Search for dark matter in models with a very light Z’ Evan A Koenig
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J09.00003: Constraining Dark Matter with Cosmic Ray Interactions Christopher Cappiello, John F Beacom
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J09.00004: Latest Constraints on Millicharged Particles Using ArgoNeuT Ivan Lepetic
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J09.00005: Search for sub-GeV Dark Matter with MiniBooNE Remington T Thornton
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J09.00006: Low-mass Dark Matter Search Using Ionization Signals in LUX Peter Sorensen
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J09.00007: Recent progress on a search for sub-GeV dark matter in the complete LUX exposure Junsong Lin
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J09.00008: The Snowball Chamber: Using Supercooled Water to Search for Low-Mass Dark Matter Matthew M Szydagis, Alvine C Kamaha, Corwin Knight, Cecilia Levy, Joshua E Martin
Sunday, April 14, 2019 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J09.00009: Low Energy Nuclear Recoil Calibration with Neutron Capture Nicholas Mast, Matthew Fritts, Anthony Nicholas Villano

Session J10: Tonne Scale Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay R&D IV

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Jason Detwiler, University of Washington
Room: Sheraton Governor's Square 12

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J10.00001: Single Barium Atom Imaging in Solid Xenon for Barium Tagging in 136-Xe Double Beta Decay Christopher R Chambers, David Fairbank, James Todd, William M Fairbank
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J10.00002: Barium Daughter Tagging Using Single Molecule Fluorescence Imaging Austin McDonald
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J10.00003: Performance Analysis and Operation of the EXO-200 Muon Veto System Mitchell Hughes
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J10.00004: Studies to improve the liquid argon veto in LEGEND Neil C McFadden
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J10.00005: Development of a low-background structural active-veto scintillator for rare event physics Michael T Febbraro, Gabriela Ibarra, Brennan T Hackett, Bela Majorovits, Elena Sala, David C Radford
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J10.00006: Status of Low Tc IrPt TES Light Detectors for CUPID Bradford C Welliver, Giovanni Benato, Clarence L Chang, Alexey Drobizhev, Brian K Fujikawa, Raul Hennings-Yeomans, Goran Tripun Karapetrov, Yury G Kolomensky, Laura Marini, Valentyn Novosad, John Pearson, Tomas Polakovic, Benjamin EL Schmidt, Vivek Singh, Sachinthya Wagaarachchi, Gensheng Wang, Volodymyr G Yefremenko, Jianjie Zhang
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J10.00007: Large Area SiPM Readout and Signal Processing for nEXO Jonathan Echevers
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J10.00008: Light Detection with VUV-sensitive SIPMs in nEXO Ako Jamil
Sunday, April 14, 2019 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J10.00009: LIquid Xenon Optical Characterization (LIXO) Arun Kumar Soma

Session J11: Physics in medicine: devices, algorithms, and models

Sponsoring Units: GMED
Chair: Robert Jeraj, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Room: Sheraton Governor's Square 17

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J11.00001: High-precision gamma-ray spectroscopy for enhancing the application of radioisotopes  Lemise Saleh, Elizabeth McCutchan, Alejandro A Sonzogni, Suzanne Smith, Michael Carpenter, John P Greene, Shaofei Zhu, Matthew Gott, R. Jerry Nickles, Paul Ellison
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J11.00002: Compact Design of a Rapid Cycling Medical Synchrotron for Protons and Carbon Ions David L Bruhwiler, Dan T Abell, Nathan M Cook, Christopher Hall, Francois Meot, Stephen Peggs, DeJan Trbojevic, Nicholaos Tsoupas, Vernon Bailey, Joseph Lidestri, Manny Subramanian
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J11.00003: L-shell X-ray Fluorescence Detection of Lead in Bone and Soft Tissue Phantoms Using a Microbeam and a Grazing-Incidence Method. Mihai R Gherase
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J11.00004: Advancing Complex Fluorescence Lifetime Image Reconstruction via Deep 3D-FCNs Jason T. Smith, Ruoyang Yao, Nattawut Sinsuebphon, Alena Rudkouskaya, Margarida Barroso, Pingkun Yan, Xavier Intes
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J11.00005: Identification of inflection points and filtering torsion spikes in digitally reconstructed vessels improves tortuosity estimates of cardiovascular data Alexander B Brummer, Van M Savage
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J11.00006: Improving risk predictions in heart failure using multivariate analysis techniques from high energy physics Eric Adler, Claudio F Campagnari, Barry Greenberg, Avi Yagil
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J11.00007: Determining Work Functional Capacity Using Interpolation of Clinical Data Set Jerry L Artz, John Alchemy
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J11.00008: The Relation Between the Quantum Entanglement In Theoretical Physics as a New Insight into the Cancer Biology Somayeh Zaminpira
Sunday, April 14, 2019 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J11.00009: Consciousness as a superposition of collective neuronal excitations Suzy Lidstrom, Roland E Allen

Session J12: Mini-Symposium: Constraining the Neutrino-nucleus Interaction for Neutrino Oscillations I

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Alex Himmel, Fermilab
Room: Sheraton Plaza Court 1

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J12.00001: Constraining the neutrino-nucleus interaction for neutrino oscillations Invited Speaker: Minerba Betancourt
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J12.00002: Progress towards the extraction of exclusive ν μ -Ar CCQEcross sections using the MicroBooNE LArTPC detector Afroditi Papadopoulou
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J12.00003: Inclusive and Exclusive Electron Scattering on 40Ar and 48Ti to Aid Precision Neutrino Oscillation Experiments Daniel L Abrams
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J12.00004: Tuning Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions for the NOvA Oscillation Measurements Gregory Pawloski
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J12.00005: Cross section tuning in NOvA Maria Martinez-Casales
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J12.00006: Recent cross section measurements from T2K experiment Kendall Mahn

Session J13: Physics Education Research: Learning in Introductory Courses, Advanced Courses, and Informal Settings

Sponsoring Units: GPER
Chair: Paula Heron, University of Washington
Room: Sheraton Plaza Court 2

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J13.00001: Investigating students’ implementation of and preference for the methods of solving for expectation values in quantum mechanics Benjamin Schermerhorn, Gina Passante, Homeyra R Sadaghiani, Steven J Pollock
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J13.00002: Investigating the dynamics of ontological reasoning in quantum physics Jessica R. Hoehn, Julian D. Gifford, Noah D. Finkelstein
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J13.00003: PIQL: A new assessment of mathematical reasoning development in physics instruction Suzanne White Brahmia, Alexis Olsho, Andrew Boudreaux, Trevor I. Smith
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J13.00004: The Impact of the DATA Lab Course Transformation on Student Epistemological Beliefs about Experimental Physics Rachel Henderson, Kelsey Funkhouser, Marcos D. Caballero
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J13.00005: Characterizing Active Learning Environments in Physics: Preliminary Results Kelley A Commeford, Eric Brewe, Adrienne L Traxler
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J13.00006: Impact of Exam Retakes on Introductory Physics Courses Tim J Stelzer
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J13.00007: The Learning About STEM Student Outcomes (LASSO) Platform for assessment and research Jayson M Nissen, Ben Van Dusen
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J13.00008: Is participation in public engagement programs an integral part of shaping physics students' identity? Claudia E Fracchiolla, Kathleen A Hinko, Brean Prefontaine, Manuel Vasquez
Sunday, April 14, 2019 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J13.00009: What Factors Influence Pedagogical Methods in Informal Learning Spaces? Michael B Bennett, Noah D. Finkelstein

Session J14: Gravitational Wave SIG Minisymposium

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Nicolas Yunes, Montana State University
Room: Sheraton Plaza Court 3

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J14.00001: What can LISA do for you (in theory)? Invited Speaker: Nicolas Yunes
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:42PM		J14.00002: Open Business and Discussion Nico Yunes

Session J15: Mini-Symposium on Hard Probes in Heavy Ion Collisions I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Julia Velkovska, Vanderbilt University
Room: Sheraton Plaza Court 4

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 2:06PM		J15.00001: Developments in hard probes of heavy ion collisions Invited Speaker: Dennis V Perepelitsa
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J15.00002: PHENIX Results Using $\pi^0$ Triggered Two Particle Correlations as a Probe of Jet Modification by The Quark Gluon Plasma Anthony M Hodges
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J15.00003: Study of Jet related Two-Particle Azimuthal correlations result in d+Au and $^{3}$He+Au with PHENIX Abinash Pun
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J15.00004: Isolated photon-jet correlations in pp and p-Pb collisions with ALICE at the LHC Alwina Liu
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J15.00005: Isolated Photon-Hadron Correlations in 5 TeV pp and p-Pb Collisions in ALICE at the LHC Fernando Torales - Acosta
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J15.00006: Automated discovery of jet substructure analyses Yue Shi Lai
Sunday, April 14, 2019 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J15.00007: Feasibility studies for key jet measurements at the Electron-Ion Collider Miguel I Arratia, Miguel I Arratia

Session J16: Low-Frequency Gravitational Wave Detectors: PTAs and LISA

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Thomas Kupfer, KITP, Santa Barbara
Room: Sheraton Grand Ballroom I

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J16.00001: Optimizing Pulsar Timing Array Observational Cadences for Sensitivity to Low-Frequency Gravitational Wave Sources Michael T Lam
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J16.00002: Implications on the Design of Next Generation Gravity Missions (NGGMs) from Gravitational Reference Sensor Tests on the ESA-NASA Pathfinder Mission for the LISA Gravitational Wave Mission Peter L Bender, Kaixuan Kang
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J16.00003: Measurements of test mass charging in the LISA Pathfinder mission Peter Wass, Daniel Hollington, Tim Sumner, Henrique Araujo
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J16.00004: Charge Management System for the LISA Gravitational Reference Sensor using UV LED-Based Charge Control via the Photoelectric Effect Samantha Parry, Ben Letson, Taiwo J Olatunde, Simon Barke, Myles Clark, Guido Mueller, Peter J Wass, Timothy Sumner, John Conklin
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J16.00005: Upgraded University of Florida Torsion Pendulum for Testing Key LISA Technology Stephen M Apple, Andrew Chilton, Taiwo Olatunde, Samantha Parry, Henri Inchauspe, Anthony Davila, Peter J Wass, Guido Mueller, John Conklin
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J16.00006: Far field simulation for LISA Alexander J Weaver, Paul Fulda, Guido Mueller
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J16.00007: The potential of multiband gravitational wave astronomy Kaze Wong, Ely Kovetz, Curt J Cutler, Emanuele Berti
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J16.00008: Physical objects approaching the Cauchy horizon of a fast spinning Kerr black hole Caroline Mallary, Gaurav Khanna, Lior M Burko
Sunday, April 14, 2019 3:06PM - 3:18PM		J16.00009: Extreme Mass Ratio Inspiral (EMRI) Search Techniques for the LISA Mission Joey Shapiro Key

Session J17: Collider and BSM II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Sam Higginbotham, Princeton University
Room: Sheraton Grand Ballroom II

Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:30PM - 1:42PM		J17.00001: Studies of Z → 4ℓ decays in pp collisions at √s = 8 and 13 TeV J. Lovelace Rainbolt, Michael Schmitt
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:42PM - 1:54PM		J17.00002: Search for WWW production with data collected by the CMS Detector at √s = 13 TeV Saptaparna Bhattacharya
Sunday, April 14, 2019 1:54PM - 2:06PM		J17.00003: Study VBS ZZ Production with the ATLAS experiment Jing Li
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:06PM - 2:18PM		J17.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:18PM - 2:30PM		J17.00005: Heavy quarks within the electroweak multiplet Jaime Besprosvany, Ricardo Romero
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:30PM - 2:42PM		J17.00006: Measurement of the associated production of a Higgs boson with a top quark pair in final states with electrons, muons and hadronic tau leptons in data recorded in 2017 at 13 TeV Zhengcheng Tao
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:42PM - 2:54PM		J17.00007: Search for H gamma resonance in boosted large-R jet plus photon final states in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector Boping Chen
Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:54PM - 3:06PM		J17.00008: Experimental search for coherent radar reflections from an electron-beam induced particle cascade Steven Prohira, Krijn de Vries, Dave Besson, Amy L Connolly, Uzair Latif, Thomas Meures, John Ralston, Zoe Riesen, David P Saltzberg, Jorge Torres, Stephanie Ann Wissel, Xinzhe Zuo, Jiwoo Nam, Alisa Nozdrina, James Justin Beatty