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Session C02: History of Physics

Room: Washington 1

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C02.00001: Who Was Carolyn Beatrice Parker? Ronald Mickens Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C02.00002: The Ideas of Particle Physics : four decades past and the next James Dodd Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM On Demand		C02.00003: Why Trust Physics? The Discovery and Acceptance of Quarks, 1968-1979 Michael Riordan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C02.00004: Rise and Fall of the Wheeler Geon Dieter Brill Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM On Demand		C02.00005: Einstein and ``Mental Radio:'' How addressing purported paranormal claims affected his scientific rhetoric Paul Halpern Preview Abstract

Session C03: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Thesis Prize

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Taboada Ignacio, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Washington 2

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live		C03.00001: Searching for Dark Matter in Distant Galaxies Invited Speaker: Nicholas Rodd Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live		C03.00002: Uncovering The Physics of Active Galactic Nuclei Feedback With High Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Anna Ogorzalek Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live		C03.00003: Understanding the Large-Angle CMB and Blinding DES Combined-Probe Analyses: Towards Precision Cosmology on the Largest Observable Scales Invited Speaker: Jessica Muir Preview Abstract

Session C04: New Insights from Precision Measurements of Weak Interaction Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC DNP
Chair: Susan Gardner, University of Kentucky
Room: Washington 3

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live		C04.00001: Results from the aSPECT experiment Invited Speaker: Stefan Baessler Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live		C04.00002: Discrepancy between experimental and theoretical $\beta$-decay rates resolved from first principles Invited Speaker: Thomas Papenbrock Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 3:18PM Not Participating		C04.00003: Measurement of two-neutrino double electron capture in $^{124}$Xe Invited Speaker: Elena Aprile Preview Abstract

Session C05: Physics of the Cosmos & PhysPAG Town Hall

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Ryan Hickox, Dartmouth University
Room: Washington 6

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		C05.00001: PCOS Update Invited Speaker: Paul Hertz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		C05.00002: PhysPAG Update Invited Speaker: Graca Rocha Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:54PM - 2:30PM Live		C05.00003: How will Astro2020 Affect PCOS Science and Missions Invited Speaker: Fiona Harrison Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM Live		C05.00004: MMA SAG Final Report Invited Speaker: John Conklin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM Live		C05.00005: GW-EM Follow-Up Final Report Invited Speaker: Daniel Kocevski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:54PM - 3:18PM Live		C05.00006: IXPE Mission Overview and Exciting Science Invited Speaker: Hermann Marshall Preview Abstract

Session C06: New Results from LIGO

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV DAP
Chair: Katerina Chatziioannou, California Institute of Technology
Room: Roosevelt 1

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live		C06.00001: Compact Binaries in Advanced LIGO's Third Observing Run Invited Speaker: Chad Hanna Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live		C06.00002: Astrophysical Lessons from LIGO/Virgo's Black Holes Invited Speaker: Maya Fishbach Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live		C06.00003: Some Highlights from LIGO and Virgo’s Third Observing Run Invited Speaker: Maximiliano Isi Preview Abstract

Session C07: Physics with Accelerators - Particle Physics

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: Vladimir Shiltsev, FNAL
Room: Roosevelt 2

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live		C07.00001: An international project on neutrino science: LBNF/DUNE Invited Speaker: Sergio Bertolucci Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live		C07.00002: Cyclotrons for precision neutrino measurements Invited Speaker: Daniel Winklehner Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 3:18PM Not Participating		C07.00003: Highlights of the Updated European Strategy for Particle Physics Invited Speaker: Caterina Biscari Preview Abstract

Session C08: Science and National Security

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Ellen Williams, University of Maryland
Room: Roosevelt 3

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live		C08.00001: Science, Security, and Pandemics Invited Speaker: Laurie Garrett Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live		C08.00002: Climate Change and National Security Invited Speaker: Rod Schoonover Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live		C08.00003: Cyber Issues and National Security Invited Speaker: Herb Lin Preview Abstract

Session C09: Sources of Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Tonia Venters, GFSC
Room: Roosevelt 4

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		C09.00001: Seasonal Variations of multiple-muon events with the NOvA Near Detector Maury Goodman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		C09.00002: New insights on the origin of cosmic rays from Auger phase-1 grand finale and advancements from upcoming space probes of the highest energy particles (EUSO-SPB2 and POEMMA) Luis Anchordoqui Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		C09.00003: High-energy neutrino emission from blazar flares Foteini Oikonomou Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		C09.00004: Constraining a common origin of the astrophysical neutrino flux and UHECRs Marco Muzio, Glennys Farrar, Michael Unger Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM Live		C09.00005: Interpreting Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic-Ray Anisotropies Chen Ding, Noemie Globus, Glennys Farrar Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM Live		C09.00006: Source of the highest energy Galactic Cosmic Rays Glennys Farrar, Chen Ding Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM Not Participating		C09.00007: Super GZK'' Particles in a Classic Kramers' Diffusion-over-a-Barrier Model. Samer Alnussirat, Nasser Barghouty, Gary Webb, Peter Biermann Preview Abstract

Session C10: Neutron Star Theory

Sponsoring Units: DAP DGRAV
Chair: Daniel Holz, University of Chicago
Room: Roosevelt 5

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		C10.00001: Nonparametric Equation of State Inference with Chiral Effective Field Theory Reed Essick, Philippe Landry, Ingo Tews, Sanjay Reddy, Daniel Holz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		C10.00002: Deconfinement phase transition in hot and dense matter Krishna Aryal Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		C10.00003: Analytic I-Love relation for realistic neutron stars Nan Jiang, Kent Yagi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		C10.00004: Relativistic multifluid hydrodynamics for finite temperature neutron star cores from a variational principle Peter Rau Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM Live		C10.00005: Simulations of Thermal Fluctuations in Nuclear Pasta Matthew Caplan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C10.00006: Maximum mass and universal relations of hadron-quark hybrid stars Pedro Espino, Gabriele Bozzola, Collin Lewin, Vasileios Paschalidis Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C10.00007: Reading oscillation modes from waveforms in numerical relativity simulations of rotating neutron stars Miguel Gracia Linares, Pablo Laguna, Kostas Kokkotas Preview Abstract

Session C11: Physics Education: Introductory Courses and Labs

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: MacKenzie Stetzer, University of Maine
Room: Maryland A

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM On Demand		C11.00001: An improved course for non-scientists and preparing educators Gay Stewart Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Not Participating		C11.00002: Using the Physics Inventory of Quantitative Literacy as a probe of student mathematical reasoning in introductory physics Suzanne White Brahmia, Alexis Olsho, Trevor Smith, Andrew Boudreaux Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Not Participating		C11.00003: Mandatory Freshman Year Research Asim Gangopadhyaya, Jonathan Bougie Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM On Demand		C11.00004: Critical thinking in experimental physics: Features of physics lab curricula that promote higher-order thinking Cole Walsh, N.G. Holmes Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM On Demand		C11.00005: Direct measurement of the impact of teaching experimentation in physics labs Emily Smith, Martin Stein, Cole Walsh, N. G. Holmes Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C11.00006: Questionable research practices in introductory physics labs Martin M. Stein, Emily M. Smith, N.G. Holmes Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM On Demand		C11.00007: NMR circuits for the undergraduate lab Declan Mulhall Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:54PM - 3:06PM On Demand		C11.00008: Examining Physics Students Interpretation and Application of an Ethical Framework During a Unit on the Development of the Atomic Bomb Egla Ochoa-Madrid, Alice Olmstead, Brianne Gutmann Preview Abstract

Session C12: The Study of the Higgs Particle

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Marc Sher, College of William & Mary
Room: Maryland B

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		C12.00001: Measurement of the Cross-Section for ZH Associated Production Using CMS 13TeV Data Sahithi Rudrabhatla Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		C12.00002: VH Leptonic Analysis in the H to WW decay mode with full Run-2 Data Sarah Freed Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		C12.00003: Search for Higgs boson pair production in a $bb \tau \tau$ final state in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector Allison Deiana Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		C12.00004: Higgsstrahlung and double Higgs production at high-energy CLIC operation Ulrike Schnoor Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM Live		C12.00005: Higgs measurements at muon collider Donatella Lucchesi, Nazar Bartosik, Laura Buonincontri, Massimo Casarsa, Francesco Collamati, Anna Ferrari, Alessio Gianelle, Barbara Mele, Nikolai Mokhov, Mark Palmer, Nadia Pastrone, Paola Sala, Lorenzo Sestini, Sergei Striganov Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM Live		C12.00006: Rare Higgs Decays into $J/\psi$ Mesons Himal Acharya Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM Live		C12.00007: Study of the Kinematics of the Process H->gg->4b at the Large Hadron Collider with the ATLAS Experiment Jared Burleson, Stephen Sekula, Rebecca Moore Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:54PM - 3:06PM On Demand		C12.00008: Search for Higgs boson decays to invisible final states produced in vector boson fusion in association with a photon with the ATLAS detector Nicholas Felice, Ben Carlson, Tae Min Hong Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:06PM - 3:18PM On Demand		C12.00009: Search for the standard model Higgs Boson decaying to two muons Mohammad Alhusseini Preview Abstract

Session C13: Status and Future of Dark Matter Experiments at the 1-10+ GeV Scale

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Bjoern Penning, Brandeis University
Room: Maryland C

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		C13.00001: SuperCDMS IMPACT: an Ionization Yield Calibration Program Ziqing Hong Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		C13.00002: Status of the LZ Experiment Carmen Carmona-Benitez Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		C13.00003: Status of the CYGNUS Directional Recoil Observatory Project Sven Vahsen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		C13.00004: Sexaquark Dark Matter: Overview; constraints on breakup from SNOlab; relic DM density Zihui Wang, Glennys Farrar Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM On Demand		C13.00005: PICO: Current Status and Future Plans Russell Neilson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM On Demand		C13.00006: Results from COSINE-100 Estella Barbosa de Souza Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM On Demand		C13.00007: Direct Detection and LHC Limits on Effective WIMP Dark Matter Jeffrey Hutchinson, Kara Farnsworth Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:54PM - 3:06PM Not Participating		C13.00008: The XENONnT Dark Matter Search Experiment Elena Aprile, Fei Gao, Knut Mor\aa Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:06PM - 3:18PM Not Participating		C13.00009: Sensitivity of the XENONnT experiment Knut Dundas Mor\aa Preview Abstract

Session C14: Mini-Symposium: Science Opportunities Enabled by the Electron-Ion Collider

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Kent Paschke, University of Virginia
Room: Virginia A

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		C14.00001: Collider Phenomenology Implications of the Electron-Ion Collider Timothy Hobbs Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		C14.00002: Pion Form Factor from Exclusive $\pi^+$ Production at EIC Garth Huber, Zafar Ahmed Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		C14.00003: Strange quark polarized Parton Distribution functions using Semi-inclusive Deep-Inelastic Scattering at a Future Electron-ion collider Jay Desai, Abhay Deshpande, Jinlong Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		C14.00004: Heavy flavor and jet studies for the future Electron Ion Collider Xuan Li Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM Live		C14.00005: Jets as precision probes in electron-nucleus collisions at the Electron-Ion Collider Miguel Arratia Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:30PM - 3:06PM Not Participating		C14.00006: EIC Science Overview Invited Speaker: Rolf Ent Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:06PM - 3:18PM Not Participating		C14.00007: Pion and kaon structure at the EIC Tanja Horn Preview Abstract

Session C15: Quantum Theory of Gravity

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: David Craig, Oregon State University
Room: Virginia B

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		C15.00001: Relational quantum dynamics: Quantum time dilation and temporal nonlocality Alexander R. H. Smith, Philipp A. Hoehn, Maximilian P. E. Lock, Mehdi Ahmadi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		C15.00002: Gauge Independent Effective Field Equations Sanjib Katuwal, Richard Woodard Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		C15.00003: Quantization of a causal diamond in 2+1 dimensional gravity Rodrigo Andrade e Silva, Ted Jacobson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM On Demand		C15.00004: Some Implications of Invariant Boltzmann Statistical Mechanics to Quantum Gravity and Noncommutative Geometry of Physical Space and its Fractal Spectral Dimension. Siavash Sohrab Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C15.00005: Poincare invariance of macroscopic observables in a lattice theory Bekir Baytas, Eugenio Bianchi, Pietro Dona Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM On Demand		C15.00006: Memory and Infrared Divergences in Quantum Gravity Gautam Satishchandran, Robert Wald Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM On Demand		C15.00007: Riemannian Geometry and General Relativity Reframed as a Generalized Lie Algebra Joseph Johnson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:54PM - 3:06PM Not Participating		C15.00008: Breakdown of the Equivalence Principle for a composite quantum body. Andrei Lebed Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:06PM - 3:18PM Not Participating		C15.00009: Rotating Gravastars Emil Mottola Preview Abstract

Session C17: Undergraduate Research II

Sponsoring Units: APS SPS
Chair: Midhat Farooq, American Physical Society
Room: Delaware A

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		C17.00001: Qualitative analysis of students’ perceptions of their self-efficacy and learning experiences Jillian Mellen, Geraldine Cochran, John Kerrigan, Antonio Silva, Lydia Prendergast Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		C17.00002: Acceptance tests of Fast Interaction Trigger modules for the upgrade of the ALICE experiment Ryan Stempek, Isaiah Morgan, Yury Melikyan, Maciej Slupecki, Austin Harton, Edmundo Garcia-Solis Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		C17.00003: CMS Lego Particle Flow Tutorial Cody Holz, Andrew Askew, Evan Scharnick, Julie Hogan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		C17.00004: Magneto-Ionization Spacecraft Shield for Interplanetary Travel: Overview Trace Johnson, David Atri, Justin Brutger, Keegan Finger, Luke Hofmann, Julie LaFranzo, Lorien MacEnulty, Molly McCord, Gavin Menning, Ethan Morton, Noah Peterson, Athanasios Petridis, Ajal RC, Will Thomas, Daniel Viscarra Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM Live		C17.00005: Parallel Plate Detector Construction and Simulation using GEANT4 Christian Perez Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM On Demand		C17.00006: Variable Nature of Accretion-Disk Wind Structure in NGC 3783 Mary Ogborn, Keigo Fukumura Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM On Demand		C17.00007: Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Modeling of Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability and Associated Magnetosonic Wave Emission in Solar Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). Sara Butler, Hava Turkakin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:54PM - 3:06PM On Demand		C17.00008: Linear Optimum Filtering for Axion Dark Matter Search Sukhmanpreet Singh Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:06PM - 3:18PM On Demand		C17.00009: Ultralight Dark Matter in the Solar System: Analytic Approaches and Detection Angelina Partenheimer, Noah Anderson, Timothy Wiser Preview Abstract

Session C20: Neutrinos I – Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay: Background Challenges

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: A. Galindo-Uribarri, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Washington 5

Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live		C20.00001: Recent Progress on Understanding Neutrino Properties Invited Speaker: Julieta Gruszko Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		C20.00002: Time projection chamber design for the nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay experiment John Orrell Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM Live		C20.00003: Simulating nEXO Xenon Plant With AspenTech Suite Adam Tidball Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM Live		C20.00004: Radon Daughters Attachment to Teflon and Copper Surfaces Omar Nusair Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM Live		C20.00005: Unconventional backgrounds in nEXO Venkatesh Veeraraghavan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 2:54PM - 3:06PM On Demand		C20.00006: The nEXO Outer Detector and Muon Veto Lisa Kaufman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:06PM - 3:18PM On Demand		C20.00007: External Neutron and Gamma Background Shielding for LEGEND Blaine Heffron, Corey Gilbert Preview Abstract