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Session D02: Extreme Beams

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: Sergei Nagaitsev, Fermilab
Room: Washington 1

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 4:06PM Live		D02.00001: Bright X-Ray and Gamma Sources From Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Acceleration Invited Speaker: Felicie Albert Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:42PM Live		D02.00002: Cold ion beams in a storage ring as quantum computers. Invited Speaker: Timur Shaftan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 5:18PM Live		D02.00003: FACET-II: Unprecedented Beam Properties Invited Speaker: Vitaly Yakimenko Preview Abstract

Session D03: AMO Frontiers in Astrophysics

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP DAP
Chair: Joe Britton, University of Maryland
Room: Washington 2

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 4:06PM Live		D03.00001: Atomic Gravitational Wave Detectors Invited Speaker: Jason Hogan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:42PM Live		D03.00002: Mapping the dark matter distribution via stellar accelerations Invited Speaker: David Phillips Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 5:18PM Live		D03.00003: Precision Astronomical Spectroscopy with Laser Frequency Combs Invited Speaker: Scott Diddams Preview Abstract

Session D04: New Physics Searches at the Precision Frontier

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Vincenzo Cirigliano, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Washington 3

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 4:06PM Live		D04.00001: New limit of the permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron Invited Speaker: Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:42PM Live		D04.00002: The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon Invited Speaker: Aida El-Khadra Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 5:18PM Live		D04.00003: Towards a Resolution of the Proton Radius Puzzle Invited Speaker: Carl Carlson Preview Abstract

Session D05: Improving the Sensitivity of LIGO and Future Ground-Based Gravitational Wave Detectors

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: James Thorpe, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Room: Washington 6

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 3:42PM Live		D05.00001: Noise from thunderstorms coupling into the LIGO gravitational-wave observatory Guillermo Valdes, Ericka Florio, Brina Martinez, Erin Thompson, Anamaria Effler, Gabriela Gonzalez, Brian O'Reilly, Alexander Urban Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:42PM - 3:54PM Live		D05.00002: Seismic Issues at LIGO Livingston Observatory (LLO) during the LIGO-Virgo 3rd Observing Run (O3) Beverly K. Berger Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:54PM - 4:06PM Live		D05.00003: Measuring Nonequilibrium Thermal Noise Effects for Gravitational-Wave Detectors Jennifer Sanchez Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:18PM Live		D05.00004: Measurements of Optical Scatter versus Annealing Temperature for Ta2O5 and Ti:Ta2O5 thin-film coatings Elenna Capote, Joshua Smith, Amy Gleckl, Jazlyn Guerrero, Erick Engelby, Michael Rezac Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:18PM - 4:30PM Live		D05.00005: LIGO Voyager: A Cryogenic Silicon Interferometer for Gravitational-wave Detection Raymond Robie, Aidan Brooks, Christopher Wipf, Koji Arai, Rana Adhikari Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:30PM - 4:42PM Live		D05.00006: Cosmic Explorer: the proposed U.S. contribution to the third-generation gravitational-wave detector network. Joshua Smith Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 4:54PM Live		D05.00007: Superconducting GW detectors targeting 10$^{\mathrm{-30}}$ Hz$^{\mathrm{-1/2}}$ strain sensitivity at 100 Hz Armen Gulian, Joe Foreman, Vahan Nikoghosyan, Louis Sica, Shmuel Nussinov, Jeff Tollaksen, Chris Burdette, Rajendra Dulal, Serafim Teknowijoyo, Sara Chahid Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:54PM - 5:06PM Not Participating		D05.00008: Applications of complex modulation Hanyu Chia, Alexander Schindler-Tyka, Scott Aaronson, John Conklin, Paul Fulda, David B. Tanner Preview Abstract

Session D06: Progress in Analytical Relativity

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Eanna Flanagan, Cornell University
Room: Roosevelt 1

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 4:06PM Live		D06.00001: A Mysterious Cosmic Censorship-Weak Gravity Connection Invited Speaker: Gary Horowitz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:42PM Live		D06.00002: Spinning Black Holes Versus Quantum Higher-Spin Particles Invited Speaker: Justin Vines Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 5:18PM Not Participating		D06.00003: Using the large mass-ratio limit to understand the two-body problem in general relativity Invited Speaker: Scott Hughes Preview Abstract

Session D07: Physics with Accelerators - Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: Elena Aprile, Columbia University
Room: Roosevelt 2

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 4:06PM Live		D07.00001: An Electron-Ion Collider: Physics Challenges and Opportunities Invited Speaker: Silvia Dalla Torre Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:42PM Live		D07.00002: Prospect of Accelerator-based Nuclear and High Energy Physics Programs in Asia Invited Speaker: Yasuhiro Okada Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 5:18PM On Demand		D07.00003: The Roadmap of Nuclear Physics in Europe. Invited Speaker: Marek Lewitowicz Preview Abstract

Session D08: From Particle Physics to Brain Imaging and Radiotherapy

Sponsoring Units: GMED
Chair: Peter Krizan, JSI and University of Ljubljana
Room: Roosevelt 3

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 3:57PM Live		D08.00001: Recent advances in proton therapy Invited Speaker: Cynthia Keppel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:57PM - 4:24PM Live		D08.00002: Evolution of Image Guidance and Adaptive Radiation Therapy Invited Speaker: John Wong Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:24PM - 4:51PM Live		D08.00003: Developments in the Dedicated Brain PET Imagers & Why This is Important Invited Speaker: Stanislaw Majewski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:51PM - 5:18PM Live		D08.00004: Towards a Cherenkov Based TOF-PET Scanner Invited Speaker: Rok Dolenec Preview Abstract

Session D09: Ultra High-energy Cosmic Ray Observations

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Foteini Oikonomou, Technische Universität München (TUM) / ESO
Room: Roosevelt 4

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 3:42PM Live		D09.00001: The Cosmic Ray Spectrum Meausred at the Pierre Auger Observatory Alan Coleman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:42PM - 3:54PM Live		D09.00002: Recent Anisotropy Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory John Farmer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:54PM - 4:06PM Live		D09.00003: AugerPrime: the Upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory Frederic Sarazin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:18PM Live		D09.00004: Status of the Auger – Telescope Array surface detector cross-calibration effort (Auger@TA) Jeff Johnsen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:18PM - 4:30PM Live		D09.00005: Cosmic Ray Composition and Energy Spectrum from PeV to EeV using IceCube and IceTop Matthias Plum, Karen Andeen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D09.00006: Telescope Array Experiment Dmitri Ivanov Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D09.00007: Telescope Array 10 year Composition William Hanlon Preview Abstract

Session D10: Gravitational Waves and Gamma Ray Bursts

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Eric Burns, Goddard Space Flight Center
Room: Roosevelt 5

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 3:42PM Live		D10.00001: Update on the GRB-Triggered Search for Gravitational Waves in Advanced LIGO's Third Observing Run Ryan Fisher Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:42PM - 3:54PM Live		D10.00002: Early warning detection of gravitational waves from binary neutron stars Ryan Magee Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:54PM - 4:06PM Live		D10.00003: The binary-host connection: astrophysics of gravitational wave binaries from their host galaxy properties Daniel Holz, Susmita Adhikari, Maya Fishbach, Risa Wechsler, Zhanpei Fang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:18PM Live		D10.00004: Deep Optical Limits on the Neutron Star-Black Hole Merger S190814bv from an Extensive Blanco/DECam & SOAR Search Robert Morgan, Marcelle Soares-Santos, James Annis, Ken Herner, Alyssa Garcia Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:18PM - 4:30PM Live		D10.00005: A Dark Energy Survey search for the electromagnetic counterpart to LIGO/Virgo gravitational wave binary neutron star candidate S190510g Alyssa Garcia Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D10.00006: LIGO Sub-threshold Alerts for the Swift Observatory Rebecca Ewing Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D10.00007: Counting on Short Gamma-Ray Bursts: Gravitational-Wave Constraints of Jet Geometry Amanda Farah, Reed Essick, Zoheyr Doctor, Maya Fishbach, Daniel Holz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D10.00008: Optical followup of gravitational wave events by the DESGW group during LIGO/VIRGO O3 James Annis, Ken Herner, Marcelle Soares-Santos, Alyssa Garcia, Rob Morgan, Nora Sherman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 5:06PM - 5:18PM Not Participating		D10.00009: Rapid parameter estimation of gravitational wave signals for the multi messenger era Daniel Finstad, Brian Metzger, Edo Berger, Duncan Brown Preview Abstract

Session D12: Sub-GeV and Other Light Dark Matter, and Calibrations for These Scales

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: John Orrell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Room: Maryland B

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 3:42PM Live		D12.00001: The DAMIC Dark Matter Experiment Karthik Ramanathan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:42PM - 3:54PM Live		D12.00002: Scintillation yield from electronic and nuclear recoils in superfluid helium-4 Junsong Lin, Ethan Bernard, Madeline Bernstein, Andreas Biekert, Daniel McKinsey, Roger Romani, Ryan Smith, Burkhant Suerfu, Vetri Velan, Lanqing Yuan, Scott Kravitz, Scott Hertel, Pratyush Patel, Douglas Pinckney, Alessandro Serafin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:54PM - 4:06PM Live		D12.00003: Observation and origins of few-electron ionization signals in XENON1T Amanda Depoian Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:18PM Live		D12.00004: Dark matter search with a SuperCDMS single-charge-sensitive device Valentina Novati Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:18PM - 4:30PM Live		D12.00005: The Road to Discovering Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using Supercooled Liquids Matthew Szydagis Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:30PM - 4:42PM Live		D12.00006: COHERENT sensitivity to sub-GeV dark matter Daniel Pershey Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 4:54PM On Demand		D12.00007: The Light Dark Matter eXperiment, LDMX Robert Group Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D12.00008: Light Dark Matter Search in XENON1T Fei Gao, Knut Mor\aa Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 5:06PM - 5:18PM On Demand		D12.00009: Direct Detection of Sub-GeV dark matter through molecular excitations Jesus Perez-Rios, Rouven Essig, Harikrishnan Ramani, Oren Slone Preview Abstract

Session D13: Nuclear Reactions:Heavy-ion / Rare Isotope Beams

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Kelly Chipps, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Maryland C

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 3:42PM On Demand		D13.00001: Multi-nucleon transfer reactions--A detailed re-examination Walter Loveland, Vishal Desai Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:42PM - 3:54PM On Demand		D13.00002: Measurements of the $^{16}$C + $^{12}$C and $^{16}$C + $^{13}$C Total Fusion Cross Sections with Implications for Astrophysics Ashley Hood, J. Blackmon, C. Deibel, E. Good, A. Laminack, S. Marley, G. Wilson, K. Auranen, M. Avila, C. Hoffman, C. L. Jiang, J. Li, E. Rehm, D. Santiago-Gonzalez, S. Stolze, R. Tang, X. Yan, W. J. Ong Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:54PM - 4:06PM On Demand		D13.00003: Energy Dependence of Fission Product Yields Matthew Gooden, Todd Bredeweg, David Vieira, Jerry Wilhelmy, Anton Tonchev, Jack Silano, Mark Stoyer, Sean Finch, Werner Tornow Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D13.00004: Measurements of short-lived photofission product yields using a rapid transfer system Innocent Tsorxe, Sean Finch, Matthew Gooden, Calvin Howell, NFN Krishichayan, Jack Silano, Anton Tonchev, Werner Tornow, Jerry Wilhelmy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:18PM - 4:30PM On Demand		D13.00005: Present Status of Neutron-, Photo-induced and Spon- taneous Fission Yields Experimental Data Boris Pritychenko, Otto Schwerer, Joann Totans, Olena Gritzay Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:30PM - 4:42PM Not Participating		D13.00006: Alpha decay in intense laser fields Xu Wang, Jintao Qi, Libin Fu Preview Abstract

Session D14: Heavy Flavor and Exotic Hadrons

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Timothy Hobbs, Southern Methodist University
Room: Virginia A

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 3:42PM Live		D14.00001: Production of $X(3872)$ in $e^+e^-$ annihilation Kevin Ingles, Eric Braaten, Li-Ping He Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:42PM - 3:54PM Live		D14.00002: Triangle Singularity in $e^+e^-$ Annihilation into $D^{*0} \bar{D}{}^0 + \gamma$ with the Charm Mesons near the $X(3872)$ Resonance Eric Braaten, Liping He, Kevin Ingles, Jun Jiang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:54PM - 4:06PM On Demand		D14.00003: Hybrid Meson Mixing in the $Y(2175)$ Jason Ho, Ryan Berg, Tom Steele, Derek Harnett, Wei Chen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:18PM On Demand		D14.00004: Analysis of $\pi^0 \eta$ and $\pi^0 \eta'$ systems in $\gamma p \rightarrow \pi^0 \eta^{(')}p$ at GlueX Zachary Baldwin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:18PM - 4:30PM On Demand		D14.00005: Double Heavy Baryons and Corrections to Heavy Quark-Diquark Symmetry Abhishek Mohapatra, Thomas Mehen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:30PM - 4:42PM On Demand		D14.00006: {J/}$\Psi $ {- J/ }$\Psi ${scattering cross sections of Quadratic and Cornell Potentials} M. Imran Jamil, Sohail Gilani, Ahmad Wasif, A. Sattar Khan, Ahmad Awan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 4:54PM Not Participating		D14.00007: Exotica production in heavy ion collision Su Houng Lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:54PM - 5:06PM Not Participating		D14.00008: Search for Doubly-Charmed Baryons in CDF Data Adithya Kuchibhotla Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 5:06PM - 5:18PM Not Participating		D14.00009: Inclusive Semilectronic Decay of the $D_s$ Meson Alex Gilman, Ronald Poling, Hajime Muramatsu Preview Abstract

Session D15: Numerical Relativity: Algorithms and Code Development

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV DCOMP
Chair: Carlos Lousto, Rochester Institute of Technology
Room: Virginia B

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 3:42PM Live		D15.00001: Progress toward simulating merging black holes with SpECTRE Geoffrey Lovelace Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:42PM - 3:54PM Live		D15.00002: SpECTRE Cauchy Characteristic Evolution Jordan Moxon, Mark Scheel, Saul Teukolsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:54PM - 4:06PM Live		D15.00003: Computing the Electric Part of the Weyl Curvature Tensor with SpECTRE Sierra Thomas, Geoffrey Lovelace Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:18PM Live		D15.00004: Numerical relativity with the new Nmesh code Wolfgang Tichy, Ananya Adhikari, Liwei Ji Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:18PM - 4:30PM Live		D15.00005: Shock-capturing discontinuous Galerkin schemes in SpECTRE Francois Hebert Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:30PM - 4:42PM Live		D15.00006: BlackHoles@Home Status Report Zach Etienne Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 4:54PM Not Participating		D15.00007: Toward moving puncture simulations with the GHG system Liwei Ji, Ananya Adhikari, Wolfgang Tichy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:54PM - 5:06PM Not Participating		D15.00008: Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Turbulent Flow Simulations Cristobal Armaza Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 5:06PM - 5:18PM Not Participating		D15.00009: Visualizing relativistic astrophysics simulations using YT Denyz Melchor, Saul Teukolsky, Nils Deppe Preview Abstract

Session D16: Correlations and Fluctuations in Heavy-ion Collisions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Claudia Ratti, University of Houston
Room: Virginia C

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 4:06PM Live		D16.00001: Correlations and fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions Invited Speaker: Anthony R. Timmins Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:18PM On Demand		D16.00002: Measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy of charged-particle production in Xe+Xe collisions at 5.44 TeV with the ATLAS detector Pengqi Yin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D16.00003: Psuedothermalization of the quark-gluon plasma Dekrayat Almaalol, Michael Strickland, Aleksi Kurkela Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:30PM - 4:42PM Not Participating		D16.00004: Event anisotropy $v_{2}$ of identified particles in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 27 and 54.4 GeV with STAR Shaowei Lan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 4:54PM Not Participating		D16.00005: Higher-order Cumulants of Net-Proton Multiplicity Distributions in Au+Au Collisions from STAR Beam Energy Scan Program Yu Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:54PM - 5:06PM Not Participating		D16.00006: Net-lambda fluctuations in Pb-Pb collisions at √SNN = 5.02 TeV in ALICE at the LHC Ejiro Umaka Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 5:06PM - 5:18PM Not Participating		D16.00007: Identifying critical behavior in heavy-ion collision observables: a mean-field hadronic transport approach Agnieszka Wergieluk, Volker Koch Preview Abstract

Session D17: Undergraduate Research III

Sponsoring Units: APS SPS
Chair: Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society
Room: Delaware A

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 3:42PM Live		D17.00001: Horizontally Polarized Antennas Used in the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland Katie Carter Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:42PM - 3:54PM Live		D17.00002: Search for vector-like quarks with a columnar analysis framework Erin Jagt, Julie Hogan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:54PM - 4:06PM Live		D17.00003: Seach for vector-like quarks in single-lepton events with DNN techniques Evan Scharnick, Cody Holz, Sam Johnson, Julie Hogan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:18PM Live		D17.00004: Dynamic Force Microscopy Using a High-Precision Autocollimator Lucas Ehinger, Woo-Joong Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:18PM - 4:30PM Live		D17.00005: Raman spectroscopy on a paper for background-free chemical sensing Daniel Bailey Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:30PM - 4:42PM On Demand		D17.00006: Particle and Photon Geodesics in Extended Uncertainty Principle Schwarzschild Spacetime Mariangela Misceo, Bailey Page Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 4:54PM On Demand		D17.00007: Studying Saturated DOMs in IceCube Adam Shandonay Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D17.00008: Sound Absorption and Acoustic Energy Harvesting of Piezoelectric Ceramic Composites Jose Figueroa Jr, Margo Staruch Preview Abstract

Session D20: Neutrinos II – Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay: Increasing Sensitivities

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: David Radford, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Washington 5

Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:30PM - 4:06PM Live		D20.00001: The NEXT Experiment Invited Speaker: Benjamin Jones Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:06PM - 4:18PM Live		D20.00002: Recent results from NEW, a demonstrator for the NEXT neutrinoless double beta decay experiment Jonathan Haefner Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:18PM - 4:30PM Live		D20.00003: Demonstration of Single Barium Ion Detection in High Pressure Environments for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Using On-Off Barium Chemosensors Nicholas Byrnes Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:30PM - 4:42PM Live		D20.00004: Imaging of single Ba atoms and Ba$^{\mathrm{+}}$ ions in solid xenon for barium tagging in next-generation $^{\mathrm{136}}$Xe double beta decay experiments William Fairbank, James Todd, David Fairbank, Alec Iverson, Trey Wager Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:42PM - 4:54PM Live		D20.00005: Radioactive Background Modeling for the nEXO Experiment Kyle Leach Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:54PM - 5:06PM Live		D20.00006: Modeling the Effect of Impurities on the Electron Lifetime in Liquid Xenon for nEXO Ako Jamil Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 5:06PM - 5:18PM Not Participating		D20.00007: Sensitivity of the nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay experiment Brian Lenardo Preview Abstract

Session D21: Welcome Reception and Poster Session I (17:30-19:30)

Room: Exhibit Hall A

		D21.00001: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH Preview Abstract
Not Participating		D21.00002: Determining the astrophysical $^{20}$Ne($\alpha$,p)$^{23}$Na reaction rate from measurements with the Notre Dame 5U accelerator Alyssa Davis, Austin Mitchell, Dan Bardayan, Patrick O'Malley Preview Abstract
		D21.00003: The nonconventional yeast Jaime Garcia, Adithya Ramesh, Ian Wheeldon Preview Abstract
		D21.00004: Differential Architecture for Dark Count Reduction of Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors (SNSPDs) Hyunseong Kim, Andrew Mueller, Boris Korzh, Matthew Shaw Preview Abstract
		D21.00005: Photothermal laser treatment of gold nanoparticle infused HCC 1395 cell line Madeline Carter, Edison Kneeland, Sophia Gomez, Alison Tran, Michelle Steiger, Birgit Mellis Preview Abstract
		D21.00006: Continuation of the Analysis and Comparison of Light Intensity Spectra Using Fourier and Wavelet Analysis. Colleen Lindenau, Courtney Weber, Briena Feltner, Gracie Buondonno, Joseph Trout Preview Abstract
		D21.00007: Calculating Pull for Non-singlet QCD Jets Yunjia Bao, Andrew Larkoski Preview Abstract
		D21.00008: The formation and evolution of Milky way size galaxy in illustrisTNG Yuan Wang, Dandan Xu, Mark Vogelsberger, Hui Li, Yunchong Wang Preview Abstract
		D21.00009: Documentation for a CMS open data workshop Nada Mohamed, Matthew Bellis Preview Abstract
		D21.00010: Electronic Cofinement in SiGe Quantum Dot Arrays Millicent Ayako Preview Abstract
		D21.00011: Search for BNV process $ J/\psi\to\Lambda^+_c\mu^-+c.c. $ Xiangyu Xu, Xiqing Hao, Minggang Zhao Preview Abstract
		D21.00012: Exploring Atmospheric Aerosols as A Possible Explanation for DAMA/LIBRA Signal Christian Montero, James D'Annibale, Mathew Bellis Preview Abstract
		D21.00013: Analytical bound-state solutions for a confining potential with an asymptotically free region Jeremy Kamin, Athanasios Petridis Preview Abstract
		D21.00014: Information entropy exchange during a measurement for free and interacting particles Grace Dunleavy, Daniel Deeter, Athanasios Petridis Preview Abstract
		D21.00015: Optical System Development for Balloon-Borne Sodium Lidar Katherine Lee, Michael Krainak Preview Abstract
		D21.00016: Search for New Scalar Particles: Selection Efficiency Towsifa Akhter Preview Abstract
		D21.00017: Kinetic Theory and Electron Transport Ashton Bloom, Dustin Hemphill Preview Abstract
		D21.00018: Time-dependence of the survival probability of the Charmonium in Nuclear and Quark-Gluon-Plasma media Jason Prochaska, Catherine Huber, Athanasios Petridis Preview Abstract
		D21.00019: Magneto-Ionization Spacecraft Shield for Interplanetary Travel: Computational 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
		D21.00020: Magneto-Ionization Spacecraft Shield for Interplanetary Travel: Experimental 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
		D21.00021: A Search for High-energy Gamma-ray Emission from Superluminous Supernovae Pazit Rabinowitz, Deivid Ribeiro, Brian Metzger, Matt Nicholl, Indrek Vurm Preview Abstract
		D21.00022: $h_{c}\to \gamma \chi_{cJ}$ Rare Decay Mode Searching Hua-Zhen Li, Ming-Gang Zhao Preview Abstract
		D21.00023: Searching for $D^0\bar{D^0}$ mixing Lanxing Li, Minggang Zhao Preview Abstract
		D21.00024: Neutron Energy Distribution of an AmBe Source at the MGH Proton Center Molly McDonough, Dylan Barbagallo, Brooke Bolduc, Brian Hassett, Kendrick Koumba, Alexandra Leeming, Phuc Mach, Luise Shay, Skyler Spanbauer, Dr. Walter Johnson, Jacqueline Nyamwanda, Joseph McCormack Preview Abstract
		D21.00025: Particle Detector for Low Energy Heavy Ions Karthik Rao, Heshani Jayatissa, Grigor Chubaryan, Tony Ahn, Yevgen Koshchiy, Grigory Rogachev Preview Abstract
		D21.00026: Absorption Spectra of Silicate Cosmic Analog Dusts Obtained with a Custom-Made Spectrometer Ruihan Zhang, Binh Phan, Sam Nam, Katie North, Mark Mathison, Rebecca Roesner, Thushara Perera Preview Abstract
		D21.00027: Design and Testing of a Cosmic Ray Muon Detector Hana Weinstein Preview Abstract
		D21.00028: Characterization of LArPix: low-power 3D pixelated charge readout for liquid argon time projection chambers Madeleine Leibovitch, Gael Flores, Theophilus Human, Dario Gnani, Carl Grace, Peter Madigan, Daniel Dwyer Preview Abstract
		D21.00029: Astrophysical applications of the gravito-electromagnetic approximation within general relativity. azriel weinreb, James Overduin Preview Abstract
		D21.00030: Sensitivity of future-generation cosmic~microwave background experiments to detecting~dark matter-baryon interactions Aizhan Akhmetzhanova, Zack Li, Vera Gluscevic Preview Abstract
		D21.00031: Modeling non-linear galaxy bias in preparation for the LSST Samuel Goldstein, Anze Slosar Preview Abstract
		D21.00032: Constraining the Properties of Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidals with Surface Brightness and Velocity Dispersion Data Justin Craig, Casey Watson Preview Abstract
		D21.00033: Application of Directed Relational Graphs to Air Plasma Chemistry During Plasma Relaxation Samantha Phillips, Luke Alan Johnson, George M. Petrov, Paul Bernhardt, Daniel F. Gordon Preview Abstract
		D21.00034: A Theoretical Study of Dynamics and Chemistry of the ``Gould Belt'' Jose Pacheco, Ajit Hira, Arrick Gonzales, David Nunn, Kelvin Rodriguez, Annie Lovato Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		D21.00035: Abstract Withdrawn
		D21.00036: Classifying X-ray Binaries Using Machine Learning Zoe De Beurs, N Islam, G Gopalan, S.D. Vrtilek Preview Abstract
		D21.00037: Equation of State for QCD with a Critical Point: Imposing Thermodynamic Stability Using Neural Networks Debora Mroczek, Morten Hjorth-Jensen, Claudia Ratti, Paolo Parotto, Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler Preview Abstract
		D21.00038: PHYSICS EDUCATION Preview Abstract
		D21.00039: Importance of Faculty Research in higher Education Samina Masood, Alishpa Masood Preview Abstract
		D21.00040: Hybrid Astrophysics Course and Critical Thinking Tara Jacobsen, Joseph Trout Preview Abstract
		D21.00041: An exploration of the relationship between physics ``fluency'' and physics ``competency'' in higher education through the lens of intercultural competence Karen Andeen Preview Abstract
		D21.00042: PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH Preview Abstract
		D21.00043: Use Of Multiple Physics Education Methods And Learning Activities to Maximize Student Processing Time During Lecture Robert Duffin, Gerald Aksa, Jefferson Cartano, Thomas Roskop Preview Abstract
		D21.00044: Using the Kepler Light Curves to Teach the Use of Fourier and Wavelet Analysis Joseph Trout, Tara Jacobsen Preview Abstract
		D21.00045: Evaluating the MIT Cosmic Watch detector as an educational resource Andreas Rosnes, Matthew Bellis Preview Abstract
		D21.00046: Steam power as a teaching tool in introductory physics. Kaitlyn Shaw, James Overduin, Deepika Menon, Trevor Lowing Preview Abstract
		D21.00047: How the Learning Assistant Experience Impacts Learning Assistants as Students Benjamin Dreyfus, Bailey Cake, Natalie Schultz Preview Abstract
		D21.00048: OUTREACH AND ENGAGING THE PUBLIC Preview Abstract
		D21.00049: A Quantum Mechanics Board Game Adelaide Buerkle, Vanessa Havens, Delaney Corrigan, Matthew Bellis Preview Abstract
		D21.00050: Scaling up a Peltier-powered cloud chamber Tyler Sitterly, Matthew Bellis Preview Abstract
		D21.00051: MEDICAL PHYSICS Preview Abstract
		D21.00052: Essential Role of Low-Energy Electrons in the Biological Effectiveness of Advanced Radiation Treatment Modalities Mohammad Rezaee Preview Abstract
		D21.00053: Physics of the Brain. Treatment of Neurological Diseases via the Excitation-Suppression of the Brain Waves, Using the Multi-photon Pulsed-operated Fiber Lasers in the Ultraviolet Range of Frequencies with Modulated Repetition Frequency V. Alexander Stefan Preview Abstract
		D21.00054: Discontinuity in injury potential as a function of insult angle Saami Shaibani Preview Abstract
		D21.00055: Mathematical Models for Living Forms in Medical Physics Christina Pospisil Preview Abstract
		D21.00056: ENERGY RESEARCH Preview Abstract
		D21.00057: Improvement of Characteristics of Artificial Graphite Blocks for Electrical Discharge Machining According to Molding Pressure Variation YERI CHUN, Sang-Min Lee, Dong-Wook Ko, Jong-Bok Kim, Jae-Seoung Roh Preview Abstract
		D21.00058: Improvement of Electrical Properties of PAFC Separator Material by Carbon Black Addition YERI CHUN, Sang-Min Lee, Hyo-Chang Kim, Young-Min Hwang, Gibeop Nam, Jae-Seoung Roh Preview Abstract
		D21.00059: Novel patterning method of flexible transparent electrode for energy harvesting devices Jongbok Kim, Dongwook Ko, Yohan Ma, Sang-Min Lee, Ye-Ri Chun, Young-Min Hwang, Gi-Beop Nam, Jae-Seoung Roh Preview Abstract
		D21.00060: Climate Change, Uranium from Seawater and Fukushima as Powerful Arguments for Nuclear Energy. Robert Hayes Preview Abstract
		D21.00061: Nanostructuring of WS$_{\mathrm{\mathbf{2}}}$\textbf{, and MoS}$_{\mathrm{\mathbf{2}}}$\textbf{ by Salt-Assisted Milling in NaCl and KCl} Denise Omoruyi, Tabbetha Dobbins Preview Abstract
		D21.00062: Nuclear energy as a true climate savior in terms of risk (Fukushima), waste, sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions. Robert Hayes Preview Abstract
		D21.00063: Optimization of Pt/C Catalyst Nanofibers Electrospun on Nafion 117 Membranes in Polyelectrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells Surya Rajan, Edward O’Keefe, David Lederer, Aniket Raut, Likun Wang, Miriam Rafailovich Preview Abstract
		D21.00064: Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation of Surface-modified TiO$_{\mathrm{2}}$. Zhenni Wu, Keji Shi, Jiaxing Li, Chao Lu, Yanling He, Alan Man Ching Ng Preview Abstract
		D21.00065: Properties of Fluorine-doped tin Oxide Thin Films grown at different Nozzle to Substrate Distance. Gbadebo Taofeek Yusuf, Abiodun Isiaka Egunjobi Preview Abstract
		D21.00066: Physics-guided, empirically-constrained machine learning for designing Fe-9Cr alloys Vyacheslav Romanov Preview Abstract
		D21.00067: HISTORY OF PHYSICS Preview Abstract
		D21.00068: Failure to Accept the Diversity of Time's Relationship with Space using Quaternions Douglas Sweetser Preview Abstract
		D21.00069: International Physics Preview Abstract
		D21.00070: The African Light Source: Towards a Brighter Future Tabbetha Dobbins, Simon Connell, Sekazi Mtingwa, Brian Masara, Tshepo Ntsoane, Lawrence Norris, Herman Winick, Dorian Bohler, Kenneth Evans-Lutterodt, Philip Oladijo, Ernest Malamud, Francesco Sette, Edward Mitchell, Prosper Ngabonziza Preview Abstract
		D21.00071: Overview of the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) project and its physics potential Philipp Roloff Preview Abstract
		D21.00072: FEW BODY SYSTEMS Preview Abstract
		D21.00073: Equivalency of mass and energy in bound three-nucleon systems Igor Filikhin, Vladimir Suslov, Branislav Vlahovic Preview Abstract
		D21.00074: Probing for high momentum protons in 4He Alyssa Gadsby, Fatiha Benmokhtar Preview Abstract
		D21.00075: HADRONIC PHYSICS Preview Abstract
		D21.00076: Measurement of the $t$-dependence for the Beam Asymmetry of Photoproduced $\eta$ Mesons at GlueX Tolga Erbora, Joerg Reinhold Preview Abstract
		D21.00077: Beam Asymmetry t-dependence for photoproduced $\eta\prime$ at GlueX Churamani Paudel, Joerg Reinhold Preview Abstract
		D21.00078: Measurement of the branching fraction for D0->Ks0Ks0pi+pi- and search for CP violation via T-odd triple product asymmetry Aman Sangal, Alan Schwartz Preview Abstract
		D21.00079: Analysis of the reaction $\gamma p \rightarrow \eta^{'} \pi^{0}p$ in GlueX in search of photoproduced exotic mesons Rupesh Dotel, Werner Boeglin Preview Abstract
		D21.00080: Aspects of Quark Orbital Angular Momentum Matthias Burkardt Preview Abstract
		D21.00081: PHYSICS OF BEAMS Preview Abstract
		D21.00082: The Photoelectric Effect applies to Protons and Proton Beams Richard Kriske Preview Abstract
		D21.00083: Symmetric electron vortices of hydrogen ionized by orthogonal elliptical fields. Meng Li Preview Abstract
		D21.00084: PRECISION TESTS OF PHYSICS LAWS Preview Abstract
		D21.00085: Fundamental physics and physics beyond the standard model with ultracold molecules: prospects for aluminum monofluoride (AlF). Jesus Perez Rios, Stefan Truppe, Gerard Meijer Preview Abstract
		D21.00086: The Correct Structure for Quantum Measurement (Inc. Null Measurement): Complementarity of W. James, Psychologist, Not Bohr Douglas Snyder Preview Abstract
		D21.00087: Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment Plus Entanglement: An Apparent Non-Local Effect on the Future with Control Douglas Snyder Preview Abstract
		D21.00088: Dueling Realities of a Photon Due to Its Particle -- Wave Duality Nature. Hassan Gholibeigian Preview Abstract
		D21.00089: The CHSH Inequality of Quaternion Series Quantum Mechanics Douglas Sweetser Preview Abstract
		D21.00090: Effects of Time-dependent Heat Sources on Neutron Star Crust Cooling Austin Smith, Heide Doss Preview Abstract
		D21.00091: POST DEADLINE POSTERS I Preview Abstract
		D21.00092: Particle Physics Research within UMD's First-Year Innovation {\&} Research Experience Program Muge Karagoz Preview Abstract
		D21.00093: Performance Assessment of Ultra-High Resolution CT in Texture-based Metrics of Bone Health Gengxin Shi, Shalini Subramanian, Qian Cao, Jeffrey Siewerdsen, Wojtek Zbijewski Preview Abstract
		D21.00094: Scatter Radiation Production in First Optical Enclosure of 6-BM Beamline at National Synchrotron Light Source-II Justice Stewart, Giraude Griffin, Dale Kelly, Mark Harvey, Steve Coleman Preview Abstract
		D21.00095: Electrostatics and Riemann Surfaces Spencer Tamagni, Costas Efthimiou Preview Abstract
		D21.00096: Unlocking the molecular mechanisms of E. coli MutS Ashtyn Bell, Julie Gunderson Preview Abstract
		D21.00097: Design and Implementation of 3D Printable Optomechanical Components Ryan Bullis, Dylan Mitchell, Julie Gunderson Preview Abstract
		D21.00098: Open Source Diode Array Absorption Spectrophotometer Ivan Midtbust Heger Preview Abstract
		D21.00099: Fabrication of Gate Defined Quantum Dots in Tellurium Nanowires Katie Welch, Shiva Davari, Jeb Stacy, Ravindra Basnet, Mourad Benamara, Jin Hu, Hugh Churchill Preview Abstract
		D21.00100: Feasibility of Implementing Machine Learning into the CMS Trigger System for Improved Studies of the Higgs Boson Matthew Litton, David Sperka Preview Abstract
		D21.00101: Effects of the Pion Program on Undergraduate Students Kathryn Fernandez Preview Abstract
		D21.00102: Solvent-treated PEDOT:PSS hole transport layer to improve the performance and stability of perovskite solar cells Khan Mamun Reza, Qiquan Qiao Preview Abstract
		D21.00103: Femtosecond optical frequency combs and applications to quantum control of three-level atomic systems Aneesh Ramaswamy, Svetlana Malinovskaya Preview Abstract
		D21.00104: A model of electromagnetically induced transparency and high energy charged particles in atomic media Aneesh Ramaswamy, Svetlana Malinovskaya, Irina Novikova Preview Abstract
		D21.00105: Lorentz invariance violations in the interplay of quantum gravity with matter Marc Schiffer, Astrid Eichhorn, Alessia Platania Preview Abstract
		D21.00106: Local $AdS_2\times S^2$Topology, Perfect Fluids and Conformal Weyl Gravity Daksh Aggarwal, Ian Masson, Junze Yao, Leo Rodriguez, Shanshan Rodriguez Preview Abstract

Session D23: DPF Town Hall Meeting on Snowmass Preparation

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Young-Kee Kim, University of Chicago
Room: Washington 1

Saturday, April 18, 2020 5:30PM - 7:00PM

D23.00001: DPF Town Hall Meeting on Snowmass Preparation Preview Abstract

Session D25: Mini-Symposium: NASA Inflation Probe Science Interest Group

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Graca Rocha, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Room: Washington 2

Saturday, April 18, 2020 6:30PM - 6:45PM Live		D25.00001: IPSIG Update Invited Speaker: Graca Rocha Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 6:45PM - 7:00PM Live		D25.00002: PICO Update Invited Speaker: Shaul Hanany Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 7:00PM - 7:15PM Live		D25.00003: Complementarity of Space and Ground- Based CMB Experiments Invited Speaker: Alan Kogut Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 7:15PM - 7:30PM Live		D25.00004: Interplay of Foregrounds and Systematics: The Case for Low-Frequency Observations Invited Speaker: Krzysztof Gorski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 7:30PM - 7:45PM Live		D25.00005: Data Analysis - Do We Have All The Necessary Tools? Invited Speaker: Reijo Keskitalo Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 18, 2020 7:45PM - 8:00PM Not Participating		D25.00006: Connecting the CMB Foregrounds, Galactic ISM, and Magnetic Field Modeling with IMAGINE Invited Speaker: Tess Jaffe Preview Abstract