Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS April Meeting 2020

Volume 65, Number 2

Saturday–Tuesday, April 18–21, 2020; Washington D.C.

Session Index

Session Y02: In Memoriam: Winston Ko, Ann Nelson, and Steven Gubser

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Tao Han, University of Pittsburgh
Room: Washington 1

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live		Y02.00001: Remembering Steven Gubser and his contributions to physics Invited Speaker: Silviu Pufu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live		Y02.00002: What Nature Could Be Doing: A Tribute to Ann Nelson Invited Speaker: David Kaplan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live		Y02.00003: Remembering Winston Ko and His Contributions to Physics Invited Speaker: Robin Erbacher Preview Abstract

Session Y03: Indirect Constraints on Dark Matter

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: Jodi Cooley, Southern Methodist University
Room: Washington 2

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live		Y03.00001: Classic Approaches to Indirect Detection Invited Speaker: Tracy Slatyer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live		Y03.00002: X-ray Searches for Axions from Nearby Isolated Neutron Stars Invited Speaker: Ben Safdi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live		Y03.00003: Exploring the Nature of Dark Matter with Cosmology Invited Speaker: Kimberly Boddy Preview Abstract

Session Y04: Polarization and the QCD Nuclear Medium

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Brad Sawatzky, Jefferson Lab
Room: Washington 3

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live		Y04.00001: Medium modification of nuclear currents in light nuclei from lattice QCD Invited Speaker: Phiala Shanahan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live		Y04.00002: Effective Neutron Polarization in Helium-3 Invited Speaker: Douglas Higinbotham Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live		Y04.00003: Nucleon spin structure results from Jefferson Lab Invited Speaker: Xiaochao Zheng Preview Abstract

Session Y06: Medical Physics and Radiation

Sponsoring Units: GMED
Chair: Wojtek Zbijewski, Johns Hopkins University
Room: Roosevelt 1

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		Y06.00001: High precision gamma-ray spectroscopy for enhancing the use of medical radioisotopes E.A. McCutchan, A.A. Sonzogni, S. Zhu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		Y06.00002: Mathematical Models for Living Forms in Medical Physics Submodel 1: The Information Processing from Teeth to Nerves Christina Pospisil Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		Y06.00003: Nuclear data as touchstone and measurand in the establishment, comparison, and dissemination of activity standards for $^{\mathrm{224}}$Ra Denis Bergeron, Jeffrey Cessna, Ryan Fitzgerald, Leticia Pibida, Sean Collins, Elisa Napoli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		Y06.00004: Gold Nanoparticles Size Effects on Radiation Therapy Enhancement for Cancer cells Bindeshwar Sah, Jing Wu, Michael Antosh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM On Demand		Y06.00005: Validity Testing of an Abbreviated Algorithm Used to Calculate Permanent Whole Person Impairment (WPI) Ratings for Work-Related Injuries Jerry Artz, Zachary Reed, John Alchemy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM On Demand		Y06.00006: Dosimetric Characteristics of Very High Energy Electron Beams for Radiation Therapy: Monte Carlo Simulation Mohammad Rezaee, John Wong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y06.00007: Imaging and Localization of Radiological Sources by Luminescence Dosimetry Ryan O'Mara, Robert Hayes Preview Abstract

Session Y07: Intersection of Science and Politics

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: E. William Colglazier, University of Manitoba
Room: Roosevelt 2

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live		Y07.00001: Science and Politics in the US Congress Invited Speaker: James Jensen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live		Y07.00002: Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Science and Politics Invited Speaker: David Goldston Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live		Y07.00003: Role of Scientific Societies in Science and Politics Invited Speaker: Mary Woolley Preview Abstract

Session Y08: Big Data in Physics Education Research

Sponsoring Units: GPER FEd
Chair: Andrew Heckler, Ohio State University
Room: Roosevelt 3

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live		Y08.00001: Using Machine Learning and Big Data to Understand the Retention of STEM Students Invited Speaker: John Stewart Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live		Y08.00002: The Learning Machines Lab: Using Innovative Methods to Analyze Large Educational Datasets Invited Speaker: Rachel Henderson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live		Y08.00003: Diversity and Inclusivity in STEM: Using Large Data Sets to Explore Underlying Mechanisms for Demographic Performance Gaps in Introductory STEM Courses Invited Speaker: Shima Salehi Preview Abstract

Session Y09: Gamma Ray Bursts

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Judy Racusin, GSFC
Room: Roosevelt 4

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		Y09.00001: Are there radio-loud and radio-quiet Gamma-Ray Bursts? Joshua Osborne, Fatemeh Bagheri, Amir Shahmoradi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		Y09.00002: Characterizing Observed vs Rest Frame GRB Durations Michael Moss Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		Y09.00003: Gamma-ray Bursts in Inhomogeneous Interstellar Media Jacob Fields, David Neilsen, Eric Hirschmann, Nicole Lloyd-Ronning, Christopher Fryer, Matthew Anderson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		Y09.00004: Broadband Modeling of the GRB Prompt Emission from Optical to Gamma-Rays Sylvain Guiriec Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM Live		Y09.00005: Fermi-GBM in the era of multimessenger transients Joshua Wood Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM Live		Y09.00006: The HAWC GRB and gravitational-wave follow-up program Israel Martinez-Castellanos Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM Live		Y09.00007: The first observation of an optical counterpart to a Short GRB from the Czech Republic: GRB 160927A Simon Trcka Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:54PM - 3:06PM On Demand		Y09.00008: Searching for Gravitational Waves from Magnetar Remnants of Gamma-Ray Bursts using CoCoA Eric Sowell, Alessandra Corsi, Robert Coyne Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 3:06PM - 3:18PM On Demand		Y09.00009: Gamma-ray burst observations with CALET Yuta Kawakubo, Nicholas Cannady Preview Abstract

Session Y10: Active Galaxies, Star Clusters and Exoplanets

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Nicolas Stone, Hebrew University
Room: Roosevelt 5

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		Y10.00001: Probing a signature of multiple recollimation shocks in the blazar Markarian 421. David Williams, Olivier Hervet, Abraham Falcone, Amanpreet Kaur Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		Y10.00002: The Fermi blazar phenomonology in one parameter Demosthenes Kazanas, Stella Boula, Apostolos Mastichiadis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		Y10.00003: Rates of Stellar Tidal Disruption Michael Kesden, Nicholas Stone, Eugene Vasiliev, Elena Rossi, Hagai Perets, Pau Amaro-Seoane Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		Y10.00004: Emergence of Massive Dark Current in Galactic Dynamics via ``Faraday'' Induction James Slinkman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM Live		Y10.00005: Effects of Radial Observational Systematics on Galaxy and Quasar Clustering Measurements for DESI Ryan Staten Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y10.00006: Uncovering the extremes of black hole accretion in a local Seyfert galaxy Erin Kara Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y10.00007: Deep Transfer Learning for Star Cluster Classification Wei Wei, Eliu Huerta, Brad Whitmore, Janice Lee, Stephen Hannon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y10.00008: Detection of Exoplanet as a Binary Source of Microlensing Events in WFIRST Survey Fatemeh Bagheri, Sedighe Sajadian, Sohrab Rahvar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 3:06PM - 3:18PM Not Participating		Y10.00009: Limits on the long-term very high-energy emission from the extreme blazar 1ES 0229+200 as observed by HAWC Thomas Weisgarber Preview Abstract

Session Y11: Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GPMFC
Chair: Samir Mathur, Ohio State University
Room: Maryland A

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		Y11.00001: Punching Holes in Higher Dimensional Schwarzschild Black Holes Matthew Fox Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		Y11.00002: On anisotropy of the maximum attainable speed of low-mass particles Bogdan Wojtsekhowski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		Y11.00003: Dirac equation in (1+1)D Rindler Spacetime and its mapping to Multiphoton QRM and exterior solutions of (1+1)D blackhole Sankarshan Sahu, Partha Nandy, Biswajit Chakroborty Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		Y11.00004: Self-force from a conical singularity without renormalization Michael Lahaye, Eric Poisson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM Live		Y11.00005: ``Holes'' may transmit Forces and Information, even if they possess no mass. An interesting example appropriate to ``Global Warming'' is presented here Richard Kriske Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM On Demand		Y11.00006: Asymptotic symmetries and charges at spatial infinity in general relativity Ibrahim Shehzad, Kartik Prabhu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM On Demand		Y11.00007: Effect of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and external fields on quantum entanglement in one-dimensional quantum wires Leonardo Lima Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:54PM - 3:06PM		Y11.00008: A Refutation of Special Relativity Eric Samuel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 3:06PM - 3:18PM On Demand		Y11.00009: Why is the Speed of Light the Same in All Reference Frames? Scott Gordon Preview Abstract

Session Y12: Unconventional Ideas in Theory

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Room: Maryland B

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM On Demand		Y12.00001: Quantum Histories and Measurements in Spacetime Edwin Seidewitz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM On Demand		Y12.00002: Singular Light-Speed (Inward) as a Theoretical Basis for Deriving Cosmic Acceleration and Resolving Einstein's Spooky Action at a Distance Thomas Chamberlain Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM On Demand		Y12.00003: Electromagnetic Fields Manifested in the Solutions of an Augmented Dirac Equation Wen-Tai Lin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM		Y12.00004: On the Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen (EPR) Experiment Kenneth Schatten Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM On Demand		Y12.00005: New Physics of the Electron -- Altering its Charge State Mark David Rosen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM On Demand		Y12.00006: Space-time geometry, Modified Lorentz transformations, Dark energy and CPT-symmetric universe Jae-Kwang Hwang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM On Demand		Y12.00007: Disrupting the standard model, from quarks to cosmos, by a quantum 4-waves theory Claude Massot Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:54PM - 3:06PM On Demand		Y12.00008: Big G , the GEM (gravity Electro-Magnetism) Unification Theory, and the X17 particle mass J. E. Brandenburg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Y12.00009: Elementary Particles from a Quantized Mackouse-Klein-Gordon (MKG) Gravitational Equation Nathan Mackouse, Edward Mackouse Preview Abstract

Session Y13: Computational Techniques For Event Reconstruction - II

Chair: Mike Kordosky, William & Mary
Room: Maryland C

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		Y13.00001: Sparse CNNs for Particle ID in ProtoDUNE-SP Carlos Sarasty Segura Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		Y13.00002: Using Neural Networks to Reconstruct GeV-Scale Neutrino Events in IceCube Jessie Micallef Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		Y13.00003: Neutrino Energy Estimation using CNNs in the NOvA Experiment Nitish Nayak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		Y13.00004: Status of the measurement of the muon antineutrino charged-current neutral-pion production differential cross-section in the NOvA near detector Fan Gao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM Live		Y13.00005: Search for Low Mass Resonances using CMS Data Scouting Abhijith Gandrakota Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM Live		Y13.00006: Realigning the goals of machine learning with the goals of physics Prasanth Shyamsundar, Konstantin Matchev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM Live		Y13.00007: Optimized Wombling for LHC data Alex Roman, Konstantin Matchev, Prasanth Shyamsundar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:54PM - 3:06PM On Demand		Y13.00008: Relegation classifier: a machine-learning approach for optimizing analysis significance in signal identification Michael McCracken, Kripa George Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 3:06PM - 3:18PM Not Participating		Y13.00009: Neutrino Energy Reconstruction with Recurrent Neural Networks at NOvA Dmitrii Torbunov Preview Abstract

Session Y14: Computational Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Amy Liu, Georgetown University
Room: Virginia A

(Author Not Attending)		Y14.00001: Thermal boundary conductance of beyond graphene two-dimensional materials Cameron Foss, Zlatan Aksamija Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM		Y14.00002: Intrinsically Localized Lattice Vibrations in Crystalline Lattices. Benjamin Agyare Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM		Y14.00003: Modeling Exciton Transport in the Photosystem II Reaction Center via the Modified Generalized Quantum Master Equation Kristina Lenn, Ellen Mulvihill, Xing Gao, Alexander Schubert, Eitan Geva Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM On Demand		Y14.00004: Numerical construction of Non-Abelian vortices in holographic superconductors Adam Peterson, Roberto Auzzi, Gianni Tallarita Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM On Demand		Y14.00005: Parallel Adapative Monte Carlo Optimization, Sampling, and Integration in C/C++, Fortran, MATLAB, and Python Shashank Kumbhare, Amir Shahmoradi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM On Demand		Y14.00006: Optimization of an axial injection plasma torch using numerical analysis Ilker Uzun-Kaymak, Giray Mecit, Devrim Ozdemir, Ece I. Sungur Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM On Demand		Y14.00007: Simulation and Visualization of the Predictable Parts of the Schrodinger Cat Experiment. Godfrey Akpojotor Preview Abstract

Session Y15: New Perspectives in Gravitational Physics and Electrodynamics

Sponsoring Units: DGRAV
Chair: Richard O'Shaughnessy, Rochester Institute of Technology
Room: Virginia B

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live		Y15.00001: Space-Time Splitting and the Newtonian Limit in General Relativity Theory Maik Reddiger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live		Y15.00002: Theoretical Gravity: Graviton Dynamics George Schuhmann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live		Y15.00003: Special Relativity in Space-Time and Gravity in its Tangent Space Energy-Momentum Douglas Sweetser Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live		Y15.00004: A Unified Electro-Gravity Theory of a Spinning Electron, and the Fundamental Origins of the Fine Structure Constant and Quantum Concepts Nirod Das Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:18PM - 2:30PM Live		Y15.00005: Implications of transformation properties of the source term in the classical Kaluza theory for modifications to the Maxwell equations L.L. Williams Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:30PM - 2:42PM		Y15.00006: Toy models for scalar QED and gravitational decoherence Qidong Xu, Miles Blencowe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:42PM - 2:54PM		Y15.00007: Alternative Gravity Explorations for the Bottema et al. 2015 and Carignan et al 2013 Surveys James O'Brien, Thomas Chiarelli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:54PM - 3:06PM On Demand		Y15.00008: The connection between electric charge, gravitation, and the Feynman sum over all histories view of quantum electrodynamics DT Froedge Preview Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Y15.00009: Orbital Mass, Charge, and Completeness of the Quantum Nature of Atoms Rasulkhozha S. Sharafiddinov Preview Abstract

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