Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2006 37th Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Tuesday–Saturday, May 16–20, 2006; Knoxville, TN

Session Index

Session K1: 1-d Gases

Chair: Ana Maria Rey, Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall

Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM		K1.00001: Dynamics and correlations in one-dimensional gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM		K1.00002: A quantum Newton's cradle Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:12AM - 9:48AM		K1.00003: Low-Dimensional Fermi Gases in Optical Lattices Invited Speaker: Michael K{\"o}hl Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:48AM - 10:24AM		K1.00004: Empirical manifestations of integrability in cold quantum gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K2: Multi-Particle Fragmentation of Atoms and Negative Ions

Chair: Klaus Bartschat, Drake University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG

Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM		K2.00001: Probing Dynamics from Within in Negative Ions, Neutral Molecules and van der Waals Clusters Invited Speaker: Nora Berrah Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM		K2.00002: Multiple Photoionization of C60 Invited Speaker: Ralf Wehlitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:12AM - 9:48AM		K2.00003: Momentum Imaging Study of the H$_{2}$ Coulomb Explosion Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:48AM - 10:24AM		K2.00004: Double Potoionization of Molecular Hydrogen Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K3: Laser Cooling and Trapping

Chair: Phillip Gould, University of Connecticut
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM		K3.00001: Generation of large clouds of ultracold metastable helium S. Charles Doret, Scott V. Nguyen, Colin B. Connolly, Robert A. Michniak, Wolfgang Ketterle, John M. Doyle Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM		K3.00002: Laser cooling of trapped ytterbium ions with an ultraviolet diode laser David Kielpinski, Marko Cetina, Jonathan Cox, Franz Kaertner Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM		K3.00003: Magneto-optical trapping of erbium atoms: trapping without repumping J.J. McClelland, J.L. Hanssen Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM		K3.00004: Reabsorption Mitigation Using Frequency-Broadened Light Anthony Gorges, Ansel Foxley, David French, Jacob Roberts Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM		K3.00005: Magic wavelengths for the $ns-np$ transitions in alkali-metal atoms Bindiya Arora, M.S. Safronova, Charles W. Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM		K3.00006: Cold atom confinement in hollow laser beams with high charge number Fredrik Fatemi, Mark Bashkansky Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM		K3.00007: Bichromatic transverse cooling and guiding in hollow beams Frank A. Narducci Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM		K3.00008: Open-Channel fluorescence imaging of atoms in a high-gradient magnetic guide Rahul Mhaskar, Spencer Olson, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM		K3.00009: Scaling and Suppression of Heating in an Adjustable Ion Trap Steven Olmschenk, Louis Deslauriers, Dan Stick, Winfried Hensinger, Jon Sterk, Christopher Monroe Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM		K3.00010: Ion Trap in a Semiconductor Chip Dan Stick, Winfried Hensinger, Steven Olmschenk, Martin Madsen, Keith Schwab, Chris Monroe Preview Abstract

Session K4: Fundamental Symmetries and Precision Measurements

Chair: Siu Au Lee, Colorado State University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM		K4.00001: Cold Molecular Ion Source for an electron EDM measurement Russell Stutz, Aaron Leanhardt, Laura Sinclair, Eric Cornell Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM		K4.00002: Laser trapping of Radium and progress towards an electric dipole moment measurement J.R. Guest, N. D. Scielzo, I. Ahmad, K. Bailey, J. P. Greene, R. J. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O'Connor, D. H. Potterveld, H. Gould Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM		K4.00003: Progress Towards a Measurement of the Electric Dipole Moment of the Electron Sarah Bickman, Paul Hamilton, Yong Jiang, David Kawall, Richard Paolino, David DeMille Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM		K4.00004: Ba$^{+}$ vs. Cs: prospects for parity-nonconservation studies M.S. Safronova, E. Iskrenova-Tchoukova Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM		K4.00005: Gravitational Tests of Lorentz Symmetry with Atoms Jay D. Tasson, V. Alan Kostelecky Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM		K4.00006: Progress ttrapping single indium ions for possible frequency reference William Trimble, Jeff Sherman, Warren Nagourney Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM		K4.00007: An Aluminum Ion Optical Clock Using Quantum Logic T. Rosenband, P.O. Schmidt, D.B. Hume, T.M. Fortier, W.H. Oskay, J.C.J. Koelemeij, K. Kim, W.M. Itano, S.A. Diddams, J.C. Bergquist, R.E. Drullinger, D.J. Wineland Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM		K4.00008: N-resonance characterization for compact atomic clocks Cindy Hancox, Irina Novikova, Yanhong Xiao, David Phillips, Ronald Walsworth Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM		K4.00009: Improved performance of the ${}^{129}$Xe/${}^3$He Zeeman maser Alex Glenday, Federico Cane, Matthew Rosen, David Phillips, Ronald Walsworth Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM		K4.00010: Differential phase shift spectroscopy in a thallium atomic beam Protik Majumder, David Butts, Ralph Uhl Preview Abstract

Session K5: Quantum Optics and Matter Optics

Chair: Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM		K5.00001: Polarization squeezing of ultrashort pulses in fibres Peter Drummond, Joel Corney, Joel Heersink, Vincent Josse, Gerd Leuchs, Ulrik Andersen Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM		K5.00002: Optical absorption in a spherical artificial atom Yiming Mi, Shuichi Iwata Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM		K5.00003: Rotating a Bose-Einstein condensate using photons with orbital angular momentum Mikkel Andersen, Pierre Clade, Changhyun Ryu, Vasant Natarajan, Kristian Helmerson, William Phillips Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM		K5.00004: Theory of Raman Superradiance Imaging of Condensed Bose Gases Hermann Uys, Pierre Meystre Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM		K5.00005: Coherent acceleration of matter waves in circular waveguides Omjyoti Dutta, Markku Jaaskelainen, Pierre Meystre Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM		K5.00006: Genetic Algorithm approach to Excited Gaussons in Bose-Einstein Condensates with attractive interactions Matt Kalinski Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM		K5.00007: All-optical modeling of superfluid shock waves Jason W. Fleischer, Wenjie Wan Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM		K5.00008: Diffraction of 0.5 keV electrons from free-standing transmission gratings Ben McMorran, John Perreault, Tim Savas, Alex Cronin Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM		K5.00009: Interference between competing pathways in the interaction of three-level atoms and radiation Tony Abi-Salloum, Lorenzo Narducci Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM		K5.00010: Noninvasive imaging in biology using ultrafast coherent control via a pair of chirped pulses Svetlana Malinovskaya, Vladimir Malinovsky Preview Abstract

Session K6: Ion-Atom and Ion-Molecule Collisions

Chair: John Tanis, Western Michigan University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM		K6.00001: Angular and High-Frequency Analysis of Interference Structures in Electron Emission Spectra from 60 MeV/u Kr$^{34+}$ + H$_{2}$. J.A. Tanis, J.-Y. Chesnel, A. Cassimi, J.-P. Grandin, L. Adoui, D. Hennecart, B. Sulik, B. Skogvall, P. Sobocinski, N. Stolterfoht Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM		K6.00002: Simultaneous electron capture to bound an continuum states in 90 AMeV U$^{88+}$+N$_{2}$ collisions Siegbert Hagmann, Muaffaq Nofal, Thomas Stoehlker, Christophor Kozhuharov, Xincheng Wang, Alexander Gumberidze, U. Spillmann, Regina Reuschl, Sebastian Hess, Fritz Bosch, Dieter Liesen, Doris Jakubassa, Joachim Ullrich, Robert Moshammer, Reinhard Doerner Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM		K6.00003: Radiative Electron Capture to Continuum in 90 AMeV U88+ + N2 : the Short Wavelength Limit of Electron Nucleus Bremsstrahlung Siegbert Hagmann, Muaffaq Nofal, Thomas Stoehlker, Christophor Kozhuharov, Xincheng Wang, Alexander Gumberidze, Uwe Spillmann, Regina Reuschl, Sebastian Hess, Fritz Bosch, Dieter Liesen, Doris Jakubassa, Joachim Ullrich, Robert Moshammer, Reinhard Doerner Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM		K6.00004: Fragmentation of H$_{2}$O by 1 -- 5 keV He$^{2+}$ ions: Experiment and Theory N. Stolterfoht, R. Hellhammer, P. Sobocinski, R. Cabrera-Trujillo, Y. Ohrn, E. Deumens, J. Sabin Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM		K6.00005: Measurements of Total Cross Sections of the n = 2 Excitation of Helium from the Impact of 10-25 keV Protons T.J. Kvale, G.S. Hodges, J. Kang, J.D. Thomas, D.G. Seely Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM		K6.00006: Using Electron-Impact Ionization results to Understand Out-of-the-Scattering Plane Structure seen For Heavy Particle Impact M. Foster, J.L. Peacher, M. Schulz, D.H. Madison Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM		K6.00007: Laser-Phase Dependence for Electron Capture in Laser-Assisted Proton -- Hydrogen Collisions Thomas Niederhausen, Uwe Thumm Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM		K6.00008: Local Momenta and Weak Quantum Measurements in Massive Three-Body Coulomb Systems Michael Schillaci Preview Abstract

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