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 S1: Coherent Spinor Dynamics in Ultracold Gases

Chair: Presiding person to be selected
Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall

Friday, May 19, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM		S1.00001: Coherent spinor dynamics in all-optical spin-1 condensates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM		S1.00002: Resonance spin dynamics in ultracold gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:12AM - 9:48AM		S1.00003: Dipolar spinor condensate: a novel magnetic anisotropic superfluid Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:48AM - 10:24AM		S1.00004: Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in a Ferromagnetic Spinor Condensate Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S2: Rydberg Physics and Ultracold Plasmas

Chair: Georg Raithel, University of Michigan
Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG

Friday, May 19, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM		S2.00001: Expansion Dynamics of Ultracold Neutral Plasmas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM		S2.00002: Rydberg gases as thermostats for ultracold neutral plasmas Invited Speaker: Thomas Pattard Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:12AM - 9:48AM		S2.00003: Enhanced Recombination Rate in Ion Storage Rings: Formation of Rydberg Atoms during the Beam Merging Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:48AM - 10:24AM		S2.00004: Microwave manipulation of an atomic electron. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S3: Strong Field (Intense Laser) Processes I

Chair: Mette Gaarde, Louisiana State University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Friday, May 19, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM		S3.00001: Ellicity dependence of Harmonic Generation in $\rm \bf C_{60}$ Guoping Zhang, Thomas F. George Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM		S3.00002: Three-Step Model for High-Harmonic Generation in Many-Electron Systems Robin Santra, Ariel Gordon Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM		S3.00003: Alignment dependence of high-order harmonic generation from CO$_{2}$ Anh-Thu Le, Xiao-Min Tong, C. D. Lin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM		S3.00004: Phase Dependence of Molecular High Order Harmonic Generation at Long-Range Andre D. Bandrauk, Samira Barmaki, Gerard Lagmago-Kamta Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM		S3.00005: Observation of Intra-molecular Vibrational Dynamics using High-Harmonic Generation as a Probe Nick Wagner, Andrea W\"uest, Margaret Murnane, Henry Kapteyn Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM		S3.00006: High harmonic generation from ions in a capillary discharge David M. Gaudiosi, Brendan Reagan, Tenio Popmintchev, Michael Grisham, Mark Berrill, Oren Cohen, Barry C. Walker, Margaret M. Murnane, Henry C. Kapteyn, Jorge J. Rocca Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM		S3.00007: Effective one-electron approaches to calculate high harmonic generation Nina Rohringer, Robin Santra Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM		S3.00008: Quantum origin of plateau structures in strong laser-atom processes M.V. Frolov, N.L. Manakov, A.A. Khuskivadze, Anthony F. Starace Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM		S3.00009: Coherent states of the periodically driven Rydberg atom Luz Vianey Vela-Arevalo Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM		S3.00010: Creating more stable molecular dications in strong laser fields X. Wang, C. Guo Preview Abstract

Session S4: Electron and Positron Scattering-Theory

Chair: Don Madison, University of Missouri-Rolla
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Friday, May 19, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM		S4.00001: Importance of Different Interactions for Simultaneous Excitation-Ionization of Helium by Electron Impact A.L. Harris, M. Foster, J.L. Peacher, D.H. Madison, K. Bartschat Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM		S4.00002: A simple method for obtaining accurate electron scattering phase shifts from ab initio MBPT energies of an atom in a cavity I. M. Savukov Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM		S4.00003: R-MATRIX II Calculations for Electron Collisions with Ni~II Anil Pradhan, Justin Oelgoetz, Sultana Nahar, V. Burke, P. Burke, C. Noble Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM		S4.00004: Electron-Impact Double Ionization of H$^-$ M.S. Pindzola, F. Robicheaux, J. Colgan Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM		S4.00005: Effect of Exchange Distortion on Spin Polarized Electron-Xenon Scattering Z. Stegen, D.H. Madison, H. Saha, K. Bartschat, R. Panajotovic, S. Bellm, J. Lower, Erich Weigold Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM		S4.00006: The ionization dynamics of electron impact H$_{2}$ and H$_{2}$O molecules Junfang Gao, Don Madison, Jerry Peacher, Martyn Hussey, Andrew Murray Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM		S4.00007: State-selected predissociation of H$_3$ V. Ngassam, A.E. Orel Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM		S4.00008: Dissociative Electron Attachment to ClCN and BrCN J. Royal, A.E. Orel Preview Abstract

Session S5: Nonlinear Optics and Special Topics

Chair: Ray Garrett, University of Tennessee
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

Friday, May 19, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM		S5.00001: Three body recombination for electrons in a strong magnetic field: magnetic moment Francis Robicheaux Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM		S5.00002: Defect dynamics in nonlinear photonic quasicrystals Barak Freedman, Guy Bartal, Mordechai Segev, Ron Lifshitz, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, Jason W. Fleischer Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM		S5.00003: Coupled dynamics of atoms and a radiation pressure driven interferometer Dominic Meiser, Pierre Meystre Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM		S5.00004: Study of decoherence and dynamical decoupling in an optical lattice S. Maneshi, J.F. Kanem, C. Zhuang, M. Partlow, A.M. Steinberg Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM		S5.00005: Physics collaboration and communication through emerging media: *odcasts, blogs and wikis Charles W. Clark, Jamie Williams Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM		S5.00006: Storage and retrieval of single photons transmitted between remote quantum memories Stewart D. Jenkins, Thierry Chaneli\`{e}re, Dzmitry Matsukevich, Shau-Yu Lan, Odell A. Collins, Alex Kuzmich, T.A. Brian Kennedy Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM		S5.00007: Up-Conversion Methods for Multi-dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy Kent Meyer Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM		S5.00008: Ultrafast Optical Rabi Oscillations on a Single Ion Martin Madsen, Peter Maunz, David Moehring, Rudy Kohn, Chris Monroe Preview Abstract

Session S6: New Theoretical Methods and Nonlinear Dynamics

Chair: John Delos, College of William and Mary
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

Friday, May 19, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM		S6.00001: The sign and magnitude of some semiclassical Casimir energies Martin Schaden, Larry Spruch Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM		S6.00002: Gaussian quantum operator representations for fermions Peter Drummond, Joel Corney Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM		S6.00003: Atomic Spectral Methods for Molecular Electronic Structure Calculations Robert Hinde, Jerry Boatz, Peter Langhoff Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM		S6.00004: Monodromy? What's Monodromy? J.B. Delos, D. Sadovskii, B. Zhilinskii Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM		S6.00005: The dynamic foundation of quantum mechanics V.J. Lee Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM		S6.00006: Measurement of critical exponents at spontaneous symmetry breaking~in a parametrically excited magneto-optical trap Myoung-Sun Heo, Ki-Hwan Lee, Changil Ryoo, Dahyun Yum, Yonghee Kim, Kihwan Kim, Wonho Jhe Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM		S6.00007: Radiation-Pressure-Driven Micro-Mechanical Cavity and Emergence of Chaos Farhan Saif, Pierre Meystre Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM		S6.00008: Scaling in parameter dependence of decoherence of quantum systems far from their classically chaotic counterparts Arjendu Pattanayak, Arnaldo Gammal Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM		S6.00009: Chaos-induced pulse trains of cold atoms in a double Gaussian trap Kevin Mitchell Preview Abstract

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