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 T1: Emerging Applications of AMO Physics

Chair: Mark Edwards, Georgia Southern University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall

Friday, May 19, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		T1.00001: TBD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:06AM - 11:42AM		T1.00002: TBD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:42AM - 12:18PM		T1.00003: All-optical atomic magnetometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 12:18PM - 12:54PM		T1.00004: Chip-Scale Atomic Devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T2: Positron Interactions with Atoms and Molecules

Chair: Stephen Buckman, Australian National University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG

Friday, May 19, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		T2.00001: Positronic Atoms --- Understanding a Sticky (Few-Body) Situation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:06AM - 11:42AM		T2.00002: Resonances in Positron-molecule Interactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:42AM - 12:18PM		T2.00003: Ionisation by Positron and Positronium Impact Invited Speaker: Gaetana Laricchia Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 12:18PM - 12:54PM		T2.00004: Many-body theory of positron-atom interactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T3: Strong Field (Intense Laser) Processes II

Chair: Stephen Southworth, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Friday, May 19, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		T3.00001: Observation of Enhanced Excitation of $I_2^{2+}$ by Strong Laser Fields George Gibson, Ryan Coffee, Li Fang Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		T3.00002: Resonant-Like~Enhancement~of~the High-Energy Plateau in ATD Katarzyna Krajewska, Ilya I. Fabrikant, Anthony F. Starace Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		T3.00003: Two-photon excitation/ionization of inner shell atoms: Non-dipole approximation S.A. Novikov, S.S. Tayal Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		T3.00004: Electron-Positron Pair Production by the Impact of a High-Power Laser Pulse on Relativistic Ions Katarzyna Krajewska, Jerzy Z. Kami\'{n}ski, Fritz Ehlotzky Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		T3.00005: Charges in an electromagnetic wave directed along a constant magnetic field: quantum and classical solutions William E. Baylis, Renan Cabrera Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		T3.00006: Optimizing dynamic alignment in diatomic molecules by pulse shaping Daniel Pinkham, Karen Mooney, Robert Jones Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		T3.00007: X-ray probe of Alignment by Strong-field Ionization C. H\"{o}hr, E. Peterson, D.A. Arms, E.M. Dufresne, R.W. Dunford, D.L. Ederer, E.P. Kanter, B. Kr\"{a}ssig, E.C. Landahl, J. Rudati, R. Santra, S.H. Southworth, L. Young Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		T3.00008: Aligned Molecules for X-Ray Microprobe Studies E. Peterson, C. H\"{o}hr, S. Southworth, E. Landahl, B. Kr\"{a}ssig, E. Kanter, S. Pratt, L. Young Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		T3.00009: Dielectronic Recombination From a Continuum of Finite Bandwidth Above the Classical Ionization Limit Edward Shuman, Tom Gallagher Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 12:18PM - 12:30PM		T3.00010: High repetition rate saturated output lasers in nickel-like ions at wavelengths down to 13.2 nm M.A. Larotonda, Y. Wang, B.M. Luther, D. Alessi, M. Berrill, V.N. Shlyaptsev*, J.J. Rocca Preview Abstract

Session T4: Atomic and Molecular Structure, Including in Static Fields

Chair: Yuri Ralchenko, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Friday, May 19, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		T4.00001: Measurement of pressure broadening of the 2S-3S transition of $^{7}$Li by noble gases Mark Rosenberry, Kristin Burgess, Kok Win Goh, Michael Reuter, Brian Stewart Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		T4.00002: Precision calculations of atomic properties of Ga and Ga-like ions U.I. Safronova, M.S. Safronova, T.E. Cowan Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		T4.00003: The He-He dimer binding energy: A new computational method.. George Rawitscher, Israel Koltracht Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		T4.00004: Triple excitations in the relativistic coupled-cluster formalism and calculation of Na properties Sergey Porsev, Andrei Derevianko Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		T4.00005: Quantitative Theory for Electron-Atom Scattering Colm T. Whelan, Robert K. Nesbet, Jason. Martinez Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		T4.00006: Complete treatment of the non-linear terms in the single-double all-order method Rupsi Chandra, M.S. Safronova, W.R. Johnson Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		T4.00007: $B$-spline calculations of oscillator strengths in noble gases. Oleg Zatsarinny, Klaus Bartschat Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		T4.00008: The correlation of nucleon mass to nuclear stability is investigated Eugene Pamfiloff Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		T4.00009: Energetics and structural properties of bosonic three-dimensional clusters near threshold D. Blume, G. J. Hanna Preview Abstract

Session T5: Rydberg Atoms and Wave Packets

Chair: Francis Robicheaux, Auburn University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301 AB

Friday, May 19, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		T5.00001: High-Resolution Rydberg-spectroscopy on ultracold Rubidium atoms Tilman Pfau, Rolf Heidemann, Axel Grabowski, Vera Bendkowsky, Eva Kuhnle, Juergen Stuhler Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		T5.00002: Superradiance in ultracold Rydberg atoms Tun Wang, Robin Cote, Edward Eyler, S. Farooqi, Philip Gould, Marijan Kostrun, David Tong, Daniel Vrinceanu, Susanne Yelin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		T5.00003: Quadrupole Transitions to Rydberg States in an Ultracold $^{85}$Rb Gas D. Tong, S.M. Farooqi, E.G.M van Kempen, E.E. Eyler, P.L. Gould Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		T5.00004: Van-der-Waals shifts of rubidium Rydberg states Tara Cubel Liebisch, Aaron Reinhard, Brenton Knuffman, Paul Berman, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		T5.00005: Ionization of an Highly Excited Hydrogen atom in parallel Electric and Magnetic fields T\"urker Top\c cu, Francis Robicheaux Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		T5.00006: Microwave Ionization of Sodium at High Scaled Frequency Xiaodong Zhang, Thomas Gallagher Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		T5.00007: Probing Time-Dependent Electron Interactions in Double-Rydberg Wavepackets X. Zhang, R.R. Jones Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		T5.00008: Orbital dynamics of two-electron atoms in a static electric field probed by scaled energy spectroscopy J. Murray-Krezan, J. Kelly, M.R. Kutteruf, R.R. Jones Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		T5.00009: Coherent population transfer by multiphoton adiabatic rapid pasasage H. Maeda, J.H. Gurian, D.V.L. Norum, T.F. Gallagher Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 12:18PM - 12:30PM		T5.00010: Observing angular precession of a Rydberg wave packet due to spin-orbit coupling by orthogonal polarized half-cycle pulses Haidan Wen, Santosh Pisharody, Joel Murray, Philip Bucksbaum Preview Abstract

Session T6: New Experimental Techniques

Chair: Yuan-Yu Jau, Princeton University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

Friday, May 19, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		T6.00001: Multiply-Charged Positive Ion Polarizabilities from Rydberg Ion Fine Structure Stephen R. Lundeen, Laura E. Wright, Erica L. Snow Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		T6.00002: Progress in High-Field Optical Pumping of Alkali Metal Nuclei B. Patton, K. Ishikawa, Y.-Y. Jau, W. Happer Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		T6.00003: NMR studies of Phase Transitions in Alkali Metal Films on Glass Substrates K. Ishikawa, B. Patton, Y.-Y. Jau, W. Happer Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		T6.00004: Optical Transfer Cavity Stabilization using Tunable Sidebands of RF Current-Modulated Injection-Locked Diode Lasers. Parisa Bohlouli-Zanjani, James D.D. Martin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		T6.00005: Engineered Light Fields Designed to Manipulate Cold Atoms Matthew Pasienski, Hong Gao, Matthew White, Brian DeMarco Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		T6.00006: Autler Townes Effect as a Probe of Molecular Electronic Transition Dipole Moments Ergin Ahmed, Peng Qi, Omer Salihoglu, Bediha Beser, Svetlana Kotochigova, Marjatta Lyyra Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		T6.00007: Buffer gas loading and Doppler cooling of strontium ions in a planar Paul trap Robert Clark, Kenneth Brown, Jaroslaw Labaziewicz, Philip Richerme, Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Friday, May 19, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		T6.00008: Evanescent wave magnetometer Z. Wu, K. Zhao Preview Abstract

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