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Session B1: New Directions in Quantum Control of AMO Systems

Chair: P. Bucksbaum, Stanford University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod BC

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:30AM - 11:06AM		B1.00001: Developments in the Coherent Control of Collisional Processes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:06AM - 11:42AM		B1.00002: Coherent control of infinite-dimensional quantum systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:42AM - 12:18PM		B1.00003: Frontiers in quantum feedback control Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:18PM - 12:54PM		B1.00004: Fourier Synthesis and Robust Control of Quantum Dynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B2: Focus Session: Dynamic and Out-of-Equilibrium Phenomena in Cold Atoms

Chair: D. Feder, University of Calgary
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod D

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:30AM - 11:06AM		B2.00001: Observation of a dimensional crossover from 1D to 3D gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:06AM - 11:42AM		B2.00002: Quantum gases out of balance. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B2.00003: Cold matter and short laser pulses: creating cold molecules and probing pair correlations in condensates. Francoise Masnou-Seeuws, Jordi Mur-Petit, Eliane Luc-Koenig Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B2.00004: Spontaneous symmetry breaking in parametrically driven atomic trap and observation of its critical properties. Myoung-Sun Heo, Yonghee Kim, Wonho Jhe, Kihwan Kim, Heung-Ryoul Noh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B2.00005: Time-dependent electromagnetic wave dynamics in ultracold, high-density Rb vapor S. Balik, J. Mills, C.I. Sukenik, M.D. Havey, I.M. Sokolov, D.V. Kupriyanov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B2.00006: Collective self-focusing and atom-optical solitons William Williams, Mark Saffman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:30PM - 12:42PM		B2.00007: Non-monotonicity in the quantum-classical transition: Chaos induced by quantum effects Arjendu Pattanayak, Arie Kapulkin Preview Abstract

Session B3: Ultrafast Collision Processes

Chair: H. Schmidt-Boecking, University of Frankfurt
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 201-203

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:30AM - 11:06AM		B3.00001: Recollision revisited: How far can we push the classical picture? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:06AM - 11:42AM		B3.00002: Attosecond control of electron dynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:42AM - 12:18PM		B3.00003: Ionization and dissociation of molecular ion beams by intense ultrafast laser pulses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:18PM - 12:54PM		B3.00004: Laser-induced nonsequential double and multiple ionization of atoms: what can be learned from models Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B4: Vortices and Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates

Chair: M. Kraemer, University of Colorado
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 206

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B4.00001: Exchange of Spin and Orbital Angular Momentum Between an Ultracold Bose Gas and Optical Angular Momentum Beams Kevin C. Wright, Andrew B. Kowalik, L. Suzanne Leslie, Michael V. Pack, Nicholas P. Bigelow Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B4.00002: Persistent flow in a Bose-Einstein condensate Pierre Clade, Changhyun Ryu, Mikkel Andersen, Vasant Natarajan, Anand Ramanathan, Kristian Helmerson, William Phillips Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B4.00003: Quantum dynamics of Raman-coupled Bose-Einstein condensates with Laguerre-Gaussian beams Rina Kanamoto, Ewan Wright, Pierre Meystre Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B4.00004: Vortex formation by merging multiple trapped Bose-Einstein condensates Chad Weiler, Tyler Neely, David Scherer, Brian Anderson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B4.00005: Spontaneous vortex formation during the creation of Bose-Einstein condensates Brian Anderson, Chad Weiler, Tyler Neely, David Scherer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B4.00006: Collective Excitations of Pinned Vortex Lattice of a Rotating Condensate Han Pu, Leslie Baksmaty, Nicholas Bigelow Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B4.00007: Signatures of Quantized Vortex States in Rotating Optical Lattices Brandon Peden, Rajiv Bhat, Meret Kr\"{a}mer, Murray Holland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B4.00008: Observation of Phase Defects of a quasi-2D BEC in a Single Dipole Trap Pierre Clade, Changhyun Ryu, Anand Ramanathan, Kristian Helmerson, William Phillips Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B4.00009: Use of custom potentials to facilitate access to quantum Hall states in rotating Bose gases Alexis Morris, David Feder Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B4.00010: Quantum phase transitions, symmetry breaking, and the Goldstone mode in metastable Bose-Einstein condensates Rina Kanamoto, Lincoln Carr, Masahito Ueda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:30PM - 12:42PM		B4.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:42PM - 12:54PM		B4.00012: Nonlocal stabilization of nonlinear beams in a self-focusing atomic vapor Mark Saffman, Stefan Skupin, Wieslaw Krolikowski Preview Abstract

Session B5: Metrology & Electric Dipole Moments

Chair: D. Durfee, Brigham Young University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 205

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B5.00001: Slow-Atom Electron EDM Experiment with Electric Field Quantization Harvey Gould, Jason Amini, Charles Munger Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B5.00002: An Electron EDM Search Using Trapped Molecular Ions Laura Sinclair, John Bohn, Aaron Leanhardt, Edmund Meyer, Russell Stutz, Eric Cornell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B5.00003: Progress Towards a New Measurement of the Electric Dipole Moment of $^{199}$Hg. M.D. Swallows, W.C. Griffith, B.R. Heckel, E.N. Fortson, M.V. Romalis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B5.00004: Toward Searches for Electric Dipole Moments of Radium Subhadeep De, Umakanth Dammalapati, Klaus Jungmann, Aran Mol, Lorenz Willmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B5.00005: Accurate determination of the electric-dipole matrix elements in K and Rb from the Stark shift measurements Marianna Safronova, Bindiya Arora, Charles W. Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B5.00006: State-selective ionization of lead monofluoride C.P. McRaven, P. Sivakumar, N.E. Shafer-Ray Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B5.00007: Precision Mass Spectrometry and Polarizability Shifts with Two Ions in a Penning Trap Matthew Redshaw, Joseph McDaniel, Elizabeth Wingfield, Brianna Mount, Edmund Myers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B5.00008: Blackbody radiation shift in optical frequency standard with $^{43}$Ca$^{\rm{+}}$ ion Bindiya Arora, M.S. Safronova, Charles W. Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B5.00009: A Thermal-beam Calcium Interferometer Christopher Erickson, Marshall Van Zjill, Matthew Washburn, James Archibald, Dan Christensen, Jeremiah Birrell, Adam Burdett, Dallin Durfee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B5.00010: New search for a spin-gravity interaction Derek Kimball Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:30PM - 12:42PM		B5.00011: Near-IR frequency comb to characterize acetylene-filled fiber-based frequency references Kristan L. Corwin, Rajesh Thapa, Kevin Knabe, Karl Tillman, Andrew Jones, Brian R. Washburn, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, Man F. Yan Preview Abstract

Session B6: Rydberg Atoms and Molecules

Chair: J. Shaffer, University of Oklahoma
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Olde Scotch Room

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B6.00001: Rydberg Multipole Transitions in Time-Dependent Ponderomotive Potentials B. Knuffman, G. Raithel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B6.00002: Enhancement of Rydberg atom interactions using ac Stark shifts Joseph Petrus, Parisa Bohlouli-Zanjani, James Martin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B6.00003: Resonant enhancement of state-mixing and ionizing collisions in Rb Rydberg states Aaron Reinhard, Tara Cubel Liebisch, Paul Berman, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B6.00004: Spatially resolved observation of dipole-dipole interaction between Rydberg atoms Carolijn van Ditzhuijzen, Femius Koenderink, Atreju Tauschinsky, Bart Noordam, Ben van Linden van den Heuvell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B6.00005: Investigation into the Dipole-Dipole Interaction between Two Localized Groups of Rydberg Atoms Peter D. Maenner, Thomas J. Carroll, Michael W. Noel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B6.00006: Coherent many-body dynamics in cold Rydberg gases Thomas Pohl, Mikhail D. Lukin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B6.00007: Radiative lifetime measurements of high-$n$ Rb Rydberg states Duncan Tate, Mao Zheng, Drew Branden, Tamas Juhasz, Andrew Kortyna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B6.00008: Resonant collision processes in a Cs Rydberg gas K. Richard Overstreet, Arne Schwettmann, Jonathan Tallant, James P. Shaffer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B6.00009: Long-range Cs Rydberg molecules Arne Schwettmann, K. Richard Overstreet, Jonathan Tallant, James P. Shaffer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B6.00010: Measurements in high-L, n=17 and 20 Rydberg states of barium: An investigation of ion core properties of Ba$^{+}$. Erica L. Snow, Stephen R. Lundeen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:30PM - 12:42PM		B6.00011: Higher-order contributions to fine structure in high-L Rydberg states of Si$^{2+}$. Erica L. Snow, Stephen R. Lundeen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:42PM - 12:54PM		B6.00012: Polarizability of Kr$^{6+}$ from High-L Kr$^{5+}$ Fine Structure Measurements S.R. Lundeen, C.W. Fehrenbach Preview Abstract