Bulletin of the American Physical Society

39th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volume 53, Number 7

Tuesday–Saturday, May 27–31, 2008; State College, Pennsylvania

Session Index

Session C1: 50th Anniversary of Physical Review Letters

Chair: George Basbas, American Physical Society
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom CDE

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:00PM - 2:36PM		C1.00001: Physical Review Letters, DAMOP, and the Law of Unintended Consequences Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:36PM - 3:12PM		C1.00002: 50 Years of PRL: Physical Review Letters or Prestige and Recognition in Letter-Format Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C2: Focus Session: Vortices and Solitons

Chair: Zachary Dutton, BBN Technologies
Room: Kern Building 112

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:00PM - 2:36PM		C2.00001: Soliton formation during the cooling, merging and splitting of BECs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C2.00002: Spontaneous vortices in Bose-Einstein condensate formation: comparison of experiment and theory Tyler Neely, Chad Weiler, David Scherer, Ashton Bradley, Matthew Davis, Brian P. Anderson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C2.00003: Thermal melting of two dimensional finite vortex lattice Leslie Baksmaty, Uzi Landman, Han Pu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C2.00004: Inducing vortices in a Bose-Einstein condensate using light beams with orbital angular momentum Waseem Bakr, Jonathon Gillen, Amy Peng, Johannes Brachmann, Markus Greiner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:12PM - 3:48PM		C2.00005: Vortices in Rotating Optical Lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C2.00006: Vortex lattices of bosons in deep rotating lattices Daniel Goldbaum, Erich Mueller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:00PM - 4:12PM		C2.00007: Generation of complex spin textures in a Raman-coupled spinor BEC K.C. Wright, L.S. Leslie, N.P. Bigelow Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:12PM - 4:24PM		C2.00008: Engineering of Quantum Entangled Dark Solitons on One-Dimensional Optical Lattices R.V. Mishmash, I. Danshita, C. W. Clark, L.D. Carr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:24PM - 4:36PM		C2.00009: Density engineering of an oscillating soliton/vortex ring in a Bose-Einstein condensate Shahar Levy, Itay Shomroni, Elias Lahoud, Jeff Steinhauer Preview Abstract

Session C3: Ion and Electron Collisions

Chair: Horst Schmidt-Boecking, University of Frankfurt
Room: Keller Building 104

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:00PM - 2:36PM		C3.00001: Experiments with Reaction Microscopes in ion storage rings - first results and prospects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:36PM - 3:12PM		C3.00002: Polarization and Angular Correlation of X-Rays Emitted in Relativistic Ion-Atom Collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:12PM - 3:48PM		C3.00003: Contemporary Methods and New Phenomena in Atomic Collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:48PM - 4:24PM		C3.00004: Correlated Electronic Dynamics in Ion-Atom Collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C4: Ultracold Molecules

Chair: Phil Gould, University of Connecticut
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom AB

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:00PM - 2:12PM		C4.00001: A quantum defect theory of near-threshold molecular Feshbach resonance states Paul Julienne, Cheng Chin, Eite Tiesinga Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:12PM - 2:24PM		C4.00002: Energy structure of weakly bound molecules near Feshbach resonances Cheng Chin, Paul Julienne, Eite Tiesinga Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:24PM - 2:36PM		C4.00003: Quantum dynamics of F + HCl and F + DCl reactions at ultralow energies Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Goulven Qu{\'e}m{\'e}ner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C4.00004: Weakly bound molecules. Analysis by the Lu-Fano method coupled to the LeRoy-Bernstein model. Laurence Pruvost, Haikel Jelassi, Bruno Viaris de Lesegno Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C4.00005: Vibrational energy transfer in ultracold molecule-molecule collisions Goulven Qu{\'e}m{\'e}ner, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Roman Krems Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C4.00006: Vibrationally dependent interactions of cold molecules Svetlana Kotochigova Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:12PM - 3:24PM		C4.00007: Electric field control of chemical reactions Timur Tscherbul, Roman Krems Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C4.00008: Interactions between Dipolar Molecules and Rubidium L Paul Parazzoli, Noah Fitch, Daniel Lobser, Heather Lewandowski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C4.00009: Trapping of Stark-decelerated neutral molecules Steven Hoekstra, J.J. Gilijamse, S.Y.T. van de Meerakker, G. Meijer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C4.00010: Collision experiments utilizing trapped neutral OH molecules Brian Sawyer, Benjamin Stuhl, Mark Yeo, Dajun Wang, Benjamin Lev, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:00PM - 4:12PM		C4.00011: Toward trapping cold molecules produced via ``kinematic'' cooling Jeffrey J. Kay, Sebastiaan Y. T. van de Meerakker, Kevin E. Strecker, David W. Chandler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:12PM - 4:24PM		C4.00012: Kinematic cooling of molecules in a magneto-optical trap Ken Takase, David W. Chandler, Kevin E. Strecker Preview Abstract

Session C5: Fundamental Symmetries (Co-Sponsored by GPMFC)

Chair: Protik Majumder, Williams College
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Boardroom I

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:00PM - 2:12PM		C5.00001: Progress Towards a New Measurement of the Permanent Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) of $^{199}$Hg T.H. Loftus, M.D. Swallows, B.R. Heckel, E.N. Fortson, W.C. Griffith, M.V. Romalis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:12PM - 2:24PM		C5.00002: Recent Results from the PbO Electron EDM Experiment Paul Hamilton, Sarah Bickman, Yong Jiang, Hunter Smith, Amar Vutha, David DeMille Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:24PM - 2:36PM		C5.00003: Construction of a low-T$_{c}$ SQUID-based liquid $^{129}$Xe NMR probe for search for a permanent atomic EDM Seung-Kyun Lee, M.V. Romalis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C5.00004: Status of the Radon EDM Experiment Eric Tardiff, Timothy Chupp, Wolfgang Lorenzon, Sarah Nuss-Warren, John Behr, Matthew Pearson, Kerim Gulyuz, Richard Lefferts, Norbert Pietralla, Georgi Rainovski, Jerry Sell, Gene Sprouse Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C5.00005: Prospects for using Gd$_3$Fe$_5$O$_{12}$ ferrite ceramics in searches for the electron permanent electric dipole moment and violation of local Lorentz invariance Alexander Sushkov, Stephen Eckel, Steve Lamoreaux Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C5.00006: Search for the electron's electric dipole moment with a cold molecular beam of ThO Amar C. Vutha, O. Keith Baker, Wesley C. Campbell, David DeMille, John M. Doyle, Gerald Gabrielse, Yulia V. Gurevich, Maarten A.H.M. Jansen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:12PM - 3:24PM		C5.00007: On the possibility of an eEDM experiment in ThO Edmund Meyer, John Bohn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C5.00008: Search for long-range anomalous spin dependent forces using a K-$^{3}$He co-magnetometer Georgios Vasilakis, Justin M. Brown, Thomas W. Kornack, Michael V. Romalis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C5.00009: Bounds on New Spin Dependent Forces Between Neutrons Using a $^3$He / $^{129}$Xe Zeeman Maser Alex Glenday, Claire Cramer, David F. Phillips, Ronald L. Walsworth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C5.00010: Measurement of the Beta-Neutrino Correlation of $^{21}$Na Using Shakeoff Electrons P. Vetter, J.R. Abo-Shaeer, S.J. Freedman, R. Maruyama Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:00PM - 4:12PM		C5.00011: Nuclear Spin-Dependent Parity Nonconservation in Diatomic Molecules David Rahmlow, Dennis Murphree, Sidney Cahn, David Demille, Edward Deveney, Richard Paolino, Misha Kozlov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:12PM - 4:24PM		C5.00012: Development of the CI + all-order method for atomic calculations Marianna Safronova, Mikhail Kozlov, Walter Johnson Preview Abstract

Session C6: Quantum Computation

Chair: Junsang Kim, Duke University
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Boardroom II

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:00PM - 2:12PM		C6.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:12PM - 2:24PM		C6.00002: Design of a many qubit quantum computer by ensemble encoding in Ho atoms Mark Saffman, Klaus Molmer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:24PM - 2:36PM		C6.00003: Robust manipulation of atomic qubits using composite pulses Thomas Henage, Erich Urban, Todd Johnson, Larry Isenhower, Thad Walker, Mark Saffman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C6.00004: Fast Quantum Gates Using Chirped Pulses Vladimir Malinovsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C6.00005: Rapid measurement of ions for one-way quantum-computing architectures Rene Stock, Daniel F.V. James Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C6.00006: Quantum computation schemes based on polar molecules Elena Kuznetsova, Robin Cote, Kate Kirby, Susanne Yelin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:12PM - 3:24PM		C6.00007: Scalable Quantum Information Processing Based on Two Ultracold Atomic Species in Optical Lattices with Single Site Addressability Kathy-Anne Brickman, Arjun Sharma, Scott Waitukaitis, Daniel Rivas, Nathan Gemelke, Cheng Chin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C6.00008: Experiments with single site addressable 3D optical lattice. Xiao Li, Karl D. Nelson, David S. Weiss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C6.00009: Ytterbium Ion Qubits for Quantum Information Processing Steven Olmschenk, Dzmitry Matsukevich, Peter Maunz, David Moehring, Kelly Younge, Chris Monroe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C6.00010: Preparation and detection of a $^{137}$Ba$^{+}$ hyperfine qubit M.R. Dietrich, R. Bowler, N. Kurz, V. Mirgon, J. Pirtle, J.S. Salacka, G. Shu, B.B. Blinov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:00PM - 4:12PM		C6.00011: Four-electron quantum dot molecule in a magnetic field Shalva Tsiklauri, Roman Kezerashvili Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:12PM - 4:24PM		C6.00012: Geometric phases and Bloch sphere constructions for SU(N), with a complete description of SU(4) Dmitry Uskov, Ravi Rau Preview Abstract

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