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Session O1: Quantum Control of Polar Molecules

Chair: Paul Lett, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom CDE

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		O1.00001: Toward Quantum Computing with Polar Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		O1.00002: Optimal Control Theory and Quantum Information Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		O1.00003: Quantum information processing and non-linear optics using polar molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		O1.00004: Cold Polar Molecules and Applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session O2: Optical Quantum Memory (Co-Sponsored by GQI)

Chair: Barry Sanders, University of Calgary
Room: Kern Building 112

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		O2.00001: Quantum state transfer from light to an atomic ensemble at room temperature Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		O2.00002: Quantum Storage in Solid State Atomic Ensembles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		O2.00003: Storage of squeezed light as a step towards universal quantum memory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		O2.00004: Quantum Memory in Solids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session O3: Focus Session: Degenerate Gases in Reduced Dimension

Chair: Brett Esry, Kansas State University
Room: Keller Building 104

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		O3.00001: The 2D Bose gas: observation of the BKT transition and the intermediate regime between thermal and superfluid. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		O3.00002: Fractional Quantum Hall Effects with Bose-gases in Rotating Optical Lattice Potentials Nathan Gemelke, Edina Sarajlic, Steven Chu Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		O3.00003: Effective Low-Dimensional Hamiltonian for Strongly Interacting Atoms in a Transverse Trap Jason Kestner, Luming Duan Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		O3.00004: Effects of tunneling on thermalization of quasi-one-dimensional gases Vladimir Yurovsky Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		O3.00005: Minimum Instances of Topological Matter in an Optical Plaquette Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		O3.00006: 1-D Mott insulator transition of a Bose-Einstein condensate Rachel Sapiro, Rui Zhang, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		O3.00007: Charge density waves and off-diagonal order in the 1D Bose-Fermi-Hubbard model for fast fermions Alexander Mering, Michael Fleischhauer Preview Abstract

Session O4: Degenerate Fermi Gases

Chair: Brian DeMarco, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom AB

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		O4.00001: Spin-Imbalance in a 1-Dimensional Trapped Fermi-Gas Tobias Paprotta, Guthrie B. Partridge, Yean-an Liao, Wenhui Li, Randall G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		O4.00002: Radiofrequency Spectroscopy of Imbalanced Fermi Gases Andre Schirotzek, Yong-il Shin, Christian Schunck, Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		O4.00003: The Effect of Trap Geometry on Phase Separation in a Polarized Fermi Gas Yean-an Liao, W. Li, G.B. Partridge, T. Paprotta, R.G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		O4.00004: Phase diagram of a two-component Fermi gas with resonant interactions Yong-il Shin, Christian H. Schunck, Andre Schirotzek, Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		O4.00005: Radio Frequency spectroscopy of a strongly interacting Fermi gas John Stewart, John Gaebler, Deborah Jin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		O4.00006: Universal behavior of the critical temperature and condensate fraction of a strongly interacting molecular condensate Yasuhisa Inada, Munekazu Horikoshi, Shuta Nakajima, Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami, Masahito Ueda, Takashi Mukaiyama Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		O4.00007: Determination of the equation of state of a two-component Fermi gas at unitarity Yong-il Shin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		O4.00008: Determination of the Fermion Pair Size in a Strongly Interacting Superfluid Christian Schunck, Yong-il Shin, Andre Schirotzek, Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		O4.00009: Matter wave probe for detecting Fermi superfluidity in trapped ultra-cold atom experiments Satyan Bhongale, Han Pu Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		O4.00010: Dynamics of a rotating, strongly interacting Fermi gas Stefan Riedl, Edmundo R. Sanchez Guajardo, Christoph Kohstall, Alexander Altmeyer, Johannes Hecker Denschlag, Rudolf Grimm Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		O4.00011: Diagrammatic Monte Carlo Kris Van Houcke, Evgeny Kozik, Nikolay Prokof'ev, Boris Svistunov Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		O4.00012: Ferromagnetic coherence in ultracold fermions L.J. LeBlanc, A.B. Bardon, M.H.T. Extavour, J. McKeever, D. Jervis, A. Stummer, J.H. Thywissen Preview Abstract

Session O5: The Ultra Intense Laser Frontier (Strong Field, Intense Laser Processes)

Chair: Chris H. Greene, University of Colorado
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Boardroom I

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		O5.00001: Non-sequential multiple ionization: signature of single-recollision pathway Phay Ho, Joseph Eberly Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		O5.00002: Molecular Hydrogen in Intense Ultashort Laser Pulses Alejandro Saenz, Yulian Vanne, Manohar Awasthi Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		O5.00003: On the Strong-Field Approximation Describing Atoms and Molecules in Intense Laser Fields Alejandro Saenz, Yulian Vanne Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		O5.00004: Single-Active-Electron Approximation for Describing Molecules in Ultrashort Laser Pulses Alejandro Saenz, Manohar Awasthi, Yulian Vanne, Alberto Castro, Piero Decleva Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		O5.00005: The effect of position within a laser focus on strong-field ionization Jay Paquette, Jan Chaloupka Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		O5.00006: Testing the Plane Wave Approximation in Electron-Molecule Scattering Zachary B. Walters, Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		O5.00007: Correlated Electron Pairs and Recollision Excitation in Double Ionization Stan Haan, Zach Smith, John VanDyke Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		O5.00008: Relativistic,$>$1MeV, photoelectrons from the single atom response of Ar and Xe to a 10$^{19}$W.cm$^{-2}$ laser field Isaac Ghebregziabher, Anthony D. Dichiara, Rob Sauer, Jane Waesche, Sasi Palaniyappan, Bruce Wen, Barry C. Walker Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		O5.00009: Alignment-free Molecular Frame Tunneling Probabilities A. Staudte, H. Akagi, D. Pavicic, A. Shiner, F. Turner, R. Doerner, D.M. Villeneuve, M.Yu. Ivanov, P.B. Corkum Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		O5.00010: Triple dissociative ionization of diatomic molecules in strong laser fields J. Wu, Chunlei Guo Preview Abstract

Session O6: Electron-Molecule Collisions

Chair: William McCurdy, University of California, Davis
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Boardroom II

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		O6.00001: Probing the nonlocal resonance model of electron collisions with diatomic molecules Karel Houfek, Premysl Kolorenc, Michal Tarana, Thomas N. Rescigno, C. William McCurdy Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		O6.00002: Multichannel quantum defect studies of e$^-$ + LiH$_2^+$ and e$^-$ + NO$_2^+$ Daniel Haxton, Chris Greene Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		O6.00003: Two- and three-body breakup in dissociative electron attachment to water D.J. Haxton, T.N. Rescigno, C.W. McCurdy Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		O6.00004: Elastic electron scattering from water John Muse, Helen Silva, Maria Cristina Lopes, Murtadha A. Khakoo Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		O6.00005: Dissociative Electron Attachment of Water Molecules Ali Belkacem, Hidehito Adaniya, Timur Osipov, Thorsten Weber, Sun Y. Lee, Marcus Hertlein, Benedikt Rudek Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		O6.00006: Theoretical description of dissociative recombination of HCO$^{+}$ Nicolas Douguet, Viatcheslav Kokoouline, Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		O6.00007: Time-dependent quantum defect theory for dissociative recombination of diatomic molecules Samantha Santos, Viatcheslav Kokoouline, Chris Greene Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		O6.00008: Resonant Dissociative Recombination of ArH$^+$ V. Ngassam, A.E. Orel Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		O6.00009: Dissociative Electron Attachment to HCCCN S.T. Chourou, A.E. Orel Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		O6.00010: Investigating asymmetries in the HD$^{+}$(1$s\sigma )$ branching ratio following electron impact at energies from threshold to 100 J.B. Williams, A.L. Landers, I. Ben-Itzhak, E. Wells Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		O6.00011: Stokes Parameter Measurements of Fluorescence from N$_2$, N$_2^+$, and NI Resulting from Polarized-Electron Impact on N$_2$ T.J. Gay, J.W. Maseberg Preview Abstract