Bulletin of the American Physical Society

40th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volume 54, Number 7

Tuesday–Saturday, May 19–23, 2009; Charlottesville, Virginia

Session Index

Session B1: Magnetism in Ultracold Gases and Spinor Gases

Chair: Daniel Goldbaum, University of Arizona
Room: Chemistry Building 402

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B1.00001: Repulsively and Attractively Interacting Fermi-Mixtures in Optical Lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:00AM - 11:30AM		B1.00002: Magnetism of ultracold atoms in optical lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:30AM - 12:00PM		B1.00003: Supersolidity in a quantum degenerate dipolar spinor gas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:00PM - 12:30PM		B1.00004: Dynamics and generation of fractionalized vortices in spinor BECs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B2: Focus Session: Slow Ion-Atom and Ion-Molecule Collisions

Chair: Brett DePaola, Kansas State University
Room: Gilmer Hall 130

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B2.00001: A contemporary theoretical view of ion-atom, -molecule interactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:00AM - 11:30AM		B2.00002: Recent result in slow ion-atom and ion-molecule collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B2.00003: Estimates of Collisional Cooling and Quenching Rates for Atomic and Molecular Ion Collisions with Ultracold Atoms. Winthrop Smith, James Wells Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B2.00004: Jahn-Teller Interactions in the Dissociative Recombination of H$_{3}^{+}$ Stephen Pratt, Christian Jungen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B2.00005: Quantum-defect theory for ion-atom interactions Bo Gao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B2.00006: Theory of Dissociative Recombination of linear triatomic ions with permanent dipole moment: Study of HCO$^{+}$ Nicolas Douguet, Viatcheslav Kokoouline, Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B2.00007: Preliminary results on a new method for producing ultracold molecular ions Wade Rellergert, Eric Hudson Preview Abstract

Session B3: Matter Waves

Chair: Michael G. Moore, Michigan State University
Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B3.00001: Near and far field studies of coherence in scalar Bose-Einstein condensates Kater Murch, Jennie Guzman, Mukund Vengalattore, Dan Stamper-Kurn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B3.00002: Dynamics and Relative Phase of Fragmenting BECs Douglas K. Faust, William P. Reinhardt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B3.00003: Low-momentum Bragg Spectroscopy of a Strongly Interacting $^{85}$Rb Bose-Einstein Condensate Juan Pino, Rob Wild, Deborah Jin, Eric Cornell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B3.00004: A large momentum beam-spitter using Bloch oscillations Pierre Clad\'e, Saida Guellati-Kh\'elifa, Fran\c cois Nez, Lucile Julien, Fran\c cois Biraben Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B3.00005: Direct Measurement of Atom Number Fluctuations in an RF Dressed Double Well Alma B. Bardon, Lindsay J. LeBlanc, Marcius H.T. Extavour, Jason McKeever, Joseph H. Thywissen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B3.00006: Coherent Control of Atomic Transport in Spinor Optical Lattices Brian Mischuck, Ivan Deutsch, Poul Jessen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B3.00007: An open quantum system study of atomic transport through time-dependent optical lattices Ronald Pepino, Dana Anderson, Murray Holland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B3.00008: Interference of Two Molecular Bose-Einstein Condensates Christoph Kohstall, Stefan Riedl, Edmundo R. Sanchez Guajardo, Leonid A. Sidorenkov, Johannes Hecker Denschlag, Rudolf Grimm Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B3.00009: Implementation of a Bose Einstein condensate gyroscope John H.T. Burke, Charles A. Sackett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B3.00010: Ultra stable Matter wave gyroscopy using Orbital Angular Momentum induces atomic vortices Sulakshana Thanvanthri, Kishor Kapale, Jonathan Dowling Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:30PM - 12:42PM		B3.00011: High sensitivity atom interferometry measurement of the atom-surface interaction Vincent Lonij, Alex Cronin, Steven Lepoutre, Haikel Jelassi, G\'erard Tr\'enec, Matthias B\"uchner, Jacques Vigu\'e Preview Abstract

Session B4: Polarized Atoms

Chair: Tom Gentile, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Clark Hall 108

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B4.00001: Preparation of Laser-Polarized Xenon at High Xe Densities and High Resonant Laser Powers Provided by Volume Holographic Grating-Narrowed LDAs Boyd Goodson, Nicholas Whiting, Panayiotis Nikolaou, Neil Eschmann, Michael Barlow Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B4.00002: Characterization of a Low Pressure, High Capacity $^{129}$Xe Flow-Through Polarizer Brian Saam, Geoffry Schrank, Zayd Ma, Allison Schoeck Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B4.00003: Polarized $^{3}$He Gas for Neutron Scattering Wangchun Chen, Ross Erwin, Shannon Watson, Thomas Gentile, Changbo Fu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B4.00004: Application of Polarized 3He Cells in Neutron Interferometry Michael Huber, Fred Wietfeldt, Muhammad Arif, Thomas Gentile, WangChun Chen, Dmitry Pushin, Liang Yang, Daniel Hussey, Timothy Black Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B4.00005: Using MR imaging methods for measurement of 3-He cells during pumping Steven Parnell, Martin Deppe, Stephen Boag, Mark Boyce, Selma Ajraoui, Juan Parra-Robles, Jim Wild Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B4.00006: Online SEOP Polarized 3He for Neutron Applications Earl Babcock, S. Boag, T.E. Chupp, T.R. Gentile, A. Petoukhov, T.G. Walker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B4.00007: $^3$He Relaxation Time Measurements at $\sim$400mK for the neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) experiment Qiang Ye Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B4.00008: Spatial Polarization Profile in an Optically Pumped Alkali Vapor Ben Olsen, Brian Patton, Yuan-Yu Jau, Will Happer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B4.00009: Photon Budget in Spin Exchange Optical Pumping Brian Lancor, Robert Wyllie, Thad Walker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B4.00010: Direct measurement of the dwell time of spin polarized Rb atoms on coated Pyrex glass surfaces using light shift K.F. Zhao, M. Schaden, Z. Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:30PM - 12:42PM		B4.00011: Universal Long-Time Behavior of Nuclear Spin Decays in Solid Hyperpolarized Xenon Brian Saam, Steven W. Morgan, Boris V. Fine Preview Abstract

Session B5: Electron Collisions

Chair: Timothy Gay, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Room: Clark Hall 107

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B5.00001: An Improved RMPS Approach to Ground and Metastable Ionization of Neutral Neon C.P. Ballance, M.S. Pindzola, D.C. Griffin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B5.00002: Electron-Impact Single Ionization of Mg and Al$^+$ J.A. Ludlow, C.P. Ballance, S.D. Loch, M.S. Pindzola, D.C. Griffin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B5.00003: Fully relativistic B-spline R-matrix calculations for electron collisions with xenon Klaus Bartschat, Oleg Zatsarinny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B5.00004: Inelastic Scattering of Electrons by Black Hole Atoms M.S. Pindzola, F. Robicheaux Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B5.00005: Electron-Atom Interaction and Optogalvanic Dynamics in a Hollow Cathode Discharge Plasma Around 659.9nm Kayode Ogungbemi, Prabhakar Misra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B5.00006: Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Low Energy Electron Impact Ionization for Molecular Hydrogen Ola Al-Hagan, Don Madison, James Colgan, Christian Kaiser, Andrew Murray, Mitch Pindzola Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B5.00007: H$^{-}$ and D$^{-}$ channels of Dissociative Electron Attachment to water molecules Hidehito Adaniya, Benedikt Rudek, Timur Osipov, Sun Lee, Thorsten Weber, Marcus Hertlein, Markus Schoeffler, Mike Prior, Ali Belkacem Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B5.00008: Dissociative Electron Attachment to HCCCN Slim Chourou, Ann Orel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B5.00009: Spin Torque on Molecular Rotation Induced by Polarized Electrons T.J. Gay, J.W. Maseberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B5.00010: Dissociative recombination of N$_2$H$^+$ Valery Ngassam, Ann E. Orel Preview Abstract

Session B6: Focus Session: Vibrational and Rotational Coherence

Chair: Albert Stolow, National Research Council Canada
Room: Minor Hall 125

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B6.00001: Quantum state selection of polar molecules: Alignment, orientation and conformational control Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:00AM - 11:12AM		B6.00002: Rotational decoherence in a dense gas of multiply kicked N$_2$ Ryan Coffee, James Cryan, Phillip Bucksbaum, Adam Pelzer, S. Ramakrishna, Tamar Seideman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:12AM - 11:24AM		B6.00003: Dynamic field-free orientation of polar molecules by intense two-color femtosecond laser pulses S. De, D. Ray, F. Anis, N.G. Johnson, I. Bocharova, M. Magrakvelidze, B.D. Esry, C.L. Cocke, I.V. Litvinyuk, I. Znakovskaya, M.F. Kling Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:24AM - 11:36AM		B6.00004: Impulsive longitudinal molecular alignment Douglas Broege, Ryan Coffee, Philip Bucksbaum Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:36AM - 12:06PM		B6.00005: Strong field physics revealed through time-domain spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B6.00006: Quantum-beat analysis of the rotational-vibrational dynamics in D$_2^+$ Uwe Thumm, Martin Winter, Ruediger Schmidt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B6.00007: Internuclear-separation dependent ionization induced vibrational cooling in I$_2$ molecules Li Fang, George Gibson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:30PM - 12:42PM		B6.00008: Characterization of transient molecular vibrations on the way towards coherently controlled vibrational target state Stanislav Konorov, Xiaoji Xu, John Hepburn, Valery Milner Preview Abstract

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