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 C1: DAMOP Thesis Prize

Chair: Alex Cronin, University of Arizona
Room: Chemistry Building 402

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:00PM - 2:30PM		C1.00001: Few-body physics in ultracold gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:30PM - 3:00PM		C1.00002: The Strontium Optical Lattice Clock: Optical Spectroscopy with Sub-Hertz Accuracy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:00PM - 3:30PM		C1.00003: Pairing of Fermionic $^6$Li Throughout the BEC-BCS Crossover Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:30PM - 4:00PM		C1.00004: Quantum Noise and Radiation Pressure Effects in High Power Optical Interferometers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C2: Permanent EDM Searches

Chair: Z.T. Lu, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Gilmer Hall 130

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:00PM - 2:30PM		C2.00001: Probing the electron electric dipole moment with cold molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:30PM - 3:00PM		C2.00002: A New Limit on the Permanent Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) of $^{199}$Hg Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:00PM - 3:30PM		C2.00003: Electric Dipole Moment of the Neutron Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:30PM - 4:00PM		C2.00004: Solid state-based searches for violation of parity and time-reversal symmetries Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C3: Quantum Information with Trapped Ions

Chair: Boris Blinov, University of Washington
Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:00PM - 2:12PM		C3.00001: Transport and heating in an X-junction ion trap array R.B. Blakestad, A.P. VanDevender, C. Ospelkaus, J.M. Amini, J. Britton, D. Leibfried, D.J. Wineland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:12PM - 2:24PM		C3.00002: Trapped Ion Imaging with Integrated Spherical Mirror Gang Shu, Matthew Dietrich, Nathan Kurz, Boris Blinov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:24PM - 2:36PM		C3.00003: Enhanced light collection from trapped ions J.D. Sterk, T.A. Manning, L. Luo, P. Maunz, S. Olmschenk, D. Hayes, D. Matsukevich, C. Monroe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C3.00004: Ion-photon coupling with phase Fresnel lenses for large-scale quantum computing Erik Streed, Benjamin Norton, Justin Chapman, David Kielpinski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C3.00005: Trapped-ion quantum logic gates based on oscillating magnetic fields Christian Ospelkaus, Christopher E. Langer, Jason M. Amini, Kenton R. Brown, Dietrich Leibfried, David J. Wineland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C3.00006: Individual addressing of ions using a magnetic field gradient in a surface-electrode ion trap Shannon X. Wang, Jaroslaw Labaziewicz, Yufei Ge, Isaac L. Chuang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:12PM - 3:24PM		C3.00007: Large Scale Quantum Computation in an Anharmonic Linear Ion Trap Guin-Dar Lin, Shi-Liang Zhu, Rajibul Islam, Kihwan Kim, Ming-Shien Chang, Simcha Korenblit, Christopher Monroe, Luming Duan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C3.00008: Sympathetic cooling and trapped-ion quantum logic gates David Hanneke, J.D. Jost, J.P. Home, J.M. Amini, R. Ozeri, C. Langer*, J.J. Bollinger, D. Leibfried, D.J. Wineland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C3.00009: Sympathetic heating spectroscopy with laser cooled ions Kenneth Brown, Craig Clark, C. Ricardo Viteri, Yatis Dodia, James Goeders, Grahame Vittorini Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C3.00010: Dynamical Decoupling Using Trapped Ions Michael Biercuk, Hermann Uys, Aaron VanDevender, Nobuyasu Shiga, Wayne Itano, John Bollinger Preview Abstract

Session C4: Photoionization and Photodetachment Processes I

Chair: Norrah Berrah, Western Michigan University
Room: Clark Hall 108

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:00PM - 2:12PM		C4.00001: Quantitative rescattering theory for laser-induced high-energy plateau photoelectron spectra Zhangjin Chen, A.T. Le, Toru Morishita, C.D. Lin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:12PM - 2:24PM		C4.00002: Study of shake-up states in helium by XUV-IR pump-probe experiments S. Nagele, J. Feist, R. Pazourek, E. Persson, J. Burgd\"orfer, B.I. Schneider, L.A. Collins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:24PM - 2:36PM		C4.00003: Interference between nonsequential and sequential two-photon double ionization in short XUV pulses J. Feist, R. Pazourek, S. Nagele, E. Persson, J. Burgd\"orfer, L.A. Collins, B.I. Schneider Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C4.00004: Connecting field ionization to photoionization via 17 GHz microwave fields Joshua Gurian, Haruka Maeda, Thomas Gallagher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C4.00005: Photoionization microscopy: experiment and theory Christian Bordas, Mahdi Harb, Samuel Cohen, Franck Lepine, Francis Robicheaux, Marc J.J. Vrakking Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C4.00006: Double Photoionization of Magnesium from Threshold to 70 eV Ralf Wehlitz, Pavle Jurani\'c, Dragan Luki\'c Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:12PM - 3:24PM		C4.00007: Double Photoionization of Be and Mg Atoms using the $R$-Matrix with Pseudo-States Method Donald Griffin, Mitch Pindzola, Connor Ballance, James Colgan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C4.00008: Photoionization and Electron-Ion Recombination of Neutral Cr Using the Unified Method Sultana Nahar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C4.00009: Magnetic field structure in photodetachment from the $^{2}$P$_{1/2 }\to $ $^{3}$P$_{2}$ threshold of the O$^{-}$ ion John N. Yukich, Anne Joiner, Robert H. Mohr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C4.00010: Absolute Single Photoionization Cross Sections of Se$^{3+}$ For the Determination of Elemental Abundances in Planetary Nebulae David Esteves, Nicholas Sterling, Alex Aguilar, A.L. David Kilcoyne, Ronald Phaneuf, Rene Bilodeau, Eddie Red, Brendan McLaughlin, Patrick Norrington, Connor Balance Preview Abstract

Session C5: Ion Collisions

Chair: David Schultz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Clark Hall 107

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:00PM - 2:12PM		C5.00001: Merkuriev cutoff below the three-body threshold: practical considerations for bound state and scattering calculations Vladimir Roudnev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:12PM - 2:24PM		C5.00002: Theoretical Fully Differential Cross Sections for Transfer-Ionization Collisions A.L. Harris, J.L. Peacher, D.H. Madison Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:24PM - 2:36PM		C5.00003: Experimental and Theoretical Fully Differential Cross Sections for Ionization of H2 by 75 keV Proton Impact Uttam Chowdhury, Jason Alexander, Aaron Laforge, Ahmad Hasan, Michael Schulz, Don Madison Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C5.00004: Electron continua and ECC in strongly perturbing ion-atom collisions Siegbert Hagmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C5.00005: Investigation of Charge Transfer in Low Energy $D_2^+$ + H Collisions using Merged Beams V.M. Andrianarijaona, J.J. Rada, R. Rejoub, C.C. Havener Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C5.00006: Collision Induced Dissociation for 1.5 keV/amu HeH$^{+}$ Impact on Argon Kevin Carnes, Nora G. Johnson, A. Max Sayler, Dag Hathiramani, Itzik Ben-Itzhak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:12PM - 3:24PM		C5.00007: High accuracy potential calculations for atom-ion chambers Janine Shertzer, Jacob Golde, Paul Oxley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C5.00008: Isotope Effects in Low Energy Ion-Atom Collisions D.G. Seely, C.C. Havener, R. Rejoub Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C5.00009: Measurement of Ion-Collisional Frequency through Optical Pumping in Ultracold Neutral Plasmas Jose Castro, Thomas Killian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C5.00010: Close-encounter collisions between few keV H$_{2}^{+}$ and Ar: Can the H$_{2}^{+}$ survive? Nora G. Johnson, A.M. Sayler, Ben Berry, Wania Wolff, B. Gaire, M. Zohrabi, J. McKenna, K.D. Carnes, I. Ben-Itzhak Preview Abstract

Session C6: High Field Physics at Short Wavelengths

Chair: Barry Walker, University of Delaware
Room: Minor Hall 125

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:00PM - 2:30PM		C6.00001: Ultrafast processes and single shot imaging of clusters with intense soft x-ray radiation from the FLASH free electron laser Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:30PM - 3:00PM		C6.00002: Femtosecond Isomerization Dynamics in the Ethylene Molecule Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:00PM - 3:30PM		C6.00003: Ultrafast electron dynamics in finite atomic systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:30PM - 4:00PM		C6.00004: Ultrashort non-linear interactions of x-rays with atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

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