Bulletin of the American Physical Society

41st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volume 55, Number 5

Tuesday–Saturday, May 25–29, 2010; Houston, Texas

Session Index

Session C1: DAMOP Thesis Prize Session

Chair: Elizabeth McCormack, Bryn Mawr College
Room: Imperial East

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:00PM - 2:30PM		C1.00001: A Quantum Gas of Polar Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:30PM - 3:00PM		C1.00002: Pairing and Superfluidity in Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:00PM - 3:30PM		C1.00003: Quantum Information Processing with Ions and Photons Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:30PM - 4:00PM		C1.00004: Overcoming the grand challenges in Quantum Simulations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C2: Focus Session: Molecular Spectroscopy

Chair: Ben McCall, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Room: Imperial Center

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:00PM - 2:30PM		C2.00001: Laser-cooled atomic ions as tools for molecular ion spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:30PM - 3:00PM		C2.00002: Studies of Photosynthetic Energy and Charge Transfer by Two-dimensional Fourier transform electronic spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C2.00003: Precision Spectroscopy of Nanoparticles Frank Li, Robert Schafer, Ching-Ting Hwang, Steven Ruggiero, Carol Tanner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:12PM - 3:24PM		C2.00004: Quantum defect analysis of $\rm{H_3^+}+\rm{e^-}$ system Jia Wang, Chris Greene Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C2.00005: Potential energy and dipole moment surfaces of H$_3^-$ molecule Olivier Dulieu, Mehdi Ayouz, Romain Gu\'erout, Jacques Robert, Viatcheslav Kokoouline Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C2.00006: Calculation of potential curves for the $X^2 \Sigma_{u}^+$ and $A^2 \Sigma_{g}^+$ states of Be$_{2}^+$ : Existence of a double minimum Sandipan Banerjee, John Montgomery, Jason Byrd, Harvey Michels, Robin C\^ot\'e Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C2.00007: Large scale valence-bond calculations on diatomic molecules: Aspects of spectral compression Peter W. Langhoff, Michal Ben-Nun, Jeffrey Mills, Kyle Rollin, Michael Bromley, Jerry Boatz, Gordon Gallup Preview Abstract

Session C3: Focus Session: Strong Field Coherent Control

Chair: George Gibson, University of Connecticut
Room: Imperial West

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:00PM - 2:12PM		C3.00001: Dynamic Broadband Rabi Shifting in Laser-Generated Micro-Plasmas Ryan Compton, Alex Filin, Dmitri A. Romanov, Robert J. Levis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:12PM - 2:24PM		C3.00002: Velocity map imaging as a tool for recovering mechanistic information from adaptive strong-field coherent control E. Wells, R. Averin, B. Jochim, J. McKenna, S. De, D. Ray, M. Zohrabi, K.D. Carnes, M.F. Kling, I. Ben-Itzhak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:24PM - 2:36PM		C3.00003: Deciphering optimal control fields Guan-Yeu Chen, Wendell T. Hill, III Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C3.00004: Formation and Dissociation of Transient Molecular States with Ultrafast X Rays James Glownia, James Cryan, Philip Bucksbaum, Ryan Coffee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C3.00005: Time and frequency resolved detection of quantum coherences in systems, driven by strong ultrashort laser fields Stanislav Konorov, John Hepburn, Valery Milner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:00PM - 3:30PM		C3.00006: Exploration and Control of Molecular Dissociation in Strong Asymmetric Laser Fields Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:30PM - 4:00PM		C3.00007: Exploring Quantum Control Landscapes with Gun and Camera Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C4: Disorder and Optical Lattices

Chair: Jason Ho, The Ohio State University
Room: Regency Ballroom

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:00PM - 2:12PM		C4.00001: Dissipative Transport of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in an Optical Speckle Disorder Potential Satyan Bhongale, Paata Kakashvili, Han Pu, Carlos Bolech Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:12PM - 2:24PM		C4.00002: Dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates as discrete superfluids Ryan Wilson, Shai Ronen, John Bohn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:24PM - 2:36PM		C4.00003: Fermions in a 3-D Disordered Potential Joshua Zirbel, Stanimir Kondov, William McGehee, Brian DeMarco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C4.00004: Anderson Localization in a Bose-Einstein Condensate with Tunable Interactions D. Dries, S.E. Pollack, E.J. Olson, R.G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C4.00005: The Effects of Disorder on a Quasi-2D System of Ultra-Cold Atoms M. Beeler, Matthew Reed, Tao Hong, S.L. Rolston Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C4.00006: Delocalization of a disordered bosonic system by repulsive interactions Benjamin Deissler, Matteo Zaccanti, Giacomo Roati, Chiara D'Errico, Marco Fattori, Michele Modugno, Giovanni Modugno, Massimo Inguscio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:12PM - 3:24PM		C4.00007: Pseudospin and spin-spin interactions in ultra-cold alkali Deborah Santamore, Eddy Timmermans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C4.00008: Interaction effects of interconvertible two-component bosons in a state-dependent optical lattice Bryce Gadway, Daniel Pertot, Ren\'{e} Reimann, Dominik Schneble Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C4.00009: Dissipation of repulsively bound pairs in the Bose-Hubbard model Mathias Schneider, Bernd Schmidt, Michael Fleischhauer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C4.00010: Effective coherent four-body interactions in optical lattices Philip Johnson, William Flynn, Eite Tiesinga Preview Abstract

Session C5: Rydberg Atoms and Cold Plasmas

Chair: Thomas Gallagher, University of Virginia
Room: Arboretum I-III

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:00PM - 2:12PM		C5.00001: Electric field effects on decay of Rb Rydberg atom pairs Donald Booth, Jonathan Tallant, Arne Schwettmann, James Shaffer, Jader Cabral, Jorge Kondo, Luis Gon\c{c}alves, Luis Marcassa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:12PM - 2:24PM		C5.00002: Near Threshold Resonant Processes in Plasmas Francis Robicheaux, Stuart Loch, Connor Ballance, Mitch Pindzola Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:24PM - 2:36PM		C5.00003: Dielectronic recombination and autoionization yields in weak static electric fields Jirakan Nunkaew, Tom Gallagher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C5.00004: Ion Acoustic Waves in Ultracold Neutral Plasmas Jose Castro, Patrick McQuillen, Thomas Killian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C5.00005: Observation of the electric field of a cold neutral plasma Hyunwook Park, Raheel Ali, Thomas Gallagher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C5.00006: Electron Distribution of an Ultracold Neutral Plasma Kevin Twedt, Steven Rolston Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:12PM - 3:24PM		C5.00007: Spectroscopy of high-L Rydberg levels of Fr-like U and Th Ions Mark E. Hanni, Stephen R. Lundeen, Charles W. Fehrenbach Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C5.00008: Measurement of the Polarizability of Ba$^{2+}$ Erica L. Snow, Shannon L. Woods, Mark E. Hanni, Stephen R. Lundeen, Charles W. Fehrenbach Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C5.00009: Ionization rates computed from classical periodic orbit theory Kevin Mitchell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C5.00010: State-dependent Energy Shift of Rydberg Atoms in a Ponderomotive Optical Lattice S.E. Anderson, K.C. Younge, B. Knuffman, G. Raithel Preview Abstract

Session C6: Methods of Ultracold Atoms

Chair: David Hall, Amherst College
Room: Arboretum IV-V

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:00PM - 2:12PM		C6.00001: Scanning electron microscopy of ultracold atoms Peter W\"urtz, Andreas Vogler, Tatjana Gericke, Herwig Ott Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:12PM - 2:24PM		C6.00002: Probing Aton-Atom correlations by Single Atom Detection R. Buecker, A. Perrin, St. Manz, I. Mazets, T. Schumm, J. Schmiedmayer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:24PM - 2:36PM		C6.00003: Probing Noise and Coherence in 1d Quantum Systems T. Betz, St. Manz, A. Perrin, T. Schumm, I. Mazets, J. Schmiedmayer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C6.00004: Density Fluctuations in Ultracold Gases Christian Sanner, Ralf Gommers, Wujie Huang, Aviv Keshet, Edward Su, Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C6.00005: Imaging of Multi-Level Atoms in Deep Optical-Micro Traps Tzahi Grunzweig, Andrew Hilliard, Matt McGovern, Peter McDowall, Mikkel F. Andersen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C6.00006: Photon Counting for Bragg Spectroscopy of Quantum Gases Juan Pino, Robert Wild, Philip Makotyn, Deborah Jin, Eric Cornell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:12PM - 3:24PM		C6.00007: How to create macroscopic superposition states of cold bosons in an asymmetric double well Miguel-\'Angel Garc\'Ia-March, Lincoln Carr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C6.00008: Coherent control of population transfer between Wannier-stark states in an optical lattice via one- and two- phonon interference Chao Zhuang, Christopher Paul, Samansa Maneshi, Luciano Cruz, Aephraim Steinberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C6.00009: Quasiparticle Spectrum of 2-d Dirac Vortices in Optical Lattices Laith Haddad, Lincoln Carr Preview Abstract

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