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Session W1: Advances in Applications of Optically-Pumped Alkalis

Chair: Tim Gay, University of Nebraska
Room: Imperial East

Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:00AM - 8:30AM		W1.00001: Optically Pumped Atoms with Velocity- and Spin-Changing Collisions at Low Gas Pressures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:30AM - 9:00AM		W1.00002: Rydberg-mediated quantum manipulation of atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:00AM - 9:30AM		W1.00003: Chip-Scale Atomic Magnetometers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:30AM - 10:00AM		W1.00004: Laser-polarized noble gases: a powerful probe for biology, medicine, and subatomic physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W2: Focus Session: Quantum Simulation and Complexity

Chair: Carl Williams, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Imperial Center

Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:00AM - 8:30AM		W2.00001: Quantum computation for quantum chemistry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:30AM - 9:00AM		W2.00002: Stroboscopic Generation of Topological Protection Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		W2.00003: Exploring the phase diagram of the transverse-field Ising model using trapped ions K.R. Islam, S. Korenblit, K. Kim, M.-S. Chang, E.E. Edwards, C. Monroe, G.-D. Lin, L.-M. Duan, J. Freericks Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		W2.00004: Quantum simulation of arbitrary Hamiltonians with superconducting circuits C. Benjamin, E.J. Pritchett, M.R. Geller, A. Galiautdinov, A.T. Sornborger, P.C. Stancil, J. Martinis Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		W2.00005: The Dicke Quantum Phase Transition in a Superfluid Gas Coupled to an Optical Cavity Ferdinand Brennecke, Kristian Baumann, Christine Guerlin, Silvan Leinss, Rafael Mottl, Tilman Esslinger Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		W2.00006: Probing the Kondo Lattice Model with Alkaline Earth Atoms Michael Foss-Feig, Michael Hermele, Victor Gurarie, Ana Maria Rey Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		W2.00007: Singlet-triplet oscillations with pairs of neutral atoms in an optical superlattice Stefan Trotzky, Yu-Ao Chen, Ute Schnorrberger, Patrick Cheinet, Simon F\"olling, Immanuel Bloch Preview Abstract

Session W3: Focus Session: Molecular Photoionization and High Harmonic Generation

Chair: Chii-Dong Lin, Kansas State University
Room: Imperial West

Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		W3.00001: Observing electron rearrangement in the simplest chemical reaction Agnieszka Jaron-Becker, Wen Li, Margaret Murnane, Henry Kapteyn, Andreas Becker Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:12AM - 8:42AM		W3.00002: How Initial State Correlation Controls Sequential Laser Tunnel Ionization Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:42AM - 8:54AM		W3.00003: Bragg Diffraction High Harmonic Spectroscopy Joseph Farrell, Limor Spector, Brian McFarland, Philip Bucksbaum, Markus G\"uhr, Mette Gaarde, Kenneth Schafer Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:54AM - 9:06AM		W3.00004: High Harmonic Generation in Sulfur Dioxide Limor S. Spector, Joseph P. Farrell, Brian K. McFarland, Philip H. Bucksbaum, Markus Guehr Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:06AM - 9:36AM		W3.00005: Extraction of Fixed-in-Space photoionization cross section and phase with high-order harmonic generation from aligned molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		W3.00006: Time Reversing High Harmonic Generation: Towards table top XUV spectroscopy Carlos Trallero-Herrero, Bruno Schmidt, Andrew Shiner, Jean-Claude Kieffer, Paul Corkum, Francois Legare, David Villeneuve Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		W3.00007: High order harmonic generation in a strongly-driven periodic solid Shambhu Ghimire, Anthony DiChiara, Emily Sistrunk, Louis Dimauro, Pierre Agostini, David Reis Preview Abstract

Session W4: Dynamics with Ultracold Atomic Gases II

Chair: Ian Spielman, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Regency Ballroom

Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		W4.00001: Thermometry and Dynamics of Two-Component Ultracold Gases in Optical Lattices Hirokazu Miyake, Patrick Medley, David Weld, David Pritchard, Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		W4.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		W4.00003: Nonlinear dynamics from quantum mechanics for a BEC in a two-well potential Juha Javanainen Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		W4.00004: Dynamical instabilities of fermion superfluids in an optical lattice Arun Paramekanti, Ramachandran Ganesh, Anton Burkov Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		W4.00005: Quantum dynamics of the dissociation of a molecular BEC into fermionic atoms Joel Corney, Magnus \"Ogren, Karen Kheruntsyan Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		W4.00006: Dynamics of fermionization for strongly interacting photons in 1D Dominik Muth, Bernd Schmidt, Michael Fleischhauer Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		W4.00007: Thermalization in 1d many body systems I.E. Mazets, J. Schmiedmayer Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		W4.00008: Near-equilibrium dynamics of an atomic gas near a quantum phase transition Xibo Zhang, Chen-Lung Hung, Peter Scherpelz, Nathan Gemelke, Cheng Chin Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		W4.00009: Thermalization in 1D, 2D, and 3D Spin-Dependent Lattices David McKay, Brian DeMarco Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		W4.00010: A Study of Nonadiabatic Effects When a 1D Optical Lattice is Turned on Rapidly T. Bergeman, H. Shim, D. Pertot, B. Gadway, D. Schneble Preview Abstract

Session W5: Laser Cooling and Trapping

Chair: Dan Heinzen, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Arboretum I-III

Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		W5.00001: Towards Laser trapping of Argon-39 - A Spectroscopic Study of the Metastable Cycling Transition at 811.8 nm William Williams, Zheng-Tian Lu, Kenneth Rudinger, Chenyu Xu, Reika Yokochi, Peter Mueller Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		W5.00002: Engineering trapping potentials for ultracold polar molecules Svetlana Kotochigova Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		W5.00003: Multi-Photon Magneto-Optical Trapping Roger Brown, Saijun Wu, Thomas Plisson, William Phillips, J.V. Porto Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		W5.00004: Capture of a continuous beam of Li atoms in a cryogenic, supersonic helium jet. Michael Borysow, Brady Stoll, Daniel Heinzen Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		W5.00005: Cooling Atoms with a Moving One-Way Barrier Elizabeth Schoene, Jeremy Thorn, Daniel Steck Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		W5.00006: Simultaneous Optical Trapping of Lithium and Ytterbium Atoms Vladyslav Ivanov, Alexander Khramov, Anders Hansen, William Dowd, Subhadeep Gupta Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		W5.00007: Narrow linewidth cooling of $^{6}$Li P.M. Duarte, T.A. Corcovilos, J.M. Hitchcock, R.G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		W5.00008: Toward magnetic trapping of isotopes of hydrogen Robert Clark, S. Travis Bannerman, Isaac Chavez, Adam Libson, Tom Mazur, Mark Raizen Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		W5.00009: A pulsed Sisyphus scheme for laser cooling of atomic hydrogen Saijun Wu, Roger C. Brown, William D. Phillips, J.V. Porto Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		W5.00010: Stable Trap for Neutral Atoms with a Superconducting Disc Tetsuya Mukai Preview Abstract

Session W6: Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases II

Chair: Thomas Killian, Rice University
Room: Arboretum IV-V

Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		W6.00001: Equation of State of a Strongly Interacting Atomic Fermi Gas Mark Ku, Andre Schirotzek, Ariel Sommer, Martin Zwierlein, Kris Van Houcke, Felix Werner, Evgeny Kozik, Nikolay Prokofev, Boris Svistunov Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		W6.00002: Repulsively Interacting Two-Component Fermi Gases: a Quantum Monte Carlo Study Sebastiano Pilati, Gianluca Bertaina, Stefano Giorgini, Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		W6.00003: Cold fermions at unitarity: variations on a theme Alexandros Gezerlis, Aurel Bulgac, J. Carlson Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		W6.00004: The Equation of State of a Strongly Interacting Fermi Gas Nir Navon, Sylvain Nascimb\`ene, Kaijun Jiang, Fr\'ed\'eric Chevy, Christophe Salomon Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		W6.00005: The Role of the Contact in the rf Spectroscopy of a Strongly-interacting Fermi Gas Eric Braaten, Daekyoung Kang, Lucas Platter Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		W6.00006: Is it possible to access the strongly interacting regime with a $^6$Li$^{40}$K Fermi-Fermi mixture? Andreas Trenkwalder, Christoph Kohstall, Frederik Spiegelhalder, Devang Naik, Gerhard Hendl, Florian Schreck, Rudolf Grimm Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		W6.00007: Strongly Interacting Fermi and Bose-Fermi Gases Ye-ryoung Lee, Jae Choi, Caleb Christensen, Gyu-boong Jo, Tout Wang, Wolfgang Ketterle, David Pritchard Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		W6.00008: Investigation of the 3D to 1D Crossover of a Spin-Imbalanced Fermi Gas Tobias Paprotta, Yean-An Liao, Ann Sophie C. Rittner, Randall G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		W6.00009: Strongly interacting two-dimensional Dirac fermions Lih-King Lim, Achilleas Lazarides, Andreas Hemmerich, C. Morais Smith Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		W6.00010: Single impurity in cold Fermi superfluids Lei Jiang, Han Pu Preview Abstract