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Session B1: Invited Session: Synthetic Gauge Fields in Quantum Gases

Chair: Congjun Wu, University of California, San Diego
Room: Grand Ballroom BCD

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B1.00001: Light induced gauge fields and spin orbital coupling in cold atomic gas Invited Speaker: Ian Spielman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:00AM - 11:30AM		B1.00002: Experimental realization of spin-orbit coupling in degenerate Fermi gas Invited Speaker: Jing Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:30AM - 12:00PM		B1.00003: Topological quantum criticality in spin-orbit coupled fermions Invited Speaker: Sumanta Tewari Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:00PM - 12:30PM		B1.00004: Spin-Orbit Coupled Quantum Gases Invited Speaker: Hui Zhai Preview Abstract

Session B2: Atomic Spin Dynamics

Chair: Chandra Raman, Georgia Tech
Room: Grand Ballroom GF

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B2.00001: Spin instabilities in an ultra-cold gas Jeffrey McGuirk, Dorna Niroomand, Lydia Zajiczek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B2.00002: Spatial modulation of immiscible $^{87}$Rb hyperfine states Daniel Campbell, Ryan Price, Subhadeep De, Ian Spielman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B2.00003: Non-equilibrium Spin Domains in Quenched Sodium Spinor Bose-Einstein condensates Anshuman Vinit, Eva Bookjans, Chandra Raman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B2.00004: Dynamics of multi-component fermions in optical lattices Christoph Becker, Jasper Simon Krauser, Jannes Heinze, Nick Fl\"aschner, S\"oren G\"otze, Klaus Sengstock Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B2.00005: Properties of excited states of a one-dimensional gas of spin-1 Bose atoms in a magnetic field Vladimir Yurovsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B2.00006: Matter-wave amplification in a seeded $^{23}$Na spinor Bose-Einstein condensate Jonathan Wrubel, Hyewon Pechkis, Paul Griffin, Ryan Barnett, Eite Tiesinga, Paul Lett Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B2.00007: Manipulating dipolar and spin-exchange interactions in spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensates Bo-Yuan Ning, S. Yi, Jun Zhuang, J.Q. You, Wenxian Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B2.00008: Quantum Spin Dynamics in Spin-1 BEC Corey Gerving, Thai Hoang, Ben Land, Martin Anquez, Chris Hamley, Michael Chapman Preview Abstract

Session B3: Invited Session: Atomic and Molecular Astrophysics

Chair: Daniel Savin, Columbia University
Room: Grand Ballroom E

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B3.00001: Observing the chemical signatures of the oldest, most metal-poor stars Invited Speaker: Anna Frebel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:00AM - 11:30AM		B3.00002: Atomic Data and the Modeling of Supernova Spectra Invited Speaker: Christopher Fontes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:30AM - 12:00PM		B3.00003: The Need for Oscillator Strengths to Study the Molecular Universe Invited Speaker: Steven Federman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:00PM - 12:30PM		B3.00004: Herschel and SOFIA Observations, Interpretations and the Laboratory Data Required Invited Speaker: John C. Pearson Preview Abstract

Session B4: Invited Session: Frontiers of Intense Laser Physics

Chair: Anthony Starace, University of Nebraska
Room: Garden 1-2

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B4.00001: Gigavolt-Energy Electrons and Femtosecond-Duration Hard X-Rays Driven by Extreme Light Invited Speaker: Donald Umstadter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:00AM - 11:30AM		B4.00002: Combined Ion and Laser Field Effects in Intense Laser Ionization of Atoms and Molecules Invited Speaker: Robert Jones Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:30AM - 12:00PM		B4.00003: Optics in the Relativistic Regime Invited Speaker: Toshiki Tajima Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:00PM - 12:30PM		B4.00004: Probing Ultrafast Processes in Intense Laser--Matter Interactions Invited Speaker: S.X. Hu Preview Abstract

Session B5: Cold Collisions and Ultracold Molecules

Chair: Phillip Gould, University of Connecticut
Room: Garden 3

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B5.00001: Travelling wave deceleration of heavy polar molecules in weak-field seeking states Richard Hendricks, Nicholas Bulleid, Sarah Skoff, Daniel Segal, Ben Sauer, Michael Tarbutt, Edward Hinds, Samuel Meek, Andreas Osterwalder, Maxwell Parsons, Gabriele Santambrogio, Gerard Meijer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B5.00002: Continuous Production of Rovibrational Ground State RbCs via Photoassociation Colin Bruzewicz, Mattias Gustavsson, Toshihiko Shimasaki, David DeMille Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B5.00003: Enhanced creation efficiency of polar molecules with a species-selective dipole trap Bo Yan, Brian Neyenhuis, Steven Moses, Jacob Covey, Deborah Jin, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B5.00004: Cold Collisions in a K-Rb two species dipole trap Carlos Menegatti, Bruno Marangoni, Luis Marcassa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B5.00005: Non-universal binding energies of weakly bound Feshbach molecules Paul Julienne, Jeremy Hutson, Gerhard Zurn, Andre N. Wenz, Thomas Lompe, Selim Jochim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B5.00006: Resolved-sideband RF spectroscopy on weakly bound $^6$Li$_2$ molecules S. Jochim, G. Z{\"u}rn, A.N. Wenz, T. Lompe, P.S. Julienne, J.M. Hutson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B5.00007: Towards ultracold RbCa molecules Michaela Kleinert, Hayley Whitson, Alexandria Parsagian Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B5.00008: Lifetimes of three particles in an isotropic harmonic trap Edmund Meyer, B.D. Esry Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B5.00009: Production of Ultracold Strontium Dimers in Optical Lattices for Precision Measurements and Metrology Christopher Osborn, Gael Reinaudi, Tanya Zelevinsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B5.00010: Quantum control of ultracold Rb Svetlana Malinovskaya, Thomas Collins, Spencer Horton Preview Abstract

Session B6: Invited Session: The Fine Structure Constant

Co-Sponsoring Units: GPMFC
Chair: Gerald Gabrielse, Harvard University
Room: Garden 4

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B6.00001: Determination of the fine structure constant from atom interferometry Invited Speaker: Saida Guellati Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:00AM - 11:30AM		B6.00002: Most Precise Determination of the Fine Structure Constant: Electron g and QED Invited Speaker: Shannon Fogwell Hoogerheide Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:30AM - 12:00PM		B6.00003: A tenth-order QED coontribution to the lepton g-2 Invited Speaker: Makiko Nio Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:00PM - 12:30PM		B6.00004: A matter wave clock and new measurement of the fine structure constant Invited Speaker: Shau-Yu Lan Preview Abstract

Session B7: Invited Session: Quantum Control for Quantum Information Processing

Chair: Ivan Deutsch, University of New Mexico
Room: Terrace

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B7.00001: Quantum feedback experiments with atoms and cavities Invited Speaker: Jean-Michel Raimond Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:00AM - 11:30AM		B7.00002: Quantum Control and Tomography in the 16-Dimensional Ground Manifold of Atomic Cesium Invited Speaker: Poul Jessen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:30AM - 12:00PM		B7.00003: Synthetic Quantum Matter under the Microscope Invited Speaker: Markus Greiner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:00PM - 12:30PM		B7.00004: Quantum simulations of magnetism with large numbers of atomic ion spins Invited Speaker: Rajibul Islam Preview Abstract