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Session C1: Invited Session: Dipolar Quantum Gases

Chair: Doerte Blume, Washington State University
Room: Grand Ballroom BCD

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:00PM - 2:30PM		C1.00001: Quantum degenerate Bose and Fermi gases of dysprosium Invited Speaker: Benjamin Lev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:30PM - 3:00PM		C1.00002: Dipolar Chromium BECs Invited Speaker: Bruno Laburthe-Tolra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:00PM - 3:30PM		C1.00003: Ultracold Polar Molecules Invited Speaker: Deborah Jin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:30PM - 4:00PM		C1.00004: Quantum phases of bosonic polar molecules in optical lattice geometries Invited Speaker: Barbara Capogrosso-Sansone Preview Abstract

Session C2: Advances in Laser Cooling

Chair: Russell Hart, Rice University
Room: Grand Ballroom GF

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:00PM - 2:12PM		C2.00001: Low-temperature, high-density magneto-optical trapping of potassium using the open 4S $\rightarrow$ 5P transition at 405\,nm David McKay, Dylan Jervis, Dan Fine, John Simpson-Porco, Graham Edge, Joseph Thywissen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:12PM - 2:24PM		C2.00002: Direct laser cooling of yttrium monoxide Matthew Hummon, Mark Yeo, Benjamin Stuhl, Yong Xia, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:24PM - 2:36PM		C2.00003: Trapped atom number in millimeter-scale magneto-optical traps Gregory W. Hoth, Elizabeth A. Donley, John Kitching Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C2.00004: All-Optical Production of a Lithium Quantum Gas Using Narrow-Line Laser Cooling Tsung-Lin Yang, Pedro M. Duarte, Russell A. Hart, Randall G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C2.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C2.00006: Two Level Atom in Bichromatic Field: Von Neumann Entropy and Laser Cooling Robinjeet Singh, Petr Anisimov, Kim Barnabas, Harold Metcalf, Hwang Lee, Jonathan Dowling Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:12PM - 3:24PM		C2.00007: Sisyphus Cooling of Polyatomic Molecules Martin Zeppenfeld, Barbara G.U. Englert, Rosa Gloeckner, Alexander Prehn, Gerhard Rempe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C2.00008: The Construction and Properties of an AC-MOT Melissa Anholm, H. Norton, R.M.A. Anderson, O. Theriault, J. Donohue, J.A. Behr Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C2.00009: Verifying the Reif model of MOT loading:Trap depth and density dependence James Booth, Magnus Haw, Nathan Evetts, Will Gunton, Janelle Van Dongen, Kirk Madison Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C2.00010: Cooling of particle ensembles with cooperative effects Guin-Dar Lin, Susanne Yelin Preview Abstract

Session C3: Focus Session: AMO Applications

Chair: Elizabeth McCormack, Bryn Mawr College
Room: Grand Ballroom E

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:00PM - 2:30PM		C3.00001: Low-energy electron interactions with biomolecules Invited Speaker: Carl Winstead Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C3.00002: Atom counting system to measure ultra-low Kr-85 contamination in liquid xenon dark matter detectors Tae Hyun Yoon, Luke Goetzke, Andre Loose, Elena Aprile, Tanya Zelevinsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C3.00003: DNA detection using Laser Transmission Spectroscopy Carol Tanner, Steven Ruggiero, Frank Li, Andrew Mahon, Matthew Barnes, Scott Egan, Jeffrey Feder, David Lodge, Ching-Ting Hwang, Robert Schafer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:54PM - 3:24PM		C3.00004: Low Energy Electron Scattering from Fuels Invited Speaker: M. Cristina A. Lopes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C3.00005: Green astro-comb for exoplanet searches Chih-Hao Li, Alexander Glenday, Nicholas Langellier, Gabor Furesz, Matthew Webber, Guoqing Chang, Li-Jin Chen, Hung-Wen Chen, Jinkang Lim, Franz Kaertner, David Phillips, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Ronald Walsworth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C3.00006: Wave packet dynamics for atomic projectile in solid film Gennadiy Filippov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C3.00007: Rotation of an optical angular interference pattern in a spiral phase plate etalon Yisa Rumala, Aaron Leanhardt Preview Abstract

Session C4: Invited Session: Frontiers in Ultrafast X-ray Physics

Chair: Linda Young, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Garden 1-2

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:00PM - 2:30PM		C4.00001: Optical laser-based THz streaking for full FEL pulse characterization Invited Speaker: Adrian Cavalieri Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:30PM - 3:00PM		C4.00002: Capturing ultrafast molecular dynamics with time-resolved x-ray absorption, x-ray emission, and x-ray scattering Invited Speaker: Anne Marie March Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:00PM - 3:30PM		C4.00003: Time-resolved photoelectron emission from atoms and surfaces: the photoeffect revisited Invited Speaker: Uwe Thumm Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:30PM - 4:00PM		C4.00004: Clusters in intense x-ray pulses Invited Speaker: Christoph Bostedt Preview Abstract

Session C5: Bose Gases

Chair: John Thomas, North Carolina State University
Room: Garden 3

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:00PM - 2:12PM		C5.00001: Contact Measurements on Atomic BEC Philip Makotyn, Catherine Klauss, Robert Wild, Eric Cornell, Deborah Jin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:12PM - 2:24PM		C5.00002: Effective renormalized multi-body interactions of harmonically confined ultracold neutral bosons E. Tiesinga, P.R. Johnson, W.F. Flynn, D. Blume, X.Y. Yin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:24PM - 2:36PM		C5.00003: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO K1.00089 Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:36PM - 2:48PM		C5.00004: Nature of 3D Bose gases near Feshbach Resonance Mohammad S. Mashayekhi, Dmitry Borzov, Shizhong Zhang, Jun Liang Song, Fei Zhou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:48PM - 3:00PM		C5.00005: Narrow Feshbach Dance of Two Trapped Atoms Nicolas Lopez Valdez, Eddy Timmermans, Shan-Wen Tsai Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:00PM - 3:12PM		C5.00006: Expansion Dynamics of a Ring Bose--Einstein Condensate Mark Edwards, Hadayat Seddiqi, Michael Krygier, Brandon Benton, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:12PM - 3:24PM		C5.00007: 2D Bose--Einstein Condensate Expansion Variational Model Hadayat Seddiqi, Mark Edwards, Michael Krygier, Brandon Benton, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:24PM - 3:36PM		C5.00008: Effective interactions of ultracold bosons in anisotropic and anharmonic potentials Philip Johnson, Eite Tiesinga, Xiangyu Yin, Doerte Blume Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:36PM - 3:48PM		C5.00009: Construction of analytical many body wave functions for correlated bosons in a harmonic trap Peter Schmelcher, Yiannis Brouzos Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:48PM - 4:00PM		C5.00010: Particle losses in Bose-Einstein condensates Krzysztof Pawlowski, Dominique Spehner, Giulia Ferrini, Frank Hekking, Anna Minguzzi Preview Abstract

Session C6: Invited Session: Precision Measurements and Applications to Fundamental Physics

Co-Sponsoring Units: GPMFC
Chair: Holger Mueller, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Garden 4

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:00PM - 2:30PM		C6.00001: Precision Atom Interferometry Invited Speaker: Mark Kasevich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:30PM - 3:00PM		C6.00002: Optical Lattice Clocks Invited Speaker: Chris Oates Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:00PM - 3:30PM		C6.00003: Ultrastable lasers for precision spectroscopy in a $^{87}$Sr optical lattice clock Invited Speaker: Michael Martin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:30PM - 4:00PM		C6.00004: Quantum optomechanics: exploring the interface between quantum physics and gravity Invited Speaker: Markus Aspelmeyer Preview Abstract

Session C7: Invited Session: Quantum Manipulations with Rydberg Atoms

Chair: Thad Walker, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: Terrace

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:00PM - 2:30PM		C7.00001: Non-linear optics using Rydberg atoms Invited Speaker: Charles Adams Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:30PM - 3:00PM		C7.00002: Towards Quantum Information Processing Using Rydberg Blockade Invited Speaker: Larry Isenhower Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:00PM - 3:30PM		C7.00003: Trapping Rydberg Atoms in an Optical Lattice Invited Speaker: Sarah E. Anderson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:30PM - 4:00PM		C7.00004: Rydberg atom mediated polar molecule interactions Invited Speaker: Hossein Sadeghpour Preview Abstract