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Session G2: Systems with Long-range Interactions

Chair: Dominik Schneble, Stony Brook University
Room: 306-307

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:00AM - 8:30AM		G2.00001: Contaminant-State Broadening Mechanism in a Driven Dissipative Rydberg System Invited Speaker: J. V. Porto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:30AM - 9:00AM		G2.00002: Finite-range interactions and cluster Bose metals Invited Speaker: Guido Pupillo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:00AM - 9:30AM		G2.00003: Cold Rydberg molecules Invited Speaker: Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:30AM - 10:00AM		G2.00004: Dipolar quantum gases and liquids Invited Speaker: Tilman Pfau Preview Abstract

Session G3: Improve Training of Undergraduates in Experimental Physics

Chair: Heather Lewandowski, University of Colorado/JILA
Room: 308

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:00AM - 8:30AM		G3.00001: Investigating student learning in upper-division laboratory courses on analog electronics Invited Speaker: MacKenzie Stetzer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:30AM - 9:00AM		G3.00002: Experimental AMO physics in undergraduate optics and lasers courses Invited Speaker: Chad Hoyt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:00AM - 9:30AM		G3.00003: Re-thinking intro physics labs: Teaching and assessing critical thinking Invited Speaker: Natasha Holmes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:30AM - 10:00AM		G3.00004: Students' views about the nature of experimental physics Invited Speaker: Bethany Wilcox Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 10:00AM - 10:12AM		G3.00005: Phys21:Preparing Physics Students for 21st Century Careers Elizabeth McCormack Preview Abstract

Session G4: Spectroscopy, Lifetimes, and Oscillator Strengths

Chair: Peter Beiersdorfer, LLNL
Room: 309

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:00AM - 8:12AM		G4.00001: Hyperfine quenching of the $2s^22p^{5}3s\ ^3P_2$ state of Ne-like ions U. I. Safronova, A. Stafford, A. S. Safronova Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:12AM - 8:24AM		G4.00002: Kr X-ray spectroscopy to diagnose Inertial Confinement Fusion implosions on the National Ignition Facility Arati Dasgupta, Nichlas Ouart, John Giuliani, Robert Clark, Marilyn Schneider, Howard Scott Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:24AM - 8:36AM		G4.00003: Dielectronic Satellite Lines of L-shell Mo at LLNL EBIT A. Stafford, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, U.I. Safronova, E.E. Petkov, V.V. Shlyaptseva, P. Beiersdorfer, N. Hell, G.V. Brown Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:36AM - 8:48AM		G4.00004: Single and multi photon molecular transitions of cold Rb Rydberg atoms Jeonghun Lee, Javed Iqbal, Tom Gallagher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:48AM - 9:00AM		G4.00005: Laser spectroscopy of fine-structure splittings in the 2$^{\mathrm{3}}$P$_{\mathrm{J}}$ levels of $^{\mathrm{4}}$He X. Zheng, Y. R. Sun, J.-J. Chen, S.-M. Hu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:00AM - 9:12AM		G4.00006: Measurement of hyperfine structure and isotope shifts in the $8p$ excited states of thallium and the $7p$ excited states of indium using two-step laser spectroscopy P. Milinda Rupasinghe, Sauman Cheng, Nathaniel Vilas, Eli Hoenig, Bingyi Wang, P.K. Majumder Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:12AM - 9:24AM		G4.00007: Direct search for the thorium-229 nuclear isomeric transition with a pulsed VUV laser Justin Jeet, Christian Schneider, Eugene V. Tkalya, Eric R. Hudson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:24AM - 9:36AM		G4.00008: High precision spectroscopy of p-state Rubidium Rydberg molecules Tanita Eichert, Thomas Niederprüm, Oliver Thomas, Carsten Lippe, Herwig Ott Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:36AM - 9:48AM		G4.00009: Abstract Withdrawn
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:48AM - 10:00AM		G4.00010: The Ratio of the Resonance Line to Intercombination Line in Neonlike Ions. D Panchenko, VM Andrianarijaona, GV Brown, N Hell, P Beiersdorfer Preview Abstract

Session G5: Gravity and Searches for Exotic Forces

Chair: Stephen Eckel, NIST
Room: 310

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:00AM - 8:12AM		G5.00001: Testing the universality of free fall with atoms in different quantum states Zhong-Kun Hu, Xiao-Chun Duan, Min-Kang Zhou, Lu-Shuai Cao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:12AM - 8:24AM		G5.00002: Test of the equivalence principle using dual species atom interferometry Peter Asenbaum, Chris Overstreet, Tim Kovachy, Daniel Brown, Jason Hogan, Mark Kasevich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:24AM - 8:36AM		G5.00003: Testing sub-gravitational forces on atoms from a miniature, in-vacuum source mass Matthew Jaffe, Philipp Haslinger, Victoria Xu, Paul Hamilton, Amol Upadhye, Benjamin Elder, Justin Khoury, Holger Mueller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:36AM - 8:48AM		G5.00004: Phase shift in atom interferometry due to spacetime curvature Chris Overstreet, Peter Asenbaum, Tim Kovachy, Daniel Brown, Jason Hogan, Mark Kasevich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:48AM - 9:00AM		G5.00005: Development of a force sensor using atom interferometry to constrain theories on dark matter and dark energy Chandler Schlupf, Robert Niederriter, Eliot Bohr, Sami Khamis, Youna Park, Erik Szwed, Paul Hamilton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:00AM - 9:12AM		G5.00006: $^{3}$He-$^{129}$Xe co-magnetometer shifts from $^{87}$Rb decoupling sequences Mark Limes, Michael Romalis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:12AM - 9:24AM		G5.00007: Search for long-range spin-mass forces Junyi Lee, Attaallah Almasi, Michael Romalis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:24AM - 9:36AM		G5.00008: Synchronous Spin Exchange Comagnetometry Joshua Weber, Daniel Thrasher, Susan Sorensen, Anna Korver, Thad Walker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:36AM - 9:48AM		G5.00009: Searching for anomalous spin-spin interactions Attaallah Almasi, Himawan Winarto, Junyi Lee, Michael Romalis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:48AM - 10:00AM		G5.00010: Effect of atomic diffusion on spin noise spectroscopy with a tightly focused beam Vito Giovanni Lucivero, Nathaniel David McDonough, Nezih Dural, Michael Romalis Preview Abstract

Session G6: Hybrid Systems

Chair: Kenton Brown, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Room: 311-312

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:00AM - 8:12AM		G6.00001: Cavity-mediated effects in transport Claudiu Genes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:12AM - 8:24AM		G6.00002: Atom-atom interactions in an 'Alligator' photonic crystal waveguide Ana Asenjo-Garcia, Jonathan D. Hood, Akihisa Goban, Mingwu Lu, Su-Peng Yu, Darrick E. Chang, H. Jeff Kimble Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:24AM - 8:36AM		G6.00003: Microwave-to-optical frequency conversion with a Rydberg atom coupled to a coplanar waveguide Bryan Gard, Kurt Jacobs, Robert McDermott, Mark Saffman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:36AM - 8:48AM		G6.00004: A Rydberg Atom Ensemble-Surface Phonon Polariton Quantum Hybrid System Yuanxi Chao, Jiteng Sheng, Nicholas P. Bigelow, James P. Shaffer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:48AM - 9:00AM		G6.00005: Photonic band gap induced in an atomic ensemble confined inside a hollow-core optical fiber Tae Hyun Yoon, Fereshteh Rajabi, Jeremy Flannery, Sreesh Venuturumilli, Michal Bajcsy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:00AM - 9:12AM		G6.00006: Strongly Interacting mm-Wave and Optical Photons with Rydberg Atoms Aziza Suleymanzade, Mark Stone, Scott Eustice, Jonathan Simon, David Schuster Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:12AM - 9:24AM		G6.00007: Non-destructive photon detection using a single rare earth ion coupled to a photonic cavity Chris O'Brien, Tian Zhong, Andrei Faraon, Christoph Simon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:24AM - 9:36AM		G6.00008: The giant acoustic atom -- a single quantum system with a deterministic time delay Lingzhen Guo, Arne Grimsmo, Anton Frisk Kockum, Mikhail Pletyukhov, G\"oran Johansson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:36AM - 9:48AM		G6.00009: Controlling Neutral Atoms Near a Photonic Crystal Waveguide Transported via Optical Lattices Alex Burgers, Juan Muniz, Lucas Peng, Andrew McClung, H. Jeff Kimble Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:48AM - 10:00AM		G6.00010: Reduced-Density-Matrix Description of Decoherence and Relaxation Processes for Electron-Spin Systems Verne Jacobs Preview Abstract

Session G7: Coherent Molecular Spectroscopy

Chair: Lou DiMauro, Ohio State University
Room: 313

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:00AM - 8:30AM		G7.00001: Laser-induced rotation of molecules in He-nanodroplets: Revivals and breaking-loose Invited Speaker: Henrik Stapelfeldt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:30AM - 9:00AM		G7.00002: Opto-Optical Phase Control of Coherent Extreme Ultraviolet Light Pulses Invited Speaker: Johan Mauritsson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:00AM - 9:30AM		G7.00003: A self referencing attosecond interferometer with zeptosecond precision Invited Speaker: Carlos Trallero Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:30AM - 10:00AM		G7.00004: Abstract Withdrawn Invited Speaker:

Session G8: Ultracold Gas Dynamics

Chair: David Weiss, Pennsylvania State University
Room: 314

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:00AM - 8:12AM		G8.00001: Imaging transport of ultracold atoms through a quantum wire Samuel Hausler, Martin Lebrat, Dominik Husmann, Laura Corman, Sebastian Krinner, Shuta Nakajima, Jean-Philippe Brantut, Tilman Esslinger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:12AM - 8:24AM		G8.00002: Formation of matter-wave soliton trains by modulational instabillity Jason H. V. Nguyen, De Luo, Randall G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:24AM - 8:36AM		G8.00003: Quantum Breakup of Higher Order Bright Solitons Lincoln Carr, Christoph Weiss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:36AM - 8:48AM		G8.00004: Realization of a Tunable Dissipation Scale in a Turbulent Cascade using a Quantum Gas Nir Navon, Christoph Eigen, Jinyi Zhang, Raphael Lopes, Robert Smith, Zoran Hadzibabic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:48AM - 9:00AM		G8.00005: Exploring extreme nonequilibrium phenomena with trapped atoms Shankari Rajagopal, Ruwan Senaratne, Kevin Singh, Zachary Geiger, Kurt Fujiwara, Peter Dotti, David Weld Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:00AM - 9:12AM		G8.00006: Quantum memory effects through interaction imbalance in ultracold bosonic and fermonic atoms Chen-Yen Lai, Chih-Chun Chien Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:12AM - 9:24AM		G8.00007: Observation of quantum-limited spin transport in strongly interacting two-dimensional Fermi gases Ben A. Olsen, Chris Luciuk, Scott Smale, Florian B\"ottcher, Haille Sharum, Stefan Trotzky, Tilman Enss, Joseph H. Thywissen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:24AM - 9:36AM		G8.00008: Mesoscopic quantum superpositions in bimodal Bose-Einstein condensates: decoherence and strategies to counteract it Krzysztof Pawlowski, Matteo Fadel, Philipp Treutlein, Yvan Castin, Alice Sinatra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:36AM - 9:48AM		G8.00009: Quantum Dynamics of Many-Body Systems using Bohmian Trajectories Tarek Elsayed, Klaus Moelmer, Lars Bojer Madsen Preview Abstract

Session G9: Quantum Phases of Atoms in Optical Lattices

Chair: Brian DeMarco, University of Illnois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: 315

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:00AM - 8:12AM		G9.00001: Mean-field scaling of the superfluid to Mott insulator transition in a 2D optical superlattice Thomas Barter, Claire Thomas, Tsz-Him Leung, Masayuki Okano, Gyu-Boong Jo, Jennie Guzman, Itamar Kimchi, Ashvin Vishwanath, Dan Stamper-Kurn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:12AM - 8:24AM		G9.00002: Inter-orbital interactions in state-dependent optical lattices Luis Riegger, Nelson Darkwah Oppong, Moritz Hoefer, Immanuel Bloch, Simon Foelling Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:24AM - 8:36AM		G9.00003: Compressibility phase diagram for the disordered Bose-Hubbard model Philip Russ, Laura Wadleigh, Brian DeMarco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:36AM - 8:48AM		G9.00004: Progress towards localization in the attractive Hubbard model W. Morong, W. Xu, B. DeMarco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:48AM - 9:00AM		G9.00005: Quantum Engineering of a Low-Entropy Gas of Heteronuclear Bosonic Molecules in an Optical Lattice Andreas Schindewolf, Lukas Reichs\"{o}llner, Hanns-Christoph N\"{a}gerl, Tetsu Takekoshi, Rudolf Grimm Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:00AM - 9:12AM		G9.00006: Analysis of spontaneous emission of a lattice trapped atom into free space Michael Stewart, Ludwig Krinner, Arturo Pazmino, Dominik Schneble Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:12AM - 9:24AM		G9.00007: Observing Spontaneous Emission Phenomena Using Lattice-Trapped Atoms Coupled to Free Space Ludwig Krinner, Michael Stewart, Arturo Pazmino, Joonhyuk Kwon, Dominik Schneble Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:24AM - 9:36AM		G9.00008: Bipolarons in one-dimensional extended Peierls-Hubbard models John Sous, Monodeep Chakraborty, Roman Krems, Mona Berciu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:36AM - 9:48AM		G9.00009: Equilibration dynamics of a many-body quantum system across the superfluid to Mott insulator phase transition Andreas Mullers, Christian Baals, Bodhaditya Santra, Ralf Labouvie, Thomas Mertz, Arya Dhar, Ivana Vasic, Agnieszka Cichy, Walter Hofstetter, Herwig Ott Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:48AM - 10:00AM		G9.00010: Real-space renormalization group methods and the prospect of observing conformal Calabrese-Cardy scaling Judah Unmuth-Yockey, Jin Zhang, Philipp Preiss, Li-Ping Yang, Shan-Wen Tsai, Yannick Meurice Preview Abstract