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Session BA: Societal Impact of Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Richard Milner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Gaylord Opryland Tennessee C

Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:00PM - 2:36PM		BA.00001: A Medical Application of Nuclear Physics: Particle Radiotherapy with Protons Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:36PM - 3:12PM		BA.00002: The future of energy security in the 21st Century Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:12PM - 3:48PM		BA.00003: Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: Origin and Path Forward Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:48PM - 4:24PM		BA.00004: Non-destructive Elemental Analysis on Paintings and Metal Artifacts Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session BB: Neutrino Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: William Louis, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Gaylord Opryland Tennessee A

Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:00PM - 2:12PM		BB.00001: Charged-current cross section measurements in MiniBooNE Teppei Katori Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:12PM - 2:24PM		BB.00002: A Search for $\nu_\mu \rightarrow \nu_e$ with the MiniBooNE Experiment Rex Tayloe Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:24PM - 2:36PM		BB.00003: A measurement of neutrino nucleon elastic scattering in MiniBooNE D. Christopher Cox Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:36PM - 2:48PM		BB.00004: Future Prospects for the Booster Neutrino Beamline at FNAL Chris Polly Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:48PM - 3:00PM		BB.00005: Free Proton Charged Current Cross Section using MiniBooNE Anti-Neutrino Data Heather Ray Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:00PM - 3:12PM		BB.00006: Event Reconstruction and Particle Identification for MiniBooNE Experiment Haijun Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:12PM - 3:24PM		BB.00007: Results for the Cross Section of the Reaction $^{12}$C(n,n'$\gamma$)$^{12}$C* (4.44 MeV) at E$_n$ = 6.20 and 6.34 MeV using Gamma Ray Detection M.F. Kidd, J.H. Esterline, B. Fallin, A. Hutcheson, A.P. Tonchev, W. Tornow, J.H. Kelley Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:24PM - 3:36PM		BB.00008: Differential cross sections for $^{13}$C($\alpha$,n)$^{16}$O reaction Cynthia Wood, Bruno Braizinha, Hugon Karwowski, Mary Kidd, Werner Tornow Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:36PM - 3:48PM		BB.00009: Multianode Photomultiplier Tube Alignment for the MINERvA Experiment at Fermilab Jorge Bruno Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:48PM - 4:00PM		BB.00010: A Global three-parameter model for neutrino oscillations using Lorentz violation Teppei Katori, Alan Kostelecky, Rex Tayloe Preview Abstract

Session BC: Nuclear Structure I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Volker Werner, Yale University
Room: Gaylord Opryland Tennessee B

Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:00PM - 2:12PM		BC.00001: A Direct Measurement of the Neutron-Neutron Scattering Length: Progress and Status S.L. Stephenson, B.E. Crawford, C.R. Howell, W. Tornow, G.E. Mitchell, W.I. Furman, A.R. Krylov, E.V. Lychagin, A. Yu. Muzichka, G.V. Nekhaev, E.I. Sharapov, V.N. Shvetsov, A.V. Strelkov, Yu. I. Chernukhin, Ya. Z. Kandiev, B.G. Levakov, A.E. Lyzhin Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:12PM - 2:24PM		BC.00002: Variational microscopic treatment of halo nuclei Ivan Brida, Filomena Nunes, Kalman Varga Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:24PM - 2:36PM		BC.00003: Ab Initio Calculations of Electroweak Matrix Elements. Muslema Pervin, Robert Wiringa, Steven Pieper , Kenneth Nollett Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:36PM - 2:48PM		BC.00004: Towards a Laser Spectroscopic Determination of the $^8$He Nuclear Charge Radius P. Mueller, K. Bailey, R.J. Holt, R.V.F. Janssens, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, J.P. Schiffer, I. Sulai, M.-G. Saint Laurent, J.-Ch. Thomas, A.C.C. Villari, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, X. Flechard, S.-M. Hu, G.W.F. Drake, M. Paul Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:48PM - 3:00PM		BC.00005: Large Study of Short-Range Correlations in $^{12}$C(e,e$^{\prime}$pn) Ramesh Subedi Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:00PM - 3:12PM		BC.00006: Microscopic Coupled Cluster approach to Neutron Rich Nuclei Gaute Hagen, David Dean, Morten Hjorth-Jensen, Thomas Papenbrock Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:12PM - 3:24PM		BC.00007: Study of $^{18}$Ne Structure by $^{14}$O+Alpha Elastic Resonance Reaction Changbo Fu, V.Z. Goldberg, G.V. Rogachev, G.G. Chubarian, G. Tabacaru, M. McCleskey, Y. Zhai, T. Al-Abdullah, L. Trache, A. Banu, R.E. Tribble Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:24PM - 3:36PM		BC.00008: Production of light neutron-rich nuclei in fusion-evaporation reactions M. Wiedeking, P. Fallon, A.O. Macchiavelli, L.W. Phair, D.L. Bleuel, R.M. Clark, M. Cromaz, M-A. Deleplanque, J.D. Gibelin, I-Y. Lee, L.G. Moretto, E. Rodriguez-Vieitez, D. Ward, L.A. Bernstein, J.T. Burke, B.F. Lyles Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:36PM - 3:48PM		BC.00009: First excited state of doubly-magic $^{24}$O N. Frank, A. Schiller, T. Baumann, J. Brown, P. DeYoung, J. Hinnefeld, R. Howes, J.-L. Lecouey, B. Luther, W.A. Peters, M. Thoennessen Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:48PM - 4:00PM		BC.00010: Compressional-mode Giant Resonances in $^{24}$Mg. P.V. Madhusudhana Rao, T. Li, B.K. Nayak, U. Garg, M. Itoh, M. Yosoi, M. Uchida, H. Takeda, Y. Yasuda, H. Sakaguchi, H. Fujimura, K. Hara, M. Fujiwara, T. Kawabata, H. Akimune, M.N. Harakeh Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:00PM - 4:12PM		BC.00011: Studying the Transition to the Island of Inversion E. Rodriguez-Vieitez, P. Fallon, R.M. Clark, M. Cromaz, M.A. Deleplanque, I.Y. Lee, A.O. Macchiavelli, F.S. Stephens, M. Wiedeking, S.G. Prussin, D. Bazin, C.M. Campbell, J.M. Cook, D.-C. Dinca, A. Gade, T. Glasmacher, W.F. Mueller, K. Yoneda Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:12PM - 4:24PM		BC.00012: $^{32}{\rm S}(p,\gamma)$ and its relevance to calibrating a $^{33}{\rm Ar}$ beta-delayed proton spectrum Smarajit Triambak, Alejandro Garcia, Dan Melconian, Meghan Mella, Owen Biesel Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:24PM - 4:36PM		BC.00013: Large Scale Shell Model Studies of M1 Strength in Argon and Calcium Isotopes A.F. Lisetskiy, E. Caurier, K. Langanke, G. Martinez-Pinedo, P. von Neumann-Cosel, F. Nowacki, A. Richter Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:36PM - 4:48PM		BC.00014: Binding-Energy Systematics of 0$^{+}$, 2$^{+}$, 3$^{-}$, and 4$^{-}$, T=0 States of Even-Even Self-Conjugate Nuclides from $^{16}$O to $^{40}$Ca Friedrich Everling Preview Abstract
		BC.00015: Binding-Energy Systematics of 0$^{+}$, \textit{T}=1 and 1$^{+}$, 2$^{+}$ and 3$^{+}$, \textit{T}=0 States of Odd-Odd Self-Conjugate Nuclides from $^{14}$N to $^{38}$K Friedrich Everling Preview Abstract

Session BD: Mini-symposium on Applications of GEM Technology

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Howard Fenker, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Gaylord Opryland Hermitage A

Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:00PM - 2:36PM		BD.00001: Development and Applications of the Gas Electron Multiplier Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:36PM - 2:48PM		BD.00002: Advances in Thick GEM-like (THGEM) multipliers Amos Breskin, Rachel Chechik, Marco Cortesi, Volker Dangendorf Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:48PM - 3:00PM		BD.00003: The BoNuS GEM-Based Radial Time-Projection Chamber Howard Fenker Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:00PM - 3:12PM		BD.00004: A novel idea for an ultra-light cylindrical GEM based vertex detector Danilo Domenici, Giovanni Bencivenni, Enzo Iacuessa, Stefano Lauciani, Fabrizio Murtas Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:12PM - 3:24PM		BD.00005: Development of tracking detectors for STAR with industrially produced GEM foils Frank Simon, Bernd Surrow Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:24PM - 3:36PM		BD.00006: A Hadron Blind Detector for the PHENIX experiment at RHIC Takao Sakaguchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:36PM - 3:48PM		BD.00007: Cargo Container Imaging with Gaseous Detectors Tony Forest Preview Abstract

Session BE: Mini-symposium on Experimental Techniques in Low Energy Nuclear Astrophysics Studies

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Michael Wiescher, University of Notre Dame
Room: Gaylord Opryland Hermitage B

Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:00PM - 2:36PM		BE.00001: Experimental nuclear astrophysics underground Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:36PM - 2:48PM		BE.00002: Cross sections for reactions in explosive H burning from indirect methods Livius Trache, T. Al-Abdullah, A. Banu, C. Fu, C.A. Gagliardi, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, M. McCleskey, A.M. Mukhamedzhanov, G. Tabacaru, R.E. Tribble, Y. Zhai Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:48PM - 3:00PM		BE.00003: Measurement of capture reactions with the recoil mass spectrometer DRAGON Christof Vockenhuber Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:00PM - 3:12PM		BE.00004: Experimental techniques to investigate astrophysical key reactions at the extremes. Wolfgang Hammer Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:12PM - 3:24PM		BE.00005: Measuring the Radiative Width of the Hoyle State in $^{12}$C J.T. Burke, R.D. Hoffman, E.B. Norman, L.A. Bernstein, R. Macri, L.W. Phair, J. Gibelin, M. Wiedeking, R.M. Clark, E. Vieitez-Rodriguez, P. McMahan, I.Y. Lee, A.O. Macchiavelli, C. Beausang, S. Lesher, B. Darakchieva, M. Evtimova, B. Lyles, M. Dolinski, S. Sheets, H. Ai Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:24PM - 3:36PM		BE.00006: Nuclear Astrophysics at the LENA facility: The $\gamma$-ray detection system. Richard Longland, Christian Iliadis, Arthur Champagne, Chris Fox, Joe Newton Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:36PM - 3:48PM		BE.00007: Q-Value Gating Techniques for Gamma-ray Background Reduction Aaron Couture, Joachim Goerres, Elizabeth Strandberg, Michael Wiescher Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:48PM - 4:00PM		BE.00008: Sub-Coulomb alpha transfer reactions in Nuclear Astrophysics Grigory Rogachev Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:00PM - 4:12PM		BE.00009: The Notre Dame recoil separator Manoel Couder, Georg P. Berg, Joachim Goerres, Larry O. Lamm, P.J. Leblanc, Edward Stech, Michael Wiescher Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:12PM - 4:24PM		BE.00010: Alpha-induced reactions in stellar burning Joachim Goerres Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:24PM - 4:36PM		BE.00011: Prospects for Improved Measurements of the S-Process Neutron Source Reactions Carl R. Brune Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:36PM - 4:48PM		BE.00012: CLAIRE - A Novel Nuclear Astrophysics Accelerator Facility at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Daniela Leitner, Damon Todd, Paul Vetter, Matthaeus Leitner, Reina Maruyama, Kevin Nan Xu Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:48PM - 5:00PM		BE.00013: Proposed facility for a precise measurement of S34 Paul Vetter, Daniela Leitner, Reina Maruyama, Matthaeus Leitner, Damon Todd Preview Abstract

Session BG: Hadronic Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Volker Oberacker, Vanderbilt University
Room: Gaylord Opryland Hermitage D

Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:00PM - 2:12PM		BG.00001: First Observation of the $f_1(1285)$ / $\eta(1295)$ Meson in Photoproduction Ryan Dickson Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:12PM - 2:24PM		BG.00002: $K^*$ vector meson photoproduction on a proton target at Jefferson Lab Lei Guo Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:24PM - 2:36PM		BG.00003: $\Sigma(1385)$ photoproduction on a proton target at Jefferson Lab Lei Guo Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:36PM - 2:48PM		BG.00004: Photoproduction of the $\phi $(1020) Meson Near Threshold David Tedeschi Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:48PM - 3:00PM		BG.00005: The Search for Missing Baryon Resonances in the Reaction $\rm\gamma p\to p\pi^0\eta$ Volker Crede Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:00PM - 3:12PM		BG.00006: Measurement of $\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ Photoproduction In Double-Polarization Experiments using CLAS Charles Hanretty Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:12PM - 3:24PM		BG.00007: Search for New Forms of Hadronic Matter in Photoproduction Lukasz Blaszczyk Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:24PM - 3:36PM		BG.00008: The search for the $\Phi(1860)^{--}$ pentaquark with CLAS Maurik Holtrop, Hovanes Egiyan, J\"{o}rn Langheinrich Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:36PM - 3:48PM		BG.00009: $\Theta^{+}$ Search in CLAS with $\gamma d\rightarrow pK^{0}_{s}K^{-}(p)$ Nathan Baltzell, David Tedeschi Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:48PM - 4:00PM		BG.00010: The Light-Front Quark Model and Exotic Matter Martin DeWitt, Chueng Ji Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:00PM - 4:12PM		BG.00011: A Unitary and Relativistic Model for $\pi \eta N$ and $\pi \pi N$ Photoproduction Alvin Kiswandhi, Simon Capstick, T.-S. Harry Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:12PM - 4:24PM		BG.00012: Hybrid and Conventional Baryons as Four-Body Systems in the Flux-Tube Model Simon Capstick, Anton Souslov Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:24PM - 4:36PM		BG.00013: Extrapolations of Lattice Meson Form Factors T. Brian Bunton, Fu-Jiun Jiang, Brian C. Tiburzi Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:36PM - 4:48PM		BG.00014: A PWA of $p\omega$ in photoproduction using CLAS Mike Williams Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:48PM - 5:00PM		BG.00015: A Coupled Partial Wave Analysis of $p\eta$ and $p\eta'$ in photoproduction using CLAS Zebulun Krahn Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 5:00PM - 5:12PM		BG.00016: A PWA of $p\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ in photoproduction using CLAS Matthew Bellis Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 5:12PM - 5:24PM		BG.00017: Implementation of Vertex Reconstruction in the Search for Resonances in the 1610-1770 MeV Invariant Mass Region Ezekiel Walker Preview Abstract

Session BH: Applications in Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: A. Ramayya, Vanderbilt University
Room: Gaylord Opryland Cheekwood F

Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:00PM - 2:12PM		BH.00001: Plant Physiology Studies Using Positron-Emitting Isotopes M.R. Kiser, C.R. Howell, A.S. Crowell, C.D. Reid, R.P. Phillips Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:12PM - 2:24PM		BH.00002: Background Reduction by Gamma-ray Tracking Detectors Mario Cromaz Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:24PM - 2:36PM		BH.00003: Tests of a Cryogenic Gas Cell for Radioactive Ion Beam Experiments K. Chipps, D. Bardayan, J. Blackmon, K. Chae, J. Eastburg, U. Greife, K.L. Jones, R. Kozub, R. Livesay, B. Moazen, C.D. Nesaraja, S. Pain, M. Porter-Peden, F. Sarazin, M.S. Smith Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:36PM - 2:48PM		BH.00004: Determination of precipitation ``age'' via gamma rays from accreted radon progeny M.B. Greenfield, N. Ito, A. Iwata, K. Kubo, M. Ishigaki, K. Komura Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:48PM - 3:00PM		BH.00005: Intense $\gamma $ radiation from radon progeny accreted in/on rain during and following thunderstorms M.B. Greenfield, A. Iwata, N. Ito, M. Ishigaki, K. Kubo, K. Komura Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:00PM - 3:12PM		BH.00006: Experimental Study of LaBr3(Ce) Gamma-Ray Detector Performance in Mixed Radiation Field Alexander Barzilov, Phillip Womble, Jon Paschal, Lindsay Hopper, Ryan Moore, Eric Houchins, Jeremy Board Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:12PM - 3:24PM		BH.00007: Future Directions of Space Radiation Protection Ram Tripathi Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:24PM - 3:36PM		BH.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:36PM - 3:48PM		BH.00009: Big Numbers Hypothesis Shantilal Goradia Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:48PM - 4:00PM		BH.00010: A Postulation of a Concept in Fundamental Physics Shantilal Goradia Preview Abstract