Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2007 Annual Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics

Volume 52, Number 10

Wednesday–Saturday, October 10–13, 2007; Newport News, Virginia

Session Index

Session HB: Mini-Symposium on Dijets and Correlations in HI Collisions I

Chair: Jim Thomas, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Newport News Marriott at City Center Grand Salon III

Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:00AM - 9:36AM		HB.00001: QGP Collective Effects and High-Energy Jet Propagation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		HB.00002: System size dependence of two particle azimuthal correlations in $Cu+Cu$ and $Au+Au$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV$ at RHIC Christine Nattrass Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		HB.00003: Decomposition of awayside components of dijet correlation in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{S_{NN}}=200$ GeV Chin-Hao Chen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		HB.00004: Two-Particle Jet-Correlations from STAR: Systematics from Charged Hadrons and First Result for Net-Charges Quan Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		HB.00005: System size dependence of di-hadron correlations yields and fragmentation functions at RHIC Oana Catu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		HB.00006: Energy and System-Size Dependence of Long-Range Multiplicity Correlations from the STAR Experiment Terence Tarnowsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		HB.00007: Jet Correlations after an event-selection of two back-to-back, high-pt particles Craig Ogilvie Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		HB.00008: Jet Energy Loss Observables in PHENIX Justin Frantz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:00AM - 11:12AM		HB.00009: Gamma-Jet Analysis in Heavy Ion Collisions with the STAR Detector Martin Codrington Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:12AM - 11:24AM		HB.00010: Direct measurement of fragmentation photons in p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV with the PHENIX experiment Ali Hanks Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:24AM - 11:36AM		HB.00011: Analysis of two-particle jet correlations with a scaling formula Michael Tannenbaum Preview Abstract

Session HC: Electromagnetic Interactions II

Chair: Sebastian Kuhn, Old Dominion University
Room: Newport News Marriott at City Center Pearl Salon I

Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		HC.00001: Scaling study of the pion electroproduction cross sections and the pion form factor Tanja Horn Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		HC.00002: Truncated Moment Analysis of Nucleon Structure Functions Ales Psaker, Eric Christy, Cynthia Keppel, Wally Melnitchouk Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		HC.00003: Hard Photo-disintegration of proton pairs in $^3$He Ronald Gilman, Eli Piasetzky, Ishay Pomerantz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		HC.00004: Quark-Hadron Duality on the Neutron (${\rm ^3}$He) Spin Structure Patricia Solvignon Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		HC.00005: Measuring the Neutron and $^{3}$He Spin Structure at Low $Q^{2}$ Vincent Sulkosky Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		HC.00006: Inclusive Scattering from Nuclei at $x>$1 and high Q$^2$ with a 6 GeV beam Nadia Fomin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		HC.00007: A Precision Measurement of the Neutral Pion Lifetime Via the Primakoff Effect Eric Clinton Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		HC.00008: Semi-Inclusive, Single Pion Electro-production from a Deuterium Target. Narbe Kalantarians Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		HC.00009: Barely Off-Shell Nucleon Structure Nathan Baillie Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		HC.00010: A Measurement of the Electron Compton Scattering Cross Section in the Jefferson Lab PrimEx Experiment Yelena Prok Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:00AM - 11:12AM		HC.00011: Target Normal Single-Spin Asymmetry in Inclusive DIS Tim Holmstrom Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:12AM - 11:24AM		HC.00012: New Measurements of the Nuclear Dependence of the EMC Effect Aji Daniel Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:24AM - 11:36AM		HC.00013: Deep Exclusive process of $\gamma^* p \to \pi^+ n$ channel from the CLAS data Kijun Park Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:36AM - 11:48AM		HC.00014: Separated Response Function Ratios in Forward Pion Electroproduction Cornel Butuceanu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:48AM - 12:00PM		HC.00015: Time-resolved propagation of electromagnetically interacting fermions Athanasios Petridis, Zachary Kertzman, Khinlay Win Preview Abstract

Session HD: Mini-Symposium on Radioactive Beams and Observations in Nuclear Astrophysics I

Chair: Ani Aprahamian, University of Notre Dame
Room: Newport News Marriott at City Center Grand Salon IV

Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:00AM - 9:36AM		HD.00001: Signatures of the r- and rp-processes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		HD.00002: Rp-process and r-process Studies with Radioactive Beams at ATLAS Hye Young Lee, M. Notani, K.E. Rehm, J.P. Greene, D. Henderson, R.V.F. Janssens, C.-L. Jiang, R.C. Pardo, J.P. Schiffer, N.J. Goodman, J.C. Lighthall, S.T. Marley, A. Wuosmaa, L.J. Jisonna, R.E. Segel, N. Patel, M. Paul, X.D. Tang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		HD.00003: Nuclear Astrophysics and ISAC: Past and Future Lothar Buchmann Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		HD.00004: Laboratory Measurements of Explosive Nucleosynthesis P.D. Parker, J.A. Caggiano, J.A. Clark, C.M. Deibel, R. Lewis, A. Parikh, C. Wrede Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		HD.00005: The impact of the $^{26}$Al$^{m}$(p,$\gamma )^{27}$Si reaction rate on the destruction of $^{26}$Al in ONe novae Catherine Deibel, Jac Caggiano, Jason Clark, Rachel Lewis, Anuj Parikh, Peter Parker, Christopher Wrede Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		HD.00006: Searching for resonances in the unbound $^{6}$Be nucleus K.Y. Chae, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, A.E. Champagne, J.J. Das, R.P. Fitzgerald, V. Guimaraes, K.L. Jones, M.S. Johnson, R.L. Kozub, R.J. Livesay, Z. Ma, C.D. Nesaraja, S.D. Pain, M.S. Smith, J.S. Thomas, D.W. Visser Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		HD.00007: Structure of $^8$B through $^7$Be+p scattering J.C. Blackmon, R.J. Livesay, U. Greife, D.W. Bardayan, K.Y. Chae, A.E. Champagne, C. Diebel, R. Fitzgerald, M.S. Johnson, K.L. Jones, R.L. Kozub, Z. Ma, C.D. Nesaraja, S.D. Pain, F. Sarazin, J.F. Shriner, Jr., D.W. Stracener, M.S. Smith, J.S. Thomas, D.W. Visser, C. Wrede Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		HD.00008: The ${}^{16}$N $\beta$-delayed $\alpha$ decay : Today and Tomorrow Xiaodong Tang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:00AM - 11:12AM		HD.00009: Reaction Rates for Neutron Capture Reactions on Light sd-shell Nuclei Mary Beard, Michael Wiescher, Alberto Mengoni, B. Alex Brown Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:12AM - 11:24AM		HD.00010: Single particle states in $^{131}$Sn and the r-process R.L. Kozub, J.F. Shriner, Jr., A. Adekola, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, F. Liang, C.D. Nesaraja, D. Shapira, M.S. Smith, K.Y. Chae, K.L. Jones, Z. Ma, B.H. Moazen, K. Chipps, L. Erikson, J.A. Cizewski, R. Hatarik, S.D. Pain, C. Matei, W. Krolas, T.P. Swan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:24AM - 11:36AM		HD.00011: TOF Mass Measurements of Very Exotic Nuclides: an Input for Astrophysical Calculations M. Mato\v{s}, A. Estrade, M. Amthor, D. Bazin, A. Becerril, T. Elliot, D. Galaviz, A. Gade, G. Lorusso, F. Montes, J. Pereira, M. Portillo, A.M. Rogers, H. Schatz, A. Stolz, A. Aprahamian, D. Shapira, E. Smith, S. Gupta, M. Wallace Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:36AM - 11:48AM		HD.00012: NERO-The Neutron Emission Ratio Observer Giuseppe Lorusso, Jorque Pereira, Paul Hosmer, Karl Ludvig Kratz, Fernando Montes, Paul Reeder, Peter Santi, Hendrik Schatz Preview Abstract

Session HF: Electroweak Interactions

Chair: Rocco Schiavilla, Jefferson Laboratory/Old Dominion University
Room: Newport News Marriott at City Center Pearl Salon II

Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		HF.00001: Beta-Neutrino Correlation in Laser-Trapped $^{21}$Na P.A. Vetter, J. Abo-Shaeer, B.K. Fujikawa, S.J. Freedman, R. Maruyama Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		HF.00002: Precision measurement of $^{23}$Al beta-decay Yongjun Zhai, V.E. Iacob, J.C. Hardy, T. Al-Abdullah, A. Banu, C. Fu, V.V. Golovko, M. McCleskey, N. Nica, H.I. Park, G. Tabacaru, R.E. Tribble, L. Trache Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		HF.00003: Confirmation of Precise Branching Ratio Measurement in the $\beta $ Decay of $^{34}$Ar V.E. Iacob, J.C. Hardy, V. Golovko Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		HF.00004: The Search for a Non-Superallowed Branch in the $\beta$ decay of $^{38m}$K Kyle Leach, D. Bandyopadhyay, P. Finlay, P.E. Garrett, G.F. Grinyer, A.A. Phillips, M.A. Schumaker, C.E. Svensson, J. Wong, G.C. Ball, E. Bassiachvilli, S. Ettenauer, G. Hackman, A.C. Morton, S. Mythili, O. Newman, C.J. Pearson, M.R. Pearson, H. Savajols, J.R. Leslie, D. Melconian, R.A.E. Austin, C. Barton Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		HF.00005: Isospin mixing in the nucleon and $^4$He and the nucleon strange electric form factor Michele Viviani, Rocco Schiavilla Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		HF.00006: Transverse Beam Spin Asymmetries in Backward-Angle Elastic Electron-Proton and Quasielastic Electron-Deuteron Scattering Juliette Mammei Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		HF.00007: A first measurement of neutrino nucleon elastic scattering in MiniBooNE D. Christopher Cox Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		HF.00008: SciBooNE experiment, the neutrino cross section measurement Teppei Katori Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		HF.00009: Neutrino Interactions in the MINOS Near Detector Michael Kordosky Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		HF.00010: Lorentz and CPT violation test in BNL muon g-2 data Xiaobo Huang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:00AM - 11:12AM		HF.00011: Everything from nearly `Nothing' A Topologically Substructured Spin-dominated Superstring Concept and its Universal Physical and Cosmological Implications Paul W. Buecking Preview Abstract

Session HG: Nuclear Structure III

Chair: E.A. McCutchan, Yale University
Room: Newport News Marriott at City Center Pearl Salon III

Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		HG.00001: Collective Band Structures in Neutron-Rich $^{108}$Mo Nucleus H.B. Ding, S.J. Zhu, J.H. Hamilton, A.V. Ramayya, J.K. Hwang, Y.X. Luo, J.O. Rasmussen, I.Y. Lee, X.L. Che, J.G. Wang, Q. Xu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		HG.00002: (p,t) Studies of Even-Even Pd Nuclei R. Winkler, R.F. Casten, C. Lambie-Hanson, A. Heinz, J. Qian, T. Faestermann, R. Graeger, R. Kr\"{u}cken, M. Mahgoub, H.-F. Wirth, N. Braun, S. Christen, R. Hertenberger Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		HG.00003: Hyperdeformation in the Cranked Relativistic Mean Field Theory Anatoli Afanasjev, C.W. Jang, J. Begnaud Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		HG.00004: Systematic investigations of the stable Cd isotopes P.E. Garrett, K.L. Green, J.L. Wood, W.D. Kulp Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		HG.00005: Cd-128: ugly duckling or provocative young swan W.B. Walters, N. Hoteling, A.A. Hecht, P.F. Mantica, B.E. Tomlin, J. Pereira, A. Becerril, T. Fleckenstein, G. Lorusso, J.S. Pinter, J.B. Stoker, M. Quinn Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		HG.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		HG.00007: Radioactive beam $g$-factor measurement of the 2$^+_1$ state of $^{132}$Te. N. Benczer-Koller, G. Kumbartzki, G. Gurdal, B. Krieger, C. Gross, R. Hatarik, P. O'Malley, S. Pain, L. Segen, N. Stone, A.E. Stuchbery, C. Baktash, D. Radford, C.-H. Yu, C. Bingham, M. Danchev, R. Grzywacz, R.V.F. Janssens Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		HG.00008: Test of Internal-Conversion Theory with Precise $\gamma $- and x-ray Spectroscopy: $^{134}$Cs$^{m}$,$^{ 137}$Ba, $^{139}$La N. Nica, J.C. Hardy, C. Balonek, V.E. Iacob, J. Goodwin, H.I. Park, W.E. Rockwell, M.B. Trzhaskovskaya Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		HG.00009: Search for mixed-symmetry states in $^{136}$Ba S. Mukhopadhyay, S.N. Choudry, B. Crider, E. Elhami, J.N. Orce, E.E. Peters, M. Scheck, M.T. McEllistrem, S.W. Yates Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		HG.00010: From chiral vibration to static chirality in $^{135}$Nd S. Mukhopadhyay, D. Almehed, U. Garg, S. Frauendorf, T. Li, P.V. Madhusudhana Rao, X. Wang, S.S. Ghugre, M.P. Carpenter, S. Gros, A. Hecht, R.V.F. Janssens, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:00AM - 11:12AM		HG.00011: Investigating g-bosons in low-lying mixed symmetry states of $^{140}$Nd R.J. Casperson, E. Williams, V. Werner, H. Ai, R.F. Casten, A. Heinz, E.A. McCutchan, J. Qian, R. Winkler, G. G\"{u}rdal, M. Chamberlain Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:12AM - 11:24AM		HG.00012: Search for Mixed Symmetry States in $^{138}$Nd J.R. Terry, V. Werner, H. Ai, R.J. Casperson, A. Heinz, B. Huber, R. L\"{u}ettke, E.A. McCutchan, J. Qian, B. Shoraka, E. Williams, R. Winkler Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:24AM - 11:36AM		HG.00013: A search for low-lying mixed symmetry states in $^{140}$Nd E. Williams, R.J. Casperson, V. Werner, H. Ai, P. Boutachkov, R.F. Casten, M. Chamberlain, G. G\"{u}rdal, A. Heinz, E.A. McCutchan, J. Qian, R. Winkler Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:36AM - 11:48AM		HG.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:48AM - 12:00PM		HG.00015: Shape Coexistence in Transitional Nuclei W.D. Kulp, P. Schmelzenbach, J.L. Wood, J.M. Allmond, K.S. Krane, J. Loats, C.J. Stapels, E.B. Norman Preview Abstract

Session HH: Instrumentation II

Chair: Matthias Perdekamp, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Newport News Marriott at City Center Blue Point I

Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		HH.00001: HIE-ISOLDE R. Kruecken, P. Butler, M. Huyse, D. Jenkins, M. Lindroos, K. Riisager, W.B. Walters Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		HH.00002: Current Status of HELIOS Jon Lighthall Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		HH.00003: NIMROD Upgrade S. Wuenschel, K. Hagel, Z. Kohley, L. May, J.B. Natowitz, R. Wada, S.J. Yennello Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		HH.00004: Determining the Composition of Radioactive Hotspots in the Third Phase of SNO Brent VanDevender Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		HH.00005: Instrumentation of PrimEx Experimental Apparatus Pawel Ambrozewicz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		HH.00006: Precise Determination of Total Absolute Gamma Ray Intensity at HI$\gamma$S S. Stave, M.W. Ahmed, M.A. Blackston, M.D. Busch, M. Emamian, S.S. Henshaw, C.R. Howell, J. Li, S. Mikhailov, B.A. Perdue, G. Swift, H.R. Weller, Y.K. Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		HH.00007: The PHENIX Silicon Vertex Detector Upgrade Eric Mannel Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		HH.00008: The FVTX upgrade detector at PHENIX Hubert van Hecke Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		HH.00009: Design and Performance of Reaction Plane Detector in PHENIX Rui Wei Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		HH.00010: High $p_T$ PID using Time-of-Flight with Multi-gap Resistive Plate Ronald Belmont Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:00AM - 11:12AM		HH.00011: Pressure and temperature dependence of gas amplification gains in R134a-isobutane-SF6 mixtures for RPCs John Wood Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:12AM - 11:24AM		HH.00012: Design and R\&D for the PHENIX Muon Trigger RPCs Young Jin Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:24AM - 11:36AM		HH.00013: A Cosmic Ray Test Stand for the PHENIX Muon Trigger RPCs Beau Meredith Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:36AM - 11:48AM		HH.00014: Near-Real Time Reconstruction of Minimum Bias Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200 GeV Using Remote Computer Resources Through GRID Networking Brian Love Preview Abstract

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