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Session JA: From Nucleons to the Origins of Nuclei

Chair: Witek Nazarewicz, University of Tennessee
Room: Newport News Marriott at City Center Grand Salon I

Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:00PM - 2:36PM		JA.00001: The Various Proposed Mechanisms of Core-collapse Supernova Explosions: A Status Report Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:36PM - 3:12PM		JA.00002: Electric Form Factor of the Neutron Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:12PM - 3:48PM		JA.00003: Two-proton decay of 45Fe Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:48PM - 4:24PM		JA.00004: Shell Model Approach to Many-Body Open Quantum Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session JB: Mini-Symposium on DiJets and Correlations in Heavy Ion Collisions II

Chair: Tim Hallman, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Newport News Marriott at City Center Grand Salon III

Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:00PM - 2:36PM		JB.00001: Probing the QGP Structure at RHIC with Jet-Medium Correlations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:36PM - 2:48PM		JB.00002: Azimuthal anisotropy of charged hadrons in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at RHIC Michael Issah Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:48PM - 3:00PM		JB.00003: Multi-hadron correlations for jet-studies at RHIC Martin Andrews Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:00PM - 3:12PM		JB.00004: Fast Partons as a Source of Energy and Momentum in a Thermal Quark Gluon Plasma Richard Neufeld Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:12PM - 3:24PM		JB.00005: Positive and negative 2- and 3-particle correlations: what about hadron-proton correlation? Guoliang Ma Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:24PM - 3:36PM		JB.00006: Multi-hadron triggered azimuthal correlations in Au+Au Collisions at $\sqrt(s_{NN})$ = 200 GeV from STAR Brooke Haag Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:36PM - 3:48PM		JB.00007: 3-D Source Functions at RHIC from the AMPT Model Zi-Wei Lin Preview Abstract

Session JD: Mini-Symposium on Radioactive Beams and Observations in Nuclear Astrophysics II

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

Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:00PM - 2:12PM		JD.00001: New Insights and Opportunities from Thermonuclear X-ray Bursts Tod Strohmayer, Sudip Bhattacharyya Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:12PM - 2:24PM		JD.00002: Measurements of Lifetimes of States in $^{19}$Ne and the $^{15}$O($\alpha,\gamma)^{19}$Ne Reaction Rate Barry Davids, Mythili Subramanian Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:24PM - 2:36PM		JD.00003: High precision $^{24}$Mg(p,t)$^{ 22}$Mg reaction to determine the $^{18}$Ne($\alpha $,p)$^{21}$Na reaction rates A. Matic, A.M. van den Berg, H.J. W\"ortche, M.N. Harakeh, T. Adachi, Y. Fujita, Y. Shimbara, H. Fujita, K. Fujita, K. Hatanaka, Y. Sakemi, Y. Shimizu, Y. Tameshige, A. Tamii, M. Yosoi, J. G\"orres, P. Leblanc, M. Wiescher, G.P.A. Berg, S. O'Brien, H. Schatz, T. Wakasa Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:36PM - 2:48PM		JD.00004: Indirect rp-process Rate Measurements from Single Neutron Removal A.M. Amthor, D. Bazin, A. Becerril, A. Cole, J. Cook, A. Estrade, A. Gade, M. Howard, G. Lorusso, M. Matos, J. Pereira, M. Portillo, H. Schatz, B. Sherrill, K. Smith, A. Stolz, D. Weisshaar, R.G.T. Zegers, D. Galaviz, A. Chen, Zs. Fulop, E. Smith, M. Wiescher Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:48PM - 3:00PM		JD.00005: Nuclear energy levels of $^{31}$S and astrophysical implications C. Wrede, J.A. Caggiano, J.A. Clark, C. Deibel, D.A. Hutcheon, R. Lewis, A. Parikh, P.D. Parker, C. Westerfeldt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:00PM - 3:12PM		JD.00006: First experimental evidence of the rp-process nucleus $^{96}$Cd A. Becerril Reyes, V. Andreev, B. Arend, D. Bazin, M. Doleans, R. Fontus, P. Glennon, P. Mantica, J. Ottarson, D. Sanderson, H. Schatz, J. Stoker, O. Tarasov, J. Vincent, J. Wagner, X. Wu, A. Zeller Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:12PM - 3:24PM		JD.00007: St. George a first step toward a recoil separator for FRIB Manoel Couder, Georg P. Berg, Joachim Goerres, Larry O. Lamm, P.J. Leblanc, Edward Stech, Michael Wiescher Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:24PM - 3:36PM		JD.00008: The JINA Reaclib Database and Nuclear Astrophysics Applications. Richard Cyburt, Hendrik Schatz, Karl Smith, Scott Warren Preview Abstract

Session JE: Hadronic Systems

Chair: M. J. Ramsey-Musolf, California Institute of Technology
Room: Newport News Marriott at City Center Grand Salon V

Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:00PM - 2:12PM		JE.00001: Global Fit to the Nucleon Strange Electromagnetic Form Factors Jianglai Liu, Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf, Robert D. McKeown Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:12PM - 2:24PM		JE.00002: Strangeness Contributions to the Static Properties of the Proton Kent Paschke Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:24PM - 2:36PM		JE.00003: Parity-Violating Asymmetry in the Nucleon to Delta Transition C.L. Capuano Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:36PM - 2:48PM		JE.00004: Exclusive Electroproduction of the $\pi^0$ Meson off of the Nucleon Anthony Villano Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:48PM - 3:00PM		JE.00005: Vector Meson Form Factors and Wave Functions from Holographic QCD. Hovhannes Grigoryan, Anatoly Radyushkin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:00PM - 3:12PM		JE.00006: Gluelump Spectrum on Coulomb Gauge QCD Peng Guo, Adam Szczepaniak, Andrea Vassallo, Giuseppe Galata, Elena Santopinto Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:12PM - 3:24PM		JE.00007: A New Picture of Structure of Meson Bing An Li Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:24PM - 3:36PM		JE.00008: Fermilab E906: Extension to High-X of Measurement of the Anti-quark Distributions of Nuclei and Nucleons Donald Isenhower Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:36PM - 3:48PM		JE.00009: Quark Model of Heavy Baryons Muslema Pervin, Winston Roberts Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:48PM - 4:00PM		JE.00010: Search for $\Phi(1862)$ Pentaquark States with CLAS Hovanes Egiyan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:00PM - 4:12PM		JE.00011: Precision fragmentation function measurements at Belle Martin Leitgab Preview Abstract

Session JF: Neutrino Physics

Chair: Aksel Hallin, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Room: Newport News Marriott at City Center Pearl Salon II

Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:00PM - 2:12PM		JF.00001: Neutrino Oscillation Results from the MiniBooNE Experiment Geoffrey Mills Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:12PM - 2:24PM		JF.00002: Investigating Neutrino Interactions with MiniBooNE Rex Tayloe Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:24PM - 2:36PM		JF.00003: Charged-Current Interaction Measurements in MiniBooNE Teppei Katori Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:36PM - 2:48PM		JF.00004: MINER$\nu$A: A High Precision Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering Experiment at Fermilab Robert Bradford Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:48PM - 3:00PM		JF.00005: Measuring Nuclear Effects on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions with MINERvA Jorge Morfin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:00PM - 3:12PM		JF.00006: Observation of Muon Neutrino Disappearance with the MINOS Detectors in the NuMI Neutrino Beam Patricia Vahle Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:12PM - 3:24PM		JF.00007: The Daya Bay Reactor Electron Anti-neutrino Oscillation Experiment Jianglai Liu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:24PM - 3:36PM		JF.00008: Measuring the Atmospheric Neutrino Flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Joseph Formaggio Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:36PM - 3:48PM		JF.00009: SNO External Muon System Thomas Walker Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:48PM - 4:00PM		JF.00010: Partial (n,n'$\gamma$) cross section measurements of Cu, Ge and Pb at 8 and 12 MeV for $\mathbf{0\nu\beta\beta}$ decay E. Kwan, J.H. Esterline, S. Elliot, B. Fallin, S.H. Hilderbrand, A. Hime, C.R. Howell, A. Hutcheson, H.J. Karwowski, J.H. Kelley, M.F. Kidd, D.B. Masters, D. Mei, A.P. Tonchev, W. Tornow Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:00PM - 4:12PM		JF.00011: Double Beta Decay of $^{150}$Nd to Excited Final States Mary Kidd, James Esterline, Werner Tornow Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:12PM - 4:24PM		JF.00012: Detector Characterization for the Majorana Project Eliza Osenbaugh-Stewart, Reyco Henning Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:24PM - 4:36PM		JF.00013: Homestake Ultra-Low Background Counting Facility and Detection of Double-Beta Decay to Excited States Dongming Mei, Kevin Lesko, Christina Keller, Yongchen Sun, Zhongbao Yin, Robert McTaggart, Barbara Szczerbinska, Andrew Alton, William Roggenthen, Yuen-Dat Chan, Al Smith, Gersende Prior Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:36PM - 4:48PM		JF.00014: Neutron-induced background studies for CUORE M.J. Dolinski, P.E. Garrett, E.B. Norman, W. Younes, M. Devlin, N. Fotiades, R.O. Nelson Preview Abstract

Session JG: Nuclear Structure IV

Chair: Volker Werner, Yale University
Room: Newport News Marriott at City Center Pearl Salon III

Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:00PM - 2:12PM		JG.00001: Investigation of $^{152,153}$Dy Babak Shoraka, Volker Werner, Elizabeth McCutchan, Ho-Chiang Ai, Robert J. Casperson, Rick Casten, Andreas Heinz, Bernhard Huber, Robert Luettke, Jing Qian, Russ Terry, Elizabeth Williams, Ryan Winkler Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:12PM - 2:24PM		JG.00002: Triaxial Strongly Deformed bands in $^{163}$Tm X. Wang, R.V.F. Janssens, E.F. Moore, M.P. Carpenter, N.J. Hammond, T. Lauritsen, G. Mukherjee, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, U. Garg, Y. Gu, S. Frauendorf, T. Li, B.K. Nayak, N.S. Pattabiraman, S.S. Ghugre, R.S. Chakrawarthy, M. Whitehead, A.O. Macchiavelli Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:24PM - 2:36PM		JG.00003: The Decay Pathways of a Triaxial Strongly Deformed (TSD) Band in $^{168}$Hf R.B. Yadav, W.C. Ma, H. Amro, P.G. Varmette, G.B. Hagemann, B. Herskind, K.A. Schmidt, G. Sletten, M. Carpenter, R.V.F. Janssens, T.L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C.J. Lister, A. Bracco, S. Frattini, B. Million, J. Domscheit, H. H\"ubel, D.J. Hartley, L.L. Riedinger, S.W. $\O$deg{\aa}rd, S. Siem Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:36PM - 2:48PM		JG.00004: Deviations from the Alaga rules in deformed Hf nuclei E.A. McCutchan, R.F. Casten, V. Werner, B. Shoraka, E. Williams Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:48PM - 3:00PM		JG.00005: Oblate collective rotation at high spins in neutron-rich, A$\approx $180 nuclei S.K. Tandel, U.S. Tandel, P. Chowdhury Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:00PM - 3:12PM		JG.00006: Insights into Nuclear Triaxiality from Interference Effects in $E2$ Matrix Elements J.M. Allmond, J.L. Wood, W.D. Kulp Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:12PM - 3:24PM		JG.00007: Structure of the $4^{+}_{3}$ States in $^{186,188}$Os A.A. Phillips, P.E. Garrett, G.A. Demand, P. Finlay, K.L. Green, K.G. Leach, M.A. Schumaker, C.E. Svensson, J. Wong, R. Hertenberger, T. Faestermann, R. Kr\"{u}cken, H.-F. Wirth, L. Bettermann, N. Braun, D.G. Burke Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:24PM - 3:36PM		JG.00008: Detailed spectroscopy of $^{219}$Th W. Reviol, D.G. Sarantites, C.J. Chiara, O.L. Pechenaya, M. Montero, M.P. Carpenter, R.V.F. Janssens, T.L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C.J. Lister, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:36PM - 3:48PM		JG.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:48PM - 4:00PM		JG.00010: Alpha decay of $^{257}$Rf J. Qian, A. Heinz, R. Winkler, J. Vinson, R.V.F. Janssens, D. Peterson, D. Seweryniak, B. Back, M.P. Carpenter, G. Savard, A.A. Hecht, C.L. Jiang, T.L. Khoo, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C.J. Lister, A. Robinson, X. Wang, S. Zhu, A.B. Gansworthy, M. Asai Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:00PM - 4:12PM		JG.00011: Technique for Angular Correlations and g-factor Measurements in Nuclei Produced in the Spontaneous Fission of $^{252}$Cf C. Goodin, A.V. Daniel, K. Li, A.V. Ramayya, N.J. Stone, J.K. Hwang, J.H. Hamilton, J.R. Stone, Y.X. Luo, J.O. Rasmussen, M.A. Stoyer, S.J. Zhu, G.M. Ter-Akopian, I.Y. Lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:12PM - 4:24PM		JG.00012: K isomers in Cm isotopes via deep-inelastic and transfer reactions U.S. Tandel, P. Chowdhury, S.K. Tandel, A.J. Knox, C.M. Wilson, I. Ahmad, M.P. Carpenter, J.P. Greene, S. Gros, R.V.F. Janssens, T.L. Khoo, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C.J. Lister, D. Peterson, A. Robinson, D. Seweryniak, X. Wang, S. Zhu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:24PM - 4:36PM		JG.00013: Radioactive Decay Energy Reactions Should Include Vibrational and Rotational Kinetic Energies Stewart Brekke Preview Abstract

Session JH: Light Ions and Inverse Reactions

Chair: Werner Tornow, Duke University
Room: Newport News Marriott at City Center Blue Point I

Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:00PM - 2:12PM		JH.00001: Direct Measurement of the $^1S_0$ Neutron-Neutron Scattering Length at the YAGUAR Reactor S.L. Stephenson, B.E. Crawford, D. Kawamura, M.R. Schmidt, D.A. Yager-Elorriaga, 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, B.G. Levakov, A.E. Lyzhin, Yu. I. Chernukhin, Ya. Z. Kandiev Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:12PM - 2:24PM		JH.00002: A study of proton-deuteron scattering in configuration space Vladimir Suslov, Mikhail Braun, Igor Filikhin, Branislav Vlahovic Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:24PM - 2:36PM		JH.00003: Neutron-Helium-3 Analyzing Powers between 1.60 and 5.54 MeV J.H. Esterline, A.S. Crowell, B.A. Fallin, C.R. Howell, A. Hutcheson, M.F. Kidd, M.R. Kiser, R.A. Macri, S. Tajima, W. Tornow, B.J. Crowe, R.S. Pedroni, G.J. Weisel Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:36PM - 2:48PM		JH.00004: Ab initio no-core shell model and microscopic light-ion reactions Sofia Quaglioni, Petr Navratil Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:48PM - 3:00PM		JH.00005: Nuclear Structure Measurements for (0$\nu $2$\beta )$ Decay of $^{76}$Ge J.P. Schiffer, S.J. Freeman, A.C.C. Villari, J.A. Clark, C. Deibel, S. Gros, C.R. Fitzpatrick, A. Heinz, D. Hirata, C.L. Jiang, B.P. Kay, A. Parikh, P.D. Parker, J. Qian, K.E. Rehm, X.D. Tang, V. Werner, C. Wrede Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:00PM - 3:12PM		JH.00006: Updates for Gadolinium neutron capture measurements at DANCE Dugersuren Dashdorj, G.E. Mitchell, B. Baramsai, R. Chankova, A. Chyzh, C. Walker, U. Agvaanluvsan, J.A. Becker, W. Parker, C.Y. Wu, T. Bredeweg, A. Couture, R. Haight, M. Jandel, J. O'Donnell, R. Rundberg, J. Wouters, J. Ullmann, D. Vieira, F. Becvar, M. Krticka Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:12PM - 3:24PM		JH.00007: $^{241}$Am(n,$\gamma$) absolute cross sections measured with DANCE M. Jandel, T.A. Bredeweg, M.M. Fowler, E.M. Bond, M.B. Chadwick, R.R. Clement, A. Couture, J.M. O'Donnell, R. Reifarth, R.S. Rundberg, J.L. Ullmann, D.J. Vieira, J.B. Wilhelmy, J.M. Wouters, U. Agvaanluvsan, R.A. Macri, S.A. Sheets, C.Y. Wu, J.A. Becker Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:24PM - 3:36PM		JH.00008: Benchmarking a surrogate reaction for neutron capture using $^{171,173}$Yb($d,p\gamma$) R. Hatarik, J.A. Cizewski, P.D. O'Malley, T. Swan, L.A. Bernstein, J.T. Burke, J. Gibelin, L. Phair Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:36PM - 3:48PM		JH.00009: Photodisintegration Cross Section Measurements for $^{142}$Nd and $^{150}$Nd and Low-energy E1 $\gamma$-ray Strength Functions C.T. Angell, H. Utsunomiya, S. Goko, A. Makinaga, T. Kaihori, H. Toyokawa, Y.W. Lui Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:48PM - 4:00PM		JH.00010: Is ALPHA the Odometer of the Universe? Shantilal Goradia Preview Abstract