Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2008 Annual Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics

Volume 53, Number 12

Thursday–Sunday, October 23–26, 2008; Oakland, California

Session Index

Session EA: Nucleon Spin Structure and Its Spin-Offs

Chair: Jamie Nagle, University of Colorado at Boulder
Room: Simmons Ballroom 2-3

Friday, October 24, 2008 4:00PM - 4:36PM		EA.00001: Spin Structure of the Nucleon: An Overview Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:36PM - 5:12PM		EA.00002: The nucleon spin structure at short distance Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:12PM - 5:48PM		EA.00003: Results on the Moments of the Spin Structure Functions: Sum Rules and Polarizabilities Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session EB: Nuclear Theory: Few-Body

Chair: Bruce Barrett, University of Arizona
Room: Room 208

Friday, October 24, 2008 4:00PM - 4:12PM		EB.00001: Separable Expansions of $V_{low}$ for 2- and 3-Nucleon Systems James Shepard, James McNeil Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:12PM - 4:24PM		EB.00002: Chiral three-nucleon forces at N3LO Ruprecht Machleidt Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:24PM - 4:36PM		EB.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:36PM - 4:48PM		EB.00004: Faddeev and Glauber Calculations at Intermediate Energies in a Model for n+d Scattering Ch. Elster, T. Lin, W. Gloeckle, S. Jeschonnek Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:48PM - 5:00PM		EB.00005: The Transverse Electron Scattering Response Function of $^3$He Edward Tomusiak, Sara Della Monaca, Victor Efros, Avas Khugaev, Winfried Leidemann, Giuseppina Orlandini, Luping Yuan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:00PM - 5:12PM		EB.00006: Electromagnetic two-body currents of one- and two- pion range Saori Pastore, Jos\'e Goity, Rocco Schiavilla Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:12PM - 5:24PM		EB.00007: Webb Model of Nuclear Structure and Forces Bill Webb Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:24PM - 5:36PM		EB.00008: On the Convergence of Finite Range Expansions in 3-nucleon Systems James Shepard, James McNeil Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:36PM - 5:48PM		EB.00009: Classical Solution for Low Energy Nuclear Reactions w/o Tunneling Stewart Brekke Preview Abstract

Session EC: Mini-Symposium: Neutrino Properties and Nuclear Physics II

Chair: John Wilkerson, University of Washington
Room: Jewett Ballroom A-B

Friday, October 24, 2008 4:00PM - 4:12PM		EC.00001: Perturbative Corrections to the Shell Model Operator for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Jonathan Engel, Gaute Hagen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:12PM - 4:24PM		EC.00002: Status of the EXO-200 double beta decay experiment Derek Mackay Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:24PM - 4:36PM		EC.00003: CUORE-0: The First CUORE Tower Adam Bryant Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:36PM - 4:48PM		EC.00004: The M\textsc{ajorana} Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment James Fast Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:48PM - 5:00PM		EC.00005: Search for the double electron capture and electron capture/$\beta ^{+}$ decay of $^{120}$Te Nicholas Scielzo Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:00PM - 5:12PM		EC.00006: Electron-capture Branch of $^{100}$Tc Sky Sjue, Alejandro Garcia, Irshad Ahmad, Dan Melconian, Tommi Eronen, Iain Moore, Heikki Penttila, Juha Aysto Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:12PM - 5:24PM		EC.00007: SNO+ Multipurpose Neutrino Detector Christine Kraus Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:24PM - 5:36PM		EC.00008: Measuring the low energy solar neutrino spectrum with the LENS experiment Rex Tayloe Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:36PM - 5:48PM		EC.00009: The Daya Bay Experiment: Overview and Timeline Dan Dwyer Preview Abstract

Session ED: Mini-Symposium: Rare Isotope Science III

Chair: Roby Austin, St. Mary's University
Room: Jewett Ballroom G-H

Friday, October 24, 2008 4:00PM - 4:36PM		ED.00001: Challenges and new opportunities in the study of neutron-rich isotopes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:36PM - 4:48PM		ED.00002: $\beta$ decay of $^{51,52}$Ar P.F. Mantica, H.L. Crawford, J. Pereira, J.S. Pinter, J.B. Stoker, R. Broda, B. Fornal, R.V.F. Janssens, X. Wang, S. Zhu, N. Hoteling, W.B. Walters, C.R. Hoffman, S.L. Tabor Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:48PM - 5:00PM		ED.00003: Beta Decay Studies of Neutron-Rich Nuclei near $^{52}$Ca H.L. Crawford, P.F. Mantica, G.F. Grinyer, K. Minamisono, J.S. Pinter, J.B. Stoker, R.V.F. Janssens, M. Carpenter, B. Kay, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, R. Broda, B. Fornal, N. Hoteling, I. Stefanescu, W.B. Walters Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:00PM - 5:12PM		ED.00004: Study of the $\beta$-decay of $^{11}$Li at ISAC/TRIUMF Fred Sarazin, C.M. Mattoon, C. Andreoiu, A. Andreyev, R.A.E. Austin, G.C. Ball, R.S. Chakrawarthy, D. Cross, E.S. Cunningham, J. Daoud, P.E. Garrett, G.F. Grinyer, G. Hackman, D. Melconian, C. Morton, C. Pearson, J. Ressler, J. Schwartzenberg, M.B. Smith, C.E. Svensson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:12PM - 5:24PM		ED.00005: Fusion of $^{9}$Li with $^{208}$Pb A.M. Vinodkumar, W. Loveland, P. Sprunger, J. Neeway, L. Prisbrey, M. Trinczek, M. Dombsky, P. Machule, D. Ottewell, J.J. Kolata, A. Roberts, T. Spencer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:24PM - 5:36PM		ED.00006: Studying the structure of the neutron-unbound $^{12}$Li A. Spyrou, M. Thoennessen, P.A. DeYoung, C.C. Hall Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:36PM - 5:48PM		ED.00007: N minus Z dependence of intruder states near the island of inversion Samuel Tabor, Trisha Hinners, Vandana Tripathi, Alexander Volya Preview Abstract

Session EF: Heavy Flavor in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

Chair: Michael Tannenbaum, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Simmons Ballroom 4

Friday, October 24, 2008 4:00PM - 4:12PM		EF.00001: Study of $J/\psi$ production at low $p_T$ in Cu+Cu collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV at STAR experiment Daniel Kikola Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:12PM - 4:24PM		EF.00002: Fast hadronization of charm, bottom and strange flavor in strangeness rich QGP Johann Rafelski, Inga Kuznetsova Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:24PM - 4:36PM		EF.00003: $\Upsilon$ production in STAR Pibero Djawotho Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:36PM - 4:48PM		EF.00004: Measurement of Electron-Muon Correlations from Semi-Leptonic D Decay in 200 GeV p+p Collisions at RHIC-PHENIX Tatia Engelmore Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:48PM - 5:00PM		EF.00005: Non-photonic electron identification in the EEMC with the STAR detector Naresh Subba, Bryon Anderson, Wei-Ming Zhang Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:00PM - 5:12PM		EF.00006: Azimuthal angular correlations between non-photonic electrons and charged hadrons from $p+p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV in RHIC-STAR Shingo Sakai Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:12PM - 5:24PM		EF.00007: Non-photonic electron-hadron azimuthal correlation for $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=GeV\,200 AuAu collisions at STAR/RHIC Bertrand Biritz Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:24PM - 5:36PM		EF.00008: Azimuthal Correlations of Electrons from Heavy Flavor Decay with Hadrons at PHENIX Anne Sickles Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:36PM - 5:48PM		EF.00009: D-Meson Measurements in Cu+Cu Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 200GeV at STAR Using the Silicon Inner Tracker Sarah LaPointe Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:48PM - 6:00PM		EF.00010: Open Charm Production in $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 GeV$ Cu+Cu collisions at Forward Rapidities Irakli Garishvili Preview Abstract

Session EG: Applications of Nuclear Physics

Chair: Eric Norman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Jewett Ballroom C

Friday, October 24, 2008 4:00PM - 4:12PM		EG.00001: Energy-Dependent $Q$ Values for Fission Ramona Vogt Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:12PM - 4:24PM		EG.00002: Gamma Ray Multiplicity Comparison of a 2-Neutron and a 4-Neutron Emission $^{252}$Cf Spontaneous Fission D.L. Bleuel, L.A. Bernstein, J.T. Burke, M.D. Heffner, E.B. Norman, N.D. Scielzo, S.A. Sheets, N.J. Snyderman, M.A. Stoyer, M. Wiedeking, J. Gibelin, L.W. Phair, J. Mintz Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:24PM - 4:36PM		EG.00003: Precision Cross Section Measurement for the $^{241}$Am($\gamma$,$n$) Reaction at HI$\gamma$S A. Tonchev, A. Hutcheson, C.R. Howell, E. Kwan, G. Rusev, W. Tornow, S. Hammond, H.J. Karwowski, C. Huibregtse, J.H. Kelley, D.L. Vieira, J.B. Wilhelmy, M.A. Stoyer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:36PM - 4:48PM		EG.00004: Ultra-Low $^{40}$K Background Measurements for SNO+ using AMS Daniel Robertson, John Baker, Matthew Bowers, Philippe Collon, Jaret Heise, Kara Keeter, Christoper Schmitt, Eddie Tatar, Charles Taylor, Wenting Liu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 4:48PM - 5:00PM		EG.00005: Measurement of $^{39}$Ar/Ar ratios using AMS on underground argon samples using the newly developed ultra-pure Al lined plasma chamber P. Collon, M. Bowers, F. Calaprice, C. Galbiati, C.L. Jiang, D. Henderson, W. Kutschera, H.H. Loosli, R. Pardo, M. Paul, E. Rehm, D. Robertson, C. Schmitt, R. Scott, R. Vondrasek, H.Y. Lee Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:00PM - 5:12PM		EG.00006: Charge State Measurements with Photocell Detectors Chris Schmitt, Michael Carilli, Philippe Collon, Andreas Heinz, Jay LaVerne, Daniel Robertson, Sean Sullivan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:12PM - 5:24PM		EG.00007: Progress on a Polarimeter for the Deuteron EDM Search E.J. Stephenson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:24PM - 5:36PM		EG.00008: Testing and Calibration of Novel Detectors for Nuclear and Plasma Physics Diagnostic Applications Zaheer Ali, Mike Haugh, Jim Tellinghuisen, Vladimir Glebov, Sam Roberts, Christian Stoeckl, Craig Sangster Preview Abstract
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:36PM - 5:48PM		EG.00009: Nuclear Excitation via Auger Transitions (NEAT) Thomas Ward, Guy Emery, John Rasmussen, Hugon Karwowski, Carlos Castaneda Preview Abstract

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