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Session FA: Fundamental Neutron Physics

Chair: Geoff Greene, University of Tennessee and SNS
Room: Simmons Ballroom 2-3

Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:30AM - 9:06AM		FA.00001: An Overview of Experiments in Neutron Beta Decay Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:06AM - 9:42AM		FA.00002: The study of neutron quantum states in the Earth's gravitational field Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:42AM - 10:18AM		FA.00003: Precision Neutron Scattering Length Measurements Using Neutron Interferometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session FB: Mini-Symposium: Nuclear Physics Research and Connections to Nuclear Energy I

Chair: Lee Schroeder, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Room 208

Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:30AM - 9:06AM		FB.00001: Basic Nuclear Physics Research Needs for Nuclear Energy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		FB.00002: Determining cross sections for low-energy neutron capture reactions via the Surrogate method Jutta Escher, Frank Dietrich, Nicholas Scielzo, Christian Forssen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		FB.00003: Measuring the $^{239}$U(n,f) cross section using a two neutron transfer surrogate reaction Jason Burke Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		FB.00004: Surrogate reactions on fission fragments for nuclear energy R. Hatarik, J.A. Cizewski, W.A. Peters, D.W. Bardayan, S.D. Pain Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		FB.00005: Benchmarking the Surrogate Ratio Method Using the {\boldmath $\alpha$,$\alpha$}'f) reaction S.R. Lesher, L.A. Bernstein, J.T. Burke, D.L. Bleuel, F.S. Dietrich, J.E. Escher, B.F. Goldblum, K.J. Moody, E.B. Norman, N.D. Scielzo, H. Ai, C.W. Beausand, R.M. Clark, P. Fallon, J. Gibelin, I.Y. Lee, A.O. Macchiavelli, M.A. McMahan, L. Phair, E. Rodriguez-Vieitez, M. Wiedeking Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:54AM - 10:06AM		FB.00006: How Can the Accuracy of Neutron Nonelastic Cross Sections be Improved? Frank Dietrich Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:06AM - 10:18AM		FB.00007: A Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) Detector for Fast Neutron Imaging C.C. Jewett, M. McMahan, J. Cerny, L. Heilbronn, M. Johnson Preview Abstract

Session FC: Mini-Symposium: Neutrino Properties and Nuclear Physics III

Chair: Robert McKeown, California Institute of Technology
Room: Jewett Ballroom A-B

Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:30AM - 9:06AM		FC.00001: New Neutrino Oscillation Results from MiniBooNE Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		FC.00002: Neutrino Interactions with Nuclei Ulrich Mosel, Tina Leitner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		FC.00003: Charged current single pion to quasi-elastic cross section ratio Steven Linden Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		FC.00004: Neutrino quasi-elastic scattering measured with MINERvA Ronald Ransome Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		FC.00005: Unexpected Nuclear Effects in $\nu $-Fe Interactions and MINERvA's Program to Measure Neutrino Scattering off a Range of Nuclei Jorge G. Morfin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:54AM - 10:06AM		FC.00006: On the electroweak physics reach of the NuSOnG experiment James Jenkins Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:06AM - 10:18AM		FC.00007: First Measurement of Neutrino Events in an Off-Axis Horn-Focused Neutrino Beam Zelimir Djurcic Preview Abstract

Session FD: Mini-Symposium: Rare Isotope Science IV

Chair: Paul Mantica, Michigan State University
Room: Jewett Ballroom G-H

Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:30AM - 8:42AM		FD.00001: First identification of the $\pi $g$_{9/2}$ band in the neutron-rich $^{71,73,75}$Ga isotopes produced in deep-inelastic reactions I. Stefanescu, N. Hoteling, W.B. Walters, M.P. Carpenter, R.V.F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, R. Broda, B. Fornal, W. Krolas, T. Pawlat Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:42AM - 8:54AM		FD.00002: New Band Structures in Neutron-Rich $^{108}$Mo, and $^{108,110,112}$Ru J.H. Hamilton, Y.X. Luo, A.V. Ramayya, C. Goodin, K. Li, J.K. Hwang, S. Liu, S.J. Zhu, H.-B. Ding, X.L. Che, J.O. Rasmussen, I.Y. Lee, D. Almehed, S. Frauendorf, V. Dimitrov, J.Y. Zhang, N.J. Stone, G.M. Ter-Akopian, A.V. Daniel, M.A. Stoyer, R. Donangelo, J.D. Cole Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:54AM - 9:06AM		FD.00003: Measurement of (d,p) reactions near the doubly-magic $^{132}$Sn Steven Pain Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		FD.00004: The $^{132}$Sn + $^{96}$Zr reaction: a study of fusion enhancement/hindrance Walter Loveland, A.M. Vinodkumar, James Neeway, Peter Sprunger, Landon Prisbrey, Donald Peterson, J.F. Liang, Dan Shapira, C.J. Gross, R.L. Varner, J.J. Kolata, A. Roberts, A.L. Caraley Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		FD.00005: Production of neutron-rich isotopes in reactions at beam energies well above the Coulomb Barrier Shaofei Zhu, R.V.F. Janssens, M.P. Carpenter, C.J. Chiara, E. Jackson, B.A. Kay, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E.A. McCutchan, D. Seweryniak, N. Hoteling, I. Stefanescu, B. Fornal Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		FD.00006: Neutron-Rich Isotopes from 208Pb at 86 MeV/u O.B. Tarasov, M. Portillo, A.M. Amthor, T. Baumann, D. Bazin, C. Folden, T. Ginter, M. Hausmann, D.J. Morrissey, J. Pereira, B.M. Sherrill, M. Thoennessen, C. Nociforo Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		FD.00007: Time-of-Flight Mass Measurements of Neutron Rich Nuclides A. Estrade, M. Matos, A.M. Amthor, A. Becerril, T. Elliot, G. Lorusso, A. Rogers, H. Schatz, D. Bazin, A. Gade, M. Portillo, A. Stolz, D. Galaviz, J. Pereira, D. Shapira, E. Smith, M. Wallace Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:54AM - 10:06AM		FD.00008: Development of a Versatile Array of Neutron Detectors at Low Energy Catalin Matei, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, J.A. Cizewski, W.A. Peters, R.K. Grzywacz, S.N. Liddick, S.W. Padgett, S.D. Pain, F. Sarazin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:06AM - 10:18AM		FD.00009: Blurred femtoscopy in two-proton decay Carlos Bertulani Preview Abstract

Session FE: Nuclear Reactions: Light Ions

Chair: Ian Thompson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Simmons Ballroom 1

Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:30AM - 8:42AM		FE.00001: Refinement of Global Phase-Shift Analysis for $p+^3He$ Elastic Scattering Using Spin-Correlation Coefficients Tim Daniels, Charles Arnold, John Cesaratto, Thomas Clegg, Alexander Couture, Astrid Imig, Hugon Karwowski Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:42AM - 8:54AM		FE.00002: Spectroscopic Factors From the Single Neutron Pickup Reaction $^{64}$Zn$(\vec{\mathrm{d}}$,t) Kyle Leach, P.E. Garrett, G.A. Demand, P. Finlay, K.L. Green, A.A. Phillips, C.S. Sumithrarachchi, C.E. Svensson, S. Triambak, G.C. Ball, T. Faestermann, R. Kr\"ucken, H.-F. Wirth, R. Herten-Berger Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:54AM - 9:06AM		FE.00003: The development of single-nucleon pickup reactions with fast, exotic beams as a spectroscopic tool S. McDaniel, A. Gade, P. Aldrich, D. Bazin, J.M. Cook, C. Aa. Diget, K.W. Kemper, T. Glasmacher, A. Ratkiewicz, K. Siwek, J.A. Tostevin, D. Weisshaar Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		FE.00004: The statistical decay properties of Gadolinium isotopes using the DANCE array D. Dashdorj, G. Mitchell, B. Baramsai, R. Chankova, A. Chyzh, C. Walker Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		FE.00005: Determining the ($n$,$\gamma )$ cross section of $^{153}$Gd using surrogate reactions Nicholas Scielzo Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		FE.00006: (n,$\gamma$) by the Internal Surrogate Ratio Method: A Benchmark using $^{235}$\textrm{U}(d,p) J.M. Allmond Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		FE.00007: Chemical Equilibration Involving Decaying Particles in the Early Universe Inga Kuznetsova, Takeshi Kodama, Johann Rafelski Preview Abstract

Session FF: Mini-Symposium: Viscosity, String Theory and Hydrodynamics

Chair: W.A. Zajc, Columbia University
Room: Simmons Ballroom 4

Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:30AM - 9:06AM		FF.00001: Hydrodynamics and gauge/gravity duality Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		FF.00002: Shear Transport Coefficients from Gauge/Gravity Correspondence Joseph Kapusta, Todd Springer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		FF.00003: The Lattice QCD Equation of State and Implications for Hydrodynamic Modeling of Heavy Ion Collisions Ron Soltz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		FF.00004: Measurements of High $p_{T}$ Identified Hadron $v_{2}$ in Au+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{S_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV by the PHENIX Experiment Shengli Huang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		FF.00005: Influence of Finite Chemical Potential on Hadronic Shear Viscosity Nasser Demir, Steffen A. Bass Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:54AM - 10:06AM		FF.00006: Propagating Mach Cones in a Viscous Quark-Gluon Plasma R. Bryon Neufeld Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:06AM - 10:18AM		FF.00007: Unveiling properties of the QGP with Multi-Particle Correlations from the PHENIX Experiment Nuggehalli Ajitanand Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:18AM - 10:30AM		FF.00008: Quest for the Degrees of Freedom in sQGP: An Electric-Magnetic Duality Perspective Jinfeng Liao, Edward Shuryak Preview Abstract

Session FG: Mini-Symposium: 3D View of the Nucleon and Its Spin III

Chair: Jim Sowinski, Indiana University
Room: Jewett Ballroom C

Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:30AM - 9:06AM		FG.00001: Exploring 3D Distributions at HERMES: Latest Results on Sivers Asymmetries and DVCS Amplitudes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		FG.00002: Recent HERMES Results in Exclusive $\rho$ and $\phi$ Transverse Target Spin Asymmetries Stephen Gliske, Wolfgang Lorenzon Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		FG.00003: Measurement of the Eta Meson Transverse Single Spin Asymmetry A$_{N}$ at large Feynman X$_{F }$with the STAR Forward Pion Detector. Len Eun Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		FG.00004: Measuring the Sivers Effect via Back-to-Back Di-Hadron Correlations in the PHENIX at RHIC Feng Wei Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		FG.00005: Transverse Single Spin Asymmetries in Heavy Flavor production in Polarized p+p Collisions at RHIC Han Liu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:54AM - 10:06AM		FG.00006: Single transverse-spin asymmetry for $D$-meson production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering Zhongbo Kang, Jianwei Qiu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:06AM - 10:18AM		FG.00007: Beam-Spin Asymmetry Measurements at CLAS M. Aghasyan Preview Abstract

Session FH: Astrophysics: Medium Mass Nuclei

Chair: Guy Savard, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Jewett Ballroom F

Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:30AM - 8:42AM		FH.00001: Excitation energies of the unbound states in $^{32}$Cl studied via the $^{32}$S($^{3}$He,t)$^{32}$Cl charge exchange reaction M. Mato\v{s}, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, J.A. Clark, C.M. Deibel, L. Linhardt, C.D. Nesaraja, P.D. O'Malley, S.D. Pain, P.D. Parker, K.T. Schmitt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:42AM - 8:54AM		FH.00002: Measurement of the $^{40}$Ca($\alpha $,$\gamma )^{44}$Ti reaction for supernovae nucleosynthesis Steven Sheets, Jason Burke, Darren Bleuel, Tom Brown, Patrick Grant, Rob Hoffman, Eric Norman, Larry Phair, Nick Scielzo, Scott Tumey Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:54AM - 9:06AM		FH.00003: Studying Electron-Capture on $^{64}$Zn in Supernovae with the (t,$^{3}$He) Charge-Exchange Reaction G.W. Hitt, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, A. Gade, C.J. Guess, D. Galaviz-Redondo, Y. Shimbara, C. Tur, R.G.T. Zegers, M. Horoi, M.E. Howard, E.E. Smith Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:06AM - 9:18AM		FH.00004: Mass Measurements of Proton-Rich Isotopes Between Mo and Pd for $rp$- and $\nu p$-process Models Jennifer Fallis, K.S. Sharma, H. Sharma, J.A. Clark, G. Savard, A.F. Levand, T. Sun, C.M. Deibel, C. Wrede, A. Parikh, D. Lascar, R. Segel, S. Caldwell, J. Van Schelt, F. Buchinger, J.E. Crawford, S. Guilck, J.K.P. Lee, G. Li, N.D. Scielzo, A.A. Hecht Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:18AM - 9:30AM		FH.00005: The rp-process in Type-I X-ray Bursts with REACLIB V1 Richard Cyburt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:30AM - 9:42AM		FH.00006: Sensitivity of X-ray Burst Models to Uncertainties in Nuclear Processes Karl Smith, Alan Matthew Amthor, Richard Cyburt, Alexander Heger, Emily Johnson, Hendrik Schatz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:42AM - 9:54AM		FH.00007: s-Process Branch Point (n,$\gamma )$ Measurements using NIF$^{\ast }$ Lee Bernstein, D.L. Bleuel, C. Cerjan, U. Greife, R.D. Hoffman, L. Phair, A. McEvoy, K.J. Moody, D.H.G. Schneider, D. Shaughnessy, M.A. Stoyer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:54AM - 10:06AM		FH.00008: Integral Neutron Multiplicity Measurements from Cosmic Ray Interactions in Lead Thomas Ward, Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Kudryashev, Denis Beller Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:06AM - 10:18AM		FH.00009: Precision Mass Measurements of Heavy $^{252}$Cf Fission Fragments Near the $r$-Process Path J. Van Schelt, G. Savard, S. Caldwell, M. Sternberg, J.A. Clark, J.P. Greene, A.F. Levand, T. Sun, B.J. Zabransky, J. Fallis, K.S. Sharma, D. Lascar, R.E. Segel, G. Li Preview Abstract