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Session GA: Progress in Baryon Spectroscopy

Chair: Curtis Meyer, Carnegie Mellon University
Room: Sweeny A

Friday, November 5, 2010 8:30AM - 9:06AM		GA.00001: Baryonic spectra from multichannel amplitudes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:06AM - 9:42AM		GA.00002: The Experimental Status of Baryon Resonances Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:42AM - 10:18AM		GA.00003: Excited State Spectroscopy from Lattice QCD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session GC: Mini-symposium on Applications of Viscous Fluid Dynamics to RHI Collisions

Chair: Steffen A. Bass, Duke University
Room: Sweeny C

Friday, November 5, 2010 8:30AM - 9:06AM		GC.00001: QGP viscosity from RHIC data -- new perspective from viscous hydrodynamics +URQMD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		GC.00002: Quasi-Particle Theory of Shear and Bulk Viscosities of Hadronic Matter Joseph Kapusta, Purnendu Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		GC.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GC.00004: Modeling the Hydrodynamical Properties of the QGP at RHIC Irakli Garishvili, Ron Soltz, Scott Pratt, Micael Cheng, Andrew Glenn, Jason Newby, Loren Linden-Levy, Betty Abelev Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GC.00005: Beyond Bjorken: Longitudinal Effects in Viscous Hydrodynamics Joshua Vredevoogd, Scott Pratt Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GC.00006: Causal Viscous Hydrodynamic Response to High Momentum Jets Cristina Moody, Denes Molnar Preview Abstract

Session GD: Mini-symposium on Nuclear Double Beta Experiments I

Chair: Martin Cooper, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Sweeny D

Friday, November 5, 2010 8:30AM - 9:06AM		GD.00001: Progress and Future Prospects in Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		GD.00002: Shell model calculations of double-beta decay lifetimes of $^{76}$Ge and $^{82}$Se Sabin Stoica, Andrei Neacsu, Mihai Horoi Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		GD.00003: Double-Beta Decay of $^{150}$Nd to Excited Final States M.F. Kidd, J.H. Esterline, W. Tornow Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GD.00004: Inelastic neutron scattering as a potential background in neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments Melissa Boswell, M. Devlin, S.R. Elliott, N. Fotiades, A. Hime, R.O. Nelson, V. Guiseppe, D.-M. Mei, D.V. Perepelitsa Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GD.00005: \textsc{Majorana}: An Ultra-Low Background Enriched-Germanium Detector Array for Fundamental Physics Measurements Michael Miller Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GD.00006: A background model for the {\sc{Majo\-ra\-na}} neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment Alexis Schubert Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GD.00007: Wavelet Analysis in Point Contact HPGe Detectors Ryan Martin Preview Abstract

Session GE: Detector Materials and Readout Devices

Chair: Steve Wender, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Coronado

Friday, November 5, 2010 8:30AM - 8:42AM		GE.00001: PIXeY---an R{\&}D Prototype Detector For Optimizing Energy And Spatial Resolution N.E. Destefano, W.R. Zimmerman, M. Gai, E.P. Bernard, N.A. Larsen, S.B. Cahn, A. Curioni, A. Lyashenko, J.A. Nikkel, Y. Shin, A.H. Young, D.N. McKinsey Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 8:42AM - 8:54AM		GE.00002: High-precision measurement of the light response of BC-418 plastic scintillator to protons with energies from 100 keV to 10 MeV Vladimir Henzl, Brian Daub, Jennifer French, June Matthews, Michael Kovash, Stephen Wender, Michael Famiano, Katrina Koehler, Mark Yuly Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 8:54AM - 9:06AM		GE.00003: Performance study of the Liquid Deuterated Scintillator for DESCANT James Wong, P.E. Garrett, L. Bianco, C.S. Sumithrarachchi Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		GE.00004: Studies of single crystal organic scintillators for neutron detection Andrew Glenn, Natalia Zaitseva, Leslie Carman, Stephen Payne, Michelle Faust, Nerine Cherepy, Sebastien Hamel, Jason Newby Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		GE.00005: Characterization of a $^{6}$Li-loaded organic liquid scintillator for fast neutron spectrometry C.D. Bass, C.R. Heimbach, J.S. Nico, E.J. Beise, H. Breuer, D. Erwin, T. Langford, A. Rodrigues Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GE.00006: BrilLanCe\texttrademark~detector characterization below $E_{\gamma}= 15.5$ MeV N. Brown, M.W. Ahmed, S.S. Henshaw, B.A. Perdue, S. Stave, H.R. Weller, C. Sun, Y.K. Wu, P.P. Martel, A. Teymurazyan, A. Owens, F. Quarati Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GE.00007: The Properties of Cryogenic CMOS Avalanche Photodiodes Erik Johnson, Rory Miskimen, Christopher Stapels, Xiao Jie Chen, James Christian Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GE.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GE.00009: Ultra-high-resolution microcalorimeter detectors for photon and charged-particle detection Minesh Bacrania Preview Abstract

Session GF: Nuclear Structure: Around A=150

Chair: Frank Dietrich, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Kearney

Friday, November 5, 2010 8:30AM - 8:42AM		GF.00001: Investigation of octupole vibrations in even-even rare earth nuclei using (p,pg) M. Elvers, D. Savran, T. Ahn, V. Anagnostatou, N. Cooper, P. Goddard, A. Heinz, G. Ilie, D. Radeck, V. Werner, J. Endres, C. Kueppersbusch, A. Zilges, T. Ahmed, C. Deng, E. Jiang, N. Shenkov Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 8:42AM - 8:54AM		GF.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 8:54AM - 9:06AM		GF.00003: On transition strengths of E1, E2, {\&} E3 in the regions of mixed quadrupole-octupole collectivity John Rasmussen, Y.X. Luo, Joseph Hamilton, A.V. Ramayya, Raul Donangelo Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		GF.00004: Low-Lying Negative-Parity Bands of $^{152}$Sm via Deuteron Inelastic Scattering S. Chagnon-Lessard, P.E. Garrett, J.C. Bangay, L. Bianco, K.G. Leach, A.A. Phillips, E.T. Rand, C.E. Svensson, G.C. Ball, T. Faestermann, R. Kr\"ucken, R. Hertenberger, H.F. Wirth Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		GF.00005: Precision intensities and angular correlation measurements in $^{152}$Sm E.A. McCutchan, C.J. Lister, S. Zhu, M.P. Carpenter, R.V.F. Janssens, T.L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, D. Seweryniak Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GF.00006: Particle-gamma studies of Gd isotopes by (p,p'), (p,d) and (p,t) reactions T.J. Ross, R.O. Hughes, C.W. Beausang, J.M. Allmond, J.T. Burke, L.W. Phair, N. Scielzo, C.T. Angell, M.S. Basunia, D.L. Bleuel, R.J. Casperson, P. Fallon, R. Hatarik, J. Munson, S. Paschalis, M. Petri, J.J. Ressler Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GF.00007: Photon Strength Functions for $^{156, 157, 159}$Gd Bayarbadrakh Baramsai, G.E. Mitchell, A. Chyzh, D. Dashdorj, C. Walker, T.A. Bredeweg, A. Couture, R.C. Haight, M. Jandel, A.L. Keksis, J.M. O'Donnell, R.S. Rundberg, J.M. Wouters, J.L. Ullmann, D.J. Vieira, U. Agvaanluvsan, F. Becvar, M. Krticka Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GF.00008: Particle-Gamma Studies of Transitional Gd Nuclei Via Light-Ion Reactions R.O. Hughes, T.J. Ross, C.W. Beausang, J.M. Allmond, J.T. Burke, L. Phair, C.T. Angell, M.S. Basunia, D.L. Bleuel, R.J. Casperson, P. Fallon, R. Hatarik, J. Munson, S. Paschalis, M. Petri, J.J. Ressler, N.D. Scielzo Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GF.00009: Possible tetrahedral band in $^{156}$Dy L.L. Riedinger, D.J. Hartley, D. Curien, J. Dudek, G. Duchene, B. Gall, M.A. Riley, X. Wang, C. Beausang, P.E. Garrett, W.D. Kulp, J.L. Wood, M.P. Carpenter, C.J. Chiara, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, E.A. McCutchan, S. Zhu, J. Sharpey-Schafer, J.M. Allmond, C.H. Yu, J. Simpson, V. Werner Preview Abstract

Session GG: Nuclear Astrophysics: Experiment

Chair: Aaron Couture, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Peralta

Friday, November 5, 2010 8:30AM - 8:42AM		GG.00001: The breakout of the Hot CNO cycle via $^{18}$Ne resonant states S. Almaraz-Calderon, W. Tan, A. Aprahamian, B. Bucher, J. Gorres, A. Roberts, A. Villano, M. Wiescher, C. Brune, Z. Heinen, T. Massey, N. Ozkan, R.T. Guray, H. Mach Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 8:42AM - 8:54AM		GG.00002: Study of $^{19}$Ne levels of Importance to $^{18}$F production in Novae P.D. O'Malley, M.E. Howard, J.A. Cizewski, D.W. Bardayan, M.S. Smith, K.Y. Chae, S.T. Pittman, S.H. Ahn, R.L. Kozub, M. Matos, B. Moazen Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 8:54AM - 9:06AM		GG.00003: Study of the $^{19}$F($\alpha $,p)$^{22}$Ne reaction with an extended gas target K.Y. Chae, D.W. Bardayan, C.D. Nesaraja, M.S. Smith, S.H. Ahn, A. Ayres, A. Bey, K.L. Jones, S.T. Pittman, M.E. Howard, P.D. O'Malley, R.L. Kozub, M. Matos, B.H. Moazen, W.A. Peters Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:06AM - 9:18AM		GG.00004: Optical potential analysis for $^{26}$Al elastic scattering of protons and deuterons A. Bey, K.L. Jones, K.T. Schmitt, S.T. Pittman, S.H. Ahn, A. Ayres, R.L. Kozub, S. Graves, S. Strauss, D.W. Bardayan, K.Y. Chae, M.S. Smith, C.D. Nesaraja, W.A. Peters, P.D. O'Malley, A. Adekola, I. Spassova, M.E. Howard, D. Walter Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:18AM - 9:30AM		GG.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GG.00006: A High-Precision Determination of the Astrophysical Rate for Production of $^{9}$Be C.W. Arnold, T.B. Clegg, H.J. Karwowski, G.C. Rich, J.R. Tompkins, C.R. Howell Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GG.00007: Measuring spin distributions in $^{95}$Mo(n,$\gamma$) and validation of the surrogate reaction A.S. Adekola, J.A. Cizewski, A. Couture, M. Devlin, M. Jandel, W.A. Peters, J. Burke, J.E. Escher Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GG.00008: Astrophysical Implications of Recent Photos-Absorption Measurements Mary Beard, Burkhard K\"ampfer, Stephan Fraundorf, Ronald Schwengner, Michael Wiescher Preview Abstract
Friday, November 5, 2010 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GG.00009: Using HiRA and the (p,d) Reaction to Explore Single-Hole State Evolution Near the N=50 Shell Closure M.E. Howard, A.S. Adekola, J.A. Cizewski, B. Manning, E. Merino, P.D. O'Malley, D. Bazin, Z. Chajecki, D. Coupland, R. Hodges, J. Lee, W. Lynch, A. Sanetullaev, M.B. Tsang, J. Winklebauer, M. Youngs, T.K. Ghosh, R.R.C. Clement, D.W. Bardayan, K.Y. Chae, D. Shapira, S.H. Ahn, K. Schmitt Preview Abstract