Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2011 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics
Volume 56, Number 12
Wednesday–Saturday, October 26–29, 2011; East Lansing, Michigan
Epitome
Oct 26 2011 8:30AM, Wednesday
1WA
Workshop on New Insights in Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics from Stopped and Reaccelerated Rare Isotopes I
Room: 103AB
Chair: Alejandro Garcia, University of Washington
Invited Speakers: Peter Mueller, Kei Minamisono, Ulrike Hager
1WB
Workshop on Advanced Digital Signal Processing Techniques in Nuclear Science I
Room: 104AB
Chair: Sean Liddick, Michigan State University
Invited Speakers: I.Y. Lee, W. Stoeffl, Chris Cuevas
1WC
Workshop on the Energy Frontier, Heavy Ions at the LHC I
Room: 105AB
Chair: S. Voloshin, Wayne State University
Invited Speakers: Rene Bellwied, Helen Caines, Brian Cole
Oct 26 2011 10:30AM, Wednesday
2WA
Workshop on New Insights in Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics from Stopped and Reaccelerated Rare Isotopes II
Room: 103AB
Chair: Jeff Blackmon, Louisiana State University
Invited Speakers: Robert Grzywacz, Ingo Wiedenhoever, W. Loveland, Sherry Yennello
2WB
Workshop on Advanced Digital Signal Processing Techniques in Nuclear Science II
Room: 104AB
Chair: Jac Caggiano, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Craig Aalseth, Chris Perkins, Reynold Cooper, Hui Tan
2WC
Workshop on the Energy Frontier, Heavy Ions at the LHC II
Room: 105AB
Chair: S. Pratt, Michigan State University
Invited Speakers: Julia Velkovska, Ivan Vitev, Bjoern Schenke
Oct 26 2011 3:00PM, Wednesday
AA
Plenary Session: Dennis Kovar's Influence on the Past, Present, and Future US Nuclear Physics Program
Room: Big Ten A
Chair: Robert Tribble, Texas A&M University
Invited Speakers: Lawrence S. Cardman, Steven Vigdor, Stuart Freedman, Robert V.F. Janssens, Dennis Kovar
Oct 26 2011 6:30PM, Wednesday
BA
Welcome Reception
Room: Michigan State University Cyclotron (NSCL)
Oct 27 2011 8:30AM, Thursday
CA
Mini-Symposium on From RHIC to LHC: Lessons Learned about the QGP I
Room: 62
Chair: Steffen Bass, Duke University
Invited Speakers: Ulrich Heinz
CB
Mini-Symposium on Experimental Advances in Transfer Reactions I
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Ernst Rehm, Argonne National Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Sean Freeman
CC
Neutrinos I
Room: 101
Chair: Nikolai Tolich, University of Washington
CD
Instrumentation I
Room: Heritage
Chair: Grant O'Rielly, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
CE
Quark and Gluon Structure of the Nucleon at Large Momentum Fractions
Room: 103AB
Chair: Wally Melnitchouk, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Invited Speakers: Sebastian Kuhn, M. Eric Christy, Joseph Owens
CF
Nuclear Structure I
Room: 104AB
Chair: Paul Fallon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
CG
Mini-Symposium on Weak Interactions in Astrophysics
Room: 105AB
Chair: Hendrik Schatz, Michigan State University
Invited Speakers: Masaki Sasano
Oct 27 2011 10:30AM, Thursday
DA
Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ions I
Room: 62
Chair: Fuqian Wang, Purdue University
DB
Mini-Symposium on Experimental Advances in Transfer Reactions II
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Birger Back, Argonne National Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Rituparna Kanungo
DC
Nuclear Reactions/Rare Isotope Beams I
Room: 101
Chair: Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University
DD
Instrumentation II
Room: Heritage
Chair: Luke Myers, Duke University
DE
New Results in Fundamental Symmetries
Room: 103AB
Chair: Martin Cooper, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Pieter Mumm, Peter-Raymond Kettle, Stephen Parke
DF
Nuclear Structure II
Room: 104AB
Chair: Krzysztof Piotr Rykaczewski, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
DG
Astrophysics I: Light Nuclei
Room: 105AB
Chair: Michael Wiescher, University of Notre Dame
Oct 27 2011 2:00PM, Thursday
EA
Conference Experience for Undergraduates Poster Session (2:00-4:00PM)
Room: Big Ten C
EB
Meet the Editors of APS
Room: Big Ten C
Oct 27 2011 4:00PM, Thursday
FA
Mini-Symposium on EIC Physics
Room: 62
Chair: Peter Jacobs, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Christine Aidala
FB
Mini-Symposium on Experimental Advances in Transfer Reactions III
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers University
FC
Trends in Nuclear Physics
Room: 101
Chair: Warren Rogers, Westmont College
Invited Speakers: Janet Seger, Kai Hebeler, Hirokazu Tamura
FD
Instrumentation III
Room: Heritage
Chair: Yordanka Ilieva, South Carolina
FE
Electroweak Interactions I
Room: 103AB
Chair: John Hardy, Texas A&M University
FF
Nuclear Structure III
Room: 104AB
Chair: Volker Werner, Yale University
FG
Astrophysics II: s-d Shell
Room: 105AB
Chair: Filomena Nunes, Michigan State University.
Oct 28 2011 8:30AM, Friday
GA
Nuclear Theory I: RHI, EMC, Beta-decay
Room: 62
Chair: Vladimir Zelevinsky, Michigan State University
GB
Exotic Correlated Decays
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Brad Sherrill, Michigan State University
Invited Speakers: Lee Sobotka, Krzysztof Miernik, Jimmy Rotureau
GC
Electroweak Interactions II
Room: 101
Chair: Allena Opper, The George Washington University
GD
Instrumentation IV
Room: Heritage
Chair: Donald Isenhower, Abilene Christan University
GE
Electromagnetic Interactions
Room: 103AB
Chair: Bill Briscoe, The George Washington University
GG
Astrophysics III: r-process, s-process
Room: 105AB
Chair: John Ullmann, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Oct 28 2011 10:30AM, Friday
HA
Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ions II
Room: 62
Chair: Sean Gavin, Wayne State University
HB
Neutrinos From Heaven and Earth
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Rex Tayloe, Indiana University
Invited Speakers: Richard Saldanha, Kate Scholberg, Nikolai Tolich
HC
Hadronic Physics I
Room: 101
Chair: Ernst Sichtermann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
HD
Instrumentation V
Room: Heritage
Chair: Douglas Higinbotham, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
HE
Nuclear Structure IV
Room: 103AB
Chair: Torben Lauritsen, Argonne National Laboratory
HF
Nuclear Structure V
Room: 104AB
Chair: Steven Yates, University of Kentucky
HG
Astrophysics IV: alpha-Reactions, Capture Rates, etc.
Room: 105AB
Chair: Joe Natowitz, Texas A&M University
Oct 28 2011 2:00PM, Friday
JA
Mini-Symposium on From RHIC to LHC: Lessons Learned about the QGP II
Room: 62
Chair: Ulrich Heinz, The Ohio State University
JB
The Fukushima Nuclear Plant: Assessment and Future Alternatives
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Andrei Afanasev, The George Washington University
Invited Speakers: Edward C. Morse, Frank Carre, R. Bruce Vogelaar
JC
Hadronic Physics II
Room: 101
Chair: Igor Strakovsky, The George Washington University
JD
Nuclear Theory II: Heavy Nuclei
Room: Heritage
Chair: Mihai Horoi, Central Michigan University
JE
Nuclear Reactions/Rare Isotope Beams II
Room: 103AB
Chair: William Lynch, Michigan State University
JF
Nuclear Structure VI
Room: 104AB
Chair: Grigory Rogachev, Florida State University
JG
Astrophysics V: Dark Matter and Unification
Room: 105AB
Chair: Dong Ming Mei, University of South Dakota
Oct 28 2011 4:00PM, Friday
KB
DNP Business and Town Meeting
Room: Auditorum
Oct 28 2011 6:30PM, Friday
LA
Reception and Banquet
Room: Big Ten
Oct 29 2011 8:30AM, Saturday
MA
Mini-Symposium on Emerging Needs for Nuclear Data I
Room: 62
Chair: Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University
Invited Speakers: Michal Herman
MB
First Results from Heavy-Ions at LHC
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Richard Seto, University of California, Riverside
Invited Speakers: Peter Steinberg, Constantin Loizides, Gunther Roland
MC
Neutrinos II
Room: 101
Chair: Bruce Vogelaar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
MD
Nuclear Theory III: Ab Initio and Density Functionals
Room: Heritage
Chair: Bruce Barrett, University of Arizona
ME
Nuclear Reactions/Rare Isotope Beams III
Room: 103AB
Chair: David Morrissey, Michigan State University
MF
Nuclear Structure VII
Room: 104AB
Chair: Noemie Koller, Rutgers University
MG
Astrophysics VI: EoS and Neutron Stars
Room: 105AB
Chair: Grant Mathews, University of Notre Dame
Oct 29 2011 10:30AM, Saturday
NA
Mini-Symposium on Emerging Needs for Nuclear Data II
Room: 62
Chair: Boris Pritychenko, Brookhaven National Laboratory
NB
Neutron Rich Nuclei at the Extremes
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Ernst Rehm, Argonne National Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Morten Hjorth-Jensen, Guy Savard, Hironori Iwasaki
NC
Electroweak Interactions III
Room: 101
Chair: Chris Crawford, University of Kentucky
ND
Nuclear Theory IV: For Theorists
Room: Heritage
Chair: Richard Furnstahl, The Ohio State University
NE
Hadronic Physics III
Room: 103AB
Chair: Mary Alberg, Seattle University
NF
Applications in Nuclear Physics
Room: 104AB
Chair: Robert Haight, Los Alamos National Laboratory
NG
Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ions III
Room: 105AB
Chair: Bjorn Schenke, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Oct 26 2011 8:30AM, Wednesday
1WA
Workshop on New Insights in Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics from Stopped and Reaccelerated Rare Isotopes I
Room: 103AB
Chair: Alejandro Garcia, University of Washington
Invited Speakers: Peter Mueller, Kei Minamisono, Ulrike Hager
1WB
Workshop on Advanced Digital Signal Processing Techniques in Nuclear Science I
Room: 104AB
Chair: Sean Liddick, Michigan State University
Invited Speakers: I.Y. Lee, W. Stoeffl, Chris Cuevas
1WC
Workshop on the Energy Frontier, Heavy Ions at the LHC I
Room: 105AB
Chair: S. Voloshin, Wayne State University
Invited Speakers: Rene Bellwied, Helen Caines, Brian Cole
Oct 26 2011 10:30AM, Wednesday
2WA
Workshop on New Insights in Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics from Stopped and Reaccelerated Rare Isotopes II
Room: 103AB
Chair: Jeff Blackmon, Louisiana State University
Invited Speakers: Robert Grzywacz, Ingo Wiedenhoever, W. Loveland, Sherry Yennello
2WB
Workshop on Advanced Digital Signal Processing Techniques in Nuclear Science II
Room: 104AB
Chair: Jac Caggiano, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Craig Aalseth, Chris Perkins, Reynold Cooper, Hui Tan
2WC
Workshop on the Energy Frontier, Heavy Ions at the LHC II
Room: 105AB
Chair: S. Pratt, Michigan State University
Invited Speakers: Julia Velkovska, Ivan Vitev, Bjoern Schenke
Oct 26 2011 3:00PM, Wednesday
AA
Plenary Session: Dennis Kovar's Influence on the Past, Present, and Future US Nuclear Physics Program
Room: Big Ten A
Chair: Robert Tribble, Texas A&M University
Invited Speakers: Lawrence S. Cardman, Steven Vigdor, Stuart Freedman, Robert V.F. Janssens, Dennis Kovar
Oct 26 2011 6:30PM, Wednesday
BA
Welcome Reception
Room: Michigan State University Cyclotron (NSCL)
Oct 27 2011 8:30AM, Thursday
CA
Mini-Symposium on From RHIC to LHC: Lessons Learned about the QGP I
Room: 62
Chair: Steffen Bass, Duke University
Invited Speakers: Ulrich Heinz
CB
Mini-Symposium on Experimental Advances in Transfer Reactions I
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Ernst Rehm, Argonne National Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Sean Freeman
CC
Neutrinos I
Room: 101
Chair: Nikolai Tolich, University of Washington
CD
Instrumentation I
Room: Heritage
Chair: Grant O'Rielly, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
CE
Quark and Gluon Structure of the Nucleon at Large Momentum Fractions
Room: 103AB
Chair: Wally Melnitchouk, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Invited Speakers: Sebastian Kuhn, M. Eric Christy, Joseph Owens
CF
Nuclear Structure I
Room: 104AB
Chair: Paul Fallon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
CG
Mini-Symposium on Weak Interactions in Astrophysics
Room: 105AB
Chair: Hendrik Schatz, Michigan State University
Invited Speakers: Masaki Sasano
Oct 27 2011 10:30AM, Thursday
DA
Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ions I
Room: 62
Chair: Fuqian Wang, Purdue University
DB
Mini-Symposium on Experimental Advances in Transfer Reactions II
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Birger Back, Argonne National Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Rituparna Kanungo
DC
Nuclear Reactions/Rare Isotope Beams I
Room: 101
Chair: Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University
DD
Instrumentation II
Room: Heritage
Chair: Luke Myers, Duke University
DE
New Results in Fundamental Symmetries
Room: 103AB
Chair: Martin Cooper, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Pieter Mumm, Peter-Raymond Kettle, Stephen Parke
DF
Nuclear Structure II
Room: 104AB
Chair: Krzysztof Piotr Rykaczewski, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
DG
Astrophysics I: Light Nuclei
Room: 105AB
Chair: Michael Wiescher, University of Notre Dame
Oct 27 2011 2:00PM, Thursday
EA
Conference Experience for Undergraduates Poster Session (2:00-4:00PM)
Room: Big Ten C
EB
Meet the Editors of APS
Room: Big Ten C
Oct 27 2011 4:00PM, Thursday
FA
Mini-Symposium on EIC Physics
Room: 62
Chair: Peter Jacobs, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Christine Aidala
FB
Mini-Symposium on Experimental Advances in Transfer Reactions III
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers University
FC
Trends in Nuclear Physics
Room: 101
Chair: Warren Rogers, Westmont College
Invited Speakers: Janet Seger, Kai Hebeler, Hirokazu Tamura
FD
Instrumentation III
Room: Heritage
Chair: Yordanka Ilieva, South Carolina
FE
Electroweak Interactions I
Room: 103AB
Chair: John Hardy, Texas A&M University
FF
Nuclear Structure III
Room: 104AB
Chair: Volker Werner, Yale University
FG
Astrophysics II: s-d Shell
Room: 105AB
Chair: Filomena Nunes, Michigan State University.
Oct 28 2011 8:30AM, Friday
GA
Nuclear Theory I: RHI, EMC, Beta-decay
Room: 62
Chair: Vladimir Zelevinsky, Michigan State University
GB
Exotic Correlated Decays
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Brad Sherrill, Michigan State University
Invited Speakers: Lee Sobotka, Krzysztof Miernik, Jimmy Rotureau
GC
Electroweak Interactions II
Room: 101
Chair: Allena Opper, The George Washington University
GD
Instrumentation IV
Room: Heritage
Chair: Donald Isenhower, Abilene Christan University
GE
Electromagnetic Interactions
Room: 103AB
Chair: Bill Briscoe, The George Washington University
GG
Astrophysics III: r-process, s-process
Room: 105AB
Chair: John Ullmann, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Oct 28 2011 10:30AM, Friday
HA
Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ions II
Room: 62
Chair: Sean Gavin, Wayne State University
HB
Neutrinos From Heaven and Earth
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Rex Tayloe, Indiana University
Invited Speakers: Richard Saldanha, Kate Scholberg, Nikolai Tolich
HC
Hadronic Physics I
Room: 101
Chair: Ernst Sichtermann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
HD
Instrumentation V
Room: Heritage
Chair: Douglas Higinbotham, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
HE
Nuclear Structure IV
Room: 103AB
Chair: Torben Lauritsen, Argonne National Laboratory
HF
Nuclear Structure V
Room: 104AB
Chair: Steven Yates, University of Kentucky
HG
Astrophysics IV: alpha-Reactions, Capture Rates, etc.
Room: 105AB
Chair: Joe Natowitz, Texas A&M University
Oct 28 2011 2:00PM, Friday
JA
Mini-Symposium on From RHIC to LHC: Lessons Learned about the QGP II
Room: 62
Chair: Ulrich Heinz, The Ohio State University
JB
The Fukushima Nuclear Plant: Assessment and Future Alternatives
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Andrei Afanasev, The George Washington University
Invited Speakers: Edward C. Morse, Frank Carre, R. Bruce Vogelaar
JC
Hadronic Physics II
Room: 101
Chair: Igor Strakovsky, The George Washington University
JD
Nuclear Theory II: Heavy Nuclei
Room: Heritage
Chair: Mihai Horoi, Central Michigan University
JE
Nuclear Reactions/Rare Isotope Beams II
Room: 103AB
Chair: William Lynch, Michigan State University
JF
Nuclear Structure VI
Room: 104AB
Chair: Grigory Rogachev, Florida State University
JG
Astrophysics V: Dark Matter and Unification
Room: 105AB
Chair: Dong Ming Mei, University of South Dakota
Oct 28 2011 4:00PM, Friday
KB
DNP Business and Town Meeting
Room: Auditorum
Oct 28 2011 6:30PM, Friday
LA
Reception and Banquet
Room: Big Ten
Oct 29 2011 8:30AM, Saturday
MA
Mini-Symposium on Emerging Needs for Nuclear Data I
Room: 62
Chair: Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University
Invited Speakers: Michal Herman
MB
First Results from Heavy-Ions at LHC
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Richard Seto, University of California, Riverside
Invited Speakers: Peter Steinberg, Constantin Loizides, Gunther Roland
MC
Neutrinos II
Room: 101
Chair: Bruce Vogelaar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
MD
Nuclear Theory III: Ab Initio and Density Functionals
Room: Heritage
Chair: Bruce Barrett, University of Arizona
ME
Nuclear Reactions/Rare Isotope Beams III
Room: 103AB
Chair: David Morrissey, Michigan State University
MF
Nuclear Structure VII
Room: 104AB
Chair: Noemie Koller, Rutgers University
MG
Astrophysics VI: EoS and Neutron Stars
Room: 105AB
Chair: Grant Mathews, University of Notre Dame
Oct 29 2011 10:30AM, Saturday
NA
Mini-Symposium on Emerging Needs for Nuclear Data II
Room: 62
Chair: Boris Pritychenko, Brookhaven National Laboratory
NB
Neutron Rich Nuclei at the Extremes
Room: Auditorium
Chair: Ernst Rehm, Argonne National Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Morten Hjorth-Jensen, Guy Savard, Hironori Iwasaki
NC
Electroweak Interactions III
Room: 101
Chair: Chris Crawford, University of Kentucky
ND
Nuclear Theory IV: For Theorists
Room: Heritage
Chair: Richard Furnstahl, The Ohio State University
NE
Hadronic Physics III
Room: 103AB
Chair: Mary Alberg, Seattle University
NF
Applications in Nuclear Physics
Room: 104AB
Chair: Robert Haight, Los Alamos National Laboratory
NG
Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ions III
Room: 105AB
Chair: Bjorn Schenke, Brookhaven National Laboratory
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