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Session DA: Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ions I

Chair: Fuqian Wang, Purdue University
Room: 62

Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:30AM - 10:42AM		DA.00001: Chiral and deconfinement transition in QCD Peter Petreczky Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:42AM - 10:54AM		DA.00002: Hadron Production and Freeze-Out Dynamics in $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ Au+Au at RHIC Samantha Brovko Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:54AM - 11:06AM		DA.00003: The shapes of the multiplicity distributions in $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$$=$7.7$-$200 GeV Au$+$Au Collisions at STAR Daniel McDonald Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DA.00004: Strange Baryons Production in RHIC Beam Energy Scan Feng Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DA.00005: Dynamical $K/\pi$, $p/\pi$, and $K/p$ Fluctuations in $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 7.7-200 GeV Au+Au Collisions Terence Tarnowsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		DA.00006: Energy dependence of the freeze out eccentricity from azimuthally-dependent HBT analyses at STAR Christopher Anson Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		DA.00007: Pion-kaon femtoscopy in 200 GeV collisions in STAR at RHIC Yan Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DA.00008: Transverse Energy at RHIC in the Forward/Backward Direction using the PHENIX MPC Brett Fadem Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		DA.00009: Forward Di-Hadron Correlations and RdA in d+Au Collisions at RHIC IhnJea Choi Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:18PM - 12:30PM		DA.00010: Recent Performance of the Resistive Plate Chambers in the PHENIX Forward Trigger Upgrade Michael Daugherity Preview Abstract

Session DB: Mini-Symposium on Experimental Advances in Transfer Reactions II

Chair: Birger Back, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Auditorium

Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:30AM - 11:06AM		DB.00001: Exploring the Exotic Nuclei through Nucleon Transfer Reactions and Inelastic Scattering at TRIUMF Invited Speaker: Rituparna Kanungo Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DB.00002: Transfer Reactions and the Dispersive Optical Model S.J. Waldecker, N.B. Nguyen, F.M. Nu\~{n}es, R.J. Charity, W.H. Dickhoff Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DB.00003: Study of $^{14}C(\alpha,\gamma)^{18}O$ using n- and $\alpha$ transfer reactions with HELIOS Hye Young Lee, J.P. Schiffer, B.B. Back, J.P. Greene, C.R. Hoffman, B.P. Kay, K.E. Rehm, A.H. Wuosmaa, D. Shetty, J.C. Lighthall, S.T. Marley, C.M. Deibel Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		DB.00004: Study of $^9$C via the d($^{10}$C,t)$^{9}$C reaction S.T. Marley, A.H. Wuosmaa, S. Bedoor, J.C. Lighthall, D.V. Shetty, M. Alcorta, P.F. Bertone, J.A. Clark, C.M. Deibel, C.L. Jiang, T. Palchan-Hazan, R.C. Pardo, K.E. Rehm, A.M. Rogers, C. Ugalde Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		DB.00005: Neutron Spectroscopic factors of $^{56}$Ni A. Sanetullaev, T.K. Ghosh, W.G. Lynch, D. Bazin, Z. Chajecki, Daniel Coupland, R. Hodges, Jenny Lee, V. Henzl, D. Henzlova, A.M. Rogers, Z.Y. Sun, M.B. Tsang, J. Winkelbauer, M. Youngs, M. Famiano, R.R.C. Clement, M.E. Howard, J.A. Cizewski, P.D. O'Malley, B. Manning, R.J. Charity, L.G. Charity, D. Shapira, K.T. Shmitt Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DB.00006: Exploring Single-Hole State Evolution Near the N=50 Shell Closure M.E. Howard, J.A. Cizewski, B. Manning, P.D. O'Malley, D. Bazin, Z. Chajecki, D. Coupland, R. Hodges, J. Lee, W. Lynch, A. Sanetullaev, M.B. Tsang, J. Winkelbauer, M. Youngs, T.K. Ghosh, R.R.C. Clement, D.W. Bardayan, K.Y. Chae, D. Shapira, S.H. Ahn, K. Schmitt, M.A. Famiano Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		DB.00007: Single-neutron levels near the N=82 shell gap B. Manning, J.A. Cizewski, S. Hardy, M.E. Howard, P.D. O'Malley, S.H. Ahn, K.Y. Chae, K.L. Jones, S.T. Pittman, D.W. Bardayan, C.D. Nesaraja, S.D. Pain, M.S. Smith, R.L. Kozub, K.A. Chipps, W.A. Peters, M. Matos Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:18PM - 12:30PM		DB.00008: Measurements and coupled reaction channels analysis of one and two proton transfer reactions for $^{28}$Si+$^{90,94}$Zr systems Sunil Kalkal, S. Mandal, A. Jhingan, J. Gehlot, P. Sugathan, K.S. Golda, N. Madhavan, Ritika Garg, Savi Goyal, Gayatri Mohanto, S. Verma, Rohit Sandal, Bivash Behera, G. Eleonora, H.J. Wollersheim, R. Singh Preview Abstract

Session DC: Nuclear Reactions/Rare Isotope Beams I

Chair: Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University
Room: 101

Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:30AM - 10:42AM		DC.00001: Search for Heavy and Superheavy systems in $^{197}$Au +$^{232}$Th Collisions near the Coulomb Barrier Kris Hagel, Marina Barbui , Joseph Natowitz, Marcia Rodrigues, Kasia Schmidt, Roy Wada, Zbig Majka, Hua Zheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:42AM - 10:54AM		DC.00002: Isospin Dependence of Nucleon Exchange in 78,86Kr + 40,48Ca Reactions at E/A = 10 MeV Eric Henry, Wolf-Udo Schroder, Jan Toke, Michael Quinlan, Hardev Singh Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:54AM - 11:06AM		DC.00003: Measurement of emitted tritons and 3Helium from 112,124Sn+112,124Sn collisions at Ebeam=50 MeV/ nucleon and 120 MeV/nucleon M. Youngs, D.D.S. Coupland, W.G. Lynch, M.B. Tsang, Z. Chajecki, R. Hodges, M. Kilburn, Fei Lu, J. Novak, A. Sanetullaev, J. Winkelbauer, Jenny Lee, M.A. Famiano, B. Giacherio, T.K. Ghosh, P. Russotto, G. Verde, C. Sfienti Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DC.00004: Measurement of emitted neutrons and protons from 112,124Sn + 112,124Sn at Ebeam = 50 MeV/nucleon and 120 MeV/nucleon D.D.S. Coupland, M. Youngs, W.G. Lynch, M.B. Tsang, Z. Chajecki, R. Hodges, M. Kilburn, Fei Lu, J. Novak, A. Sanetullaev, J. Winkelbauer, Jenny Lee, M.A. Famiano, B. Giacherio, T.K. Ghosh, P. Russotto, G. Verde, C. Sfienti Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DC.00005: Isospin Observables from Fragment Energy Spectra Rachel Hodges, T.X. Liu, W.G. Lynch, M.B. Tsang, X.D. Liu, W.P. Tan, M.J. van Goethem, G. Verde, A. Wagner, H.F. Xi, H.S. Xu, M. Famiano, R.T. de Souza, V.E. Viola, R.J. Charity, L.G. Sobotka Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		DC.00006: Isotopic trends in dynamical breakup Sylvie Hudan, Romualdo de Souza, Alan McIntosh Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		DC.00007: Precision Measurement of Isospin Diffusion Jack Winkelbauer, R. Hodges, M.B. Tsang, W.G. Lynch, Z. Chajecki, D. Coupland, M. Youngs, F. Lu, A. Sanetullaev, R. Shane, S. Tangwancharoen, M. Famiano, S. George, T. Ghosh, J. Dunn, S. Dye, S. Nielsen, A. Ramos, R. Charity, L. Sobotka, J. Elson, T. Rana, M. el Houssieny Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DC.00008: Probing the dynamics of heavy ion collisions via two-particle correlations Z. Chajecki, V. Henzl, M. Kilburn, D. Henzlova, W.G. Lynch, D. Brown, D. Coupland, P. Danielewicz, C. Herlitzius, A. Rogers, A. Sanetullaev, J. Lee, B. Tsang, A. Vander Molen, M. Wallace, M. Youngs, Y. Sun, G. Verde, Z.S. Hudan, M. Famiano, R. deSouza, A. Chbihi, S. Lukyanov, L. Sobotka Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		DC.00009: Towards quantum transport for central collisions of nuclei and of clouds of ultracold quantum gases Brent Barker, Arnau Rios, Pawel Danielewicz Preview Abstract

Session DD: Instrumentation II

Chair: Luke Myers, Duke University
Room: Heritage

Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:30AM - 10:42AM		DD.00001: Performance Characteristics of the Next Generation Solid-State Photomultipliers Erik Bjorn Johnson, Christopher Stapels, Xiao Jie Chen, Chad Whitney, Mark Hammig, Joe Campbell, James Christian Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:42AM - 10:54AM		DD.00002: Timing Resolution tests of Silicon Photomultipliers for use at the Jefferson Lab Alexander Reustle, Vitaly Baturin Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:54AM - 11:06AM		DD.00003: The NIFFTE Data Acquisition System Hai Qu Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DD.00004: Implementation of Environmental Monitors for NIFFTE and SeaQuest Experiments Donald Isenhower Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DD.00005: Analysis Techniques for the Neutron Induced Fission Fragment Tracking Experiment (NIFFTE) Richard Baker Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		DD.00006: Progress on Data Collection and Analysis with the NIFFTE TPC Lucas Snyder Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		DD.00007: SAMURAI-TPC: A Time Projection Chamber for Constraining the Asymmetry Energy at High Density A.B. McIntosh, N. Maass, S.J. Yennello, J. Barney, Z. Chajecki, C.F. Chan, J.W. Dunn, J. Estee, J. Gilbert, F. Lu, W.G. Lynch, R. Shane, M.B. Tsang, M. Famiano, T. Isobe, H. Sakurai, A. Taketani, T. Murakami Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DD.00008: SAMURAI-TPC: Field Cage Design and Prototyping F. Lu, J. Barney, Z. Chajecki, C.F. Chan, J.W. Dunn, J. Estee, J. Gilbert, W.G. Lynch, R. Shane, M.B. Tsang, A.B. McIntosh, S.J. Yenello, M. Famiano, T. Isobe, H. Sakurai, A. Taketani, T. Murakami Preview Abstract

Session DE: New Results in Fundamental Symmetries

Chair: Martin Cooper, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: 103AB

Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:30AM - 11:06AM		DE.00001: New Results from the emiT Experiment: A Search for Time Reversal Invariance Violation in Neuron Decay Invited Speaker: Pieter Mumm Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:06AM - 11:42AM		DE.00002: Search for the lepton-flavour violating decay Mu -$>$ e + gamma -- Latest results from the MEG Experiment Invited Speaker: Peter-Raymond Kettle Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:42AM - 12:18PM		DE.00003: Prospects for measuring CP violation in the Neutrino Sector Invited Speaker: Stephen Parke Preview Abstract

Session DF: Nuclear Structure II

Chair: Krzysztof Piotr Rykaczewski, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 104AB

Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:30AM - 10:42AM		DF.00001: Seniority, collectivity, and $B(E2)$ enhancement in $^{72}$Ni C.J. Chiara, I. Stefanescu, W.B. Walters, N. Sharp, M. Alcorta, M.P. Carpenter, G. G\"{u}rdal, C.R. Hoffman, R.V.F. Janssens, B.P. Kay, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C.J. Lister, E.A. McCutchan, A.M. Rogers, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, B. Fornal, W. Kr\'{o}las, T. Paw\l at, J. Wrzesi\'{n}ski Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:42AM - 10:54AM		DF.00002: Collectivity of Exotic Silicon Isotopes A. Ratkiewicz, A. Gade, T. Glasmacher, D. Weisshaar, G. Grinyer, D. Bazin, T. Baugher, S. Barlthelemy, B.A. Brown, C. Campbell, S. McDaniel, K. Meierbachtol, R. Meharchand, A. Signoracci, A. Spyrou, R. Stroberg, P. Voss, R. Winkler, P. Cottle, K. Kemper, D. Miller, A. Galindo-Uribarri, T. Otsuka, Y. Utsuno, E. Padilla-Rodal Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:54AM - 11:06AM		DF.00003: Collectivity in neutron-rich Mn isotopes S.N. Liddick, S. Suchyta, N. Larson, B. Abromeit, M. Bolla, A. Ayres, A. Bey, C. Bingham, L. Cartegni, M. Madurga, M. Miller, M. Rajabali, R. Grzywacz, S. Paulauskas, S. Padgett, H.L. Crawford, I.G. Darby, K. Rykaczewski, S. Ilyushkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DF.00004: Collectivity of Cr Isotopes Approaching N = 40 T. Baugher, A. Gade, D. Bazin, J.M. Cook, D.-C. Dinca, T. Glasmacher, W.F. Mueller, A. Ratkiewicz, D. Weisshaar, S. McDaniel, G. Grinyer, K. Walsh, R.V.F. Janssens, M.P. Carpenter, F.G. Kondev, S. Zhu, I. Stefanescu, E. Ricard-McCutchan, S. Freeman, A. Deacon, J.F. Smith, B. Kay, D. Sharp Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DF.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		DF.00006: Isomeric levels of nuclei near N = 40 S. Suchyta, S. Liddick, H. Crawford, G. Grinyer, A. Klose, P. Mantica, J. Pereira, A. Schneider, S. Vinnikova, C. Chiara, W. Walters, M. Carpenter, G. Gurdal, L. McCutchan, S. Zhu Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		DF.00007: Revisiting K-isomers in $^{176}$Hf via the $^{176}$Yb($\alpha$,4n) Reaction V.S. Prasher, A.Y. Deo, S. Hota, S. Lakshmi, P. Chowdhury, C.J. Guess, E.G. Jackson, V. Werner, T. Ahn, G. Ilie, V. Anagnostatou, N. Cooper, M. Elvers, P. Goddard, A. Heinz, D. Radeck, E. Williams Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DF.00008: $^{196}$Pt and the O(6) Symmetry E.A. McCutchan, C.J. Lister, M.P. Carpenter, G. Gurdal, G. Hennig, R.V.F. Janssens, T.L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. Nair, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, G. Rainovski, N. Pietralla, T. Moeller, C. Bauer, D. Cline, A.B. Hayes Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		DF.00009: Precise measurements of lifetimes and deorientation in $^{92,94}$Zr using the Recoil Distance Doppler Shift method Matthew Hinton, Gabriela Ilie, Volker Werner, Tan Ahn, Nathan Cooper, Raphael Chevrier Preview Abstract

Session DG: Astrophysics I: Light Nuclei

Chair: Michael Wiescher, University of Notre Dame
Room: 105AB

Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:30AM - 10:42AM		DG.00001: $^8$B Breakup, the Longstanding Puzzle Muslema Pervin, Filomena Nunes Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:42AM - 10:54AM		DG.00002: Search for resonant enhancement of the $^7$Be+d reaction P.D. OMalley, A. Adekola, J.A. Cizewski, M.E. Howard, S.Y. Strauss, D.W. Bardayan, K.Y. Chae, C.D. Nesaraja, S.D. Pain, M.S. Smith, S. Ahn, K.L. Jones, S.T. Pittman, K.T. Schmitt, S. Graves, R.L. Kozub, J.F. Shriner Jr., J.L. Wheeler, M. Matos, B.M. Moazen, W.A. Peters, I. Spassova Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:54AM - 11:06AM		DG.00003: \textit{R}-matrix Analysis of $^{16}$O Compound Nucleus Reactions R.J. deBoer, R.E. Azuma, J. Goerres, G. Imbriani, P.J. LeBlanc, E. Uberseder, M. Wiescher Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DG.00004: The Cross Section Measurement of the $^{14}$N(p, $\gamma )^{15}$O Reaction in the CNO Cycle Qian Li, Joachim Goerres, Richard Azuma, Richard deBoer, Gianluca Imbriani, P.J. LeBlanc, Ethan Uberseder, Michael Wiescher Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DG.00005: Measurement of the $^{17}O(p,\gamma)^{18}F$ nuclear reaction cross section in the energy range $E_{lab}=360$ - $1625$ keV Antonios Kontos, Joachim G\"{o}rres, Andreas Best, Qian Li, Daniel Sch\"{u}rmann, Ed Stech, Ethan Uberseder, Michael Wiescher, Gianluca Imbriani, Richard Azuma Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		DG.00006: Measurement of $^{17}$F+p reactions with ANASEN Laura Linhardt, Milan Matos, B.C. Rasco, Hannah Gardiner, Kevin Macon, Jeffrey Blackmon, Daniel Santiago-Gonzalez, Lagy Baby, Evgeniy Koschiy, Ingo Wiedenhoever, Grigory Rogachev Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		DG.00007: Measurement of the reactions $^{17}$O$(\alpha, \gamma)^{21}$Ne and $^{17}$O$(\alpha,$ n)$^{20}$Ne and their impact on the weak s process A. Best, J. G\"orres, M. Beard, M. Couder, R. deBoer, S. Falahat, R.T. G\"uray, A. Kontos, K.-L. Kratz, P.J. LeBlanc, Q. Li, S. O'Brien, N. \"Ozkan, K. Sonnabend, R. Talwar, W. Tan, E. Uberseder, M. Wiescher Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DG.00008: Studying the 3 alpha reaction in hyperspherical harmonic approach Ngoc Nguyen Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		DG.00009: Introduction to the Geometrical Standard Model of Particle Physics Kenneth Strickland, Michael DuVernois Preview Abstract