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Session NA: r-Process Nucleosynthesis in Explosive Stellar Scenarios

Chair: George Fuller, University of California, San Diego
Room: Plaza I

Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:30AM - 9:06AM		NA.00001: Probing r-process nucleosynthesis in neutron star mergers Invited Speaker: Daniel Kasen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:06AM - 9:42AM		NA.00002: Collective neutrino oscillations and r-process nucleosynthesis in supernovae Invited Speaker: Huaiyu Duan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:42AM - 10:18AM		NA.00003: New Observational Perspectives on r-process Nucleosynthesis Invited Speaker: Ian U. Roederer Preview Abstract

Session NB: Mini-Symposium on Initial-State Fluctuations in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

Chair: Agnes Mocsy, Pratt Institute
Room: Plaza II

Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:30AM - 9:06AM		NB.00001: Initial State and Hydrodynamic Models for Particle Production from the Little Bangs Invited Speaker: Bjoern Schenke Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:06AM - 9:18AM		NB.00002: Fluctuating Hydrodynamics Confronts the Rapidity Dependence of Transverse Momentum Fluctuations Rajendra Pokharel, Sean Gavin, George Moschelli Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:18AM - 9:30AM		NB.00003: Using Data to Determine the Initial Conditions in Heavy Ion Collisions Ron Soltz, Irakli Garishvili, Betty Abelev Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NB.00004: Measurement of $R_{d+Au}$ at Low $x$ in $\sqrt{s}$=200 GeV d+Au and p+p collisions Kenneth Sedgwick Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NB.00005: Forward di-hadron correlation study at STAR Xuan Li Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:54AM - 10:06AM		NB.00006: Exploring cold nuclear matter effects in d+Au collisions with high-pT reconstructed jets at PHENIX Dennis Perepelitsa Preview Abstract

Session NC: Instrumentation V: UCN, EDM, misc

Chair: Victor Gehman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Plaza III

Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:30AM - 8:42AM		NC.00001: Performance of the Los Alamos National Laboratory spallation-driven solid-deuterium ultra-cold neutron source Christopher Morris Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:42AM - 8:54AM		NC.00002: Evaluation of a lithium-glass based composite neutron detector for $^{3}$He replacement Grayson Rich, Kareem Kazkaz, H. Paul Martinez Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:54AM - 9:06AM		NC.00003: Characterization of large area, thick, and segmented silicon detector for electron and proton detection from neutron beta decay experiments in the cold and ultracold energies Americo Salas Bacci, Patrick McGaughey, Stefan Baessler, Leah Broussard, Mark Makela, Jacqueline Mirabal, Robert Pattie, Dinko Pocanic, Seth Hoedl, Sky Sjue, Seppo Penttila, Syed Hasan, Scott Wilburn, Albert Young, Bryan Zeck, Zhehui Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:06AM - 9:18AM		NC.00004: Response of BC418 Plastic Scintillator to Low Energy Protons B.H. Daub, V. Henzl, M.A. Kovash, J.L. Matthews, Z.W. Miller, K. Shoniyozov, H. Yang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:18AM - 9:30AM		NC.00005: Data acquisition for the UCNB experiment Sky Sjue Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NC.00006: Accessing Interior Vector Magnetic Field Components in Neutron EDM Experiments via Boundary Value Techniques Brad Plaster Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NC.00007: Detector Array Performance Estimates for Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Applications Micah Johnson, J.M. Hall, D.P. McNabb Preview Abstract

Session ND: Nuclear Structure VI

Chair: Michael Kovash, University of Kentucky
Room: Patio

Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:30AM - 8:42AM		ND.00001: Search for isomers in 254Rf J. Chen, F.G. Kondev, D. Seweryniak, M.P. Carpenter, M. Albers, M. Alcorta, P. Bertone, C.J. Chiara, J.P. Greene, C.R. Hoffman, R.V.F. Janssens, T.L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, C. Nair, A. Rogers, G. Savard, S. Zhu, H. David, D. Doherty, P. Greenlees, J. Konki, S. Stolze, K. Hauschild, D.J. Hartley, S.S. Hota Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:42AM - 8:54AM		ND.00002: Rare isotope production at the ALTO facility Karolina Kolos Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:54AM - 9:06AM		ND.00003: Recent Measurements with the NIFFTE Fission TPC Rusty Towell Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:06AM - 9:18AM		ND.00004: Spectroscopy of Neutron-rich $^{248-250}$Cf Nuclei S.S. Hota, P. Chowdhury, A.Y. Deo, C.J. Guess, E.G. Jackson, C.J. Lister, N. D'Olympia, T.L. Khoo, M.P. Carpenter, R.V.F. Janssens, I. Ahmad, J.P. Greene, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, P.F. Bertone, G. Henning, C.R. Hoffman, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C.K. Nair, C.J. Chiara, S.K. Tandel Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:18AM - 9:30AM		ND.00005: Measuring (n,f) cross sections of plutonium nuclei via the surrogate method R.O. Hughes, C.W. Beausang, T.J. Ross, K. Gell, E. Good, T. Tarlow, J.T. Burke, R.J. Casperson, M. McCleskey, A. Saastamoinen, N. Cooper, P. Humby Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		ND.00006: State of the Art Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum Calculations A.A. Sonzogni, T.D. Johnson, E.A. McCutchan Preview Abstract

Session NE: Nuclear Reactions: Heavy Ions/Rare Isotope Beams

Chair: Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University
Room: Garden II

Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:30AM - 8:42AM		NE.00001: Asymmetry Dependence of Nuclear Temperatures and Densities Alan McIntosh, A. Bonasera, Z. Kohley, S. Galanopoulos, K. Hagel, L.W. May, P. Marini, D.V. Shetty, W.B. Smith, S.N. Soisson, G.A. Souliotis, B.C. Stein, R. Tripathi, S. Wuenschel, S.J. Yennello Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:42AM - 8:54AM		NE.00002: Bulk Nuclear Properties from Pion Yields Jun Hong, Pawel Danielewicz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:54AM - 9:06AM		NE.00003: Measurement of the $^{12}$C+$^{12}$C Fusion Reaction with MUSIC P.F.F. Carnelli, S. Almaraz-Calderon, D. Henderson, K.E. Rehm, M. Albers, M. Alcorta, P.F. Bertone, H. Esbensen, J.O. Fernandez-Niello, C.L. Jiang, J.C. Lighthall, S.T. Marley, T. Palchan-Hazan, R.C. Pardo, M. Paul Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:06AM - 9:18AM		NE.00004: Feasibility of using $^{2}$H as a probe in studying iso-scalar giant monopole resonance (ISGMR) in unstable nuclei using inverse kinematics D. Patel, U. Garg, M. Fujiwara, H. Akimune, G.P.A. Berg, M. Itoh, C. Iwamoto, T. Kawabata, K. Kawase, T. Murakami, A. Okamoto, T. Sako, K. Schlax, F. Takahashi, M. White, M. Yosoi Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:18AM - 9:30AM		NE.00005: The fusion of $^{11}$Li with $^{208}$Pb Walter Loveland, A.M. Vinodkumar, R. Yanez, M. Leonard, L. Yao, P. Bricault, M. Dombsky, P. Kunz, J. Lassen, A.C. Morton, D. Ottewell, D. Preddy, M. Trinczek Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NE.00006: Searching for nuclear excitation by electronic transition in U-235 P. Chodash, E.B. Norman, E. Swanberg, J.T. Burke, R.J. Casperson, S. Wilks Preview Abstract

Session NF: NPDGamma and nd Reactions

Chair: Werner Tornow, Duke University
Room: Garden III

Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:30AM - 8:42AM		NF.00001: An Overview of the NPDGamma Experiment Elise Martin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:42AM - 8:54AM		NF.00002: First results from the NPDGamma Experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source Nadia Fomin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:54AM - 9:06AM		NF.00003: Neutron Polarization Measurements with a 3He Spin Filter for the NPDGamma Experiment Matthew Musgrave Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:06AM - 9:18AM		NF.00004: The liquid parahydrogen target of the NPDGamma Experiment Zhaowen Tang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:18AM - 9:30AM		NF.00005: Backgrounds in the NPDGamma Experiment Serpil Kucuker Dogan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NF.00006: Parahydrogen Fraction in a Liquid Hydrogen target in the NPDGamma Experiment Chad Gillis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NF.00007: Symmetry violations in neutron-deuteron reactions Vladimir Gudkov, Young-Ho Song, Rimantas Lazauskas Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:54AM - 10:06AM		NF.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract