Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2012 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics

Volume 57, Number 9

Wednesday–Saturday, October 24–27, 2012; Newport Beach, California

Session Index

Session PA: Nuclear Physics From Lattice QCD

Chair: Martin Savage, University of Washington
Room: Plaza I

Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:30AM - 11:06AM		PA.00001: Bound states in lattice QCD Invited Speaker: William Detmold Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:06AM - 11:42AM		PA.00002: Status of the QCD phase diagram from the Lattice Invited Speaker: Owe Philipsen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:42AM - 12:18PM		PA.00003: Where does the spin of the proton come from? Invited Speaker: Keh-Fei Liu Preview Abstract

Session PB: Mini-Symposium on Nuclear Astrophysics in Cosmology - BBN, First Stars, and Type-1a SN

Chair: Richard Cyburt, NSCL, Michigan State University
Room: Plaza II

Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:30AM - 11:06AM		PB.00001: The Universe as an Accelerator: The Primordial Lithium Problem and Dark Matter Invited Speaker: Brian Fields Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:06AM - 11:18AM		PB.00002: Hoyle reloaded: a nuclear fix to the cosmological lithium abundance? Richard Cyburt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:18AM - 11:30AM		PB.00003: One fewer solution to the cosmological lithium problem Barry Davids, Oliver Kirsebom Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:30AM - 11:42AM		PB.00004: Search for resonant enhancement of the $^{7}$Be+d reaction Patrick O'Malley, Dan Bardayan, Aderemi Adekola, Sunghoon Ahn, Kyungyuk Chae, Jolie Cizewski, Meredith Howard, Kate Jones, Raymond Kozub, Milan Matos, Brian Moazen, Caroline Nesaraja, Steve Pain, William Peters, Stephen Pittman, Fred Sarazin, Kyle Schmitt, John Shriner, Michael Smith, Irena Spassova Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:42AM - 11:54AM		PB.00005: Studies in the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis of Lithium Isotopes Grant Mathews, Toshitaka Kajino, Motohiko Kusakabe Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:54AM - 12:06PM		PB.00006: Active and Sterile Neutrinos, Neff, and Primordial Nucleosynthesis Evan Grohs, George Fuller, Chad Kishimoto Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 12:06PM - 12:18PM		PB.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session PC: Instrumentation VI: RHI, High Energy

Chair: John Haggerty, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Plaza III

Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:30AM - 10:42AM		PC.00001: Studies of Displaced Vertex Distributions using the new FVTX Tracker in PHENIX Jeongsu Bok Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:42AM - 10:54AM		PC.00002: Forward GEM Tracker (FGT) at STAR Bernd Surrow Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:54AM - 11:06AM		PC.00003: Run 12 Progress of the Forward GEM Tracker at STAR Emily Zarndt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:06AM - 11:18AM		PC.00004: Recent Performance of the PHENIX Forward Trigger Upgrade Michael Daugherity Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:18AM - 11:30AM		PC.00005: The eRHIC Detector: Design and Realisation Elke-Caroline Aschenauer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:30AM - 11:42AM		PC.00006: A New Large Area Drift Chamber for Drell-Yan Measurements in a High Rate Background Environment with the COMPASS Experiment at CERN Pedro Montuenga Preview Abstract

Session PD: Nuclear Structure VII

Room: Patio

Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:30AM - 10:42AM		PD.00001: Evolution of Efimov states in 2-neutron halo nuclei -- a general study Indranil Mazumdar, Vidyasagar Bhasin, A.R.P. Rau Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:42AM - 10:54AM		PD.00002: Improving systematic predictions of beta-delayed neutron emission probabilities E.A. McCutchan, A.A. Sonzogni, T.D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:54AM - 11:06AM		PD.00003: New Nubar Results for Fissionable Materials T.D. Johnson, A.A. Sonzogni, E.A. McCutchan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:06AM - 11:18AM		PD.00004: Some Aspects of the Giant- Pairing Vibration A.O. Macchiavelli, R.M. Clark, M. Laskin, R.F. Casten Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:18AM - 11:30AM		PD.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session PE: Hadron Physics V

Chair: Oscar Rondon, University of Virginia
Room: Garden II

Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:30AM - 10:42AM		PE.00001: A detailed study of the nuclear dependence of the EMC effect and short-range correlations J. Arrington, N. Fomin, A. Daniel, D. Day, D. Gaskell, P. Solvignon Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:42AM - 10:54AM		PE.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:54AM - 11:06AM		PE.00003: Study of Three-Nucleon Short Range Correlations in Inclusive Electron Scattering Zhihong Ye, Donal Day Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:06AM - 11:18AM		PE.00004: Nucleon structure studies through Timelike Compton Scattering Tanja Horn Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:18AM - 11:30AM		PE.00005: Peripheral Transverse Densities of the Nucleon in a Chiral-Parton Approach to Isovector Form Factors Carlos Granados, Christian Weiss Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:30AM - 11:42AM		PE.00006: Dihadron Correlation in the eA program at an Electron Ion Collider Liang Zheng Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:42AM - 11:54AM		PE.00007: eRHIC as a Nucleon Tomograph Thomas Burton Preview Abstract

Session PF: Neutrino Oscillations and Underground Physics

Chair: Dinko Pocanic, University of Virginia
Room: Garden III

Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:30AM - 10:42AM		PF.00001: Implications of the recently measured, surprisingly large value of $\theta_{13}$ Bernadette Cogswell, Hunter Burroughs, Jesus Escamilla-Roa, David Latimer, David Ernst Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:42AM - 10:54AM		PF.00002: Neutrino Scattering and Flavor Transformation in Supernovae John Cherry, Joseph Carlson, Alexander Friedland, George Fuller, Alexey Vlasenko Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:54AM - 11:06AM		PF.00003: Searching for Lorentz Violation with Reactor Antineutrinos Joshua Spitz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:06AM - 11:18AM		PF.00004: OscSNS: A Precision Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment William Louis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:18AM - 11:30AM		PF.00005: Latest results from a search for $\nu_\mu \rightarrow \nu_e$ and $\overline{\nu}_\mu \rightarrow \overline{\nu}_e$ with the MiniBooNE Experiment Rex Tayloe Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:30AM - 11:42AM		PF.00006: Status of the Project 8 Detector Prototype Jared Kofron Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:42AM - 11:54AM		PF.00007: Recent results from the SciBath detector at Fermilab R.L. Cooper, L. Garrison, L. Rebenitsch, R. Tayloe, R.T. Thornton Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:54AM - 12:06PM		PF.00008: Installation of a simple muon veto for HPGe low background counting at the LBNL Low Background Facility Keenan Thomas, Erick Norman, Alan Smith, Yuen-Dat Chan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 27, 2012 12:06PM - 12:18PM		PF.00009: Backgrounds from muon-induced spallation in underground detectors Weishi Li Preview Abstract

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