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Session CA: Accelerator Developments for Fundamental and Applied Nuclear Science

Chair: Jerry Nolen, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Grand Ballroom I

Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:30AM - 9:06AM		CA.00001: Applications of Nuclear Physics Accelerators for Photon Science Invited Speaker: Gwyn Williams Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:06AM - 9:42AM		CA.00002: Recent Progress in RHIC Accelerator Science and Applications Invited Speaker: Qiong Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:42AM - 10:18AM		CA.00003: DIANA: nuclear astrophysics with a deep underground accelerator facility Invited Speaker: Alberto Lemut Preview Abstract

Session CB: Mini-Symposium on Searches for Double Beta Decay I

Chair: Steve Elliott, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Pearl Ballroom I

Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:30AM - 9:06AM		CB.00001: Looking for Nothing: Experimental Searches for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Invited Speaker: Jason Detwiler Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		CB.00002: Quest for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of $^{130}$Te with the CUORE Detector Thomas O'Donnell Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		CB.00003: Neutrinoless double beta decay with SNO+ Freija Descamps Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		CB.00004: The Majorana Demonstrator: Design and Prospects Johnny Goett Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		CB.00005: Resonant double-electron capture to excited nuclear states in $^{156}$Dy Sean Finch, Werner Tornow Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		CB.00006: Systematics of Evaluated Half-Lives of Double-Beta Decay Boris Pritychenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		CB.00007: Two-neutrino double-beta decay of $^{150}$Nd to excited final states Mary Kidd, James Esterline, Sean Finch, Werner Tornow Preview Abstract

Session CC: Mini Symposium on Meson Photoproduction and Nucleon Resonance Spectroscopy

Chair: Eugene Pasyuk, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Grand Ballroom III

Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:30AM - 9:06AM		CC.00001: The study of excited nucleons and their structure Invited Speaker: Volker Burkert Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		CC.00002: Recent Results of Polarization Observables for Kaon Photoproduction at CLAS Natalie Walford, Franz Klein, Stuart Fegan, Bryan McKinnon, David Ireland, Ken Livingston, Craig Paterson Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		CC.00003: Polarization Observables for $\gamma p\rightarrow K^{+}\Lambda$ using polarized photons on a longitudinally polarized target Franz Klein Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		CC.00004: Meson Photoproduction on Polarized Deuterium Dao Ho Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		CC.00005: Studies of $\eta$ photo-production in the baryon resonance excitation region with CLAS Igor Senderovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		CC.00006: Baryon Resonance determination from Lattice QCD Robert Edwards Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		CC.00007: Recent developments in meson production analyses within a dynamical coupled-channels approach of J\"ulich-Athens-Washington model Kanzo Nakayama Preview Abstract

Session CD: Nuclear Astrophysics: Reaction Rates of Light Nuclei

Chair: Ingo Wiedenhoever, Florida State University
Room: Grand Ballroom IV

Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		CD.00001: Reaction Rate Uncertainties using R-matrix: 3He(a,g) and 12C(a,g) Richard deBoer, Joachim Goerres, Karl Smith, Ethan Uberseder, Michael Wiescher, Gianluca Imbriani, Antonios Kontos Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		CD.00002: New Triple-\boldmath$\alpha$ Reaction Rates from the Second \boldmath$J^\pi=2^+$ State in \boldmath${}^{12}\mathrm{C}$ W.R. Zimmerman, M.W. Ahmed, S.S. Henshaw, I. Mazumdar, J.M. Mueller, L.S. Myers, M.H. Sikora, S. Stave, H.R. Weller, C. Fr\"ohlich, M. Gai Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		CD.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		CD.00004: Direct Measurements of the $^{23}$Na($\alpha$,p)$^{26}$Mg reaction cross section at energies relevant for the production of galactic $^{26}$Al Sergio Almaraz-Calderon, Peter F. Bertone, Martin Alcorta, K. Ernst Rehm, Michael Albers, Catherine M. Deibel, John P. Greene, Dale H. Henderson, Calem R. Hoffman, Scott T. Marley, John Rohrer Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		CD.00005: ($\alpha$,p) Measurements with ANASEN K.T. Macon, L. Lindhardt, J. Lai, B.C. Rasco, M. Matos, J. Blackmon, E. Koschiy, L.T. Baby, J. Belarge, A. Kuchera, G.V. Rogachev, Daniel Santiago-Gonzalez, I. Wiedenh\"over Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		CD.00006: Measurement and $R$-matrix Analysis of $^{14}$N(p,$\gamma)^{15}$O for the CNO Cycle Q. Li, J. Goerres, R.J. deBoer, A. Best, A. Kontos, E. Uberseder, M. Wiescher, G. Imbriani, P.J. LeBlanc Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		CD.00007: Measurements of interest to $^{18}$F nucleosynthesis with the JENSA gas-jet target D.W. Bardayan Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		CD.00008: Cross Section Measurement of the $^{12}$C($^{6}$Li, d)$^{16}$O Reaction and the $^{12}$C($\alpha $, $\gamma )^{16}$O Reaction Shamim Akhtar, Carl Brune Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		CD.00009: $^{25}$Na studied in the $^{9}$Be($^{18}$O,pn) reaction J.M. VonMoss, S.L. Tabor, Vandana Tripathi, P.C. Bender, A. Volya Preview Abstract

Session CE: Nuclear Structure I

Chair: Con Beausang, University of Richmond
Room: Grand Ballroom V

Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		CE.00001: New Analysis of Levels in $^{153}$Pr J.H. Hamilton, J.K. Hwang, E.H. Wang, A.V. Ramayya, A. Navin, M. Rejmund, A. Lemasson, S. Bhattacharyya, S.H. Liu, N.T. Brewer, Y.X. Luo, J.O. Rasmussen, S.J. Zhu, G.M. Ter-Akopian, Yu. Oganessian Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		CE.00002: An E5 transition in the $^{137}$Cs decay K. Moran, E.A. McCutchan, S. Zhu, C.J. Lister, E. Merchan, R. Shearman Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		CE.00003: A search for 2-photon emission from the 662 keV state in $^{137}$Ba C.J. Lister, K. Moran, E. Merchan, R. Shearman, E.A. McCutchan, S. Zhu, M.P. Carpenter, J.P. Greene, D. Seweryniak, D.J. Millener, R.J. Sutter Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		CE.00004: Low-Spin TSD Bands in Even-Z nuclei: Hiding in Plane Sight? Scott Miller, M. Riley, X. Wang, D.J. Hartley, E.E. Pedicini, J. Cavey, J. Vanhoy, R.V.F. Janssens, M.P. Carpenter, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, L.L. Riedinger, A.D. Ayangeakaa, U. Garg, J. Matta, C.J. Chiara, P. Chowdhury, S. Hota, E.G. Jackson, W.C. Ma, E.S. Paul, J. Simpson, J.J. Carroll, M. Litz Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		CE.00005: Search for Collective Oblate Structures in $^{186}$W P. Chowdhury, V.S. Prasher, S.K. Tandel, E. Merchan, Y. Qiu, C.J. (Kim) Lister, D. Cline, A.B. Hayes, C.-Y. Wu, M.P. Carpenter, R.V.F. Janssens, T.L. Khoo, B.P. Kay, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, C.R. Hoffman, C.J. Chiara, L. Afanasieva, M. Albers, A.J. Mitchell, R. Shearman Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		CE.00006: Triaxial Deformation in $^{171}$Re? D.J. Hartley, E.E. Pedicini, J. Cavey, J.R. Vanhoy, R.V.F. Janssens, M.P. Carpenter, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, S. Zhu, M.A. Riley, X. Wang, S. Miller, L.L. Riedinger, A.D. Ayangeakaa, U. Garg, J. Matta, C.J. Chiara, P. Chowdhury, S. Hota, E.G. Jackson, W.C. Ma, E.S. Paul, J. Simpson, J.J. Carroll, M. Litz Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		CE.00007: Conversion electron measurements of $^{195}$Au using ICEBall for Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame Anthony Battaglia, Wanpeng Tan, Ani Aprahamian, William Bauder, Clark Casarella, Gulhan Gurdal, Alexander Long, Andrew Nystrom, Kevin Siegl, Karl Smith, Mallory Smith Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		CE.00008: High-Spin Structures in the N$=$153 Nucleus $^{251}$Cf Y. Qiu, S.S. Hota, P. Chowdhury, C.J. Guess, E.G. Jackson, C.J. Lister, V.S. Prasher, T.L. Khoo, M.P. Carpenter, R.V.F. Janssens, J. Greene, I. Ahmad, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, M. Albers, M. Alcorta, P.F. Bertone, J. Chen, C.J. Chiara, C.R. Hoffman, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, S.K. Tandel Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		CE.00009: Investigation of 124Xe nuclear structure with the 8Pi spectrometer at TRIUMF-ISAC Allison Radich, P. Garrett, B. Jigmeddorj, J. Michetti-Wilson, A. Diaz Varela, B. Hadinia, L. Bianco, J. Wong, S. Chagnon-Lessard, R. Dunlop, P. Finlay, A. Laffoley, K.G. Leach, E. Rand, C. Sumithrarachchi, C.E. Svennson, J.L. Wood, S.W. Yates, C. Andreoiu, K. Starosta, D. Cross, A.B. Garnsworthy, G. Hackman, G. Ball, S. Triambak Preview Abstract

Session CF: Reactions: Heavy Ion

Chair: Michael Thoennessen, Michigan State University
Room: Blue Point II

Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		CF.00001: Measuring the partial width of the $^{56}$Ni proton-capture resonance through (d,n) with VANDLE and MoNA-LISA William Peters, R. Grzywacz, M. Madurga, S. Paulauskas, S. Taylor, J. Allen, J.A. Cizewski, B. Manning, M.E. Howard, D.W. Bardayan, S.D. Pain, R.C.C. Clement, S. Ilyushkin, P.D. O'Malley, R. Ikeyama, R.L. Kozub, K.D. Long, Z.J. Bergstrom, P.A. DeYoung, W.F. Rogers, J. Smith, M. Jones, T. Baumann, M. Thoennessen Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		CF.00002: Production cross sections from $^{82}$Se fragmentation as indications of shell effects close to the neutron drip-line O.B. Tarasov, M. Portillo, D.J. Morrissey, A.M. Amthor, T. Baumann, D. Bazin, J.S. Berryman, B.A. Brown, G. Chubarian, N. Fukuda, A. Gade, T.N. Ginter, M. Hausmann, N. Inabe, T. Kubo, J. Pereira, B.M. Sherrill, A. Stolz, C. Sumithrarachichi, M. Thoennessen, D. Weisshaar Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		CF.00003: Modeling Timescale of Equilibration in Dinuclear Systems Krystin Stiefel, Zach Kohley Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		CF.00004: Thermodynamics of Asymmetric Nuclear Material Alan McIntosh, A. Bonasera, P.J. Cammarata, K. Hagel, Z. Kohley, L. Heilborn, J. Mabiala, L.W. May, P. Marini, A. Raphelt, G.A. Souliotis, S. Wuenschel, A. Zarrella, H. Zheng, S.J. Yennello Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		CF.00005: Experimental techniques to use the (d,n) reaction for spectroscopy of low-lying proton-resonances Sean Kuvin Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		CF.00006: Elastic scattering and neutron transfer of the $^{26}$Mg + $^{13}$C reaction Matthew McCleskey, A. Alharby, A. Banu, V.Z. Goldberg, E. McCleskey, B.T. Roeder, A. Spiridon, L. Trache, R.E. Tribble Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		CF.00007: Production cross sections of $^{20}$Ne-induced reactions Mohammad S. Sabra Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		CF.00008: Simulation studies of the sPHENIX calorimeters at RHIC Liang Xue, Xiaochun He Preview Abstract

Session CG: Mini-Symposium on the Future of Physics at RHIC I

Chair: Helen Caines, Yale University
Room: Pearl Ballroom II

Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:30AM - 9:06AM		CG.00001: Future Studies at RHIC Invited Speaker: Andrew Adare Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		CG.00002: Prototype sPHENIX Calorimeters John Haggerty Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		CG.00003: The forward sPHENIX detector design and its physics program Cesar L. da Silva Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		CG.00004: The sPHENIX Upgrade Eric Mannel Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		CG.00005: The STAR Heavy Flavor Tracker Flemming Videbaek Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		CG.00006: Run13 commissioning status of the STAR HFT prototype Jonathan Bouchet Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		CG.00007: Calibration/Survey/Alignment studies of STAR HFT Pixel Detector Long Ma Preview Abstract

Session CH: Form Factors and Spin Structure

Chair: Alexandre Deur, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Pearl Ballroom III

Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		CH.00001: Status of the OLYMPUS experiment Michael Kohl Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		CH.00002: Status of the OLYMPUS Analysis Brian Henderson Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		CH.00003: Luminosity monitoring at OLYMPUS with forward-angle elastic scattering Ozgur Ates Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		CH.00004: Radiative corrections for the OLYMPUS experiment Rebecca Russell Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		CH.00005: Charge form factor and sum rules of electromagnetic response functions in Carbon-12 Alessandro Lovato Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		CH.00006: $Q^2$-Evolution of the Spin Structure Function $g_1 (x, Q^2)$ of the Proton and the Deuteron Yelena Prok, Peter Bosted, Nicholas Kvaltine Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		CH.00007: Deuteron Spin Structure function $g_1$ at low $Q^2$ Krishna Adhikari, Sebastian Kuhn Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		CH.00008: The Study of the D(e,e'p)n Reaction at High Four- Momentum Transfer Hari Khanal Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		CH.00009: Single and Double Spin Asymmetries from Deeply Virtual Exclusive $\pi^0$ Production on a Longitudinally Polarized Proton with CLAS Andrey Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:18AM - 10:30AM		CH.00010: Dihadron Electroproduction in DIS with Transversely Polarized $^{3}$He Target at 12 GeV Jefferson Lab Jixie Zhang Preview Abstract

Session CJ: Instrumentation I

Chair: Christopher Crawford, University of Kentucky
Room: Blue Point I

Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		CJ.00001: TRINAT apparatus for measurements of correlations from the beta decay of magneto-optically trapped polarized alkali atoms Alexandre Gorelov, J.A. Behr, L. Kurchaninov, K. Olchanski, S. Smale, S. Behling, D. Melconian, B. Fenker, M. Mehlman, P.D. Shilding, M. Anholm, D. Ashery, G. Gwinner Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		CJ.00002: Detector set-up for measuring the e-nu correlation in He-6 beta decay Yelena Bagdasarova, Alejandro Garcia, Kevin Bailey, Xavier Flechard, Ran Hong, Andreas Knecht, Etienne Liennard, Peter Mueller, Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic, Tom O'Connor, Derek Storm, Erik Swanson, Frederik Wauters, Will Williams, David Zumwalt Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		CJ.00003: Measurement of soft X-rays from neutron radiative decay Thomas Gentile Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		CJ.00004: Construction of low current 30 keV proton accelerator for detection efficiency studies Americo Salas Bacci, Stefan Baessler, Aaron Ross, Nicholas Roane, C.J. Whitaker Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		CJ.00005: A Superfluid Film Burner for the nEDM Experiment James Maxwell Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		CJ.00006: Measurement of the response of carbon fiber drift tubes to high energy neutrons (E$<$800 MeV) Robert Pattie Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		CJ.00007: A Measurement of Underground Cosmic Neutron Fluxes with SciBath Remington Thornton Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		CJ.00008: Understanding the effect of atmospheric Density on the Cosmic Ray Flux Variations at the Earth Surface Xiaohang Zhang, Mathes Dayananda, Carola Butler, Xiaochun He Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		CJ.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract