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Session HA: Quark Gluon Plasma, the Proton, and the Universe

Chair: Ani Aprahamian, University of Notre Dame
Room: Grand Ballroom I

Friday, October 25, 2013 8:30AM - 9:06AM		HA.00001: Hot QCD Matter In and Out of Equilibrium Invited Speaker: Jinfeng Liao Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:06AM - 9:42AM		HA.00002: Investigating the charge of the proton Invited Speaker: Michael Kohl Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:42AM - 10:18AM		HA.00003: In the beginning \ldots Invited Speaker: Johann Rafelski Preview Abstract

Session HB: Neutrinos

Chair: Hamish Robertson, University of Washington
Room: Pearl Ballroom I

Friday, October 25, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HB.00001: Commissioning Measurements of the KATRIN Main Spectrometer Kevin Wierman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HB.00002: Status of the Project 8 Detector Prototype Jared Kofron Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HB.00003: Measuring molecular dissociation in tritium beta decay: validating theory used in neutrino mass experiments Laura Bodine, Diana Parno, R.G. Hamish Robertson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HB.00004: The Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering (CENNS) Experiment at Fermilab Robert Cooper Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HB.00005: Prospects for Using Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering to Measure the Nuclear Neutron Form Factor Kelly Patton, Jon Engel, Gail McLaughlin, Kate Scholberg Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HB.00006: Development of a Low Energy Threshold Germanium Detector for Measuring Neutrino Magnetic Moments Iseley Marshall, Dongming Mei Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HB.00007: Analysis of the nuclear dependence of the $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current inclusive cross section with MINERvA Brian Tice Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HB.00008: Neutral pion production by charged-current antineutrino-nucleus interactions in MINERvA Trung Le Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		HB.00009: A tricky method for indirect measurement of electron Antineutrino mass Ahmad Reza Estakhr Preview Abstract

Session HC: Generalized Parton Distributions

Chair: Garth Huber, University of Regina
Room: Grand Ballroom III

Friday, October 25, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HC.00001: Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering Cross-Sections with CLAS Francois-Xavier Girod Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HC.00002: Energy Dependent DVCS Cross Sections from JLab Hall A Charles Hyde Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HC.00003: Near Threshold Electroproduction of J/psi with SoLID at Jefferson Lab Zhiwen Zhao Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HC.00004: Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering on the Proton Nicholas Hirlinger Saylor Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HC.00005: Spin Asymmetry Measurements for Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering on Polarized Protons Erin Seder Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HC.00006: The gluon contributions to timelike and spacelike DVCS Jakub Wagner, Herve Moutarde, Bernard Pire, Franck Sabati\'e, Lech Szymanowski Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HC.00007: Nucleon Structure Studies through Timelike Compton Scattering Ibrahim Albayrak, Tanja Horn, Pawel Nadel-Turonski Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HC.00008: Exclusive $\pi^0$ and $\eta$ Electroproduction at Multi GeV Energy and Momentum Transfer Paul Stoler Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		HC.00009: Physics Opportunities with a Neutral Particle Spectrometer in Hall C Tanja Horn Preview Abstract

Session HD: Mini Symposium on GRETINA Results

Chair: Alexandra Gade, Michigan State University
Room: Grand Ballroom IV

Friday, October 25, 2013 8:30AM - 9:06AM		HD.00001: GRETINA: Status and Future Plans Invited Speaker: Augusto O. Macchiavelli Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HD.00002: Performance of GRETINA for in-beam spectroscopy at NSCL Dirk Weisshaar, Vincent Bader, Travis Baugher, Daniel Bazin, Jill Berryman, Alexandra Gade, Christoph Langer, Antoine Lemasson, Eric Lunderberg, Shumpei Noji, Francesco Recchia, Ragnar Stroberg, Christopher Walz, Kathrin Wimmer, Chris M. Campbell, Heather L. Crawford, Mario Cromaz, Paul Fallon, I-Yang Lee, Augusto Macchiavelli, Andreas Wiens, Mike P. Carpenter, Shaofei Zhu, David Radford, Mike Scott Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HD.00003: Precise Measurement of the $2_1^+$ Level Lifetime in $^{12}$Be E.A. McCutchan, A.A. Sonzogni, T.D. Johnson, C.J. Lister, P. Chowdhury, E. Merchan, V.S. Prasher, H. Iwasaki, D. Weisshaar, A. Gade, V.M. Bader, S. Beceiro Novo, C. Loelius, E.M. Lunderberg, C. Morse, F. Recchia, K. Whitmore Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HD.00004: $^{17}$C Lifetime Measurements with the TRIPLEX Plunger and GRETINA Duane Smalley, H. Iwasaki, K. Whitmore, C. Morse, C. Loelius, A. Gade, D. Weisshaar, D. Bazin, C. Langer, F. Recchia, J. Berryman, V. Bader, S.R. Stroberg, C. Campbell, P. Fallon, A. Macchiavelli, K. Wimmer, A. Lemasson, J. Parker Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HD.00005: Lifetime Measurement of Low-lying States in $^{19}$C Kenneth Whitmore, Hironori Iwasaki, Duane Smalley, Chris Morse, Charles Loelius, Vincent Bader, Daniel Bazin, Jill Berryman, Alexandra Gade, Christoph Langer, Francesco Recchia, Ragnar Stroberg, Dirk Weisshaar, Antoine Lemasson, Chris Campbell, Paul Fallon, I-Yang Lee, Augusto Macchiavelli, Kathrin Wimmer, John Parker Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HD.00006: Detection of High-Energy Gamma Rays with GRETINA Edana Merchan, Mario Cromaz, C.M. Campbell, Heather Crawford, Torben Lauritsen, Amel Korichi Preview Abstract

Session HE: Mini-Symposium on Fundamental Symmetries with Neutrons II

Chair: Nadia Fomin, University of Tennessee
Room: Grand Ballroom V

Friday, October 25, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HE.00001: Framework for Maximum Likelihood Analysis of Neutron $\beta$ Decay Observables B. Plaster, S. Gardner Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HE.00002: aCORN:-the electron-neutrino correlation coefficient in free neutron decay Brian Collett Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HE.00003: aCORN Data Analysis and Preliminary Results Guillaume Darius Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HE.00004: Status of the UCNA Experiment David Phillips Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HE.00005: Limits on Fierz Interference for the free neutron from the UCNA experiment Kevin Hickerson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HE.00006: Radiative Beta Decay for Studies of CP Violation Susan Gardner, Daheng He Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HE.00007: Measurement of radiative neutron decay Matthew Bales Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HE.00008: Nab: toward a precise experimental characterization of neutron beta decay Dinko Pocanic Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		HE.00009: Progress Towards a Measurement of the Neutrino Asymmetry in UCN Beta Decay at LANSCE Syed Hasan Preview Abstract

Session HF: Reactions: Few-N/ Light Systems

Chair: Rocco Schiavella, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Blue Point II

Friday, October 25, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HF.00001: Update on the direct n-n scattering experiment at the reactor YAGUAR S.L. Stephenson, B.E. Crawford, W.I. Furman, E.V. Lychagin, A. Yu. Muzichka, G.V. Nekhaev, E.I. Sharapov, V.N. Shvetsov, A.V. Strelkov, B.G. Levakov, A.E. Lyzhin, Yu. I. Chernukhin, C.R. Howell, G.E. Mitchell, W. Tornow, R.A. Showalter-Bucher Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HF.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HF.00003: Photoproduction of $\Lambda $(1115) on a deuteron at threshold energies Brian Beckford Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HF.00004: Test of the slow variable discretization method in the adiabatic hyperspherical treatment of the $p+n+n$ system Kevin Daily, Chris Greene, Alejandro Kievsky Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HF.00005: Ratios of hadronic continuum spectra to deuterium R.J. Peterson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HF.00006: Measurement of the $^{3}{\rm H}(d,\gamma)$/$^{3}{\rm H}(d,n)$ Branching Ratio at Center-of-Mass Energies Below 300~keV Cody Parker, Carl Brune, Thomas Massey, Daniel Sayre, John O'Donnell Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HF.00007: $R$-Matrix Analysis of Particle Spectra from the T(t,2n)$\alpha$ Reaction at Low Energies Carl R. Brune, Joseph A. Caggiano, Daniel B. Sayre, Gerald M. Hale, Mark W. Paris Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HF.00008: Marrying {\it ab initio} calculations and Halo-EFT: $^{7}$Li and $^{7}$Be radiative nucleon captures Xilin Zhang, Kenneth Nollett, Daniel Phillips Preview Abstract

Session HG: Heavy Ion Collisions: Heavy Flavor and Exotics

Chair: Megan Connors, Yale University
Room: Pearl Ballroom II

Friday, October 25, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HG.00001: The production of dielectrons in Au$+$Au collisions at $\surd $s$_{\mathrm{NN}}=$ 27 GeV from STAR Joseph Butterworth Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HG.00002: Heavy Flavor Muons at Forward Rapidity in $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV collisions at PHENIX Matthew Wysocki Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HG.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HG.00004: Study of non-prompt J/$\psi $ production from B decays in Cu$+$Au collisions with the PHENIX Detector at RHIC Margaret Jezghani, Xiaochun He Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HG.00005: Decay of charmed hadrons -- SHARE with CHARM Michal Petran, Johann Rafelski Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HG.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HG.00007: Heavy Quark Dynamics in a Linearized Boltzmann Approach J. Scott Moreland, Steffen Bass Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HG.00008: Hydrogen-like atoms Agnes Mocsy Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		HG.00009: Searching for Muonic Atoms at STAR Kefeng Xin Preview Abstract

Session HH: Instrumentation II

Chair: C.J. Lister, University of Massachusetts
Room: Pearl Ballroom III

Friday, October 25, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HH.00001: Evaluation of New Contact Technology for A Planar High-Purity Germanium Double-Sided Strip Detector E. Jackson, P. Chowdhury, C.J. Lister, C. Diaz, M. Skinner, E. Hull, R. Pehl Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HH.00002: Development of a New Fast Neutron/Gamma Spectrometer Array Using CLYC Nathan D'Olympia, Partha Chowdhury, Christopher Lister Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HH.00003: The neutron detector array DESCANT Vinzenz Bildstein, P.E. Garrett, D. Bandyopadhay, J. Bangay, L. Bianco, G. Demand, B. Hadinia, K.G. Leach, C. Sumithrarachchi, J. Wong, S.F. Ashley, B.P. Crider, M.T. McEllistrem, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Est\'{e}vez, S.W. Yates, J.R. Vanhoy, A.B. Garnsworthy, C.J. Pearson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HH.00004: Optimization of VANDLE for $\beta $-delayed neutron decay studies using Geant4 Sergey Ilyushkin, Frederick Sarazin, Robert Grzywacz, Miguel Madurga, Stanley Paulauskas, Jolie Cizewski, William Peters Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HH.00005: Development of Fast, Segmented Trigger Detector for Decay Studies Mohammad Alshudifat, Robert Grzywacz, Stan Paulauskas Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HH.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HH.00007: SPIDER: New detector for measuring fission fragments at LANSCE K. Meierbachtol, F. Tovesson, C.W. Arnold, T.A. Bredeweg, E. Dughie, A.A. Hecht, M. Jandel, R.O. Nelson, D. Shields, M.C. White Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HH.00008: A continuously self regenerating high-flux neutron-generator facility A.M. Rogers, T.A. Becker, L.A. Bernstein, K. Van Bibber, D.L. Bleuel, A.X. Chen, B.H. Daub, B.L. Goldblum, R.B. Firestone, K.-N. Leung, P.R. Renne, C. Waltz Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 10:06AM - 10:18AM		HH.00009: BECOLA commissioning tests with bunched beams D.M. Rossi, K. Minamisono, B.R. Barquest, G. Bollen, M. Hughes, A.M. Klose, P.F. Mantica, R. Ringle, C.A. Ryder, R. Strum, D. Tarazona Preview Abstract

Session HJ: Applications of Nuclear Physics

Room: Blue Point I

Friday, October 25, 2013 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HJ.00001: Lithium Ion Batteries Used for Nuclear Forensics Erik B. Johnson, Christopher J. Stapels, X. Jie Chen, Chad Whitney, Keith E. Holbert, James F. Christian Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HJ.00002: Neutrons Measurement from D$+$D Reaction at 5- and 7-MEV Deuteron Beam Energies Sushil Dhakal, Thomas Massey, Carl Brune Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HJ.00003: Neutron scattering studies of $^{54,56}$Fe with monoenergetic neutrons S.F. Hicks, B.M. Combs, S.L. Henderson, L.C. Sidwell, J.R. Vanhoy, E. Garza, J. Steves, A. Chakraborty, B.P. Crider, F.M. Prados-Estevez, A. Kumar, M.T. McEllistrem, E.E. Peters, T.J. Ross, S.W. Yates Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HJ.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HJ.00005: Studies of Fission-Induced Surface Damage in Actinides Using Ultracold Neutrons Leah Broussard Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HJ.00006: Photodisintegration studies of actinides with laser-driven x-rays Sudeep Banerjee, J. Silano, G. Golovin, D. Haden, C. Liu, S. Chen, J. Zhang, I. Ghebregziabher, N. Powers, C. Petersen, K. Brown, J. Mills, B. Zhao, S. Clarke, S. Pozzi, H. Karwowski, D. Umstadter Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HJ.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2013 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HJ.00008: The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Response Kathy McCormick Preview Abstract