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Session DB: Nominated Speaker Session: Hadron Structure and Rare Isotopes

Chair: Gordon Cates, University of Virginia
Room: Sweeney Ballroom A

Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:30AM - 11:06AM		DB.00001: Two-photon exchange in proton elastic scattering Invited Speaker: Jan C. Bernauer Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:06AM - 11:42AM		DB.00002: Recent Developments in Transverse Spin Physics at RHIC Invited Speaker: James Drachenberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:42AM - 12:18PM		DB.00003: Nucleosynthesis in the early Galaxy: Progress and challenges. Invited Speaker: Fernando Montes Preview Abstract

Session DC: Nuclear Structure 110-150

Chair: Shea Mosby, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Sweeney Ballroom B

Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		DC.00001: Beta-Decay Spectroscopy of Neutron-Rich Isotopes Utilizing a Planar Ge Double-Sided Strip Detector N. Larson, S.N. Liddick, C.J. Prokop, F.G. Kondev, S. Kumar, B.P. Crider, S.V. Paulauskas, S. Suchyta Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		DC.00002: Revealing the structural nature of the Cd isotopes P.E. Garrett, A. Diaz Varela, K.L. Green, D.S. Jamieson, B. Jigmeddorj, J.L. Wood, S.W. Yates Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		DC.00003: Oblate deformation in $^{118,119}$Ag E.H. Wang, J.H. Hamilton, A.V. Ramayya, J.K. Hwang, H.J. Li, Y.X. Liu, Y.X. Luo, J.O. Rasmussen, Y. Sun, S.J. Zhu, G.M. Ter-Akopian, Yu.Ts. Oganessian Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DC.00004: High-statistics beta-plus/EC decay study of Xe-122 B. Jigmeddorj, P.E. Garrett, B. Hadinia, A.J. Radich, E.T. Rand, C.E. Svensson, C.A. Andreoiu, D.S. Cross, J. Pore, U. Rizman, P. Voss, G.C. Ball, T. Bruhn, A.B. Garnsworthy, G. Hackman, M. Moukaddam, J. Park, M.M. Rajabali, Z. Wang, J.L. Wood, S.W. Yates Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DC.00005: Impact of comprehensive simulations on trapped ion beta-delayed neutron spectroscopy Kevin Siegl, A. Aprahamian, N.D. Scielzo, G. Savard, J.A. Clark, A.F. Levand, M. Burkey, S. Caldwell, A. Czeszumska, T.Y. Hirsh, S.T. Marley, G.E. Morgan, E.B. Norman, A. Nystrom, R. Orford, S. Padgett, A. P\'erez Galv\'an, K.S. Sharma, S. Strauss, B.S. Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		DC.00006: Precision Mass Measurements at the Canadian Penning Trap using a Phase-Imaging Technique Andrew Nystrom, A. Aprahamian, S.T. Marley, M. Mumpower, N. Paul, K. Siegl, S. Strauss, R. Surman, T. Kuta, G. Savard, J.A. Clark, A.F. Levand, A. Perez Galvan, T. Hirsh, J. Rohrer, S. Caldwell, J. Van Schelt, R. Orford, F. Buchinger, G. Morgan, K. Sharma Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		DC.00007: Coincident measurements of prompt fission $\gamma$ rays and fission fragments at DANCE C.L. Walker, B. Baramsai, M. Jandel, G. Rusev, A. Couture, S. Mosby, J. Ullmann, T. Kawano, I. Stetcu, P. Talou Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DC.00008: The search for an E(5) critical-point nucleus among the stable xenon isotopes E.E. Peters, T.J. Ross, A. Chakraborty, B.P. Crider, A. Kumar, F.M. Prados-Est\'{e}vez, S.F. Ashley, M.T. McEllistrem, S.W. Yates Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		DC.00009: Octupole deformation in $^{144,146}$Ba measured by Coulomb excitation of radioactive beams Brian Bucher, Shaofei Zhu Preview Abstract

Session DD: Mini-Symposium on Nuclear Structure Relevant to Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Chair: Calem Hoffman, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Sweeney Ballroom C

Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:30AM - 11:06AM		DD.00001: Nuclear-Structure Data Relevant to Neutinoless-Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements Invited Speaker: Benjamin Kay Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DD.00002: Ground state occupation probabilities of neutrinoless double beta decay candidates Jenni Kotila, Jose Barea Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DD.00003: Neutrino nuclear responses for double beta decays and astro neutrino interactions Hidetoshi Akimune, Hiroyasu Ejiri Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		DD.00004: Disentangling effects of mechanisms that could contribute to the neutrinoless double beta decay Mihai Horoi, Andrei Neacsu Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		DD.00005: Neutrinoless double-beta decay nuclear matrix elements for mass A$\sim$130 Andrei Neacsu, Mihai Horoi Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DD.00006: New limits for the $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{96}$Zr to excited nuclear states of $^{96}$Mo Sean Finch, Werner Tornow Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		DD.00007: Low-lying levels of $^{76}$Ge, a candidate for neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay S. Mukhopadhyay Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:18PM - 12:30PM		DD.00008: Precise Penning trap measurements of double $\beta $-decay Q-values M. Redshaw, M. Brodeur, G. Bollen, S. Bustabad, M. Eibach, K. Gulyuz, C. Izzo, D.L. Lincoln, S.J. Novario, R. Ringle, R. Sandler, S. Schwarz, A.A. Valverde Preview Abstract

Session DE: Mini-Symposium on Toward a Predictive Model of Nuclei II

Chair: Jason Holt, TRIUMF
Room: Sweeney Ballroom D

Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		DE.00001: Microscopic Shell Model Calculations for the Fluorine Isotopes Bruce R. Barrett, Erdal Dikmen, Pieter Maris, James P. Vary, Andrey M. Shirokov Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		DE.00002: Ab-Initio Excited States from the In-Medium Similarity Renormalization Group Nathan Parzuchowski, Scott Bogner, Heiko Hergert Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		DE.00003: Improving the In-Medium Similarity Renormalization Group via approximate inclusion of three-body effects Titus Morris, Scott Bogner Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DE.00004: Electric dipole excitations in calcium isotopes Irina Egorova, Elena Litvinova Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DE.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		DE.00006: Collective rotation from \textit{ab initio} theory Mark A. Caprio, Pieter Maris, James P. Vary Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		DE.00007: Quantum Nuclear Pasta Calculations with Twisted Angular Boundary Conditions Bastian Schuetrumpf, Witold Nazarewicz Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DE.00008: Nuclear response theory for isospin transfer in relativistic framework Caroline Robin, Elena Litvinova Preview Abstract

Session DF: Nuclear Reactions and Radioactive Beams

Chair: Tan Ahn, University of Notre Dame
Room: Lamy

Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		DF.00001: Equilibrium charge state distributions of Ni, Co, and Cu beams in molybdenum foil at 2 MeV/u Panagiotis Gastis, George Perdikakis, Daniel Robertson, Will Bauder, Michael Skulski, Phillipe Collon, Tyler Anderson, Karen Ostdiek, Ani Aprahamian, Wenting Lu, Robert Almus Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		DF.00002: Analysis of quasifission competition in fusion reactions forming heavy nuclei Kalee Hammerton, Zachary Kohley, Dave Morrissey, Aditya Wakhle, Krystin Stiefel, David Hinde, Mahananda Dasgupta, Elizabeth Williams, Cedric Simenel, Ian Carter, Kaitlin Cook, Dongyun Jeung, Duc Huy Luong, Steven McNeil, Chandani Palshetkar, Dominic Rafferty Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		DF.00003: Search for High Energy Alpha Particles in the Reactions of 7.5AMeV $^{197}$Au with $^{232}$Th S. Wuenschel, J.B. Natowitz, K. Hagel, M. Barbui, J. Gauthier, X. Cao, C. Ma, R. Wada, S. Kowalski, K. Schmidt, Z. Majka, Z. Sosin, A. Wieloch Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DF.00004: Energy Dependence of Fission Product Yields from 235U, 238U and 239Pu for Incident Neutron Energies Between 0.5 and 14.8 MeV M. Gooden, C. Arnold, T. Bredeweg, D. Vieira, J. Wilhelmy, A. Tonchev, M. Stoyer, M. Bhike, F. Krishichayan, W. Tornow, M. Fowler Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DF.00005: Projectile fragmentation as a tool to observe shell effects close to the neutron drip-line Oleg Tarasov Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		DF.00006: Knockout reactions on p-shell nuclei for tests of structure and reaction models A.N. Kuchera, D. Bazin, M. Babo, T. Baumann, M. Bowry, J. Bradt, J. Brown, P.A. DeYoung, B. Elman, J.E. Finck, A. Gade, G.F. Grinyer, M.D. Jones, E. Lunderberg, T. Redpath, W.F. Rogers, K. Stiefel, M. Thoennessen, D. Weisshaar, K. Whitmore Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		DF.00007: Measurement of the fusion excitation function for $^{19}$O + $^{12}$C at near barrier energies Varinderjit Singh, T.K. Steinbach, J. Vadas, B.B. Wiggins, S. Hudan, R.T. deSouza, L.T. Baby, V. Tripathi, S.A. Kuvin, I. Wiedenhover Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DF.00008: Exploring clustering in alpha-conjugate nuclei using the thick target inverse kinematic technique for multiple alpha emission M. Barbui, K. Hagel, J. Gauthier, S. Wuenschel, V.Z. Goldberg, H. Zheng, G. Giuliani, G. Rapisarda, E-J. Kim, X. Liu, J.B. Natowitz, R.T. deSouza, S. Hudan, D. Fang Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		DF.00009: Neutron-removal reactions in the 100Sn region Giordano Cerizza, Kate Jones, Robert Grzywacz, Andrew Ayres, Travis Baugher, Daniel Bazin, Alexandra Gade, Dirk Weisshaar, Kathrin Wimmer, Jeff Tostevin Preview Abstract

Session DG: Mini-Symposium on the Spin Structure of the Nucleon II

Chair: Fatiha Benmokhtar, Duquesne University
Room: Peralta

Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		DG.00001: The Orbital Angular Momentum Sum Rule Fatma Aslan, Matthias Burkardt Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		DG.00002: Studies of Transverse Momentum Dependent Parton Distributions and Bessel Weighting Leonard Gamberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		DG.00003: Dependence of Forward $\pi^{0}$ Transverse Single Spin Asymmetries on Roman Pot Triggers from $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV $pp$ Collisions at STAR Christopher Dilks Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DG.00004: Measurements of Forward $\pi^0$ $A_N$ in Polarized p-p and p-A Collisions at STAR Steven Heppelmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DG.00005: Transverse Single Spin Asymmetry of $J/\psi$ Production in Polarized $p+p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200$ GeV Chen Xu Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		DG.00006: Measurements of the cos$\phi$ and cos2$\phi$ Moments of the SIDIS Cross-section at CLAS Nathan Harrison, Kyungseon Joo, Harut Avakian, Maurizio Ungaro Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		DG.00007: Measurement of unpolarized differential cross section of semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering on a $^3$He target Xuefei Yan Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DG.00008: First Observation of Collins Asymmetries for Charged Pions in Jets in $p^{\uparrow}p$ Collisions at STAR Kevin Adkins Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		DG.00009: Measuring Intrinsic Partonic Transverse Momentum via Two-Particle Correlations in PHENIX Joe Osborn Preview Abstract

Session DH: Mini-Symposium on Applications of Nuclear Physics I

Chair: Lee Schroeder, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and TechSource-Inc
Room: General Kearny

Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:30AM - 11:06AM		DH.00001: Fukushima Daiichi Muon Imaging Invited Speaker: Haruo Miyadera Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DH.00002: Imaging special nuclear material with muon-induced neutron emission. J. Matthew Durham Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DH.00003: Neutron Imaging Developments at LANSCE Ron Nelson, James Hunter, Richard Schirato, Sven Vogel, Alicia Swift, Tim Ickes, Bill Ward, Adrian Losko, Anton Tremsin Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		DH.00004: Polarized fusion, its implications, and plans for a proof-of-principle experiment at the DIII-D tokamak A.M. Sandorfi, A. Deur, M.M. Lowry, X. Wei, D. Pace, N. Eidietis, A. Hyatt, G.L. Jackson, M. Lanctot, S. Smith, H. St-John, G.W. Miller, X. Zheng, L.R. Baylor Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		DH.00005: High-precision gamma-ray spectroscopy for enhancing production and application of medical isotopes E.A. McCutchan, A.A. Sonzogni, S.V. Smith, L. Muench, M. Nino, J.P. Greene, M.P. Carpenter, S. Zhu, T. Chillery, P. Chowdhury, R. Harding, C.J. Lister Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DH.00006: Feasibility of Production of Moly-99 via 1-neutron Exchange Reaction 98Mo$+$100Mo$\to $299Mo in Strong-Focusing Auto Collider (``EXYDER'') of natural Molybdenum nuclei based on T and He-3 production data from d$+$d weak focusing Auto-Collider MIGMA IV Tim Hester, Bogdan Maglich Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		DH.00007: Systematic Study of Technetium Production by Proton-Induced Reactions on Molybdenum Edward Lamere, Gwenaelle Gilardy, Zach Meisel, Michael Moran, Michael Skulski, Manoel Couder Preview Abstract

Session DJ: Mini-Symposium on Parity Violation and Fundamental Symmetries I

Chair: Vince Cianciolo, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Coronado

Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:30AM - 11:06AM		DJ.00001: Overview of Parity Violation and Fundamental Symmetries Invited Speaker: Roger Carlini Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		DJ.00002: Improved experimental limit on the EDM of $^{225}$Ra Michael Bishof, Kevin Bailey, Matthew R. Dietrich, John P. Greene, Roy J. Holt, Mukut R. Kalita, Wolfgang Korsch, Nathan D. Lemke, Zheng-Tian Lu, Peter Mueller, Tom P. O'Connor, Richard H. Parker, Tenzin Rabga, Jaideep T. Singh Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		DJ.00003: The full weak charge density distribution of $^{48}Ca$ from parity violating electron scattering Zidu Lin, Charles Horowitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		DJ.00004: The time-reversal invariance violating nucleon-nucleon potential in the large $N_C$ expansion Matthias Schindler, Daniel Phillips, Daris Samart, Carlos Schat Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		DJ.00005: Test of Time-Reversal Invariance Violation in Neutron Scattering At Spallation Neutron Sources Vladimir Gudkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		DJ.00006: Toward a measurement of weak magnetism in $^{6}$He decay Xueying Huyan, Daniel Bazin, Alexandra Gade, Max Hughes, Sean Liddick, Kei Minamisono, Shumpei Noji, Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic, Stanley Paulauskas, Anna Simon, Paul Voytas, Dirk Weisshaar Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		DJ.00007: Precision Measurements with UCNA Simon Slutsky Preview Abstract