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Session HB: Invited Session: Neutron-rich Matter, Neutrinos and Nucleosynthesis in Neutron Stars, Supernova and Mergers

Chair: Charles Horowitz, Indiana University
Room: Sweeney Ballroom A

Friday, October 30, 2015 8:30AM - 9:06AM		HB.00001: Hot and Dense Neutron-Rich Matter in Supernovae and Neutron Star Mergers Invited Speaker: Jeremy Holt Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:06AM - 9:42AM		HB.00002: Heating and Cooling in Accreting Neutron Stars Invited Speaker: Andrew Cumming Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:42AM - 10:18AM		HB.00003: Optical Transients and Nucleosynthesis from Neutron Star Mergers Invited Speaker: Daniel Kasen Preview Abstract

Session HC: Nuclear Astrophysics I

Chair: Anna Simon, University of Notre Dame
Room: Sweeney Ballroom B

Friday, October 30, 2015 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HC.00001: Studies of nuclear reactions relevant to stellar or Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis using ICF plasmas at OMEGA Alex Zylstra, Hans Herrmann, Yongho Kim, Gerry Hale, Mark Paris, Aaron McEvoy, Maria Gatu Johnson, Johan Frenje, Chikang Li, Fredrick Seguin, Hong Sio, Richard Petrasso, Dennis McNabb, Dan Sayre, Jesse Pino, Carl Brune, Andy Bacher, Chad Forrest, Vladimir Glebov, Christian Stoeckl, Roger Janezic, Craig Sangster Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HC.00002: Measurements of $^7Li+d \rightarrow n+\alpha+\alpha$ and $^7Be+d \rightarrow p+\alpha+\alpha$ nuclear reactions and their implication in the Standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (SBBN) Nabin Rijal, I. Wiedenhover, L.T. Baby, J. Belarge, S. Kuvin, J.C. Blackmon, K.T. Macon, M. Matos, E. Koschiy, G. Rogachev Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HC.00003: Neutron Interactions With $^{7}$Be and the Primordial $^{7}$Li Problem Emily E. Kading, Moshe Gai, Merav Kahn, Morit Lee, Moshe Tessler, Michael Paul, Aryeh Weiss, Dan Berkovitz, Shlomi Halfon, Danny Kijel, Arik Kreisel, Asher Shor, Ido Silverman, Leonid Weissman, Michael Hass, Ish Mukul, Emilio A. Maugeri, Rugard Dressler, Dorothea Schumann, Stephan Heinitz, Thierry Stora, David Ticehurst, Calvin R. Howell Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HC.00004: Time of Flight measurement of stopping cross sections for low energy light ions in H2, He, N2, and Ne gas David Jedrejcic, Uwe Greife Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HC.00005: Enhanced Low-temperature Triple-alpha and Helium-accreting White Dwarfs Ryan Connolly, Edward Brown Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HC.00006: Including higher energy data in the $R$-matrix extrapolation of $^{12}$C$(\alpha,\gamma)^{16}$O R. deBoer, E. Uberseder, R.E. Azuma, A. Best, C. Brune, J. Goerres, D. Sayre, K. Smith, M. Wiescher Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HC.00007: CASPAR - Nuclear Astrophysics Underground Frank Strieder, Daniel Robertson, Manoel Couder, Uwe Greife, Doug Wells, Michael Wiescher Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HC.00008: Prospects of Optical Single Atom Detection for Nuclear Astrophysics Jaideep Singh Preview Abstract

Session HD: Mini-Symposium on Experimental Challenges for Double Beta Decay Experiments II

Chair: Matthew Green, North Carolina State University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Sweeney Ballroom C

Friday, October 30, 2015 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HD.00001: CUORE: Cryogenic challenges and prospects for a future upgrade Vivek Singh Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HD.00002: Research and Development Supporting a Next Generation Germanium Double Beta Decay Experiment Keith Rielage, Steve Elliott, Pinghan Chu, Johnny Goett, Ralph Massarczyk, Wenqin Xu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HD.00003: The next generation neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment nEXO Michael Jewell Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HD.00004: Barium Tagging for nEXO Daniel Fudenberg, Thomas Brunner, Victor Varentsov, Ralph DeVoe, Jens Dilling, Giorgio Gratta Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HD.00005: Progress in Barium Tagging on a Cryogenic Probe for the nEXO Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment Adam Craycraft, Timothy Walton, Christopher Chambers, William Fairbank Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HD.00006: Detection of the barium daughter in $^{136}$Xe $\to ^{136}$Ba $+$ 2e$^{-}$ by \textit{in situ} single-molecule fluorescence imaging David Nygren Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HD.00007: A Search for Lorentz-Violation in Double Beta Decay with EXO-200 Tessa Johnson Preview Abstract

Session HE: Nuclear Structure A~20-60

Chair: Adam Fritsch, Gonzaga University
Room: Sweeney Ballroom D

Friday, October 30, 2015 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HE.00001: The influence of $s$ states near threshold on the structure of light nuclei Calem Hoffman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HE.00002: Structure of $^{19}$O from $^{9}$Be + $^{14}$C R. Dungan, S.L. Tabor, J. VonMoss, S. Morrow, B. Abromeit, K. Kravvaris, J.J. Parker IV, P.L. Tai, Vandana Tripathi, A. Volya Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HE.00003: Two-neutron Sequential Decay of $^{24}$O Michael Jones, Paul DeYoung, Thomas Baumann, Joe Finck, Zach Kohley, Anthony Kuchera, Jenna Smith, Artemis Spyrou, Krystin Stiefel, Nathan Frank, Michael Thoennessen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HE.00004: Unbound Excited States of the N=16 Closed Shell Nucleus $^{24}$O W.F. Rogers Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HE.00005: Doppler broadening in the $\beta $-proton-$\gamma $ decay sequence Sarah Schwartz, C. Wrede, M.B. Bennett, S.N. Liddick, D. Perez-Loureiro, A. Bowe, A.A. Chen, K.A. Chipps, N. Cooper, D. Irvine, E. McNeice, F. Montes, F. Naqvi, R. Ortez, S.D. Pain, J. Pereira, C. Prokop, J. Quaglia, S.J. Quinn, J. Sakstrup, M. Santia, S. Shanab, A. Simon, A. Spyrou, E. Thiagalingam Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HE.00006: Charge radii of neutron-deficient $^{36, 37}$K K. Minamisono, G. Bollen, B.A. Brown, B. Isherwood, A.J. Miller, H.B. Asberry, K. Cooper, P.F. Mantica, D.J. Morrissey, D.M. Rossi, R. Ringle, J.A. Rodriguez, C.A. Ryder, A. Smith, R. Strum, C. Sumithrerechchi Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HE.00007: Investigation of excited states in $^{47}$Ca through a high-statistics beta-decay study Jenna Smith Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HE.00008: $\gamma-\gamma$ Angular Correlation Measurements With GRIFFIN Andrew MacLean Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:06AM - 10:18AM		HE.00009: On the Equivalency of Experimental B(E2) Values Determined by Various Methods Boris Pritychenko, Michael Birch, Balraj Singh Preview Abstract

Session HF: Instrumentation I

Chair: Kelly Chipps, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Lamy

Friday, October 30, 2015 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HF.00001: Simulation of detector signals in $n+^{3}$He$\rightarrow p+t$ Christopher Coppola Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HF.00002: A combined target and detector to measure parity violation in neutron capture on $^3$He for the n3He Experiment Mark McCrea Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HF.00003: High Efficiency Spin Flipper for the n3He Experiment Christopher Hayes Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HF.00004: Enhanced trigger for the NIFFTE fissionTPC in presence of high-rate alpha backgrounds Jeremy Bundgaard Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HF.00005: New fission-fragment detector for experiments at DANCE G. Rusev, A.R. Roman, J.K. Daum, R.K. Springs, E.M. Bond, M. Jandel, B. Baramsai, T.A. Bredeweg, A. Couture, A. Favalli, K.D. Ianakiev, M.L. Iliev, S. Mosby, J.L. Ullmann, C.L. Walker Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HF.00006: Improving UV-glass PMTs with a p-Terphenyl Wavelength Shifter Sylvester Joosten, Zein-Eddine Meziani, Ed Kaczanowicz, Melanie Rehfuss, Burcu Duran, Michael Paolone Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HF.00007: Dimuon Tracking and Triggering at SeaQuest Michael Daugherity Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HF.00008: Population distribution following atomic charge exchange of 29.85\,keV Ni$^{+}$ on a sodium vapor A.J. Miller, K. Minamisono, B. Isherwood, H.B. Asberry, P.F. Mantica, D.M. Rossi, C.A. Ryder, R. Strum Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:06AM - 10:18AM		HF.00009: Energy of atomic shakeoff electrons from positron decay of 37K John Behr, Benjamin Fenker, Alexandre Gorelov, Melissa Anholm, Spencer Behling, Michael Mehlman, Dan Melconian, Danny Ashery, Gerald Gwinner Preview Abstract

Session HG: Electromagnetic Interactions

Chair: Harut Avagyan, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Peralta

Friday, October 30, 2015 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HG.00001: Quasielastic Transverse and Longitudinal Response Functions in the range 0.55 GeV/c$\leq \mid \overrightarrow{q}\mid\leq$1.0 GeV/c Hamza Atac Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HG.00002: Boost Effects in the (e,e') Transverse Response of $^3$He Edward Tomusiak, Victor Efros, Winfried Leidemann, Giuseppina Orlandini, Luping Yuan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HG.00003: Elastic Compton Scattering from the Deuteron Near 100 MeV Michael Kovash, Khayrullo Shoniyozov Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HG.00004: Momentum Distributions for $^2H(e,e'p)$ Sabine Jeschonnek, William P. Ford, J.W. Van Orden Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HG.00005: The spectral function of $^{40}$Ar through the $\mathbf{(e,e^{\prime p})}$ reaction Donal Day Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HG.00006: Measurement of the Response Function of a BC501A Neutron Detector J. Miller, D. Alexander, A. Daniel, E.V. Hungerford, M.W. Ahmed, M. Sikora Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HG.00007: Quark distributions at $x>1$ Nadia Fomin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HG.00008: Fermion Mass Renormalization Using Time-dependent Relativistic Quantum Mechanics Timothy Kutnink, Amelia Santrach, Sarah Hocket, Scott Barcus, Athanasios Petridis Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:06AM - 10:18AM		HG.00009: Negative Entropy of Life Shantilal Goradia Preview Abstract

Session HH: Mini-Symposium on Applications of Nuclear Physics III

Chair: Lee Bernstein, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: General Kearny

Friday, October 30, 2015 8:30AM - 8:42AM		HH.00001: Deuterated-xylene (EJ301D): A new, improved deuterated scintillator for neutron spectroscopy Fred Becchetti, Ramon Torres-Isea, Michael Febbraro, Shaun Clarke, Angela Di Fulvio, Sara Pozzi Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:42AM - 8:54AM		HH.00002: Capture-Gated Fast Neutron Spectroscopy H.P. Mumm, J.N. Abdurashitov, E.J. Beise, H. Breuer, V.N. Gavrin, C.R. Heimbach, T.J. Langford, M. Mendenhall, J.S. Nico, A.A. Shikhin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:54AM - 9:06AM		HH.00003: Spectral unfolding of fast neutron energy distributions Michelle Mosby, Kevin Jackman, Jonathan Engle Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HH.00004: Functionalization of Polymers with Fluorescent and Neutron Sensitive Groups for Efficient Neutron and Gamma Detection Adam Mahl, Henok Yemam, Tyler Remedes, Jack Stuntz, Unsal Koldemir, Alan Sellinger, Uwe Greife Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HH.00005: Elastic and Inelastic Neutron Scattering with a C$^7$LYC Array G.L. Wilson, T. Brown, P. Chowdhury, E. Doucet, C.J. Lister, N. D'Olympia, M. Devlin, S. Mosby Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HH.00006: Windowless Gas Target for Neutron-based Imaging Micah S. Johnson, J.L. Ellsworth, P.J. Fitsos, J.M. Hall, B. Rusnak Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HH.00007: The Berkeley Low Background Facility and the Black Hills State University Underground Campus at SURF Keenan Thomas, Brianna Mount, Kevin Lesko, Eric Norman, Alan Smith, Alan Poon, Yuen-Dat Chan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HH.00008: Radiation effects testing at the 88-Inch Cyclotron Larry Phair Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:06AM - 10:18AM		HH.00009: Single Event Effect microchip testing at the Texas A{\&}M University Cyclotron Institute Henry Clark, Sherry Yennello Preview Abstract

Session HJ: Mini-Symposium on Parity Violation and Fundamental Symmetries III

Chair: Roger Carlini, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Coronado

Friday, October 30, 2015 8:30AM - 9:06AM		HJ.00001: Status and Prospects of Electric Dipole Moment Measurements Invited Speaker: Vince Cianciolo Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:06AM - 9:18AM		HJ.00002: Nuclear Spin Dependent Parity Violation in Diatomic Molecules Sidney Cahn, Emine Altuntas, Jeffrey Ammon, David DeMille Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:18AM - 9:30AM		HJ.00003: Model Sensitivities in the Extraction of Q$_w$(p) from PVES Data Gregory Smith Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:30AM - 9:42AM		HJ.00004: The MOLLER Experiment - Parity-Violating M{\o}ller Scattering at Jefferson Lab Krishna Kumar Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:42AM - 9:54AM		HJ.00005: Characterization of Systematic Effects in a Measurement of the Free Neutron Lifetime Using the UCN$\tau$ Magneto-Gravitational Trap A.T. Holley Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 9:54AM - 10:06AM		HJ.00006: Determination of $Q_{\mathrm{EC}}$ values of $T=1/2$ mirror nuclei at LEBIT Martin Eibach, Georg Bollen, Maxime Brodeur, Kortney Cooper, Kerim Gulyuz, Chris Izzo, David Morrissey, Matthew Redshaw, Ryan Ringle, Rachel Sandler, Stefan Schwarz, Chandana Sumithrarachchi, Adrian Valverde, Antonio Villari Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:06AM - 10:18AM		HJ.00007: Search for new physics in a precise $^{20}$F beta spectrum shape measurement Elizabeth George, Paul Voytas, Thomas Chuna, Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic, Alexandra Gade, Max Hughes, Xueying Huyan, Sean Liddick, Kei Minamisono, Stanley Paulauskas, Dirk Weisshaar, Gilles Ban, Xavier Flechard, Etienne Lienard Preview Abstract