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Session JB: Invited Session: New Results In Parity Violation

Chair: Jeff Nico, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Sweeney Ballroom A

Friday, October 30, 2015 10:30AM - 11:06AM		JB.00001: The Parity-Violating Directional Asymmetry in the Capture of Polarized Neutrons on Protons Invited Speaker: David Bowman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:06AM - 11:42AM		JB.00002: aCORN: A Measurement of the Beta-Antineutrino Correlation in Neutron Decay Invited Speaker: Gordon Jones Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:42AM - 12:18PM		JB.00003: Limits on tensor currents from $^{8}$Li $\beta$ decay Invited Speaker: Nicholas Scielzo Preview Abstract

Session JC: Nuclear Astrophysics II

Chair: Greg Christian, Texas A&M University
Room: Sweeney Ballroom B

Friday, October 30, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		JC.00001: Moving towards first science with the St. George recoil separator Zachary Meisel, G.P.A. Berg, G. Gilardy, M. Moran, J. Schmitt, C. Seymour, E. Stech, M. Couder Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		JC.00002: Measurement campaign for astrophysically relevant $^{36}$Cl production cross sections Tyler Anderson, Michael Skulski, Karen Ostdiek, Wenting Lu, Mary Beard, Philippe Collon Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		JC.00003: Further Exploration of the $^{33}$S($\alpha $,p)$^{36}$Cl Reaction Cross Section Michael Skulski, Tyler Anderson, Mary Beard, Philippe Collon, Wenting Lu, Karen Ostdiek Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JC.00004: Direct measurement of several resonance strengths and energies in $^{34}$S$(\alpha,\gamma)^{38}\!$Ar within the $T\,=\,2.2$ GK Gamow window with DRAGON D. Connolly, P. O'Malley, C. Akers, A.A. Chen, G. Christian, B. Davids, L.E. Erikson, J. Fallis, B.R. Fulton, U. Greife, Ulrike Hager, D.A. Hutcheon, S. Ilyushkin, A.M. Laird, A. Mahl, C. Ruiz Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JC.00005: An indirect study of the $^{44}$Ti($\alpha$,p)$^{47}$V stellar rate using high precision $^{50}$Cr(p,t)$^{48}$Cr reaction measurements A. Long, G.P.A. Berg, Y. Chen, M. Couder, J. Goerres, Z. Meisel, M. Wiescher, P. Adsley, P. Papka, J.J. van Zyl, R. Neveling, F.D. Smit, L. Pellegri Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JC.00006: Elastic and inelastic scattering of neutrons from $^{56}$Fe Anthony Paul Ramirez, M.T. McEllistrem, S.H. Liu, S. Mukhopadhyay, E.E. Peters, S.W. Yates, J.R. Vanhoy, T.D. Harrison, B.G. Rice, B.K. Thompson, S.F. Hicks, T.J. Howard, D.T. Jackson, P.D. Lenzen, T.D. Nguyen, R.L. Pecha Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JC.00007: Toward a Measurement of the Half-Life of 60Fe for Stellar and Early Solar System Models Karen Ostdiek, Tyer Anderson, William Bauder, Matthew Bowers, Philippe Collon, Wenting Lu, Daniel Robertson, Michael Skuski, Sam Austin, John Greene, Walter Kutschera, Michael Paul, Anthony Wallner Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		JC.00008: In-flight proton breakup of ${}^{73}$Rb A.M. Rogers, C. Anderson, J. Barney, J. Estee, W.G. Lynch, J. Manfredi, H. Setiawan, R.H. Showalter, S. Sweany, S. Tangwancharoen, M.B. Tsang, J.R. Winkelbauer, K.W. Brown, J.M. Elson, C. Pruitt, L.G. Sobotka, Z. Chajecki, J. Lee Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		JC.00009: Resolving Urca cooling reaction layers in neutron stars Alex Deibel Preview Abstract

Session JD: Mini-Symposium on Experimental Challenges for Double Beta Decay Experiments III

Chair: Diana Parno, University of Washington
Room: Sweeney Ballroom C

Friday, October 30, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		JD.00001: Development of a new $^{48}$Ca enrichment method and the CANDLES experiment Tadafumi Kishimoto Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		JD.00002: A search for double beta decays of $^{136}$Xe to the excited state of $^{136}$Ba with EXO-200 Sereres Johnston Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		JD.00003: The $^{76}$Ge(n,p)$^{76}$Ga reaction and its relevance to searches for the neutrino-less double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge W. Tornow, Megha Bhike, B. Fallin, Fnu Krishichayan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JD.00004: Neutron induced radio-isotopes and background for Ge double beta decay experiments Pinghan Chu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JD.00005: Simulation studies of muon-produced background events deep underground and consequences for double beta decay experiments Ralph Massarczyk Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JD.00006: Online Data Monitoring for the CUORE Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay Experiment Jacob Feintzeig Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JD.00007: Performance of the Majorana Demonstrator Muon Veto System Clinton Wiseman Preview Abstract

Session JE: Nuclear Structure A~30-90

Chair: Kei Minamisono, Michigan State University
Room: Sweeney Ballroom D

Friday, October 30, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		JE.00001: Shell model and intruder states in the middle of the``Island of inversion'': spectroscopy of the 32Mg nucleus Sergey Ilyushkin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		JE.00002: Isomeric character of the 4$_{1}^{+}$ state in $^{44}$S: Mechanisms of breaking of the N$=$28 shell J. Parker IV, I. Wiedenhover, J. Baker, P. Cottle, D. McPherson, M. Riley, D. Santiago-Gonzalez, A. Volya, V. Bader, T. Baugher, D. Bazin, A. Gade, T. Ginter, H. Iwasaki, C. Loelius, C. Morse, F. Recchia, D. Smalley, R. Stroberg, D. Weisshaar, K. Whitmore, A. Lemasson, H. Crawford, A. Macchiavelli, K. Wimmer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		JE.00003: Nuclear Structure Between N=20 and N=28: Beta-Decay in the Neutron-Rich Mg and Al Isotopes Heather Crawford Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JE.00004: Single-particle degrees of freedom and pairing properties as sources of theoretical uncertainties in the position of the neutron drip line Sylvester Agbemava, Anatoli Afanasjev, Debisree Ray, Peter Ring Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JE.00005: Single-neutron states and the role of the $\nu g_{9/2}$ orbital in $^{71}$Zn Simone Bottoni Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JE.00006: First total-absorption spectroscopy measurement on the neutron-rich Cu isotopes F. Naqvi, A. Spyrou, S.N. Liddick, A.C. Larsen, M. Guttormsen, D.L. Bleuel, L.C. Campo, A. Couture, B.P. Crider, A.C. Dombos, T. Ginter, R. Lewis, S. Mosby, G. Perdikakis, C.P. Prokop, S.J. Quinn, T. Renstrom, B. Rubio, S. Siem Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JE.00007: Mixing of Triaxial and Intruder Configurations in $^{72,76}$Ge Studied via Multistep Coulomb Excitation A.D. Ayangeakaa, R.V.F. Janssens Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		JE.00008: Commissioning of a Replication Experiment to Investigate Claims of Beta-Decay Rate Fluctuations Correlated with Solar Proximity and Solar Activity G.W. Hitt, B. Goddard, A.A. Solodov, D. Bridi, R. El-Khazali, A.F. Isakovic Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		JE.00009: Are there nuclear structure effects on the isoscalar giant monopole resonance near A=90? Yogesh Gupta, Umesh Garg, K. Howard, M. Senyigit, M. Itoh, S. Ando, A. Uchiyama, T. Aoki, C. Iwamoto, S. Adachi, A. Tamii, M. Fujiwara, C. Kadono, H. Akimune, Y. Matsuda, T. Nakahara, T. Kawabata, M. Tsumura, T. Furuno, M. Harakeh, N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki Preview Abstract

Session JF: Instrumentation II

Chair: Donal Day, University of Virginia
Room: Lamy

Friday, October 30, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		JF.00001: Construction and testing of the tracking drift chambers for the SHMS spectrometer in Jefferson Lab Hall C Debaditya Biswas Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		JF.00002: Jefferson Lab Hall A Beamline Instrumentation and Calibration for GMP experiment Thir Narayan Gautam Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		JF.00003: Thermal Annealing in Calorimetery for Super Bigbite Seamus Riordan, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski, Mark Jones, Albert Shahinyan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JF.00004: Plans for Precision M{\o}ller Polarimetry in Hall~A at Jefferson Lab Jim Napolitano Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JF.00005: Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data Alexander Barnes, Nathan Sparks Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JF.00006: Calibrations for Charged Particle Tracking with the GlueX Detector Michael Staib Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JF.00007: Gain Calibration of the Barrel Calorimeter in the GlueX Experiment William McGinley Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		JF.00008: Performance of the GlueX Barrel Calorimeter Elton Smith, Mark Dalton, William McGinley, Zisis Papandreou Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		JF.00009: A first look at reconstructed data from the GlueX detector Simon Taylor Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 12:18PM - 12:30PM		JF.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session JG: Mini-Symposium on Attacking the Nuclear Force at the EIC I

Chair: Pawel Nadel-Turonski, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Peralta

Friday, October 30, 2015 10:30AM - 11:06AM		JG.00001: Opportunities with Light Ions at an EIC Invited Speaker: Douglas Higinbotham Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JG.00002: Studying the Short-Distance Nuclear Force at the EIC Matthew Sievert, Raju Venugopalan, Gerald Miller Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JG.00003: Tagging correlations at an EIC Or Hen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JG.00004: The Emergence of Hadrons from QCD Color Lamiaa El Fassi Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JG.00005: Gluons at high x in Nuclei at EIC Sergey Furletov, Eugene Chudakov, Douglas Higinbotham, Christian Weiss, Charles Hyde Preview Abstract

Session JH: Mini-Symposium on Applications of Nuclear Physics IV

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

Friday, October 30, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		JH.00001: Measurement of the $^{242}$Pu neutron capture cross section M.Q. Buckner, C.Y. Wu, R.A. Henderson, B. Bucher, T.A. Bredeweg, B. Baramsai, A. Couture, M. Jandel, S. Mosby, J.M. O'Donnell, J.L. Ullmann, A. Chyzh Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		JH.00002: Gamma-Ray Emission Spectra as a Constraint on Calculations of $^{234,236,238}$U Neutron-Capture Cross Sections J.L. Ullmann, M. Krticka, T. Kawano, T.A. Bredeweg, B. Baramsai, A. Couture, R.C. Haight, M. Jandel, S. Mosby, J.M. O'Donnell, R.S. Rundberg, D.J. Vieira, J.B. Wilhelmy, J.A. Becker, C.Y. Wu, A. Chyzh Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		JH.00003: Improved Modeling of Prompt Fission Neutron Spectra for Nuclear Data Evaluations Denise Neudecker, Patrick Talou, Toshihiko Kawano, Albert C. Kahler, Morgan C. White Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JH.00004: Complete event simulations of nuclear fission Ramona Vogt Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JH.00005: The LANL/LLNL Program to Measure Prompt Fission Neutron Spectra at LANSCE Robert Haight, Ching Yen Wu, Hye Young Lee, Terry Taddeucci, Shea Mosby, John O'Donnell, Nikolaos Fotiades, Mattew Devlin, John Ullmann, Ronald Nelson, Stephen Wender, Morgan White, Clell Solomon, Denise Neudecker, Patrick Talou, Michael Rising, Brian Bucher, Matthew Buckner, Roger Henderson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JH.00006: High-Resolution Correlated Fission Product Measurements of $^{235}$U$(n_{th},f)$ with SPIDER Dan Shields Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JH.00007: Reducing Uncertainties in Neutron-Induced Fission Cross Sections Using a Time Projection Chamber Brett Manning Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		JH.00008: Mass Yields and Average Total Kinetic Energy Release in Fission for $^{235}$U, $^{238}$U, and $^{239}$Pu Dana Duke Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		JH.00009: Using Ultracold Neutrons to Characterize Fission Fragment Induced Sputtering Leah Broussard, Mark Makela, Chris Morris Preview Abstract

Session JJ: Mini-Symposium on Digital Signal Processing in Nuclear Physics Experiments

Chair: Robert Grzywacz, University of Tennessee
Room: Coronado

Friday, October 30, 2015 10:30AM - 11:06AM		JJ.00001: Digital Signal Processing in the GRETINA Spectrometer Invited Speaker: Mario Cromaz Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JJ.00002: The digital data acquisition system for the implantation-decay station at the Fragment Mass Analyzer Dariusz Seweryniak, John T. Anderson, Michael P. Carpenter, Helena M. David, Michael Albers, Akaa Ayangeakaa, Calem R. Hoffman, Robert V.F. Janssens, Torben Lauritsen, Timothy Madden, Michael Oberling, Philip Wilt, Shaofei Zhu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JJ.00003: The new digital data acquisition system for Gammasphere M.P. Carpenter, M. Albers, J.T. Anderson, A. Ayangeakaa, H.M. David, C.R. Hoffman, R.V.F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, T. Madden, M. Oberling, D. Seweryniak, P. WIlt, S. Zhu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JJ.00004: Architecture and Performance of the Nab DAQ Aaron Sprow, Christopher Crawford Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JJ.00005: Practical Experience of Signals Processing Using Digitizers Mark Sikora, Mohammad Ahmed Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		JJ.00006: Bayesian signal processing of pulse shapes for background rejection in the \textsc{Majorana Demonstrator} Benjamin Shanks Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		JJ.00007: Digital Electronics for Nuclear Physics Experiments Wojtek Skulski, David Hunter, Eryk Druszkiewicz, Dev Ashish Khaitan, Jun Yin, Frank Wolfs Preview Abstract
Friday, October 30, 2015 12:18PM - 12:30PM		JJ.00008: A Digital Data Acquisition for VANDLE Miguel Madurga, S. Paulauskas, Robert Grzywacz, David Miller, Stephen Padgett, Hui Tan Preview Abstract