Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2015 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics

Volume 60, Number 13

Wednesday–Saturday, October 28–31, 2015; Santa Fe, New Mexico

Session Index

Session PB: Invited Session: The Still Puzzling World of Up and Down Quarks

Chair: Lamiia El Fassi, Mississippi State University
Room: Sweeney Ballroom A

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 11:06AM		PB.00001: Partonic transverse distributions of up and down quarks Invited Speaker: Harut Avakian Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:06AM - 11:42AM		PB.00002: Extracting the flavor dependence of the polarized sea quarks Invited Speaker: Qinghua Xu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:42AM - 12:18PM		PB.00003: The (Sea)Quest to map anti-up and anti-down quarks Invited Speaker: Markus Diefenthaler Preview Abstract

Session PC: Nuclear Theory Far and Wide

Chair: Susan Seestrom, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Sweeney Ballroom B

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		PC.00001: Fission of Transactinide Elements Described in Terms of Generalized Cassian Ovals Nicolae Carjan, Fedor Ivanyuk Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		PC.00002: Nuclear structure and dynamics with density functional theory Ionel Stetcu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		PC.00003: Triaxial Nuclei: Floppy or Rigid? Weichuan Li, Stefan Frauendorf, Mark A. Caprio Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		PC.00004: From hadrons to quarks: the neutron star equation of state Philip Powell, Gordon Baym, Tetsuo Hatsuda, Toru Kojo, Chris Pethick, Kota Masuda, Yifan Song, Tatsuyuki Takatsuka Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		PC.00005: Many-body correlation effects on the Bjorken-x dependence of cross section ratios off nuclei for Bjorken-x greater than 1 Athanasios Petridis, Allen Barr, Drew Fustin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		PC.00006: New limits on intrinsic charm from a QCD global analysis Timothy Hobbs, Pedro Jimenez-Delgado, Timothy Londergan, Wally Melnitchouk Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		PC.00007: Extreme deformations and clusterization at high spin in the $A\sim 40$ mass region Debisree Ray, Anatoli Afanasjev Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		PC.00008: Nuclear Cross Sections for Space Radiation Applications Charles Werneth, Khin Maung, William Ford, John Norbury, Michael Vera Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		PC.00009: Nuclear Barrier Height a Variable Potential Wave Due to Nuclear Vibrations Stewart Brekke Preview Abstract

Session PD: Neutrinos

Chair: Brent VanDevender, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Room: Sweeney Ballroom C

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		PD.00001: COHERENT Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering at the SNS Matthew Green Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		PD.00002: Background Neutron Studies for Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering Measurements at the SNS Diane Markoff Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		PD.00003: PROSPECT: A Short-baseline Reactor Precision Spectrum and Oscillation Experiment Thomas Langford Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		PD.00004: Collective Neutrino Oscillations in two dimensions Shashank Shalgar, Sajad Abbar, Huaiyu Duan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		PD.00005: Testing molecular effects for tritium-based neutrino mass measurements Diana Parno, Laura Bodine, R.G. Hamish Robertson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		PD.00006: Penning Trap Searches in the KATRIN Main Spectrometer Kevin Wierman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		PD.00007: MARLEY: Model of Argon Reaction Low Energy Yields Steven Gardiner, Kyle Bilton, Christopher Grant, Emilija Pantic, Robert Svoboda Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		PD.00008: Decay heat and anti-neutrino energy spectra in fission fragments from total absorption spectroscopy Krzysztof Rykaczewski Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		PD.00009: Wavelength Shifting Efficiency of Tetraphenyl Butadiene (TPB) at Extreme Ultraviolet Wavelengths Christopher Benson, Gabriel Orebi Gann, Victor Gehman Preview Abstract

Session PE: Nuclear Structure A~100-120

Chair: Steven Pain, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Sweeney Ballroom D

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		PE.00001: Photon strength function of $^{97}$Zr Shea Mosby, Aaron Couture, Hye Young Lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		PE.00002: Deformed Structures and Shape Coexistence in Zr-98 Bruno Olaizola Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		PE.00003: New analysis of levels in $^{96,100}$Y J.H. Hamilton, E.H. Wang, A. Lemasson, A.V. Ramayya, J.K. Hwang, A. Navin, M. Rejmund, S. Bhattacharyya, Y.X. Luo, J.O. Rasmussen, S.J. Zhu, G.M. Ter-Akopian, Yu.Ts. Oganessian Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		PE.00004: Structure of positive parity bands and observation of magnetic rotation in $^{108}$Ag Jasmine Sethi, R. Palit Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		PE.00005: Excited state lifetimes in 109Ru, 109Pd as a probe for structure in the neutron-rich A-100 region M.K. Smith, B. Bucher, A. Aprahamian, H. Mach, G. Simpson, J. Rissanen, J. Aysto, T. Eronen, D. Ghita, P. Karvonen, A. Jokinen, I.D. Moore, H. Penttila, M. Reponen, C. Weber, A. Saastomoinen, W. Kurcewicz, I.M. Fraile, B. Olaizola, E. Ruchowska Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		PE.00006: Search for the heaviest N = Z alpha emitters Yongchi Xiao, Shintaro Go, Robert Grzywacz, Karolina Kolos, Katsuhisa Nishio, Riccardo Orlandi, Hiroyuki Makii, Kentaro Hirose, Ichiro Nishinaka, Hiroshi Ikezoe, James Smallcombe, Romain Leguillon, Krzysztof Rykaczewski, Nathan Brewer, Martin Veselsky, Carl Gross, Costel Petrache, Andrei Andreyev, David Jenkins, Bob Wadsworth, Mike Bentley, Chiara Mazzocchi, Fritz Peter Hessberger, Giacomo de Angelis, Luis Sarmiento Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		PE.00007: Theoretical study of triaxial shapes of neutron-rich Mo and Ru nuclei Chunli Zhang, Gowhar Bhat, Witold Nazarewicz, Javid Sheikh, Yue Shi Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		PE.00008: Magnetic Moments of the 2$^+_1$ and 4$^+_1$ States in $^{110}$SN Gerfried Kumbartzki, N. Benczer-Koller, L. Bernstein, D.A. Torres, K.-H. Speidel, J.M. Allmond, P. Fallon, I. Abramovic, J.M. Bevins, A. Hurst, Z.E. Guevara, G. G\"{u}rdal, L. Kirsch, T. LaPlace, A. Lo, H.L. Crawford, E. Matthew, I. Meyers, L. Phair, F. Ramirez, Y.Y. Sharon, A. Wiens Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		PE.00009: Study of Multiphonon $\gamma\gamma$-Band Through Modified Soft Rotor Formula Parveen Kumari, Harish Mohan Mittal Preview Abstract

Session PG: Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ions III

Chair: Julia Velkovska, Vanderbilt University
Room: Peralta

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		PG.00001: Charm and bottom nuclear modification in Cu+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200 GeV Cesar da Silva Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		PG.00002: Time-Dependence of the Survival Probability of Quarkonia in Quark-Gluon Plasma Noor Sabrina Mah Hussin, Asmaa Shalaby, Athanasios Petridis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		PG.00003: Energy dependence of $J/\psi$ production in p+p collisions at STAR Qian Yang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		PG.00004: Study of heavy-quark production in $p$+$p$ collisions at RHIC using different Monte-Carlo event generators Yue Hang Leung, Alan Dion, Axel Drees, Deepali Sharma Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		PG.00005: Study of $b\bar{b}$ angular correlations in $p+p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 510$ GeV at RHIC Tristan Haseler Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		PG.00006: Multiplicity Dependence of Xi Production in pp, pPb and PbPb at CMS Hong Ni, Kong Tu, Wei Li, Julia Velkovska Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		PG.00007: $D_{s}^{\pm}$ meson production in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200 GeV in STAR Long Zhou Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		PG.00008: Nuclear Matter Effects on $\phi$ Production in Cu+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{s}_{NN}$ = 200 GeV with the PHENIX Muon Arms at RHIC Margaret Jezghani Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		PG.00009: $D^0$ Production in Au$+$Au Collisions at $\surd $sNN $=$ 200 GeV at STAR Guannan Xie Preview Abstract

Session PH: Hadron Physics II

Chair: Tanja Horn, Catholic University of America
Room: General Kearny

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		PH.00001: The Beam-Helicity Asymmetry for $\gamma p \rightarrow p K^{+} K^{-}$ Rafael Badui, Jason Bono, Lei Guo, Brian Raue Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		PH.00002: Constraining nucleon strangeness Timothy Hobbs, Mary Alberg, Gerald Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		PH.00003: Strangeness asymmetry in the proton sea Mary Alberg Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		PH.00004: Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering off $^4$He Sylvester Joosten Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		PH.00005: DCA Separated Open Heavy Flavor Measurements with Forward Single Muons in Proton-Proton Collisions Matthew Snowball Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		PH.00006: The Hall C SIDIS program towards understanding the transverse momentum dependence of valence quarks E.R. Kinney, R. Ent, T. Horn, H. Mkrtchyan, V. Tadevosyan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		PH.00007: Measurement of nuclear dependence of pT at Fermilab SuYin Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		PH.00008: Measurement of Quark Energy Loss at Fermilab E906/Seaquest P.-J. Lin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		PH.00009: Angular Distributions of Drell-Yan Dimuons at Fermilab E-906/SeaQuest Bryan Ramson Preview Abstract

Session PJ: Electroweak III

Chair: Matthias Schindler, University of South Carolina
Room: Coronado

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		PJ.00001: Overview of the Science Program at the LANL Ultracold Neutron Source Takeyasu Ito Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		PJ.00002: Upgrades to the ultracold neutron source at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center Robert Pattie Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		PJ.00003: Measurement of spin flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons on guide materials Zhaowen Tang, Steven Clayton, Scott Currie, Takeyasu Ito, Mark Makela, Christopher Morris, Robert Pattie, John Ramsey, Alexander Saunders, Wanchun Wei, Evan Adamek, Nathan Callahan, Daniel Salvat, Aaron Brandt, Albert Young Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		PJ.00004: Feasibility of Parity-Violating Electron Scattering Experiments Below 1 GeV Beam Energy with a Toroidal Spectrometer Kurtis Bartlett Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		PJ.00005: New Measurements of the EMC Effect and Short Range Correlations at JLab Hall C at 11 GeV Kayla Craycraft Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		PJ.00006: Measurement of Neutron Emissions from Nuclear Muon Capture Damien Alexander Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		PJ.00007: Search for exotic short-range interactions using paramagnetic insulators Evan Weisman, Pinghan Chu, Chen-Yu Liu, Josh Long Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		PJ.00008: Search for tensor-like couplings in the $\beta $-decay of laser trapped $^{6}$He Arnaud Leredde, Kevin Bailey, Peter Mueller, Tom O'Connor, Yelena Bagdasarova, Alejandro Garcia, Ran Hong, Matthew Sternberg, Derek Storm, Erik Swanson, Frederik Wauters, David Zumwalt, Xavier Flechard, Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		PJ.00009: Data analysis and systematic studies for the He-6 experiment Yelena Bagdasarova, Kevin Bailey, Xavier Flechard, Alejandro Garcia, Ran Hong, Aranud Leredde, Peter Mueller, Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic, Tom P. O'Connor, Matthew Sternberg, Derek Storm, Erik Swanson, Frederik Wauters, David Zumwalt Preview Abstract

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