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Session FB: Rare Isotopes in Pure and Applied Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: John D'Auria, Simon Fraser University
Room: Pavilion Ballroom D

Friday, October 14, 2016 4:00PM - 4:36PM		FB.00001: Advances IN Explosive Nuclear Astrophysics Invited Speaker: Gavin Lotay Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:36PM - 5:12PM		FB.00002: Cyclotron Production of Radionuclides for Nuclear Medicine at Academic Centers Invited Speaker: Suzanne Lapi Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:12PM - 5:48PM		FB.00003: High-Precision Superallowed Fermi $\beta$ Decay Measurements at TRIUMF-ISAC Invited Speaker: C.E. Svensson Preview Abstract

Session FC: Mini-symposium on Light Meson Spectroscopy: First Results from GlueX III

Chair: Simon Taylor, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: Junior Ballroom B

(Author Not Attending)		FC.00001: Amplitude analysis of $J/\psi \to \gamma\pi^0\pi^0$ Alessandro Pilloni Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:12PM - 4:24PM		FC.00002: Photoproduction of JPsi at GlueX Kamal Seth Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:24PM - 4:36PM		FC.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:36PM - 4:48PM		FC.00004: K-Long Facility for JLab and its Scientific Potential Igor Strakovsky Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:48PM - 5:00PM		FC.00005: Antikaon-nucleon scattering and the hyperon spectrum C\'esar Fern\'andez-Ram\'irez Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:00PM - 5:12PM		FC.00006: Performance of the GlueX Polarized Photon Source Richard Jones Preview Abstract

Session FD: Mini-symposium on Opportunities in Underground Nuclear Physics: II

Chair: Jelena Maricic, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Room: Junior Ballroom C

Friday, October 14, 2016 4:00PM - 4:12PM		FD.00001: Results and Status of EXO-200 Tim Daniels, Lisa Kaufman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:12PM - 4:24PM		FD.00002: The Majorana Demonstrator Low-Energy Rare Event Search Clinton Wiseman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:24PM - 4:36PM		FD.00003: CUORE-0 Measurement of 2$\nu \beta \beta $ decay Christopher Davis Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:36PM - 4:48PM		FD.00004: Search for WIMP-Induced Annual Modulation with the CUORE-0 Experiment Kyungeun Lim Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:48PM - 5:00PM		FD.00005: Low Background Counting with the Berkeley Low Background Facility and the Black Hills State University Underground Campus at SURF Alan Poon, Keenan Thomas, Brianna Mount, Kevin Lesko, Alan Smith, Eric Norman, Yuen-Dat Chan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:00PM - 5:12PM		FD.00006: Cosmogenic Induced Background Estimation for the M{\small AJORANA} D{\small EMONSTRATOR} Experiment Brandon White Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:12PM - 5:24PM		FD.00007: Production of the neutron-induced isotope, $^{73}$Ga, at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the M{\small AJORANA} D{\small EMONSTRATOR} Pinghan Chu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:24PM - 5:36PM		FD.00008: ($\alpha $, $\gamma )$ reaction induced background events for rare event experiments Ashok Tiwari, Chao Zhang, Dongming Mei Preview Abstract

Session FE: Nuclear Structure I (A<21)

Chair: Mustafa Rajabali, Tennessee Technological University
Room: Junior Ballroom D

Friday, October 14, 2016 4:00PM - 4:12PM		FE.00001: Precision excited-state lifetime measurements of neutron-rich Li isotopes C. Morse, C.J. Lister, G.L. Wilson, E.A. McCutchan, G. Hackman, M. Bowry, R. Caballero-Folch, L.J. Evitts, A.B. Garnsworthy, J. Henderson, A. Kurkjian, J.P. Measures, M. Moukaddam, P. Ruotsalainen, J. Smallcombe, J.K. Smith, D. Southall, M. Williams, A.J. Mitchell, C.Y. Wu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:12PM - 4:24PM		FE.00002: Study of $^{11}$Be on $^9$Be one neutron transfer reactions at TRIUMF ISAC-II Ryan Braid Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:24PM - 4:36PM		FE.00003: Studying 10BE and 11BE Halo States Through The (P,D) Single-Neutron Transfer Reaction Keri Kuhn, Fred Sarazin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:36PM - 4:48PM		FE.00004: Measurements of Gamma Rays from $^7Be$ Inelastic Scattering S.L. Henderson, T. Ahn, J. Allen, D.W. Bardayan, M.A. Caprio, Ch. Constantinou, P. Fasano, B. Frentz, M. Hall, L. Jensen, J.J. Kolata, X. Li, A.E. McCoy, S. Moylan, P. O'Malley, C.S. Re, J. Riggins, A. Simon, R. Torres-Isea, S. Strauss Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:48PM - 5:00PM		FE.00005: Study of the structure of $^{14}$O using resonant scattering Tan Ahn Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:00PM - 5:12PM		FE.00006: Cluster Structure and 3-body decay in $^{14}$C Lisa Carpenter, D. Bazin, W. Mittig, Y. Ayyad, S. Beceiro Novo, J. Bradt, T. Ahn, J.J. Kolata, F.D. Becchetti, A. Fritsch Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:12PM - 5:24PM		FE.00007: Probing the cluster structure in $^{10}$Be using resonant $^{6}$He + $\alpha$ scattering Sriteja Upadhyayula, Grigory Rogachev, Ethan Uberseder, Evgeniy Koshchiy, Joshua Hooker, Heshani Jayatissa, Curtis Hunt, Brian Roeder Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:24PM - 5:36PM		FE.00008: Knockout to Probe Proton Contributions to the B(E2) Transition Strength in the C Isotopes Heather Crawford Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:36PM - 5:48PM		FE.00009: Nuclear structure corrections for $\mu$4He+ and $\mu$3He+ spectroscopy Nir Nevo Dinur, Chen Ji, Oscar Hernandez, Sonia Bacca, Nir Barnea Preview Abstract

Session FF: Mini-symposium on Cold Nuclear Matter from Fixed-Target Energies to the LHC I

Chair: Ramona Vogt, LLNL and UC Davis
Room: Pavilion Ballroom A

Friday, October 14, 2016 4:00PM - 4:36PM		FF.00001: QCD Factorization Approach to Cold Nuclear Matter Effects Invited Speaker: Jianwe Qiu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:36PM - 4:48PM		FF.00002: Physics with (un)polarized Proton-Nucleus Collisions at STAR/RHIC K. Oleg Eyser Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:48PM - 5:00PM		FF.00003: Overview and Status of the SeaQuest Experiment Larry Donald Isenhower Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:00PM - 5:12PM		FF.00004: Light quark flavor asymmetry in the nucleon sea Arun Tadepalli Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:12PM - 5:24PM		FF.00005: Constraining the Sea Quark Distributions Through W$^\pm$ Cross Section Ratio Measurements at STAR Matthew Posik Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:24PM - 5:36PM		FF.00006: $\phi$ Meson Measurements at Forward/Backward Rapidity at RHIC with PHENIX Detector Xiaochun He Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:36PM - 5:48PM		FF.00007: Pinning Down Low-x Physics With the MPC-EX at RHIC-PHENIX Natha Grau Preview Abstract

Session FG: Mini-symposium on Neutron and Nuclear Tests of CKM Unitarity I

Chair: Dan Melconian, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M
Room: Pavilion Ballroom B

Friday, October 14, 2016 4:00PM - 4:36PM		FG.00001: Nuclear and Neutron Physics Tests of CKM Unitarity - Overview and Motivation Invited Speaker: Stefan Baessler Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:36PM - 4:48PM		FG.00002: A Measurement of the Electron-Antineutrino Correlation in Free Neutron Beta Decay Alexander Komives Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:48PM - 5:00PM		FG.00003: Status of the Nab Experiment J. David Bowman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:00PM - 5:12PM		FG.00004: The $a$SPECT experiment - an overview and latest results Christian Schmidt Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:12PM - 5:24PM		FG.00005: Measurement of the weak magnetism form factor in $^6$He decay Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic, Xueying Huyan, Daniel Bazin, Alexandra Gade, Maximilian Hughes, Sean Liddick, Kei Minamisono, Shumpei Noji, Stanley Paulauskas, Anna Simon, Paul Voytas, Dirk Weisshaar Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:24PM - 5:36PM		FG.00006: Precision measurement of the radiative $\beta$ decay of the free neutron Matthew Bales Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:36PM - 5:48PM		FG.00007: First direct determination of the superallowed $\beta $-decay QEC-value for O-14 via Penning trap mass spectrometry at the LEBIT facility Ryan Ringle, Georg Bollen, Maxime Brodeur, Kortney Cooper, Martin Eibach, Kerim Gulyuz, Chris Izzo, David Morrissey, Matthew Redshaw, Rachel Sandler, Stefan Schwarz, Chandana Sumithrarachchi, Adrian Valverde, Antonio Villari Preview Abstract

Session FH: Fundamental Symmetries

Chair: Kent Paschke, University of Virginia
Room: Pavilion Ballroom C

Friday, October 14, 2016 4:00PM - 4:12PM		FH.00001: Antihydrogen Electric Charge Neutrality: A New Limit from ALPHA at CERN Andrea Capra, M. Baquero-Ruiz, C. Carruth, A. Charman, L. T. Evans, N. Evetts, J. Fajans, M. C. Fujiwara, D. R. Gill, A. Gutierrez, W. N. Hardy, M. E. Hayden, L. Kurchaninov, J. T. K. McKenna, S. Menary, J. M. Michan, T. Momose, J. J. Munich, K. Olchanski, Arthur Olin, A. Povilus, C. So, R. I. Thompson, J. S. Wurtele, A. I. Zhmoginov Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:12PM - 4:24PM		FH.00002: Search for Dark Photons with the SeaQuest Spectrometer Michelle Mesquita de Medeiros Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:24PM - 4:36PM		FH.00003: Ideogram-based Gaussian Estimator for the Model Uncertainty in the Extraction of Q$_w$(p) from PVES Data Gregory Smith Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:36PM - 4:48PM		FH.00004: Probing parity nonconservation effects with laser cooled and trapped francium atoms Mukut Kalita, Seth Aubin, John Behr, Robert Collister, Austin DeHart, Alexandre Gorelov, Eduardo Garcia, Gerald Gwinner, Michael Kossin, David Livermore, Luis Orozco, Matt Pearson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:48PM - 5:00PM		FH.00005: The MOLLER Experiment Juliette Mammei Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:00PM - 5:12PM		FH.00006: Detector Simulations and Background Studies for the MOLLER Experiment Sakib Rahman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:12PM - 5:24PM		FH.00007: Electrophobic Scalar Boson and Muonic Puzzles Yu-Sheng Liu, David McKeen, Gerald A. Miller Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:24PM - 5:36PM		FH.00008: Interpretation of the 17 MeV anomaly in $^8$Be$^*$ decay as light, weakly coupled new physics Susan Gardner, Jonathan Feng, Bartosz Fornal, Iftah Galon, Jordan Smolinsky, Tim Tait, Philip Tanedo Preview Abstract

Session FJ: Mini-symposium on Physics of Ultracold Neutron Sources II

Chair: Jeff Martin, University of Winnipeg
Room: Junior Ballroom A

Friday, October 14, 2016 4:00PM - 4:12PM		FJ.00001: Overview of Fierz Interference Analysis from UCNA Experiment Xuan Sun Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:12PM - 4:24PM		FJ.00002: Simultaneous measurement of $\beta$ asymmetry and Fierz interference in neutron decay Kevin Hickerson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:24PM - 4:36PM		FJ.00003: Characterization of new materials for Ultracold Neutron transport and storage Edgard PIERRE, Nicholas CHRISTOPHER, Shinsuke KAWASAKI, Russell MAMMEI, James MARCELLIN, Ryohei MATSUMIYA, Ruediger PICKER Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:36PM - 4:48PM		FJ.00004: PENTrack - a versatile Monte Carlo tool for ultracold neutron sources and experiments Ruediger Picker, Sanmeet Chahal, Nicolas Christopher, Martin Losekamm, James Marcellin, Stephan Paul, Wolfgang Schreyer, Pramodh Yapa Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 4:48PM - 5:00PM		FJ.00005: Magnetic Fields for Neutron Electric Dipole Moment Measurement at TRIUMF Taraneh Andalib Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:00PM - 5:12PM		FJ.00006: $^{129}$Xe two-photon spectroscopy towards the neutron EDM experiment at TRIUMF Tomohiro Hayamizu, Emily Altiere, Eric Miller, Joshua Wienands, David Jones, Kirk Madison, Takamasa Momose Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:12PM - 5:24PM		FJ.00007: High voltage studies of Xe-129 gas for the TRIUMF nEDM experiment Aikaterini Katsika Preview Abstract
Friday, October 14, 2016 5:24PM - 5:36PM		FJ.00008: Characterization of a scintillating lithium glass ultra-cold neutron detector Lori Rebenitsch Preview Abstract