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Session JB: Mini-Symposium on Nuclear Structure of the Ge and Se Isotopes

Chair: Hironori Iwasaki, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
Room: Salon 2

Friday, October 27, 2017 10:30AM - 11:06AM		JB.00001: Configuration interaction calculations for the region of $^{76}$Ge Invited Speaker: Alex Brown Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JB.00002: Nuclear structure of 76Se from inelastic neutron scattering measurements Sharmistha Mukhopadhyay Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JB.00003: Investigation of $^{76}$Ge structure via inelastic scattering studies B. P. Crider, S. Mukhopadhyay, B. A. Brown, S. F. Ashley, A. Chakraborty, A. Kumar, E. E. Peters, M. T. McEllistrem, F. M. Prados-Estévez, S. W. Yates Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JB.00004: Nuclear deformation and searches of neutrinoless double-beta decay $(0\nu\beta\beta)$: A case study of $^{76}$Ge Robert V. F. Janssens, Akaa Daniel Ayangeakaa, ANL Collaboration, LLNL Collaboration, LLBL Collaboration, Maryland Collaboration Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JB.00005: Structural changes in $^{78}$Ge Anne M. Forney, W.B. Walters, J. Sethi, C.J. Chiara, A.D. Ayangeakaa, J. Harker, R.V.F. Janssens, S. Zhu, M.P. Carpenter, M. Alcorta, G. G\"{u}rdal, C.R. Hoffman, B.P. Kay, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C.J. Lister, E.A. Mccutchan, A.M. Rogers$^{4}$, D. Seweryniak Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:54AM - 12:06PM		JB.00006: Quadrupole collectivity beyond N = 50 in neutron- rich Se and Kr isotopes Brandon Elman, A. Gade, D. Barofsky, P. C. Bender, M. Bowry, M. Hjorth-Jensen, K. W. Kemper, S. Lipschutz, E. Lunderberg, N. Sachmpazidi, N. Terpstra, W. B. Walters, D. Weisshaar, A. Westerberg, S. J. Williams, K. Wimmer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 12:06PM - 12:18PM		JB.00007: Exploring single-hole state evolution near the $N=50$ shell closure Pei-Luan Tai, M. E. Howard, A. S. Adekola, J. A. Cizewski, B. Manning, L. J. Schradin, M. A. Famiano, D. Bazin, Z. Chajecki, D. Coupland, R. Hodges, J. Lee, W. Lynch, A. Sanetullaev, M. B. Tsang, J. Winkelbauer, M. Youngs, S. Ahn, K. Schmitt, D. W. Bardayan, K. Y. Chae, D. Shapira, T. K. Ghosh, R.R.C. Clement Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 12:18PM - 12:30PM		JB.00008: Level structure of Ge-74 William B Walters, A. M. Forney, A. D. Ayangeakaa, J. Sethi, J. Harker, C. J. Chiara, R. V. F. Janssens, B. P. Kay, S. Zhu Preview Abstract

Session JC: Nuclear Astrophysics IV

Chair: Anna Simon, University of Notre Dame
Room: Salon 3

Friday, October 27, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		JC.00001: R-process experiments with the Advanced Implantation Detector Array Alfredo Estrade, Chris Griffin, Tom Davinson, Carlo Bruno, Oscar Hall, Zhong Liu, Phil Woods, Patrick Coleman-Smith, Marc Labiche, Ian Lazarus, Victor Pucknell, John Simpson, Laura Harkness-Brennan, Robert Page, Gabor Kiss, Jiajiang Liu, Keishi Matsui, Shunji Nishimura, Vi Phong, Giuseppe Lorusso, Fernando Montes, Neerajan Nepal Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		JC.00002: Recent results of reverse engineering nuclear masses from solar r-process abundances and the challenges faced in the presence of fissioning nuclei Nicole Vassh Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:54AM - 11:06AM		JC.00003: Precision Mass Measurements of Neutron-Rich Rare-Earth Nuclei Rodney Orford, Fritz Buchinger, Jason Clark, Jeffrey Klimes, Mary Burkey, Guy Savard, Dmitry Gorelov, Kumar Sharma Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JC.00004: Half-Lives of the Neutron-Rich $N\approx82$ Isotopes $^{128-130}$Cd and $^{131}$In Ryan Dunlop Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JC.00005: Pioneering mass measurements in the rare-earth region for the astrophysical r-process James M Kelly, Markus Vilen, Maxime Brodeur, Anu Kankainen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JC.00006: The S-Process Branching-Point at $^{\mathrm{205}}$PB Anton Tonchev, N. Tsoneva, C. Bhatia, C.W. Arnold, S. Goriely, S.L. Hammond, J.H. Kelley, E. Kwan, H. Lenske, J. Piekarewicz, R. Raut, G. Rusev, T. Shizuma, W. Tornow Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JC.00007: Thermal Effects in Dense matter beyond mean field theory Sudhanva Lalit, Constantinos Constantinou, Madappa Prakash Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:54AM - 12:06PM		JC.00008: Direct studies of neutron-induced reactions in inverse kinematics Shea Mosby, Aaron Couture, Michelle Mosby, Rene Reifarth Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 12:06PM - 12:18PM		JC.00009: Gravity Acceleration and Gravity Paradox Han Yongquan, Tang Yuteng Preview Abstract

Session JD: Nuclear Instrumentation III

Chair: Nathan Frank, Augustana College
Room: Salon 4

Friday, October 27, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		JD.00001: DESCANT - Testing and Commissioning Vinzenz Bildstein, P.E. Garrett, D. Bandyopadhay, J. Bangay, L. Bianco, G. Demand, B. Hadinia, K.G. Leach, C. Sumithrarachchi, J. Turko, J. Wong, S.F. Ashley, B.P. Crider, M.T. McEllistrem, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Est\'{e}vez, S.W. Yates, J.R. Vanhoy, G.C. Ball, D.P. Bishop, A.B. Garnsworthy, G. Hackman, C.J. Pearson, B. Shaw, F. Sarazin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		JD.00002: Development of a neutron detector with tracking capabilities (NEXT) David Perez-Loureiro, Robert Grywacz, Leonard D. Mostella, Mustafa Rajabali, Kyle Schmitt Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:54AM - 11:06AM		JD.00003: Spectroscopic Investigations with Dual Neutron-Gamma Scintillators P. Chowdhury, T. Brown, E. Doucet, C.J. Lister, C. Morse, A.M. Rogers, G.L. Wilson, M. Devlin, N. Fotiades, J.A. Gomez, S. Mosby Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JD.00004: Large Cleaner Detectors for the UCN$\tau$ Neutron Lifetime Experiment Francisco Gonzalez Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		JD.00005: Calibration and Characterization of the UNCB and Nab Detectors Bryan Zeck Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JD.00006: Absolute calibration of a cold and thermal neutron detector using monochromatic neutron beam Jin Ha Choi, Christopher Cude-Woods, Takeyasu Ito, Albert Young Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JD.00007: Direct Observation of Neutron Scattering in BC408 Scintillator for Comparison with SImulation W. F. Rogers, J. E. Boone, A. Wantz, N. Frank, A. N. Kuchera, S. Mosby, M. Thoennessen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:54AM - 12:06PM		JD.00008: A Charged Particle Veto Wall for the Large Area Neutron Array (LANA) K. Zhu, Z. Chajecki, C. Anderson, J. Bromell, K. Brown, J. Crosby, S. Kodali, W.G. Lynch, P. Morfouace, S. Sweany, M.B. Tsang, C. Tsang, J.J. Brett, J.L. Swaim Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 12:06PM - 12:18PM		JD.00009: An Alternative to Excimer Based Neutron Detection Chandra Shahi, Josh Graybill, Uwe Arp, Alan Thompson, Michael Coplan, Charles Clark Preview Abstract

Session JE: Advances in Fundamental Neutron Physics Experiments

Chair: Shannon Hoogerheide, NIST
Room: Salon 5

Friday, October 27, 2017 10:30AM - 11:06AM		JE.00001: A sub-second measurement of the neutron lifetime from the UCN$\tau$ experiment Invited Speaker: Robert Pattie Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:06AM - 11:42AM		JE.00002: Measurement of the beta asymmetry in neutron decay with UCNA: status in 2017 and new opportunities Invited Speaker: Albert Young Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:42AM - 12:18PM		JE.00003: The Parity Violating Proton Asymmetry from Neutron Capture on Helium-3 Invited Speaker: Christopher Crawford Preview Abstract

Session JF: Gluons and Sea Quarks

Chair: Ian Cloet, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Salon 6

Friday, October 27, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		JF.00001: Experiment E1039, polarized SeasQuest andi klein Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		JF.00002: Measurement of Longitudinal Single-Spin Asymmetry for W Boson Production in Polarized p+p Collisions at STAR Amani Kraishan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:54AM - 11:06AM		JF.00003: Longitudinal Double-Spin Asymmetry A$_{\mathrm{LL}}$ for Inclusive Jet Production in Polarized Proton Collisions at $\surd $s $=$ 510 GeV Amilkar Quintero Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JF.00004: Using Longitudinally Polarized Proton+Proton Collisions To Constrain the Polarized Gluon Distribution Through Dijet Measurements at $\sqrt{s} = 510$ GeV at STAR Daniel Olvitt, Jr Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JF.00005: Updates on the Strange Sea Contributions to the Nucleon Spin. Fatiha Benmokhtar Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JF.00006: Illuminating QCD and Nucleon Structure Through the Study of Hadrons Within Jets at STAR James Drachenberg Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JF.00007: Constraining the Sea Quark Distributions Through W$^\pm$ Cross Section Ratio Measurements at STAR Matthew Posik Preview Abstract

Session JG: Mini-Symposium on Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nuclear Scattering and Dark Matter

Chair: Vince Cianciolo, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Marquis A

Friday, October 27, 2017 10:30AM - 11:06AM		JG.00001: Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering: the shape of things to come Invited Speaker: Juan I. Collar Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JG.00002: Status of CsI[Na] at COHERENT Bjorn Scholz Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JG.00003: Status of the CENNS-10 Liquid Argon Detector for the COHERENT Experiment Jacob Zettlemoyer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JG.00004: A 185kg NaI[Tl] Detector for Observing the Charged-Current Neutrino Interaction on $^{\mathrm{127}}$I Samuel Hedges Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JG.00005: The COHERENT neutrino-nucleus scattering research program at the ORNL Spallation Neutron Source Diane Markoff Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:54AM - 12:06PM		JG.00006: Pulse Shape Discrimination in the LUX Dark Matter Experiment Dev Ashish Khaitan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 12:06PM - 12:18PM		JG.00007: The MiniBooNE-DM Search for Sub-GeV Dark Matter Robert Cooper Preview Abstract

Session JJ: Mini-Symposium on How Small is the QGP? Collectivity in Small Systems I

Chair: Julia Velkovska, Vanderbilt University
Room: City Center A

Friday, October 27, 2017 10:30AM - 11:06AM		JJ.00001: The physical origin of multi-particle correlations in small collision systems Invited Speaker: Bjoern Schenke Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JJ.00002: PHENIX results on anisotropic flow in d+Au collisions from 19.6 to 200 GeV Sylvia Morrow Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JJ.00003: PHENIX results on identified particles spectra and anisotropic flow in p/d/$^{3}$He+Au collisions at 200 GeV Weizhuang Peng Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JJ.00004: Latest results on collectivity in small systems at CMS Zhenyu Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		JJ.00005: Recent ATLAS measurements of azimuthal anisotropies in $pp$ and $p$+Pb collisions Soumya Mohapatra Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:54AM - 12:06PM		JJ.00006: Azimuthally-dependent femtoscopy in central p+Pb collisions at 5 TeV with ATLAS Brian Cole Preview Abstract

Session JK: Mini-Symposium on Photoproduction Physics with GlueX at JLab II

Chair: Vincent Mathieu, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Room: City Center B

Friday, October 27, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		JK.00001: Amplitudes for exotic states at JPAC Alessandro Pilloni Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		JK.00002: $J/\psi$ Photoproduction at GlueX Luke Robison Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:54AM - 11:06AM		JK.00003: Extended Regge-inspired Models for Meson Photoproduction~ Gary Goldstein Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		JK.00004: Analysis of $\phi$ Spin Density Matrix Elements at the GlueX Experiment Alexander Barnes Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		JK.00005: Photoproduction of the Cascade Baryons at GlueX Ashley Ernst Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		JK.00006: Photoproduction of Baryon-Antibaryon Pairs at GlueX Hao Li, Samuel Dai, Viren Bajaj, Naomi Jarvis, Reinhard Schumacher Preview Abstract