Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2014 Annual Meeting of the Far West Section of the APS

Volume 59, Number 14

Friday–Saturday, October 24–25, 2014; Reno, Nevada

Session Index

Session H1: Astrophysics and Gravitation

Chair: Douglas Singleton, California State University, Fresno
Room: JCSU 320

Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:00PM - 2:12PM		H1.00001: \textit{Ab initio} Study of Cyclopropenone Formation in Interstellar Space Seyedsaeid Ahmadvand, Ryan Zaari, Sergey Varganov Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:12PM - 2:24PM		H1.00002: Improvement in applying observations to understanding glitches in pulsars Sabrina Berger, William Newton Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:24PM - 2:36PM		H1.00003: Mapping the cloudy skies of the galactic black hole Cyg X-1 Natalie Hell, G.V. Brown, J. Wilms, I. Miskovicova, M. Hanke, J. Clementson, P. Beiersdorfer, D. Liedahl, K. Pottschmidt, F.S. Porter, C.A. Kilbourne, R.L. Kelley, V. Grinberg, M.A. Nowak, N.S. Schulz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:36PM - 2:48PM		H1.00004: Testing General Relativity with Continuous Gravitational Wave Polarizations Maximiliano Isi, Alan Weinstein, Carver Mead, Matthew Pitkin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:48PM - 3:00PM		H1.00005: Van der Waals Plasma Universe During Reissner-Nordstrom Expansion Vesselin Gueorguiev, Emil Prodanov, Rossen Ivanov Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:00PM - 3:12PM		H1.00006: Experimental Progress on Tests of Gravity at 20 microns Michael Ross, Crystal Cardenas Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:12PM - 3:24PM		H1.00007: Gravitational Origin of the Higgs Boson Mass F. Winterberg Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:24PM - 3:36PM		H1.00008: Energy and the Variational Principle in New Massive Gravity (NMG) Colin Cunliff Preview Abstract

Session H2: Applied Physics and Life Science

Chair: Hendrik Ohldag, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: JCSU 423

Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:00PM - 2:12PM		H2.00001: Particles on the interface of oil and water: Topological Defects Produced by Anisotropic Particles Charles Melton, Linda Hirst Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:12PM - 2:24PM		H2.00002: Determination of Surface-Substrate Adsorption Energy using the Exchange-Hole Dipole Moment Matthew Christian, Alberto Otero de la Roza, Erin Johnson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:24PM - 2:36PM		H2.00003: Calculating thermal transport coefficients of reverse micelles using molecular dynamics simulations and normal mode analysis Hari Pandey, David Leitner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:36PM - 2:48PM		H2.00004: Interplay between group function of kinesin based transport and the planar lipid bilayer's recovery time after photobleaching Joseph Lopes, Jing Xu, Linda Hirst Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:48PM - 3:00PM		H2.00005: Hydrophobic Gating in Single Conically Shaped Nanopores William Mann, Diego Gutierrez, Laura Innes, Zuzanna Siwy Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:00PM - 3:12PM		H2.00006: Simulating localized surface plasmon resonance of gold nano spheres and nano rods for application in all-optical switching devices John Harvey Paredes Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:12PM - 3:24PM		H2.00007: Liquid Crystalline Orientational Control via the Electric Field of Localized Surface Plasmons Makiko Quint Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:24PM - 3:36PM		H2.00008: Evolution of electride behaviour under pressure Stephen Dale, Alberto Otero-de-la-Roza, Erin R. Johnson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:36PM - 3:48PM		H2.00009: Optical RF to mechanical coupling of a thin membrane as one end of a cylindrical cavity Alessandro Castelli, Luis Martinez, Jerry Speer, Jay Sharping, Raymond Chiao Preview Abstract

Session H3: High Energy/Accelerator Physics

Chair: Matt Thompson, Tri Alpha Energy
Room: JCSU 422

Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:00PM - 2:12PM		H3.00001: A Synchrotron Radiation Research Facility for Africa Herman Winick Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:12PM - 2:24PM		H3.00002: mono-Z': The discovery potential in a search for dark matter in events with a Z' boson and missing transverse energy Kevin Bauer, Marcelo Autran, Tongyan Lin, Daniel Whiteson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:24PM - 2:36PM		H3.00003: A Cryogenic Piezoelectric Rotary Drive System for the Axion Dark Matter Experiment Kelly Backes, Bella Urdinaran Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:36PM - 2:48PM		H3.00004: Updates from the ADMX-HF Experiment Timothy Shokair Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:48PM - 3:00PM		H3.00005: The time-dependent non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm effect Max Bright, Douglas Singleton Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:00PM - 3:12PM		H3.00006: Investigation of Self Triggered Cosmic Ray Detectors using Silicon Photomultiplier Adriaan Knox, Rommel Niduaza Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:12PM - 3:24PM		H3.00007: Investigation of the Effect of Temperature on Silicon Photomultplier for Cosmic Ray Detectors Daniel Ruiz Castruita, Fatima Ramirez, Stefan Ritt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:24PM - 3:36PM		H3.00008: Implementing Xbee Wireless Network to Monitor Cosmic Ray Detectors Rommel Niduaza Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:36PM - 3:48PM		H3.00009: Antimatter May be a Form of Dark Matter Walton Perkins Preview Abstract

Session H4: Nuclear Physics

Chair: Ken Ganezer, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Room: JCSU 323

Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:00PM - 2:12PM		H4.00001: An Estimate for the Systematic Uncertainty Associated with the Polarization of the Upsilon Meson at CMS Brandon McKinzie Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:12PM - 2:24PM		H4.00002: Z+Jet Simulations In p+p and Pb+Pb Collisions at the LHC Joshua Gearhart Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:24PM - 2:36PM		H4.00003: Performance of a Newly Installed Muon Telescope Detector in the STAR Experiment at RHIC Kathryn Meehan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:36PM - 2:48PM		H4.00004: Final Construction Phase of the CLAS12 High-Threshold Cerenkov Counter Shane Miller-Smith, John Price Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:48PM - 3:00PM		H4.00005: Application of the Extended Pairing Model to Heavy Isotopes Vesselin Gueorguiev, Feng Pan, Jerry Draayer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:00PM - 3:12PM		H4.00006: Matrix continued fractions for the Feshbach-Villars equations Natalie Brown, Zoltan Papp, Robert Woodhouse Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:12PM - 3:24PM		H4.00007: Laser Forced Nuclear Fission Richard Kriske Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:24PM - 3:36PM		H4.00008: Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 Was Awarded to Albert Einstein for a Wrong Law! Ahmad Reza Estakhr Preview Abstract

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