Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2016
Volume 61, Number 2
Monday–Friday, March 14–18, 2016; Baltimore, Maryland
Session Index
Session K1: Visualization of Vorticity in Quantum Fluids
Sponsoring Units: DCMPChair: Katepalli Sreenivasan, New York Univ
Room: Ballroom I
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
K1.00001: Three-dimensional nanoparticle dynamics in superfluid helium Invited Speaker: Daniel Lathrop Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
K1.00002: Imaging of quantum vortices in superfluid helium droplets Invited Speaker: Andrey Vilesov Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
K1.00003: Numerical simulation of quantum turbulence Invited Speaker: Makoto Tsubota Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
K1.00004: Turbulent flows of superfluid helium visualized by particle dynamics Invited Speaker: Marco La Mantia Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
K1.00005: Flow visualization in superfluid helium-4 using He2 molecular tracers Invited Speaker: Wei Guo Preview Abstract |
Session K2: Kitaev Spin Liquid Physics in Honeycomb and Related Lattice Materials
Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMP GMAGChair: Stephen Nagler, Oak Ridge National Lab
Room: Ballroom II
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
K2.00001: The magnetic ground state and relationship to Kitaev physics in~$\alpha $-RuCl$_{\mathrm{3}}$ Invited Speaker: Arnab Banerjee Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
K2.00002: How to identify and resolve beyond-geometrical frustration Invited Speaker: Itamar Kimchi Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
K2.00003: 3D Kitaev spin liquids Invited Speaker: Maria Hermanns Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
K2.00004: Hyperhoneycomb iridate beta-Li2IrO3 as a platform for Kitaev spin liquid Invited Speaker: Tomohiro Takayama Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
K2.00005: Magnetic ``three states of matter'' in two and three dimensions: a quantum Monte Carlo study of the extended toric codes Invited Speaker: Yoshitomo Kamiya Preview Abstract |
Session K3: Weyl Topological Semimetals: Theory and Experiment
Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMPChair: Arun Bansil, Northeastern University
Room: Ballroom III
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
K3.00001: Weyl semimetals and topological phase transitions Invited Speaker: Shuichi Murakami Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
K3.00002: Topological insulator route to Weyl fermions Invited Speaker: Anton Burkov Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
K3.00003: Discovery of Weyl fermion semimetal and topological Fermi arc quasiparticles in TaAs, NbAs, NbP, TaP and related materials Invited Speaker: M. Zahid Hasan Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
K3.00004: Observation of Weyl fermions in condensed matter Invited Speaker: Hong Ding Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
K3.00005: Two Types of Weyl Semimetals Invited Speaker: Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract |
Session K4: From Nano to Meso: Assembly, Structure and Dynamics of Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposite Thin Films I - Industry Day
Sponsoring Units: DPOLY FIAPChair: Sanat Kumar, Columbia Univ
Room: Ballroom IV
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
K4.00001: Directed Assembly of Nanofilled Polymer Thin Films Invited Speaker: Alamgir Karim Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
K4.00002: Photothermal heating at the nano and meso scales within polymer nanocomposites Invited Speaker: Laura Clarke Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
K4.00003: Evaporation-induced Nanoparticle Self-Assembly in a Polymer Matrix Invited Speaker: Shengfeng Cheng Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
K4.00004: Influence of microstructure and environment on nanoparticle membrane and superlattice mechanical properties Invited Speaker: K. Michael Salerno Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
K4.00005: Polymer Melt Diffusion inside Nanoscale Cylindrical Pores. Invited Speaker: Karen Winey Preview Abstract |
Session K5: Frustrated Magnetism: Spinels
Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMPChair: Daniel Khomskii, University of Cologne
Room: 301
Session K6: Ruthenates
Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMPChair: Songxue Chi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 302
Session K7: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors: Nitrides
Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAPChair: Christopher Van de Walle, UCSB
Room: 303
Session K8: Superconductivity: Cuprates
Sponsoring Units: DCMPRoom: 304
Session K9: Superlattices & Nanostructures (Wires, Dots, etc): Optical Phenomenona
Sponsoring Units: DMPChair: Andrey Kiselev, HRL Laboratories, LLC
Room: 305
Session K11: Electronic Structure and Magnetism in Fe-based Superconductors II
Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAGChair: Emilia Morosan, Rice University
Room: 307
Session K12: Topological Insulators: Towards Applications
Sponsoring Units: DCMPRoom: 308
Session K13: Application of Monte Carlo Techniques to Cold Atom Systems
Sponsoring Units: DAMOP DCOMPChair: Barry Schneider, NIST/NSF
Room: 309
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
K13.00001: Coexistence, Interfacial Energy and the Fate of Microemulsions of 2D Dipolar Bosons Invited Speaker: Massimo Boninsegni Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
K13.00002: Quantum spin dynamics and entanglement in systems with long-range interactions Invited Speaker: Ana M Rey Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
K13.00003: Universal scaling of density and momentum distributions in Lieb-Liniger gases Invited Speaker: Marcos Rigol Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
K13.00004: Cooling Atomic Gases With Disorder Invited Speaker: Richard Scalettar Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
K13.00005: Diagrammatic Monte Carlo study of mass-imbalanced Fermi-polaron system Invited Speaker: Lode Pollet Preview Abstract |
Session K14: Extreme Mechanics: Topology in Mechanics
Sponsoring Units: GSNP GSOFTChair: Pedro Reis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: 310
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
K14.00001: Topological mechanics of gyroscopic meta-materials Invited Speaker: William Irvine Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
K14.00002: Kirigami! Invited Speaker: Randall Kamien Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
K14.00003: Mechanisms and nonlinear waves from topological modes Invited Speaker: Bryan Chen Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
K14.00004: Topological Toughening of graphene and other 2D materials Invited Speaker: Huajian Gao Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
K14.00005: Control of defect localization in crystalline wrinkling by curvature and topology Invited Speaker: Francisco Lopez Jimenez Preview Abstract |
Session K15: Transport in Graphene and 1D Structures
Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMPChair: Kurt Gaskill, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 314
Session K16: 2D Devices: Black Phosphorous
Sponsoring Units: DMPChair: Marija Drndic, University of Pennsylvania
Room: 315
Session K17: Many-body Interactions in Graphene
Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMPChair: Vikram Deshpande, University of utah
Room: 316
Session K18: Spin-Hall III
Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAPChair: Benjamin Jungfleisch, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 317
Session K19: III-V Magnetic Semiconductors
Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAPChair: Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota
Room: 318
Session K20: Quantum Many-Body Systems and Methods I
Sponsoring Units: DCOMPChair: Nicola Lanata, Rutgers University
Room: 319
Session K21: Geophysics and Planetary Science
Sponsoring Units: DCMP GPCChair: Arianna Gleason, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: 320
Session K22: Predicting and Classifying Materials via High-Throughput Databases and Machine Learning II
Sponsoring Units: DCOMPChair: Dimitrios Papaconstantopoulos, George Mason University
Room: 321
Session K23: Focus Topic: Computational Materials Discovery and Design - Structure Prediction and Phase Diagrams
Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMPChair: Stephan Lany, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Room: 322
Session K24: Many-Body Perturbation Theory for Electronic Excitations: Theoretical Spectroscopy
Sponsoring Units: DMPChair: Claudia Draxl, Humboldt University
Room: 323
Session K25: Superconductivity: Theory I
Sponsoring Units: DCMPChair: Harald Jeschke, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Room: 324
Session K26: Insulator: Growth, Structure, Properties, and Defects
Sponsoring Units: DCMPChair: Bharat Jalan, University of Minnesota
Room: 325
Session K27: Carbon Nanotubes: Electronic, Transport & Sensing
Sponsoring Units: DMPChair: Yan Li, Peiking University
Room: 326
Session K28: Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect II
Sponsoring Units: DMPChair: Anthony Richardella, Pennsylvania State University
Room: 327
Session K29: Topological Insulators: Theory I
Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMPChair: Siddharth Parameswaran, Univesrity of California, Irvine
Room: 328
Session K30: Complexity in Ferroic Systems
Sponsoring Units: DMPChair: Manuel Bibes, CNRS Thales
Room: 329
Session K31: Advances in Density Functional Theory V
Sponsoring Units: DCPChair: Michele Pavanello, Rutgers University
Room: 331
Session K32: Plasmonics and Beyond I: Resonant Coupling
Sponsoring Units: DCPChair: David Nesbitt, JILA, University of Colorado
Room: 332
Session K33: Polymers for Solar Energy Conversion
Sponsoring Units: DPOLY FIAPChair: Miriam Rafailovich, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Room: 336
Session K34: Rheology and Flow
Sponsoring Units: GSOFTChair: Paolo Arratia, University of Pennsylvania
Room: 337
Session K35: Physics of Sensorimotor Neural Circuits I
Sponsoring Units: DBIOChair: Tatyana Sharpee, Salk Institute
Room: 338
Session K36: Coarse-graining, Advanced Sampling and Multiscale Methods in Soft Matter
Sponsoring Units: GSOFT DPOLY DCOMPChair: Gopinath Subramanian, University of Southern Mississippi
Room: 339
Session K37: Soft Matter at Interfaces (Particles)
Sponsoring Units: GSOFTChair: Michael Rubenstein, Univ. North Carolina
Room: 340
Session K38: Glasses Altered by Interfaces I
Sponsoring Units: DPOLY GSOFTChair: Andrew Croll, North Dakota State University
Room: 341
Session K39: Evolutionary Design Principles of Bio-networks
Sponsoring Units: DBIOChair: Gabor Balazsi, Oleg Igoshin, Stony Brook University, Rice University
Room: 342
Session K40: Mechanical Metamaterials and Origami II
Sponsoring Units: GSNP GSOFTChair: Katia Bertoldi, Harvard University
Room: 343
Session K41: Physics of Proteins: Protein-Protein Interactions
Sponsoring Units: DBIO DPOLY DCOMPChair: Wei Wang, Nanjing University
Room: 344
Session K42: Polymer Dynamics - Insight from In-Situ Scattering
Sponsoring Units: DPOLYChair: Lilin He, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 345
Session K43: Complex Networks and their Applications I
Sponsoring Units: GSNPChair: Flaviano Morone, City College of New York
Room: 346
Session K44: Quantum Error Correction, Control & Simulation
Sponsoring Units: GQIChair: Todd Brun, University of Southern California
Room: 347
Session K45: Hybrid Quantum Systems II
Sponsoring Units: GQI DAMOPChair: Mark Friesen, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Room: 348
Session K46: Advances in Scanning Probe Microscopy III: Scanning Probe Spectroscopic Techniques
Sponsoring Units: GIMSChair: Jeonghoon Ha, National Magnet Laboratory
Room: 311
Session K47: Bulk Water: Experiment and Theory
Sponsoring Units: DCPChair: David Chandler, Sandia National Laboratory
Room: 312
Session K48: Novel Superconducting Qubits & Architectures
Sponsoring Units: GQIChair: John Martinis, Google, Inc.
Room: 349
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
K48.00001: The gatemon: a transmon with a voltage-variable superconductor-semiconductor junction Invited Speaker: Karl Petersson Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:36AM - 8:48AM |
K48.00002: Progress toward coupled flux qubits with high connectivity and long coherence times Steven Weber, David Hover, Danna Rosenberg, Gabriel Samach, Jonilyn Yoder, Andrew Kerman, William Oliver Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:48AM - 9:00AM |
K48.00003: Three coupled qubits in a single superconducting quantum circuit Madhavi Chand, Suman Kundu, N. Nehra, Cosmic Raj, Tanay Roy, A. Ranadive, Meghan P. Patankar, R. Vijay Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:00AM - 9:12AM |
K48.00004: Analog approaches to quantum computation using highly-controllable superconducting qubits C. Neill, P. Roushan, R. Barends, B. Campbell, Y. Chen, Z. Chen, B. Chiaro, A. Dunsworth, A. Fowler, E. Jeffrey, J. Kelly, E. Lucero, A. Megrant, J. Mutus, M. Neeley, P. O'Malley, C. Quintana, D. Sank, J. Wenner, T. White, J. Martinis Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:12AM - 9:24AM |
K48.00005: Concentric transmon qubit featuring fast tunability and site-selective Z coupling Martin Weides, Jochen Braumueller, Martin Sandberg, Michael Vissers, Andre Schneider, Steffen Schloer, Lukas Gruenhaupt, Hannes Rotzinger, Michael Marthaler, Alexander Lukashenko, Amadeus Dieter, Alexey Ustinov, David Pappas Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:24AM - 9:36AM |
K48.00006: Blackbox quantization and numerical simulation of a concentric transmon superconducting qubit Alireza Najafi-Yazdi, Kevin Lalumiere, J. Braum\"uller, Martin Weides Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:36AM - 9:48AM |
K48.00007: Weakly-tunable transmon qubits in a multi-qubit architecture Jared Hertzberg, Nicholas Bronn, Antonio Corcoles, Markus Brink, George Keefe, Maika Takita, M. Hutchings, B. L. T. Plourde, Jay Gambetta, Jerry Chow Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
K48.00008: Semiconductor-inspired superconducting quantum computing Invited Speaker: Yun-Pil Shim Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:24AM - 10:36AM |
K48.00009: Coupling a Transmon Qubit to a Superconducting Metamaterial Resonator Haozhi Wang, M. Hutchings, Sager Indrajeet, Francisco Rouxinol, Matthew LaHaye, B.L.T. Plourde, Bruno G. Taketani, Frank K. Wilhelm Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:36AM - 10:48AM |
K48.00010: Coplanar waveguide flux qubit suitable for quantum annealing Chris Quintana, Yu Chen, D. Sank, D. Kafri, A. Megrant, T. C. White, A. Shabani, R. Barends, B. Campbell, Z. Chen, B. Chiaro, A. Dunsworth, A. Fowler, E. Jeffrey, J. Kelly, E. Lucero, J. Y. Mutus, M. Neeley, C. Neill, P. J. J. O'Malley, P. Roushan, A. Vainsencher, J. Wenner, J. M. Martinis Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:48AM - 11:00AM |
K48.00011: Proposal for a cavity based superconducting qubit Andrei Vrajitoarea, Jens Koch, Andrew Houck Preview Abstract |
Session K50: Spin-Orbit Coupling and Artificial Gauge Fields
Sponsoring Units: DAMOPChair: Lauren Aycock, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland
Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 1
Session K51: Fractional QHE: Topological, Non-Abelian, and 5/2 States
Sponsoring Units: FIAPChair: John Cumings, University of Maryland
Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 2
Session K52: Nanostructured Photovoltaics
Sponsoring Units: GERA DPOLYRoom: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 3
Session K53: Granular and Multiphase Flows
Sponsoring Units: DFD GSOFT GSNPRoom: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 4
Session K54: Tutorial for Authors and Referees
Sponsoring Units: APSRoom: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 5
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:00AM - 9:30AM |
K54.00001: TUTORIAL FOR AUTHORS AND REFEREES Preview Abstract |
Session K55: Physics of Cancer Metastasis
Sponsoring Units: DBIO GSOFTChair: Michael Espey, National Institute of Health
Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 6
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
K55.00001: Why do tumor cells spread? Invited Speaker: Kenneth Pienta Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
K55.00002: Mechanical induction of transitions into mesenchymal and amoeboid states Invited Speaker: Jan Liphardt Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
K55.00003: The Genetics and Biophysics of the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT): Can Theoretical Physics Help Cancer Biology Invited Speaker: Herbert Levine Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
K55.00004: Critical high-dimensional state transitions in cell populations or why cancers follow the principle "What does not kill me makes me stronger" Invited Speaker: Sui Huang Preview Abstract | |
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
K55.00005: Cell-ECM Interactions During Cancer Invasion Invited Speaker: Yi Jiang Preview Abstract |
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