Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2014 Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Section of the APS

Volume 59, Number 9

Friday–Sunday, October 3–5, 2014; University Park, Pennsylvania

Session Index

Session C2: Topology in Condensed Matter

Chair: Jay Kikkawa, University of Pennyslvania
Room: Life Sciences Building 004

Saturday, October 4, 2014 10:30AM - 11:06AM		C2.00001: Detection and utilization of topological superconductors in solid state systems Invited Speaker: Jay Sau Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:06AM - 11:18AM		C2.00002: Numerical studies on magnetoconductance of the topological insulator nanotubes Hsiu-Chuan Hsu, Ajit Coimbatore Balram, Jainendra Jain, Chaoxing Liu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:18AM - 11:30AM		C2.00003: Interaction effect of a topological semimetal Na3Bi in magnetic fields Ruixing Zhang, Jimmy Hutasoit, Chaoxing Liu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:30AM - 11:42AM		C2.00004: Spin Texture and Mirror Chern number in Hg-Based Chalcogenides Chaoxing Liu, Qingze Wang, Shu-chun Wu, Claudia Felser, Binghai Yan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:42AM - 11:54AM		C2.00005: Giant anisotropic magneto-resistance in the magnetic topological insulator Cr$_x$(Bi,Sb)$_{2-x}$Te$_3$ Abhinav Kandala, Anthony Richardella, Chaoxing Liu, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:54AM - 12:06PM		C2.00006: Composite-fermion trions in the fractional quantum Hall effect Ajit Coimbatore Balram, Ursula Wurstbauer, Arkadiusz Wojs, Aron Pinczuk, Jainendra Jain Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 12:06PM - 12:18PM		C2.00007: Robustness of Topological Superconductivity in Proximity-Coupled Topological Insulator Nanoribbons Piyapong Sitthison, Tudor Stanescu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 12:18PM - 12:30PM		C2.00008: Quantum Interference Control of Currents in Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ Topological Insulators Derek Bas Preview Abstract

Session C3: Gravitation and Cosmology I

Chair: Wolfgang Wieland, Pennsylvania State University
Room: Life Sciences Building 005

Saturday, October 4, 2014 10:30AM - 11:06AM		C3.00001: From cosmological observations to fundamental physics: past, present, and future Invited Speaker: Cora Dvorkin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:06AM - 11:18AM		C3.00002: Searching for Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of High Mass Black Hole Binaries Sophia Xiao Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:18AM - 11:30AM		C3.00003: Supernova Constraints on Modified Theories of Gravity Nathan Prins, James Overduin, Joohan Lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:30AM - 11:42AM		C3.00004: Asympotics with a positive cosmological constant I Aruna Kesavan, Abhay Ashtekar, Beatrice Bonga Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:42AM - 11:54AM		C3.00005: Asymptotics with a positive cosmological constant II: Illustration with linear fields on de Sitter space-time Beatrice Bonga, Abhay Ashtekar, Aruna Kesavan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:54AM - 12:06PM		C3.00006: Derivation of the Biot-Savart Law from Coulomb's Law and Implications for Gravity Daniel Zile, James Overduin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 12:06PM - 12:18PM		C3.00007: Characteristics of Gravitational and Electromagnetic Radiation Maria Babiuc Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 12:18PM - 12:30PM		C3.00008: The emergence of spacetime from quantum gravity Marc Geiller Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 12:30PM - 12:42PM		C3.00009: Cosmological Coincidence without Fine Tunning Joohan Lee, James Overduin, Tae Hoon Lee, Phillial Oh Preview Abstract

Session C4: Cosmic Rays, Dark Matter Searches and Original Concepts

Chair: Azadeh Keivani, Pennyslvania State University
Room: Life Sciences Building 007

Saturday, October 4, 2014 10:30AM - 11:06AM		C4.00001: Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays Invited Speaker: Jason Link Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:06AM - 11:18AM		C4.00002: The Pierre Auger Observatory: Overview and recent results Foteini Oikonomou Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:18AM - 11:30AM		C4.00003: Searching for the source of the highest energy cosmic ray detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory Bryan Reynolds, Miguel Mostafa Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:30AM - 11:42AM		C4.00004: Determining the Particle Identification of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays Andrea Biscoveanu, Miguel Mostafa Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:42AM - 11:54AM		C4.00005: Neutron Veto Prototype for the proposed SuperCDMS Experiment Abaz Kryemadhi, Katrina Schrock, Matthew Bressler Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:54AM - 12:06PM		C4.00006: Energy required to knock the Earth out of its own orbit, (cosmic catastrophe) Ahmad Reza Estakhr Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 12:06PM - 12:18PM		C4.00007: Direct Calculation of Size and Mass of Universe using Speed of Light and Gravatational Constant Paul OBrien Preview Abstract

Session C5: 2D Materials - Beyond Graphene

Chair: Jie Shan, Pennsylvania State University
Room: Life Sciences Building 009

Saturday, October 4, 2014 10:30AM - 11:06AM		C5.00001: Observation of the valley Hall effect in MoS2 transistors Invited Speaker: Kin Fai Mak Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:06AM - 11:18AM		C5.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:18AM - 11:30AM		C5.00003: Electronic properties of rhenium doped tungsten disulfide monolayers Eduardo Cruz-Silva, Amber McCreary, Nestor Perea-Lopez, Ana Laura Elias, Humberto Terrones, Mauricio Terrones Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:30AM - 11:42AM		C5.00004: Thermal Conductivity of Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide Obtained from Temperature-Dependent Raman Spectroscopy J.R. Simpson, R. Yan, M. Watson, D.B. Romero, A. Briggs, X.G. Xing, A.R. Hight Walker Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:42AM - 11:54AM		C5.00005: Strain Engineering of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Amber McCreary, Matin Amani, Avinash Dongare, Terrance O'Regan, Mauricio Terrones, Raju Namburu, Madan Dubey, Rudresh Ghosh Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:54AM - 12:06PM		C5.00006: Facile Synthesis of MoS$_{2}$ and Mo$_{\mathrm{x}}$W$_{\mathrm{1-x}}$S$_{2}$ Triangular Monolayers Zhong Lin, Michael Thee, Ana Elias, Simin Feng, Chanjing Zhou, Kazunori Fujisawa, Nestor Perea-Lopez, Victor Carozo, Humberto Terrones, Mauricio Terrones Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 12:06PM - 12:18PM		C5.00007: Investigating the Work Function Evolution of WS$_{x}$Se$_{2-x}$ Alloys Jacob Shevrin, Junjie Wang, An Nguyen, Tom Mallouk, Jun Zhu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 12:18PM - 12:30PM		C5.00008: Center for the Computational Design of Functional Layered Materials: A New Energy Frontier Research Center at Temple University Xiaoxing Xi, John P. Perdew, Maria Iavarone, Xifan Wu, Adrienn Ruzsinszky, Jianwei Sun Preview Abstract

Session C6: Phase Transitions/Thin Films

Chair: Xuemei May Cheng, Bryn Mawr College
Room: Life Sciences Building 011

Saturday, October 4, 2014 10:30AM - 11:06AM		C6.00001: Pressure-driven magnetic and structural transitions in the 122-pnictides Invited Speaker: Michael Widom Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:06AM - 11:18AM		C6.00002: Geometric Magnetic Frustration in the Double Perovskites Ba2YMoO6, Ba2YRuO6, and Ba2CaOsO6 studied with neutron scattering and muon spin relaxation J.P. Carlo, J.P. Clancy, C.M. Thompson, B.D. Gaulin, J.E. Greedan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:18AM - 11:30AM		C6.00003: Effects of Particle Size on the Magnetic Properties of Maghemite Nanoparticles Kelly L. Pisane, Mohindar S. Seehra Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:30AM - 11:42AM		C6.00004: Thermoelectric properties of amorphous ZnO-based materials using {\em Ab initio} methods Anindya Roy, Yu-Ting Cheng, Michael Falk Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:42AM - 11:54AM		C6.00005: Control of the interfacial chemical coupling between organic adsorbates and semiconductor surfaces revealed with Raman spectroscopy Floyd Hilty, Andrew Kuhlman, Alexey Zayak Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:54AM - 12:06PM		C6.00006: Detecting the Presence of Quartz-Dissolution Precursors with DFT-based Molecular Dynamics Mark DelloStritto, Jorge Sofo, James Kubicki Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 12:06PM - 12:18PM		C6.00007: LEED Study of the Structure of $Si(111)-\left( {2\sqrt 3 \times 2\sqrt 3 } \right)R30^{\circ }-4B+14Sn$ Phase Ying-Tzu Huang, Renee Diehl, Weisong Tu, Daniel Mulugeta, Paul Snijders, Paul Kent, Hanno Weitering Preview Abstract

Session C7: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics I

Chair: Donald Priour, Youngstown State University
Room: Life Sciences Building 013

Saturday, October 4, 2014 10:30AM - 11:06AM		C7.00001: Engineering Strongly Correlated States with Ultracold Atoms Invited Speaker: Vito Scarola Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:06AM - 11:18AM		C7.00002: Controlling the Interactions of Ultracold Atoms Using Anharmonic Optical Potentials Jessie Hirtenstein Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:18AM - 11:30AM		C7.00003: Tuning and Locking a Diode Laser for a Magneto-Optical Trap Rachel Livingston, Matthew Gift, John Huckans, Ju Xin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:30AM - 11:42AM		C7.00004: Coherent individual addressing of neutral atom qubits in a 3D optical lattice Yang Wang, Xianli Zhang, Theodore A. Corcovilos, Aishwarya Kumar, David S. Weiss Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:42AM - 11:54AM		C7.00005: Momentum-dependent 3-body loss in out-of-equilibrium 1D Bose gases Laura Zundel, Lin Xia, Jean-Felix Riou, David Weiss Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:54AM - 12:06PM		C7.00006: Classical Study of Atomic Bound State Dynamics in Circularly Polarized Ultrastrong Fields Sui Luo, Patrick Grugan, Barry Walker Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 12:06PM - 12:18PM		C7.00007: Experimental Resolution of 100 keV to MeV Photoionization from Ultrahigh Intensity Ionization of Atoms Barry Walker, Patrick Grugan, Siyu Luo, Sui Luo Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 12:18PM - 12:30PM		C7.00008: The linear stability of the principle relative equilibria in the Coulomb $(n+1)$ body problem Charles Jaffe, John E. Martin, III Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 4, 2014 12:30PM - 12:42PM		C7.00009: Polarization Studies of Highly Oriented Carbon Dioxide Super Rotors Matthew J. Murray, Hannah M. Ogden, Carlos Toro, Qingnan Liu, Amy S. Mullin Preview Abstract

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