Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Meeting 2020

Volume 65, Number 20

Friday–Sunday, December 4–6, 2020; Virtual

Session Index

Session E01: Principles of Molecular and Cellular Biophysics: II

Chair: Eldon Emberly, Simon Fraser University

Saturday, December 5, 2020 11:30AM - 12:06PM		E01.00001: Organizing space at the cellular scale using molecular lawnmowers Invited Speaker: Eldon Emberly Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:06PM - 12:42PM		E01.00002: Designing the Morphology of Separated Phases in Multicomponent Liquid Mixtures Invited Speaker: Andrej Kosmrlj Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:42PM - 1:18PM		E01.00003: Nonequilibrium energy transduction in stochastic strongly coupled rotary motors Invited Speaker: David Sivak Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 1:18PM - 1:30PM		E01.00004: Using a Modified, Safer Ames Test and Drosophila Melanogaster to Determine the Mutagenic Effects of Low-Frequency Radiation on Living Systems. Ryan Grzymala Preview Abstract

Session E02: Gamma Rays

Chair: Miguel Mostafa, Pennsylvania State University

Saturday, December 5, 2020 11:30AM - 12:06PM		E02.00001: Astrophysical transformations in 12 years of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Invited Speaker: Elizabeth Hays Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:06PM - 12:42PM		E02.00002: Recent Results from the HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory Invited Speaker: Jordan Goodman Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:42PM - 12:54PM		E02.00003: Unassociated Candidate TeV Sources from HAWC Nicole Firestone, Sarah Greberman, Miguel Mostafa Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:54PM - 1:06PM		E02.00004: Combined Energy Spectrum of the Supernova Remnant IC 443 Leah Hunt, Miguel Mostafa Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 1:06PM - 1:18PM		E02.00005: Analysis of Te-REX Sources Using HAWC Observatory Data Maya Debski, Erica Heller, Miguel Mostafa Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 1:18PM - 1:30PM		E02.00006: Gamma Ray Analysis of the Most Energetic Blazars to Probe the Cosmos Nathan Nguyen, Yashika Batra, Je-Won Im Preview Abstract

Session E03: Solar Activity

Chair: Bin Chen, NJIT

Saturday, December 5, 2020 11:30AM - 12:06PM		E03.00001: Answering the Outstanding Questions of Solar Wind Physics Invited Speaker: Nicholeen Viall Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:06PM - 12:42PM		E03.00002: Pulsations and oscillatory signatures in solar flares -- a unique probe of fundamental flare processes Invited Speaker: Laura Hayes Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:42PM - 1:18PM		E03.00003: Understanding the Flaring Solar Chromosphere Invited Speaker: Graham Kerr Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 1:18PM - 1:30PM		E03.00004: Modeling of sunspot oscillations observed in AR12470 by ALMA and GST Yi Chai Preview Abstract

Session E04: Quantum Materials & Optics II

Chair: Wendell T. Hill III, University of Maryland, College Park

Saturday, December 5, 2020 11:30AM - 12:06PM		E04.00001: Terahertz spectroscopic studies of noncentrosymmetric magnets. Invited Speaker: Diyar Talbayev Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:06PM - 12:42PM		E04.00002: Unusual electronic and vibrational behavior in the high thermopower antimonides FeSb$_2$ and CrSb$_2$ Invited Speaker: Christopher Homes Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:42PM - 1:18PM		E04.00003: Phonon Anomalies in Strained SrMnO$_{\mathrm{3}}$ Films Studied by THz and Infrared Ellipsometry Invited Speaker: Premysl Marsik Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 1:18PM - 1:30PM		E04.00004: Backfolded acoustic phonons as ultrasonic probes in metal-oxide superlattices Fryderyk Lyzwa, Andrew Chan, Jarji Khmaladze, Katrin Fürsich, Bernhard Keimer, Christian Bernhard, Matteo Minola, Benjamin P. P. Mallett Preview Abstract

Session E05: Quantum Materials on Nanoscale II

Chair: Alexey Kuzmenko, University of Geneva

Saturday, December 5, 2020 11:30AM - 12:06PM		E05.00001: Moir\'{e} metrology of energy landscapes in van der Waals heterostructures Invited Speaker: Dorri Halbertal Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:06PM - 12:42PM		E05.00002: Controlling exotic Dirac cones with moire superlattices Invited Speaker: Jedediah Pixley Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:42PM - 1:18PM		E05.00003: Charge-Transfer Plasmon Polaritons at Graphene/$\alpha $-RuCl$_{\mathrm{3}}$ Interfaces Invited Speaker: Daniel Rizzo Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 5, 2020 1:18PM - 1:30PM		E05.00004: Modeling surface electronic profile in plasmonic excitations by an effective film approach Jiantao Kong Preview Abstract

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