Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting 2021

Volume 66, Number 18

Friday–Sunday, December 3–5, 2021; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Session Index

Session C01: Quantum Matter: Correlated

Chair: David Vanderbilt, Rutgers University
Room: 201A

Saturday, December 4, 2021 9:00AM - 9:36AM		C01.00001: Understanding correlated and disordered materials using quantum cluster theories. Invited Speaker: Hanna Terletska Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 9:36AM - 9:48AM		C01.00002: Building a beyond-DFT database of spectral functions for correlated materials Subhasish Mandal, Kristjan Haule, Karin Rabe, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 9:48AM - 10:24AM		C01.00003: Nanotextured dynamics of a light-induced phase transition in VO2 Invited Speaker: Aaron Sternbach Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 10:24AM - 10:36AM		C01.00004: Polarization Selectivity of Aloof-Beam Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy Sobhit Singh, Yao-Wen Yeh, David Vanderbilt, Philip E. Batson Preview Abstract

Session C02: Nuclear, High Energy, and Particle Physics

Chair: Ethan Cline, Stony Brook University
Room: 201B

Saturday, December 4, 2021 9:00AM - 9:36AM		C02.00001: Dark Photon Searches at Electron Accelerators Invited Speaker: Ethan Cline Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 9:36AM - 9:48AM		C02.00002: Expanding the Search for Evidence of Nuclear Excitation by Electron Capture to New Nuclear/Atomic Systems C. J. Chiara, J. J. Carroll Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 9:48AM - 10:00AM		C02.00003: Radon removal from xenon via cryogenic distillation Sebastian Brunhart Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 10:00AM - 10:12AM		C02.00004: 10th Year Anniversary of Einstein's (Nonlocal) Hidden~Variables~and the Advancement of Science Manuel Morales Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 10:12AM - 10:48AM		C02.00005: Space-based Measurement of the Free Neutron Lifetime Invited Speaker: Jack Wilson Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 10:48AM - 11:00AM		C02.00006: A Track-Based Jet Finding Algorithm for the CMS Phase-2 Level 1 Trigger Samuel Leigh, Yuri Gershtein Preview Abstract

Session C03: Astrophysics II

Chair: Eric Gawiser, Rutgers University
Room: 202A

Saturday, December 4, 2021 9:00AM - 9:36AM		C03.00001: The Chemical Enrichment and Evolution of Low Mass Galaxies Invited Speaker: Kristen McQuinn Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 9:36AM - 9:48AM		C03.00002: Clustering Analysis of Lyman-ɑ Emitters in the COSMOS Field at z=3.1 and z=4.5 Barbara Benda, Eric Gawiser, Rameen Farooq, Shreya Karthikeyan, Adam Broussard, Arjun Dey, Kyoung-Soo Lee, Dustin Lang, Byeongha Moon, Changbom Park, Vandana Ramakrishnan, Frank Valdes, Yujin Yang Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 9:48AM - 10:00AM		C03.00003: Testing Conformity in the Local Group and Local Volume Charlotte Olsen, Eric Gawiser Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 10:00AM - 10:12AM		C03.00004: Using a Neural Network Classifier to Select Galaxies with the Most Accurate Photometric Redshifts Adam Broussard, Eric Gawiser Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 10:12AM - 10:24AM		C03.00005: SALT Data Reduction for Multi-Slit Spectroscopy George Kharchilava, Elisabeth Turner, Adam Broussard, Eric Gawiser Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 10:24AM - 11:00AM		C03.00006: Ex Luna Scientia! Nuclear Astrophysics Enabled by the Lunar Occultation eXplorer (LOX) Invited Speaker: Richard Miller Preview Abstract

Session C04: Biophysics I

Chair: Anirvan Sengupta, Rutgers University
Room: 202B

Saturday, December 4, 2021 9:00AM - 9:36AM		C04.00001: Cell polarity and shape sensing: how does a cell know its own shape? Invited Speaker: Brian Camley Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 9:36AM - 10:12AM		C04.00002: Cellular memory in bacteria and its influence on future generations Invited Speaker: Hanna Salman Preview Abstract
Saturday, December 4, 2021 10:12AM - 10:24AM		C04.00003: A PDE Model For Protocell Evolution And The Origin Of Chromosomes Via Multilevel Selection Daniel Cooney, Fernando Rossine, Dylan Morris, Simon Levin Preview Abstract

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