Bulletin of the American Physical Society

12th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Section of the APS

Volume 55, Number 6

Friday–Saturday, October 1–2, 2010; Walla Walla, Washington

Session Index

Session H1: Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Gravity

Chair: Sukanta Bose, Washington State University
Room: Science 151

Saturday, October 2, 2010 1:30PM - 2:06PM		H1.00001: A Common Origin for Baryonic Visible Matter and Antibaryonic Dark Matter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:06PM - 2:18PM		H1.00002: Gravitational Tests of Lorentz Symmetry Jay Tasson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:18PM - 2:30PM		H1.00003: A Search for Non-Newtonian Gravity at the Human Scale Ricco Bonicalzi, Paul Boynton, Riley Newman, Michael Moore, Eric Berg Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:30PM - 2:42PM		H1.00004: Space Mission Concept for a Nuclear-Powered Airplane for Saturn's Moon Titan Jason W. Barnes Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:42PM - 2:54PM		H1.00005: Physics of the weird solar minimum: New observations of the Sun E. Zita, C. Smith, C. Ballou, B. Friedman, C. Showalter, R. Rex, N. Hurlburt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:54PM - 3:06PM		H1.00006: A null experiment shows that superluminal group velocity of tunneling photons is not superluminal energy flow because it is not sensitive to Earth's absolute motion George Soli Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 3:06PM - 3:20PM		H1.00007: BREAK
Saturday, October 2, 2010 3:20PM - 3:56PM		H1.00008: Surveying the Sky with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 3:56PM - 4:08PM		H1.00009: Toward improving the duty factor of GW interferometers Szymon Steplewski Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 4:08PM - 4:20PM		H1.00010: New results in black hole-neutron star merger models Matthew Duez Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 4:20PM - 4:32PM		H1.00011: Searching for perturbed black-hole ringdown signals with a network of gravitational-wave detectors Dipongkar Talukder, Sukanta Bose Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 4:32PM - 4:44PM		H1.00012: Gravitational Wave (GW) science in NINJA collaboration Thilina Dayanga, Sukanta Bose Preview Abstract

Session H2: Physics Education and Outreach

Chair: Lane Seeley, Seattle Pacific University
Room: Science 142

Saturday, October 2, 2010 1:30PM - 2:06PM		H2.00001: Investigating Students' Reflective Thinking in the Introductory Physics Course Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:06PM - 2:42PM		H2.00002: From induction to quantum spin: Training Students to become Physicists Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:42PM - 2:54PM		H2.00003: Data Mining and PER: Can we learn anything about how people learn from testing and survey data? Brian Pyper Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:54PM - 3:20PM		H2.00004: BREAK
Saturday, October 2, 2010 3:20PM - 3:56PM		H2.00005: A Call To Action for Physics Departments: Findings and Recommendations of the National Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 3:56PM - 4:08PM		H2.00006: Solar Tutorial and Annotation Resource (STAR) Clay Showalter Preview Abstract

Session H3: Condensed Matter II

Chair: Karen Kavanagh, Simon Fraser University
Room: Brattain Auditorium, Science 100

Saturday, October 2, 2010 1:30PM - 2:06PM		H3.00001: Interference of electron diffracted beams from crystals and amorphous materials to measure their structure, mean inner potential and coherence properties Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:06PM - 2:18PM		H3.00002: Ga Site Determination in GaxFe3-xO4 Nanoparticles Vanessa Pool, Michael Klem, C. Chorney, Elke Arenholz, Yves Idzerda Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:18PM - 2:30PM		H3.00003: Solubility of indium probe atoms in supercooled gallium liquid metal between 8K and 300K Xiangyu Yin, Randal Newhouse, John Bevington, Gary Collins Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:30PM - 2:42PM		H3.00004: Electrodeposition of Metal on GaAs Nanowires Chao Liu, Omid Einabad, Simon Watkins, Karen Kavanagh Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:42PM - 2:54PM		H3.00005: Magnetic Anisotropy of single crystal Fe$_{1-x}$Ga$_{x}$ films deposited on ZnSe(110) H. Li, A. McClure, I. Vrable, G. Malovichko, Y.U. Idzerda Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:54PM - 3:06PM		H3.00006: Magnetic stability of FeO/Fe3N nanoparticles under ion irradiation Jennifer Anand Sundararajan, Dongtao Zhang, You Qiang, Weilin Jiang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 3:06PM - 3:20PM		H3.00007: BREAK
Saturday, October 2, 2010 3:20PM - 3:56PM		H3.00008: Physical Adsorption on an Individual Carbon Nanotube Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 3:56PM - 4:08PM		H3.00009: Development of a high-sensitivity torsion balance to study the Casimir/van der Waals interactions Woo-Joong Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 4:08PM - 4:20PM		H3.00010: Composition dependences of jump frequencies in pseudo-binary phases Gary S. Collins, Randal Newhouse Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 4:20PM - 4:32PM		H3.00011: Shock compression of natural and synthetic diamond crystals along [100]: strength and elastic deformation J.M. Lang, Y.M. Gupta Preview Abstract

Session H4: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Chair: Daniel Steck, University of Oregon
Room: Science 276

Saturday, October 2, 2010 1:30PM - 2:06PM		H4.00001: Ultracold Atoms, Mixtures, and Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:06PM - 2:18PM		H4.00002: Nonlinear hydrodynamics in single-component and binary Bose-Einstein condensates Peter Engels, Chris Hamner, JiaJia Chang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:18PM - 2:30PM		H4.00003: Intercomponent dispersive shock in counterflowing BECs JiaJia Chang, Chris Hamner, Peter Engels Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:30PM - 2:42PM		H4.00004: Off-the-shelf Atom Trapping Simone Carpenter, Jenny Novak, Marcus Kienlen, Andrew Dawes Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:42PM - 2:54PM		H4.00005: Counterflow induced modulational instability in miscible, two-component BECs Chris Hamner, JiaJia Chang, Peter Engels Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 2:54PM - 3:06PM		H4.00006: Photo-Induced Deformations of Liquid Crystal Elastomers Nathan Dawson, Mark Kuzyk, Jeremy Neal, Paul Luchette, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 3:06PM - 3:20PM		H4.00007: BREAK
Saturday, October 2, 2010 3:20PM - 3:56PM		H4.00008: Technology of light at a few-photon level Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 3:56PM - 4:08PM		H4.00009: Monte Carlo Studies of Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities of Classes of Physical Potentials Shoresh Shafei, Mark G. Kuzyk Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 4:08PM - 4:20PM		H4.00010: Imaging studies of photodamage and self healing in Disperse Orange 11 dye-doped PMMA Benjamin Anderson, Shiva Ramini, Mark Kuzyk Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 2, 2010 4:20PM - 4:32PM		H4.00011: Vacuum low-temperature superconductivity is the essence of superconductivity - Atomic New Theory Han Yongquan Preview Abstract

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