Bulletin of the American Physical Society

15th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Section of the APS

Volume 59, Number 6

Thursday–Saturday, May 1–3, 2014; Seattle, Washington

Session Index

Session G1: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics II

Chair: Boris Blinov, University of Washington
Room: Alder Commons 104

Saturday, May 3, 2014 1:30PM - 2:00PM		G1.00001: How a noisy signal can be a useful spectroscopic tool: understanding noise from quantum interference Invited Speaker: Shannon O'Leary Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:00PM - 2:12PM		G1.00002: Ytterbium Bose-Einstein condensate interferometer: current results and new construction Benjamin Plotkin-Swing, Alan Jamison, Subhadeep Gupta Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:12PM - 2:24PM		G1.00003: Stress Induced Birefringence in Atom Trap Viewports Claire Warner, Alexandre Gorelov, John Behr Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:24PM - 2:36PM		G1.00004: Characterization of Electron Orbital Angular Momentum Transfer to Nanoparticle Plasmon Modes Tyler Harvey, Jordan Chess, Jordan Pierce, Peter Ercius, Benjamin McMorran Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:36PM - 2:48PM		G1.00005: Nonlinear Terahertz Spectroscopy of Single-Layer Graphene Zachary Thompson, Michael Paul, Andrew Stickel, Jenna Wardini, Ethan Minot, Yun-Shik Lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:48PM - 3:00PM		G1.00006: Large Enhancement of Nonlinear Terahertz Absorption in Intrinsic GaAs by Plasmonic Nano Antennas Michael Paul, Young-Gyun Jeong, Seung-Hyun Kim, Ki-Ju Yee, Dai-Sik Kim, Yun-Shik Lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 3:00PM - 3:12PM		G1.00007: Terahertz Spectroscopy of Metal-Insulator Transition in Vanadium Dioxide Andrew Stickel, Zack Thompson, Younggyun Jeong, Michael Paul, Ali Mousavian, Dai-Sik Kim, Yun-Shik Lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 3:12PM - 3:24PM		G1.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session G2: Astronomy and Cosmology

Chair: Miguel Morales, University of Washington
Room: Alder Commons 107

Saturday, May 3, 2014 1:30PM - 2:00PM		G2.00001: Ion and Electron Imaging on Swarm and ePOP: A New View of the Ionosphere Invited Speaker: David Knudsen Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:00PM - 2:12PM		G2.00002: Cross-Scale Correlation in the Galactic Magnetic Field Anna Ordog, Jo-Anne Brown Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:12PM - 2:24PM		G2.00003: Finding the coldest star-forming regions in our Galaxy Will Nettke Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:24PM - 2:36PM		G2.00004: Characterizing thermal sweeping: a rapid disc dispersal mechanism Mathias Hudoba de Badyn, James E. Owen, Cathie J. Clarke, Luke Robbins Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:36PM - 2:48PM		G2.00005: Quantum Raychaudhuri equation Saurya Das Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:48PM - 3:00PM		G2.00006: Parallel-Plate Test of Gravity At Sub-Millimeter Distances Charles Hagedorn, Matthew Turner, Krishna Venkateswara, Jens Gundlach Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 3:00PM - 3:12PM		G2.00007: Dark Matter Halo Models and ADMX Christopher Jantzi Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 3:12PM - 3:24PM		G2.00008: Resonant modes of a high Q microwave cavity in the detection of Axions Justin Thiele Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 3:24PM - 4:00PM		G2.00009: Break
Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:00PM - 4:30PM		G2.00010: Overview of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity-Mapping Experiment, CHIME Invited Speaker: Mark Halpern Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:30PM - 4:42PM		G2.00011: Discovering the Epoch of Reionization Nichole Barry, Bryna Hazelton, Ian Sullivan, Adam Beardsley, Jonathan Pober, Patricia Carroll, Miguel Morales Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:42PM - 4:54PM		G2.00012: The Axion Dark Matter Experiment Receiver Chain Lloyd Pasion Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:54PM - 5:06PM		G2.00013: In-Situ Noise Temperature Characterization of a SQUID MSA in Axion Dark Matter Experiment (AMDX) Cliff Plesha Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:06PM - 5:18PM		G2.00014: Josephson Junction Quantum Electronics and ADMX Katleiah Ramos Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:18PM - 5:30PM		G2.00015: Instrumentation and Thermal Design of the Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX) Scott McCulloch Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:30PM - 5:42PM		G2.00016: Helium Recovery at the Axion Dark Matter Experiment Kelly Olsen Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:42PM - 5:54PM		G2.00017: Searching for Higher Mass Dark Matter Axions Robert Percival Preview Abstract

Session G3: Nuclear Physics

Chair: Sonia Bacca, TRIUMF
Room: Alder Commons 105

Saturday, May 3, 2014 1:30PM - 2:00PM		G3.00001: Atomic weights are not constants of Nature! Reading the stories told by the isotopes Invited Speaker: Michael Wieser Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:00PM - 2:12PM		G3.00002: Nonperturbative renormalization of the chiral nucleon-nucleon interaction up to next-to-next-to-leading order Ehab Marji, Amrah Canul, Quinn MacPherson, Rebecca Winzer, Christopher Zeoli, David Entem, Ruprecht Machleidt Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:12PM - 2:24PM		G3.00003: Understanding The Proton Radius Puzzle: ``Nuclear Polarizability Corrections in Muonic Deuterium" Oscar Hernandez, Chen Ji, Sonia Bacca, Nir Nevo Dinur, Nir Barnea Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:24PM - 2:36PM		G3.00004: Alternative Similarity Renormalization Group Generators in Nuclear Structure Calculations Nuiok Dicaire, Conor Omand, Petr Navr\'atil Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:36PM - 2:48PM		G3.00005: Towards Ab-Initio Calculations of Electromagnetic Reactions in Medium-Mass Nuclei Mirko Miorelli, Sonia Bacca, Nir Barnea, Gaute Hagen, Giuseppina Orlandini, Thomas Papenbrock Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:48PM - 3:00PM		G3.00006: Nuclear thermodynamics from chiral low-momentum interactions Jeremy Holt, Corbinian Wellenhofer, Norbert Kaiser, Wolfram Weise Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 3:00PM - 3:12PM		G3.00007: A Microscopic Approach to Neutron-Rich Matter Larz White, Francesca Sammarruca Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 3:12PM - 3:24PM		G3.00008: The Cooling of the Cassiopeia A Neutron Star as a Probe of the Nuclear Symmetry Energy and Nuclear Pasta Kyleah Murphy, William Newton, Josh Hooker, Bao-An Li Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 3:24PM - 4:00PM		G3.00009: Break
Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:00PM - 4:30PM		G3.00010: Testing the Majorana Nature of the Neutrino with Germanium Detectors Invited Speaker: Jason Detwiler Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:30PM - 4:42PM		G3.00011: Development of Low Background Components for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Ian Guinn Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:42PM - 4:54PM		G3.00012: Low-noise preamplifier with forward biased reset for CoGeNT and M{\sc ajorana} Jonathan Leon, Jason Detwiler, David Peterson, Hamish Robertson, Tim Van Wechel Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:54PM - 5:06PM		G3.00013: KATRIN Progress Toward a Neutrino Mass Measurement Diana Parno Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:06PM - 5:18PM		G3.00014: The Tritium-Recoil Ion Mass Spectrometer: examining molecular effects in neutrino mass experiments Laura Bodine, Diana Parno, R.G. Hamish Robertson Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:18PM - 5:30PM		G3.00015: Weak interaction studies with laser-trapped ${^6}$He David Zumwalt, Yelena Bagdasarova, Alejandro Garcia, Ran Hong, Matt Sternberg, Derek Storm, Erik Swanson, Frederik Wauters, Kevin Bailey, Arnaud Leredde, Peter Mueller, Tom O'Connor, Xavier Flechard, Etienne Li\'enard, Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:30PM - 5:42PM		G3.00016: Corrections to Eikonal Approximation for Nuclear Scattering at Medium Energies Micah Buuck, Gerald A. Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:42PM - 5:54PM		G3.00017: Gluon Saturation Effects on Three-particle Angular Correlations in p-p and p-Pb collisions at LHC Sener Ozonder Preview Abstract

Session G4: Biophysics

Chair: Douglas Juers, Whitman College
Room: Alder Commons 106

Saturday, May 3, 2014 1:30PM - 2:00PM		G4.00001: Differential Diffusion as a Root Cause of Cracking of Protein Crystals Invited Speaker: Douglas Juers Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:00PM - 2:12PM		G4.00002: Spatial organization of proteins due to membrane-induced interactions Kayla Sapp, Lutz Maibaum Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:12PM - 2:24PM		G4.00003: Probing interleaflet coupling in phase separated lipid bilayers under high shear Matthew Blosser, Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith, Sarah Keller Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:24PM - 2:36PM		G4.00004: Phase-locked spiking and stochastic resonance of hair cells Roy Shlomovitz, Yuttana Roongthumskul, Seung Ji, Dolores Bozovic, Robijn Bruinsma Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:36PM - 2:48PM		G4.00005: Microrheology of Type I Collagen with Holographic Optical Tweezers Matthew Cibula, Christopher Jones, Bo Sun Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:48PM - 3:00PM		G4.00006: Structural Properties of DNA Base Pair Mismatches with Molecular Dynamics Adelaide Kingsland, Lutz Maibaum Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 3:00PM - 3:12PM		G4.00007: A View to a Kill: T6SS-Mediated Cell Killing Visualized by Fluorescence Microscopy Jacqueline Corbitt, Michele LeRoux, Joseph Mougous, Paul Wiggins Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 3:12PM - 3:24PM		G4.00008: Robustness of MinD oscillation in E. coli with diverse cell shapes Jeff Schulte, Rene Zeto, David Roundy Preview Abstract

Session G5: Physics Education

Chair: Stamatis Vokos Amy Robertson, Seattle Pacific University
Room: Alder Commons 106

Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:00PM - 4:30PM		G5.00001: Is ``Interactive'' Teaching Sufficient to Promote Conceptual Development in Physics? Invited Speaker: Paula Heron Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:30PM - 5:00PM		G5.00002: Today's Students; Tomorrow's Engineers and Scientists: A Program of Hands-on Experiential Involvement for Undergraduate Students at Montana State University Invited Speaker: David Klumpar Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:00PM - 5:12PM		G5.00003: Techniques for teaching critical thinking in a first year physics laboratory N.G. Holmes, D.A. Bonn Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:12PM - 5:24PM		G5.00004: The Use of Representations in Physics Ximena Cid, Orlala Weatnick Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:24PM - 5:36PM		G5.00005: Student reasoning about superposition in quantum mechanics Gina Passante, Paul Emigh, Peter Shaffer Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:36PM - 5:48PM		G5.00006: Tutorials on Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics Paul Emigh, Gina Passante, Peter Shaffer Preview Abstract

Session G6: Condensed Matter II

Chair: Kai-Mei Fu, University of Washington
Room: Alder Commons 104

Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:00PM - 4:30PM		G6.00001: Optoelectronics of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Invited Speaker: Xiaodong Xu Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:30PM - 4:42PM		G6.00002: High Resolution Nonlinear Spectroscopy of 2D Excitons in Monolayer MoSe$_{2}$ John Schaibley, Todd Karin, Hongyi Yu, Jason Ross, Pasqual Rivera, Aaron Jones, Marie Scott, Jiaqiang Yan, David Mandrus, Wang Yao, Kai-Mei Fu, Xiaodong Xu Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:42PM - 4:54PM		G6.00003: Vapor-Solid Growth of WSe$_{2}$ Monolayers and Lateral Heterostructures Genevieve Clark, Pasqual Rivera, Sanfeng Wu, Chunming Hwang, Grant Aivazian, David Cobden, Xiaodong Xu Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 4:54PM - 5:06PM		G6.00004: Exciton and charge carrier dynamics in high-performance small-molecule bulk heterojunctions Keshab Paudel, Brian Johnson, Bradley Rose, Michael Haley, John Anthony, Oksana Ostroverkhova Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:06PM - 5:18PM		G6.00005: Hybrid GaP/diamond waveguide-integrated resonators for quantum information processing applications Nicole Thomas, Russell Barbour, Yuncheng Song, Minjoo Larry Lee, Kai-Mei C. Fu Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:18PM - 5:30PM		G6.00006: Applying Renormalization Group Theory to the Square Well Liquid Dan Roth, David Roundy Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:30PM - 5:42PM		G6.00007: Softening the Hard-Sphere Fluid Eric Krebs, Samuel Loomis, Patrick Kreitzberg, David Roundy Preview Abstract

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