Bulletin of the American Physical Society

16th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Section of the APS

Volume 60, Number 6

Thursday–Saturday, May 14–16, 2015; Pullman, Washington

Session Index

Session B1: Condensed Matter Physics I

Chair: Leah Bergman, University of Idaho
Room: Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) 203

Friday, May 15, 2015 1:30PM - 2:00PM		B1.00001: High-absorbance chalcogenide semiconductors Invited Speaker: Janet Tate Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:00PM - 2:12PM		B1.00002: Sb$_{x}$O$_{y}$ thin films using pulsed lased deposition James Haggerty, Bethany Mathews, Janet Tate Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:12PM - 2:24PM		B1.00003: Spectral analysis of resonant X-ray scattering for quantitative measurement of ordering in organic matter Brian Collins Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:24PM - 2:36PM		B1.00004: Decoupling the Effects of Hydrophobicity and Confinement Within Nanoporous Materials Used for Water-Alcohol Separation Chun-Hung Wang, Aurora Clark Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:36PM - 2:48PM		B1.00005: Unusual thermal behavior in uranium dioxide Krzysztof Gofryk, Marcelo Jaime, David Andersson, Jason Lashley, Chris Stanek Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:48PM - 3:00PM		B1.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 3:00PM - 3:30PM		B1.00007: Break Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 3:30PM - 4:00PM		B1.00008: Phonon decay and anharmonicity in MgZnO alloys Invited Speaker: Jesse Huso Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:00PM - 4:12PM		B1.00009: A Metastable Alloy (Sn$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$)S: Growth and Characterization Bethany Matthews, James Haggerty, Stephan Lany, Janet Tate Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:12PM - 4:24PM		B1.00010: Urbach Analysis of Band-Edge in ZnO and MgZnO Thin Films Amrah Canul, Jesse Huso, Dinesh Thapa, Leah Bergman Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:24PM - 4:36PM		B1.00011: In$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ phase transitions at high pressure and high temperature Anya Rasmussen, Matthew McCluskey Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:36PM - 4:48PM		B1.00012: Discovery of a New Memory switching Mechanism in Phase-Change Nanowires Elham Mafi Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:48PM - 5:00PM		B1.00013: Scanning Confocal Microscopy Using CCD and Image Processing Xianjun Ye, Matthew McCluskey Preview Abstract

Session B2: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics

Chair: Francesca Sammarruca, University of Idaho
Room: Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) 207

Friday, May 15, 2015 1:30PM - 2:00PM		B2.00001: \textit{Ab Initio} Unified Approach to Nuclear Structure and Reactions Invited Speaker: Petr Navratil Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:00PM - 2:12PM		B2.00002: Shifted COCG Method in Nuclear Physics Shi Jin, Aurel Bulgac, Kenneth Roche Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:12PM - 2:24PM		B2.00003: The Nucleon-Nucleon interaction in Chiral Effective Field Theory Yevgen Nosyk, Ruprecht Machleidt Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:24PM - 2:36PM		B2.00004: Analysis of Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) Prototype of International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)$^{\ddagger}$ Tim Hester, Bogdan Maglich, Dan Scott Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:36PM - 2:48PM		B2.00005: Elephant in the room: overlooked plasma-destroying reaction with cross section10$^{12}$ times that for fusion necessitates redesign of ITER* Bogdan Maglich, Dan Scott, Tim Hester Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:48PM - 3:00PM		B2.00006: A Belle II Custom Photomultiplier Tube Derek Fujimoto Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 3:00PM - 3:30PM		B2.00007: Break Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 3:30PM - 4:00PM		B2.00008: Nuclear Forces from Quantum Chromodynamics Invited Speaker: Martin Savage Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:00PM - 4:12PM		B2.00009: Quarkonium and the Belle II Experiment Bryan Fulsom Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:12PM - 4:24PM		B2.00010: Partial reconstruction technique on e$+$ e- collision data from Belle experiment Vikas Bansal Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:24PM - 4:36PM		B2.00011: Generalized Pure Density Matrices and the Standard Model Carl Brannen Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:36PM - 4:48PM		B2.00012: Classical and Quantum Spin Angular Momentum Robert Close Preview Abstract

Session B5: Biophysics

Chair: Douglas Juers, Whitman College
Room: Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) 209

Friday, May 15, 2015 1:30PM - 2:00PM		B5.00001: A Primer on Optical Nanoscopy Invited Speaker: Bethe Scalettar Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:00PM - 2:12PM		B5.00002: Vegetative Rhombic Pattern Formation Driven by Root Suction for an Interaction-Diffusion Plant-Ground Water Model System in an Arid Flat Environment David Wollkind, Inthira Chaiya, Richard Cangelosi, Bonni Dichone, Chontita Rattanakul Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:12PM - 2:24PM		B5.00003: Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulations of Allosteric Cooperativity Prithviraj Nandigrami, John Portman Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:24PM - 2:36PM		B5.00004: 3D Contraction Force in Different Morphology of Cancer Cell Jihan Kim, Nicholas Groves, Bo Sun Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:36PM - 3:06PM		B5.00005: Using computational biophysics to study protein structure, function and evolution Invited Speaker: F. Marty Ytreberg Preview Abstract

Session B7: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Chair: Mark Kuzyk, Washington State University
Room: Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) 202

Friday, May 15, 2015 1:30PM - 2:00PM		B7.00001: Ultralong-range Rydberg molecules with kilo-Debye dipole moments Invited Speaker: Seth Rittenhouse Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:00PM - 2:12PM		B7.00002: Molecular beam characterization using a laser-cooled atomic gas target Thomas Prescott, Gene Polovy, Mario Michan, Frank Stienkemeier, Eckart Wrede, Kirk Madison, Takamasa Momose Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:12PM - 2:24PM		B7.00003: Conductivity Manipulation through Quantum Entanglement John Paul Hansen, You Qiang Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:24PM - 2:36PM		B7.00004: Time-Domain Simulati0ns of the Hyperpolarizability Dennis Sullivan, Sean Mossman, Mark Kuzyk Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:36PM - 2:48PM		B7.00005: Optical Signatures of Disordered Materials Hergen Eilers, Benjamin Anderson, Ray Gunawidjaja Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:48PM - 3:00PM		B7.00006: The Aparticle Hypothesis, Locality, and Gravitation Michael Devine Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 3:00PM - 3:12PM		B7.00007: Saddlepoint Search: Continuous Dimer Method Ethan Crowell, Michael Forbes Preview Abstract

Session B8: Ultracold Atomic Gases and More

Chair: Peter Engels, Washington State University
Room: Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) 202

Friday, May 15, 2015 3:30PM - 4:00PM		B8.00001: Spin diffusion and instabilities in a nondegenerate Bose gas Invited Speaker: Jeffrey McGuirk Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:00PM - 4:12PM		B8.00002: Roton minimum-like excitations in a Bose-Einstein condensate M.A. Khamehchi, M.E. Mossman, Peter Engels Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:12PM - 4:24PM		B8.00003: Engineering dispersion relations: Floquet-Bloch States in a Bose-Einstein Condensate Maren Mossman, M.A. Khamehchi, Peter Engels Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:24PM - 4:36PM		B8.00004: Energy and structural properties of $N$-boson clusters with Efimov character Yangqian Yan, D. Blume Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:36PM - 4:48PM		B8.00005: Trapped unitary two-component Fermi gases with up to ten particles X.Y. Yin, D. Blume Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 4:48PM - 5:00PM		B8.00006: Tunneling dynamics of two interacting one-dimensional particles Seyed Ebrahim Gharashi, D. Blume Preview Abstract
Friday, May 15, 2015 5:00PM - 5:12PM		B8.00007: It may be possible to Make Compact Gamma Ray Lasers Richard Kriske Preview Abstract

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