Bulletin of the American Physical Society

17th Annual Meeting of the APS Northwest Section

Volume 61, Number 7

Thursday–Saturday, May 12–14, 2016; Penticton, British Columbia, Canada

Session Index

Session B1: Astronomy and Cosmology I

Chair: Tom Landecker, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
Room: PC 119

Friday, May 13, 2016 1:30PM - 2:05PM		B1.00001: Understanding Cosmic Magnetism: a key science project for the Square Kilometre Array Invited Speaker: Roland Kothes Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 2:05PM - 2:17PM		B1.00002: The Galactic Magnetic Field as a Parker Spiral - A New View of the Milky Way Anna Ordog, Jo-Anne Brown, Tom Landecker, Roland Kothes Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 2:17PM - 2:29PM		B1.00003: The Effects of Magnetic Fields in Star Forming Regions Mehrnoosh Tahani, Rene Plume, Jo-Anne Brown Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 2:29PM - 2:41PM		B1.00004: Understanding the Structure and Energetics of Titan's Upper Atmosphere Darci Snowden, Mike Smith, Theodore Jimson Preview Abstract

Session B2: Condensed Matter I

Chair: Joshua Folk, University of British Columbia
Room: PC 122

Friday, May 13, 2016 1:30PM - 1:42PM		B2.00001: Investigation of GaAs/GaP core/shell Nanowires via Off-Axis Electron Holography James McNeil, Ali Darbandi, Azadeh Akhtari-Zavareh, Simon Watkins, Karen Kavanagh Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 1:42PM - 1:54PM		B2.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 1:54PM - 2:06PM		B2.00003: Macroscopic drop impacts with inclined flexible fibres Salome Hussein, Stuart Bradley, Geoff Willmott, Matheu Broom Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 2:06PM - 2:18PM		B2.00004: Differential effects of sterols on phospholipid acyl chain packing in binary and ternary mixes Drake Mitchell, Matthew Davis Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 2:18PM - 2:30PM		B2.00005: Predictions of Stable Cu Isotope Partitioning in Biological Systems Alexander Tennant, Michael Wieser Preview Abstract

Session B3: Particle Physics I

Chair: Gordon Watts, University of Washington
Room: PC 204

Friday, May 13, 2016 1:30PM - 2:00PM		B3.00001: Towards 3000 fb$^{-1}$: ATLAS and CMS detector upgrades Invited Speaker: Wojciech Fedorko Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 2:00PM - 2:15PM		B3.00002: Using tracking in dense environments to investigate designs for a new ATLAS Inner Detector Felix Cormier Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 2:15PM - 2:30PM		B3.00003: Searching for `Bumps' in the Dilepton Invariant Mass Spectrum using \textsc{BumpHunter} in $pp$ collision at $\sqrt s = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS Detector Elham E Khoda Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 2:30PM - 2:45PM		B3.00004: Searching for High Mass Resonances Decaying to Lepton Pairs using Proton-Proton Collisions at $\lowercase{\sqrt{s}} = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC Sebastien Rettie Preview Abstract

Session B4: Nuclear Physics I

Chair: Corina Andreoiu, Simon Fraser University
Room: PL 107

Friday, May 13, 2016 1:30PM - 2:05PM		B4.00001: Chiral basis for particle-rotor model for odd-odd triaxial nuclei Invited Speaker: Krzysztof Starosta Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 2:05PM - 2:17PM		B4.00002: The nucleon-nucleon interaction up to sixth order in the chiral expansion Ruprecht Machleidt Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 2:17PM - 2:29PM		B4.00003: Doppler-shift lifetime measurements in $^{84}$Kr using the TIGRESS Integrated Plunger Aaron Chester Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 2:29PM - 2:41PM		B4.00004: Study of $^{22}$Ne and $^{28}$Mg excited states using fusion-evaporation and Doppler shift measurements Jonathan Williams Preview Abstract
Friday, May 13, 2016 2:41PM - 2:53PM		B4.00005: Measurements of Mixing Ratios in $^{\mathrm{116}}$Sn. David Cross, J. Pore, C. Andreoiu, G.C. Ball, P.C. Bender, V. Bildstein, A.S. Chester, G.A. Demand, A. Diaz Varela, R. Dunlop, A. Garnsworthy, P.E. Garrett, G. Hackman, B. Hadinia, B. Jigmeddorj, R. Kanungo, A. Laffoley, A. Liblong, D. Miller, B. Noakes, C. Svensson, P. Voss, Z.-M. Wang, J.L. Wood, S. Yates Preview Abstract

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