Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Spring 2013 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section

Volume 58, Number 2

Friday–Saturday, March 29–30, 2013; Athens, Ohio

Session Index

Session D1: Nuclear Theory I

Chair: Charotte Elster, Ohio University
Room: Grover Hall E205

Saturday, March 30, 2013 8:24AM - 8:36AM		D1.00001: Shear Viscosities of Hadrons with K-Matrix Cross Sections Anton Wiranata, Volker Koch, XinNian Wang, Madappa Prakash Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 8:36AM - 8:48AM		D1.00002: Effect of varying charge and matter radii on observables in $^6$He and $^8$He Azamat Orazbayev, Charlotte Elster, Stephen Weppner Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 8:48AM - 9:00AM		D1.00003: The Supernova Equation of State: Finite-Range, Momentum-Dependent Potential Approach Constantinos Constantinou, Brian Muccioli, Madappa Prakash Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:00AM - 9:12AM		D1.00004: Universality in SRG Evolved Potential Matrix Elements and K Matrix Equivalence Brian Dainton Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:12AM - 9:24AM		D1.00005: Neutron matter based on consistently evolved chiral three-nucleon interactions R.J. Furnstahl, K. Hebeler Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:24AM - 9:36AM		D1.00006: Effects of Random Interactions in a Finite Fermi System Jennifer Glick, Vladimir Zelevinsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:36AM - 9:48AM		D1.00007: Fluctuating flow angles and anisotropic flow measurements in heavy-ion collisions Ulrich Heinz, Zhi Qiu, Chun Shen Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:48AM - 10:00AM		D1.00008: Separabilization of Optical Potentials in Momentum Space Linda Hlophe, Charlotte Elster Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:00AM - 10:12AM		D1.00009: Universal properties of infrared oscillator basis extrapolations Sushant More Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:12AM - 10:24AM		D1.00010: Universality and the matter radius of Carbon-22 Danel Phillips, Bijaya Acharya, Chen Ji Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:24AM - 10:36AM		D1.00011: Hanbury Brown-Twiss (HBT) interferometry relative to the triangular flow plane in heavy-ion collisions Christopher Plumberg, Chun Shen, Ulrich Heinz Preview Abstract

Session D2: Bio/Educational/Optics

Chair: Richard Piccard, Ohio University
Room: Gover Hall E206

Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:00AM - 9:12AM		D2.00001: Mechanical properties of cancer cells: A possible biomarker for stemness Ameneh Mohammadalipour, Fabian Benencia, Monica Burdick, David Tees Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:12AM - 9:24AM		D2.00002: Areal variations in world temperature Increase Gordon Aubrecht Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:24AM - 9:36AM		D2.00003: Introductory Physics Courses and The Change to Semesters James Sullivan Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:36AM - 9:48AM		D2.00004: Expanding a school intervention program Gordon Aubrecht Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:48AM - 10:00AM		D2.00005: The Hybrid Phonoriton in Organic-Semiconductor Heterostructures David Facemyer Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:00AM - 10:12AM		D2.00006: Determining microstructural features of a composite from effective properties Anthony Day, Andrew McElroy, Gregory Sowa Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:12AM - 10:24AM		D2.00007: Semiconductor-core optical fibers for terahertz waveguides Derek Bas Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:24AM - 10:36AM		D2.00008: Two Color micro-photoluminescence excitation studies of exciton states in Coupled Quantum Dots Ramana Thota, Eric Stinaff, Allan Bracker, Dan Gammon Preview Abstract

Session D3: Condensed Matter Physics I

Chair: Gang Chen, Ohio University
Room: Grover Hall E304

Saturday, March 30, 2013 8:48AM - 9:00AM		D3.00001: Room Temperature Antiferromagnetism in c-FeSi Igor Altfeder Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:00AM - 9:12AM		D3.00002: Managing thermal effects in z-scan measurements on PTCDA films Niranjala Wickremasinghe, Xiaosheng Wang, Heidrun Schmitzer, Hans Peter Wagner Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:12AM - 9:24AM		D3.00003: Exciton Dynamics in Hexagonal InP Nanowires Masoud Kaveh-Baghbadorani, Wolfgang Langbein, Qiang Gao, Chaennupati Jagadish, Hans-Peter Wagner Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:24AM - 9:36AM		D3.00004: Atomicscale Investigation of Proximity Effect at a Molecular-Superconductor-Metal Boundary Sajida Khan, Kendal Clark, Hao Chang, Kyan-Zin Latt, Abdual Hassanien, Saw-Wai Hla Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:36AM - 9:48AM		D3.00005: Single molecule motor with dipolar arms Yuan Zhang, Heath Kersell, R. Stefak, Yang Li, U.G.E. Perera, G. Rapenne, S.-W. Hla Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:48AM - 10:00AM		D3.00006: Directionally controlled switching of a molecular rotor Heath Kersell, U.G.E. Perera, F. Ample, Y. Zhang, G. Vives, J. Echeverria, M. Grisolia, G. Rapenne, C. Joachim, S.-W. Hla Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:00AM - 10:12AM		D3.00007: Insight into Topological Insulators from Infrared Spectroscopy N. Stojilovic, S.V. Dordevic, G.M. Foster, M.S. Wolf, H. Lei, C. Petrovic, Z. Chen, Z.Q. Li, M.V. Nikolic, S.S. Vujatovic, Z.Z. Djuric, P.M. Nikolic Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:12AM - 10:24AM		D3.00008: Molecular Kondo Chain Andrew DiLullo, Shih-Hsin Chang, Nadjib Baadji, Kendal Clark, Jan-Peter Kloeckner, Marc-Heinrich Prosenc, Stefano Sanvito, Roland Wiesendanger, Germar Hoffmann, Saw-Wai Hla Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:24AM - 10:36AM		D3.00009: Relating Thermal Properties of Polymeric Materials to Structural and Filler Characteristics Tim Vierheller Preview Abstract

Session D4: Nuclear Physics Experiment

Chair: Carl Brune, Ohio University
Room: Grover Hall E306

Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:00AM - 9:12AM		D4.00001: Cross Section Measurement of the $^{12}$C($^{6}$Li, d)$^{16}$O Reaction and the $^{12}$C($\alpha $, $\gamma )^{16}$O Reaction Shamim Akhtar, Carl Brune Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:12AM - 9:24AM		D4.00002: Measurement of D$+$D Neutrons at 5- and 7-MEV Deuteron Beam Energy Sushil Dhakal, Thomas Massey, Carl Brune Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:24AM - 9:36AM		D4.00003: Measurement of Neutron Knockout Cross Section of 24O to the Groud-State of 23O Dilupama Divaratne, Carl Brune, Paul King, Harsha Attanayake, Steve Grimes, Michael Thoennessen Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:36AM - 9:48AM		D4.00004: Study of nuclear level density and gamma-strength function in 90-Zr, 196-Pt, 197-Pt Youngshin Byun, Steven Grimes, Alexander Voinov, Carl Brune Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:48AM - 10:00AM		D4.00005: Photon-Hadron Azimuthal Correlation Measurement in 200GeV d+Au Collisions at RHIC Bing Xia, Justin Frantz Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:00AM - 10:12AM		D4.00006: Direct Photon - Hadron Pair Correlations Measurement in Au+Au Collision at PHENIX Nowo Riveli Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:12AM - 10:24AM		D4.00007: Nuclear level densities of 64,66Zn from the analysis of neutron evaporation spectra Anthony Paul Ramirez, Alexander Voinov, Steven Grimes, Thomas Massey, Carl Brune, Americo Salas-Bacci Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:24AM - 10:36AM		D4.00008: Two-Neutron Decay from the Ground State of 26O Harsha Attanayake, Carl Brune, Dilupama Divaratne, Paul King Preview Abstract

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