Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Inaugural Fall 2009 Meeting of the Prairie Section of the APS

Volume 54, Number 17

Thursday–Saturday, November 12–14, 2009; Iowa City, Iowa

Session Index

Session H1: General Physics

Chair: Rainer Grobe, Illinois State University
Room: IMU 335 (Iowa Room)

Friday, November 13, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		H1.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		H1.00002: Special relativity and the speed of matter Dennis Crossley Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		H1.00003: Deviations from power-law scaling in river networks Geoffrey Poore, Susan Kieffer Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		H1.00004: High Fidelity State Transfer Over an Unmodulated Linear XY Spin Chain C. Allen Bishop, Yong-Cheng Ou, Mark Byrd, Zhao-Ming Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		H1.00005: Tests of Relativity with Gravitational Experiments Jay Tasson, Alan Kostelecky Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		H1.00006: The relativistic time-dependent Aharonov-Bohm effect in two spatial dimensions Athanasios Petridis, Zachary Kertzman Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		H1.00007: A precision force microscope for biophysics Gavin King, Allison Churnside, Thomas Perkins Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		H1.00008: Redefining Time to Understand Space Thomas Sills Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		H1.00009: The Proof of the ``Vortex Theory of Matter'' Russell Moon Preview Abstract

Session H2: Poster Session (3:30 - 5:15 PM)

Room: IMU 243 (Ballroom)

		H2.00001: Quantum Causality Threshold and Paradoxes Florentin Smarandache Preview Abstract
		H2.00002: Initial Results From Project RESUN, A Radio Search For UHE Neutrinos Using The EVLA Theodore Jaeger, Robert Mutel, Kenneth Gayley Preview Abstract
		H2.00003: A Possible Explanation For NuTeV's Anomalous Dimuon Events Thomas Alexander, Andrew Alton Preview Abstract
		H2.00004: A General Search for Undiscovered Particles Using the ATLAS Esteban Fullana Torregrosa, Jason Boomsma, Serguei Chekanov Preview Abstract
		H2.00005: Cosmic muon analysis in the ATLAS detector Maria Belen Salvachua Ferrando, Nathan Gardner, Rikutaro Yoshida Preview Abstract
		H2.00006: Galactic Rotation withOUT Dark Matter: Solar System Perspective Chuck Gallo, James Feng Preview Abstract
		H2.00007: The Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer (GEMS) Philip Kaaret, Jean Swank, Keith Jahoda, Tim Kallman Preview Abstract
		H2.00008: The Student Experiment on the GEMS Mission Ryan Allured, Philip Kaaret, Zachary Prieskorn, Alicia Maxwell Preview Abstract
		H2.00009: Energetics of Non-thermal Accelerated Electrons and Thermal Plasma during Solar Flares Christopher Moore, Brian Dennis Preview Abstract
		H2.00010: The Origin of Stellar Rotation Stewart Brekke Preview Abstract
		H2.00011: Field-free molecular alignment for studies using x-ray pulses from a synchrotron radiation source Phay Ho, Michelle Miller, Robin Santra Preview Abstract
		H2.00012: Role of surface band structures in the survival of anions scattered off plane and nano-stepped surfaces Andrew Schmitz, John Shaw, Himadri Chakraborty, Uwe Thumm Preview Abstract
		H2.00013: Decomposition based recovery of absorbers in turbid media Isaac Goodin, Ben Rogers, Q. Su, R. Grobe Preview Abstract
		H2.00014: Monte Carlo simulations of turbid media David Wischhusen, Isaac Goodin, Q. Su, R. Grobe Preview Abstract
		H2.00015: Cooling and Near-equilibrium Dynamics of Atomic Gases across the Superfluid-Mott Insulator Transition Xibo Zhang, Chen-Lung Hung, Nathan Gemelke, Cheng Chin Preview Abstract
		H2.00016: Training Ultrafast Laser Pulses Ruslan Averin, N. Wells, M. Todt, N. Smolnisky, N. Jastram, B. Jochim, N. Gregerson, E. Wells, A. Sayler, J. McKenna, K. Carnes, I. Ben-Itzhak, M.F. Kling Preview Abstract
		H2.00017: Progress Towards Scalable Quantum Manipulation using Two Atomic Species in Independent Optical Lattices Kara Lamb, Arjun Sharma, Peter Scherpelz, Kathy-Anne Brickman Soderberg, Nathan Gemelke, Cheng Chin Preview Abstract
		H2.00018: Self Organization in the Solar Corona and Interstellar Medium Steven Spangler Preview Abstract
		H2.00019: Numeric Solution of Plasma Impulse Response with Model Fokker-Planck Operator Kristopher Klein, Fred Skiff Preview Abstract
		H2.00020: Heating via Kinetic Turbulence in Low Beta Plasmas Jason TenBarge, Gregory Howes Preview Abstract
		H2.00021: Full spin control in 2DEGs with no magnetic fields B.J. Moehlmann, Michael Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
		H2.00022: D'yakonov-Perel' spin relaxation in the interacting electron gas in doped semiconductors Matthew Mower, Giovanni Vignale Preview Abstract
		H2.00023: Aharanov-Casher Effect for Spin Waves in a Ferromagnet Tianyu Liu, Giovanni Vignale Preview Abstract
		H2.00024: In- and out-of-plane London penetration depths in single crystals of FeSe$_{0.4}$Te$_{0.6}$ superconductor Hyunsoo Kim, Makariy Tanatar, Ryan Gordon, Catalin Martin, Zhiqiang Mao, Ruslan Prozorov Preview Abstract
		H2.00025: The Determination of $\lambda _{ab}$(0) in Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x})_{2}$As$_{2}$ from Tunnel Diode Resonator Measurements Ryan Gordon, Hyunsoo Kim, Catalin Martin, Nicholai Salovich, Ni Ni, Makariy Tanatar, Russell Giannetta, Paul Canfield, Ruslan Prozorov Preview Abstract
		H2.00026: Manipulation of Dopants in a Two Dimensional Matrix Timothy Kidd, Laura Strauss, Polina Skirtachenko, Dustin Klein Preview Abstract
		H2.00027: Determination of polaron hopping frequency limits in modified vanadate and lithium borovanadate glass systems from EPR line-narrowing J. McKnight, K. Whitmore, P. Bunton, S. Feller, D. Vennerberg, B. Baker Preview Abstract
		H2.00028: Study of the structure and oxygen storage/release capacities of Dy$_{1-x}$Y$_{x}$MnO$_{3+\delta }$ (0 $\le $ x $\le $ 1) Steven Remsen, Bogdan Dabrowski, Omar Chmaissem, Stanislaw Kolesnik, James Mais Preview Abstract
		H2.00029: Construction of an Inexpensive Scanning Tunneling Microscope for Undergraduate Laboratories Paul Garcia, Justin Nitz, Mark Plano Clark, Axel Enders Preview Abstract
		H2.00030: Lead Silicate Glasses and Neutron Scattering Gloria Lehr, Adam Vitale, Mario Affatagato, Steve Feller, Alex Hannon, Emma Barney, Diane Holland Preview Abstract
		H2.00031: Barium Vanadate Microspheres Shari Yosinski, Landon Tweeton, Steve Feller, Mario Affatigato Preview Abstract
		H2.00032: EPR Study of Frontally Polymerized Acrylate Polymer Systems A. Thoma, A. Valencia, B. Baker, P. Bunton, J. Pojman, V. Viner Preview Abstract
		H2.00033: Comparison of single junction to multiple-quantum well quaternary GaInAsSb 2.2 $\mu $m light-emitting diode Jinhui Tan, Jonathan Olesberg, Lee Murray, John Prineas Preview Abstract
		H2.00034: Excitons in double-walled carbon nanotubes: fluorescent spectrum Barry Yeh Preview Abstract
		H2.00035: Copy number variation and mutation Brian Clark, Jacob Weidner, Kevin Wabick Preview Abstract
		H2.00036: Dependence of gene copy number variation on reproductive processes Jacob Weidner, Kevin Wabick, Brian Clark Preview Abstract
		H2.00037: Video Analysis of a Plucked String: An Example of Problem-based Learning Christopher D. Wentworth, Eric Buse Preview Abstract
		H2.00038: Determination of Particle Shape Distributions of Mineral Dust Aerosols Using Spectroscopic and Light Scattering Measurements Brian Meland, Paula Hudson, Vicki Grassian, Mark Young, Paul Kleiber Preview Abstract
		H2.00039: Monte Carlo simulation study of simple two-dimensional systems Michael Hughes Preview Abstract
		H2.00040: A Novel Approach to Computational Protein Folding Molly Ball, Brittany Shannon, Christopher Fasano Preview Abstract
		H2.00041: Stellar Coronal Physics with VLBI Imaging William Peterson, Robert Mutel Preview Abstract
		H2.00042: Mechanical Deformation of Single- and Few- Layer Graphene on Micro-Scale-Grooved PDMS David Rocklin, Scott Scharfenberg, Cesar Chialvo, Richard Weaver, Paul Goldbart, Nadya Mason Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Inaugural Fall 2009 Meeting of the Prairie Section of the APS

Volume 54, Number 17

Thursday–Saturday, November 12–14, 2009; Iowa City, Iowa

Session Index

Session H1: General Physics

Session H2: Poster Session (3:30 - 5:15 PM)

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