Bulletin of the American Physical Society

77th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the APS

Volume 55, Number 10

Wednesday–Saturday, October 20–23, 2010; Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Session Index

Session CA: Dynamics in Living Cells

Chair: Jennifer Curtis, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Nicholson Hall 119

Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:45AM - 11:15AM		CA.00001: Observing the conformation of individual SNARE proteins inside live cells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:15AM - 11:45AM		CA.00002: Amyloid Nucleation and Assembly Dynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:45AM - 12:15PM		CA.00003: Noise and heterogeneity in bacterial communication Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:15PM - 12:45PM		CA.00004: Quantifying the Effect of DNA Packaging on Gene Expression Level Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session CB: What Can We Do About the Dearth of Qualified High School Physics Teachers (and High School Physics Students)?

Chair: John Thacker, Southeastern Louisiana University
Room: Nicholson Hall 109

Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:45AM - 11:15AM		CB.00001: National Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:15AM - 11:45AM		CB.00002: The Status of Geaux Teach: Adventures in Revamping the Secondary Education Physics Concentration Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:45AM - 12:15PM		CB.00003: The PhysTEC Teacher Education Program at FIU Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:15PM - 12:45PM		CB.00004: ``But you're just a physics booster!'' -- Why political advocacy for high school physics is crucial Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session CC: Gravitation: LIGO and LISA

Chair: Soren Sorensen, University of Tennessee
Room: Nicholson Hall 118

Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		CC.00001: Developing LIGO Detector Characterization Tools and Methods Cesar Costa Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		CC.00002: Global Noise Subtraction in LIGO Interferometers Ryan DeRosa Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		CC.00003: Data quality and vetoes in searches for gravitational waves in LIGO data Jacob Slutsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		CC.00004: Adding an astrophysically motivated detection confidence test, Effective Distance Ratio, to our standard confidence tests for Inspiral Candidate Events Cristina Torres Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		CC.00005: Laser Communication for LISA Kendall Ackley, Dylan Sweeney, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		CC.00006: Heterodyne Stabilization for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Johannes Eichholz, Steven Hochman, Alix Preston, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		CC.00007: Development and Analysis of Micro-cycle Phase Measurements for LISA Darsa Donelan, Shawn Mitryk, Syed Reza, Jose Sanjuan, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		CC.00008: Investigations on a LISA Telescope Spacer Aaron Spector, Josep Sanjuan, Alix Preston Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		CC.00009: The effective source approach to the self-force problem Peter Diener Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:33PM - 12:45PM		CC.00010: A new look at Gravity Waves Richard Kriske Preview Abstract

Session CD: Nuclear Physics, Mesons, and Quantum Gravity

Chair: Romulus Godang, University of South Alabama
Room: Nicholson Hall 108

Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:45AM - 10:57AM		CD.00001: The $\beta$ decay studies of $^{75}$Cu using LeRIBSS S. Ilyushkin, J. Winger, K. Rykaczewski, C. Gross, J. Batchelder, L. Cartegni, I. Darby, R. Grzywacz, J. Hamilton, A. Korgul, W. Krolas, S. Liddick, C. Mazzocchi, S. Padgett, A. Piechaczek, M. Rajabali, D. Shapira, E. Zganjar Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:57AM - 11:09AM		CD.00002: The Array for Nuclear Astrophysics Studies with Exotic Nuclei L.E. Linhardt, J.C. Blackmon, M. Matos, L.L. Mondello, E.F. Zganjar, E. Johnson, G. Rogachev, I. Wiedenhover Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:09AM - 11:21AM		CD.00003: Use of Hulthen potential in Light-Front Two-Body Bound-State problem Yukihisa Tokunaga Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:21AM - 11:33AM		CD.00004: High Energy Pion Photoproduction from Nucleons in the Giessen Bolzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck Model Prajwal Mohanmurthy Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:33AM - 11:45AM		CD.00005: Relativistic Studies of the Charmonium and Bottomonium Meson Systems Using the Sucher Equation Charles Werneth, Khin Maung Maung Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:45AM - 11:57AM		CD.00006: Exploring the Use of the Alabama Supercomputing Authority resources to supplement CMS Monte Carlo Production Charles Jenkins Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:57AM - 12:09PM		CD.00007: Towards generic resolution of strong singularities in loop quantum cosmology Parampreet Singh Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:09PM - 12:21PM		CD.00008: Characterization of pixilated Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride (CZT) Detector Sensitivity for Future Neutrinoless Double Beta (0$\nu \beta \beta )$ Decay Searches Kevin Macon, Alexander Leder, Jun Miyamoto, Thomas Kutter Preview Abstract
Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:21PM - 12:33PM		CD.00009: Studies of Bulk Properties of CZT and CMT Crystals for X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detection at Ambient Temperature S.U. Egarievwe, A.E. Bolotnikov, U.N. Roy, S.O. Babalola, A. Kassu, J. Jow, G. Camarda, P. Fochuk, W. Chan, K.H. Kim, J. Stein, R.B. James, A. Burger Preview Abstract

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