Bulletin of the American Physical Society

83rd Annual Meeting of the APS Southeastern Section

Volume 61, Number 19

Thursday–Saturday, November 10–12, 2016; Charlottesville, Virginia

Session Index

Session G1: Astrophysics II

Chair: Phil Arras, University of Virginia
Room: West Ballroom

Friday, November 11, 2016 10:45AM - 10:57AM		G1.00001: Polarized radiation from disks Haifeng Yang, Zhi-Yun Li Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 10:57AM - 11:09AM		G1.00002: Direct comparison of hydrodynamic and kinetic models for thermal escape problems Alexey Volkov Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:09AM - 11:21AM		G1.00003: A Model of the H$\alpha$ Transmission Spectrum of HD 189733b Chenliang Huang, Phil Arras, Duncan Christie, Zhi-Yun Li Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:21AM - 11:33AM		G1.00004: Combing the Brown Dwarf Desert with APOGEE Nicholas Troup Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:33AM - 11:45AM		G1.00005: Tidal Interaction among Red Giants Close Binary Systems in APOGEE Database Meng Sun, Phil Arras, Nick Troup, Steve Majewski, Nevin Weinberg Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:45AM - 11:57AM		G1.00006: Long-term radio observations of varying orbital parameters in six eclipsing pulsar binaries. Brian Prager, Scott Ransom, Jason Hessels, Ingrid Stairs, Paulo Freire, Ryan Lynch, Phil Arras Preview Abstract

Session G2: Films and Surfaces

Chair: Michel Pleimling, Virginia Tech University
Room: Salon C

Friday, November 11, 2016 10:45AM - 10:57AM		G2.00001: Parallel Upper Critical Field Slope in Niobium Thin Films: Comparison to Theory Phillip Broussard, Angela Hunziker, Amy Davis Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 10:57AM - 11:09AM		G2.00002: Experimental and Modeling Study of Thickness Dependence of Amorphous TbFeCo Compensation Xiaopu Li, Chung T. Ma, Howard Sheng, S. Joseph Poon Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:09AM - 11:21AM		G2.00003: Mircomagnetic Simulation of Ferrimagnetic TbFeCo Films with Exchange Coupled Nanophases. Chung Ma, Xiaopu Li, Joseph Poon, Jiwei Lu Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:21AM - 11:33AM		G2.00004: Relaxation dynamics of interacting skyrmions in thin films Bart Brown, Michel Pleimling Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:33AM - 11:45AM		G2.00005: Photostructural changes as a function of photon energy and intensity in thermally deposited As-S thin films Justin Oelgoetz, Joshua Allen, Jonathan Bunton, Laura Nichols, Caithleann Thomas, Roman Golovchak, Andriy Kovalskiy, Miroslav Vlcek Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:45AM - 11:57AM		G2.00006: Selective Electroless Nickel Deposition on PMMA using Chloroform Pre-Treatment Nicholas Sipes Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:57AM - 12:09PM		G2.00007: Laser Shock Wave Assisted Patterning on NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Surfaces Byron Grant, Dovletgeldi Seyitliyev, Khomidkhodza Kholikov, Haluk Karaca, Peizhen Li, Ali ER Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 12:09PM - 12:21PM		G2.00008: Surface characterization of pipeline surface using replica techniques Hamza Shams, Kanza Rahman, Mohsin Aziz Raja, Raja Hamza Sajid, Muhammad Fahad Khan Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 12:21PM - 12:33PM		G2.00009: Studying Crystalline Morphology and Texture of Small Molecule Organic Semiconductor Thin Films Using Polarized Optical Microscopy, Grazing-Incidence X-Ray Diffraction and Fluid Dynamics Nan Yang, Gaurav Giri Preview Abstract

Session G3: Nuclear Physics II

Chair: Stefan S. Baessler, University of Virginia
Room: Monroe Room

Friday, November 11, 2016 10:45AM - 10:57AM		G3.00001: An Investigation of Light Ion Production from Coalescence in Nuclear Collisions Wouter de Wet, Lawrence Townsend, Charles Werneth, Ryan Norman, John Norbury, Tony Slaba, William Ford Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 10:57AM - 11:09AM		G3.00002: Measuring the after pulsing of photomultiplier tubes. Eric Moeller, Gabriel Niculescu Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:09AM - 11:21AM		G3.00003: Measuring the relative quantum efficiency of photomultiplier tubes. William Kemmerer, Gabriel Niculescu Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:21AM - 11:33AM		G3.00004: A Proton Radius Puzzle? Blaine Norum Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:33AM - 11:45AM		G3.00005: Probe of Electroweak Interference Effects in Non-Resonant Inelastic $\vec{e}p$ Scattering James Dowd Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:45AM - 11:57AM		G3.00006: Precision measurement of longitudinal and transverse response function of quasielastic electron scattering in the momentum transfer range 0.55 GeV/c $\leq \|\vec{q}\| \leq$ 1.0 GeV/c Kai Jin Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:57AM - 12:09PM		G3.00007: Neutron Beta Decay Studies in the Nab Experiment Jason Fry Preview Abstract

Session G4: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics II

Chair: C. Sackett, University of Virginia
Room: Preston Room

Friday, November 11, 2016 10:45AM - 10:57AM		G4.00001: An experimental determination of quantum defects of ng and nh series for Rb Jeonghun Lee, Jirakan Nunkaew, Tom Gallagher Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 10:57AM - 11:09AM		G4.00002: Dipole-dipole Resonance Line Shapes in a Cold Rydberg Gas B. G. Richards, R. R. Jones Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:09AM - 11:21AM		G4.00003: Observed cyclotron structure in photodetachment to excited states of the O atom John Yukich, Hannah Thigpen Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:21AM - 11:33AM		G4.00004: Measurements of radially and temporally distributed laser-induced plasma parameters Ghaneshwar Gautam, Christian Parigger Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:33AM - 11:45AM		G4.00005: Phase dependent excitation of Rydberg states in static fields. Eric Magnuson, Vincent Carrat, Gallagher Tom Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:45AM - 11:57AM		G4.00006: Characterizing the perturbed 6snd series of Ytterbium using MW spectroscopy Fathima Niyaz, Thomas Gallagher Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 11:57AM - 12:09PM		G4.00007: High-precision measurements of the $^{87}$Rb vector polarizability Adam Fallon, Seth Berl, Charles Sackett Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 12:09PM - 12:21PM		G4.00008: Tomographic characterization of an atom trapping potential Edward Moan, Tanwa Arpornthip, Charles Sackett Preview Abstract
Friday, November 11, 2016 12:21PM - 12:33PM		G4.00009: Characterization of nano-level coefficient of friction of oleophobic and superhydrophobic coatings on 316L SS in harsh conditions Hamza Shams, Sajid Saleem, Kanza Basit, Salman Nisar Preview Abstract

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