Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2008 Joint Fall Meeting of the Texas and Four Corners Sections of APS, AAPT, and Zones 13 and 16 of SPS, and the Societies of Hispanic & Black Physicists

Volume 53, Number 11

Friday–Saturday, October 17–18, 2008; El Paso, Texas

Session Index

Session C1: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Chair: Gary Kyle, New Mexico State University
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton

Friday, October 17, 2008 1:30PM - 1:54PM		C1.00001: Neutrino Oscillations: an Overview Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 1:54PM - 2:18PM		C1.00002: Nuclear isoscaling and fair sampling Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C1.00003: Calculations of magnetic fields for the NPDGamma experiment at the SNS Septimiu Balascuta, Ricardo Alarcon, Seppo Penttila, Geoff Greene Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:30PM - 2:54PM		C1.00004: 100 TeV Proton-Antiproton Collider in the SSC Tunnel Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C1.00005: Relative rho-omega production phase Valeria Frisullo, John Cumalat Preview Abstract

Session C2: Applied and Industrial Physics

Chair: Heather Galloway, Texas State University - San Marcos
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray

Friday, October 17, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C2.00001: Use of Exotic Coordinate Systems in the Design of RF Resonators for High-Field MRI Edward Butterworth Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C2.00002: Process Developments for the Improvement of Critical Current Density in Bi 2212 Multifilament Round Wire Kyle Damborsky, Nathaniel Pogue, Chris English, Al McInturff, Peter McIntyre Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C2.00003: Investigation of LaOx Removal for Application in CMOS Devices Kelly Rader Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C2.00004: Microwave-assisted Magnetization Reversal Dynamics Zihui Wang, Mingzhong Wu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C2.00005: Effects of non-uniformities on thin-film solar module performance Galymzhan Koishiyev Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C2.00006: Characterization and Design of Two-Axis Bi-Directional Microstages James Matthews, Tim Dallas, Ganapathy Sivakumar Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C2.00007: Design and Simulation of an Electrothermal Actuator Based Rotational Drive Sterling Beeson, Tim Dallas Preview Abstract

Session C3: General Theory I

Chair: Eric Hirschmann, Brigham Young University
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley

Friday, October 17, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C3.00001: Time of Flight Curves For Charge Transport with Spatially Correlated Energetic Disorder David H. Dunlap, Paul E. Parris Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C3.00002: Coupling of electrons to the electromagnetic field in a localized basis Roland Allen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C3.00003: Transient Conductivity of Kapton HN Justin Dekany, J.R. Dennison, Steve Hart Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C3.00004: Maximum Entropy Principle for the Microcanonical Ensemble Donald Kobe, Michele Campisi Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C3.00005: Convergence Study of the Path Integral Monte Carlo Technique for a Quantum Particle in a Supercritical Fluid Terrence Reese, Bruce Miller Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C3.00006: Parallelizing a Two-Species Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Calculation Daniel Wilcox, Ross Spencer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C3.00007: A Diffusion Monte Carlo study of spin polarized Fermi gases Sumita Datta Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C3.00008: Mesoscopic effects in Bose-Einstein condensate fluctuations of a weakly interacting gas in a box Konstantin Dorfman Preview Abstract

Session C4: Optics

Chair: Felicia Manciu, The University of Texas at El Paso
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins

Friday, October 17, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C4.00001: Control of Spectral Phase of Ultrafast Optical Pulses with Grisms Charles Durfee, Jeff Field, Jeff Squier, Steve Kane Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C4.00002: An Optical Additive Solc Filter for Deep Ultraviolet Applications Charles Manka, Sergei Nikitin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C4.00003: Index of Refraction of Y$_{2}$O$_{3}$ in the Extreme Ultraviolet Joseph Muhlestein Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C4.00004: Extreme Ultraviolet Polarimetry with Laser-Generated High-Order Harmonics Nicole Brimhall, Nathan Heilmann, Nicholas Herrick, David Allred, R. Steven Turley, Michael Ware, Justin Peatross Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C4.00005: Control of Refractive Index in a Far-Detuned $\Gamma$ System Christopher O'Brien Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C4.00006: Increasing Fluorescence Signals by Pulsing the Excitation Laser Cheryl Nielson, Eyal Shafran, Ben Mangum, Chun Mu, Jordan Gerton Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C4.00007: Study of nonlinear effects in coumarin-30 using two-photon fluorescence and the Z-scan technique Milan Poudel, Jinhai Chen, Alexandre Kolomenski, Hans Schuessler Preview Abstract

Session C5: AAPT & SPS

Chair: Jill Marshall, The University of Texas at Austin
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins

Friday, October 17, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C5.00001: To PhET or Not To PhET: That Is the Question Robert Casao Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C5.00002: A Classical Model for Virtual Particle Exchange Daniel Bullock, David Bixler Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C5.00003: The Evolution of Cosmology Lionel Hewett Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C5.00004: High altitude ballooning as a platform for student research experiences in science and engineering John Armstrong, Shane Larson, Bill Hiscock Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C5.00005: Temperature dependence of Direct Methanol type fuel cell Alexy Volkov, Andrew Wallace Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C5.00006: SPS Internship: Working With Physics To Go Logan Hancock Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C5.00007: Angelo State Society of Physics Students Science Outreach: West Texas Road Trip 2008 Lacy Estes, Toni Sauncy Preview Abstract

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