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
Please enable JavaScript in your browser.
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