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 H1: Condensed Matter

Chair: Gus Hart, Brigham Young University
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor University

Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:30AM - 10:54AM		H1.00001: Electron and Phonon Transport in Thermoelectric Thin Films and Nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:54AM - 11:06AM		H1.00002: Spatial self-organization and self-alignment of quantum dots and rods by liquid crystals Dennis Gardner, Ivan Smalyukh Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM		H1.00003: Diffraction by Permanent Gratings in Dye-Doped Liquid Crystal Mikail Abbasov, Gene Carlisle Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:18AM - 11:30AM		H1.00004: Metal-to-Insulator Transition in Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films Felipe Rivera, Art Brown, Robert Davis, Richard Vanfleet Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:30AM - 11:42AM		H1.00005: $^{1}$H NMR In Hydrogenated Nano-Crystalline Silicon Thin Films Kristin Kiriluk, T. Su, P.C. Taylor, B. Yan, J. Yang, S. Guha Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:42AM - 12:06PM		H1.00006: Effects of Nanostructure Formation in InAs/GaSb Superlattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H2: Biological and Chemical Physics

Chair: Karine Chesnel, Brigham Young University
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton

Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:30AM - 10:54AM		H2.00001: Emergence and Evolution of Order in Physical, Chemical, and Biological Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:54AM - 11:06AM		H2.00002: Nanoscale High Aspect Ratio Structures Jonathan Abbott, Robert Davis, Richard VanFleet, Hiram Conley Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM		H2.00003: Toward Nanoscale Fluorescence Microscopy of Biological Systems Jordan Gerton, Ben Mangum, Chun Mu, Eyal Shafran Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:18AM - 11:42AM		H2.00004: Regulating gene-expression by mechanical force Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:42AM - 11:54AM		H2.00005: Fluorescence decay dynamics of surface-functionalized nanoparticles Jacob Ajimo, Lun Ma, Mingzhen Yao, Xing Zhang, John Como, Louisa Hope-weeks, Juyang Huang, Wei Chen, Kwan Cheng Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:54AM - 12:06PM		H2.00006: In-Situ Laser Tagging of $^{136}$Ba$^{+ }$Ions in a Liquid $^{136}$Xe Detector Kendy Hall, Cesar Benitez, William Fairbank Preview Abstract

Session H3: Medical Physics

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

Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:30AM - 10:42AM		H3.00001: Inharmonicity Analysis: A Novel Physical Method for Acoustic Screening of Dysphonia Sam Matteson, Fang-Ling Lu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:42AM - 10:54AM		H3.00002: Inhibition of urinary calculi -- a spectroscopic study Felicia Manciu, Jayesh Govani, William Durrer, Layra Reza, Luis Pinales Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:54AM - 11:06AM		H3.00003: MAGIC Gel Dosimetry Rachel Mifflin, Kambiz Shahnazi, Rick Jesseph Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM		H3.00004: Construction of a cost effective optical tweezers for manipulation of birefringent materials using circularly polarized light Allison McMahon, Toni Sauncy Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:18AM - 11:30AM		H3.00005: Secondary Structure of Nucleic Acids near a Surface Joaquin Ambia-Garrido, B. Montgomery Pettitt Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:30AM - 11:42AM		H3.00006: Cellular mechanics on the nano-patterned scaffolds Soyeun Park, Justin Mcanally Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:42AM - 11:54AM		H3.00007: Inferring kinetic pathways, rates, and force dependence from nonprocessive optical tweezers experiments: a maximum likelihood approach Bennett Kalafut, Koen Visscher Preview Abstract

Session H4: Astrophysics and Astronomy I

Chair: Verne Smith, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley

Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:30AM - 10:42AM		H4.00001: Big and Bright: Two Discoveries from the Texas Supernova Search Robert Quimby Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:42AM - 10:54AM		H4.00002: Orbits of selected stars in a barred Galactic potential Hector Noriega-Mendoza, Christine Allen, Edmundo Moreno Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:54AM - 11:06AM		H4.00003: Observations of Mrk 421 with VERITAS Kerianna Butler Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM		H4.00004: VERITAS observation of the Intermediate BL-Lac W Comae Michael Newbold Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:18AM - 11:30AM		H4.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:30AM - 11:42AM		H4.00006: Magnetic Fields in Quasar Jets and their Environments Christopher Walker, David Hough Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:42AM - 11:54AM		H4.00007: Computational Astrophysics Software for the Study of Near by Planetary Systems Ryan Haynes, John Armstrong Preview Abstract

Session H5: High Energy Physics: Experimental

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

Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:30AM - 10:42AM		H5.00001: CMS Computing at TTU and the Search for New Physics at the LHC Vanalet Rusuriye, Sung-Won Lee, Alan Sill, Chiyoung Jeong Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:42AM - 10:54AM		H5.00002: Cosmology in the Focus Point Region at the Large Hadron Collider Abram Krislock, Bhaskar Dutta, Will Flanagan, Alfredo Gurrola, Teruki Kamon, Nikolay Kolev, Mike VanDyke Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:54AM - 11:06AM		H5.00003: Measurements of Neutralino/Chargino Masses in the Focus Point Region at the LHC Will Flanagan, Teruki Kamon, Bhaskar Dutta, Alfredo Gurrola, Nikolay Kolev, Michael VanDyke, Abram Krislock Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM		H5.00004: Gluino Mass Reconstruction in the Focus Point Region at the LHC Michael VanDyke, Will Flanagan, Alfredo Gurrola, Abram Krislock, Nikolay Kolev, Teruki Kamon, Bhaskar Dutta Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:18AM - 11:30AM		H5.00005: Cavity Technology that will increase the power and reduce the cost of ILC Nathaniel Pogue, Peter McIntyre, Akhdiyor Sattarov Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:30AM - 11:42AM		H5.00006: Quality Assurance Test Setup for MPPCs used by the P0D in the T2K Experiment Daniel Ruterbories, Bruce Berger, Norm Buchanan, Ben Gookin, David Warner, Robert Wilson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:42AM - 11:54AM		H5.00007: Status of the CMS HCAL and Performance on the First Beam at the LHC Sung-Won Lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:54AM - 12:06PM		H5.00008: TBD Zafar Yasin Preview Abstract

Session H6: Diffraction and Scattering

Chair: Miguel Castro-Colin, The University of Texas at El Paso
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins

Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:30AM - 10:42AM		H6.00001: Neutron Diffraction Studies of Hydrogen Adsorption in a Highly Stable Porous Rare-Earth Metal-Organic Framework Junhua Luo, Yusheng Zhao, Hongwu Xu, Luc L. Daemen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:42AM - 10:54AM		H6.00002: Evolution of Magnetism in Sr$_{2-x}$La$_{x}$FeO$_{4 }$ system of compounds at low temperature Karunakar Kothapalli, Abdel Alsmadi, H. Kawanaka, Heinz Nakotte Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:54AM - 11:06AM		H6.00003: Total electron scattering cross section of Fluorocarbons at intermediate electron energies Prasanga Palihawadana, Gilberto Villela, Wickramasinghe Ariyasinghe Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:06AM - 11:18AM		H6.00004: Negative thermal expansion in hexacyanocobaltates of divalent metals Sourav Adak, Luke Daemen, Heinrich Nakotte Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:18AM - 11:30AM		H6.00005: Fabrication and Optical Intensity Analysis of Nd$^{3+}$:Y$_{2}$O$_{3}$ nanoparticles embedded in PMMA Sreerenjini Chandra, John B. Gruber, Dhiraj K. Sardar Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:30AM - 11:42AM		H6.00006: Atom-interferomtery measurements of dispersive phase shifts for matter waves due to nano-structures Vincent P.A. Lonij, Alexander D. Cronin, Steven Lepoutre, Haikel Jelassi, G\'erard Tr\'enec, Matthias B\"uchner, Jacques Vigu\'e Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:42AM - 11:54AM		H6.00007: Semi-Quantitative Analysis of Standard Reference Materials (SRM) and Metallic Plates through X-ray Fluorescence using a Portable Pyro-electric X-ray Generator. Sunil Kumar Valaparla, Nick del Rio Preview Abstract

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