Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2005 TSAPS/AAPT/SPS Joint Fall Meeting

Thursday–Saturday, October 20–22, 2005; Houston, TX

Session Index

Session B1: Condensed Matter II

Room: Shamrock Main 261M

Friday, October 21, 2005 2:00PM - 2:12PM		B1.00001: A simple technique for spectral control of a mode-locked Ti:Sapphire oscillator Jiahui Peng, Alexei Sokolov Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:12PM - 2:24PM		B1.00002: Dielectric Response of Gallium Arsenide ( GaAs), Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) and Other Select Materials in a Microwave Field James Roberts, Aman Anand, Jai Dahiya Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:24PM - 2:36PM		B1.00003: Magnetic Reversal in NiFe Gratings Joel Dunn, Wilhelmus Geerts, Gregory Spencer, Claude Garrett, Jett Hendrix Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:36PM - 2:48PM		B1.00004: Auger Parameter of Aluminum Richard Miller, A. Chourasia, George Nixon Preview Abstract

Session B2: Theory II

Room: Waldorf Astoria A 210A

Friday, October 21, 2005 2:00PM - 2:12PM		B2.00001: CO {\&} O Emission Lines in Circumstellar Disks Jesus Enriquez, Inga Kamp Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:12PM - 2:24PM		B2.00002: On Control of Chaos in the R\"{o}ssler system Julian Antolin Camarena, Roman Grigoriev Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:24PM - 2:36PM		B2.00003: The Coulomb Force between Two Charged Balls G.E. Hite, T.J. Hyland, W.M. Haymes Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:36PM - 2:48PM		B2.00004: The curved SN1a Hubble plots R.L. Collins Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:48PM - 3:00PM		B2.00005: Symmetry analysis of the quantum oscillator Balraj Menon Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 3:00PM - 3:12PM		B2.00006: Modeling graphene layers and single-walled carbon nanotubes with regularized $\delta $-function potentials Han Hsu, L.E. Reichl Preview Abstract

Session B3: General Experimental II

Room: Waldorf Astoria B 210B

Friday, October 21, 2005 2:00PM - 2:12PM		B3.00001: Thermodynamics and Anharmonicity in Dilute Vanadium Alloys Jorge Munoz, Olivier Delaire, Brent Fultz Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:12PM - 2:24PM		B3.00002: Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Cesium Molecule Hui Chen, Vladimir Sautenkov, Yuri Rostovtsev, Hebin Li, Marlan Scully Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:24PM - 2:36PM		B3.00003: Gallium NMR Study of Type-I Clathrates Weiping Gou, Yang Li, Ji Chi, Joseph H. Ross, G.S. Nolas Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:36PM - 2:48PM		B3.00004: How the Cookie Crumbles: Data Analysis for Experimental Granular Materials Research Victoria Winbow, R.J. Zieve Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:48PM - 3:00PM		B3.00005: Magnetic and Physical Properties of Nd$_{2}$Ni$_{2}$Pb and NdNiPb V. Goruganti, Yang Li, Joseph H. Ross, Jr., K. D. D. Rathnayaka, Y. Oner Preview Abstract

Session B4: Nanotechnology

Room: Waldorf Astoria C 210C

Friday, October 21, 2005 2:00PM - 2:12PM		B4.00001: Crystallography of metallic nanowires fabricated by hydraulic pressure injection Zhiping Luo Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:12PM - 2:24PM		B4.00002: Investigation of Giant Magnetoresistance in thin Ni-Cu-NiFe Structures C.D. Stehno, W.J. Yeh Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:24PM - 2:36PM		B4.00003: HgSe Semiconductor Nanoclusters in Zeolite A.M. Milinda Abeykoon, E.A. Anokhina, Miguel Castro-Colin, Simon C. Moss, A.J. Jacobson, W. Donner Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:36PM - 2:48PM		B4.00004: A Vibrating String Model to Explain Microwave Heating of Carbon Nanotubes James Roberts, Zhou Ye, Bill Deering, Krokhin Arkady Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:48PM - 3:00PM		B4.00005: Negative static dielectric constant in a nano-colloid Jason Shulman, Feng Chen, Stephen Tsui, Yuyi Xue, C.W. Chu Preview Abstract

Session B5: Computational I

Room: Waldorf Astoria Main 210M

Friday, October 21, 2005 2:00PM - 2:12PM		B5.00001: Electronic structure and Schottky-barrier height of Si/PtSi interface Manish Niranjan, Stefan Zollner, Leonard Kleinman, Alex Demkov Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:12PM - 2:24PM		B5.00002: Pressure-Induce phase transition of ZnS Israel Martinez, Murat Durandurdu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:24PM - 2:36PM		B5.00003: Internal dielectric interface: SiO$_{2}$/HfO$_{2}$. Onise Sharia, Alex Demkov, Genadi Bersuker, Byoung Hun Lee Preview Abstract
Friday, October 21, 2005 2:36PM - 2:48PM		B5.00004: Surface States and Annihilation Characteristics of Positrons Trapped at Reconstructed Surfaces of Silicon Nail G. Fazleev Preview Abstract

Session B6: Poster Session II

Room: Waldorf Astoria Lobby

		B6.00001: Previously Unobserved Emission Lines in Neutral Helium Edge Plasma Conditions Timothy Imholt, Adam Pirkle, Daniel Pirkle, Orlando Cabarcos, Erich Gross, Bruce Gnade, David Allara Preview Abstract
		B6.00002: Analysis of several Methods of Determining the Concentration of $^{11}$B on Implanted Si Wafers used in the Semiconductor Industry. Nelson Martinez, Matthew McCleskey, M.E. Peretich, G. Downing, J.L. Duggan, Fabian Naab, B.N. Guo Preview Abstract
		B6.00003: Properties of nickel silicide formed by rapid thermal processing of thin Ni layers on Si (001) S. Zollner, S. Bolton, D. Jawarani, X. Zhu, R.B. Gregory, J. Alvis, R. Noble, M. Jahanbani, B.-Y. Nguyen Preview Abstract
		B6.00004: Fabrication of Waveguides for Characterization of Low-k Dielectric Thin Films James McDonald, Kevin Radican, Heather Galloway, David Donnelly, Deborah Koeck Preview Abstract
		B6.00005: Implementation of a Thermal Desorption Apparatus in High-k Dielectrics Ezekiel Walker, Vaishali Ukirde, Mohamed El Bouanani Preview Abstract
		B6.00006: Empirical Evaluation of a Novel Design for an electrostatic Quadrupole Triplet Ion Beam Lens L.R. Burns Preview Abstract
		B6.00007: Microstructural Analysis of Ternary NiTiPt High Temperature Shape Memory Alloys E. Stenmark Preview Abstract
		B6.00008: Exploration of Three-Dimensional Magnetic Vortex Structures by Using Scanning Ion Microscopy with Polarization Analysis (SIMPA) Jian Li Preview Abstract
		B6.00009: Radiation Effects in Cu-doped Lithium Tetraborate Glass Barbara Johnson Preview Abstract
		B6.00010: $^{37}$Al(p,y)$^{28}$ Kristi A. Michels Preview Abstract
		B6.00011: Dissipation of classical energy in nonlinear quantum systems Yuriy Pereverzev, Andrey Pereverzev, Oleg Prezhdo Preview Abstract
		B6.00012: AL A\&M Philip Land Preview Abstract
		B6.00013: Investigation of Giant Magnetoresistance in thin Ni-Cu-NiFe Structures C.D. Stehno Preview Abstract
		B6.00014: Shifting of Cholesterol Maximum Solubility in Lipid Bilayers by Ceramide M.R. Ali, J. Huang Preview Abstract

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