Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Fall 2014 Joint Meeting of the Texas Section of the APS, Texas Section of the AAPT, and Zone 13 of the Society of Physics Students

Volume 59, Number 12

Friday–Sunday, October 17–19, 2014; College Station, Texas

Session Index

Session B2: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics I

Chair: Alexei Sokolov, Texas A&M University
Room: MIST 102

Saturday, October 18, 2014 10:35AM - 10:47AM		B2.00001: Toward Magneto-optical Cooling of $^7$Li Karl A. Burkhardt, Alina Blinova, Isaac Chavez, Kevin Melin, Mark G. Raizen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 10:47AM - 10:59AM		B2.00002: Neutral Atom Lithography Using a Pulsed Magnetic Lens Erik Anciaux, Rodrigo Castillo-Garza, Jamie Gardner, Mark Raizen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 10:59AM - 11:11AM		B2.00003: High resolution neutral atom microscope Georgios Stratis, Igal Bucay, Rodrigo Castillo-Garza, Mark Raizen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:11AM - 11:23AM		B2.00004: Microscopic theory of Bose-Einstein condensation in an interacting gas Vitaly Kocharovsky, Vladimir Kocharovsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:23AM - 11:35AM		B2.00005: Theoretical Analysis of Noise Induced Quantum Coherence Yiyu Zhou, Dmitri Voronine, Marlan Scully Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:35AM - 11:47AM		B2.00006: Formation of trains of attosecond pulses via ionization switching of the resonant interaction between XUV radiation and IR-field-dressed atoms Timur Akhmedzhanov, Vladimir Antonov, Olga Kocharovskaya Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:47AM - 11:59AM		B2.00007: Photoionization and photocurrents at sub-field-cycle temporal scale Peter Zhokhov, Aleksei Zheltikov Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:59AM - 12:11PM		B2.00008: Beam shaping and production of vortex beams in coherent Raman generation Alexandra Zhdanova, Miaochan Zhi, Kai Wang, Hua Xia, Alexei Sokolov Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 12:11PM - 12:23PM		B2.00009: Maximizing the response of a specific vibrational mode to a laser pulse Charles Shannon, Roland Allen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 12:23PM - 12:35PM		B2.00010: Vibrational Spectra, Theoretical Calculations, and the Two-Dimensional Potential Energy Surface of 2-Cyclopenten-1-one Ethylene Ketal Hong-Li Sheu, Niklas Meinander, Jaan Laane Preview Abstract

Session B3: Computational Physics

Chair: Siu A. Chin, Texas A&M University
Room: MPHY 332

Saturday, October 18, 2014 10:35AM - 10:47AM		B3.00001: Computer Simulations of Protein Interactions with Lipid Domains Ronald Davenport-Dendy, Kwan Cheng Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 10:47AM - 10:59AM		B3.00002: Continuing Studies of Hydrogenic Quantum Systems Using the Feynman-Kac Path Integral Method James Rejcek Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 10:59AM - 11:11AM		B3.00003: Dynamics of a Piecewise Linear Bouncer Cameron Langer, Bruce Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:11AM - 11:23AM		B3.00004: Charged Particle Motion in the Vicinity of a Magnetic Null Curve Ryan Lane, Carlos Ordonez Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:23AM - 11:35AM		B3.00005: Asynchrony-tolerant finite difference method for partial differential equations at extreme scales Aditya Konduri, Diego Donzis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:35AM - 11:47AM		B3.00006: Calculating Relativistic Transition Matrix Elements for Hydrogenic Atoms Using Monte Carlo Methods S.A. Alexander, R.L. Coldwell Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:47AM - 11:59AM		B3.00007: Experimental Study of Short Time Scale Brownian Motion Jianyong Mo, Akarsh Simha, Mark Raizen Preview Abstract

Session B4: High Energy Physics

Chair: Loius Strigari, Texas A&M University
Room: MPHY 336

Saturday, October 18, 2014 10:35AM - 10:47AM		B4.00001: SiPM Simulation Study with GosSiP Ronald Musser, Amit Bashyal, Joshua Medford, Ying Wun Yvo Ng, Timothy Watson, Andrew White, Jaehoon Yu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 10:47AM - 10:59AM		B4.00002: Magnetic Moment of Neutrino at Finite Temperature and Density Samina Masood Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 10:59AM - 11:11AM		B4.00003: Probing the nature of neutrinos under the supersymmetric U(1) B-L Model Yu Gao, Rouzbeh Allahverdi, Sheldon Campbell, Bhaskar Dutta Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:11AM - 11:23AM		B4.00004: Helical Phase Inflation Zhijin Li, Tianjun Li, Dimitri Nanopoulos Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:23AM - 11:35AM		B4.00005: SuperCDMS Detector R{\&}D: SNOLAB and Beyond Andrew Jastram Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:35AM - 11:47AM		B4.00006: Aerogel Cherenkov Detector For The LArIAT Experiment Brandon Soubasis, Will Flanagan, John Cesar, Karol Lang, Ramon Salazar Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:47AM - 11:59AM		B4.00007: Neutron Detection with Cadmium Tungstate Crystal Scintillators William Baker Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:59AM - 12:11PM		B4.00008: Geant4 Simulations of the Beam Hadron Monitor for the Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab Timothy Watson, Amit Bashyal, Jaehoon Yu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 12:11PM - 12:23PM		B4.00009: 100 TeV Hadron Collider: an Opportunity for Texas Peter McIntyre Preview Abstract

Session B5: Nanoscience/Condensed Matter

Chair: Joseph Ross, Texas A&M University
Room: MPHY 334

Saturday, October 18, 2014 10:35AM - 10:47AM		B5.00001: Luminescence of La$_{0.2}$Y$_{1.8}$O$_{3}$ ceramic scintillator Sunil Sahi, Wei Chen, Rasool Kenarangui Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 10:47AM - 10:59AM		B5.00002: Correlation Between Optical Properties and Charge Carrier Mobility in Regioregular Poly (3-hexylthiophene) Thin Films Aaron Mebane, Xin Xu, Seohee Kim, Ananth Dodabalapur Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 10:59AM - 11:11AM		B5.00003: Photo-Induced Typography with Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films Sanchari Sen, Md Nadim Ferdous Hoque, Luis Grave De Peralta, Zhaoyang Fan, Ayrton Bernussi Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:11AM - 11:23AM		B5.00004: Two Color Fluorescence Enhancement Using Gold Nanogratings Robert Hure, Samuel Simoneau, Jennifer Steele Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:23AM - 11:35AM		B5.00005: DNA in Nanoscale Electronics Jason Slinker Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:35AM - 11:47AM		B5.00006: Transport Properties of Ferromagnet-Superconductor Hybrids near the Superconducting Transition Temperature Wonbae Bang, K.D.D. Rathnayaka, I.F. Lyuksyutov, W. Teizer, D.G. Naugle Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:47AM - 11:59AM		B5.00007: Studies of Mn$_{12}$-Ph Single Molecule Magnets by LTSTS K. Reaves, P. Han, K. Iwaya, T. Hitosugi, D. Packwood, H.G. Katzgraber, H. Zhao, K.R. Dunbar, K. Kim, W. Teizer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:59AM - 12:11PM		B5.00008: STM Tip-Induced Growth of Silver Islands Blake Birmingham, Yaobiao Xia, Dmitri V. Voronine, Kenneth T. Park, Zhenrong Zhang, Marlan O. Scully Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 12:11PM - 12:23PM		B5.00009: One Step Microwave Synthesis of Size Controlled Monodisperse Noble Metal and Bimetallic Nanoparticles using Polymers Jewell Anne Hartman, Kim Hart, Bryce Brownfield, Kyle Culhane, Justin Case, Andrew Ballast, Ke Jiang, Anatoliy Pinchuk Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 12:23PM - 12:35PM		B5.00010: Solid Propellant Microthrusters based on Nanoenergetic Gas Generators Mkhitar Hobosyan, Ivan Puchades, Lynn Fuller, Sergey Lyshevski, Karen Martirosyan Preview Abstract

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