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 E2: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics II

Chair: Ed Fry, Texas A&M University
Room: MIST 102

Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:35PM - 3:47PM		E2.00001: A Novel Diffuse Reflecting Material for Applications in Integrating Cavity Spectroscopy Michael Cone, Joseph Musser, John Mason, Eleonora Figueroa, Joel Bixler, Brett Hokr, Chase Winkler, Vladislav Yakovlev, Edward Fry Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:47PM - 3:59PM		E2.00002: Improved Design for Cosine Collectors Eleonora Figueroa Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:59PM - 4:11PM		E2.00003: Simple but efficient optical condensers based on liquid droplets Darshan Desai, Daniel Dominguez, Ayrton Bernussi, Luis Grave-de-Peralta Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:11PM - 4:23PM		E2.00004: Active mode-locking of mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers Yongrui Wang, Alexey Belyanin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:23PM - 4:35PM		E2.00005: Flexible, Lightweight Terahertz Photodetector and Polarizer Based on Carbon Nanotube Fibers Ahmed Zubair, Colin C. Young, Dmitri E. Tsentalovich, Matteo Pasquali, Junichiro Kono Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:35PM - 4:47PM		E2.00006: Changing the optical and electrical properties of a dielectric surface Cristian Bahrim, Md Khairuzzaman, Md Mozammal Raju, Wei-Tai Hsu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:47PM - 4:59PM		E2.00007: Electronically Controlled Condensers for Sub-Wavelength Microscopy Sanchari Sen, Dongyu Cao, Ayrton Bernussi, Luis Grave de Peralta Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:59PM - 5:11PM		E2.00008: Spectroscopic analysis of gas separated from liquid James Bounds, Feng Zhu, Aysenur Bicer, Alexandre Kolomenskii, Vassilios Kelessidis, Hans Schuessler Preview Abstract

Session E3: Nuclear Physics I

Chair: Dan Melconian, Texas A&M University
Room: MPHY 332

Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:35PM - 3:47PM		E3.00001: Current Status of the TAMUTRAP Facility Michael Mehlman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:47PM - 3:59PM		E3.00002: A Novel, Cost-Effective Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanner Brian Kelly Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:59PM - 4:11PM		E3.00003: Scientific Modeling of Strip Positron Emission Tomography Frank Chu, Leonardo A. Bello Puentes Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:11PM - 4:23PM		E3.00004: Neutron Activation Analysis Screening of Scintillator Material for Low Background Experiments Brian Zamarripa-Roman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:23PM - 4:35PM		E3.00005: Garfield Simulation of Beta Particle Detection Emitted from Radiolabeled Peritoneal Tumors Joshua Medford, Amit Bashyal, Mingwu Jin, Yvonne Ng, Ronald Musser, Timothy Watson, Andrew White, Jae Yu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:35PM - 4:47PM		E3.00006: MR Imaging to Screen for Breast Cancer: Transformational magnetics makes it affordable Akhdiyor Sattarov Sattarov, Peter McIntyre, Leszek Motowidlo Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:47PM - 4:59PM		E3.00007: A Modified Bogoliubov Approximation William Bassichis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:59PM - 5:11PM		E3.00008: $^{56}$Fe Inelastic Neutron Scattering Cross Sections Deduced from $\gamma $-Ray Production Cross Sections Thaddeus Howard, S.F. Hicks, M.T. McEllistrem, J.R. Vanhoy, A.J. French, S.L. Henderson, R.L. Pecha, E.E. Peters, T.J. Ross, Z.C. Santonil, L.C. Sidwell, B.K. Thompson, S.W. Yates Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 5:11PM - 5:23PM		E3.00009: Determination of Decay Characteristics of $^{54}$Fe Excited Levels through Inelastic Neutron Scattering R.L. Pecha, S.F. Hicks, A.J. French, S.L. Henderson, Z.C. Santonil, B.K. Thompson, J.R. Vanhoy, Erin Peters, Timothy Ross, S.W. Yates Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 5:23PM - 5:35PM		E3.00010: Sensitivity of inferred electron temperature from X-ray emission of NIF cryogenic DT implosions Michael Klem, T. Ma, N. Izumi, S. Khan, A. Mackinnon, P.K. Patel Preview Abstract

Session E4: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science I

Chair: Casey Papovich, Texas A&M University
Room: MPHY 336

Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:35PM - 3:47PM		E4.00001: Observation of the Stratorotational Instability in Flow between Rotating Concentric Cylinders. Ruy Ibanez, Bruce Rodenborn, Harry Swinney Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:47PM - 3:59PM		E4.00002: Fluidic Dynamics in Accretion Disk Fragmentation Model of Binary Protostar Twin Formation Aaron Herridge Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:59PM - 4:11PM		E4.00003: Large Field Polarimetry Measurements using the Texas A\&M Observatory Fedja Kadribasic, Lifan Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:11PM - 4:23PM		E4.00004: Experimental Observation of Internal Gravity Waves Conner LaRue, Michael Allshouse, Frank Lee, Harry Swinney Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:23PM - 4:35PM		E4.00005: Kinematic and Metallicity Comparisons between Dwarf Galaxies and Brightest Cluster Galaxies - Jimmy Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:35PM - 4:47PM		E4.00006: A New Star-Formation Rate Calibration from the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission Features: Application to High Redshift Lensed Galaxies Heath Shipley, Casey Papovich Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:47PM - 4:59PM		E4.00007: Time Series Photometry with Small Aperture Telescopes Ryan Oelkers Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:59PM - 5:11PM		E4.00008: The Star-Formation Sequence: Tracking the Stellar Mass Growth of Galaxies since 2 Gyr after the Big Bang Adam Tomczak Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 5:11PM - 5:23PM		E4.00009: The Star-Formation Rate and Stellar Mass Relation of Distant Galaxies Brett Salmon Preview Abstract

Session E6: Society of Physics Students

Chair: Timothy Head, Abilene Christian University
Room: MPHY 213

Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:35PM - 3:47PM		E6.00001: Comparison of CME and CIR driven storms based on observations made by TWINS Bianca Trigo, Gunner Robison, Amy Keesee, Jerry Carr Jr. Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:47PM - 3:59PM		E6.00002: Reproduction of Heinrich Hertz's Experiment of 1887 Zachary Williams, Hunter Sullivan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:59PM - 4:11PM		E6.00003: A Multi-band Extension of the Analysis of Variance Period Finding Algorithm Nicholas Mondrik, Jennifer Marshall, James Long Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:11PM - 4:23PM		E6.00004: Development of a RF-Driven H-/H$+$ Surface Plasma Ion Source for the Spallation Neutron Source Jeffrey Breitschopf, Jerry Carr Jr., Vadim Dudnikov, Rol Johnson, Robert Welton, Martin Stockli, Sydney Murray, Manuel Santana, Terry Pennisi, Baoxi Han, Chip Piller Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:23PM - 4:35PM		E6.00005: The effect of oxygen vacancies and strain on the optical bandgap of strained SrTiO$_{3}$ thin films Nathan Steinle, Barry Koehne, Ryan Cottier, Daniel Currie, Nikoleta Theodoropoulou Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:35PM - 4:47PM		E6.00006: A comprehensive evaluation of the performance and materials chemistry of a silicone-based replicating compound Michael Kalan, Michael Brumbach Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:47PM - 4:59PM		E6.00007: Charging and interaction of two-particle system within a glass box immersed in a low-vacuum argon plasma Michael Hoff Preview Abstract

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