Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Fall 2015 Joint Meeting of the Texas Section of the AAPT, Texas Section of the APS and Zone 13 of the Society of Physics Students

Volume 60, Number 15

Thursday–Saturday, October 29–31, 2015; Waco, Texas

Session Index

Session NW1: Workshop: Hollywood Physics

Chair: Kendric Davies, PTRA
Room: E.336

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 12:00PM		NW1.00001: Hollywood Physics Kenric Davies Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:00PM - 1:30PM		NW1.00002: TS AAPT Workshop 6 -- Holywood Physics Kenric Davies Preview Abstract

Session NW2: Workshop: Planck's Constant

Chair: Tom O'Kuma, Lee College
Room: E.306

Saturday, October 31, 2015
10:30AM - 12:30PM

NW2.00001: TS AAPT Workshop 5 -- Planck's Constant
Regina Barrera, Tom O'Kuma, Stephanie Ingle

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Session N1: Quantum Optics II

Chair: Cristian Bahrim, Lamar University
Room: C.105

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		N1.00001: A study in the optimal fidelity of continuous-variable teleportation. LiYun Hu, Zeyang Liao, Shengli Ma, M. Suhail Zubairy Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		N1.00002: A local hidden variable model of the GHZ puzzle Brian La Cour Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		N1.00003: An ideal experiment to determine the `past of a particle' in the nested Mach-Zehnder Interferometer fu LI, Hashmi Hashmi, Jinxing ZHANG, Shi-yao Zhu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		N1.00004: Quantum Teleportation without Classical Channel Zhenghong Li, M. Al-Amri, M. Suhail Zubairy Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		N1.00005: Classical Emulation of a 2-Qubit Quantum Computer Using Analog Voltage signals Michael Starkey, Brian LaCour, Corey Ostrove, Gary Wilson, Granville Ott Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		N1.00006: Quantum measurement reversal: Influence of finite detector efficiency Longfei Fan, M. Suhail Zubairy Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		N1.00007: Hybrid Quantum-Classical Approaches to NP-complete Problems Corey Ostrove Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		N1.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		N1.00009: Entanglement of two movable mirrors with a single photon superposition state Wenchao Ge, Suhail Zubairy Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:18PM - 12:30PM		N1.00010: Robust quantum state recovery from amplitude damping within a mixed states framework Saeideh Shahrokh Esfahani, Zeyang Liao, M. Suhail Zubairy Preview Abstract

Session N2: Condensed Matter Physics II

Chair: Greg Benesh, Baylor University
Room: A.108

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		N2.00001: DFT and DFT$+$U Calculations of Lead Halide Perovskites Modeling Polaron Behavior and Doping Eric Welch, Paul Erhart, Luisa Scolfaro, Alex Zakhidov Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		N2.00002: Stability study of tin alloyed acanthite Cu$_{\mathrm{2}}$S by cluster expansion method Sajib Barman, Muhammad Huda Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		N2.00003: Coupling Reactions of Formaldehyde on Rutile TiO$_{\mathrm{2}}$(110) Zhenrong Zhang, Ke Zhu, Yaobiao Xia, Miru Tang, Zhi-Tao Wang, Igor Lyubinetsky, Gingfeng Ge, Zdenek Dohnalek, Kenneth Park Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		N2.00004: First-Principles Study of the Structural, Electronic, and Vibrational Properties of the Type-II Clathrate Compounds A$_{\mathrm{x}}$M$_{\mathrm{136\thinspace \thinspace }}$(A~$=$~Na,K,Rb,Cs; M~$=$~Si,Ge,Sn; 0$\le $~x$\le $~24) Dong Xue, Charles Myles Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		N2.00005: Minimizing Reflections from Artificial Boundaries in Electronic Structure Calculations G. A. Benesh, Roger Haydock Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		N2.00006: PuO$_{\mathrm{2}}$ (111) surface study of electronic and magnetic properties using hybrid density functional theory Shafaq Moten, Raymond Atta-Fynn, Asok Ray, Muhammad Huda Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		N2.00007: Magnets satisfy the Landau-Lifshitz equation AND the Bloch equation. Wayne Saslow Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		N2.00008: Sheet resistance measurements on a Fe-doped NiO ReRAM Test Chip. James Shook, Yubo Cui, Md Abdul Ahad Taludker, Tang Xi, Greg McClendon, Alex Zakhidov, Luisa Scolfaro, Wilhelmus Geerts Preview Abstract

Session N3: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science II

Chair: William Newton, Texas A&M University
Room: C.206

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		N3.00001: Using machine learning to interpret ground-level PM2.5 distribution in east Asia in 2004-2013 Daji Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		N3.00002: High HOPEs: Modeling Electric Fields in Earth's Plasmasphere to Estimate Its Temperature Grace Corley, Will Farner, Kevin Genestreti, Jerry Goldstein, Brian Larsen, Chae Ramnarace, Geoff Reeves, Ruth Skoug, Harlan Spence, Niescja Turner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		N3.00003: Variable Star Search Using ROTSE-I Data Daniel Gum, Farley Ferrante, Robert Kehoe Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		N3.00004: Modeling the fluid dynamics of a protoplanetary disk in a tabletop experiment Ruy Ibanez, Bruce Rodenborn, Harry Swinney Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		N3.00005: Investigating cosmological parameters using \texttt{CosmoEJS}, an interactive package of cosmology Java simulations Jacob Moldenhauer, Francis Cavanna, William O'toole, William Zimmerman Preview Abstract

Session N4: High Energy Physics III

Chair: Anzhong Wang, Baylor University
Room: A.207

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 11:00AM		N4.00001: Detecting quantum gravitational effects in the early universe?" Invited Speaker: Anzhong Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:00AM - 11:12AM		N4.00002: Extrapolation Technique Pitfalls in Asymmetry Measurements at Colliders Katrina Colletti, David Toback, Jon Wilson, Ziqing Hong Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:12AM - 11:24AM		N4.00003: Simulating Neutron Interaction with Cryogenic Dark Matter Detectors Alex Jagrowski, Rob Agnese, Tarek Saab, Jonathen Settle Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:24AM - 11:36AM		N4.00004: Lifshitz solutions and the effects of high-order operators Xinwen Wang, Jie Yang, Miao Tian, Anzhong Wang, Yanbin Deng Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:36AM - 11:48AM		N4.00005: Charged Einstein-aether black holes and Smarr formula Chikun Ding, Anzhong Wang, Xinwen Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:48AM - 12:00PM		N4.00006: Quantization of 1+1 Dimensional Horava-Lifshitz Gravity Baofei Li, Anzhong Wang, Yumei Wu, Zhongchao Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:00PM - 12:12PM		N4.00007: Inflationary Spectra with quantum corrections in loop quantum cosmology Tao Zhu, Anzhong Wang, Gerald Cleaver, Klaus Kirsten, Qin Sheng, Qiang Wu Preview Abstract

Session N5: Computational Physics

Chair: Bruce Miller, Texas Christian University
Room: E.231

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		N5.00001: Cosmology in One Dimension: Vlasov Dynamics Bruce Miller, Giovanni Manfredi, Jean-Louis Rouet, Yui Shiozawa Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		N5.00002: Path integral Monte Carlo on a lattice II: bound states Mark O'Callaghan, Bruce Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		N5.00003: Numerical techniques to improve lattice QCD calculations Suman Baral, Walter Wilcox Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		N5.00004: Continuing Studies of Hydrogenic Quantum Systems Using the Feynman-Kac Path Integral Method James Rejcek Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		N5.00005: Analyzing theoretical calculations for the results of e- and e$+$ interactions Gunner Robison, Calvin Berggren Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		N5.00006: A Consistent Model of Plasma- The Potential in a Glass Box Lori Scott, Lorin Matthews, Truell Hyde Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		N5.00007: Regular and Chaotic Motion of a Gravitational Billiard in a Cone Cameron Langer, Bruce Miller Preview Abstract

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