Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Joint Fall 2017 Meeting of the Texas Section of the APS, Texas Section of the AAPT, and Zone 13 of the Society of Physics Students

Volume 62, Number 16

Friday–Saturday, October 20–21, 2017; The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas

Session Index

Session E1: Astro II

Chair: Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: DGAC 1.102A

Friday, October 20, 2017 4:15PM - 4:27PM		E1.00001: Star Formation Histories of Extreme Emission Line Galaxies at z~3.5 in the ZFOURGE Survey Jonathan Cohn, Joel Leja, Kim-Vy Tran, Ben Forrest, Ben Johnson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:27PM - 4:39PM		E1.00002: Probing the debris disks of nearby stars with Fermi-LAT Alexander Riley, Louis Strigari, Troy Porter, Roger Blandford Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:39PM - 4:51PM		E1.00003: Transit Evolution of HD189733b Philip Lenzen, Richard Olenick, Arthur Sweeney Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:51PM - 5:03PM		E1.00004: A Uniform Set of DAV Atmospheric Parameters Josh Fuchs, Bart Dunlap, Chris Clemens, JJ Hermes, Jesus Meza, Patrick O'Brien Preview Abstract

Session E2: High Energy and Particle Physics II

Chair: Walter Wilcox, Baylor University
Room: DGAC 1.102B

Friday, October 20, 2017 4:15PM - 4:39PM		E2.00001: Quantum Entanglement, Holography and the Geometry of Spacetime Invited Speaker: Elena Caceres Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:39PM - 4:51PM		E2.00002: Holographic Complexity and Non-Commutative Guage Theory Josiah Couch, Stefan Eccles, Willy Fischler, Ming-Lei Xiao Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:51PM - 5:03PM		E2.00003: Dark Matter Annihilation into Four-Body Final States and Implications for the AMS Antiproton Excess Steven Clark Preview Abstract

Session E3: SPS II

Chair: Bob Glosser, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: DGAC 1.102C

Friday, October 20, 2017 4:15PM - 4:27PM		E3.00001: The Optics of Lightguides for use in the NEXT-100 detector Ryan Clark Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:27PM - 4:39PM		E3.00002: Mammoth Mechanics Gissell Obregon, Jessica Davis, Paige Parliament, James Espinosa Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:39PM - 4:51PM		E3.00003: Recent observational constraints with figures of merit on the parameters of a variety of cosmological models, including some growth index parameterizations and comparisons using AIC and BIC methods Andrew Chang, Dr. Jacob Moldenhauer, Craig Nakutis Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:51PM - 5:03PM		E3.00004: Toward Better Human Robotic Systems Michael Lynn Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 5:03PM - 5:15PM		E3.00005: My summer as a software developer intern Crystal Brown Preview Abstract

Session E4: Condensed Matter Physics II

Chair: Mark Lee, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: DGAC 1.128

Friday, October 20, 2017 4:15PM - 4:27PM		E4.00001: Topological Triply-Degenerate Points Induced by Spin-Tensor-Momentum Couplings Haiping Hu, Junpeng Hou, Fan Zhang, Chuanwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:27PM - 4:39PM		E4.00002: Majorana Corner States of Topological Edge Superconductors Qiyue Wang, Fan Zhang Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:39PM - 4:51PM		E4.00003: Quantum Hall Charge Kondo Criticality Zhi-qiang Bao, Fan Zhang Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:51PM - 5:03PM		E4.00004: Nematic, Ferroelectric, Quantum Hall States in Odd-layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Patrick Cheung, Fan Zhang Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 5:03PM - 5:15PM		E4.00005: Prediction of novel magnetic materials Saeed Rahmanian koshkaki, Artem Oganov, Saeed Rahmanian koshkaki, Qian Guang-Rui Preview Abstract

Session E5: Space Physics II

Chair: Jodi Cooley-Sekula, Southern Methodist University
Room: DGAC 1.131

Friday, October 20, 2017 4:15PM - 4:27PM		E5.00001: CubeSats in Space Science Russell Stoneback Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:27PM - 4:39PM		E5.00002: Bounce resonant scattering by magnetosonic waves -- diffusion coefficients and a parametric study Armando Maldonado, Lunjin Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:39PM - 4:51PM		E5.00003: Stratospheric Organism and Radiation Analyzer Samuel A. Garcia Morelos, Fre'Etta Brooks, Steven Oliver, Alejandra Cruz, Diego Hernandez, Jaime Juarez, Reed Masek, Debora Mroczek, Dorian Pena, Kevin Portillo, Andrew Renshaw, Andrew Walker Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:51PM - 5:03PM		E5.00004: Modeling the Effects of Equatorial Ionospheric Disturbances on High Frequency Transmissions Through Ray Tracing. Matthew Proctor Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 5:03PM - 5:15PM		E5.00005: The Global Gravity Gradient Field of the Planet Mars Determined using a Spherical Harmonic Expansion and the Fourier Transform: A Comparative Analysis Juan Hinojosa Preview Abstract

Session E6: Optics II

Chair: Alex Zakhidov, Texas State Univ. San Marcos
Room: DGAC 1.135

Friday, October 20, 2017 4:15PM - 4:27PM		E6.00001: Tunable conducting oxide metasurface color filter Jinqiannan Zhang, Long Tao, Aleksei Anopchenko, Ho Wai Howard Lee Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:27PM - 4:39PM		E6.00002: Reflective photonic limiter based on a phase-changing material Rodion Kononchuk, Andrey Chabanov, Martin Hilario, Benmaas Jawdat, Brad Hoff, Vladimir Vasilyev, Nicholaos Limberopoulos, Ilya Vitebskiy Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:39PM - 4:51PM		E6.00003: Gate-tunable electromagnetically-induced transparency plasmonic modulator Long Tao, Aleksei Anopchenko, Jinqiannan Zhang, Sudip Gurung, Ho Wai Howard Lee Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 4:51PM - 5:03PM		E6.00004: Field-Effect Tunable Epsilon-Near-Zero Perfect Absorption. Aleksei Anopchenko, Long Tao, Catherine Arndt, Ho Wai Howard Lee Preview Abstract
Friday, October 20, 2017 5:03PM - 5:15PM		E6.00005: Origins and Applications of the Optical Properties of Graphene Derivatives Anton Naumov, Md. Tanvir Hasan, Elizabeth Sizemore, Conor Ryan, Thomas Paz Preview Abstract

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