Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2019 Joint Fall Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS, AAPT and Zone 13 of the SPS

Volume 64, Number 18

Friday–Saturday, October 25–26, 2019; Lubbock, Texas

Session Index

Session E01: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Chair: Yannis Chatzakis, Texas Tech University
Room: Student Union Building Canyon Room

Friday, October 25, 2019 1:30PM - 1:42PM		E01.00001: Spectral X-ray Scatter Correction with an Energy Resolved Photon-Counting Detector Cale Lewis, Mini Das Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 1:42PM - 1:54PM		E01.00002: Understanding Quantum Defect Theory for Cold Atoms and Molecules Alyson Laskowski Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 1:54PM - 2:06PM		E01.00003: Study of the optical absorption of metallic surfaces coated with a VO2 thin layer Ahmad Khayyat Jafari Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:06PM - 2:18PM		E01.00004: Raman scattering from magnetic excitations in CrI3 atomic layers Zhipeng Ye, Pouyan Rezaie, Fabian Diaz, Saad Siddiq, Eric Eric, Rui He, Hyun Ho Kim, Bowen Yang, Adam Tsen, Wencan Jin, Siwen Li, Liuyan Zhao Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:18PM - 2:30PM		E01.00005: An unorthodox study of bidirectional light waves Ankit Pandey, Bill Poirier, Luis Peralta, Muhammad Siddique, Yu-Che Ho, Hira Farooq Preview Abstract

Session E02: Nuclear & Particle II

Chair: Andrew Whitbeck, Texas Tech University
Room: Student Union Building Mesa Room

Friday, October 25, 2019 1:30PM - 2:06PM		E02.00001: Recent results on searches for physics beyond the Standard Model at the LHC and future outlook Invited Speaker: Kenichi Hatakeyama Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:06PM - 2:18PM		E02.00002: Search for supersymmetry in events with photon, jets, b bets and missing transverse energy Vinay Hegde Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:18PM - 2:30PM		E02.00003: Search for VBF production of heavy resonances decaying to Z(nunu)W/Z(qqbar) final state Kamal Lamichhane Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:30PM - 2:42PM		E02.00004: Study of the Kinematics of the Process $H^0 \to gg \to b\overline{b}b\overline{b}$ at the Large Hadron Collider with the ATLAS Experiment Jared Burleson, Stephen Sekula, Rebecca Moore Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:42PM - 2:54PM		E02.00005: Multiplicity distributions from heavy-ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider Negin Alizadehvandchali Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:54PM - 3:06PM		E02.00006: Thermal Fits to Hadron Yields in ALICE and STAR Gabrielle Olinger, Fernando Flor, Rene Bellwied Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 3:06PM - 3:18PM		E02.00007: QCD Equation of State From Holographic Black Holes. Joaquin Grefa, Jorge Noronha, Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler, Israel Portillo, Claudia Ratti, Romulo Rougemont Preview Abstract

Session E03: AAPT and Physics Education Research

Chair: Beth Thacker, Texas Tech University
Room: Student Union Building Playa Room

Friday, October 25, 2019 1:30PM - 2:06PM		E03.00001: Instructors' Purposeful Modifications to SCALE-UP: A Look Across the Country Invited Speaker: Erin Scanlon Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:06PM - 2:18PM		E03.00002: A Rubric for Assessing Thinking Skills in Free-Response Exam Problems. Fatema Salmani, Beth Thacker Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:18PM - 2:30PM		E03.00003: Working your physics muscles James Espinosa, James Espinosa, Michael Espinosa Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:30PM - 2:42PM		E03.00004: Teaching Physics in China Steven Ball Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:42PM - 2:54PM		E03.00005: The 2019 PTRA Summer Institute Thomas O'Kuma Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:54PM - 3:06PM		E03.00006: Things Are A Changing! Karen Jo Matsler Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 3:06PM - 3:18PM		E03.00007: From Red Star to Lone Star -- How love of physics guided a young scientist from North Korea to Texas Suzy Lidstrom Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 3:18PM - 3:30PM		E03.00008: Theoretical Modeling of Applied Push Forces on Wheelchairs Edward Hamilton, Jonathan Mock, Surya Donty Preview Abstract

Session E04: Astrophysics II

Chair: Mike Kesden, UT Dallas
Room: Student Union Building Red Raider Lounge

Friday, October 25, 2019 1:30PM - 1:54PM		E04.00001: Recent developments in gravitational-wave astronomy Invited Speaker: Joseph Romano Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 1:54PM - 2:18PM		E04.00002: The Next-Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) Invited Speaker: Joan Wrobel Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:18PM - 2:42PM		E04.00003: Thirty-Meter Class Telescopes and Texas’ Opportunity Invited Speaker: Angela Speck Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 2:42PM - 3:06PM		E04.00004: Next generation astronomical observatories and the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer Invited Speaker: Jennifer Marshall Preview Abstract
Friday, October 25, 2019 3:06PM - 3:30PM		E04.00005: High Energy Astrophysics Missions Invited Speaker: David Pooley Preview Abstract

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