Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Fall 2024 Joint Meeting of the Texas Section of the APS, Texas Section of the AAPT & Zone 13 of the SPS

Thursday–Saturday, October 17–19, 2024; Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

Session Index

Session L01: Materials Science II

Chair: Benjamin Tayo, University of Central Oklahoma
Room: Southern Methodist University Ballroom A

Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:00AM - 9:12AM		L01.00001: Influence of Surface/Interface Properties of Nano- and Microscale Oxide Particles on Their Antibacterial Action. Yuri M Strzhemechny, Dustin A Johnson, John Reeks, John Brannon, Alexander Caron, Shauna M McGillivray
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:12AM - 9:24AM		L01.00002: The effects of solvent vapor annealing to the crystalline structure of perylene diimide derivative aggregates on PMMA films Nicholas Cox, Heungman Park
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:24AM - 9:36AM		L01.00003: Investigating how thermal annealing near the glass transition temperature affects PMMA films in helping to organize crystalline perylene diimide aggregates within the film. Lukas W Nesbit, Heungman Park
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:36AM - 9:48AM		L01.00004: Quantum Computing and Europium Doped Cerium Oxide Nanotubes Joseph M Chouinard, Jeffrey L Coffer, Leo O Hernandez
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:48AM - 10:00AM		L01.00005: Literature overview of electrochemical deposition optimization of Fe-Co-B/Ta magnetic multilayers for spintronics Anjali S Poulo, Joshua A Torres, Jeffery Moore, Jayce Littleton, Tej Nath Lamichhane
Saturday, October 19, 2024 10:00AM - 10:12AM		L01.00006: Utilizing Electron Irradiation to Decrease Friction in Graphene Sophie Wang

Session L02: Nuclear and Particle VI

Chair: Walter Wilcox, Baylor University
Room: Southern Methodist University Oren Auditorium

Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:00AM - 9:12AM		L02.00001: Novel measurement of Zr-88 cross section supports value orders of magnitude larger than predicted Andrew Kelly
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:12AM - 9:24AM		L02.00002: Measurement of the Isomeric Yield Ratio of Zirconium-89m from Zirconium-88 Thermal Neutron Absorption Isaac Paul Kelly, Will H Flanagan, Jacob Moldenhauer, William Charlton, Joseph Lapka, Donald D Nolting
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:24AM - 9:36AM		L02.00003: First direct measurement of the unexpectedly large neutron capture cross-section of 88Zr at CERN's n_ToF facility EAR2. Genevieve Alpar, Michael Bacak, Jacob Moldenhauer, Will H Flanagan, Emilio Mendoza Cembranos, Javier Balibrea Correa, Isaac Paul Kelly, Claudia Lederer-Woods, Jorge Lerendegui, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, Riccardo Mucciola
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:36AM - 9:48AM		L02.00004: Analysis of Triton and Alpha Particle Tracks in CR-39 from Lithium-6 Fission Reaction Noah D'Amico, Cuikun Lin, Ian Jones, Sandeep Puri, Robert V Duncan
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:48AM - 10:00AM		L02.00005: Tritium Atomic Cross Sections Morgan Griffin Elliott, Benjamin JP Jones
Saturday, October 19, 2024 10:00AM - 10:12AM		L02.00006: Quantum Detection using Magnetic Avalanches in Single-Molecule Magnets Bailey Pickard

Session L03: Astrophysics V

Chair: Lorin Matthews, Baylor University
Room: Southern Methodist University Ballroom B

Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:00AM - 9:12AM		L03.00001: Measuring Tidal Friction in Main-Sequence Sun-Like Stars Kaloyan M Penev, Joshua A Schussler
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:12AM - 9:24AM		L03.00002: Measuring masses and compositions of planets in K2-21 using Transit Timing Variations Billy Quarles
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:24AM - 9:36AM		L03.00003: SOAR TESS survey: Thousands of High-resolution Images of Planet Hosting Stars Carl Ziegler
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:36AM - 9:48AM		L03.00004: Astrophysical Properties of the Sirius Binary System Modeled with MESA Momin Khan
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:48AM - 10:00AM		L03.00005: Nonlinear Stellar Oscillations: Dynamics of Directly Coupled and Parametrically Coupled Three-Mode Systems. Mohammed Mourabit, Nevin N Weinberg
Saturday, October 19, 2024 10:00AM - 10:12AM		L03.00006: AstroWISP, a photometric tool for color images Angel E Romero, Kaloyan M Penev, Seyed Javad (Ashkan) Jafarzadeh

Session L04: Astrophysics VI

Chair: Lei Yang, South Methodist University
Room: Southern Methodist University Ballroom C

Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:00AM - 9:12AM		L04.00001: The Death of a Star: Spectra From 19 Hours Before Type Ib Supernova (SN 2019ehk) Indicates Wolf-Rayet Progenitor Samson Colburn, Benjamin M Rose, David Galewski, Barbara G Castanheira Endl
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:12AM - 9:24AM		L04.00002: Photometric and Astrometric Determinations of Effective Temperature and Surface Gravity for the White Dwarfs in HETDEX Jayden Blanchard, Barbara G Castanheira Endl
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:24AM - 9:36AM		L04.00003: Simulation of nuclear reactions within neutron stars outer crust using the compressible liquid drop model Carlos Davila, William G Newton
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:36AM - 9:48AM		L04.00004: Asteroseismology of 45 New Pulsating White Dwarfs Discovered by TESS Julia A Brouwer, Barbara G Castanheira Endl
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:48AM - 10:00AM		L04.00005: Asteroseismology of white dwarfs: comparison between MESA and WDEC Charles L Hinds, Barbara G Castanheira Endl
Saturday, October 19, 2024 10:00AM - 10:12AM		L04.00006: Implementation of a model of the neutron star crust with a consistent determination of bulk and surface energies. Savannah Wright

Session L05: SPS

Chair: Patrick Greene, St. Mary's University
Room: Southern Methodist University Chamber

Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:00AM - 9:12AM		L05.00001: Integrated Inclinometer in Cosmic Ray Muon Detection Duncan J McGhee, Patrick B. Greene, Carlos C Sifuentes
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:12AM - 9:24AM		L05.00002: Data Analysis in Muon Detection Carlos C Sifuentes, Patrick B. Greene, Duncan J McGhee
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:24AM - 9:36AM		L05.00003: Empirical and Theoretical Analysis of B-Field Behavior in X-Y Ion Beam Steering Magnets Adrian Martinez, Kera Davis-Manchette, Henry L Clark
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:36AM - 9:48AM		L05.00004: Searching for Exoplanets in Various Star Systems Sharanya Palit, Richard Peter Olenick
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:48AM - 10:00AM		L05.00005: Abstract Withdrawn
Saturday, October 19, 2024 10:00AM - 10:12AM		L05.00006: Design and Implementation of Automated Data Acquisition Method for Historic Cavendish Experiment Khalen Wilkerson, Calvin J Berggren, Toni D Sauncy

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