Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Joint Spring 2010 Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS, AAPT, and SPS

Volume 55, Number 3

Thursday–Saturday, March 18–20, 2010; Austin, Texas

Session Index

Session J1: AAPT: College and Pre-college Teaching and Teacher Education II

Room: Robert Lee Moore Hall 6.104

Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:15AM - 10:27AM		J1.00001: PhET + Hypercam2 = Simulation Videos for Distance Learning Physics Courses for Elementary Classroom Teachers Thomas Callaway Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:27AM - 10:39AM		J1.00002: An Alternative Approach to In-Service Professional Development for High School Physics Teachers Mark Stone, Jerry O'Connor Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:39AM - 10:51AM		J1.00003: New York Times Current News Physics Applications John Cise Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:51AM - 11:03AM		J1.00004: Select Activities in the Regional Collaborative for Excellence in Science Teaching Jim Roberts Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:03AM - 11:15AM		J1.00005: Physics Teacher Quality Andrew Wallace, David Bixler Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J1.00006: What physicists can learn from Dominic of Osma James ``JC" Sanders Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J1.00007: Formula Recollection through a WORLDLY recognized mnemonic technique Shannon Schunicht Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J1.00008: Teaching physics to student's with special needs \& make more appealing to encourage mathematical skills Shannon Schunicht Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J1.00009: Designing flexible instructional space for teaching introductory physics with emphasis on inquiry and collaborative active learning Tikhon Bykov Preview Abstract

Session J2: AAPT: Laboratories and Demonstrations

Room: Robert Lee Moore Hall 7.104

Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:15AM - 10:27AM		J2.00001: Flow between Rotating Cylinders as a Model of Instability in Nonequilibrium Systems Bruce Rodenborn, Harry L. Swinney Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:27AM - 10:39AM		J2.00002: Rebuilding Physical Science II at the University of Texas at Austin Erich Gust Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:39AM - 10:51AM		J2.00003: Acoustic Analog to Quantum Mechanical Level-Splitting Shawn Hilbert Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:51AM - 11:03AM		J2.00004: Teaching physics in the weight room Alex Barr Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:03AM - 11:15AM		J2.00005: Experimental Proof of Malus' Law Using the Photoelectric Current Karen Williams, Morgan Sennett Preview Abstract

Session J3: Astrophysics, Space Physics, Astronomy, Cosmology

Chair: James Friedrichsen, Austin Community College
Room: Robert Lee Moore Hall 5.112

Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:15AM - 10:27AM		J3.00001: Quantifying Chaos in the Three Body Problem Billy Quarles, Zdzislaw Musielak Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:27AM - 10:39AM		J3.00002: Radiation from Accelerating Electric Charges: The Third Derivative of Position Edward Butterworth Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:39AM - 10:51AM		J3.00003: Treating Boundary Terms in the Hamiltonian Formulation of Gauge Theories Jerry Schirmer, Richard Matzner Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:51AM - 11:03AM		J3.00004: Measurements of Extrasolar Planetary Transits Kyle Meziere, Nicolas Wiseman, Jared Rovny, Elise Dinehart, Blaise Dufrain, Andrew Bechter, Eric Bechter, Richard Olenick, Arthur Sweeney Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:03AM - 11:15AM		J3.00005: Rediscovering Kepler's laws using Newton's gravitation law and NASA data Paul Springsteen, Jason Keith Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J3.00006: Simulation Studies of Muon Induced Neutron Background for a Homestake Dark Matter Experiment Riznia Jasim, Anton Empl, Ed Hungerford Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J3.00007: The nuclear symmetry energy dependence of the nuclear `pasta' phases in the inner crust of neutron stars Michael Gearheart Preview Abstract

Session J4: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics II

Room: Robert Lee Moore Hall 5.104

Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:15AM - 10:27AM		J4.00001: Multi-GeV electron acceleration driven by the Texas Petawatt laser X. Wang, D. Du, S.A. Yi, E. D'Avignon, S. Kalmykov, S. Reed, W. Henderson, P. Dong, R. Zgadzaj, G. Dyer, E. Gaul, M. Martinez, T. Ditmire, G. Shvets, M. Downer Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:27AM - 10:39AM		J4.00002: Collision-Induced Infrared Absorption by Molecular Hydrogen Pairs at Thousands of Kelvin Martin Abel, Katharine L.C. Hunt, Xiaoping Li, Lothar Frommhold Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:39AM - 10:51AM		J4.00003: Raman Response of Acetonitrile and Cyclohexane in the Deep Ultra-Violet Charles Manka, Robert Lunsford, Sergei Nikitin, Nagapratima Kunapareddy Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:51AM - 11:03AM		J4.00004: Using the Feynman-Kac Path Integral Method in Computing Eigenvalues for Hydrogenic Quantum Systems J.M. Rejcek, N.G. Fazleev Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:03AM - 11:15AM		J4.00005: Chaotic scattering in a molecular system Alex Barr, Kyungsun Na, Linda Reichl, Christof Jung Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J4.00006: Quantum decoherence without a master equation Peter Bryant Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J4.00007: Decay properties and photodetachment of the diatomic oxygen ion in a constant electric field Jin-Wook Jung, Kyungsun Na, Linda Reichl Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J4.00008: New Analytic Solutions of Schr\"{o}dinger's Equation in Time and Space Hichem Eleuch, Yuri Rostovtsev, Marlan Scully Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J4.00009: A Newtonian Model of the Hydrogen Atom James Espinosa, James Woodyard Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J4.00010: Improvements in LabVIEW Control of BiasDACs at ATRAP Monica Lacy Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J4.00011: Supersonic expansion of molecular oxygen Jesus Perez-Rios, Massimiliano Bartolomei, Jose Campos-Martinez, Marta Isabel Hernandez, Guzman Tejeda, Jose Maria Fernandez, Salvador Montero Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J4.00012: Exploring Quantum Control Landscapes with Gun and Camera Herschel Rabitz Preview Abstract
Saturday, March 20, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J4.00013: Modeling energy states of lithium dimers with the Born-Oppenheimer approximation Collin Lueck Preview Abstract

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