Meeting Highlights
MONDAY MORNING, 20 MARCH 1995
8:00
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
A1 New Probes of the High Temperature
Superconductors Pairing State.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
A3 Glassy Dynamics.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center
A4 Strongly Correlated Metals.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
A7 Dissipative Tunneling in Quantum Systems.
Ballroom A5, San Jose Convention Center.
Forum on History of Physics
A2 New Studies of Isaac Newton's Works.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
Instrument and Measurement Science Topical Group and Division of Materials
Physics
A5 Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Materials Physics and Division of Chemical Physics
A6 Tribology and Scanning Force Microscopy of
Complex Interfaces.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
11:00
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
B1 High-Tc Theory.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
B2 Chaos in Ballistic Microstructures.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
B3 Conducting Polymers.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Fluid Dynamics
B4 Finite-Time Singularities in Fluids.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Committee on Applications
B5 Technology: Physics and Policy Issues of Electric
Battery Vehicles.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Chemical Physics
B6 Complexity at Interfaces: Recent Advances in
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.
Room A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Materials Physics
B24 Magnetic Heterostructures: GMR - Metallic I.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
B25 Theory of Materials II: Interatomic Potentials and
Tight Binding.
Regency Ballroom I, Fairmont Hotel.
B26 Silicon and Silicon-Based Clusters: Structure,
Stability, and Optical Response.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
B27 Fullerenes I: Structure and Dynamics.
Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel.
B28 Laser Processing of Materials II: Pulsed Laser
Deposition.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
B29 Conducting Polymers II: Photoexcitations II and
NLO.
California Room, Fairmont Hotel.
MONDAY AFTERNOON, 20 MARCH 1995
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
12:12
B'3 Supersolids and Other
Exotic Phases.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
12:48
B'1 Raman Scattering From
Cuprate Superconductors.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center
Committee on Applications
14:30
C3 Future Directions of the
Semiconductor Industry: The Role of Physics.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Fluid Dynamics
C4 Topological Defects in Liquid Crystals.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Instrument and Measurement Science Topical Group
C5 Revolutionary Superconductive Sensors.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
C7 Ground States and Domain Walls in Spin Glasses.
Ballroom A5, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Chemical Physics
C6 Prizes and Awards of The American Physical
Society: Chemical Physics.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Committee on the Status of Women in Physics
C8 Can Culture Change?
Ballroom A4, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Materials Physics
C24 Magnetic Heterostructures: GMR-Metallic II.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
C25 Theory of Materials III: Phase Diagrams and
Transformations.
Regency Ballroom I, Fairmont Hotel.
C26 Diamond and Related Materials II: Diamond
Growth and Characterization.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
C27 Fullerenes II: Doped Materials A.
Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel.
C29 Conducting Polymers III: Theory.
California Room, Fairmont Hotel.
Division of Materials Physics and Division of Condensed Matter Physics
C28 Reactive Surfaces in Plasma Processing.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
TUESDAY MORNING, 21 MARCH 1995
8:00
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
E1 Nu=1/2 Quantum Hall Effect.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
E2 Local Optical Spectroscopy: From Molecules.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
E3 Cryogenic Elementary Particle Detectors.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Biological Physics
E4 Pattern Formation in Micro-Organism Colonies.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Committee on Applications of Physics
E5 Physics-Based Modeling of Microelectronic,
Mechanical and Thermo-Fluidic
Systems.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Chemical Physics
E6 Complexity at Interfaces: New Developments in
Scanning Force Microscopy.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Material Physics
E24 Magnetic Heterostructures: Exchange Coupling I:
Metallic.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
E25 Diamonds and Related Materials III: SiC and
Contacts to Wide Band Gap
Materials.
Regency Ballroom I, Fairmont Hotel.
E26 Carbon Clusters: Assemblies, Metcars, and
Fullerenes Analogs.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
E27 Fullerenes III: Doped Materials B.
Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel.
E28 Hydrogen and Radiation Effects.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
E29 Conducting Polymers IV: Structures/Devices.
California Room, Fairmont Hotel.
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
9:48
E'1 Six Decades of
Condensed-Matter Physics: Origins and Trends.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
E'2 Optical Properties of Excited State of Conjugated
Polymers.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
E'3 Polarization: A Manifestation of Quantum Phase.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
11:00
F2 Point Defect Dynamics in
Silicon.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
F3 X-Rays in Condensed Matter.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
F4 Excitations of Mott Insulators.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Committee on Minorities
F5 Physics of Reduced Dimensionality.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Chemical Physics
F6 Complexity at Interfaces: Atomic Scale Properties
and Engineering of Novel
Interfaces: Theory and Simulation.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Forum on Education and the Forum on International Physics
F7 Physics Education: An International Perspective.
Ballroom A5, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Materials Physics
F24 Magnetic Heterostructures: Exchange Coupling II.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
F25 Theory of Materials IV: Oxides and Related
Materials.
Regency Ballroom I, Fairmont Hotel.
F26 Stress and Epitaxy: Electronic and Optical
Properties.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
F27 Fullereness IV: Doped Materials C.
Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel.
F28 Laser Processing of Materials III: Applications.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
F29 Conducting Polymers V: Polyaniline.
California Room, Fairmont Hotel.
F30 Tribology: Theory of Interfaces and Atomic Force
Microscopy.
Garden Room, Fairmont Hotel.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 21 MARCH 1995
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
12:12
F'3 High Precision
Spectroscopy of Confined Excitons.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
F'4 Composite Fermions.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
12:48
F'1 Fluctuations and High Tc
Superconductors.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
F'2 Structured Fluids in Flow.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
14:30
G1 Magnetic Flux in
Superconductors.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
G3 New Perspectives in the Quantum Hall Regimes.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
G4 Quantum Fluids in Aerogel.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Instrument and Measurement Science Topical Group.
G5 Microsensors.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Chemical Physics
G6 Complexity at Interfaces: Theory and Simulation.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Committee on Applications of Physics.
G7 The Status and Future of Data Storage.
Ballroom A5, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Materials Physics
G24 Magnetic Heterostructures: Magnetic Circular
Dichroism.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
G25 Diamond and Related Materials IV: Bn, Znse, and
Boron Diffusion.
Regency Ballroom I, Fairmont Hotel.
G26 Theory of Materials V: Defects in Oxides and
Semiconductors.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
G27 Stress and Epitaxy: Relaxation and Alloying.
Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel.
G28 Defects in Materials.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
G29 Conducting Polymers VI: Transport.
California Room, Fairmont Hotel.
G30 Tribology: Adhesion of Small Particles/Friction
and Deformation of Absorbates.
Garden Room, Fairmont Hotel.
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
16:18
G'1 Magnetic Properties in
Superconductors.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
Committee on Status of Women in Physics
16:30
G'8 Site Visits to Physics
Departments to Improve the Climate for Women: A Panel
Discussion and Open Forum.
Ballroom A4, San Jose Convention Center.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, 22 MARCH 1995
8:00
Division of Condensed Matter Physics.
I1 Stacked Josephson Junction Arrays.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
I2 Fundamentals of Growth: Davisson Germer Prize
Lecture.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
I3 Photoemission from Metallic Quantum Wells and
Multilayers.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Biolgical Physics and the Division of Chemical Physics
I4 Protein-Folding: Theory.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Computational Physics
I5 Advances in Computational Materials Science.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center
Division of Chemical Physics
I6 Complexity at Interfaces: Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance at Interfaces.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Materials Physics
I9 Adler Prize Sympsium : Magnetic Effects Layered
Superconductors.
Ballroom A5, San Jose Convention Center.
I24 Magnetic Heterostructures: Spin Polarized Electronic
Structures.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
I25 Diamond and Related Materials V: Gan and
Related Materials.
Regency Ballroom I, Fairmont Hotel.
I26 Theory of Clusters: Fragmentation, Assembly,
Reactions, and Response.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
I27 Fullereness V: Nanotubes A.
Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel.
I28 X-Ray and Neutron Scattering I: Inelastic.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
I29 Avalanches I: Experiments on Noise and
Avalanches.
California Room, Fairmont Hotel.
I30 Tribology: Confined Liquids. Garden Room,
Fairmont Hotel.
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
9:12
I'3 Double Quantum Wells.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
9:48
I'1 C-Axis Coupling in High
Temperature Superconductors.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
11:00
J1 BSCCO in the Mixed State.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
J2 Electron Scattering in Mesoscopic Systems.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
J3 Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena in Magnetic
Systems.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Biological Physics and Division of Chemical Physics
J4 Protein-Folding: Experiment.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Instrument and Measurement Science Topical Group
J5 Liquid Crystal Displays.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center
Division of Chemical Physics
J6 Complexity at Interfaces: Surface Dynamics via
Time Resolved
Spectroscopy.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Forum on Physics and Society and the Forum on Education.
J7 Jobs and Education.
Ballroom A5, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Materials Physics
J24 Magnetic Heterostructures: Micromagnetic Imaging.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
J25 Theory of Materials VI: Ferroelectrics and Related
Materials.
Regency Ballroom I, Fairmont Hotel.
J27 Stress and Epitaxy: Stress Induced Roughening.
Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel.
J28 X-Ray and Neutron Scattering II: SAS and Surfaces.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
J29 Avalanches II: Experiments on Fracture and
Avalanches.
California Room, Fairmont Hotel.
J30 Tribology: Tribochemical Films.
Garden Room, Fairmont Hotel.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 22 MARCH 1995
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
12:12
J'1 Vortices in
Superconductors.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
14:30
K1 Heavy-Fermion
Superconductors.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
K2 Photonic Band Gap Materials and Applications.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
K3 Non-Fermi Liquid Behavior in 1D.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
K5 Conduction Electron Scattering at Surfaces.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Biological Physics
K4 Dynamics of the Heart.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Chemical Physics
K6 Complexity at Interfaces Non Linear Spectroscopy
of Complex Interfaces.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Committee of Applications on Physics
K7 Changing Work Styles of Physicists in Industry.
Ballroom A5, San Jose Convention Center.
Divsion of Materials Physics
K24 Magnetic Heterostructures: Itinerant Magnetism
Theory.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
K25. Theory of Materials VII: Dielectric Properties.
Regency Ballroom I, Fairmont Hotel.
K26 Nanoclusters: Growth, Magnetism, and
Characterization.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
K27 Fullerenes VI: Nanotubes B.
Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel.
K28 Non-Crystalline Materials I: Structure and
Transport.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
K29 Avalanches III: Avalanches and Earthquakes.
California Room, Fairmont Hotel.
K30 Phase Transformations I.
Garden Room, Fairmont Hotel.
Forum on Physics and Society and the Instrument and Measurement Science Topical
16:30
K'2 Alternative Science:
Foolish, Fraudulent and Phobic.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
Committee on Education and the Forum on Education
17:00
K'8 Connecting Graduate
Education to Teaching Needs.
Ballroom A4, San Jose Convention Center.
THURSDAY MORNING, 23 MARCH 1995
8:00
Division of Condensed Matter Physics.
M1 Rare Earth Nickel Borocarbide Superconductors.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
M2 Metal Insulator Tranisition in the Integer
Quantum Hall Effect.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
M3 Defects in Wide-Band-Gap Semiconductors.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
M5 Bosonization of Fermi Systems.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center
Division of Biological Physics
M4 Manipulation of Single DNA Molecules.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Chemcial Physics
M6 Complexity at Interfaces: Surface Forces in Thin
Films and Particulate
Systems.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Committee on Applications of Physics
M7 Trends in Scintillators and Phosphors.
Ballroom A5, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Materials Physics
M24 Magnetic Heterostructures: Magneto-Optics.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
M25 Theory of Materials VIII: Surfaces.
Regency Ballroom I, Fairmont Hotel.
M26 Quantum Dots and Optical Properties of Large
Clusters.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
M27 Stress and Epitaxy: Structure.
Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel.
M28 Non-Crystalline Materials II: Dynamics.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
M29 Avalanches IV: Granular Materials.
California Room, Fairmont Hotel.
M30 Phase Transformations II.
Garden Room, Fairmont Hotel.
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
9:48
M'1 High-Tc Superlattices and
PBCO.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
11:00
N1 Hall Dynamics of Vortices
in High Tc Superconductors.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
N2 Hysteresis and Criticality in Disordered
Non-Equilibrium Systems.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
N3 Diffusion, Growth, and Morphology of Surfaces.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Biological Physics
N4 Reading the Physics in Sequence Data.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Forum on Physics and Society.
N5 Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center.
Divsion of Chemical Physics
N6 Complexity at Interfaces: Probing Complex
Interfaces with Electrons.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Committee on Applications of Physics and the Division of Materials Physics.
N7 Microwave Processing of Materials.
Ballroom A5, San Jose Convention Center.
Divsion of Materials Physics
N24 Magnetic Heterostructures: Novel Magnetic
Materials.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
N25 Theory of Materials IX: Magnetism/High
Pressure.
Regency Ballroom I, Fairmont Hotel.
N26 Positron Applications I: Diffraction and Auger
Spectroscopy.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
N27 Fullerenes VII: Thin Films.
Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel.
N29 Avalanches V: Theory of Fracture.
California Room, Fairmont Hotel.
N30 Phase Transformations III: Pressure Induced
Transformations.
Garden Room, Fairmont Hotel.
Division of Condensed Matter Physics and the Division of Materials Physics
N28 X-Ray and Neutron Scattering III: Diffraction.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, 23 MARCH 1995
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
12:48
N'1 Normal-State Properties
of Cuprates.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
14:30
O1 Solid Hydrogen at
Megabar Pressure.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
O2 Nonequilibrium Intersubband Dynamics: Lasing,
Harmonic Generation and
Energy Relaxation.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center
O3 Physicists Working in Government Policy.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
O4 Phase Coexistence and Structures in Dipolar
Fluids.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Instrument and Measurement Science Topical Group
O5 High Temperature Superconductor Applications in
Electronics.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Chemical Physics
O6 Complexity at Interfaces: Recent Advances in near
Field Microscopy.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Materials Physics
O24 Magnetic Heterostructures: Tunneling and 4f-
Exchange.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
O25 Diamonds and Related Materials Vi: Physics of
Wide Band Gap
Semiconductor Devices and Related Issues.
Regency Ballroom I, Fairmont Hotel.
O26 Theory of Materials X: Mechanical Properties.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
O27 Fullerenes VIII: Dynamics and Reactivity.
Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel.
O28 Non-Crystalline Materials III: Metallic Glasses.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
O29 Avalanches VI: Scaling, Self-Organized
Criticality, and Avalanches
(Theory).
California Room, Fairmont Hotel.
O30 Phase Transformations IV.
Garden Room, Fairmont Hotel.
Division of Condensed Matter Physics.
16:18
O'1 Sensitive Measurements
Using Mechanical Resonators.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
FRIDAY MORNING, 24 MARCH 1995
8:00
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
Q1 Biotechnology.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
Q2 Mechanisms for Pattern Formation.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
Q3 Strained Layer Epitaxy.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Biological Physics
Q4 DNA-Ligand Interactions.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Forum on Physics and Society
Q5 Federal Policy Initiatives and Physics Research
Aspects of Sustainable
Technology.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Chemical Physics
Q6 Complexity at Interfaces: X-Ray Scattering
Studies at Interfaces.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Materials Physics
Q24 Magnetic Heterostructures: Epitaxial Magnetic
Films.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
Q25 Diamond and Related Materials VII: Theory of
Wide Band Gap
Semiconductors.
Regency Ballroom I, San Jose Convention Center.
Q26 Positron Applications II: Momentum Densities
and Defect Specrtroscopy.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
Q27 Fullerenes IX: Dynamics and Reactivity.
Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel.
Q28 High Dielectric Constant Materials I: Bulk
Properties.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
9:48
Q'1 Proximity Tunneling in
Cuprate Superconductors.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
11:00
R1 High Frequency
Electrodynamics of Type-II Superconductors.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
R2 Studies of Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
R3 Defect Dynamics on Semiconductor Surfaces.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Biological Physics
R4 Electron Tunneling in Biology.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Committee on Applications of Physics
R5 Visualization and Simulation.
Ballroom A6, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Chemical Physics
R6 Complexity at Interfaces: Diffraction (X-Rays,
Neutron, Atoms).
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Materials Physics
R24 Magnetic Heterostructures: 3D Magnetic Films.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
R25 Theory of Materials XI: Metallic Alloys.
Regency Ballroom I, Fairmont Hotel.
R26 Position Applications III: Defects in
Semiconductor Films and Interfaces.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
R28 High Dielectric Constant Materials II: Thin Films.
Empire Room, Fairmont Hotel.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 24 MARCH 1995
Division of Condensed Matter Physics.
12:12
R'1 Organic
Electroluminescence for Display Applications.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
14:30
S1 Aharanov-Casher Effects in
Condensed Matter Physics.
Ballroom A1, San Jose Convention Center.
S2 Highly Correlated Coupled Chains.
Ballroom A2, San Jose Convention Center.
S3 Electron Transport in Random B Fields.
Room J2, San Jose Convention Center.
S4 Spin Glassiness in Strongly Frustrated
Antiferromagnetics.
Room J3, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Chemical Physics
S6 Complexity at Interfaces: Molecular Beam Studies
of Complex Interfaces.
Ballroom A3, San Jose Convention Center.
Division of Materials Physics
S24 Magnetic Heterostructures: Magnetic Oxides.
Regency Ballroom II, Fairmont Hotel.
S26 Positron Applications IV: Defects in Polymers and
Ion Beam Modified
Materials.
Crystal Room, Fairmont Hotel.
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