WEDNESDAY MORNING, 16 MAY 2001

Session B1. Quantum Control in Atomic and Molecular Systems.

Wednesday morning, 10:30, Ballroom 5 and 6, London Convention Centre

10:30 B1.001 Quantum control of chemical reactivity by ordinary solvents: Oleg Prezhdo (Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1700)
11:06 B1.002 Spinor wavepacket control in optical double-well potentials: Poul Jessen (Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona)
11:42 B1.003 Strong Field Optimal Control of Chemical Reactivity: Robert Levis (Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University)
12:18 B1.004 Coherent Control of Quantum Chaotic Diffusion: Models and Molecules: Paul Brumer, Jiangbin Gong (University of Toronto)

Session B2. Atomic and Molecular Collisions, Interactions, and Experimental Techniques.

Wednesday morning, 10:30, Salon A, London Convention Centre

10:30 B2.001 Calculations of Coherent Scattering: Francis Robicheaux (Auburn University), Mitch Ferrero (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Michael Witthoeft, Mitch Pindzola (Auburn University)
10:42 B2.002 Local Momenta and a Three-Body Gauge: Michael Schillaci (Francis Marion University)
10:54 B2.003 Subnanosecond time resolution detection of gamma photons utilizing microchannel plate detectors: Victor Irby (Dept. of Physics, University of South Alabama)
11:06 B2.004 New features in Electron-Impact Ionization: resonances far beyond threshold.: D. M. Mitnik, D. C. Griffin (Department of Physics, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, USA), J. Colgan, M. S. Pindzola (Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA), K. Aichele, W. Arnold, D. Hathiramani, A. Müller, F. Scheuermann, E. Salzborn (Institute for Ion Physics, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany)
11:18 B2.005 A Universal Formula for Dispersion Coefficients between Alkali Atoms: C.J. Ahna, K.T. Tang (Department of Physics, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 98447)
11:30 B2.006 Measurement of the ^21Ne Zeeman frequency shift due to Rb-^21Ne collisions: R.E. Stoner, R.L. Walsworth (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
11:42 B2.007 Magnetic decoupling studies of Rb relaxation in Xe: W.M. Griffith, D.K. Walter, W. Happer (Princeton University)
11:54 B2.008 Reducing Polarization Losses during Cryogenic Separation of Hyperpolarized Xenon from Buffer Gases: B. Patton, N.N. Kuzma, W. Happer (Princeton University)
12:06 B2.009 ^3He Spin Relaxation Due to Ferromagnetism in Pyrex Surfaces: R.E. Jacob, S.W. Morgan (University of Utah), J.C. Leawoods (Washington University), B. Saam (University of Utah)
12:18 B2.010 Enhanced quantum reflection of neutral atoms on solid surface: Fujio Shimizu (Inst. Laser Science, Univ. Electro-Communications), Jyun-ichi Fujita (NEC Fundamental Research Laboratories)
12:30 B2.011 Reactive scattering at low energy: I. Simbotin, R. Côté (Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269), N. Balakrishnan, A. Dalgarno (Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Harvard--Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138)
12:42 B2.012 A QUESTION ABOUT THE COMPLETENESS OF SCHRODINGER THEORY: Thomas O'Mallely
12:54 B2.013 Quantum Scattering of Multiple Scatterers: Eigenmode Expansion and Its Applications to Proximity Resonances: Sheng Li (Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138), Eric Heller (Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138)

Session B3. Intense Field Effects: Atoms, Ions, and Molecules.

Wednesday morning, 10:30, Salon B, London Convention Centre

10:30 B3.001 Atomic response to ultra-intense laser pulses: Alfred Maquet, Richard Taïeb, Valérie Véniard (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. FRANCE)
10:42 B3.002 Large scale simulations of two-electron ionization of helium: Matt Kalinski (FOM Institute AMOLF), ASTRA Collaboration
10:54 B3.003 Wave function masking as a probe of double ionization of two-electron atoms: S.L. Haan, P.S. Wheeler (Calvin College)
11:06 B3.004 Classical simulation of high-intensity double-ionization in a model helium atom: Raphael Panfili, J. H. Eberly (University of Rochester)
11:18 B3.005 Ionization of excited H atoms by collinear static and LP microwave fields at high scaled frequency: D. Walter, P.M. Koch, K.D. Schultz, J.W. Wilson (SUNY Stony Brook)
11:30 B3.006 Resonances in the above-threshold-ionization plateau and their interpretation: R. Kopold, W. Becker (Max-Born-Institut, Berlin, Germany), G.G. Paulus, F. Grasbon, H. Walther (Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany)
11:42 B3.007 Above Threshold Ionization of Magnesium at 800 nm: Glen D. Gillen, Mark A. Walker, Patrick J. Randerson, Linn D. Van Woerkom (The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio)
11:54 B3.008 Above-Threshold Double Ionization Spectroscopy of Argon: Emily Peterson, Philip Bucksbaum (University of Michigan)
12:06 B3.009 Coherent Ultrafast MI-FROG Spectroscopy of Optical Field Ionization in Molecular H_2, N_2 and O_2: George Rodriguez, Craig W. Siders, Chunlei Guo, Antoinette J. Taylor (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
12:18 B3.010 Dissociation Pathways for Molecular Iodine in Strong Laser Fields: Saipriya Menon (Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269), John Nibarger (Magnetic Recording Metrology, NIST, Boulder, CO 80305), George Gibson (Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269)
12:30 B3.011 Suppression of strong field ionization in diatomic molecules with triplet ground states: M.J. DeWitt (Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4319), E. Wells, R.R. Jones (Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4714)
12:42 B3.012 Multiphoton Detachment with Elliptically Polarized Light: Angular Distributions and Elliptic Dichroism: Bogdan Borca, Anthony F. Starace (Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0111), Mikhail V. Frolov, Nikolai L. Manakov (Department of Physics, Voronezh State University, 394693 Voronezh, Russia)

Session B4. NIST Centennial Symposium: A Revolution in Atomic Timekeeping.

Wednesday morning, 10:30, Salon CD, London Convention Centre

10:30 B4.001 Optical Timepieces: J.C. Bergquist (NIST)
11:06 B4.002 Cold atom clocks and fundamental tests: Christophe Salomon (laboratoire Kastler Brossel, departement de physique de l'ecole Normale Superieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris, France)
11:42 B4.003 Toward an atomic clock on a chip: miniaturization of frequency references: John Kitching (Time and Frequency Division, NIST)
12:18 B4.004 In Search of New Physics with Atomic Clocks in Space: Lute Maleki (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)