Program overview

THURSDAY MORNING, 31 OCTOBER 2002

Session CA. Material Science Invited Session.

Thursday morning, 10:45, Auditorium, Auburn University Hotel/Dixon Conference Center

10:45 CA.001 Semiconductor Interfaces-Key to Future Electronics
Leonard C. Feldman (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University and Solid State Div., Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
11:20 CA.002 Ultra-High Density Magnetic Recording - Possibilities and Limitations
J.W. Harrell (Dept. of Physics amp; Astronomy, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487)
11:55 CA.003 A Virtual Substrate on Si Formed by Ion Implantation for Growing a Variety of Heterostructures.
Orin W. Holland (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6048)

Session CB. Atomic Physics I.

Thursday morning, 10:45, Room I, Auburn University Hotel/Dixon Conference Center

10:45 CB.001 Correlation of Photodetachment Rate and Lyapunov Exponent for a Scarred Resonance State
Todd Timberlake (Berry College), John Foreman (Duke University)
11:00 CB.002 Measurements of the Rotational Constants of the Helium Molecular Ion Using the Dissociative Recombination Reaction
Miguel Faxas, Abilio Pacheco, John Rojas, Adnan Salem, Linda Quintero, Kenneth Hardy (Florida International University)
11:15 CB.003 Rotational Spectroscopy of Nitric Acid: Studies of Excited States in the 1000-1400 cm-1 Range
Paul Helminger (University of South Alabama), Douglas T. Petkie (Wright State University), Sidney H. Young (University of South Alabama), R.A.H. Butler, Markus Behnke, Ivan Medvedev, Frank C. De Lucia (The Ohio State University)
11:30 CB.004 Metastable Atom Production in a Helium Gas Discharge
J.F. Benitez, M. Faxas, A. Pacheco, L. Quintero, J. Rojas, A. Salem, K. Hardy (Physics Department, Florida International University)

Session CC. Biophysics.

Thursday morning, 10:45, Ballroom B, Auburn University Hotel/Dixon Conference Center

10:45 CC.001 Damage to DNA Resulting from Ionizing Radiation
Derek W. Jokisch (Dept. of Physics amp; Astronomy, Francis Marion University), Timothy E. Shannon (Dept. of Biology, Francis Marion University), S. Will Quick (The South Carolina Governor's School for Science amp; Mathematics)
11:00 CC.002 Geometry of Reactant Centers in the CoII- Substrate and Product Radical Pair States of B12- Dependent Ethanolamine Deaminase.
Jeffrey M. Canfield, Kurt Warncke (Physics Department, Emory University)
11:15 CC.003 CO partial pressure dependence of the kinetics of melting of HbS aggregates studied in high concentration phosphate buffer
Svetlana Aroutiounian (Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC)