Program overview

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 1 NOVEMBER 2002

Session JA. Atomic Physics II.

Friday afternoon, 13:30, Auditorium, Auburn University Hotel/Dixon Conference Center

13:30 JA.001 LARGE NONDIPOLE PARAMETERS NEAR GIANT DIPOLE RESONANCES
Arkadiy Baltenkov (Arifov Institute of Electronics, Tashkent 700143, Uzbekistan), Valeriy Dolmatov (Department of Physics and Earth Science, University of North Alabama,Florence, AL, 35632), Steven Manson (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303.), Vera Pikhut (Arifov Institute of Electronics, Tashkent 700143, Uzbekistan)
13:45 JA.002 Observation of doubly excited levels in lithiumlike and beryliumlike titanium
A. J. Smith (Morehouse College), P. Beiersdorfer, C. L. Harris, K. Wong, M. Chen (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
14:00 JA.003 LARGE-SCALE SCATTERING CALCULATIONS USING MASSIVELY PARALLEL SUPERCOMPUTERS
D.M. Mitnik, C.P. Ballance, D.C. Griffin (Department of Physics, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL), M.S. Pindzola (Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, AL), N.R. Badnell (Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK)
14:15 JA.004 Relativistic (e,2e) Processes
Colm Whelan (Old Dominion University)

Session JB. Plasma Physics.

Friday afternoon, 13:30, Room I, Auburn University Hotel/Dixon Conference Center

13:30 JB.001 Particle transport in dusty plasmas
Jr. Thomas (Auburn University)
13:45 JB.002 Overview and Construction Progress of the Compact Toroidal Hybrid
Hartwell G. J., Knowlton S. F., Armstrong J., Fullerton J., Hanson J. D., Peterson J. (Auburn University)
14:00 JB.003 Fabrication of Magnetic Field Coils for the Compact Toroidal Hybrid
Armstrong J. H., Knowlton S. F., Hartwell G. J., Fullerton J., Peterson J., Krefting M., Jones A., Keller J. (Auburn University)
14:15 JB.004 Development of Optical Diagnostics for Instability Studies on ALEXIS
E. A. Wallace, Jon David Jackson, Edward Thomas (Auburn University)
14:30 JB.005 Parametric Instabilities in Brusselator Reaction-Diffusion Systems
Brian Geislinger (University of Alabama at Birmingham, Physics Department), Moriel Purnell (Talladega College), Ryoichi Kawai (University of Alabama at Birmingham, Physics Department)

Session JC. Modern Classical Physics.

Friday afternoon, 13:30, Ballroom B, Auburn University Hotel/Dixon Conference Center

13:30 JC.001 Properties of Solutions to the Irving-Mullineux Oscillator Equation
Ronald E. Mickens (Clark Atlanta University)
13:45 JC.002 Angular Momentum of the Electromagnetic Field - Clifford Algebra Treatment
Robert T. Frost (Consultant)
14:00 JC.003 Macroscopic limit cycle in spatially extended systems via noise-induced phase transition
Kevin Hope, Ryoichi Kawai (Department of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294)
14:15 JC.004 Revisiting Incompressible Fluid Flow
Jonas T. Holdeman (Knoxville, Tennessee)
14:30 JC.005 The shape of stretched Spandex
Gary White (Society of Physics Students/AIP)
14:45 JC.006 Chaotic Pendulum: The Complete Attractor
Robert DeSerio (University of Florida)
15:00 JC.007 Top-Down Physics
Michael Schillaci (Francis Marion University)