Program overview

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 31 OCTOBER 2003

Session 8P. Conference Experience for Undergraduates.

Friday afternoon, 12:30, Arizona Historical Society, TM

8P.001 Precision calculations of quark-cluster formation

Drew Fustin, Athanasios Petridis (Drake University)

8P.002 Precision Measurements of Astrophysically Interesting Reaction Cross Sections

Patrick Peplowski (Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington)

8P.003 Systematic Studies in the emiT Time Reversal Violation Experiment

L. Broussard, C. Trull, F.E. Wietfeldt (Tulane University), A. Garcia, H.P. Mumm, R.G.H. Robertson, J.F. Wilkerson (University of Washington), M.S. Dewey, J.S. Nico, A.K. Thompson (National Institute of Standards and Technology), T.E. Chupp, R. Cooper, K.P. Coulter (University of Michigan), S.J. Freedman, B.K. Fujikawa, L.J. Lising (University of California-Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), G.L. Jones (Hamilton College)

8P.004 Underground Muon Flux Measurements as a Function of Zenith Angle in Southwest Virginia

D. Nathan Johnson, R. Bruce Vogelaar, Henning Olling Back (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

8P.005 Scattering chamber setup at the 180 keV accelerator of the Colorado School of Mines

Aris Legorreta, Uwe Greife (Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401)

8P.006 Characterization of a NaI summing crystal

Millicent Schmidt, Daniel Ruterbories, Uwe Greife (Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401)

8P.007 Strangeness Production at RHIC from Cascading Partons

Daphne Chang, Steffen A. Bass (Dept. of Physics, Duke University amp; RIKEN-BNL Research Center)

8P.008 Parton Distributions in the Pion

Michael Clement (Seattle University)

8P.009 Design and construction of MACY II: a multi-wire chamber for heavy-ion residues

Elizabeth T. Williams, D. A. Meyer, C. Beausang, A. Heinz, M. Sciacchitano (Yale University)

8P.010 Polarized 3He Target Cells for Low-Energy p and n Scattering

R.B. Neufeld (TUNL), T. Katabuchi, T.B. Clegg (UNC-Chapel Hill and TUNL), S. Kadlecek (Amersham Health)

8P.012 A High-resolution Study of the ^52Cr(p,p_0) and ^52Cr(p,p_1) Reactions

E. D. Lake, D. R. Stevens, Jr. Shriner (Tennessee Technological University), L. K. McLean, G. E. Mitchell (North Carolina State University and TUNL)

8P.013 The Crystal Ball at MAMI Experiment

Benjamin Adler (George Washington University), A2 at Mainz Microtron Collaboration

8P.014 Enter The DRAGON: Investigating the ^13C(p,\gamma)^14N reaction

Aaron Bebington (TRIUMF), DRAGON Collaboration

8P.015 Photon Neutron Discrimination in NaI Detectors

Brian Bucher (Valparaiso University)

8P.016 Calibration of the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA)

Sarah Clark, Nathan Walker, Warren Rogers (Westmont College), Thomas Baumann, Michael Thoennessen, Andreas Stolz, Bill Peters (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University), MoNA Collaboration

8P.017 A uniform stable magnetic guide-field for a novel EDM experiment

Ross Corliss (Valparaiso University)

8P.018 SCEPTAR: The New Scintillator Array for the 8pi Spectrometer

Elizabeth Cunningham (TRIUMF), 8pi Collaboration

8P.019 Maintenance and Upgrading of the Richmond Physics Supercomputing Cluster

Vikash Davda (University of Richmond)

8P.020 Improvements to the PHENIX Muon Tracking Efficiency

James Drachenberg (Abilene Christian University), PHENIX Collaboration

8P.021 The Effects of Neutron Capture Rates on the r-Process A=195 Peak

Asiri Ediriwickremaa, Jiayin Xuej (NCSSM), Glaxo Summer Research Fellows Collaboration

8P.022 Monte Carlo simulation of the transport of projectile fragments beams through the A1900-S800 beamline at the NSCL

Alfredo Estrade, Daniel Bazin, Thomas Baumann, Michelle Ouellette, Peter Santi, Hendrik Schatz, Andreas Stolz, Mark Wallace (NSCL, Michigan State University)

8P.023 Absolute flux measurement at HIGS using Compton backscattering

B. Fallin, M.W. Ahmed, B. Perdue, A. Sabourov, T. Sheard, W. Tornow, A.P. Tonchev, H.R. Weller (TUNL and Duke University), J. Li, I.V. Pinaev, Y. Wu (FEL Lab. Duke University), R.M. Prior, M. Spraker (NGCSU and TUNL), J. Chen, G. Feldman (GWU and TUNL), CAPTURE group Team

8P.024 Analysis of High Rate Photomultiplier Tubes in KamLAND

Hal Finkel (Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory and Drexel University), D.M. Markoff (Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory and NC State University), KamLAND Collaboration

8P.025 How Nuclear Reaction Rates Affect the Final Abundances Left Behind from X-ray Bursts

Wes Gohn (Indiana University)

8P.026 The Crystal Ball at Mainz

David Groesbeck (The George Washington University), A2 Collaboration

8P.027 Lifetime Measurements in 80-Y

O. Grubor-Urosevic, R. A. Kaye, S. M. Gerbick (Purdue University Calumet), J. Doering (GSI), S.L. Tabor, T. Baldwin, D.B. Campbell, C. Chandler, M.W. Cooper, C.R. Hoffman, J. Pavan, M. Wiedeking (Florida State University), L.A. Riley (Earlham College)

8P.028 Implementation of a dynamic data entry system for the PHENIX gas system

Masako Hagiwara (Abilene Christian University), PHENIX Collaboration

8P.029 g-factor measurements using 76Kr radioactive beams: magnetic characterizations of targets.

Kevin Hiles (Rutgers University), M.J. Taylor (University of Brighton), G. Kumbartzki, N. Benczer-Koller (Rutgers University), A.E. Stuchbery (Australian National University), J.R. Cooper, L. Bernstien, J. Punyon (Lawrence Livermore National Lab.), M.A. McMahan, L. Phair (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.)

8P.030 Folding-model analysis of \alpha + ^24Mg and \alpha + ^28Si scattering at E_lab = 400 MeV

J. Hoffman, U. Garg, B.K. Nayak (University of Notre Dame), Notre Dame-RCNP-Kyoto U.-Konan U.-KVI Collaboration

8P.031 Method to perform in-situ tests on the PHENIX cathodes in the muon tracking chambers.

Larry Isenhower (LANL/Abilene Christian U.), PHENIX Collaboration

8P.032 Momentum calibration of pion beams for the Crystal Ball

Michael Joy (Abilene Christian University), Crystal Ball Collaboration

8P.033 Low Energy Neutrino Spectrometer-Chemical Analysis

Mary Kidd (Tennessee Technological University), LENS Collaboration

8P.034 Sensitivity of Light Cluster and Nucleon Yields on Symmetry Energy

Micha Kilburn (Northern Michigan University), Pawel Danielewicz, Betty Tsang, Giuseppe Verde (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University)

8P.035 Calibration of Constant Fraction Discriminators (CFDs) and Development of Cryostat Exit Detector (CED) System for the G0 Parity Experiment

Kristin Kiriluk, Ken Rossato, Paul King (University of Maryland, College Park), Gary Rutledge (University of Manitoba), G Zero Team

8P.036 178m2Hf Decay Characterized with Gammasphere

Brian Krejca (University of Massachusetts, Lowell), Micheal King (Purdue University, West Lafayette)

8P.037 Improving Efficiency in Multi-Strange Baryon Reconstruction in d-Au at STAR

William Leight (Yale University), STAR Collaboration

8P.038 Study of direct photon production from polarized Proton collisions observed with the PHENIX detector during Run II of RHIC

Arthur Lipstein (Columbia University)

8P.039 Target Composition Analysis via Rutherford Scattering

B. H. Moazen, R.L. Kozub, C. D. Nesaraja (Tennessee Tech University), M. S. Smith, J. C. Blackmon, D.W. Bardayan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), J. S. Thomas (Rutgers University)

8P.040 Methods to improve track fit parameters in the PHENIX muon arms

Olusoji Omiwade (Abilene Christian University), PHENIX Collaboration

8P.041 Methods to improve track fit parameters in the PHENIX

Olusoji Omiwade (Abilene Christian University), Abilene Christian University Collaboration

8P.042 Reducing background neutron rates in NERO

Eric Pellegrini (Michigan State University National Super Conducting Cyclotron), Hendrik Schatz Team, Peter Santi Team, Fernando Montes Team, Paul Hosmer Team

8P.043 Demagnetization of Cave Construction Elements for the NPDGamma Experiment

Orion Penner (University of Manitoba), For the NPDGamma Collaboration

8P.044 Development of a New Calibration System for KamLAND

Brian Perry (California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo), Karsten Heeger (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Stewart Freedman (University of California Berkeley)

8P.045 Search for Low Energy Triggered Gamma Emission from 178Hfm2 Using Monochromatic Radiation at SPring-8

Ron Propri, James Carroll, Phil Ugorowski, Mike Harston, Tom Drummond, Joe Lazich, Deepak Gautam, Amy Warner, Joel Lepak (Youngstown State University), Mike Helba, Hill Roberts (SRS Technologies, Inc.), Sarkis Karamian (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna), JJ Lee, MT Tang (NSRRC Taiwan Beamline at SPring-8), Zhong Zhong (Brookhaven National Laboratory), F.J. Agee (Air Force Office of Scientific Research), Youngstown State University Collaboration, SRS Technologies Collaboration, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Collaboration, NSRRC Taiwan Beamline at SPring-8 Collaboration, Brookhaven National Laboratory Collaboration, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Collaboration

8P.046 GAMMASPHERE Simulations in GEANT

Jason Punyon, Lee Bernstein (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

8P.047 Installation of the Endcap Electromagnetic Calorimeter at STAR

Sarah Schlobohm (Valparaiso University)

8P.048 A Study of p(\vec\gamma,\pi^0)p Reaction Dynamics and Commissioning of the Neutral Meson Spectrometer at HIGS

Theresa Sheard (Bucknell University), M. AHMED Collaboration

8P.049 Monitoring software for the PHENIX muon-tracker front-end electronics

Christopher Smith (Abilene Christian University), PHENIX Collaboration

8P.050 Level Densities in ^53Mn

D. R. Stevens, E. D. Lake, Jr. Shriner (Tennessee Technological University), L. K. McLean, G. E. Mitchell (North Carolina State University and TUNL)

8P.051 Neutron Deuteron Analyzing Power at 19 MeV

Patrick Ulrich (Pennsylvania State University), G.J. WEISEL Collaboration

8P.052 Analysis of ^144,146Nd Coulex experiment using Ni and Pb targets

Nathan Walker, Sarah Clark (Affiliation), Warren Rogers (Westmont College), Noemie Benczer-Koller (Affiliation), Gerfried Kumbartzki (Rutgers University)

8P.053 KamLAND Front-End Electronics

Thomas Walker (University of California, Berkeley), Berkeley KamLAND Group

8P.054 A new partial wave analysis of pion-nucleon scattering data

Shon Watson (Abilene Christian University)

8P.055 Investigations of QCD Glueballs

Denver Whittington (Indiana University Cyclotron Facility), Adam Szczepaniak (Indiana University Nuclear Theory Center)

8P.056 Effects of Neutron Capture Rates on the r-Process A=195 Peak

Jiayin Xue (NC School of Science and Math), Glaxo Summer Research Fellows Collaboration

8P.057 Long-term study of the stability of germanium detector electronics for gain matching.

Christopher Yerino, Heinz Andreas, Ho-chiang Ai, Richard Casten, Cornelius Beausang, Victor Zamfir, Henan Armo, Jennifer-Jo Ressler, Cristina Plettner, Elizabeth Richard-McCutchan, Adam Hecht, Deseree Meyer, Wade Rellergert, Jing Qian (Affiliation), Maro Sciacchitano (Wright Nuclear Structure Lab, Yale University), Richard Hughes (Wright Nuclear Structure Lab, Yale University; University of Surrey), Mario Babilon (Wright Nuclear Structure Lab, Yale University; Technische Universität Darmstadt), Ben Crider (University of Richmond)

8P.058 High Votlage Control of the Modular Neutron Array

S Marley (IUSB/NSCL), T Baumann, N Frank, E Johnson, W Peters, M Thoennessen (NSCL), B Luther (Concordia College), MoNA Collaboration

8P.059 The Search For Strange and Unusual Mesons

Blake Sharin (Florida State University), Brookhaven National Laboratory (E852) Collaboration

8P.060 Inverse kinematic proton scattering from ^46Ar and ^44S

T.P. Spencer, M.A. Abdelqader, L.A. Riley (Ursinus College)

8P.061 Fission Fragment Study of 252Cf using the Yale Moving Tape Collector

B. Crider, M. Fetea (University of Richmond), R. F. Casten, C. W. Bausang, N. V. Zamfir, A. Heinz, H. Amro, J. J. Ressler, C. Plettner, H. Ai, E. A. Ricard-McCutchan, A. A. Hecht, D. A. Meyer, W. Rellegert, J. Qian, M. Sciacchitano, R. O. Hughes (Yale University)

8P.062 The Reaction Rates Of 6He(a,n)9Be And 4He(2n,g)6He And The R-Process

Amy Bartlett (Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA)

8P.063 Thick Target Inverse Kinematics Proton Scattering from ^36,34Ar

M.A. Abdelqader, L.A. Riley, T.P. Spencer (Ursinus College)

8P.064 Scintillation Properties of Mineral Oil in MiniBooNE

Patrick Ockerse (Indiana University), MiniBooNE Collaboration

8P.065 Control System for the Gas Jet Target at TUNL

Adam Shields (Depauw University), Tim Black (University of North Carolina - Wilmington), Dhruba Gupta (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill)

8P.066 Assessing the Non-Thermality of Products from In-Medium Reactions

Jason Pawlowski, Madappa Prakash (SUNY Stony Brook)

8P.067 E-GOS plots in excited bands â transition between vibrational and rotational collective modes as a function of nuclear spin.

Veronika Nikolova, Mirela Fetea (University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 23173), Happy nuclei Collaboration

8P.068 Cosmic Rays in MoNA

Eric Johnson (Nebraska Wesleyan University/NSCL), M. Thoennessen, T. Baumann (NSCL), B. Luther (Concordia College), B. Peters, S. Marley (NSCL), MoNA Collaboration