Program overview

FRIDAY MORNING, 29 OCTOBER 2004

Session CA. 50 Years of Collective Models.

Friday morning, 09:00, Regency A, Hyatt Regency Chicago

09:00 CA.001 Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and Rotational Bands
Stefan Frauendorf (University of Notre Dame)
09:36 CA.002 Symmetry and collectivity
Francesco Iachello (Yale University)
10:12 CA.003 Collective properties at the Extremes
Jacek Dobaczewski (Warsaw University)
10:48 CA.004 Experimental signatures of collectiviy
Peter von Brentano (Institut fuer Kernphysik, Universitaet zu Koeln, Germany)

Session CB. Mini Symposium: First Results from the 62 GeV Run at RHIC I.

Friday morning, 09:00, Toronto, Hyatt Regency Chicago

09:00 CB.001 Starting the Energy Scan - First results from 62.4 GeV Au-Au Collisions
Helen Caines (Yale University)
09:36 CB.002 High-P_T hadron spectra and correlations at 62 GeV with STAR
Dan Magestro (Ohio State University), STAR Collaboration
09:48 CB.003 Naked Cronin effect in AA collisions at 62.4 GeV in absence of QGP
Alberto Accardi (Iowa State U.)
10:00 CB.004 Non-identified charged hadron production at \sqrts_NN = 62.4 GeV Au-Au collisions
Jiangyong Jia (Columbia University), PHENIX Collaboration
10:12 CB.005 Centrality Dependence of \pi^0 Production in Au+Au Collisions at \sqrts_NN = 62.4 GeV
Stefan Bathe (University of California at Riverside), PHENIX Collaboration
10:24 CB.006 First measurement of identified charged hadron production at \sqrts_NN = 62.4 GeV Au+Au in RHIC-PHENIX
Tatsuya Chujo (Vanderbilt University), PHENIX Collaboration
10:36 CB.007 Elliptic Flow of K^0_S, Lambda, Xi, Omega from Au+Au Collisions at \sqrts_NN = 62.4 GeV
Kai Schweda (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), STAR Collaboration
10:48 CB.008 Pseudorapidity Dependence of Anisotropic Flow in Au+Au Collisions at 62.4 GeV Using the PHOBOS Experiment at RHIC
Joshua Hamblen (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627), PHOBOS Collaboration
11:00 CB.009 Collision Geometry Scaling of Midrapidity Charged Particle Multiplicity at RHIC from \sqrts_NN = 19.6 to 200 GeV
Aneta Iordanova (University of Illinois at Chicago), PHOBOS Collaboration
11:12 CB.010 AuAu collisions at RHIC --- information from neutral energy near beam rapidities
Gang Wang (Kent State University), STAR Collaboration
11:24 CB.011 Pion Dynamics and the RHIC HBT Puzzle
G.A. Miller, J.G. Cramer, J.M-S. Wu (UW), J-H Yoon (Pusan U.)

Session CC. Nuclear Astrophysics I.

Friday morning, 09:00, Acapulco, Hyatt Regency Chicago

09:00 CC.001 Examining the Impact of Early AGB Nucleosynthesis on the Apparent Cosmological Variation in the Fine Structure Constant
Timothy Ashenfelter (University of Notre Dame, Center for Astrophysics (CANDU), Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA)), Grant Mathews (University of Notre Dame, Center for Astrophysics (CANDU), Joint institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA)), Keith Olive (University of Minnesota, William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute)
09:12 CC.002 CDMS Status and Latest Results
Michael Dragowsky (Case Western Reserve University), Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Collaboration
09:24 CC.003 Increased D-D Fusion Reaction Boosted by Electron Screening at the Inner Shell of Metal Atoms
Nie Luo, George Miley (University of Illinois)
09:36 CC.004 Search for Anomalously Heavy Helium Isotopes in the Earth's Atmosphere
L.-B. Wang, P. Mueller, R.J. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, J.P. Schiffer (Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory)
09:48 CC.005 Development of a Full-Volume Calibration System for KamLAND
Karsten M. Heeger (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), KamLAND Collaboration
10:00 CC.006 A measurement of ^7Be + p elastic scattering with a radioactive ion beam
J. Livesay, U. Greife (Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA), J. Blackmon, D. Bardayan, M.S. Smith, D. Stracener (Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA), R. Fitzgerald, A. Champagne, D. Visser (Department of Physics, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA), R. Kozub, C. Nesaraja (Department of Physics, Tenessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, USA), K. Jones, J. Thomas, M. Johnson (Department of Physics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA)
10:12 CC.007 Remeasurement of ^14N+^7Be for astrophysical S_17 factor
G. Tabacaru, A. Azhari, C. Fu, C. A. Gagliardi, X. Tang, L. Trache, R. E. Tribble (Cyclotron Institute, Texas Aamp;M University, 77843 College Station, Texas), V. Burjan (Instit. of Nucl. Phys. Czech Academy of Science, Prague-Rez, Czech Republic)
10:24 CC.008 Measurement of the ^7Li(\vecd,n)^8Be Reaction at Astrophysically Relevant Energies
A. Sabourov, M. Ahmed, M. Blackston, A. Crowell, C. Howell, K. Joshi, S. O. Nelson, B. Perdue, K. Sabourov, A. Tonchev, H. R. Weller (Duke U. and TUNL), R. Prior, M. Spraker (NGCSU and TUNL), N. Kalantar (KVI)
10:36 CC.009 Studies Of (\lowercasep,\gamma) Reactions With The Daresbury Recoil Separator At ORNL'S HRIBF
R. Fitzgerald, A. E. Champagne, D. W. Visser (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), J. C. Blackmon, D. W. Bardayan, D. Shapira, M. S. Smith (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), R. L. Kozub, B. H. Moazen (Tennessee Technological University), P. D. Parker (Yale University), U. Greife, R. Livesay (Colorado School of Mines), Z. Ma (University of Tennessee), K. L. Jones, J. S. Thomas (Rutgers University), M. S. Johnson (Oak Ridge Associated Universities)
10:48 CC.010 Measurement of the \beta-delayed \alpha spectrum of ^16N with a new technique
X. Tang, K. E. Rehm, I. Ahmad, J. Greene, A. A. Hecht, D. Henderson, C. L. Jiang, E. F. Moore, R. C. Pardo, R. V. F. Janssens, G. Savard, J. P. Schiffer, B. Shumrad, S. Sinha (Argonne National Laboratory), A. Wuosmaa (Western Michigan University), L. J. Jisonna, R. E. Segel (Northwestern University), M. Paul (Hebrew University), C. Brune (Ohio University)
11:00 CC.011 Asymptotic normalization coefficient and interference of the resonance and direct capture terms in the astrophysical factor for the hot CNO process 13N(p,gamma)14O.
A.M. Mukhamedzhanov, A. Azhari, C. Fu, C.A. Gagliardi, F. Pirlepesov (Cyclotron Institute, Texas Aamp;M University), X.D. Tang (Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439), L. Trache, R.E. Tribble (Cyclotron Institute, Texas Aamp;M University), V. Burjan, V. Kroha (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague-Rez, Czech Republic), F. Carstoiu (Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering H. Hulubei, Bucharest, Romania), B.F. Irgaziev (National University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
11:12 CC.012 Branching ratio measurements of the 7.12-MeV state in ^16O
Catalin Matei, Carl R. Brune (Ohio University)
11:24 CC.013 New ^19Ne Resonance Observed with a Thick Target ^18F(p,p)^18F Measurement
D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, J. Gomez del Campo (ORNL), R. L. Kozub (Tenn. Tech. Univ.), J. F. Liang (ORNL), Z. Ma (Univ. Tenn.), L. Sahin (Dumlupinar Univ.), D. Shapira, M. S. Smith (ORNL)
11:36 CC.014 Excited states in ^22Mg and the ^21Na(p,\gamma)^22Mg reaction
C. Jewett, K. Chipps, U. Greife (Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA), S. Bishop, J. D'Auria, M. Lamey, M. Trinczek (Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser Universty, Burnaby, BC, Canada), D. Hutcheon, D. Ottewell, A. Olin, L. Buchmann, J. Rogers, J. Pearson, S. Engel, D. Gigliotti, C. Ruiz, G. Ruprecht, C. Vockenhuber (TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada), C. Gross, D. Radford, C.-H. Yu, J. Blackmon, D. Bardayan, M.S. Smith (Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA), R. Kozub (Department of Physics, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, USA), DRAGON Collaboration, CLARION/RMS Collaboration
11:48 CC.015 Measurement of the excitation function for the ^21Na(p,\alpha)^18Ne reaction
S. Sinha, J. Greene, D. Henderson, R.V.F. Janssens, C.L. Jiang, E.F. Moore, R.C. Pardo, D. Peterson, K.E. Rehm, J.P. Schiffer, X. Tang (Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Il 60439, USA), A. Chen (McMaster University, Queens, Ontario, Canada), L. Jisonna, R. Segel (Northwestern University, Evanston, Il 60208), A.H. Wuosmaa (University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA)

Session CD. Mini Symposium: Nuclear Data for Science and Technology.

Friday morning, 09:00, Water Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago

09:00 CD.001 Compilation, Evaluation and Provision of Nuclear Data for Worldwide Dissemination
Alan Nichols (International Atomic Energy Agency, A-1400 Vienna, Austria)
09:36 CD.002 International Conference on Nuclear Data For Science and Technology in Santa Fe, Sept 26-Oct 1 2004; a Summary
Robert Haight, Mark Chadwick, Peter Moller (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
09:48 CD.003 EVALUATED NUCLEAR STRUCTURE DATA FILE
Jagdish K. Tuli (National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory,)
10:00 CD.004 Nuclear Structure and Decay Data Evaluation for A=177: Current Status and Need for New Measurements
Filip G. Kondev (Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory)
10:12 CD.005 B(E2) Systematics in Doubly-Even Nuclei with A>56: Results of a Search of ENSDF using GTNDSE.
J. L. Wood, W. D. Kulp, J. M. Allmond (Georgia Institute of Technology)
10:24 CD.006 NuDat, a Nuclear Structure and Decay Data Searchable Database
Alejandro Sonzogni (National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
10:36 CD.007 Nuclear Data on Unstable Nuclei for Astrophysics
Michael Smith, Daniel Bardayan, Jeffery Blackmon, Caroline Nesaraja, Eric Lingerfelt, Jason Scott, W. Raphael Hix (Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kyungyuk Chae, Zhanwen Ma, Michael Guidry (Dept. of Physics amp; Astronomy, Univ. of Tennessee), Raymond Kozub, Jacob Sharp (Dept. of Physics, Tennessee Technological Univ.), Richard Meyer (RAME' Inc.)
10:48 CD.008 The Table of Nuclear Moments
Nicholas J. Stone (Oxford Physics, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996)
11:00 CD.009 Global Studies of Nuclear Shape Isomerism
Peter Moller (Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544), Hiroyuki Sagawa (University of Aizu, Ikki-machi, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima 96580, Japan)
11:12 CD.010 Neutron capture gamma-ray data and calculations for HPGe detector-based applications
Dennis P. McNabb (LLNL), Richard B. Firestone (LBNL)
11:24 CD.011 Single-particle States in the Heaviest Actinide Nuclei
I. Ahmad, F.G. Kondev, E.F. Moore, M.P. Carpenter, R.R. Chasman, J.P. Greene, R.V.F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, C.J. Lister, D. Seweryniak (Argonne National Laboratory)
11:36 CD.012 Compilation of hot Giant Dipole Resonance Parameters
Andreas Schiller, Michael Thoennessen, Chris Kawatsu, Mark Shevin (NSCL/MSU)
11:48 CD.013 Correlated neutron emission in fission
Sebastien Lemaire, Patrick Talou, Toshihiko Kawano, David G. Madland, Mark B. Chadwick (LANL)
CD.014 Trends in nuclear physics (according to NSR)
David Winchell (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Session CF. Instrumentation II.

Friday morning, 09:00, Regency B, Hyatt Regency Chicago

09:00 CF.001 Modeling Radiation Effects near High Power Production Targets at Heavy Ion Facilities
I.C. Gomes, I. Baek (I.C.Gomes Consulting amp; Investment, Inc.), J.A. Nolen (ANL), S.G. Mashnik (LANL), K.K. Gudima (Academy of Science of Moldova)
09:12 CF.002 Target Development for Radioactive Ion Beam Generation
A. Kronenberg, H.K. Carter (Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN 37831), D.W. Stracener, J.C. Bilheux (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831), J.A. Cizewski (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901), U. Koester (CERN, Geneva, CH)
09:24 CF.003 Measuring Beam Intensities and Cross Sections using Rutherford Scattering Techniques
N.J. Thomas (WNSL, Yale University; University of Surrey), A. Heinz, J. Qian, R. Winkler, J. Vinson, E. Williams, H. Ai, C. Plettner (WNSL, Yale University), G. Gurdal (WNSL, Yale University; Clark University), R.F. Casten, C.W. Beausang, D.A. Meyer, E.A. Millman, D. Swanson, E.A. McCutchan, N.V. Zamfir (WNSL, Yale University)
09:36 CF.004 Beam Stripping Solutions for RIA
E. Simmons, K. Chipps, U. Greife, J. Livesay (Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA), J. Nolen (Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA), M. Portillo (NSCL, Michigan State Univeristy, East-Lansing. MI, USA), MDM Team, FRS Team
09:48 CF.005 First Experiments with LEBIT at MSU
G. Bollen, D. Davies, D.-J. Morrissey, R. Ringle, P. Schury, S. Schwarz, T. Sun, L. Weissman (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA)
10:00 CF.006 Design studies for the RIA fragment separators
A. M. Amthor (NSCL amp; Department of Physics, Michigan State University), D. J. Morrissey (NSCL amp; Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University), B. M. Sherrill (NSCL amp; Department of Physics, Michigan State University), A. Stolz (NSCL, Michigan State University)
10:12 CF.007 Developing a capability for the measurement of neutron cross sections on radioactive targets at the 88-Inch Cyclotron
Margaret McMahan, Lawrence Heilbron, Katherine Bauer (LBNL), Larry Ahle (LLNL)
10:24 CF.008 A Measurement of the Neutron MDM Interaction in Silicon
Donald Koetke (Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN), Thomas Dombeck (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii), Helmut Kaiser (Indiana University Cyclotron Facility amp; University of Missouri, Columbia, MO), Murray Peshkin, Robert Smither (Argonne National Laboratory), Shirvel Stanislaus (Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN)
10:36 CF.009 Measurement of Neutron Reflectivity in Bragg Reflection from a Perfect Silicon Crystal
Helmut Kaiser (Indiana University Cyclotron Facility amp; University of Missouri, Columbia, MO), Thomas Dombeck (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii), Donald Koetke (Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN), Robert Smither, Roy Ringo (Argonne National Laboratory), Kerry Schoen (University of Missouri, Columbia, MO), Samuel Werner (University of Missouri amp; National Institute of Standards and Technology), Daniel Dombeck (Cornell University, Ithica, NY)
10:48 CF.010 FINeSSE, prototype beam test
Teppei Katori (Indiana University Cyclotron Facility)
11:00 CF.011 The Cherenkov Counters for the BLAST Detector
Octavian Filoti, John Calarco (University of New Hampshire), Baris Tonguc, Eugene Geis, Ricardo Alarcon (Arizona State University), BLAST Collaboration
11:12 CF.012 A New Device for Relative Luminosity Measurements at PHENIX
Marshall Cody McCain (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), PHENIX Collaboration
11:24 CF.013 The PHENIX Event Builder
David Winter (Columbia University), PHENIX Collaboration
11:36 CF.014 Performance of the Time Expansion Chamber / Transition Radiation Detector in PHENIX Experiment at RHIC
Cesar Luiz Silva (University of Sao Paulo), PHENIX Collaboration

Session CG. Neutrinos and Parity Violating Electron Scattering.

Friday morning, 09:00, Gold Coast, Hyatt Regency Chicago

09:00 CG.001 The ^8B Neutrino Spectrum
W. T. Winter, S. J. Freedman (University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), J. P. Schiffer, K. E. Rehm (Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division)
09:12 CG.002 MiniBooNE Status: Charged Current Quasi-Elastic Analysis
Chris Green (Los Alamos National Laboratory), MiniBooNE Collaboration
09:24 CG.003 Neutrino nucleon elastic scattering in MiniBooNE
David-Christopher Cox (Indiana University), MiniBooNE Collaboration
09:36 CG.004 MiniBooNE Status : Neutral Current \pi^0 Analysis
Heather Ray (Los Alamos National Laboratory), MiniBooNE Collaboration
09:48 CG.005 Neutrino charged current resonant pion production cross section measurement at MiniBooNE
Morgan Wascko (LSU), MiniBooNE Collaboration
10:00 CG.006 Installation and Operation of the SNO Neutral Current Detector Array
Jaret Heise (Los Alamos National Laboratory), SNO Collaboration
10:12 CG.007 An update on the neutrinoless double beta decay search at Cuoricino
Thomas D. Gutierrez (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), CUORE/Cuoricino Collaboration
10:24 CG.008 New results on radiative pion decay
Dinko Pocanic (Univ. of Virginia), PIBETA Collaboration
10:36 CG.009 Precision Measurements of Parity Violation and the Weak Mixing Angle in Møller Scattering
Yury Kolomensky (University of California, Berkeley, SLAC E158 Collaboration)
10:48 CG.010 Forward-angle parity-violating electron scattering from the proton
L. Kaufman (U. Massachusetts, Amherst), HAPPEX and Hall A Collaboration
11:00 CG.011 Parity-violating electron scattering from ^4He
B. Moffit (College of William and Mary), HAPPEX and Hall A Collaboration
11:12 CG.012 Parity violating e-p scattering with the G^0 Backward Angle run
Gary A. Rutledge (University of Manitoba for the G^0 collaboration), G_zero Collaboration
11:24 CG.013 MINERvA: A High Statistics Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering Experiment in the NuMI Beam at Fermilab
R.D. Ransome (Rutgers University), MINERvA Collaboration
11:36 CG.014 Simulation for the Majorana Zero Neutrino Double-Beta Decay Experiment.
Reyco Henning (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory), Majorana Collaboration
11:48 CG.015 Design of a prototype liquid neon detector for dark matter and solar neutrino interactions
Mark Boulay, Andrew Hime, Jeff Lidgard (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
12:00 CG.016 Neutron Background Evaluation at the WIPP Site for Dark Matter Experiments
Dong-Ming Mei, Andrew Hime, Steve Elliott, Victor Gehman, Mark Boulay (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Albert Young (Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory)

Session CH. Nuclear Reactions II.

Friday morning, 09:00, Regency C, Hyatt Regency Chicago

09:00 CH.001 Quasiprojectile fragmentation around mass 40
August Keksis, Martin Veselsky, George Souliotis, Elizabeth Bell, Marian Jandel, Ananya Ruangma, Dinesh Shetty, Eileen Winchester, Sherry Yennello (Cyclotron Institute Texas Aamp;M University)
09:12 CH.002 Projectile Fragmentation of ^40Ca and ^48Ca at 140 MeV/u
Michal Mocko, ManYee Betty Tsang, Michael Famiano, Thomas Ginter, Hui Hua, William G. Lynch, Mathias Steiner, Andreas Stolz, Oleg Tarasov, Mark S. Wallace, Anton Zalessov (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, South Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI, USA), Lyudmila Andronenko, Mikhail Andronenko (PNPI, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
09:24 CH.003 Fragment Production in Non-central Collisions of Intermediate Energy Heavy Ions
S. Hudan, R.T. deSouza, R. Alfaro, L. Beaulieu, B.P. Davin, Y. Larochelle, T. Lefort, V.E. Viola, H. Xu, R. Yanez (Dept. of Chemistry and Indiana University Cyclotron Facility, Indiana University), R.J. Charity, L.G. Sobotka (Dept. of Chemistry, Washington University), H.F. Xi, T.X. Liu, X.D. Liu, W.G. Lynch, R. Shomin, W.P. Tan, M.B. Tsang, A. VanderMolen, A. Wagner (NSCL, Michigan State University)
09:36 CH.004 Production of Heavy Nuclei Using RNBs
Walter Loveland (Oregon State University)
09:48 CH.005 Study and synthesis of heavy and superheavy nuclei at GANIL
Antonio C.C. Villari (GANIL), FULIS Collaboration
10:00 CH.006 Symmetry energy and the isospin dependent equation of state
D.V. Shetty, S.J. Yennello, G.A. Souliotis, A.S. Botvina, M. Jandel, E. Bell, A. Keksis, S. Soisson, B. Stein, J. Iglio (Cyclotron Institute, Texas Aamp;M University, College Station, Texas 77843)
10:12 CH.007 Nuclear symmetry energy and heavy-ion collisions at RIA
Bao-An Li (Arkansas State University), Lie-Wen Chen, Che Ming Ko (Texas Aamp;M University)
10:24 CH.008 Constraining the energy dependence of the symmetry potential
Francesca Sammarruca, Wilson Barredo, Plamen Krastev (University of Idaho)
10:36 CH.009 Asymmetry Dependence of the Nuclear Equation of State Using ^112Sn+^112Sn and ^124Sn+^124Sn Collisions at 50 MeV/\mu
Michael Famiano, William Lynch (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory)
10:48 CH.010 Probing the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy via heavy-residue isoscaling
G.A. Souliotis, D.V. Shetty, A. Keksis, E. Bell, M. Jandel, M. Veselsky, S.J. Yennello (Cyclotron Institute, Texas Aamp;M University, College Station, Texas 77843)
11:00 CH.011 Isospin diffusion in nuclear collisions
Tianxiao Liu, Manyee Tsang (National Superconducting Cyclotron and Physics and Astronomy Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA,), Lijun Shi, Pawel Danielewicz, Konrad Gelbke, Xiaodong Liu, William Lynch, Wanpeng Tan, Giuseppe Verde, Andreas Wagner, Hushan Xu (National Superconducting Cyclotron and Physics and Astronomy Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA), Luc Beaulieu, Brian Davin, Romualdo de Souza, Yves Larochelle, Thomas Lefort, Riccardo Yanez (Department of Chemistry and IUCF, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405), Victor Viola (AffiliationDepartment of Chemistry and IUCF, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405), Robert Charity, Lee Sobotka (Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA), William Friedman (Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA), LASSA Collaboration
11:12 CH.012 Interplay of initial deformation and Coulomb proximity on nuclear decay
R.T. deSouza, S. Hudan, R. Alfaro, L. Beaulieu, B.P. Davin, Y. Larochelle, T. Lefort, V.E. Viola, H. Xu, R. Yanez (Department of Chemistry and Indiana University Cyclotron Facility, Indiana University), R.J. Charity, L.G. Sobotka (Dept. of Chemistry, Washington University), H.F. Xi, T.X. Liu, X.D. Liu, W.G. Lynch, R. Shomin, W.P. Tan, M.B. Tsang, A. VanderMolen, A. Wagner (NSCL, Michigan State University)
11:24 CH.013 Thermal Expansion - Induced Retardation of Evaporation from Highly Excited Nuclear Systems
Mark Houck, Ludwik Pienkowski, Jan Toke (University of Rochester), Lee Sobotka (Washington University), Jun Lu, W. Udo Schroeder (University of Rochester)
11:36 CH.014 Sequential Emission of Massive Fragments from Highly Excited Equilibrated Nuclear Systems
Jan Toke, Mark Houck, Ludwik Pienkowski, W. Udo Schroeder (University of Rochester)
11:48 CH.015 Equilibrium Properties of Confined BUU Matter
Iwona Pawelczak, Jun Lu, Ludwik Pienkowski, Jan Toke, W. Udo Schroeder (University of Rochester)

Session CK. Conference Experience for Undergraduates.

Friday morning, 09:00, Regency D, Hyatt Regency Chicago

CK.001 Using GEANT simulations in the analysis of the gamma-ray spectra from intermediate-energy heavy-ion scattering
Majd Abdelqader, Michael Bojazi, Lew Riley (Ursinus College Department of Physics and Astronomy)
CK.002 Analysis of Neutron Flux in Preparation for Reaction Measurements with Radioactive Targets
Katherine Bauer (Smith College), M. A. McMahan (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
CK.003 Measurement of Electron Backscattering In Plastic Scintillator In The Range of Neutron Beta Decay
Michael Betancourt (California Institute of Technolgy), Jeff Martin (California Institute of Technology), UCN-A Collaboration
CK.004 Compton Polarimeter at Bates
Kimberly Boddy, June Matthews (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Taylan Akdogan, Wilbur Franklin (Bates Linear Accelerator Center)
CK.005 Preparing for NSCL Experiment 01011 by Allocating the Beam Time Among the Nuclei of Interest and Using GEANT Simulations in Determining What Factors Influence the Quality of the Measurements.
Michael Bojazi, Majd Abdelqader, Lew Riley (Ursinus College Department of Physics and Astronomy)
CK.006 Construction and Characterization of a 3He Gas Scintillator
C. Campbell (University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA), J. Esterline, W. Tornow (Duke University and TUNL, Durham, NC), G. Weisel (Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA)
CK.007 Gamma-ray Spectroscopy of ^83Nb
J. Carney (DePaul University), S.M. Fischer (DePaul University and Argonne), C.J. Lister, M.P. Carpenter, N.J. Hammond, R.V.F. Janssens, E.F. Moore, D. Seweryniak, S. Sinha (Argonne National Laboratory), D.P. Balamuth (University of Pennsylvania)
CK.008 Development of 3He Gas Recovery System for a Polarized 3He Target
John Cesaratto (John Carroll University and TUNL), Thomas Clegg, Tatsuya Katabuchi (UNC - Chapel Hill and TUNL)
CK.009 Strangeness Production at RHIC in the Perturbative Regime
Daphne Chang (Duke University), Steffen Bass (Duke Univeristy, RIKEN BNL)
CK.010 Determining the Resolution of NIMROD Detectors
Kyunghee Cho (UCLA), Natowitz Group Team
CK.011 Electron/Hadron Discrimination in the STAR EEMC
Ross Corliss (Valparaiso University), STAR Endcap Group Collaboration
CK.012 Characterization of Levels in ^17O from the Reaction ^12C(^7Li,d)^17O at 34 MeV*
A.M. Crisp, W.D. Weintraub, B.T. Roeder, K.W. Kemper, O. Momotyuk, M. Wiedeking (Florida State University), N. Keeley (Saclay, France), F. Maréchal (Strasbourg, France), K. Rusek (Warsaw, Poland)
CK.013 Upgrades to the PHENIX Muon Tracking Low Voltage Power Distribution System
Michael Deaton (Abilene Christian University)
CK.014 Calibration of Micro Channel Plate Detector Systems
S. Dekat, T. Kypreos, J. Moore, D. Gay (University of North Florida), I. Wiedenhoever (Florida State University)
CK.015 Stopping Powers of Heavy Ions in Hydrogen and Helium Gas
C.P. Domizioli, R.L. Kozub, B.H. Moazen (Tenn Tech Univ), D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, M.S. Johnson, C.D. Nesaraja, M.S. Smith (ORNL), A.E. Champagne, R. Fitzgerald, D.W. Visser (UNC-CH), L. Erikson, U. Greife (Colorado School of Mines), K.L. Jones, S.D. Pain, J.S. Thomas (Rutgers)
CK.016 Study of 11B(d,n)12C Reaction At Astrophysically Relevant Energies with Polarized Deuterons1
Michael Downes (Drexel University), Richard Prior (North Georgia College and State University), Mathew Blackston (Duke University), Ralph France (Georgia College and State University), Bryon Neufeld (Duke University), Amanda Sabourov (TUNL), Mark Spraker (North Georgia State College and University), Brent Perdue (Duke University), Henry Weller (TUNL/Duke University)
CK.017 Wave Function Overlap Calculations in the Computation of Nuclear Fusion Cross Sections
Clark Downum (Center of Excellence for Stewardship Science, ORAU), Thomas Papenbrock (Oak Ridge National Lab; University of Tennessee, Knoxville), David Dean (Oak Ridge National Lab)
CK.018 Spectroscopic Factors for Odd-A Nuclei in the Mean-Field Hartree-Fock Approximation (MFHFA)
Clark Downum (Center of Excellence for Stewardship Science, ORAU), Jirina Stone (University of Oxford; University of Maryland), Kate Jones (Rutgers University)
CK.019 Studies of Large Area Silicon Detectors to be used to Measure the Neutron Beta-Decay Asymmetry
Erik Dreyer (California Institute of Technology), UCNA Collaboration
CK.020 \largeSingle Spin Asymmetry Measurements from p(\vece,e^'p)\pi^0 in the \Delta(1232) resonance region
Davitt Driscoll (University of Connecticut), CLAS Collaboration
CK.021 BONUS Gas Handling System
James Ferrer (James Madison University), BONUS Collaboration
CK.022 Parton Distributions in the Pentaquark
Sierra Gardner, Philip Opperman, Wendy McDougald (Seattle University)
CK.023 Photoproduction and Photodisintigration Processes of the Deuteron
Jessica Gohs, William Briscoe (The George Washington University), Dave Hornidge, Korwin Moores, Kevin McDermit, Kris Bulmer, Steven Patterson (Mount Allison University), Sasha Starotsin (University of California, Los Angeles), Mattias Rost (Johannes Gutenburg University), Eve Downie (University of Glasgow), Crystal Ball and TAPS at MAMI Collaboration
CK.024 Determining the ANCs for 13C\rightarrow12C+n for Nuclear Astrophysics Studies
Joel Greenberg (TAMU Cyclotron Inst.), MARS Group Collaboration
CK.025 Understanding the Nuclear Structure of ^8Li with a Radioactive Nuclear Beam
Carol J. Guess, P.A. DeYoung, G.F. Peaslee (Hope College), E.F. Aguilera, E. Martãnez Quiroz (ININ), J.J. Kolata (University of Notre Dame), J.D. Hinnefeld (Indiana University South Bend)
CK.026 Pulse Shape Discrimination Using a Single Silicon Detector
R. Habas (University of Rochester/TAMU), C. Richers, J. Garey, S.J. Yennello, G. Souliotis, A. Keksis, M. Jandel, B. Stein (Texas Aamp;M University)
CK.027 Alignment Controls for the Inner Tracking System at ALICE
Colleen Hartsig (Creighton University), ALICE Collaboration
CK.028 Fabrication of Deuterated Polyethylene Targets for Radioactive Ion Beam Experiments
J. A. Howard, R. L. Kozub (Tennessee Technological University), J. S. Thomas (Rutgers University), M. S. Smith, J. C. Blackmon, D. W. Bardayan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), C. D. Nesaraja (ORNL/Univ. of Tenn.)
CK.029 Cos(Theta) Coil in Measurement of Neutron Electric Dipole Moment
Jennifer Hsiao, Brad Plaster, Bradley Filippone (California Institute of Technology), EDM Collaboration
CK.030 A modulation-free method for stabilizing lasers
Larry Isenhower (University of Wisconsin)
CK.031 Neutralino-Nucleon Scattering Rates with Realistic Form Factors from Electron Scattering Data
Ann Kemper, Gintaras Duda (Creighton University)
CK.032 Active Pixel Sensor Characterization for the STAR Detector
Jake King (Undergraduate Student)
CK.033 Correcting Level Density Measurements for the Effects of Spurious Levels
Jason Knight, Jr. Shriner (Tennessee Tech. Univ.)
CK.034 Modified Monte Carlo simulation of Phi Meson Photoproduction
Yossef Korang-Beheshti, David Tedeschi (University of South Carolina), CLAS Collaboration
CK.035 Evaluation of Various Methods of Neutron Dosimetry
Ethan Lake (Tennessee Technological University), Peggy McMahan (LBNL)
CK.036 Survey of spectroscopic factors for Z=3-24 isotopes
Hiu Ching Lee (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48864, USA), Betty Tsang, Xiaodong Liu (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48864, USA)
CK.037 Zero Degree Calorimeter for CMS
Megan Lehnherr (University of Kansas)
CK.038 R&D Efforts in Support of the CLEAN Detector for Dark Matter and Solar Neutrino interactions
Jeff Lidgard (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
CK.039 Baseline Characterization of the Beta Counting System
Benjamin Lott (MSU NSCL)
CK.040 Theoretical Predictions for Upsilon Production at RHIC and LHC
Sarah Lumpkins (University of Oklahoma), R. Rapp, H. van Hees, S. Deqiang (Texas A&M University), L. Grandchamp (LBNL)
CK.041 Determination of Single-Folding Optical Potential Model of Sn Isotopes From Elastic \alpha Scattering at E_lab = 400 MeV
R. Marks, U. Garg, P. V. Madhusudana Rao, T. Li (University of Notre Dame), Notre Dame-RCNP-Kyoto U.-Konan U.-KVI Collaboration
CK.042 SLAC-E158: A precission measurement of the weak mixing angle in moller scattering
Zachary Marshall (University of California Berkeley)
CK.043 The Energy Dependence of the KL1 x-ray Satellite Intensity of Aluminum Excited by Electron Bombardment
Heber Martinez (Cyclotron Institute Texas A&M University), Rand Watson (Texas A&M University)
CK.044 Preparations for a Precision Measurement of ^21Na Branching Ratio
Reina Maruyama (University of California, Berkeley), Paul Vetter (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Anna Kwiatkowski (University of California, Berkeley), Stuart Freedman (University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Weak Interactions Team
CK.045 RF neutron spin flipper for extended range of neutron velocities
Michael Mason, F. William Hersman (University of New Hampshire)
CK.046 Mapping the Magnetic Field in the PHENIX Detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
Andrew McCormick (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
CK.047 PHENIX \sqrts_NN = 62.4 GeV Au-Au collision multiplicity measurements
Michael Mendenhall (Vanderbilt University), PHENIX Collaboration
CK.048 Determination of Position Resolution for the Modular Neutron Array Using Cosmic Rays
Jason Miller, Matthew Kleber, Bryan Luther (Concordia College), MoNA Collaboration
CK.049 A Calibration of the Recoil Shadow Anisotropy Method for YRAST Ball
E.A. Millman, D.A. Meyer, C.W. Beausang, H. Ai, D. Swanson, R.F. Casten, A. Heinz, E.A. McCutchan, C. Plettner, J. Qian, N.J. Thomas, J. Vinson, E. Williams, R. Winkler, N.V. Zamfir (WNSL, Yale University), G. Gürdal (WNSL, Yale University; Clark University)
CK.050 Measurement of K-shell fluorescent yield in iridium: testing internal-conversion theory
J.R. Montague, N. Nica, V.E. Iacob, J.C. Hardy (Cyclotron Institute, Texas Aamp;M University)
CK.051 Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence as a Method to Identify Nitrogen Rich Samples
J. Navikonis (TUNL and Hobart College), J.H. Kelley (TUNL and NC State University), A.P. Tonchev, W. Tornow (TUNL and Duke University), H. Karwowski, M. Boswell (TUNL and UNC at Chapel Hill), Y.K. Wu, J. Li, S.F. Mikhailov, I.V. Pinayev (DFELL and Duke University)
CK.052 Statistical Model of Strange Sea Distribution in the Proton
Philip Opperman, Sierra Gardner, Wendy McDougald (Seattle University)
CK.053 Beta decay study of 25F
S.W. Padgett, V. Tripathi, S.L. Tabor, C.R. Hoffman, M. Weideking, A. Volya (Florida State University), A.D. Davies (Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University), P.F. Mantica, S.N. Liddick, B.E. Tomlin (Chemistry, Michigan State University), W.F. Mueller, A. Stolz (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, MSU)
CK.054 \largeSingle Spin Asymmetry Measurements from p(\vece,e^'n)\pi^+ in the Roper resonance region
Anthony Palladino (University of Connecticut), CLAS Collaboration
CK.055 A New Device for Relative Luminosity Measurements at PHENIX
Harshil Parikh (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
CK.056 Isomeric States in ^181Hf
Caleb Parnell-Lampen, Partha Chowdhury, Sujit Tandel (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
CK.057 The installation of a new Van de Graaff Accelerator and its applications at Hope College
Abe Pena III (UT Austin), P.A. DeYoung, G.F. Peaslee (Hope College)
CK.058 The Level Structure of Neutron-Rich ^21F
M. Perry, S. L. Tabor, J. Pavan, I. J. Calderin, D. B. Campbell, W. T. Cluff, E. Diffenderfer, J. Fridmann, K. W. Kemper, B. T. Roeder, C. Teal, M. Wiedeking, I. Wiedenh\”over (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA)
CK.059 MoNA and initial measurements with 7He Resonance *
Tina Pike (Michigan State University, Hope College), Robert Pepin (Michigan State University, Gonzaga University), MoNA Collaboration
CK.060 Lattice QCD Calculation of Running Quark Masses
Philip Powell (Harvard University), Adam Szczepaniak, Patrick Bowman (Indiana University Nuclear Theory Center)
CK.061 Production of Implanted ^4He Target for a Measurement of S_34
Christopher M. Przybycien, Jonathan D. Yeomans, J.E.R. McDonald (University of Hartford), Caleb Dyer, R.H. France III (Georgia College and State University), R. Prior, M.C. Spraker (North Georgia College and State University), M. Blackston, T. Clegg, C. Howell, Brent Perdue, H.R. Weller (TUNL), Th. Delbar (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Moshe Gai (University of Connecticut)
CK.062 Pulse Shape Discrimination with n-TD Silicon Detectors
Cass Richers, Sherry Yennello (Texas Aamp;M University), Rebecca Habas (University of Rochester), George Souliotis, Marian Jandel, August Keksis, Josh Garey, Brian Stein (Texas Aamp;M University)
CK.063 Band Crossing in Shape Transition Nuclei ^109,111Ru
D. Riley (Dept. Of Physics and Astronomy, SUNY Geneseo), C.Y. Wu, H. Hua, D. Cline, A.B. Hayes, R. Teng (Dept. Of Physics and Astronomy, University Of Rochester), R.M. Clark, P. Fallon, A. Goergen, A.O. Macchiavelli, K. Vetter (Nuclear Science Division, LBNL)
CK.064 LabVIEW simulation of pulse shape discrimination electronics
Michael Sarahan, Robert Burch, Sherry Yennello (Texas Aamp;M University)
CK.065 Gas cell modelling at the Canadian Penning Trap
Matthew Scholte-van de Vorst (University of Manitoba)
CK.066 A High-resolution Study of the p + ^52Cr Reaction
B.~A. Schwer, E. D. Lake, Jr. Shriner, D. R. Stevens (Tennessee Tech. Univ.), L. K. McLean, G. E. Mitchell (North Carolina St. Univ. and TUNL)
CK.067 Thermonuclear Reaction Rate Parameterization for Nuclear Astrophysics
Jacob Sharp, Raymond L. Kozub (Tennessee Technological University), Michael S. Smith (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jason Scott, Eric Lingerfelt (ORNL/Univ. of Tenn.)
CK.068 Upgrades to Muon Tracking Environmental Monitoring at PHENIX
Christopher Smith (Abilene Christian University)
CK.069 Cross-Section of the Reaction K- + p\Rightarrow Sigma(1385) + Gamma in the Crystal Ball
Jason Summerlott (Valparaiso University), Crystal Ball Collaboration
CK.070 A Model of the Recoil Shadow Anisotropy Method for the YRAST Ball Array
D. Swanson, C.W. Beausang, D.A. Meyer, E.A. Millman, H. Ai, R.F. Casten, A. Heinz, E.A. McCutchan, C. Plettner, J. Qian, N.J. Thomas, E. Williams, R. Winkler, N.V. Zamfir (WNSL, Yale University), G. Gürdal (Clark University; WNSL, Yale University)
CK.071 Fusion-Evaporation Cross Sections Around N=126
J. Vinson, R. Winkler, A. Heinz, H. Ai, C.W. Beausang, R.F. Casten, E.A. McCutchan, D.A. Meyer, E.A. Millman, C. Plettner, J. Qian, D. Swanson, E. Williams, N.V. Zamfir (WNSL Yale University), G. Gurdal (WNSL Yale Univeristy, Clark University, Worcester, MA), N.J. Thomas (WNSL Yale Univeristy, Surrey University, England)
CK.072 EEMC at STAR - Upgrade to Slow Controls
Josh Vredevoogd (Valparaiso University), STAR Endcap Group Collaboration
CK.073 Cosmic Muon Tracking with MoNA
Kyle Watters, Lance Elliott, Michael Strongman, Warren Rogers (Westmont College)
CK.074 Yale Neutron Ball Efficiency Callibration
Suzanna Williams, Carlos Aguilera, R.H. France III (Georgia College and State University), J.D. Yeomans, C.M. Przybycien, J.E.R. McDonald (University of Hartford), M. Gai (University of Connecticut)
CK.075 Neutron-Induced Partial Gamma-Ray Cross-Section Measurements on Actinides at TUNL using a segmented Clover detector
C. Wolter (St. Mary's University, Winona, NC), A.S. Crowell, B. Fallin, C.R. Howell, R.A. Macri, A.P. Tonchev, W. Tornow, R.L. Walter (Duke University and TUNL, Durham, NC), R.S. Pedroni (NC Aamp;T State University, Greensboro, NC), G.J. Weisel (Penn State Altoona, PA), J.A. Becker (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA), R.O. Nelson (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM)
CK.076 Resistive Plate Counters for the PHENIX muon trigger upgrade
Sungho Yoon (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
CK.077 Peak Determination of ^35 Cl(n,\gamma) Lines
Patrick Young (Linfield College)
CK.078 Re-commissioning MARS Recoil Mass Separator
Samuel Zenobia (Texas A&M Univ.-Cyclotron Institute)
CK.079 Studying Proton-Proton Collisions Using Pythia
Adi Zolotov (Dept. of Physics, Stony Brook University)
CK.080 Three-body Photodisintegration of He-3 with Double Polarization
Dan Liss (Greenville College)
CK.081 Astrophysical Resonant Reactions in Trojan Horse Method
Shalah Allison (Southwestern College)
CK.082 Detector Characterization and Installation for Study of GMR using 6Li scattering
Jonathan Button (Texas Aamp;M University -- Cyclotron Institute)
CK.083 Cross-Sectional Probability Study of 238U using the Silicon Telescope Array for Reaction Studies
B. Crider, M. S. Fetea (University of Richmond), L. A. Bernstein (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), R.F. Casten, C. W. Beausang, N. V. Zamfir, A. Heinz, H. Amro, C. Plettner, J. J. Ressler, H. Ai, E. A. Ricard-McCutchan, D. A. Meyer, J. Qian, N. Thomas, G. Gurdal, E. Williams (Yale University), J. A. Church, L. Ahle, J. Punyon (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
CK.084 Reaction Rates in X-ray Bursts
H. Schatz, T. Elliot (Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321), A. Kruizenga, S. Gupta, K. Smith (Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321), M. Wiescher (Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Notre Dame Physics Department, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556-5670)
CK.085 Muon Followers in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Van Nguyen (on behalf of the SNO Collaboration)
CK.086 E-GOS plots for Odd-A Medium Mass Nuclei
Veronika Nikolova, Mirela Fetea (University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 23173), Paddy Regan (Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom), Victor Zamfir, Rick Casten, Cornelius Beausang (Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8124)
CK.087 Calibration of the Modular Neutron Array*
Robert Pepin (Gonzaga University, Michigan State University -- REU), Tina Pike (Hope College, Michigan State University -- REU), MoNA Collaboration
CK.088 Single ring vs multiple ring determination of Super Kamiokande
Patrick O'Malley (Tennessee Technological University), Mark Messier (Indiana University)
CK.089 Simulation Program for Multi-Pass Time of Flight Spectrometer and Separator
Theodore McCormack (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology)
CK.090 Relaxation time of 3He
Hayian Gao (TUNL)
CK.091 Screening Method of Inorganic Scintillators for Photon Counting
M. Pritchard (Oak Ridge National Lab; Texas Aamp;M University)