Program overview

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, 11 NOVEMBER 2004

14:00 DA.001 Modeling Core Collapse Supernovae

Stephen Bruenn (Florida Atlantic University)

14:36 DA.002 The Importance of Lepton-Nucleus Interactions in Core Collapse Supernovae

William Raphael Hix (Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6354)

15:12 DA.003 Core-collapse supernovae, neutron stars, and the equation of state of neutron-rich matter

Jorge Piekarewicz (Florida State University)

14:00 DB.001 Anisotropic photo-induced magnetism of a Rb_jCo_k[Fe(CN)_6]_l\cdotnH_2O thin film

J.-H. Park, E. \vCi\vzmár, M.W. Meisel (Dept.of Physics, Univ. of Florida), F. Frye, S. Lane, Y.D. Huh, D.R. Talham (Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Florida)

14:12 DB.002 CeCoGe_2: J=5/2 Kondo lattice system? *

Costel R. Rotundu, Bohdan Andraka (Physics Department / University of Florida)

14:24 DB.003 Hopping Conductivity in Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors

Robin Kennedy, Patricia Stampe (Department of Physics, Florida Aamp;M University, Tallahassee, FL), Stephan Von Molnar, Peng Xiong, Erhong Hu (MARTECH, Florida State University), Yan Xin (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)

14:36 DB.004 Ferromagnetic stability in Fe nanodot assemblies on Cu(111) induced by indirect coupling through the substrate

M.A. Torija (Oak Ridge Natl' Lab, Uni.of Tennessee Knoxville), J. P. Pierce (Oak Ridge Natl' Lab, Sandia Natl' Lab), Z. Gai (Oak Ridge Natl' Lab, Lab for Mesostopic Physics Peking University of China), E. W. Plummer (Oak Ridge Natl' Lab, Uni of Tennnessee Knoxville), J. Shen (Oak Ridge Natl' Lab)

14:48 DB.005 Ferromagnetism And Polaron Percolation in MnxGe1-x Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor

An-Ping Li, John Wendelken, Jian Shen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), J. Thompson, Hanno Weitering (The University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

15:00 DB.006 Heat capacity and magnetoresistivity measurements on cubic system Cd_6Yb near the structural phase transition.

Nicoleta Sorloaica (Clemson University), Veerle Keppens (University of Mississippi), Malcolm J. Skove (Clemson University), Terry M. Tritt (Clemson University)

15:12 DB.007 Coalescence Of 2, 3, Or More, Of Approx. 15 Heat Sources (Sustained By Radioactive Decay) Migrating Over Earth¡¦s Solid Inner Core Boundary, When Located Near Rotation Axis, In N- Or S-Hemisphere, Engenders Geomagnetic Field Reversals.

Keith L. McDonald

15:24 DB.008 Magnetic Properties of Magnetically Soft Nanocomposite Co-SiO2 Prepared via Mechanical Milling

J. Losby, S.R. Mishra (The University of Memphis), I. Dubenko, N. Ali (Southern Illinois University), K. Marasinghe, M. Ali (University of North Dakota)

14:00 DC.001 Comparison of Theory and Experiment for Dielectronic Recombination of Fe Atomic Ions

Sh. A. Abdel-Naby, S. D. Loch, M. S. Pindzola (Department of Physics, Auburn University, Alabama 36849, USA), J. P. Colgan (Theoretical Division T-4 B-283, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA), Z. Altun (Department of Physics, Marmara University, 81040, Ziverbey, Istanbul, Turkey), N. R. Badnell (Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK)

14:12 DC.002 Intermediate-coupling distorted-wave calculations for dielectronic recombination of B-like atomic ions

Sh. A. Abdel-Naby, S. D. Loch, M. S. Pindzola (Department of Physics, Auburn University, Alabama 36849, USA), M. Fogle, S. Madzunkov, R. Schuch (Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, SE106 91 Stockholm, Sweden), P. Glans (Department of Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics, Mid-Sweden University, SE851 70 Sundsvall, Sweden), N. R. Badnell (Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK)

14:24 DC.003 Radiatively-Assisted Dielectronic Recombination from a Continuum of Finite Bandwidth

E. S. Shuman, M. J. Pysher, T. F. Gallagher (University of Virginia)

14:36 DC.004 Collisional Energy Transfer in Li(np, n = 3,4) + N_2, and Li(4p) + CH_4, C_2H_4, C_2H_6, C_3H_8 Interactions.

Vivek Koramagiri, Benjamin McCarter, Solomon Bililign (Department of Physics, North Carolina Aamp;T State University)

14:48 DC.005 New Reaction Microscope at the Auburn Ion Accelerator

F. Hess, D. Stroschein, E.J. Clothiaux, A. L. Landers (Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849)

15:00 DC.006 Open Path and Solar Sourced Atmospheric Spectra are Analyzed Yielding Concentration Profiles and Temporal Variation Results

John Hager, Jeff Steill, Robert Compton (University of Tennessee)

DD.001 Visualization of concentration polarization of a blood protein using fluorescent nanocrystals

Yvonne Moussy (University of South Florida)

DD.002 Determination of the Critical Condition in Liquid Chromatography of Polymers

Scott Orelli (Thiel College), Wenhua Jiang, Yongmei Wang (The University of Memphis)

DD.003 Vibrational response of vanadium oxide nanotubes

J. Cao, J. Choi, J.L. Musfeldt (Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville), S. Lutta, M.S. Whittingham (Department of Chemistry and Institute for Materials Research, State University of New York, Binghamton)

DD.004 Optical characteristics of ZnO nanonail nanocavities

Dake Wang, Hee Won Seo, Mingyu Li, Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh, Yonhua Tzeng, Chin-Che Tin, Michael Bozack, John Williams (Affiliation), Minseo Park (Dept. of Physics, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University)

DD.005 Application of Genetic Algorithms to a variety of problems in Physics and Astronomy

Kevin Williams, Michael Guidry (University of Tennessee)

DD.006 Multidimensional Visualization for Element Production Networks

Reuben Budiardja, Viktor Chupryna, Olaniyi Balogun, Michael Guidry (University of Tennessee)

DD.007 Novel Atomic Mirror with a Blue-Detuned Semi-Gaussian Beam

Ping Zheng (Auburn University)

DD.008 Numerical simulation of LIGO suspended optics

Kristen Rogillio, Tiffany Findley, Sanichiro Yoshida (Southeastern Louisiana University)

DD.009 Modeling the motion of input optics in the LIGO interferometer

Raghuveer Dodda, Nafis Jamal, Sanichiro Yoshida (Southeastern Louisiana University)

DD.010 The QPS Experiment

B.E. Nelson, QPS Team (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

DD.011 Confinement Physics and Equilibrium Robustness of the Quasi-Poloidal Stellarator

D.A. Spong, QPS Team (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

DD.012 Configuration Flexibility of the QPS Experiment

J.F. Lyon, QPS Team (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

DD.013 Magnetic Islands and Deviation from Quasi-Symmetry in Compact Stellarators

D.J. Strickler, D.A. Spong, J.F. Lyon, S.P. Hirshman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

DD.014 Integrated Modeling of Wave-Plasma Interactions in Fusion Systems

Donald Batchelor (ORNL)

DD.015 ITER and ORNL

N.A. Uckan, S.L. Milora (ORNL)

DD.016 Pellet Fueling Technology Development Leading to Efficient Fueling of ITER Burning Plasmas

L.R. Baylor, S.K. Combs, T.C. Jernigan, W.A. Houlberg, L.W. Owens, D.A. Rasmussen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), P.B. Parks (General Atomics)

DD.017 The development of load-tolerant ICRF heating and current drive antennas

David W. Swain (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

DD.018 Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) Ion Source Development at the Holified Radioactive Ion Beam Facility

Hassina Bilheux^1, Yuan Liu, Gerald Alton, John Cole, Cecil Williams, Charles Reed (Oak Ridge National Laboratory,^2 Oak Ridge, TN 37831)

DD.019 Resonant Infrared Pulsed-Laser Deposition of Polymers Using a Free-Electron Laser

Stephen Johnson (Vanderbilt University), Ron Bellmont, Daniel Bubb (Seton Hall University), Richard Haglund, Ken Schriver (Vanderbilt University)

DD.020 Two experimental investigations of ball lightning

Igor Alexeff, Sriram Parameswaran, Michael Grace (University of Tennessee)

DD.021 An Apparatus for Measuring Ion-Neutral Charge-Transfer Rate Coefficients.

R. Stamilio, J. Kanoy, B. Cranswick, A. G. Calamai (Appalachian State Univ., Boone, NC 28608), M. Schnell, D. W. Savin (Columbia Univ., NY, NY 10027)

DD.022 A Numerical Simulation of Poiseuille Flow of Dilute Polymer Solutions

Mohamed Laradji, Brian P. Williams (Physics Department, The University of Memphis), Yongmei Wang (Chemistry Department, The University of Memphis)

DD.023 The Scattering of X-ray and the induction phenomenon

Ziad A. Fahd (Southern Research Institute of Pure amp; Applied Sciences), Dr. R.C. Mohanty (Professor, Southern University-Physics Dept., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, SRIPAS Team)

DD.024 The Characterization and Dopant Effects of Co3+ and Nd3+ with TiO2 Nanoparticles

Wess Salter, Sanjay Mishra (University of Memphis), Dr. Greg Peters Collaboration, Dr. Roger Lloyd Collaboration