Program overview

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 12 NOVEMBER 2004

14:00 HA.001 Sequential Assembly of Magnetic Prussian Blue Films with Photo-Induced Magnetism

Mark W. Meisel (Department of Physics, University of Florida)

14:30 HA.002 Electronic and Magnetic Structure of Transition-Metal Dicyanamide Molecule-Based Magnets

Amy Y. Liu (Georgetown University)

15:00 HA.003 Some Recent Advances in Frustrated Systems and Single Molecule Magnets

Naresh Dalal (Department of Chemistry amp; Biochemistry, Florida State University)

15:30 HA.004 Magnetism assisted Cu spin-freezing in magnetic superconductor Sm1.85Ce0.15CuO4

Ruslan Prozorov (Department of Physics amp; Astronomy, University of South Carolina)

14:00 HB.001 Isomer and beta-decay studies of nuclei near ^78Ni

C. Mazzocchi, R. Grzywacz, C. Bingham (U Tennessee), J. Batchelder (ORAU), D. Fong, J.H. Hamilton, J.K. Hwang (Vanderbilt U.), M. Karny (Warsaw U.), W. Krolas (JIHIR, ORNL), S. Liddick, A.C. Morton, P.F. Mantica, W.F. Mueller, M. Steiner, A. Stolz (NSCL, Michigan State U.), K. Rykaczewski (ORNL), J.A. Winger (Mississippi State U.)

14:12 HB.002 (d, p \gamma) Measurements at the HRIBF at ORNL

M.S. Johnson (ORAU, Oak Ridge TN), D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon (ORNL, Oak Ridge TN), H.K. Carter (ORAU, Oak Ridge TN), J.A. Cizewski, K.L. Jones (Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ), A. Kronenberg (ORAU, Oak Ridge TN), R.L. Kozub (Tennessee Tech, Cookeville TN), C.D. Nesaraja (ORNL, Oak Ridge TN), S.D. Pain (Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ), M.S. Smith (ORNL, Oak Ridge TN), J.S. Thomas (Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ), D.W. Visser (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC)

14:24 HB.003 Single-neutron excitations in neutron-rich N=51 isotones

J.S. Thomas, J.A. Cizewski, K.L. Jones (Rutgers University), D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, C.J. Gross, J.F. Liang, D. Shapira, M.S. Smith (ORNL), R.L Kozub, C.D. Nesaraja (Tennessee Tech. Univ.), U. Greife, R.J. Livesay (Colorado School of Mines), M.S. Johnson (ORAU), D.W. Visser (Univ. North Carolina), Z. Ma (Univ. of Tennessee)

14:36 HB.004 Discovery of the new proton emitter ^144Tm

Robert Grzywacz (University of Tennessee)

14:48 HB.005 Negative parity levels in ^116,118,120Cd

S.D. Xiao, S.J. Zhu, L.M. Yang (Tsinghua Univ.), J.H. Hamilton, A.V. Ramayya, J.K. Hwang, D. Fong, K. Li (Vanderbilt Univ.), Z. Zhang, Z. Jiang, Y.N. Che, Y.N. U (Tsinghua Univ.), I.Y. Lee, J.O. Rasmussen (LBNL), W.C. Ma (Mississippi State Univ.), G.M. Ter-Akopian, A.V. Daniel (JINR)

15:00 HB.006 A High-resolution Study of the p~+~^44Ca Reaction

Jr. Shriner (Tennessee Technological Univ.), S. J. Lokitz, G. E. Mitchell (North Carolina St. Univ. and TUNL)

15:12 HB.007 Photon Analyzing Power of Helium Photodisintegration at \theta_lab = 90^\circ and E_\gamma = 15.0 MeV

J.H. Esterline, C.R. Howell, A.P. Tonchev, W. Tornow (Duke and TUNL), H.J. Karwowski (UNC and TUNL), J.H. Kelley (NCSU and TUNL), J. Li, S.F. Mikhailov, I.V. Pinayev, Y.K. Wu (Duke and DFELL), G.J. Weisel (Penn State Altoona), H. Witala (Jagiellonian University)

15:24 HB.008 Target Development for Radioactive Ion Beam Generation

A. Kronenberg, H.K. Carter (Oak Ridge Associated Universities), D. Stracener, J. Bilheux (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), J.A. Cizewski (Rutgers University), U. Koester (CERN)

15:36 HB.009 Equipment for Decay Spectroscopy at HRIBF

A. Piechaczek, E.F. Zganjar (LSU), C.J. Gross, K. Rykaczewski, D. Shapira (ORNL), C.R. Bingham, R. Grzywacz, M.N. Tantawy (UT), J.C. Batchelder (ORISE), M. Karny (JIHIR, U. Warsaw), W. Krolas (Vanderbilt, JIHIR, IFJ Krakow), D. Fong, J.H. Hamilton, A.V. Ramayya (Vanderbilt), J.A. Winger (Mississippi State)

15:48 HB.010 USING SIMULATION TO CHARACTERIZE SILICON DETECTOR ARRAYS

L. Erikson (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA), J. S. Thomas (Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA), J. C. Blackmon (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA), K. L. Jones (Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA), U. Greife, F. Sarazin (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA), A. Wousmaa (Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA)

16:00 HB.011 Development of a High Solid-Angle Silicon Detector Array for Measurement of Transfer Reactions in Inverse Kinematics

S.D. Pain (Rutgers Univ.), D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon (Physics Division, ORNL), H.K. Carter (ORAU, Oak Ridge), J.A. Cizewski (Rutgers Univ.), C. Domizioli (Tennessee Technological Univ.), L. Erikson (Colorado School of Mines), C. Harlin (University of Surrey), M.S. Johnson (ORAU, Oak Ridge), K.L. Jones (Rutgers Univ.), R. Kozub, B. H. Moazen, C.D. Nesaraja (Tennessee Technological Univ.), M.S. Smith (Physics Division, ORNL), J.S. Thomas (Rutgers Univ.), D. Visser (Univ. of North Carolina)

14:00 HC.001 Critical currents of ex-situ YBCO thin films on ``RABiTS'' substrates: thickness, field and temperature dependencies

A.O. Ijaduola^+, * Thompson^+, R. Feenstra^*, D.K. Christen^*, A.A. Gapud^* (^+Dept of Physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and ^*Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab, Oak Ridge, TN)

14:12 HC.002 Improvement of magnetic field dependence of critical currents in YBCO coated conductors with the introduction of processing-induced pinning structures

Albert Gapud, David Christen, Roeland Feenstra, Amit Goyal, Sukill Kang, Keith Leonard, Maria Varela (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Terry Holesinger (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

14:24 HC.003 Sonochemical enhancement of the transition temperature in YBCO superconductor

Tatiana Prozorov (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina), Ruslan Prozorov (Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of South Carolina), Kenneth S. Suslick (School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois)

14:36 HC.004 Topological hysteresis in the intermediate state of type-I superconductors

Ruslan Prozorov, Baowei Liu (Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of South Carolina), Russell W. Giannetta (Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

14:48 HC.005 Understanding Magnetic Excitations in S = \frac12 Tetrameric Spin Clusters: Applications to the Molecular Magnet NaCuAsO_4

Jason Haraldsen (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee), Ted Barnes (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee; Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Janice Musfeldt (Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee), Steve Nagler (Condensed Matter Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

15:00 HC.006 SOLUTION TO UNRESOLVED X-RAY FEATURE IN COLUMNAR LIQUID CRYSTAL BY PARACRYSTAL MODEL CALCULATIONS

Moin Sarkar (Tennessee State University)

15:12 HC.007 Green-Kubo expressions for transport in a granular fluid.

Aparna Baskaran, James Dufty (Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl 32611)

15:24 HC.008 Mixed-state transport characteristics of magnesium diboride films

Daniel Arcos, Milind Kunchur (University of South Carolina, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy)

14:00 HD.001 A precise Measurement of the Weak Mixing Angle in NOMAD

Qun Wu (University of South Carolina), University of South Carolina Team

14:12 HD.002 Neutrino Cross Section Measurements at the Spallation Neutron Source

J. C. Blackmon (Physics Division, ORNL)

14:24 HD.003 Homogeneous detector proposed for the SNS neutrino facility

Diane Markoff (North Carolina State University and TUNL), nuSNS Collaboration

14:36 HD.004 Nuclear Data Activities for Astrophysics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

C.D. Nesaraja, E.J. Lingerfelt, J.P. Scott, M.S. Smith, W.R. Hix, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon (ORNL Phys. Div.), K. Chae, M.W. Guidry (Univ. of Tenn.), J.E. Sharp, C.C. Hard, R.L. Kozub (Tenn. Tech. Univ.), R.A. Meyer (RAME' Inc)

14:48 HD.005 Reaction Rate Parameterization for Nuclear Astrophysics Research

J. P. Scott, E. J. Lingerfelt, M. S. Smith, W. R. Hix, D. W. Bardayan (ORNL Physics Division*), J. E. Sharp, R. L. Kozub (TN Tech. Univ.+), R. A. Meyer (RAME Inc.)

15:00 HD.006 Visualization Tools for Nuclear Astrophysics Research

E. J. Lingerfelt, J. P. Scott, C. D. Nesaraja, M. S. Smith, W. R. Hix, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon (ORNL Physics Division*), K. Chae, M. W. Guidry (Univ. of Tenn.), J. E. Sharp, C. C. Hard (Tennessee Tech.), R. A. Meyer (RAME Inc.)

15:12 HD.007 X-ray Line Profile Signatures of a Bardeen-Petterson Disk Around a Rotating Black Hole

Warner Miller (Florida Atlantic University and Los Alamos National Laboratory), Chris Fragile (Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory)

15:24 HD.008 N-Body Simulations of Disk Galaxy Interactions

Jeannette Myers, Garrett Messick (Francis Marion University), Lih-Sin The (Clemson University)

15:36 HD.009 Active-Sterile Neutrino Transformation: Consequences for Supernova Nucleosynthesis

Joshua Beun (North Carolina State University), Rebecca Surman (Union College), Gail McLaughlin (North Carolina State University), William Hix (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

15:48 HD.010 Development of a general relativistic particle-in-cell (GRPIC) code

Michael Watson (Physics Department, Fisk University)