A total of 510 persons, including 219 students, registered for the meeting, which was held jointly with the Texas Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers and Zone 13 of the Society of Physics Students.
Plenary sessions on "Frontiers of Physics" featured invited talks on "Status Report and Future of the Efforts to Measure the Electron Neutrino Rest Mass" (Manfred Fink, UT Austin); "Laser Probes of the MACRO and Micro Cosmos" (Marlan O. Scully, Texas A&M); "Update on the Search for the Top Quark" (Fred Bird, SSC Laboratory); and "Quantum Mechanics and Precision Measurements", (Norman F. Ramsey, Harvard). Professor Ramsey gave a second talk in a special SPS Session on "Time and the Physical Universe".
Two invited symposia were organized. The first on Quantum Optics,chaired by Edward S. Fry, included: "Phase of the Quantum Harmonic Oscillator-How to Read Your Wristwatch" (Scott Shepard, Baylor); "Lasing Without Population Inversion" (G.G. Padmabandu, Texas Laser Laboratory); "The Gamma Ray Laser: Issues and Progress in 1993" (James J. Carroll, Center for Quantum Electronics); "A Feasible Realization of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Gedanken Experiment" (Edward S. Fry, Texas A&M); and "Proton Correlations and Interferences in Complimentary Spaces" (G. Agarwal, University of Hyderabad).
The second Symposia on Applied Physics in Microelectronics, chaired by John Lowell included: "Characterization of the Effects of Poly Resistivity in a 0.8 Micrometer Polycide Gate CMOS Circuit" (Robert Dawson and Barry Sheffield, Advanced Micro Devices); "Nitrogen Distribution and Resultant Electrical Characteristics of N_2O Gate Oxynitrides Grown in an RTP and in a Conventional Furnace" (Y. Okada, P. Tobin, S. A. Ajuria and R. T. Hegde, Motorola); "Recent Progress in Vacuum Microelectronic Field Emission Devices for Flat Panel Applications" (Mark Weichold, Texas A&M); "Probing Randomly-Oriented Interface Roughness in Si(100)SiO_2 and H- Terminated Si(100) Surfaces Using Second Harmonic Generation" (J.L. Dudap, Q. Deng, M.C. Downer, UTAustin; B. Doris, Motorola; J. D. Lowell, Advanced Micro Devices, and A. C. Diebold, Sematech); "The Termal Redistribution of Fluorine Implanted into Silicon and Polysilicon: A SIMS-XTEM Study" (V. S. Kaushik, R. L . Hance, P. T. Tobin, and H. H. Tsong, Motorola); and " A Comparison of Heavy Ion Backscattering Spectrometry (HIBS), Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence (TXRF) and Surface Analysis by Resonant Ionization of Sputtered Neutrals (SARISA)" (A. C. Diebold, Sematech).
An informal SPS session on Graduate Programs in Texas was arranged with brochures, posters and spokespeople available to help prospective graduate students find out what is available.
There were 122 APS contributed papers arranged into 11 sessions covering most areas of physics, 29 AATP contributed papers in 3 sessions, and 8 SPS papers. The AAPT Section also arranged 16 workshops on physics education topics for area teachers.
The Chairs' Breakfast on Friday morning was attended by 29 persons. The luncheon, attended by 177, was followed by a brief business meeting. The Banquet was attended by 250 persons who were treated to a lecture and demonstration on the physics of violins by Professor Joseph Nagyvary, Texas A&M University. The lecture was followed by a brief chamber music concert featuring Texas Section's Joe Ham on piano and Bob Kenefick on violin.
Once again, the student competition was a rousing success. The awards for outstanding student papers were supported by donations from Houston Advanced Research Center(HARC) and Texas Fireframe Co. and by the Section's general operating fund. A committee chaired by Past Chair Michael Gorman reviewed the presentations of the 53 graduate students and 11 undergraduate students competing and selected thirteen students to receive awards. Receiving a $200 award for the highest composite score was George Lengel, Texas A&M. Receiving awards of $150 were: V. Ambrose, Texas Christian; K. T. Andrews, Texas A&M; J. Engbrecht, Trinity; P. Ferrell, SSC; B. Joelson, Texas A&M; Y. D. Kim, U. North Texas; J. C. McCoy, Texas A&M; Katherine Ocker, Sam Houston State; T. Sauncy, Texas Tech; M. A. Seabolt, East Texas State; S. L. Stephenson, Baylor; and P. E. Tissot, Texas A&M.
Secretary-treasurer C. A. Quarles reported that as of October 13, 1993 there was a balance of $18,806.60 in the Section accounts with a reasonable uncertainty.
AB 4 Generation of High Power, Repetitive, 600 nsec Pulses with a
Thyratron Driven Stacked Blumlein Pulser. J.D. Bhawalkar, F. Davanloo
and C.B. Collins, University of Texas at Dallas.
AB 6 Using Elastic Scattering Off Polarized Electrons to Measure Muon
Polarization. J. Cranshaw, Bonner Lab., Rice University, Spin Muon
Collaboration.
AB 8 Analysis of the Relationships of the Impact Plasma created by a
Hypervelocity Iron Sphere Impacting 250 and 500 Angstrom Aluminum
Thin Films. S.L. Stephenson, W.M. Alexander, W.G. Tanner, B.J. Farmer
and R. McDonald, Baylor University Space Science Laboratory.
AC 1 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Characterization of the Initial Stages
of CVD Diamond Growth on Graphite. L. Villareal, A. Aviles, R.E.
Stallcup, J. Steinshnider, and J.M. Perez, Department of Physics,
University of North Texas.
AC 2 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Characterization of the Initial Stages
of CVD Diamond Growth on Si. R.E. Stallcup, A. Aviles, L. Villareal,
J. Steinshnider, and J.M. Perez, Department of Physics, University of
North Texas.
AC 3 Protective Coatings of Nanophase Diamond Produced by Pulsed Laser
Deposition. H. Park, J.H. You, F. Davanloo and C.B. Collins,
University of Texas at Dallas.
AC 4 Structural Phase of Femtosecond Laser Melted Graphite. T. Dallas and
M. Holtz, Texas Tech University; H. Ahn and M.C. Downer, University
of Texas at Austin.
AC 5 Pressure-Raman Studies of Implantation Disordered GaAs. T. Sauncy and
M. Holtz, Texas Tech; R. Zallen, Virginia Tech.
AC 6 Medium Energy Ion Implantation of Germanium into Heated <111>
Silicon. J.C. McCoy, P.E. Tissot, R.R. Hart, Texas A&M University.
AC 7 Rutherford Backscattering Analysis Using Pulsed Carbon-12 Beam Time-
of-Flight Spectroscopy. K. Thompson, L. Foster, R.R. Hart, Texas A&M
University.
AC 8 Germanium-silicon layers produced by implantation of silicon <100>
substrates. P.E. Tissot, J.C. McCoy, R.R. Hart, Texas A&M University.
AC 9 Carbon contamination of silicon due to hydrogen beam analysis. B.
Blackburn, P.E. Tissot, R.R. Hart, Texas A&M University.
AD 8 Ion Induced Electron Emmission of 1 MeV Channeled Protons in
Crystalline Silicon Foil. Z.Y. Zhao, A.M. Arrale, S.L. Li, D.K.
Marble, J.F. Kirchhoff, D.L. Weathers, S. Matteson, F.D. McDaniel,
University of North Texas; and J.M. Anthony, Texas Instruments, Inc.
BB 1 Microscopic description of backbending phenomenon in dysprosium
nuclei. S. B. Premkumar, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston,
TX and R.D. Ratnaraju, Dept. of Physics, Andhra University, Waltair,
India.
BB 2 International Collaboration for Neutron Therapy. L. Cranberg,
TDN, Inc.
BB 3 What can be done with cold neutrons. Bernard W. Wehring and Kenan
Unlu, The University of Texas at Austin.
BB 4 Development of a Near Surface Analysis Facility at The University of
Texas Research Reactor. Kenan Unlu and Bernard W. Wehring, The
University of Texas at Austin.
BB 5 STAR/SVT Track-Matching by Grouping Events from Adjacent SDD Planes.
Christine A. Byrd, Charles M. Byrd, W.J. Braithwaite, University of
Arkansas at Little Rock and STAR Collaboration.
BB 6 Transputer Technology for Data Acquisition and MPP Data Analysis.
C.M. Byrd, C.A. Byrd, W.J. Braithwaite, University of Arkansas at
Little Rock.
BB 7 Pulse Pileup-Rejection Circuit for Silicon Detectors. W.J.
Braithwaite, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; J.R. Comfort,
Arizona State University; and F.E. Cecil, Colorado School of Mines.
BB 8 Using GEANT in the Design of Silicon Detector Telescopes. Timothy W.
Wofford, D.L. Roetzel, Morgan T. Burks, Edward D. Bearden, Christine
A. Byrd, Charles M. Byrd and W.J. Braithwaite, University of Arkansas
at Little Rock.
BB 9 The Admixture of D--state in the Ground State of 4He and the
Presence of N(1520). M.A.K. Lodhi, A.Y. Abokor, Ahmad Azlan M. Yasir
and Shamim A. Khan, Texas Tech University.
BB 10 Effect of Odd Parity in the Ground State of 4He. Ahmad Azlan M.
Yasir and M.A.K. Lodhi, Texas Tech University.
BB 11 Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction from an Effective Chiral Lagrangian. L.
Ray, C. Ordonez, and U. van Kolck, Univ. of Texas at Austin.
BB 12 Measurement of Neutrons, Photons, and Charged Particles from a
Neutral Beam Stop. S. Worm, G. Hoffman, K. Lang, J. McDonough, P.
Riley, J.L. Ritchie, and B. Ware, University of Texas at Austin.
BB 13 Algorithm for Track Matching for the STAR Detector at RHIC. G.
Hoffman and L. Ray, Univ. of Texas at Austin.
BB 14 DNN for 500 MeV p + 13C at 16.5 degrees. D. Read, M. Barlett, G.
Hoffman, L. Ray. Univ. of Texas at Austin; A. Green, LANL; B. Storm,
Univ. of Georgia; M. Jones, Rutgers.
BC 1 Silicon Channeling Mask for Ion Projection Lithography. J.A. Rennie,
A. Ghatak-Roy, M.H. Weichold, R.R. Hart, Texas A&M University.
BC 2 Ion Optical Imaging with a Wien Filter and an Achromatic Quadrupole
Doublet. Gary D. White, Ron R. Hart, Texas A&M University.
BC 3 Calorimetric Thermobarometry of Shocked Metamorphosed Quartz.
Katherine D. Ocher, Dept. Of physics, Sam Houston State University,
Huntsville, TX.
BC 4 Total-Energy Functional for Silicon-Hydrogen Interactions in Solids.
Charles W. Myles and Young K. Park, Texas Tech Univ.
BC 8 Texas Wood-Energy Coalition. L. Cranberg, Texas Fireframe Co.
BC 9 Wood Energy in Retrospect and Prospect. L. Cranberg, Texas Fireframe
Co.
BD 6 Extended ring trap for remote ion injection from micro-samples. H.
Dehmelt, N. Yu., X. Zhao, U. of Washington.
BD 7 Geonium micro-synchro-cylotron technique yields 100 Hz wide symmetric
n = 0->1 cyclotron transition. R. Mittleman, H. Dehmelt, U. of
Washington.
BD 8 Stark effect and Zero-Point Confinement in Trapped Ba+. N. Yu, X.
Zhao, W. Nagourney, H. Dehmelt, University of Washington.
BD 9 Design Parameters and Set-Up of a Linear Ion Trap. J. Lassen, E.C.
Benck, H.A. Schuessler, Texas A&M University.
BE 6 Ce-valence instability, Kondo scattering, and magnetic order in
Ce(NiSi)2-x(CuGe)-x. R. Barber, M. Li, and G. Liang, Sam Houston
State Univ.; M. Croft, Rutgers Univ.
CB 1 The Nature of Charge. R.L. Collins, retired.
CB 2 Quantum Dynamics and Classical Chaos: The Role of Classical Phase
Space Structures. B.S. Helmkamp and D.A. Browne, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge.
CB 3 Analysis of a Particle in a Linear Potential Well. H.E. McCloud,
Arkansas State University.
CB 5 Derivation of the Energy-Time Uncertainty Relation. D.H. Kobe and V.
Aguilera-Navarro, University of North Texas.
CB 6 Numerical Code for the Planar Vacuum Einstein Equations in Triad
Variables. A. Adams, LBJ High School; D. Mann, Austin College; D.
Salisbury, Austin College; L.C. Shepley, University of Texas at
Austin; B. Turner, University of Texas at Dallas; L. Turvan, Austin
College.
CB 7 Development of a MathTensor Package for the Calculation of Ashtekar
Variables in General Relativity. L. Turvan and D. Salisbury, Austin
College.
CB 9 Symbolic Program for Generating the Many-body Perturbation-theory
Formulas. W.F. Perger, M. Idrees, and K. Flurchick, Michigan Tech
University.
CB 10 Marketing Physics for Concurrent Engineering Projects. W. Birchak,
R. Birchak, Birchak Consulting.
CC 4 The scaling exponents of polyacrylamide and acrylamide-sodium
acrylate copolymer gels. C. Li and Z. Hu, University of North Texas;
Y. Li, Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
CC 5 Polymer network concentration dependence of shear modulus and
acoustic attenuation in polyacrylamide gels. J. Liang, X. Zhang,
Z. Hu, and C. Li, University of North Texas; Y. Li, Kimberly-Clark
Corporation.
CC 6 Ultrasonic and shear elastic monulus study of polyacrylamide gels
near the phase transition point. X. Zhang, Z. Hu, and C. Li,
University of North Texas; Y. Li, Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
CC 7 Temperature and time dependence of surface patterns in constrained
ionic N-isopropylacrylamide gels. Z. Hu and C. Li, University of
North Texas; Y. Li, Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
CD 1 Elemental Analysis Using Fluorescence Detection During Laser
Ablation. W.M. Ashe, E.C. Benck, H.A. Schuessler, Texas A&M Univ.
CD 2 A Hot-Cavity-Type Surface Ion Surface for Use with Collinear Fast
Beam Laser Spectroscopy. D. Buzatu, E.C. Benck, H.A. Schuessler,
Texas A&M Univ.
CD 3 A Multipass Cell for Sensitive Absorption Spectroscopy. M. Stickel,
E.C. Benck, H.A. Schuessler, Texas A&M Univ.
CD 4 Stepwise-Laser Excitation and Field Ionization of Krypton. E.C.
Benck, H.A. Schuessler, Texas A&M Univ.
CD 5 Mode Locking and Frequency Stabilization of an Argon Ion Laser at
lambda=488 nm. J.U. Huehnermann, E.C. Benck, H.A. Schuessler, Texas
A&M Univ.
CD 8 Control of Chaos in a CO2 Laser. J. Steinshnider, J.M. Perez, R.E.
Stallcup, E. Rabinovich, J. Prasad, and C.L. Littler, Department of
Physics, University of North Texas.
CE 4 Ab initio Results of GAUSSIAN 92 for Highly Charged Molecular Ions.
Y.D. Kim, S. Matteson, J.L. Duggan, D.L. Weathers, and F.D. McDaniel,
Department of Physics, University of North Texas; P. Marshall,
Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas; J.M. Anthony,
Texas Instruments Inc.
CE 7 High-Temperature Vapor-Phase Raman Spectra of 9,10-Dihydroanthracene.
Kevin Morris and Jaan Laane, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M
University.
CE 8 Jet-Cooled Fluorescence Spectra and Phenyl Torsions of trans-
Stilbene. Whe-Yi Chiang and Jaan Laane, Department of Chemistry,
Texas A&M University.
CE 9 Analysis of the Ring-Bending and Carbonyl Inversion Vibrations of 3-
Cyclopenten-1-one in its S1(n,pi*) Electronic Excited State. Paul
Sagear, Jian Zhang, and Jaan Laane, Department of Chemistry, Texas
A&M University.
CE 10 Far-Infrared Spectra, Conformation, and Two-dimensional Potential
Energy Surface of Cyclopentanone. J. Choo, J. Zhang and J. Laane,
Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University.
CE 11 Jet-Cooled Fluorescence Excitation Spectra and Carbonyl Wagging
Potential Energy Functions of Cyclic Ketones and Their Isotopomers
in the S-1(n,pi*) Electronic Excited States. Jian Zhang, Whe-Yi
Chiang and Jaan Laane, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University.
SESSION AB: HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Friday morning, 22 October 1993
Room 302 Rudder Tower
Dr. R.C. Webb, presidingSESSION AC: CONDENSED MATTER, MATERIALS
Friday morning, 22 October 1993
Room 229 MSC
Dr. M. Weimer, presidingSESSION AD: ATOMIC PHYSICS, X-RAYS
Friday morning, 22 October 1993
Room 228 MSC
Dr. R. Palma, presidingSESSION BB: NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Friday afternoon, 22 October 1993
Room 228 MSC
Dr. W. Braithwaite, presidingSESSION BC: MATERIALS SCIENCE
Friday afternoon, 22 October 1993
Room 229 MSC
Dr. F. Loxom, presidingSESSION BD: TRAPPED IONS, MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Friday afternoon, 22 October 1993
Room 302, Rudder Tower
Dr. S. Baker, presidingSESSION BE: CONDENSED MATTER
Friday afternoon, 22 October 1993
Room 231 MSC
Dr. J. Ross, presiding.SESSION CB: GENERAL PHYSICS, THEORY
Saturday morning, 23 October 1993
Room 301 Rudder Tower
Dr. L. Hewett, presidingSESSION CC: CONDENSED MATTER
Saturday morning, 23 October 1993
Room 302 Rudder Tower
Dr. G. Agnolet, presidingSESSION CD: LASERS OPTICS
Saturday Morning, 23 October 1993
Room 206 MSC
Dr. G. Kattawar, presidingSESSION CE: SPECTROSCOPY
Saturday morning, 23 October 1993
Room 229 MSC
Dr. J. Duggan, presidingAUTHOR INDEX
A
Abokor, A.Y.--BB9
Adams, A.--CB6
Aguilera-Navarro, V.--CB5
Ahn, H.--AC4
Alexander, W.M.--AB8
Anthony, J.M.--AD8,CE4
Arrale, A.M.--AD8
Ashe, W.M.--- CD1
Aviles, A.--AC1,AC2
B
Barber, R.--BE6
Barlett, M.--BB14
Bearden, Edward D.--BB8
Benck, E.C.--BD9,CD1,CD2,CD3,CD4,CD5
Bhawalkar, J.D.--AB4
Birchak, R.--CB10
Birchak, W--CB10
Blackburn, B.--AC9
Braithwaite, W.J.--BB5,BB6,BB7,BB8
Browne, D.A.--CB2
Burks, Morgan T.--BB8
Buzatu, D.--CD2
Byrd, C.A.--BB6
Byrd, Charles M.--BB5,BB8
Byrd, Christine A.--BB5,BB8
Byrd, C.M.--BB6
C
Cecil, F.E.--BB7
Chiang, Whe-Yi--CE8,CE11
Choo, J.--CE10
Collins, C.B.--AB4,AC3
Collins, R.L.--CB1
Comfort, J.R.--BB7
Cranberg, L.--BB2,BC8,BC9
Cranshaw, J.--AB6
Croft, M.--BE6
D
Dallas, T.--AC4
Davanloo, F.--AB4,AC3
Dehmelt, H.--BD6,BD7,BD8
Downer, M.C.--AC4
Duggan, J.L.--CE4
F
Farmer, B.J.--AB8
Flurchick, K.--CB9
Foster, L.--AC7
G
Ghatak-Roy, A.--BC1
Green, A.--BB14
H
Hart, Ron R.--BC2
Hart, R.R.--AC6,AC7,AC8,AC9,BC1
Helmkamp, B.S.--CB2
Hoffmann, G.--BB12,BB13,BB14
Holtz, M.--AC4,AC5
Hu, Z.--CC4,CC5,CC6,CC7
Huehnermann, J.U.--CD5
I
Idrees, M.--CB9
J
Jones, M.--BB14
K
Khan, Shamim A.--BB9
Kim, Y.D.--CE4
Kirchoff, J.F.--AD8
Kobe, D.H.--CB5
L
Laane, J.--CE10
Laane, Jaan--CE7,CE8,CE9,CE11
Lang, K.--BB12
Lassen, J.--BD9
Li, C.--CC4,CC5,CC6,CC7
Li, M.--BE6
Li, S.L.--AD8
Li, Y. CC4,CC5,CC6,CC7
Liang, G.--BE6
Liang, J.--CC5
Littler, C.L.--CD8
Lodhi, M.A.K.--BB9,BB10
M
Mann, D.--CB6
Marble, D.K.--AD8
Marshall, P.--CE4
Matteson, S.--AD8,CE4
McCloud, H.E.--CB3
McCoy, J.C.--AC6,AC8
McDaniel, F.D.--AD8,CE4
McDonald, R.--AB8
McDonough, J.--BB12
Mittleman, R.--BD7
Morris, Kevin--CE7
Myles, Charles W.--BC4
N
Nagourney, W.--BD8
O
Ocker, Katherine D.--BC3
Ordonez, C.--BB11
P
Park, H.--AC3
Park, Young K.--BC4
Perez, J.M.--AC1,AC2,CD8
Perger, W.F.--CB9
Prasad, J. --CD8
Premkumar, S.B.--BB1
R
Rabinovich, E.--CD8
Ratnaraju, R.D.--BB1
Ray, L.--BB11,BB13,BB14
Read, D.--BB14
Rennie, J.A.--BC1
Riley, P.--BB12
Ritchie, J.L.--BB12
Roetzel, D.L.--BB8
S
Sagear, Paul--CE9
Salisbury, D.--CB6,CB7
Sauncy, T.--AC5
Schuessler, H.A.--BD9,CD1,CD2,CD3,CD4,CD5
Shepley, L.C.--CB6
Stallcup, R.E.--AC1,AC2,CD8
STAR Collaboration--BB5
Steinshnider, J.--AC1,AC2,CD8
Stephenson, S.L.--AB8
Stickel, M.--CD3
Storm, B.--BB14
T
Tanner, W.G.--AB8
Thompson, K.--AC7
Tissot, P.E.--AC6,AC8,AC9
Turner, B.--CB6
Turvan, L.--CB6,CB7
U
Unlu, Kenan--BB3,BB4
V
van Kolck, U.--BB11
Villareal, L.--AC1,AC2
W
Ware, B.--BB12
Weathers, D.L.--AD8,CE4
Wehring, Bernard W.--BB3,BB4
Weichold, M.H.--BC1
White, Gary D.--BC2
Wofford, Timothy W.--BB8
Worm, S.--BB12
Y
Yasir, Ahmad Azlan M.--BB9,BB10
You, J.H.--AC3
Yu, N.--BD6,BD8
Z
Zallen, R.--AC5
Zhang, J.--CE10
Zhang, Jian--CE9,CE11
Zhang, X.--CC5,CC6
Zhao, X.--BD6,BD8
Zhao, Z.Y.--AD8