Program overview (TEST)
FRIDAY MORNING, 3 MAY 1996
Session F1. DCOMP: Computer Modeling of the Atmosphere and Oceans.
Friday morning, 11:00, 500 Ballroom
- 11:00 F1.01
Simulation of the Earth's Hydrologic Cycle Using the NCAR Community Climate Model
- James J. Hack
- 11:36 F1.02
Eddy Resolving Global Ocean Simulations
- Richard D. Smith Rick Smith (Theoretical Division, group T-3 (Fluid Dynamics), Los Alamos National Laboratory)
- 12:12 F1.03
Operational Numerical Prediction of Thunderstorms: It's Just Around the Corner
- Kelvin K. Droegemeier (School of Meteorology and Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, University of Oklahoma)
- 12:48 F1.04
Laboratory and Numerical Experiments in Oceanic Convection
- John Marshall (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA)
Session F2. DPF: Searches for New Phenomena.
Friday morning, 11:00, Room 107/108
- 11:00 F2.01
The Highest Energy Cosmic Rays
- Paul Sommers (University of Utah High Energy Astrophysics Institute)
- 11:36 F2.02
Searches for Supersymmetry and other new phenomenon at the Tevatron Collider
- David Stuart (Fermilab)
- 12:12 F2.03
Search Results from LEP at 130--136 GeV
- Richard J. Van Kooten (Indiana University/OPAL)
- 12:48 F2.04
The Status of the Supersymmetric Standard Model
- Jonathan A. Bagger (Johns Hopkins University)
Session F3. DPB & FIAP: Particle Beam Processing of Materials II.
Friday morning, 11:00, Room 109/110
- 11:00 F3.01
Sources for Future Lithography Generations
- Juan Maldonado (IBM GT Division)
- 11:36 F3.02
Ion Beam Surface Treatment, A New Technique for Thermally Modifying Surfaces Using Intense, Pulsed Ion Beams
- R.W. Stinnett (Quantum Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.)
- 12:12 F3.03
Magnetically Nozzled Plasma Accelerator for Material Surface Treatment
- Kurt F. Schoenberg (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
- 12:48 F3.04
The APT Accelerator.*
- George P. Lawrence (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
- 13:24 F3.05
Accelerator-Driven Tranmutation of Nuclear Waste: Status, New Concepts and Future Developments
- Tarlochan Bhatia
Session F4. DAP & DNP: The Physics of Novae and Supernovae.
Friday morning, 11:00, Sagamore Ballroom 6
- 11:00 F4.01
Measuring the Universe with Supernovae
- Robert Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
- 11:36 F4.02
The Type II Supernova Mechanism
- Stephen W. Bruenn (Florida Atlantic University)
- 12:12 F4.03
The Physics of Nova Explosions
- Sumner Starrfield
- 12:48 F4.04
Trigger Reactions and the Endpoints of the rp Process: Experiments with Radioactive Beams
- Michael Wiescher
Session F5. FCTG& IMSTG: Progress in Fundamental Constants and Time Standards.
Friday morning, 11:00, Room 105
- 11:00 F5.01
Status of the 1997 Least Squares Adjustment of the Fundamental Constants
- Peter Mohr
- 11:36 F5.02
Measurement of h/m for an Atom and the Prospects for the Determination of the Fine Structure Constant
- Brent Young
- 12:12 F5.03
Ultra-Stable Hg Ion Frequency Standards
- John Prestage
- 12:48 F5.04
Laser-Cooled Hg + Ions for Accurate Microwave and Optical Clocks
- James Berquist
- 13:24 F5.05
Realization of the ITS-90 from 3.0 K to 24.5561 K at NIST Using Gas Thermometry
- C.W. Meyer (NIST)
Session F6. APS Award Symposium: Prize for Research in an Undergraduate Institution and the Apker Award.
Friday morning, 11:00, Room 106
- 11:00 F6.01
Planets, Powders, and Piledrivers
- David Peak (Physics Dept., Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308, and Physics Dept., Utah State Univ., Logan, UT 84322-4415)
- 11:36 F6.02
Two-Dimensional Electron Transport and Magnetoresistance Effects in a Random Magnetic Dipole Array
- F. B. Mancoff, L. J. Zielinski, C. M. Marcus, S. C. Zhang (Department of Physics, Stanford University), K. Campman, A. C. Gossard (Materials Department, University of California at Santa Barbara)
- 12:00 F6.03
Identification and Study of Supernova Remnants in M31
- Benjamin Williams (Middlebury College)
- 12:24 F6.04
A Search for Flavor Changing Neutral Current Decays of the Top Quark in p\bar p Collisions at \sqrts= 1.8 TeV
- Robin L. Coxe (Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago)
- 12:48 F6.05
Apker Award Lecture: Rotation Periods of Starts in the Orion Nebula Cluster: the Bimodal Distribution
- Phillip Choi, W. Herbst (Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT)
- 12:48 F6.05
Apker Award Lecture: Rotation Periods of Starts in the Orion Nebula Cluster: the Bimodal Distribution
- Phillip Choi, W. Herbst (Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT)
Session F7. DNP: Relativistic Heavy Ions II.
Friday morning, 11:00, Room 101
- 11:00 F7.01
Preequilibrium and Thermal Proton Sources in Au+C Collisions at E/A=1 GeV
- F. Bieser, H. Matis, M. McMahan, C. McParland, D. Olson, G. Rai, J. Rasmussen, H.G. Ritter, T.J.M. Symons, H. Wieman (Lawrence Berkeley Lab), M. Justice, H. Liu, D. Keane, A. Scott, Y. Shao, S. Wang, D. Weerasundara (Kent State), Y. Choi, J. Elliot, M. Gilkes, A. Hauger, A. Hirsch, E. Hjort, N. Porile, R. Scharenberg, B. Srivastava, M. Tincknell, P. Warren (Purdue University), F.P. Brady, D. Cebra, J. Chance, J. Kintner, M. Partlan, J. Romero (UC Davis), A.D. Chacon, K. Wolf (Texas Aamp;M University), S. Albergo, Z. Caccia, S. Costa, A. Insolia, R. Potenza, G.V. Russo, J. Romanski, C. Tuve (INFN Catania)
- 11:12 F7.02
Production of Direct Photons in 200 A GeV S+Au Collisions
- Paul Stankus, for the WA80 Collaboration (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
- 11:24 F7.03
Systematics of E_\textrmt Production in 160 GeV/A Pb-Induced Collisions
- David P. Morrison (University of Tennessee)
- 11:36 F7.04
Statistical Multifragmentation: Comparison of the EOS AU + C 1 AGeV Data to Stimulation
- B. Srivastava (EOS Collaboration)
- 11:48 F7.05
Temperatures and Densities 1 AGeV Au + C Collisions
- P. Warren (EOS Collaboration)
- 12:00 F7.06
Scaling Behavior in the Nuclear Multifragmentation of 1.0 AGeV Au + C
- J.B. ELLIOTT (EOS Collaboration)
- 12:12 F7.07
The Determination of Fragment Masses in 1 AGeV Au + C Collisions
- J.A. Hauger (EOS Collaboration)
- 12:24 F7.08
A Preliminary Search For Neutral Strangelets
- Kaihui Zhao (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202), For The E864 Collaboration
- 12:36 F7.09
Production of Positron plus Excited-Bound-Electron Pairs in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions.
- Anthony J. Baltz (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- 12:48 F7.10
Strange Particle Signatures of Quark-Gluon Plasma
- Johann Rafelski (Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721), Jean Letessier, Ahmed Tounsi (LPTHE, University Paris 7, F-75251-Cedex 05)
Session F8. DNP: Parton Distributions and Light-Cone Approaches.
Friday morning, 11:00, Room 102
- 11:00 F8.01
Hyperon Beta Decays and Quark Spin Distribution in the Nucleon
- X. Song, P. K. Kabir, J. S. McCarthy (Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics)
- 11:12 F8.02
Neutron Structure Functions at Small and Large x
- Wally Melnitchouk (University of Maryland)
- 11:24 F8.03
The \Upsilon Meson as a Probe of Nuclear Matter.
- Athanasios Petridis (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011)
- 11:36 F8.04
Partons in Phase Space
- David Brown, Pawel Danielewicz (NSCL, Michigan State University)
- 11:48 F8.05
The Role of Gluons in Mesons in Light-Front QCD
- Brent H. Allen (Ohio State Univ.)
- 12:00 F8.06
A Similarity Light-Front Hamiltonian Approach to the Bound State Problem in QED: Positronium's Fine Structure
- Billy D. Jones (Robert J. Perry, Stanisl\!\!/\!aw D. Gl\!\!/\!azek)
- 12:12 F8.07
Light-cone quark model predictions for radiative meson decays
- Ho-meoyng Choi, Chueng-Ryong Ji (Department of Physics, North Carolina State University)
- 12:24 F8.08
Going Beyond the Peaking Approximation in the PQCD Analysis of Exclusive Heavy Meson Pair Production
- Chueng-Ryong Ji (Department of Physics, North Carolina State University), Alex Pang (Nuclear Theory Center, Indiana University)
- 12:36 F8.09
Pomeron-exchange and exclusive electroproduction of vector mesons in QCD
- M. A. Pichowsky (Argonne National Laboratory and University of Pittsburgh), T.-S. H. Lee (Argonne National Laboratory)
- F8.10
Higher-twist Contributions in Spin-dependent Structure Functions
- X. Song (Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics)
Session F9. GTG: Gravitation Theories.
Friday morning, 11:00, Room 103
- 11:00 F9.01
The Relationship between Relativity Theory and Newton's Second Law of Motion
- D. SAVICKAS (Western New England College, Springfield, MA)
- 11:12 F9.02
The Inter-relation of Particles,Natural Laws, and Cosmology
- Milo Wolff (Technotran, 1124 Third St. Manhattan Beach, CA 90266)
- 11:24 F9.03
Linear Gravity Fixed by Michelson-Morley (MM) and Gravitational (G) Redshift Experiments
- Rafael A. Vera (Universidad de Concepcion, Chile)
- 11:36 F9.04
Worlds and Anti-worlds Revisted
- Milo Wolff (Technotran, 1124 Third St. Manhattan Beach, CA 90266)
- 11:48 F9.05
Singular and Non-singular Metrics for Rotating Collapsed Bodies in Various Gravitation Theories
- James Graber
- 12:00 F9.06
Maxwell Solutions of Gravitational Geometry With Electrodynamic Torsion
- H.I. Ringermacher (United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford.CT.)
- 12:12 F9.07
COSMOGENESIS, GRAVITATION AND NUMBER THEORY
- Alexander A. BEREZIN (McMaster U., Canada)
Session F10. DAP: Galaxies/Cosmology.
Friday morning, 11:00, Room 104
- 11:00 F10.01
Source of Relaxation in the One Dimensional Gravitating System
- Bruce Miller (Texas Christian University)
- 11:12 F10.02
Steadily Rotating Perfect-Fluids Ellipsoids and Spheroids in Linear Gravitational Theories
- E. Esteban (University of Puerto Rico, Humacao, P.R.)
- 11:24 F10.03
Constraints on Structure Formation Scenarios by Observations of Damped Lyman-Alpha Systems at High Redshift
- Karsten Jedamzik (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Jason X. Prochaska, Arthur M. Wolfe, George M. Fuller (University of California, San Diego)
- 11:36 F10.04
Gravitational Wave Sources Containing Massive Black Holes
- Peter L. Bender, Dieter Hils (JILA, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309)
- 11:48 F10.05
Evolution of Cosmological Magnetic Fields
- Karsten Jedamzick (LLNL), Visnja Katalinic, Angela V. Olinto (University of Chicago)
- 12:00 F10.06
Characterization of the Large-Scale Structure using the Minimal Spanning Tree
- Suketu Bhavsar, Randall Splinter (University of Kentucky)
- 12:12 F10.07
Cosmological Perturbations: Entering the Non-Linear Regime.
- Román Scoccimarro (Department of Physics and Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, and NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Joshua Frieman (NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago)
- 12:24 F10.08
PLANCKATOR: an Astrophysical Accelerator to Planck Energies
- Leonid M. Ozernoy (Phys. amp; Astr. Dept. and Inst. for Comp. Sci. amp; Inform., George Mason U., also Lab. for Astron. amp; Sol. Phys., NASA/GSFC), Vladimir M. Lipunov (Phys. Dept. amp; Sternberg Astr. Inst., Moscow State U.)
- F10.09
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- 12:48 F10.10
A Causality Problem for the Big Bang and a Possible Solution
- F.R. Tangherlini
- 13:00 F10.11
The Cosmology Fixed by Michelson-Morley Experiments
- Rafael A. Vera (Universidad de Concepcion, Chile)
- 13:00 F10.12
On the Hot Intracluster Medium and Halo Microlensing Events
- Brian D. Fields, Grant J. Mathews (University of Notre Dame), Stéphane Charlot (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris), David N. Schramm (University of Chicago)
Session F11. AAPT: Reaching Teachers and the Public.
Friday morning, 11:00, Room 210
- 11:00 F11.01
Meaningful Outreach-A Cognitive View
- J.L. Discenna (Dept. of Science Studies, Western Michigan Univ.), S.L. Snyder (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University), Science Theatre Abrams Planetarium (Michigan State University)
- 11:12 F11.02
A Comprehensive Outreach Initiative for the Physical Sciences: An Example from Northeastern Illinois University
- P. Sethi, P.J. Dolan Jr., M.P. McCann, M. Rand (Department of Earth Science, Physics and Chemistry, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL)
- 11:24 F11.03
Sharing Science Outreach: Planning to Implementation
- Vijendra K. Agarwal (Department of Physics, Moorhead State University), Walter G. Wesley (Department of Physics, Moorhead State University)
- 11:36 F11.04
ALCOM Education Outreach
- Renata-Maria Marroum (Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University)
- 11:48 F11.05
Alternative Strategies for Tutorials in Physics at a Small Two-Year College
- Ntungwa Maasha (Dept. of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Brunswick College)
- 12:00 F11.06
The Role of the Collaborative in Enhancing Physics Teacher Preparation
- Carl J. Wenning (Dept. of Physics, Illinois State University)
- 12:12 F11.07
An Eighth Grade Adventure to EPCOT
- James Watson, Nancy Watson (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Ball State University)
- 12:24 F11.08
A Case Study of One Student's Cheating in a High School Physics Classroom
- Scott Robinson (SUNY College)
Session F12. DPB Mini-Symposium: New Low Cost High Energy Hadron Colliders II.
Friday morning, 11:00, Room 211
- 11:00 F12.01
Microtunneling and Horizontal Directional Drilling
- T. Iseley (North American Society for Trenchless Technology)
- 11:30 F12.02
Design Concepts for Remote Installtion and Repair
- M. May (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
- 11:50 F12.03
Low Cost Warm Bore Vacuum Chamber Options
- Hajime Ishimaru (KEK)
- 12:05 F12.04
Synchrotron Radiation in a Large Warm-Bore Collider
- W. Turner (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
- 12:25 F12.05
Accelerator Physics in a large Superferric Collider
- Gerald P. Jackson (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
Session F13. DPB Mini-Symposium: Pulsed Power Applications in Basic Research and Industry I.
Friday morning, 11:00, Room 212
- 11:00 F13.01
Pulsed Power Applications in Basic Research and Industry
- Jr. Humphries (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico)
- 11:00 F13.02
Pulsed Power for Plasma Implantation Devices
- R.J. Adler (North Star Research Corporation), M. Tuszewski, J. Scheuer (Los Alamos National Laboratories), Jr. Horne (Empire Hard Chrome)
- 11:25 F13.03
Basic Science at the Extreme States of Matter
- Johndale C. Solem (Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory -- Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA)
- 11:50 F13.04
Materials Testing with High-intensity Plasma Guns
- J.M. Gahl (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM), P.D. Rocket (Fusion Technology Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM)
- 12:15 F13.05
Dose Rate Effects on e-SCRUB process - Experiments and Theory
- Ralph Genuario (Virginia Accelerators Corporation)
- 12:40 F13.06
Ablative Processing with Low-voltage Pulsed Electron Beams
- Richard Hubbard (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory)
- 13:05 F13.07
Overview of Industrial Applications of the Dense Plasma Focus
- Mahadevan Krishnan (Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation)
Session F16. DCO & FHP: History of Computing in Physics.
Friday morning, 11:00, Sagamore Ballroom 7
- 11:00 F16.01
The Roots of Computational Science and Engineering: The Development of Computing at Los Alamos
- Jack Worlton (Los Alamos National Laboratory (retired))
- 11:36 F16.02
Computational Condensed Matter Physics: From its Early Beginnings to its Present Golden Age
- A.J. Freeman (Northwestern University)
- 12:12 F16.03
How the Physics Community Drove the Development of the SuperComputer Industry
- Charles J. Murray ()