Program overview

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 10 OCTOBER 1997

14:00 BA.01 Isolating Quantum Mechanical Processes in Billiard Ball Collisions

D.~E. Golden (Department of Physics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203)

14:36 BA.02 Positronium Formation in Low-Energy Positron-Hydrogen Collisions

S.~J. Ward (Univ. of North Texas), J.~H. Macek, S.~Yu. Ovchinnikov (Univ. of Tenn. and ORNL)

15:12 BA.03 Response Theory

John Reading, Tim Bronk, Lewis Ford (Center for Theoretical Physics, Physics Department, Texas Aamp;M University, College Station, Tx 77843)

15:48 BA.04 Crystal Balls and Golden Cubes: Laser Synthesis of Nanoparticles

John W. Keto (Physics Department, The University of Texas at Austin)

14:00 BB.01 The Interaction of Hydrogen with Vacancy Clusters in Silicon

J.L. Hastings, S.K. Estreicher (Texas Tech University)

14:12 BB.02 Optical characterization of synthetic melanin in acetate and polycarbonate plastic hosts

Dhiraj Sardar (University of Texas at San Antonio)

14:24 BB.03 The Effect of Heating and The Cooling Rate on The Structure of Carbon Black Particles

W. Xu, T.W. Zerda (Texas Christian University)

14:36 BB.04 Synthesis and Study of Anisotropically Interpenetrated Polymer Gels

Yuanye Chen, Changjie Wang, Zhibing Hu (Physics Department, University of North Texas), yong Li (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)

14:48 BB.05 Electrically Induced Volume Modification of Ionic Porous Gels

Hussein N. El-lessy, Yuanye Chen, Changjie Wang, Zhibing Hu (Physics Department, University of North Texas), Yong Li (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)

15:00 BB.06 Characterization of laser based ultrasonic modes induced in an aluminum plate

M. Castro-Colin (Physics Department. The University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX,79968), J. A. Lopez (Physics Department. The University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX, 79968), R. Osegueda (FAST Center for Structural Integrity of Aerospace Systems (College of Engineering). Burgess Hall, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, 79968)

15:12 BB.07 Annealing study of heavily carbon doped GaAs using Raman spectroscopy

M. Seon, M. Holtz (Department of Physics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1051), G. Sivaraman, H. Temkin (Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-3102), W. Duncan (Central Research Laboratories, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX 75265)

15:24 BB.08 An ab Initio Cluster Study of Chemisorption of Cs on Ga Rich GaAs(100) 1x2 Surface

Ron Schailey, Asok K. Ray (Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019)

15:36 BB.09 Numerical study of diffusion in polycrystalline material

J.-Y. Jin, S. Matteson (Ion Beam Modification and Analysis Laboratory (IBMAL), University of North Texas, Denton Texas 76203)

15:48 BB.10 A Density Functional Study of Small Vanadium Cluster:V_n(n\leq 5)

Xueyuan Wu

16:00 BB.11 Interactions in a Dilute Electron Gas

J.D. Fan, Y.M. Malozovsky (Southern University and A amp; M College)

14:00 BC.01 Ancient Indian Astronomy in Introductory Texts

B. N. Narahari Achar (University of Memphis)

14:12 BC.02 Equipartition of Energy and Mass Segregation in a Two Mass-Component One-Dimensional Gravitating System

Kenneth R. Yawn, Bruce N. Miller (Texas Christian University)

14:24 BC.03 Gravity Slows the Speed of Light

Russell Collins (retired)

14:36 BC.04 Simulation of the Calorimeter Design for GLAST

Daniel J. Suson (Texas Aamp;M University-Kingsville), GLAST Collaboration

14:48 BC.05 Phase transitions in a one-dimensional gravitating system

V. Paige Youngkins, Bruce Miller (Texas Christian University)

15:00 BC.06 Massive Neutron Stars in the Yilmaz Metric

Stanley L. Robertson (Southwestern Oklahoma State University)

15:12 BC.07 Dust Particle Fates Associated with Comet Hale-Bopp

Raymond Nazzario, Truell W. Hyde (Baylor University)

15:24 BC.08 Classical Solutions From the Simplicial Formulation Of the Gravitational Action

Thomas Larry, Richard Gibbs, Susan Mokhtari (Lousiana Tech University, Physics Group)

15:36 BC.09 Testing the Attitude Determination System for a balloon born experiment: MARGIE.

Natalia V Zotov (Louisiana Tech University), MARGIE Collaboration (LaTech, LSU, UNH)

15:48 BC.10 The MARGIE Attitude Determination System

Carl Ekblad (Louisiana Tech University)

16:00 BC.11 Software for MARGIE

Liping Mo (Louisiana Tech University)

16:12 BC.12 Computer Analysis and Modeling of an Eclipsing Binary Star

Phil McJunkins (Texas A&M University), Dan Bruton (Stephen F. Austin University)

16:24 BC.13 Charging of a Dust Cloud Immersed in a Plasma

Laura Bringol-Barge, Truell Hyde (Baylor University)

14:00 BD.01 Lifelong Learning: A Growth Opportunity for Urban Universities

John R. Fanchi

14:12 BD.02 Teaching Remotely via the Internet and Video

Daniel J. Suson (Texas Aamp;M University-Kingsville)

14:24 BD.03 Studies of Interference Fringes on Bubbles

Curtis D. Johnson (University of Houston)

14:36 BD.04 Field-theoretic Approach to Fully Developed Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

Dmitri Volchenkov (Department of Physics, Texas Aamp; M University College Station, TX, 77843-4242)

14:48 BD.05 Davydov Solitons in Biomolecular Systems

Keith McDowell (UT-Arlington)

15:00 BD.06 The Isochoric Temperature Differential of the Pair Correlation Function of Liquid Water

Jacob Urquidi, Surjit Singh, G. Wilse Robinson (Texas Tech University)

15:12 BD.07 Quantum mechanical properties of the ballistic peaks produced by anomalous diffusion

Marco Stefancich (Univ. of North Texas), P. Allegrini, L. Bonci (Univ. of Pisa (Italy)), P. Grigolini (Univ. of North Texas), B.J. West (Univ. of North Texas)

15:24 BD.08 A Useful Transformation for Waves on Helical Structures

K.F. Stephens II, W.D. Deering (University of North Texas)

15:36 BD.09 The Relevant Debye Cutoff Parameter and the Real Singularity Point of the Boltzmann Integral for Coulomb Interactions

Yongbin Chang, C. A. Ordonez (University of North Texas)

15:48 BD.10 Opportunity's Knocking: Reservoir Modeling for Physicists

John R. Fanchi

16:00 BD.11 PRQT 101: Changing Times

John R. Fanchi

BE.01 Nested Well Ion Trap

D. D. Dolliver, C. A. Ordonez (University of North Texas)

BE.02 Simulation of an Explosively Formed Fuse

K. F. Stephens II, C. A. Ordonez (University of North Texas), Jr. Peterkin (Phillips Laboratory)

BE.03 CooLN2Car: An Experimental Car Which Uses Liquid Nitrogen as Its Fuel

M. E. Parker, M. C. Plummer, C. A. Ordonez (University of North Texas)

BE.04 Doppler Broadening and Residual Gas Measurements of Rocks as a Function of Temperature

J.M Urban, C.A. Quarles (Texas Christian University)

BE.05 Low-Energy Dissociative Electron Attachment to CFCl_3, CF_2Br_2, and 1,1,1- and 1,1,2-C_2Cl_3F_3: Intermediate Lifetimes and Decay Energetics of .^*

C. D. Finch, R. Parthasarathy, H. C. Akpati, P. Nordlander, F. B. Dunning (Rice Univ.)

BE.06 Work Towards a New Precision Source of Alpha Using Helium Fine Structure

Drake Livingston, Chris Koehler, Aric Sanders, David Shiner (University of North Texas)

BE.07 FTIR Observation of Si_mC_n Clusters Formed in Ar Matrices by Laser Ablation

Xiande Ding, C.M.L. Rittby, W.R.M. Graham (Texas Christian University)

BE.08 FTIR Observation of C_n Clusters Formed in Ar Matrices by Laser Ablation

Shunlin Wang, C.M.L. Rittby, W.R.M. Graham (Texas Christian University)

BE.09 Near-Infrared Characterstics and Spiral Galaxy Morphology

T. Stephen Bergmann (Texas Christian University)