SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 22 MAY 1999

Session D1. Condensed Matter Physics II.

Saturday afternoon, 14:00, Room 102, Buchanan Building

14:00 D1.01 Experimental test of a fluctuation-induced first-order phase transition: John Bechhoefer (Simon Fraser University)
14:30 D1.02 Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Ferroelectric Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate and Relaxor Ferroelectrics: D. J. Arbogast, G. W. Bohannan, R. A. Stern, G. F. Tuthill, V. H. Schmidt (Department of Physics, Montana State University Bozeman)
14:42 D1.03 Phase embryos nucleated by impurity atoms: Gary S. Collins, Luke S.-J. Peng (Washington State University)
14:54 D1.04 ``Anomalous'' coexistence curve of the n-heptane--nitrobenzene binary mixture: Nicola Fameli, David A. Balzarini (Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of British Columbia)
15:06 D1.05 Banded Spherulites: Michael M. Degen, Nicola Costanzino, John Bechhoefer (Simon Fraser University)
15:18 D1.06 Pattern Recognition Using Phase Synchronization: Brian S Hepburn, M. Keramat Ali (Univ. of Lethbridge, Alberta)
15:30 D1.07 Monte Carlo Study of the Magnetic Phase Transition in Ultrathin EuTe Layers: S. Scott, H. Kepa, T. Giebultowicz (Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR), S. Holl, F. Schinagl, H. Krenn, G. Springholz, G. Bauer (J. Kepler Univ., Linz, Austria)
15:42 D1.08 Brillouin scattering in the relaxor ferroelectrics PST: Sergey Lushnikov, Igor Siny, Hugo Schmidt (Physics Department, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717), Tat'jana Shaplygina (Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, St.Petersburg 194021, Russia)
15:54 D1.09 Temperature Dependence of an Anomalous Dip in the Hysteresis Magnetization Loop of Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O Films: Eric J.M. Moret, Janet Tate (Oregon State University)
16:06 D1.10 Relaxation and Saturation in High-Gradient Force-Detected Magnetic Resonance: Theory and Observation: William Dougherty, Kelly Bruland, Shih-Hui Chao, Joseph Garbini, Seth Jensen, John Sidles (University of Washington, Seattle, WA)
16:18 D1.11 Phase separation in InGaN quantum wells: M.D. McCluskey (Washington State University), L.T. Romano, D.P. Bour, M. Kneissl, N.M. Johnson (Xerox PARC), T. Suski (Unipress), J. Jun (Xerox PARC)

Session D2. Industrial & Applied Physics and Lasers.

Saturday afternoon, 14:00, Room 202, Buchanan Building

14:00 D2.01 Photons and the Transportation Industry: Gregory J. Exarhos (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, WA)
14:30 D2.02 From Sponsored Research to Product Development*the Story of Laser Thermoluminescence Dosimetry: Scott C. Jones (Washington State University)
15:00 D2.03 Enhanced Mobility in Buried SiGe Channel PMOS Transistors: Douglas J. Tweet, Sheng Teng Hsu (Sharp Labs of America)
15:12 D2.04 Piezoelectric Polymer Actuators For Vibration Suppression In Microgravity: N. Peterson (Elec. Eng. Dept., Montana State University Bozeman), G. Bohannan (Physics Dept., Montana State University Bozeman), J. Hallenberg (Mech. Eng. Dept., Montana State University Bozeman), C. Nelson, J. Eckberg, V. H. Schmidt (Physics Dept., Montana State University Bozeman)
15:24 D2.05 Gas Sensitivity of TiO_2:Nb and ZnO Thin Films: Towards Fast Room-Temperature Oxygen Sensors: Nickolay Golego (University of British Columbia, Canada), S.A. Studenikin, Michael Cocivera (University of Guelph, Canada)
15:36 D2.06 Blue-Luminescent BaMgAl_10O_17:Eu Thin-Film Phosphors Prepared by Spray Pyrolysis: Nickolay Golego (University of British Columbia, Canada), S.A. Studenikin, Michael Cocivera (University of Guelph, Canada)
15:48 D2.07 An Improved Omegatron Mass Spectrometer: P. V. Amerl, H. R. Krouse (University of Calgary), S. Halas (UMCS, Lublin, Poland)
16:00 D2.08 A Model of Fines Accumulation Using Lattice Gas Automata: Maurice Shevalier, S. Ranga Sreenivasan (Physics and Astronomy), Ian Hutcheon (Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4)
16:12 D2.09 Stabilization of an electrically conducting capillary bridge far beyond the Rayleigh-Plateau limit using feedback control of electrostatic stresses: Mark J. Marr-Lyon, David B. Thiessen, Florian J. Blonigen, Philip L. Marston (Dept. of Physics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99154-2814)
16:24 D2.10 The caustic merging transition in the scattering of light by tilted dielectric cylinders and ultrasound by tilted plastic cylinders: Florian J. Blonigen, Philip L. Marston (Department of Physics, Washington State University, Pullman, 99164-2814 WA)
16:36 D2.11 The acoustical analog to the optical vortex: An examination of its properties and techniques for generating acoustic beams containing helicoidal wavefronts.: Brian T. Hefner, Philip L. Marston (Department of Physics, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-2814)

Session D3. Particle Physics.

Saturday afternoon, 14:00, Room 203, Buchanan Building

14:00 D3.01 The Zee Model: Astrophysical Implications of the Charged Scalar: Gail McLaughlin, John Ng (TRIUMF)
14:12 D3.02 Fundamental Fermions (e.g. Neutrinos) as Topological Objects: Gerald L. Fitzpatrick (PRI Research and Development Corp.)
14:24 D3.03 Search for the Rare Decay K+ \rightarrow pi+ nu nubar: E787 at BNL Collaboration
14:36 D3.04 Instantons and the Spin of Hadrons: Andree Blotz (LANL)
14:48 D3.05 The Flavor Asymmetry of the Light Quark Sea from Deep-Inelastic Scattering at the HERMES Experiment: Manuella G. Vincter (University of Alberta), HERMES Collaboration
15:00 D3.06 Neutral Kaon Production in Tau Decays From OPAL: Ian Lawson (University of Victoria)