| Note: Invited talks indicated in BLUE | ||||||
| Thursday, November 7 - 17:00-18:45 | ||||||
| Session 1A | Registration & Welcome Reception | Physics Building, Lobby | ||||
| Thursday, November 7 - 19:00-20:00 | ||||||
| Session A1 | Public Lecture (Open to the Public) | Life Sciences Building, Monsanto Auditorium | Moderator: Carlos Wexler, University of Missouri | |||
| 19:00 | 20:00 | Higgs Boson and Beyond: The Big Questions in Particle Physics | MARK NEUBAUER | University of Illinois | ||
| Friday November 8 - 8:00-16:00 | ||||||
| Session 2A | Registration Desk | Memorial Union, Stotler III | ||||
| Friday, November 8 - 8:30-9:54 | ||||||
| Session B1 | Particle Physics I | Memorial Union, Benton Bingham (2nd floor) | Chair: Bahram Mashhoon, University of Missouri | |||
| 8:30 | 9:06 | B1.00001 | Higgs boson Properties and Prospects | MARK NEUBAUER | University of Illinois | |
| 9:06 | 9:18 | B1.00002 | Observation of a Z boson produced in association with a charm quark at the Fermilab Tevatron | JESSICA SECKLER, KEITH MATERA, KEVIN PITTS | Wheaton College, University of Illinois, CDE Collaboration | |
| 9:18 | 9:30 | B1.00003 | Particle Assignment in the ttH Production Channel of the Higgs Boson | EMMA MOLDEN | University of Illinois | |
| 9:30 | 9:42 | B1.00004 | The Complete Test Results of 1800 Multi-Anode Photomultiplier Tubes for CMS-HF Calorimeter Upgrade | EMRAH TIRAS | CMS-HCAL COLLABORATION | |
| 9:42 | 9:54 | B1.00005 | Proposal to search for D0 → μ+μ− decay at CMS | SULEYMAN DURGUT | ||
| Session B2 | Condensed Matter Physics I | Memorial Union, Stotler I+II | Chair: Tom Heitman, University of Missouri | |||
| 8:30 | 9:06 | B2.00001 | Tb2Mo2O7: Spin glass, spin ice and possible candidate for magnetic monopoles exploration | DEEPAK SINGH | University of Missouri | |
| 9:06 | 9:18 | B2.00002 | Structural and Magnetic Transitions in Ca10 (Fe1.996Pt0.004As2) 5(Pt3As8) studied by neutron and x-ray diffraction | AASHISH SAPKOTA, ANDREAS KREYSSIG, GREGORY TUCKER, MEHMET RAMAZANOGLU, DOUGLAS ROBINSON, ALAN GOLDMAN, ROBERT MCQUEENEY | Iowa State University, Argonne National Lab, UCLA | |
| 9:18 | 9:30 | B2.00003 | Magnetic Order in CeGe1.76 studied by neutron diffraction on single crystals | W. JAYASEKARA, W. TIAN, A. KREYSSIG, S.L. BUDÕKO, P.C. CANFIELD, R.J. MCQUEENEY, A.I. GOLDMAN | Iowa State University, Oak Ridge National Lab | |
| 9:30 | 9:42 | B2.00004 | On the wetting, phase transitions, and diffusion of water on supported bilayer lipid membranes | ZACHARY BUCK, ANDREW MISKOWIEC, MIA BROWN, MENGJUN BAI, JASON COOLEY, RENEE JIJI, HASKELL TAUB, FLEMMING HANSEN, HELMUT KAISER, MADHUSUDAN TYAGI, SOULEYMANE DIALLO, EUGENE MAMONTOV, KENNETH HERWIG | University of Missouri | |
| 9:42 | 9:54 | B2.00005 | Magnetic diffraction at MURR and possible magnetic ordering in magnetoelectric HoAl3(BO3)4 | TOM HEITMANN, QIANG ZHANG, K.C. LIANG, L.M. BEZMATER- NYKH, V.L. TEMEROV, B. LORENZ, DAVID VAKNIN | University of Missouri | |
| Friday, November 8 - 10:00-10:30 | ||||||
| Coffee Break | Memorial Union, Stotler III | |||||
| Friday, November 8 - 10:30-12:00 | ||||||
| Session C1 | Particle Physics II | Memorial Union, Benton Bingham (2nd floor) | Chair: Mark Neubauer, University of Illinois | |||
| 10:30 | 10:42 | C1.00001 | Studies of the CMS HF ÒagingÓ effect at the High- luminosity LHC | KAMURAN DILSIZ | CMS COLLABORATION | |
| 10:42 | 10:54 | C1.00002 | J/ψ photo-production at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider with STAR | L. CHANAKA DE SILVA | Creighton University, STAR COLLABORATION | |
| 10:54 | 11:06 | C1.00003 | Evidence of Narrow Structure in the J/ψφ Mass Spectrum in Exclusive B+ → J/ψφK+ decay at CMS | MAKSAT HAYTMYRADOV | CMS COLLABORATION | |
| 11:06 | 11:18 | C1.00004 | Optimizing the Monte Carlo Simulation for the Dark-Side Detector | MATTHEW SMALLCOMB, ANDREW ALTON | Augustana College, DARKSIDE Coll. | |
| 11:18 | 11:30 | C1.00005 | The Muon Charge Asymmetry Measurement in Inclusive pp→W+X production at Ãs=7 TeV | HASAN OGUL | University of Iowa, CMS COLLABORATION | |
| 11:30 | 11:42 | C1.00006 | Comparative study of nonperturbative heavy quarks in the nucleon | TIMOTHY HOBBS, JOHN LONDERGAN, WALLY MELNITCHOUK | Indiana University, Jefferson Lab | |
| 11:42 | 11:54 | C1.00007 | Searches for possible T-odd and P-odd short range interactions using polarized nuclei | RAKSHYA KHATIWADA, PINGHAN CHU, ALEC DENNIS, CHANGBO FU, HAIYAN GAO, GEORGIOS LASKARIS, KE LI, ERICK SMITH, WILLIAM SNOW, HAIYANG YAN,WANGZHI ZHENG | Indiana University, Duke University, Shanghai Jiaotong University | |
| Session C2 | Condensed Matter Physics II | Memorial Union, Stotler I+II | Chair: Helmut Kaiser, University of Missouri | |||
| 10:30 | 11:06 | C2.00001 | Site-inversion versus frustration in the CoAl2O4 spinel: A neutron diffraction study at MURR | DAVID VAKNIN | Ames Laboratory & Iowa State University | |
| 11:06 | 11:18 | C2.00002 | Adsorption-Induced Conformational Changes in Porous Materials | MATTHEW CONNOLLY, CARLOS WEXLER | University of Missouri | |
| 11:18 | 11:30 | C2.00003 | Diffusion of Squalene in n-alkanes and squalane | BRUCE KOWERT | St. Louis University | |
| 11:30 | 12:06 | C2.00004 | Emergence of coherence in the charge density wave state of intercalated 2H-NbSe2 | STEPHAN ROSENKRANZ | Argonne National Lab | |
| Friday, November 8 - 12:00-13:50 | ||||||
| Lunch | Student Lunch & Visit | Physics Building, Rooms 221+226 | Boxed lunch and visit to the University of Missouri Department of Physics & Astronomy | |||
| MURR Visit | Visit to the University of Missouri Research Reactor | Must pre-register, contact Dr. Thomas Heitman <heitmannt@missouri.edu>at least 1 week in advance. Restrictions apply. | ||||
| APS Prairie Section Executive Committee Meeting | Physics Building, Room 216 | Boxed lunch & Exec. Cmte. Meeting | ||||
| Friday, November 8 - 14:00-15:36 | ||||||
| Session D1 | Astrophysics, Space Physics, Cosmology | Memorial Union, Benton Bingham (2nd floor) | Chair: Angela Speck, University of Missouri | |||
| 14:00 | 14:36 | D1.00001 | Thermodynamic modifications to spectral analysis and radiative transfer models of dust: Implications for asteroids, circumstellar dust, and gravitational collapse | ANNE HOFMEISTER | Washingtion University | |
| 14:36 | 14:48 | D1.00002 | Using Spatially-Resolved Spectroscopy to Study Star-dust | LACEY DANIELS, SPECK ANGELA, NELSON DESOUZA, SUKLIMA GUHA NIYOGI | University of Missouri | |
| 14:48 | 15:00 | D1.00003 | A Newtonian bias embedded within the Schwarzschild metric | JOHN LAUBENSTEIN | Northern Illinois University | |
| 15:00 | 15:12 | D1.00004 | Single Pulsar Timing and Gravitational Waves | ADAM HELFER | University of Missouri | |
| 15:12 | 15:24 | D1.00005 | Gravitational Anomalies: An Attribute of Every Planetary and Satellite Body: A Natural Law | STEWART BREKKE | Northeastern Illinois University | |
| Structured mRNA induces the ribosome into a hyper-rotated state | PETER CORNISH, PEIWU QIN, DONGMEI YU, XIAOBING ZUO | University of Missouri | ||||
| Session D2 | Biological Physics | Memorial Union, Stotler I+II | Chair: Ioan Kosztin, University of Missouri | |||
| 14:00 | 14:12 | D2.00001 | Predictive modeling of the fusion of uneven multi-cellular aggregates using Cellular Particle Dynamics simulations | MATTHEW MCCUNE, ASHKAN SHAFIEE, GABOR FORGACS, IOAN KOSZTIN | University of Missouri | |
| 14:12 | 14:24 | D2.00002 | Investigation of SHAPE mechanism with RNA 3D structure modeling | PEINAN ZHAO, TRAVIS HURST, XIAOJUN XU, KEVIN WEEKS, SHIJIE CHEN | University of Missouri | |
| 14:24 | 14:36 | D2.00003 | abstract withdrawn | |||
| 14:36 | 14:48 | D2.00004 | A Physics Approach to the Repositioning of DNA Damage | SARAH LEGRESLEY, MATTHEW ANTONIK | University of Kansas | |
| 14:48 | 15:00 | D2.00005 | Calculating free energy profiles in systems with memory effects from bi-directional pulling processes | JIONG ZHANG, IOAN KOSZTIN | University of Missouri | |
| 15:00 | 15:12 | D2.00006 | Glass is a viable substrate for atomic force microscopy of membrane proteins | NAGARAJU CHADA, KRISHNA SIGDEL, TINA MATIN, RAGHAVENDAR REDDY SANGANNA GARI, CHUNFENG MAO, LINDA RANDALL, GAVIN KING | University of Missouri | |
| 15:12 | 15:24 | D2.00007 | A calibration error revealed via local tip position detection in atomic force microscopy | KRISHNA SIGDEL, GAVIN KING | University of Missouri | |
| 15:24 | 15:36 | D2.00008 | A novel approach to modeling photon propagation in biological tissue using the scattering signatures of spheroidal particles | VERN HART, TIMOTHY DOYLE | William Woods University, Utah Valley University | |
| Friday, November 8 - 15:36-16:00 | ||||||
| Coffee Break | Memorial Union, Stotler III | |||||
| Friday, November 8 - 16:00-17:36 | ||||||
| Session E1 | Physics Education | Memorial Union, Benton Bingham (2nd floor) | Chair: Meera Chandrasekhar, University of Missouri | |||
| 16:00 | 16:36 | E1.00001 | Flipping Introductory Physics at the University of Illinois | TIM STELZER | University of Illinois | |
| 16:36 | 16:48 | E1.00002 | TomorrowÕs Outstanding Physics Teachers at the University of Missouri | KAREN KING, DOUG STEINHOFF | University of Missouri, Columbia Public Schools | |
| 16:48 | 17:00 | E1.00003 | Barriers to Developing Physics Faculty Knowledge for Teaching: Identifying Gaps through Critical Review of the Literature | DEEPIKA MENON | University of Missouri | |
| 17:00 | 17:36 | E1.00004 | Facilitating Transfer of Learning and Problem Solving in Physics | N. SANJAY REBELLO | Kansas State University | |
| Session E2 | Condensed Matter Physics III | Memorial Union, Stotler I+II | Chair: Sashi Satpathy, University of Missouri | |||
| 16:00 | 16:36 | E2.00001 | Superconductivity in Topological Insulators | YEW SAN HOR | Missouri Univ of Sci & Tech | |
| 16:36 | 16:48 | E2.00002 | The lifetime of Dirac plasmons in graphene | ALESSANDRO PRINCIPI, GIOVANNI VIGNALE, MATTEO CARREGA, MARCO POLINI | University of Missouri | |
| 16:48 | 17:00 | E2.00003 | Density-Functional Theory of Thermoelectric Phenomena | FLORIAN G. EICH, GIOVANNI VIGNALE, MASSIMILIANO DI VENTRA | University of Missouri | |
| 17:00 | 17:36 | E2.00004 | Magnetism in iron-based high-temperature superconductors and its effect on lattice and superconductivity | ANDREAS KREYSSIG | Ames Laboratory & Iowa State University | |
| Friday, November 8 - 17:40-19:00 | ||||||
| Session F1 | Poster Session | Memorial Union, Mark Twain (2nd floor) | ||||
| See "Poster Session" | ||||||
| Friday, November 8 - 19:30-21:30 | ||||||
| Session G1 | Conference Dinner/Banquet | Memorial Union, Stotler I+II+III | ||||
| (tickets required) | ||||||
| Saturday November 9 - 8:30-10:06 | ||||||
| Session H1 | Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, Industrial Physics | Physics Building, Room 120 | Chair: Ping Yu, University of Missouri | |||
| 8:30 | 8:42 | H1.00001 | Classical Trajectory Studies of the Hydrogen Peroxyl Radical HO2 | JAMIN PERRY, ALBERT WAGNER, DONALD THOMPSON | University of Missouri | |
| 8:42 | 8:54 | H1.00002 | Experimental Evidence for a non-Globally Trace-Preserving POVM | RAYMOND JENSEN | Northern State University | |
| 8:54 | 9:06 | H1.00003 | Channelling radiation from a 4 MeV electron beam interaction with a diamond crystal | WADE RUSH, JACK SHI | University of Kansas, FERMILAB A0 | |
| 9:06 | 9:18 | H1.00004 | Graphene Synthesization by Direct Sonication Exfoliation | ANIEL SODEN, JINCHENG BAI, LIFENG DONG | Missouri State University | |
| 9:18 | 9:30 | H1.00005 | Investigation of nitrogen-doped graphene as catalyst and catalyst support for oxygen reduction in both acidic and alkaline solutions | JINCHENG BAI, LIFENG DONG | Missouri State University | |
| 9:30 | 9:42 | H1.00006 | PLD growth of multilayered MgO/Ag(001)/MgO pho-tocathode | DANIEL VELAZQUEZ, ZIKRI YUSOF, LINDA SPENTZOURIS, JEFF TERRY | Illinois Institute of Technology | |
| 9:42 | 9:54 | H1.00007 | Improved laser heating technique for melting dusty plasma crystals | ZACH HARALSON, JOHN GOREE | University of Iowa | |
| 9:54 | 10:06 | H1.00008 | Experimental test of the Fluctuation Theorem using a microsphere in a rarefied gas | CHUN-SHANG WONG, JOHN GOREE, BIN LIU | University of Iowa | |
| Session H2 | Condensed Matter Physics IV | Physics Building, Room 126 | Chair: Carsten Ullrich, University of Missouri | |||
| 8:30 | 9:06 | H2.00001 | A look at grapheneÕs atomistic geometry and electronic properties from the perspective of discrete differential geometry | SALVADOR BARRAZA-LOPEZ | University of Arkansas | |
| 9:06 | 9:18 | H2.00002 | Electrical Transport Properties In Large Area Boron-Nitrogen-Carbon Layers | BALEESWARAIAH MUCHHARLA, ARJUN PATHAK, ZHENG LIU, LI SONG, THUSHARI JAYASEKERA, SWASTIK KAR, ROBERT VAJTAI, LUIS BALICAS, PULICKEL AJAYAN, SAIKAT TALAPATRA, NAUSHAD ALI | Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Rice University, Northeastern University | |
| 9:18 | 9:30 | H2.00003 | Structural and electronic properties of SrTiO3/LaNIO3 slabs with and without oxygen vacancies | PABLO RIVERO, SALVADOR BARRAZA-LOPEZ, JAK TCHAKALIAN, SRIMANTA SMIDDEY | University of Arkansas | |
| 9:30 | 9:42 | H2.00004 | Electric Field Tuning of the Rashba Effect | SHANAVAS VEEDU, SASHI SATPATHY | University of Missouri | |
| 9:42 | 9:54 | H2.00005 | Theoretical studies of terahertz spectra of crystalline energetic materials using molecular dynamics | ANDREY PEREVERZEV, THOMAS SEWELL, DONALD THOMPSON | University of Missouri | |
| 9:54 | 10:06 | H2.00006 | Time-dependent transition density matrix for visualizing charge-transfer excitations in photoexcited organic donor- acceptor systems | YONGHUI LI, CARSTEN ULLRICH | University of Missouri | |
| Saturday November 9 - 10:06-10:30 | ||||||
| Coffee Break | Physics Building, Lobby | |||||
| Saturday November 9 -10:30-11:54 | ||||||
| Session I1 | Condensed Matter Physics V | Physics Building, Room 120 | Chair: Paul Miceli, University of Missouri | |||
| 10:30 | 11:06 | I1.00001 | QSE growth and super-diffusive liquid-like motion in Pb/Si(111) at low temperature | MICHAEL TRINGIDES | Iowa State University | |
| 11:06 | 11:18 | I1.00005 | Minimum stable height of Ag nano-islands on Si(111)7x7 | YIYAO CHEN, MICHAEL GRAMLICH, SHAWN HAYDEN, PAUL MICELI | University of Missouri | |
| 11:18 | 11:30 | I1.00003 | Temperature Dependent Electrical Characterization of Graphene Flakes Synthesized Using Liquid Phase Exfoliation | BALEESWARAIAH MUCHHARLA, MITCHELL CONNOLLY, ANDREW WINCHESTER, SUJOY GHOSH, SWASTIK KAR, SAIKAT TALAPATRA | Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Rice University, Northeastern University, National High Magnetic Field Lab, Florida State University | |
| 11:30 | 11:42 | I1.00004 | Interplay between restricted transport and catalytic reaction in nanoporous materials: KMC simulation and analytic theory | ANDRES GARCIA, JING WANG, DAVID ACKERMAN, JAMES EVANS | Iowa State University | |
| 11:42 | 11:54 | I1.00002 | Effect of metal and semiconducting nanoparticles on the fluorescence of Dy3+ doped lead and bismuth borate glasses | SAISUDHA MALLUR, STEWART FERRELL, P.K. BABU | Western Illinois University | |
| 11:54 | 12:06 | I1.00006 | Supported shock waves in hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene melts: A large-scale molecular dynamics study | MARKUS FROEHLICH, THOMAS SEWELL, DONALD THOMPSON | University of Missouri | |
| 12:06 | 12:18 | I1.00007 | Fluorescence Enhancement and Single Molecule Fluorescence Detection on Nanogap Embedded Plasmonic Gratings fabricated using HD-DVD | VINASH PATHAK, SAGNIK BASURAY, JOSEPH MATHAI, DREW MENKE, KESHAB GANGOPADHYAY, PETER CORNISH, SHUBHRA GANGOPADHYAY | University of Missouri | |