Poster Session II (2:00-5:00pm)

Presentations

• PHYSICS EDUCATION POSTERS

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• Overview of the Howard University Interdisciplinary Science for Middle Schools (ISMS) Program

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Marcus Alfred

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

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• Disentangling the Force Concept Inventory Using Latent Class Analysis

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Ivan Ivanov

    • Vanier College

  • Helena Dedic

    • Vanier College

  • Steven Rosenfield

    • Vanier College

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• Summer Institute for High School Teachers

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Ponn Maheswaranathan

    • Winthrop University

  • Cliff Calloway

    • Winthrop University

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• Investigating the Conceptual Variation of Major Physics Textbooks

  POSTER

  Authors

  • John Stewart

    • University of Arkansas

  • Richard Campbell

    • University of Arkansas

  • Jessica Clanton

    • Arkansas Tech - Mountain Home

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• Characterizing the Evolution and Variation of Major Physics Textbooks

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Jennifer Campbell

    • University of Arkansas

  • John Stewart

    • University of Arkansas

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• Teaching Quantum ChromoDynamics using Rubik's Cube

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Wayne R. Lundberg

    • Architect of Comprehensive Theory

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• Characterizing the Effect of Written Presentation on Performance in an Introductory Physics Class

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Shawn Ballard

    • University of Arkansas

  • John Stewart

    • University of Arkansas

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• TESTS OF PHYSICAL LAWS POSTERS

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• Stellar and dark matter caustics: are both visible?

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Robyn Sanderson

    • MIT

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• General Relativistic Numerical Simulations of Coalescing Binary Neutron Stars with Adaptive Mesh Refinement Methods

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Jian Tao

    • Center for Computation and Technology at LSU

  • Wai-Mo Suen

    • Washington University in St. Louis
    • Washington University

  • Randy Wolfmeyer

    • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    • Washington University in St Louis

  • Hui-Min Zhang

    • Washington University in St. Louis

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• Dark Energy and Measurements of Newton's Constant, G

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  Authors

  • James Donovan

    • Shimer College

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• Scalar Potential Model of light

  POSTER

  Authors

  • John Hodge

    • Blue Ridge College

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• PLASMA PHYSICS POSTERS

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• The influence of the local volume fluctuations on the equation-of-state of hot and dense plasmas

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  Authors

  • David Salzmann

    • Department of Particle Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

  • Dima Fisher

    • Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

  • Avraham Barshalom

    • NRCN, P.O.Box 9001, Israel

  • Joseph Oreg

    • Artep Inc. Ellicott City MD 21042 , USA

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• Structural Phases in Complex Plasmas

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  Authors

  • Truell Hyde

    • CASPER - Baylor University

  • Jie Kong

    • CASPER - Baylor University

  • Lorin Matthews

    • CASPER - Baylor University

  • Jorge Carmona-Reyes

    • CASPER - Baylor University

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• Theory of the Motion of Ball Lightning

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  Authors

  • Peter Handel

    • Univ. of Missouri St. Louis, Physics \& Astronomy + Center for Nanoscience
    • Univ. of MO St Louis Physics \& Astron. Dept

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• Nonlinear interactions, heating and turbulence associated with large amplitude Alfv\'{e}n waves in a laboratory plasma

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Troy Carter

    • Dept of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA

  • David Auerbach

    • Dept of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA

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• A Simple Ion-Ion Charge Exchange Model for Kinetic Plasma Simulations

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  Authors

  • David Fillmore

    • Tech-X Corporation
    • Tech-X Corp

  • Peter Messmer

    • Tech-X Corporation

  • Paul Mullowney

    • Tech-X Corporation
    • Tech-X Corp.

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• Generation of supersonic plasma jets from pulsed-power driven exploding wire experiments

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  Authors

  • S.C. Bott

    • University of California, San Diego

  • David Haas

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Yossof Eshaq

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Utako Ueda

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Robert Madden

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Gilbert Collins

    • University of California, San Diego

  • F.N. Beg

    • University of California, San Diego
    • UCSD

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• Evidence for an intense solar outburst in prehistory

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  Authors

  • A.L. Peratt

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • W.F. Yao

    • Albuquerque Public Schools System

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• The Case for Enhanced Transport Coefficients in Astrophysical Plasmas

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  Authors

  • Steven Spangler

    • University of Iowa

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• Experimental study of plasma bubble expansion as a model for extragalactic radio lobes

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  Authors

  • Scott Hsu

    • LANL

  • Alan G. Lynn

  • Yue Zhang

    • UNM

  • Wei Liu

  • Hui Li

    • LANL

  • Christopher Watts

  • Mark Gilmore

    • UNM

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• Ideal Magnetohydrodynamical Simulations of Magnetic Bubble Expansion as a model for extragalactic radio lobes

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Wei Liu

    • LANL

  • Scott Hsu

    • LANL

  • Hui Li

    • LANL
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Shengtai Li

    • LANL

  • Allan Lynn

    • University of New Mexico

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• Statistical Theory of a Magnetized Corona above a Turbulent Accretion Disk

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  Authors

  • Dmitri Uzdensky

    • Princeton University

  • Jeremy Goodman

    • Princeton University

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• 3D relaxation of flux ropes: boundary conditions, bouncing, merging, onset of reconnection

  POSTER

  Authors

  • T.P. Intrator

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • X. Sun

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • L. Dorf

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • G. Lapenta

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Hydrodynamic and atomic-kinetic modelling of photoionised neon plasmas

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Iain Hall

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Tunay Durmaz

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Roberto Mancini

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Jim Bailey

    • Sandia Nat. Labs.

  • Gregory Rochau

    • Sandia Nat. Labs.

  • Michael Rosenburg

    • Swarthmore College

  • David Cohen

    • Swarthmore College

  • Igor Golovkin

    • Prism Comp. Sciences

  • Joseph MacFarlane

    • Prism Comp. Sciences

  • Manolo Sherrill

    • LANL

  • Joseph Abdallah

    • LANL

  • Robert Heeter

    • LLNL

  • Mark Foord

    • LLNL

  • Siegfried Glenzer

    • LLNL

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• Opacity effects on the polarization of the chlorine He-alpha line

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Peter Hakel

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Roberto Mancini

    • University of Nevada, Reno

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• Measurements of radiative shock properties using optical and scattering diagnostics

  POSTER

  Authors

  • A. Visco

    • Univ. of Michigan

  • Paul Drake

    • University of Michigan
    • Univ. of Michigan
    • Space Physics Research Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • M.J. Grosskopf

    • Univ. of Michigan

  • D.H. Froula

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • S.H. Glenzer

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • A.B. Reighard

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • T. Boehly

    • Univ. of Rochester

  • J.P. Knauer

    • Univ. of Rocherser

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• Accessing the High Energy Density Regime using Plasma Jets

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Jason Cassibry

    • UAHuntsville

  • Seth Thompson

    • UAHuntsville

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• Specular Reflection of Intense Laser Light Interacting with Solid Targets

  POSTER

  Authors

  • A. Link

    • The Ohio State University

  • D. Offermann

    • The Ohio State University

  • V. Ovchinnikov

    • The Ohio State University

  • D. Schumacher

    • The Ohio State University

  • L. Van Woerkom

    • The Ohio State University

  • R. R. Freeman

    • The Ohio State University

  • H. Chen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • D. Hey

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • I. Jovanovic

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • S. Le Pape

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • A. Mackinnon

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • A. Macphee

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • P. Patel

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Y. Ping

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • C. Chen

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • T. Bartel

    • University of California, San Diego

  • S. Chawla

    • University of California, San Diego

  • J. King

    • University of California, San Diego

  • T. Ma

    • University of California, San Diego

  • F. Beg

    • University of California, San Diego

  • K. Akli

    • General Atomics

  • R. Stephens

    • General Atomics

  • Y. Tsui

    • University of Alberta

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• Study of laser-created laboratory plasma jets with soft x-ray laser interferometry

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  Authors

  • Jonathan Grava

    • Colorado State University

  • Michael Purvis

    • Colorado State University

  • Jorge Filevich

    • Colorado State University

  • Mario Marconi

    • Colorado State University

  • Jorge Rocca

    • Colorado State University

  • James Dunn

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Stephen Moon

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Vyacheslav Shlyaptsev

    • University of California Davis at Livermore

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• Laser-driven ultraintense proton beams for high energy-density physics

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  Authors

  • Slawomir Jablonski

    • Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, EURATOM Association, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

  • Jan Badziak

    • Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, EURATOM Association, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

  • Piotr Parys

    • Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, EURATOM Association, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

  • Marcin Rosinski

    • Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, EURATOM Association, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

  • Jerzy Wolowski

    • Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, EURATOM Association, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

  • Adam Szydlowski

    • The Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Swierk, Poland

  • P. Antici

    • LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, UPMC; Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France

  • J. Fuchs

    • LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, UPMC; Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France

  • A. Mancic

    • LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, UPMC; Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France

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• Temperature gradient in a solid target produced by the deposition of energy by fast electrons generated in high Intensity Short Pulse Laser matter interactions

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Sophia Chen

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Pravesh Patel

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Hyun-Kung Chung

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Andreas Kemp

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Sebastien Le Pape

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Brian Maddox

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Scott Wilks

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Farhat Beg

    • University of California, San Diego

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• The generation of warm dense matter according to numerical modeling of thick wire heating

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  Authors

  • Volodymyr Makhin

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Milena Angelova

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Thomas Awe

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Bruno Bauer

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Irvin Lindemuth

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Ioana Paraschiv

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Richard Siemon

    • University of Nevada, Reno

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• Laboratory Experiments to Study Plasma Jet and Shock Using High-Power Lasers

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Youichi Sakawa

    • Osaka Univ., Japan
    • ILE, Osaka University, Japan

  • S Dono

    • Osaka Univ., Japan

  • Y. Kuramitsu

    • Osaka Univ., Japan

  • T. Kato

    • Osaka Univ., Japan

  • T. Kimura

    • Osaka Univ., Japan

  • K. Miyanishi

    • Osaka Univ., Japan

  • T. Endo

    • Osaka Univ., Japan

  • N. Ozaki

    • Osaka Univ., Japan

  • H. Nagatomo

    • Osaka Univ., Japan

  • K. Shigemori

    • Osaka Univ., Japan

  • R. Kodama

    • Osaka Univ., Japan

  • T. Norimatsu

    • Osaka Univ., Japan

  • H. Takabe

    • Osaka Univ., Japan

  • J. Waugh

    • York Univ., UK

  • N. Woolsey

    • York Univ., UK

  • B. Loupias

    • LULI, France

  • M. Koenig

    • LULI, France

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• Shaped mass limited target acceleration by ultra high intensity laser pulses

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Alexander Andreev

    • Vavilov State Optical Institute

  • Konstantin Platonov

    • Vavilov State Optical Institute

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• Preheat measurement in the laser irradiated targets

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  Authors

  • K. Otani

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka-University

  • Keisuke Shigemori

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka-University

  • Tatsuhiro Sakaiya

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka-University

  • Atsushi Sunahara

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka-University

  • Yoichi Sakawa

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka-University

  • Mitsuo Nakai

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka-University

  • Hiroyuki Shiraga

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka-University

  • Hiroshi Azechi

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka-University

  • Kunioki Mima

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka-University

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• Plasma-hydro coupling in cassio, an Inertial Confinement Fusion Code from the Crestone Project

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  Authors

  • Thomas Masser

    • CCS-2, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • John Wohlbier

    • CCS-2, Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Superintense ion beam with high energy density

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Vadim Dudnikov

    • UMD College Park
    • UMD CP
    • USPTO

  • Vadim Dudnikov

    • UMD College Park
    • UMD CP
    • USPTO

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• Multiview core imaging of OMEGA direct-drive implosions

  POSTER

  Authors

  • T. Nagayama

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Roberto Mancini

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • R. Tommasini

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • J. Koch

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • J. Delettrez

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • S. Regan

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • V. Smalyuk

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

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• EUV emission of warm dense plasma on an aluminum surface driven by a pulsed MG field

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Stephan Fuelling

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Bruno S. Bauer

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Richard Siemon

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Thomas J. Awe

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Volodymyr Makhin

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Tasha Goodrich

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Andrew Oxner

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • R. Presura

    • University of Nevada, Reno
    • Nevada Terawatt Facility, University of Nevada, Reno
    • Univ. of Rena, Nevada

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• Simple Map in Action-Angle Coordinates.

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Olivia Kerwin

    • Hampton University

  • Alkesh Punjabi

    • Hampton University

  • Halima Ali

    • Hampton University

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• Effect of elongation in divertor tokamaks

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Morgin Jones

    • Hampton University

  • Halima Ali

    • Hampton University

  • Alkesh Punjabi

    • Hampton University

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• Spectroscopy of Highly Charged Ions at the NIST Electron Beam Ion Trap Facility

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  Authors

  • John Gillaspy

    • NIST, Atomic Physics Division, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8422

  • Ilija Draganic

    • NIST, Atomic Physics Division, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8422

  • Joshua Pomeroy

    • NIST, Atomic Physics Division, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8422

  • Yuri Ralchenko

    • NIST, Atomic Physics Division, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8422

  • Joseph Reader

    • NIST, Atomic Physics Division, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8422

  • Eric Silver

    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138

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• Constructions of non-equilibrium plasma model and applications to LHD/Solar plasmas

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Norimasa Yamamoto

    • Osaka University

  • Takako Kato

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Kuninori Sato

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Hisamichi Funaba

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Chihiro Suzuki

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Naoki Tamura

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Daiji Kato

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Hiroyuki Sakaue

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Nobuyuki Nakamura

    • University of Electro-Communications

  • Peter Beiersdorfer

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore

  • Jaan Lepson

    • University of California

  • Hiroaki Nishimura

    • Osaka University

  • Tetsuya Watanabe

    • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

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• Plasma Formation on the Surface of mm-Diameter Aluminum Rods by Pulsed Megagauss Magnetic Field

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Thomas Awe

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Richard Siemon

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Bruno S. Bauer

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Stephan Fuelling

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Volodymyr Makhin

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Irvin Lindemuth

    • University of Nevada, Reno

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• Yukawa Monte Carlo (YMC) and Orbital Free Molecular Dynamics (OFMD) approaches for the eos of warm dense iron plasma

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Dominique Gilles

    • CEA/DSM/IRFU/SAP

  • Flavien Lambert

    • CEA/DAM/DIF
    • CEA DIF

  • Jean Clerouin

    • CEA/DAM/DIF

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• FEW BODY SYSTEMS POSTERS

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• Manifestly covariant three-body bound state calculations

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Pieter Maris

    • Iowa State University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

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• Relativistic Dynamics of Quasistable States: The Bakamjian-Thomas Construction

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  Authors

  • Sujeev Wickramasekara

    • Grinnell College

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• Three body covariant, nonperturbative, relativistic scattering calculations using LMNP

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Marcus Alfred

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University

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• Is There A Mechanics of Mind?

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Robert Jones

    • Emporia State University

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• BEAM PHYSICS POSTERS

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• G4Beamline Particle Tracking for Muon Beam Lines

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Kevin Beard

    • Muons, Inc.

  • Rolland Johnson

    • Muons, Inc.

  • Thomas Roberts

    • Muons, Inc.

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• Propagation of electron and positron beams in long, dense plasmas

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Patric Muggli

    • USC

  • B.E. Blue

    • UCLA
    • GA

  • Chris Clayton

    • UCLA

  • Franz-Joseph Decker

    • SLAC

  • Mark Hogan

    • SLAC

  • Chengkun Hunag

    • UCLA

  • Chan Joshi

    • UCLA

  • Tom Katsouleas

    • USC

  • Wei Lu

    • UCLA

  • Warren Mori

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA

  • Caollionn O'Connell

    • SLAC

  • Robert Siemann

    • SLAC

  • Dieter Walz

    • SLAC

  • Miaomiao Zhou

    • UCLA

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• Characteristic Behavior and Scaling Studies of Self Organized InP Nano-dots formed via keV and MeV irradiations

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  Authors

  • Dipak Paramanik

    • Instittute of Physics, India

  • Shikha Varma

    • Institute of Physics, India

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• Generation of Electron Microbunches Trains with Adjustable Sub-picosecond Spacing.

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Patric Muggli

    • USC

  • Vitaly Yakimenko

    • BNL

  • Themos Kallos

    • USC

  • Marcus Babzien

    • BNL

  • Karl Kusche

    • BNL

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• NUCLEAR PHYSICS POSTERS

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• Investigations toward the possible use of energy from isomeric nuclei.

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Marc Litz

    • Army Research Laboratory

  • George Merkel

    • Army Research Laboratory

  • Nino Pereira

    • Ecopulse
    • Ecopulse Inc

  • James Carroll

    • Youngstown State University

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• Status of the Charged Pion Production Cross Section Measurements at MIPP

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Gural Aydin

    • The University of Iowa

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• RADIATION SOURCES POSTERS

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• A Solid Oxygen Ultra-Cold Neutron Source

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Christopher Lavelle

    • Indiana University

  • Christopher Lavelle

    • Indiana University

  • Yun Shin

    • Indiana University

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