Poster Session I (14:00-17:00)

Presentations

• UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

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• Analysis of Electromagnetic Fields in Inertial Alfven Wave Collisions

  POSTER

  Authors

  • J.D. Rhudy

    • Valdosta State University

  • B.C. Shanken

    • Valdosta State University

  • D.J. Drake

    • Valdosta State University

  • J.W.R. Schroeder

    • University of Iowa

  • G.G. Howes

    • University of Iowa

  • C.A. Kletzing

    • University of Iowa

  • F. Skiff

    • University of Iowa

  • T.A. Carter

    • University of California at Los Angeles

  • S. Dorfman

    • University of California at Los Angeles

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• Kinetic Modeling of Plasma formed during Aerobraking in the Martian Atmosphere

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  Authors

  • Evan Smithwick

    • Valdosta State Univ

  • Dereth Drake

    • Valdosta State Univ

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• A Blackbody Microwave Source for CMB Polarimeter Development

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Alec Lindman

    • Rhodes College

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• Exploring the z-dependence of the two-point angular correlation function in galaxy clustering

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Alyssa Endres

    • Siena College

  • Matthew Bellis

    • Siena College

  • Debbie Bard

    • Stanford University

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• Dark Matter Production with Boosted W/Z Bosons at Large Hadron Collider -LHC

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Rene Nsanzineza

    • Hendrix College

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• Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment simulation studies on Offset of Detector and Proton Beam

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Amit Bashyal

    • Univ of Texas, Arlington

  • Jaehoon Yu

    • Univ of Texas, Arlington

  • Seongtae Park

    • Univ of Texas, Arlington

  • Blake Watson

    • Univ of Texas, Arlington

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• Infrasonic Influence of Volcanos

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Ashley Hosman

    • Hendrix College

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• Effect of Alignment on smectic A to nematic phase transition of the aligned octylcyanobiphenyl nano-liquid crystal

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Dipti Sharma

    • Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA

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• Models of accretion disk variability produced by flares

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Michael McLoughlin

    • None

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• Total Energy Due to Pair Production by Neutrinos in Type II Supernovae

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Anna Reine

    • Hendrix College

  • Todd Tinsley

    • Hendrix College

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• Flavor oscillation Length for Neutrinos in Magnetized Matter

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Xuanhua Wang

    • Hendrix College

  • Todd Tinsley

    • Hendrix College

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• Electromagnetic Radiative Corrections in e/p Scattering for Q$_{\mathrm{weak}}$'s Measurement of a Parity-Violating Asymmetry in Elastic e/p Scattering

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Tyler Webb

    • None

  • Damon Spayde

    • None

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• CASSY Robot

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Anna Pittman

    • Hendrix College

  • Ann Wright

    • Hendrix College

  • Aaron Rice

    • Hendrix College

  • Claude Shyaka

    • Hendrix College

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• Acceptance Studies for 4He(e,e'p)X Reaction up to High Missing Energies and Momenta

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Drew Finton

    • None

  • Fatiha Benmokhtar

    • None

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• The White Noise Generator programed on the Raspberry Pi

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Ken McGill

    • Georgia College and State University

  • Katie Ham

    • Georgia College and State University

  • Kris Schock

    • Georgia College and State University

  • Patrick Dowling

    • Georgia College and State University

  • Chaz Kuzell

    • Georgia College and State University

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• Determining Fault Orientation with Sagnac Interferometers

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Konstantin Gruenwald

    • Hendrix College

  • Robert Dunn

    • Hendrix College

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• Resolving the band structure of topological insulators and point-contact spectroscopy analysis

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Pavel Shibayev

    • Princeton Univ

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• Infrasonic Influences of Tornados and Cyclonic Weather Systems

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Tessa Cook

    • Hendrix College

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• Determining what caused the error in the prediction of the December 1st, 2013 snow storm using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Nikunjkumar Prajapati

    • None

  • Joseph Trout

    • None

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• Multi-Anode-PMT Analysis for new RICH detector at JLab's CLAS12 spectrometer

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Andrew Witchger

    • None

  • Fatiha Benmokhtar

    • None

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• Undergraduate Student Involvement in International Research -- The IRES Program at MAX-lab, Sweden

  POSTER

  Authors

  • William Briscoe

    • The George Washington University

  • Grant O'Rielly

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Kevin Fissum

    • Lund University

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• Rubidium Spectroscopy with an External Cavity Diode Laser

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Charity Burgess

    • Francis Marion University

  • R. Seth Smith

    • Francis Marion University

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• UV and Heating Effects on CR-39 Etch Parameters with Spectral Analysis of CR-39 in the UV-Vis-NIR

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Christopher McLauchlin

    • State University of New York at Geneseo
    • Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, State Univ of NY at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY

  • Kenneth Dodge

    • State University of New York at Geneseo

  • James McLean

    • State University of New York at Geneseo

  • Stephen Padalino

    • State University of New York at Geneseo

  • Michelle Burke

    • Laboratory of Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester

  • Craig Sangster

    • Laboratory of Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

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• Data Quality Control and Maintenance for the Qweak Experiment

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Nicholas Heiner

    • Hendrix College

  • Damon Spayde

    • Hendrix College

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• Observations of Jupiter and the Sun using Radio JOVE at Francis Marion University

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Ryan Brown

    • Francis Marion University

  • Jeanette Myers

    • Francis Marion University

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• Numerical Model Simulation of Atmosphere above A.C. Airport

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Tiffany Lutes

    • Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

  • Joseph Trout

    • Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

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• Bucking Coil Efficiency Correction for 5'' PMT Exposed to an External Magnetic Field

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Anthony Llodra

    • Florida Intl Univ

  • Joerg Reinhold

    • Florida Intl Univ

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• Unfolding the Boosted Top Quark Differential Cross Section

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Danielle Berish

    • Siena College

  • Matthew Bellis

    • Siena College

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• Search for Dark Matter at CMS using Razor Kinematic Variables

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Natalie Harrison

    • University of Chicago

  • Maria Spiropulu

    • California Institute of Technology

  • Javier Duarte

    • California Institute of Technology

  • Cristian Pena

    • California Institute of Technology

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• Charged Fusion Product Detector Study

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Carlos Lopez

    • None

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• Derivation of the Biot-Savart law from Coulomb's law and implications for gravity

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Daniel Zile

    • Towson University

  • James Overduin

    • Towson University

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• Characterization of a Spontaneous Parametric Downconversion Source for Use in Single Photon Tests of Quantum Mechanics

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Preston Alexander

    • Francis Marion University

  • Jackson McDonld

    • Francis Marion University

  • Jason Harrington

    • Francis Marion University

  • R. Seth Smith

    • Francis Marion University

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• Optimization of the search for three jet resonances in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Julia Gonski

    • Rutgers Univ

  • Eva Halkiadakis

    • Rutgers Univ

  • Claudia Seitz

    • Rutgers Univ

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• Virial Coefficients for the Liquid Argon

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Micheal Korth

    • Univ of Minn - Morris

  • Saesun Kim

    • Univ of Minn - Morris

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• Computational Study of Low Energy Nuclear Scattering from Metal Nuclei

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Danelle Jaramillo

    • Northern New Mexico College

  • Ajit Hira

    • Northern New Mexico College

  • Jose Pacheco

    • Northern New Mexico College

  • Justin Salazar

    • Northern New Mexico College

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• Hardy's test for local realism

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  Authors

  • Quynh Nguyen

    • University of Minnesota

  • Aurelio Dregli

    • University of Minnesota

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• HISTORY OF PHYSICS

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• Why Do We Believe the Speed of Light is an Invariant of Nature?

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Felix T. Smith

    • retired

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• NATIONAL FACILITIES

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• Evaluating the Field Emission Characteristics of Aluminum for DC High Voltage Photo-Electron Guns

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Rhys Taus

    • Loyola Marymount Univ

  • Matthew Poelker

    • Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

  • Eric Forman

    • Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

  • Abdullah Mamun

    • Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

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• PUBLIC POLICY

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• Fairy-Tale Physics Farewell to Reality Bankrupting Physics: Baggott-Unzicker-Jones Critiques Shame Physics' Shameless Media-Hype P.R. Spin-Doctoring Touting Sci-Fi Veracity-Abandonment ``Show-Biz'' Spectacle: Caveat Emptor!!!

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Edward Siegel

    • Retired

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• EDUCATION

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• Do we need to improve teaching style in physics to get more students in physics?

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Samina Masood

    • University of Houston Clear Lake

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• Development of a turn-key cloud chamber in collaboration with non-academic science enthusiasts

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Jessica Muenkel

    • Siena College

  • Meghan Harrington

    • Siena College

  • Matthew Bellis

    • Siena College

  • Ariel Waldman

    • Science Hack Day

  • Nathan Bergey

    • Science Hack Day

  • Ivan Cooper

    • Science Hack Day

  • Juliane Bombosch

    • Science Hack Day

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• Definition of the Neutrosophic Probability Measure

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Florentin Smarandache

    • University of Mew Mexico
    • University of New Mexico

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• Preparing physics students for careers outside of academia

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Kendra Redmond

    • AIP / Society of Physics Students
    • American Institute of Physics - Division of Education
    • Society of Physics Students - AIP

  • Roman Czujko

    • American Institute of Physics

  • Toni Sauncy

    • AIP / Society of Physics Students

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• Learning Physics by Experiment: I. Falling Objects

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Saami J. Shaibani

    • Instruction Methods, Academics \& Advanced Scholarship (IMAAS)

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• Building a Low Cost Solar Oven: An Opportunity to Teach Thermodynamics

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Ana Nogueira

    • None

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• POSTDEADLINE

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• Reconstructing the vector-like top partner from fully hadronic events

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Martin Stoll

    • The University of Tokyo

  • Motoi Endo

    • The University of Tokyo

  • Koichi Hamaguchi

    • The University of Tokyo

  • Kazuya Ishikawa

    • The University of Tokyo

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• Fast Frequency-Domain Waveforms for Generic Spin Configurations

  ORAL

  Authors

  • Antoine Klein

    • Univ of Mississippi

  • Nicolas Yunes

    • Montana State Univ
    • Montana State University
    • Montana State Unversity

  • Neil Cornish

    • Montana State Univ
    • Montana State University
    • Montana State Unversity

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• Fueling the Brightest AGN: Characterizing Their Hot Gas Environments and the Accretion of Cooling Gas Onto Their SMBHs

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Michael Calzadilla

    • Univ of South Florida

  • Christine Jones

    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

  • Felipe Andrade-Santos

    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

  • Dan Evans

    • National Science Foundation

  • William Forman

    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

  • Andy Goulding

    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

  • Reinout van Weeren

    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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• Dwarf Galaxy Constraints on Self-Interacting Dark Matter

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Benjamin Woodall

    • Millikin University

  • Casey Watson

    • Millikin University

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• Scaling Relationships between the Primordial NFW and Presently Observed Dark Matter Halos of Milky Way Dwarf Galaxies

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  Authors

  • Brian Barry

    • Millikin University

  • Casey Watson

    • Millikin University

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• The Theoretical Basis for and Implications of Observed Scaling Relations between the Primordial NFW and Presently Observed Dark Matter Halos of Milky Way Dwarf Galaxies

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  Authors

  • Joshua Monroe

    • Millikin University

  • Casey Watson

    • Millikin University

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• A Simple Scaling Relationship for the Dark Matter Surface Density Enclosed within Symmetrical Detector Fields of View

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Jonathon Spaw

    • Millikin University

  • Casey Watson

    • Millikin University

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• The Universal NFW Dark Matter Halo of Simulated Dwarf Galaxies

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  Authors

  • Syed Salik

    • Millikin University

  • Casey Watson

    • Millikin University

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