SUMMER
NEWSLETTER
OF
THE
SOUTHEASTERN
SECTION
OF
THE
AMERICAN
PHYSICAL SOCIETY
JULY
15, 2002
The
69th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical
Society (SESAPS) will be held October 31-November 2, 2002 (Thursday-Saturday)
at Auburn, Alabama. Our host for this
meeting will be the Auburn University Department of Physics. The local arrangements committee is chaired
by Micheal Pindzola who may be reached at (334)-844-4127 (phone) and pindzola@physics.auburn.edu (e-mail).
The Program Committee Chair is Brad Cox of UVa, who may be reached at
(434)-982-5377 (phone), (434)-982-3575 (Fax), cox@uvahea.phys.virginia.edu
(e-mail).
THIS IS THE SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OF
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:
SESAPS will use electronically submitted abstracts (brief instructions are at
the end of this newsletter) for publication in the BULLETIN of the AMERICAN
PHYSICAL SOCIETY. The deadline for the receipt of contributed papers and
abstracts is no later than 5 pm EST Friday, August 16, 2002. The entire program will be organized the
following week. All abstracts received electronically by the deadline will be
published in the November 2002, BULLETIN of the AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY. All
abstracts of contributed papers must be prepared in the standard APS format as
specified in recent issues of the APS News. If the abstract is submitted to
the APS only on paper, just the title and authors will appear in the BULLETIN.
The
Program Chairman is:
Dr. Brad Cox
Department of Physics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Va. 22901
(434) 982 5377 (Phone)
(434) 982 3575 (Fax)
cox@uvahea.phys.virginia.edu(e-mail)
The
scheduled time for your presentation must be obtained from the bulletin WHICH
WILL BE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY on the WWW. Meeting rooms will have an
overhead projector and chalkboard - to request other audio-visual aids,
including 35 mm projectors, please make your request in writing by typing it in
the special instructions box of the abstract template. Any questions about the
program should be directed to Dr. Cox.
CONTRIBUTED/INVITED
PAPERS! Invited
papers at this meeting, as in all APS meetings, are given by experts in areas
selected by the Program Committee, and these talks are usually of thirty
minutes duration. Contributed papers, however, are on topics of the author's
choice and are ten minutes in length. On the day following the abstract
deadline, all papers are organized into sessions and the sessions into the
program of the meeting. This year the Program Committee will continue an idea
suggested by an APS member. Some of the contributed abstracts are of such
interest that the committee will INVITE THE AUTHORS to give a SPECIAL PAPER of
twenty minutes duration on the topic of their abstract at the beginning of the
contributed paper session to which their talk is assigned. There will only
be a few such papers selected. The invitations will be listed in the
printed program of the meeting and will be verified promptly by mail to the
authors. If the author(s) would like to be considered for such an invitation,
they are asked to type the following statement in the special instructions box:
If invited to do so, the author is willing to expand the talk for the above
abstract to twenty minutes.
POSTER
PRESENTATIONS:
Facilities will also be available for poster presentations. If a SESAPS contributor would prefer a
poster presentation, it should be noted with the following statement typed
below the abstract: Poster presentation preferred. You should also check
the appropriate box or fill the appropriate blank on your electronic submission
form.
Abstract
Submission:
Complete abstract submission instructions can be found at <http://www.aps.org/meet/meet-abstract.html>. Authors are strongly urged to proof their
abstract carefully before submission. Contributors may submit in one of two
ways:
(1) Via
the web: To submit a contributed abstract using the online web submission
process, an author needs to know two things: (a) the number and ordering of
authors and collaborations; and (b) what to write for the abstract content. The web page will guide you through the
rest. Try a test submission before
submitting your abstract. Log onto
<http://abstracts.aps.org> and select the meeting TEST. Follow the directions online to create your
own practice abstract. When ready to
submit your abstract online, select the meeting (SES02) by clicking on the
appropriate button. A form will be created for you. Simply input the information.
(2) Via
e-mail: Contributors must create their abstracts from an electronic template
supplied by the American Physical Society.
The template and instruction files for contributed abstracts can be
obtained by sending e-mail to <abs-request@aps.org> with the phrase
REQUEST SES02 in the message. Also, see attached material at the end of this
newsletter.
If
you have questions
regarding abstract submission, please send them to
<abs-help@aps.org>.
Registration will be $35.00 for SESAPS and
other APS members, $50 for nonmembers, $5 for retired physicists and $15 for
graduate students. Awardees and banquet speakers will not pay the registration
or banquet fees. There will be pre-registration, and on-line registration using
credit cards. Credit cards may be used to register on site. The scheduled time
for each presentation must be obtained from the Bulletin which will be
available electronically.
The
Chair announces the banquet speaker
Dr.
Hans Christian von Baeyer, Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of
William and Mary, has accepted an invitation to be the speaker at our banquet at
Auburn University. Hans is a member and former Chair of SESAPS. One of his primary research interests is the
"Public Understanding of Physical Science," and he has written the
following books in this area:
Taming
the Atom - The Emergence of the Visible Microworld, (Random House,1992), The
Fermi Solution - Essays on Science, (Random House Paperback, 1993), Rainbows,
Snowflakes, and Quarks - Physics and the World Around Us,
(Random
House Paperback, 1993.) Hans has not
selected a title for his presentation at this time.
TRAVEL
SUPPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS THIS YEAR. Students will be pleased to learn
that modest travel grants will again be available for those presenting research
papers at the SESAPS sessions. Please use the form included with this
newsletter.
The
winners of the Pegram, Beams, and Slack awards will be announced on our home page. SESAPS members are
urged to nominate candidates for these awards for next year’s competition, as a
large number of candidates generally results in meaningful awards. Member's
attention is called to the new procedures in the spring newsletter.
SUGGESTED
NOMINATIONS FOR SECTION OFFICERS should be included on the election ballot, included in this
newsletter, for consideration by the Nominating Committee which is made up of
the Executive Committee. Please vote, and please suggest candidates to help run
the section!
A
Letter from the Chair-Elect
Dear
Southeastern Section Colleagues,
I am writing to you as chair-elect of the
Southeastern Section of the APS. In the
past weeks we have seen the release of the President's budget which is
essentially flat for the physical sciences. However, there is considerable
bipartisan support in Congress for an increase in the physical science funding
comparable to that experienced by the NIH over the last few years. Of course, this is highly desirable and
would generate a renewed vigor in many fields.
However, to cause anything to happen in
the present budget climate will take consistent and coordinated work on the
part of all of us. Some of us have
already participated in the exercise of visiting our congressional delegations
to make the case for the following three points suggested by the American
Physical Society:
1. A
17% increase in the budget of the Office of Science in DOE.
2. A
15% increase in the budget for the physical sciences in the NSF.
3. The
raising of the Office of Science in the Department of Energy to the
undersecretary level. At present the
Office of Science is one third of the budget of DoE and, thus, merits the
increased stature from this standpoint but is buried in the complex
organizational chart of DOE. There are
several perceived advantages to raising the visibility of the Office of
Science, not the least of which is divorcing it from some of the more
politically controversial activities of the Department. The APS strongly
advocates this move.
The APS hopes that all of us at the grass
roots level in our districts will bring up these issues with our
representatives and senators. The APS staff at One Physics Ellipse at the
University of Maryland has materials to aid you in making the various case. I
urge you to contact them directly to get fact sheets concerning federal funding
for research specific to your state.
I
think you will be surprised at the support that you will receive from most of
the congressmen. I strongly urge that
you contact them and make them aware of the need for increased funding for the
physical sciences.
Brad
Cox
Chair-elect
SESAPS
Professor
of Physics
University
of Virginia
MEMBERS
SHOULD CHECK OUT THE SESAPS HOME PAGE. The home page may be found through the link from the APS home
page at "HTTP://WWW.APS.ORG". Click on sections and click on
Southeastern. The home page is at Davidson and was put together and is
maintained by our treasurer, Larry Cain. Larry would welcome suggestions for
changes to make the page more useful. Thanks Larry.
Draft
SESAPS Meeting
Invited
Speaker Session Program
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Thursday
Morning, October 31
Invited
Session I: 8:30-10:45 Plasma
Physics Organizer: James Hanson Auburn
Talk 1:
Steve Knowlton, Auburn University
Stellarators and the Compact Toroidal
Hybrid (CTH)
Talk 2:
TBA
Dusty Plasmas
Talk 3:
TBA
Space Plasmas
Coffee
Break 10:45-11:15
Invited
Session II: 11:15-12:30 Materials Science Organizer: John Williams Auburn
Talk 1:
Leonard C. Feldman, Vanderbilt University
Semiconductor Interfaces-Key to Future Electronics
Talk 2:
James W. Harrel, Univ. of
Alabama
Ultra-High Ensity Magnetic Recording-
Possibilities and Limitations
Talk 3:
O.W. Holland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Formation of Thin Pseudomorphic and
Relaxed GeSi Films by Ion
Implantation
Lunch 12:30-2:00
Thursday
Afternoon, October 31
Invited
Session III: 2:00-3:15 Astronomy/Cosmology Organizer: Craig Sarazin UVa
Talk 1:
Martin Weisskopf, Marshall Space Center
Highlights from Three Years of the
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Talk 2:
Joseph Giaime, Louisiana State University
LIGO and Gravity-Wave Astrophysics
Talk 3:
Donald Clayton, Clemson University (to
be confirmed)
Radioisotopes and the Formation of the
Solar System
SESAPS
Executive Committee Meeting 7:30 PM
**********************
Friday
Morning, Nov. 1
Invited
Session IV: 8:30-10:45 Atomic
Physics Organizer: Gene Oks, Auburn
University
Talk 1:
Donal C Griffin, Rollins College
The Three Body Problem in
Electron-Atom Collision Physics
Talk 2:
Steven T. Manson, Georgia State University
Photoabsorption by Atoms and Ions,
Recent Results and New Physics
Talk 3:
Turgay Uzer, Georgia Institute of Technology
A New Approach to Classical Modeling
of Atomic and Molecular Systems
Coffee
Break: 10:45-11:15
Invited
Session V: 11:15-12:30 Particle Physics
Organizer: Paul Sheldon,
Vanderbilt
University
Talk
1: Sergio Conetti, University of
Virginia (to be confirmed)
CP violation in BTeV and other Kaon
and Beauty Experiments
Talk
2: Jerome Businetz, University of
Alabama (to be confirmed)
Neutrino Physics in MiniBoone
Talk
3: Tom Weiler (to be confirmed)
Ultra High Energy Neutrino Physics
Lunch
12:30-2:00
Friday
Afternoon, Nov. 1
Invited
Session VI: 2:00-3:15 Nuclear Physics
Organizer: Ralph Minehart, Univ. of Virginia
Talk 1:
Nilanga Liyanage, University of Virginia
The Spin Structure of the Neutron via Polarized He3
Talk 2:
Glen Warren, Jefferson Laboratory
Measurements of the Neutron Electric
Form Factor
Talk 3:
Larry Dennis, Florida State University
Strangeness Studies Using the CLAS
Detector at JLab
Coffee
Break: 3:15-3:45
Invited
Session VII: 3:45-5:00 Teaching/Outreach
Organizer: Marllin Simon,
Auburn
University
Talk 1:
John Halbrooks, Alabama State
Alabama Science in Motion
Talk 2:
TBA
Talk 3:
TBA
SESAPS
Business Meeting: 5:00PM-??
Conference
Banquet: Time 7:30 (????)
Invited
Speaker: Dr. Hans Christian von Baeyer, Chancellor Professor of Physics at the
College of William and Mary
Title: TBA
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Saturday,
Nov. 2
Invited
Session VIII: 8:30-10:45
Biophysics Organizer: George
Holzwarth, Wake Forest Univ.
Talk 1:
Glenn Edwards, Duke University
Free Electron Laser Work with
Biological Systems
Talk 2:
Richard Superfine, University of North Carolina (to be confirmed)
Nanotechnology and Scanning-Probe
Biophysics
Talk 3:
Keith Berland, Emory University (to be
confirmed)
Detection of Specific DNA Sequences
Using Fluorescence Correlation
Spectroscopy
Coffee
Break: 10:45-11:15
Oak
Ridge Symposium: 11:15-12:30 Physics at
Oak Ridge Organizer: Lee Riedinger, Univ. of Tenn.
Talk 1:
Doug Lowndes, Center for Nanophase Material Science, ORNL
Nanoscience Initiative at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory
Talk 2:
Thom Mason, SNS/HFIR Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The Status of the Oak Ridge Spallation
Source
Talk 3:
Jim Beene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Radioactive Ion Beam Physics at ORBNL
THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS GENERATED BY APS TO ASSIST YOU WITH THE PREPARATION OF
ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS
Abstract
Submission
The
deadline for the submission of all abstracts is Friday, August 16, 2002, 5:00 pm
EST at the APS Headquarters.
The
deadline is firm, so don't wait until the last minute! Send early - save yourself the stress!
Electronic
Submission
The APS has instituted an electronic
abstract submission process, which was an enormous success, with almost 80% of
all the abstracts being submitted electronically. We are hoping for an even better turnout electronically this year. There are many advantages to submitting
electronically.
E-mail message confirming receipt of your abstract
E-mail notification of the scheduling of your paper
The complete abstract will appear in the electronic version of the
program which will be posted on the APS Home Page, well in advance of the printed
program. (Abstracts submitted in paper form will have only the title and author
listed in the electronic program)
For information on how to submit an
abstract electronically, send an e-mail message to "abs-info@aps.org"
and use the word "info" in the text of your message. To receive the template, send a message to
"abs-request@aps.org" and put the words "request
<ses02>" in the text of your message. The information and/or
template will be returned to you by e-mail.
If you have particular questions regarding the information, or need
assistance, send a message to "abs-help@aps.org".
Submitting your abstract
electronically is surprisingly simple.
The mark-up language we use is LaTex, but you do not need to know LaTex
in order to submit an abstract. Simple ASCII text will suffice, unless you need
to put mathematical symbols or Greek characters in the text of your abstract -
and most of those instructions are very simple.
Paper
Submission
Abstracts
received via postal mail will be accepted; however, only the title and authors
of the paper will appear in the printed version of the Bulletin and on the
World Wide Web version of the Bulletin.
Please follow the instructions for
the preparation of paper abstracts as they appear in each issue of APS Meeting
News. These abstracts should be sent to:
<ses02>
Meeting Abstracts
APS Meetings Department
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740-3844
Please do NOT also send a paper
abstract to APS if you are submitting your abstract electronically. All abstracts must be at the headquarters
office by the deadline date. APS
assumes no responsibility for mail delays.
Receipt of paper abstracts will not be confirmed unless accompanied by a
self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Some
Electronic Do's and Don'ts
Do not
simply "reply" to the address from which you received the abstract template.
Send the abstract to "abs-submit@aps.org". Make sure you have the correct meeting ID <ses02>.
One
abstract per message! The system is automated. Sending two or more abstracts in
one message increases the likelihood that all but the first abstract will disappear
into the ether.
Use
only one sorting category for your abstract in the "Sort Category"
field.
In
order to sort the papers properly, it is important that the system deals only with
one request. If you wish to give
additional guidance to those who are putting the program together, please feel
free to do so in the "Special Instructions" field. The Sort
Category" field has four curly braces. Please use them as follows:
\Sort Category {15}{L}{}{}. Not \Sort Category {15L}{}{}{}
and not \Sort Category{15}{L}{32}{B}. Do not remove left over braces.
Only
submit your abstract once. You should receive an e-mail message telling you that
we received your abstract within 24 hours.
If you do not receive such a message then contact
"abs-help@aps.org" for assistance.
Directions
to Auburn
Some
maps of the area are included for those who are driving. On the upper small-scale
maps, Auburn is marked by a cross. On the campus maps, which have the same orientation,
the conference center is shown on the lower left hand map.
Respectfully,
Kenneth
A. Hardy
Physics
Department
Florida
International University
Miami,
FL 33199
(305)
348-2605 (phone), (305) 348-6700
(fax)
APPLICATION FOR STUDENT TRAVEL
SUPPORT TO THE SESAPS MEETING
The student must be a presenter at
a SESAPS session
NAME:____________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:_________________________________________________________
CITY:__________________________________
STATE:_______________
ZIP:___________ EMAIL:____________________________
SCHOOL:__________________________________________________________
UNDERGRADUATE/CLASS:_____________________________________________
GRADUATE/CLASS:__________________________________________________
ABSTRACT
TITLE:________________________________________________________
ABSTRACT
AUTHORS:______________________________________________________
AMOUNT
REQUESTED ($300 MAX)___________________________________________
PURPOSE
OF REQUESTED FUNDS:____________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
RETURN BY 15 OCTOBER TO:
LEE RIEDINGER
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL
LABORATORY
PO BOX 2008
OAK RIDGE TN, 37831-6263
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION OF THE AMERICAN
PHYSICAL SOCIETY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2002
Vice
Chair Past
Chair
Dr. Lee
Riedinger Dr.
Ronald Mickens
Oak
Ridge National Lab
Department of Physics
P.O.
Box 2008 Clark
Atlanta University
Oak
Ridge, Tn 37831-6263 Box
172, Atlanta, Ga. 30311
865 574
4321 P 404 880
6923 P
865 574
8225 F 404 880
6258 F
riedingerl@ornl.gov
ROHRS@MATH.GATECH.EDU
Chair Chair
elect
Dr.
Walter Croft Dr.
Bradley Cox
Mississippi
State Univ. Department
of Physics
Box
5167
University of Virginia
Mississippi
State, MS 39762
Charlottesville, Va. 22901
662 325
2806 P 434 982
5377 P
662 325
8898 F 434 982 3575 F
croft@ra.msstate.edu
COX@UVAHEA.PHYS.VIRGINIA.EDU
Treasurer Secretary
Dr.
Larry Cain Dr.
Kenneth Hardy
Department
of Physics Department
of Physics
Davidson
College,Box 6919 Florida
International Univ.
Davidson,
NC 28035-6919 Miami, FL.
33199
704 894
2073 P 305 348
2605 P
704 894
2894 F 305 348
6700 F
lacain@DAVIDSON.EDU HARDYK@FIU.EDU
Executive
Committee 02-05 Executive
Committee 99-02
Dr.
Stephen Teitsworth Dr.
Lawrence Akers
Department
of Physics Department
of Physics
Box 90305 401 Crewdson
ave.
Duke
University
Chattanooga, Tn. 37405
Durham
NC 27708-0305 423 756
2329 P
919 660
2506/2551 P 423 755
4279 F
919 660
2525 F larry-akers@utc.edu
teitso@phy.duke.edu
Executive
Committee 00-03 Executive
Committee 01-04
Dr.
David Ernst Dr.
Glen Edwards
Vanderbilt
University Department
of Physics
Nashville,
Tn 37235 Duke
University, BOX 90309
615 322
2828 P Durham,
NC. 27708
615 322
1103 F 919 681
7416 F
DAVID.J.ERNST@VANDERBILT.EDU edwards@fel.duke.edu
APS
Representative
Dr. Joe
Hamilton
Department
of Physics
Vanderbilt
Univ. PO Box 1807-B
Nashville,
TN 37235
615 322
2456 P
615 343
7263 F
j.h.hamilton@VANDERBILT.EDU
Please
mail in the enclosed envelope or turn in at meeting by 5PM, Oct. 31
SOUTHEASTERN
SECTION
AMERICAN
PHYSICAL SOCIETY
2001
BALLOT
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FOR
VICE-CHAIR
James Harrell University of Alabama
_____________
Calvin Howell Duke _____________
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FOR EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
Dale Sayers N.C. State ______
Steve Shaforth University of N.C. ______
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FOR TREASURER
Larry Cain Davidson _________
(Write in selection)
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Please
list below any suggestions for
future
officers of the section
NAME OFFICE
Many members of the section have made
donations to the Jesse Beams Award for outstanding contributions to research
and to the George Pegram Award for outstanding contributions to teaching so we
want to offer an opportunity for others to contribute to the Beams-Pegram and
Slack fund. Please feel free to cut
this section from the ballot and use it to make your contribution by sending it
to Dr. Laurence Cain, Department of Physics, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
28036. Dr. Cain will also accept
contributions at the SESAPS meeting.
Name_____________________
Beams-Pegram
Amount_____________________
Slack
Amount____________________