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WELCOME t is a pleasure to welcome you to Los Angeles and to the APS March I Meeting 2018. As has become a tradition, the March Meeting is a spectacular gathering of an enthusiastic group of scientists from diverse organizations and backgrounds who have broad interests in physics. This meeting provides us an opportunity to present exciting new work as well as to learn from others, and to meet up with colleagues and make new friends. While you are here, I encourage you to take every opportunity to experience the amazing science that envelops us at the meeting, and to enjoy the many additional professional and social gatherings offered. Additionally, this is a year for Strategic Planning for APS, when the membership will consider the evolving mission of APS and where we want to go as a society. We are planning a Town Hall Meeting this Thursday at 1:00 p.m., where you are invited to both hear about the processes for gathering input for, and to give your input to, a new Strategic Plan. Please attend and contribute. On behalf of APS, I hope you have an exciting, productive, and fulfilling week! Roger Falcone 2018 APS President University of California, Berkeley his year’s APS March Meeting promises to be one of the busiest, T but also one of the best! The meeting is an opportunity to catch up on the latest developments in your field, to learn about new perspectives, and to have fun with friends and colleagues. I invite you all to join me Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. for the Kavli Foundation Special Symposium on the Frontiers of Physics. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Kavli Foundation, this special, annual, standalone session will feature five outstanding and illustrious physicists who have all made important breakthroughs in their areas. This year’s lineup promises to be especially interesting and timely. It is my pleasure to welcome you to Los Angeles and the APS March Meeting. Meigan Aronson APS March Meeting 2018 Program Chair Texas A&M University APS LEADERSHIP Council of Representatives President Division, Forum, and Section Councilors Roger W. Falcone* Samuel Bader (DMP) University of California, Berkeley Baha Balantekin (DNP) Emanuela Barzi (FIP) President-Elect Beverly Berger* (DGRAV) David J. Gross* Pushpalatha Bhat* (FPS) KITP, University of California, Santa Barbara William Bialek (DBIO) Nicholas Bigelow* (DLS) Vice President Robert Continetti (DCP) Philip H. Bucksbaum* Noah Finkelstein (FEd) Stanford University Cary Forest (DPP) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Giulia Galli (DCOMP) Timothy Gay* (DAMOP) Past President Julia Gonski (FGSA) Laura H. Greene* Philip Johnson (MAS) National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Ann Karagozian (DFD) Florida State University John Bradley Marston* (DCMP) Michael Coleman Miller (DAP) Chief Executive Officer Murugappan Muthukumar (DPOLY) Kate P. Kirby Thomas Roser (DPB) Harvard Smithsonian (retired) John Rumble* (FIAP) Elizabeth Simmons (DPF) Speaker of the Council Virginia Trimble (FHP) Timothy Gay* Carlos Wexler (PSAPS) University of Nebraska - Lincoln Treasurer James Hollenhorst* Senior Management Team Agilent Technologies Mark Doyle, Chief Information Officer Corporate Secretary Jane Hopkins Gould, Chief Financial Officer Ken Cole Kate P. Kirby, Chief Executive Officer APS Matthew M. Salter, Publisher Francis Slakey, Chief Government Affairs Officer General Councilors James W. Taylor, Deputy Executive Officer and Chief Gail McLaughlin*, Bonnie Fleming, Andrea Liu*, Operating Officer Vivian Incera Michael Thoennessen, Editor in Chief International Councilors Eliezer Rabinovici, Johanna Stachel, Marta Losada*, * Voting Members of the APS Board of Directors Ahmadou Wagué Chair, Nominating Committee David Meyerhofer Los Alamos National Laboratory Chair, Panel on Public Affairs Michael Marder University of Texas at Austin Editor in Chief Michael Thoennessen Michigan State University (on leave) 2 | March Meeting 2018 Program Guide CODE OF CONDUCT It is the policy of the American Physical Society (APS) that all participants, including attendees, vendors, APS staff, volunteers, and all other stakeholders at APS Meetings will conduct themselves in a professional manner that is welcoming to all participants and free from any form of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. 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Code of Conduct Hotline (open during registration hours): (301) 209-3675 March Meeting 2018 Program Guide | 3 PROGRAM COMMITTEE DPB: Vladimir Shiltsev, Fermilab The APS Leadership and Meetings Department staff extend DPOLY: Ryan Hayward, University of Massachusetts - our sincere thanks to the unit program chairs, abstract Amherst sorters, and focus session organizers who, during the DQI: Todd Brun, University of Southern California past year, gave so generously of their time and expertise in sorting abstracts and organizing the program for the FECS: Jason Gardner, National Synchrotron Radiation March Meeting 2018. Research Center FED: Laurence Cain, Davidson College FGSA: Joshua Einstein-Curtis, Fermilab FHP: Daniel Kennefick, University of Arkansas - March Meeting 2018 Program Committee Fayetteville Chair (DCMP): Meigan Aronson, Texas A&M University FIAP: Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland - College Park COM: Ivy Jones, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FIP: R. J. Peterson, University of Colorado - Boulder COM: Garfield Warren, Indiana University - FOEP: Larry Gladney, University of Pennsylvania Bloomington FPS: Beverly Hartline, Montana Tech of the University DAMOP: Dominik Schneble, Stony Brook University of Montana DBIO: Jennifer Ross, University of Massachusetts - GERA: Michelle Johannes, Naval Research Lab Amherst GIMS: Philip Wyatt, Wyatt Technology Corporation DCMP: Paul Canfield, Iowa State University GMAG: Stephen Hill, Florida State University DCOMP: Marcos Rigol, Pennsylvania State University GMED: Jeffrey Siewerdsen, Johns Hopkins University DCP: Scott Anderson, University of Utah GPC: Michael Mann, Pennsylvania State University DFD: Ellen Longmire, University of Minnesota - GSNP: Greg Huber, University of California, Santa Minneapolis Barbara DLS: Anne Kelley, University of California, Merced GSOFT: Patrick Charbonneau, Duke University DMP: Amanda Petford-Long, Argonne National Laboratory Cover Art Inspired by Belousov-Zhabotinsky pattern from S. Weiss and R. Deegan, Phys. Rev. E 95, 022215 (2017). The APS PIPELINE program seeks to give students what they need to succeed as scientists and innovators in the 21st century. Learn more and get involved. Click over to our website for more information. aps.org/programs/education/innovation 4 | March Meeting 2018 Program Guide Kavli Foundation Special Symposium Frontiers of Physics Wednesday, March 7 2:30 PM–5:30 PM · LACC, West Hall B Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and Discovery of the Chiral Majorana a New Science Fermion and its Application to Topological Quantum Computing Barry Barish California Institute of Shoucheng Zhang Technology Stanford University Fantastic Emergent Orders and Frugal Physics and Global Health Where to Find Them Manu Prakash Ming Yi Stanford University University of California, Berkeley When a Weed is a Flower: Reimagining Our Classification System Amir Abo-Shaeer Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy APS MARCH MEETING SPONSORS WIRELESS INTERNET POSTER SESSIONS