AVS 57th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Actinides and Rare Earths Topical Conference Monday Sessions

Session AC+SS-MoM
Surface Science of Actinides

Monday, October 18, 2010, 8:20 am, Room Isleta
Moderator: J.G. Tobin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory


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9:00am AC+SS-MoM3
High Resolution Auger Electron Spectroscopy of Plutonium Metal and Oxide Surfaces
D.P. Moore, A.L. Broach, D.L. Pugmire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, H.G. Garcia Flores, Univeristy of Nebraska-Lincoln, P. Roussel, Atomic Weapons Establishment
9:20am AC+SS-MoM4
The Behavior of Gallium During the Initial Stages of Plutonium/Gallium Alloy Oxidation
D.L. Pugmire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, H.G. Garcia Flores, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, D.P. Moore, A.L. Broach, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P. Roussel, Atomic Weapons Establishment
9:40am AC+SS-MoM5 Invited Paper
Angle-Resolved Photoemission and the 5f Electronic Structure of Pu Materials
J. Joyce, T. Durakiewicz, K.S. Graham, E.D. Bauer, J.N. Mitchell, D.P. Moore, J.A. Kennison, T.M. McCleskey, A.K. Burrell, E. Bauer, Q. Jia, Los Alamos National Laboratory
10:40am AC+SS-MoM8
Novel Band Renormalization Mechanism in f-electron Systems
T. Durakiewicz, J. Joyce, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.S. Riseborough, Temple University, P.M. Oppeneer, Uppsala University, Sweden, J.-C. Griveau, ITU, Germany, E.D. Bauer, Los Alamos National Laboratory, E. Guziewicz, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
11:00am AC+SS-MoM9
The Initial Oxidation of Polycrystalline Thorium
M. Bagge-Hansen, R.A. Outlaw, D.M. Manos, College of William & Mary
11:20am AC+SS-MoM10
The Non-Equilibrium Nature of Uranium Oxide Surfaces
R.K. Schulze, D.P. Johnson, M.A. Hill, Los Alamos National Laboratory
11:40am AC+SS-MoM11
Characterization of the Surface Changes During the Activation of Erbium/Erbium Oxide for Hydrogen Storage
M.T. Brumbach, K.R. Zavadil, C.S. Snow, J.A. Ohlhausen, Sandia National Laboratories