March 28- April 1, 2005

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March 28-April 1, 2005
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MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2005

Monday, March 28, 2:00PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear and Particle Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6, Third Floor seminar room
``An obstacle to describing a universe in the laboratory"
Raphael Bousso
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Refreshments will be served

TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2005

Tuesday, March 29, 2:00PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Special Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6, Third Floor seminar room
``Lorentz-noninvariant neutrino oscillations: a simple model"
Frans Klinkhamer
University of Karlsruhe
Refreshments will be served at 2PM

Tuesday, March 29, 2004, 2:30pm
Tufts University
Joint Tufts/CFA/MIT Cosmology Seminar
Robinson 250
"Conflict between anthropic reasoning and observation"
Ken Olum
Tufts University
Refreshments served at 2:00pm in Knipp Library, Room 251

Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 4:00pm
Brandeis University
Martin Weiner Lecture Series, Physics Colloquium
Physics Building, Abelson 131
“Fundamental Physics through Astrophysics”
Professor Christopher Stubbs
Harvard University
Refreshments in Room 333 at 3:30pm

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2005

Wednesday, March 30, 2:00PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
String/Gravity Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6, Third Floor seminar room
``Topological string theory on H_3 x S3"
Martin Wijnholt
Princeton
Refreshments will be served

Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 2:30 p.m.
Brown University
Theoretical Seminar
Department of Physics - B&H 555*
"Reconnection of Cosmic Strings: D Branes Versus Vortices"
Prof. Hanany
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 4:00 PM
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Spring Colloquia 2005
Olney 218
“The Origin of Mass and the Feebleness of Gravity”
Professor Frank Wilczek
MIT
Refreshments served at 3:30 PM

Wednesday, March 30, 4:30PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joint Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6, Third Floor seminar room
``Cold dark matter caustics"
Pierre Sikivie
University of Florida
Refreshments will be served at 4PM

Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 7:00 – 9:30 PM
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Lectures 3 & 4 of special 10 lecture Workshop on Photonic Crystals
Last 2 hours of a 4 hour introductory tutorial on:
“Photonic-crystals: Principles, Techniques, and Applications”
Professor Steven G. Johnson
Mathematics Department, MIT

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2005

Thursday, March 31, 2005, 12:30 PM
Tufts University
Lunchtime Cosmology Seminar
Robinson Hall, Room 250
"Lorentz-noninvariant neutrino oscillations: a simple model"
Frans Klinkhamer
University of Karlsruhe

Thursday, March 31, 2005, 4:15 p.m.
Harvard University
Duality Seminar
Jefferson 453
"Testing models of the 10^{-35}s Universe with the CMB"
Lyman Page
Princeton University
Refreshments served in the High Energy Theory coffee area, 4th floor 
Jefferson, at 3:45

FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2005

Friday, April 1, 2005, 4 PM
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar
Building NW17-218
175 Albany St.
"Is There a Better Route to Fusion?"
Todd Rider
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

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