May 2 - May 6, 2005

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May 2-May 6, 2005
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MONDAY, MAY 2, 2005

Monday, May 2, 11 a.m.
Harvard University
Department of Physics
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
Lyman 425
"Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory: Successes and Challenges"
Kieron Burke
Rutgers University

Monday, May 2, 2:00PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear and Particle Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6, Third Floor seminar room
``Nuclear interactions from the renormalization group"
Achim Schwenk
Indiana University
Refreshments will be served

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2005

Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 3:30 PM
Boston University
Physics Department Colloquium
Metcalf Science Center: Room SCI-107
“Capturing neural dynamics in the human brain, using SQUIDs”
Jonathon Simon
University of Maryland
Refreshments served in the SCI 1st fl. Lounge at 3:15 PM

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2005

Wednesday, May 4, 2:00PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
String/Gravity Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6, Third Floor seminar room
``Semiclassical strings and gauge-string duality"
Arkady Tseytlin
Ohio State University
Refreshments will be served

Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 4:30 PM
Boston University
Department of Physics
Joint Theory Seminar
Physics Research Building, Room 595
3 Cummington St.
“Orbifold Projections and Duality Webs in Large N Gauge Theories”
Larry Yaffe
University of Washington
Refreshments served at 4:00 PM

Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Joint Atomic Physics Seminar
Jefferson Laboratory, Room 356
"Abelian and Non-Abelian Gauge Potentials for Cold Atoms Using 
Electromagnetically INduced Transparency:
Dr. Michael Fleischhauer
Uni Kaiserslautern
Refreshments served at 4:00 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2005

Thursday, May 5, 2005, 12:30pm
Tufts University
Lunchtime Cosmology Seminar
Robinson 250
”Glueballs and the Universal Energy Spectrum of Tight Knots and Kinks “
Tom Kephart
Vanderbilt University

Thursday, May 5, 2005, 4:15 p.m.
Harvard University
Duality Seminar
Jefferson 453
"Geometric Transitions and Integrable Systems"
Emanuel Diaconescu
Rutgers University
Refreshments served in the High Energy Theory coffee area, 4th floor 
Jefferson, at 3:45

Thursday May 5, 2005, 4:15pm
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Physics Colloquium Series
Room 10-250
"Matter vs. Antimatter: What Have We Learned?"
Jeffrey Richman
University of California at Santa Barbara

FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2005

Friday, May 6, 2005, 4 PM
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar
Building NW17-218
175 Albany St.
"Novel Numerical Algorithms for Multiscale Plasma Physics Problems"
William Dorland
University of Maryland


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