BAPC EVENTS FOR WEEK OF MARCH 28, 2011 THROUGH APRIL 1, 2011

["Grant, Gayle" <Gayle Grant tufts edu>]

March 28, 2011 to April 1, 2011

THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR

The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic 
year by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Tufts University.  
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Monday, March 28, 2011

12:30 pm
Monday, March 28, 2011
Boston University
Particle and Fields Seminar
3 Cummington St., Room 595
TBA
Tuhin Roy
University of Washington

2:00 pm
Monday, March 28, 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Center for Theoretical Physics
Cosman seminar room 6c-442
Nuclear & Particle Theory Seminar
"Flavored Boltzmann Equations for Weak Scale Baryogenesis"
Vincenzo Cirigliano
LANL
Refreshments will be served

4:15 PM
Monday, March 28, 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Lunch Time Seminar
Kolker Room, 26-414
"Electric Dipole Moments, the LHC, and the Origin of Matter"
Michael Ramsey-Musolf
University of Wisconsin - Madison
*Refreshments at 3:45 PM

4:15 pm
Monday, March 28, 2011
Harvard University
Department of Physics Colloquium
Jefferson 250
"New Measurements of Persistent Currents in Resistive Metal Rings"
Jack Harris
Yale University
Tea will be served in Jefferson 450 at 3:30 p.m.
http://www.physics.harvard.edu

4:30 PM 
Monday March 28, 2011
MIT, Building 2, Room 105
APPLIED MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM
"The Evolutionary Dynamics of Human Cooperation"
Prof. David G. Rand
Harvard University
Applied Math Colloquium Website: http://www-math.mit.edu/amc/spring11 
Applied Math Colloquium poster: 
http://www-math.mit.edu/amc/spring11/D_Rand.pdf
To sign up for Applied Mathematics Colloquium announcements, please 
contact avisha math mit edu 
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

10:00 a.m.
March 29, 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar
Building NW17-218
"Challenges in ballooning theory for tokamak plasmas"
Howard Wilson,
University of York

12:00 Noon
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Nuclear and Particle Physics Colloquium
Kolker Room, 26-414
Paola Rebusco
MIT
"Swirling Around Black Holes"

4:00 pm
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Brandeis University
Martin Weiner Lecture Series -- Physics Department Colloquium
Abelson 131
"The two-body problem in general relativity"
Scott Hughes
MIT
Refreshments outside Abelson 131 at 3:30pm

4:00 pm
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Northeastern University
Joint CIRCS and Physics Colloquium
114 Dana Research Center
"The Study of Neural Circuits and Behavior C. Elegans Using Biophysical 
Tools"
Heonick Ha
Harvard University
Refreshments will be served. 
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

2:00 pm
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Northeastern University
Special Seminar
114 Dana Research Center
"Graphene-based Materials, Energy, and Sustainability"
Rodney S. Ruoff, PhD
Professor, Cockrell Family Regents Chair
The University of Texas at Austin
Refreshments will be served. 

2:00 PM (* special time *)
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011
University of Massachusetts Boston 
Physics Colloquium Series 
Science building, room 3-126
"Quantum chaos, random matrix theory, and the Riemann zeta-function"
Paul Bourgade
Harvard University
Refreshments served at 12:45
Questions: Maxim Olshanii (Olchanyi) <Maxim Olchanyi umb edu>

2:30 pm
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Harvard University
Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology Seminar
Palfrey House 1st floor Conference Room
18 Hammond St, Cambridge
CMS W' Search Peter Wittich
Cornell University
Coffee and cookies served

4:00 pm
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
UMass Lowell, Physics Colloquium
OH218
"Exploring new frontiers of quantum optical science}"
Mikhail Lukin
Harvard University
Refreshments served at 3:30 pm, OH218
Colloquia Coordinator Albert Altman 978-934-3781

4:30 PM
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Institute for Theoretical Atomic
Molecular and Optical Physics Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium 
Jefferson 356
"Ultrafast Processes at High X-ray Intensity"
Prof. Robin Santra
University of Hamburg
Sponsored by Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical 
Physics ITAMP (http://itamp.harvard.edu) and Harvard Physics Department
Tea begins at 4:00
(http://www.physics.harvard.edu)
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Thursday, March 31, 2011

4:00 pm
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Northeastern University
Physics Colloquium
114 Dana Research Center
"Publishing with Nature"
Dr. Michael Segal, Associate Editor of Nature Nanotechnology
Refreshments will be served

4:15 p.m.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The David and Edith Harris Physics Colloquium Series 
Building 10, Room 250 
"Topological Insulators and Topological Band Theory "
Charles Kane
University of Pennsylvania 
Refreshments @ 3:45PM in 4-349
http://web.mit.edu/physics/events/colloquia.html
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Friday, April 1, 2011

10:00 a.m.
March 29, 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar
Building NW17-218
"Challenges in ballooning theory for tokamak plasmas"
Howard Wilson,
University of York

12:00 pm (Noon)
Friday, April 1, 2011
Boston University
Biophysics/Condensed Matter Seminar
Metcalf Science Center, Room 352
590 Commonwealth Ave.
"Band structure engineering for novel infrared semiconductor lasers"
Oana Malis
Purdue University
Pizza served at 11:45AM

3:00 pm
Friday, April 1, 2011
Tufts University
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
Nelson Auditorium, Anderson Hall
Medford Campus
"How to Double the Number of Undergraduate Physics Majors"
Sacha Kopp
University of Texas
Refreshments served at 2:30 in Robinson Hall, Room 251

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