THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR
Week of September 22 - September 28, 1996
 
The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during 
the academic year by the Department of Physics and Astronomy 
at Tufts University.  You may send your announcements by 
e-mail (bapc@tuhepa.phy.tufts.edu) or FAX:(617-627-3878).  
We cannot accept announcements by telephone.  Entries should 
reach us no later than 11:00am on the Monday preceding the week 
of the event. ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT 
BE PUBLISHED.           
                
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Monday, September 23, 1996
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Monday, September 23, 12:00 p.m. 
 
Harvard University 
Special Theory Seminar  
Jefferson 256
``Higher Order Radiative Corrections to the Higgs Boson Decay Rate'' 
DR. AXEL KWIATKOWSKI 
LBNL - Berkeley  
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Monday, September 23, 2:00 p.m. 
 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Monday Research Seminar  
Center for Theoretical Physics 
Building 6, Third Floor 
``Anolmalies at High Temperature'' 
PER ELMFORS 
CERN  
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Monday, September 23, 4:00 p.m. 
 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Nuclear Theory Seminar  
Center for Theoretical Physics 
Building 6, Third Floor 
``Variational Solution of Large N Matrix Models -- Free 
Random Variables on Trial'' 
SHIMON LEVIT 
Weizmann Institute  
  
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Monday, September 23, 4:00 p.m. 
 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 
Colloquium  
Olin Hall, Room 107 
``Optical Studies on GaAs Surfaces and Microstructures'' 
DR. MARTIN KUBALL 
Brown University 
Refreshments will be served in Olin 118 at 3:45 p.m.  
  
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Monday, September 23, 4:30 p.m. 
 
Brown University 
Colloquium  
Barus & Holley Building 
Room 168 
 ``Squids for Micromagnetometry'' 
DR. MARK KETCHEN 
IBM Watson Research Institute  
Refreshments will be served at 4:00 p.m. 
  
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Monday, September 23, 4:30 p.m. 
 
Harvard University 
Colloquium  
Jefferson Building, Room 250 
``Symmetry of the Superconducting Pairing State:
Direct Experimental Evidence for d-Wave Pairing in High Tc Superconductors'' 
PROFESSOR DALE VAN HARLINGEN 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Tea will be served in Jefferson 461 at 4:00 p.m. 
  
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Tuesday, September 24, 1996 
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Tuesday, September 24, 12:00 p.m. 
 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Seminar on Modern Optics and Spectroscopy  
The Marlar Lounge 
Room 37-252 
``Semiconductor Nanocrystallites: Building Blocks for Quantum Dot 
Structures'' 
MOUNGI G. BAWENDI 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
Refreshments will be served following the seminar. 
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Tuesday, September 24, 2:30 p.m.

 *** Correction ***

Brandeis University
Theoretical Seminar 
The Physics Building
Room 229
``BRST Approach to Gauged WZNW Models''
DR. HENRIC RHEDIN
Brandeis University

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Tuesday, September 24, 2:30 p.m.

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Harvard University
Special Mathematical Physics Seminar
Jefferson 356
``BF Theories and Connections on Loop Spaces''
PROFESSOR P. COTTA-RAMUSINO
Universita di Milan
  
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Tuesday, September 24, 3:45 p.m. (note new time) 
 
Boston University 
Physics Colloquium 
Metcalf Science Center, Room 107 
``An Animated Introduction to Goldstone Boson Scattering'' 
PROFESSOR H. GEORGI 
Harvard University 
Refreshments will be served immediately BEFORE the colloquium. 
  
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Tuesday, September 24, 4:15 p.m. 
 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Astrophysics Colloquium  
The Marlar Lounge 
Room 37-252 
``New Results in the Theory of Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions'' 
PROFESSOR ADAM BURROWS 
University of Arizona  
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m. 
  
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Wednesday, September 25, 1996
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Wednesday, September 25, 4:30 p.m. 
 
Boston University 
Joint Theory Seminar  
PRB 593 
``Partial Breaking of Extended Supersymmetry'' 
PROFESSOR JONATHAN BAGGER  
John Hopkins University  
Refreshments will be served in PRB 593 at 4:00 p.m. 
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Wednesday, September 25, 5:00 p.m. 
 
Harvard University/Center for Astrophysics 
Joint Atomic Physics Seminar  
Jefferson Laboratory 
Room 356 
``Optical Lattices: A New Solid State?'' 

 Abstract: 

Optical lattices are periodic potentials created by the light shift
interaction between atoms and a set of interfering laser beams, capable of 
trapping cold atoms.  They offer an interesting model system for solid state 
physics, with completely characterized potentials and the ability to easily
manipulate the potentials.  Using Bragg scattering of a laser off the 
ordered array of atoms, we have investigated the dynamics of initially 
delocalized atoms loaded into the lattice.  By suddenly changing the potential
depth, we have created breathing-mode oscillating wave packets, visible as
time dependent oscillations of the Bragg scattering.  These experiments, as
well as other ongoing work on optical lattices at NIST and elsewhere, will
be discussed.

DR. STEVEN L. ROLSTON 
National Institute of Standards and Technology  
Refreshments will be served at 4:30 p.m. 
  
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Thursday, September 26, 1996
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Thursday, September 26, 12:00 p.m. 
 
Harvard University 
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar  
Pierce 100F 
``Persistence Exponent in Phase Ordering Dynamics'' 
SATYA MAJUMDAR 
Yale University  
  
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Thursday, September 26, 2:30 p.m. 
 
Brown University 
Theoretical Seminar  
Barus & Holley Building 
Room 555 
``Open Inflation Models'' 
DR. JOANNE COHN 
Tufts University  

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Thursday, September 26, 4:00 p.m. 
 
Clark University 
Colloquium  
Sackler Science Center 
Room N-105 
``Current Status of Understanding of High Tc Superconductors'' 
PROFESSOR PATRICK LEE 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
  
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Thursday, September 26, 4:00 p.m. 
 
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 
Scientific Colloquium  
60 Garden Street (Phillips Auditorium) 
 ``Deviations from Hubble Flow in the Local Universe'' 

 Abstract: 

Large--scale deviations from Hubble flow, thought to be driven
by mass density inhomogeneities, can now be mapped out to distances
in excess of 100 Megaparsec. They can be used not only to characterize
the details of the local mass distribution and to identify the main
drivers of the motion of the Local Group with respect to the comoving
reference frame, but also to set important constraints to the values
of parameters of cosmological interest, such as the Hubble constant
and the density parameter. 

The results of an all--sky survey of peculiar motions will be
presented, based on the application of the Tully--Fisher technique
for the determination of individual galaxy distances. The importance
of the quality of a template relation and the treatment of bias will
be underscored, as well as the potential of the technique for future
applications. Maps of the mass distribution, estimates of cosmological
parameters and inferences on the convergence depth will be discussed.

DR. RICCARDO GIOVANELLI 
Cornell University  
Tea will be served at 3:30 p.m. 
  
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Thursday, September 26, 4:15 p.m. 
 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Colloquium  
MIT Room 10-250 
``Electrons and Phonons in Carbon Nanotubes'' 
MILDRED DRESSELHAUS 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
Refreshments will be served outside Room 10-250 at 3:45 p.m. 
  
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Thursday, September 26, 4:30 p.m. 
 
Brown University 
Condensed Matter Seminar  
Barus & Holley Building 
Room 751 
``The Resistivity Law in Quantum Hall Systems'' 
DR. STEVEN SIMON 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
Refreshments will be served at 4:00 p.m. 
 
 
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Friday, September 27, 1996
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Friday, September 27, 4:00 p.m. 
 
Harvard University 
Condensed Matter Seminar  
Pierce Hall, Room 209 
 ``Towards a First-Principles Thermodynamics of Alloys'' 
DR. DIDIER DE FONTAINE 
University of California-Berkley  
Refreshments will be served following the seminar in the Brooks Room.

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A Friendly Reminder: 
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The Deadline for the September 29-October 5, 1996 Issue is:

MONDAY, September 23, 1996 at 11:00 a.m.
 
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