THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR

The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the=20
academic year by the Department of Physics at Boston College. =20
You may send your announcements by e-mail (bapc@bc.edu) or=20
FAX (617-552-8478).  We cannot accept announcements by telephone. =20
Entries should reach us no later than 11:00 a.m. on the Monday=20
preceding the week of the event. =20
ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT=20
BE PUBLISHED.

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Week of September 28 - October 4
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Monday, September 29, 1997
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Monday, September 29, 1997, 2:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monday Research Seminar
CTP Seminar Room, Building 6 - Third Floor
"Quantum Corrections to a Newtonian Potential"
Stefano Bellucci
INFN/Torino

Monday, September 29, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Colloquium
Olin Hall, Room 107
"Physics and Applications of Optically Excited Quantum Coherences"
Dr. Philip R. Hemmer
Rome Laboratories, Hanscom AFB
Coffee will be served at 3:40 in Olin 118.

Monday, September 29, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear Theory Seminar
CTP Seminar Room, Building 6, Third Floor
"QCD Corrections in Color Suppressed Hadronic B Decays"
Jo=8Bo M. Soares
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Monday, September 29, 1997, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Department of Physics Colloquium
Jefferson 250
"Polymer Physics--Who Cares?"
Frank Bates
University of Minnesota
Tea in Jefferson 461 at 4:00 p.m.


Monday, September 29, 1997, 4:30 p.m.
Brown University
Department of Physics Colloquium
B&H, Room 168
"Astrophysical Evidence for Black Holes"
Professor Ramesh Narayan
Harvard Smithsonian
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Tuesday, September 30, 1997=20
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Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 12:00-1:00
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar
McNair Building, Marlar Lounge, (37-252)
"Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and Control Dynamics with
 Intermediate State Selection"
Steven R. Leone
University of Colorado and NIST
Refreshments will be served following the seminar.

Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 2:30 p.m.
Tufts University
Cosmology Seminar
Robinson Hall, Room 250
"Cosmological Imprint of an Energy Component with=20
General Equation of State"
Dr. Robert Caldwell
University of Pennsylvania
Refreshments will be served at 2:00 in Knipp, Room 251

Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 3:00 p.m.
Brandeis University
Martin Weiner Lecture Series, Physics Colloquium
Physics Building, Abelson 131
"Protein Crystallization - Insights from Colloid Physics"
Dr. Wilson Poon
The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Refreshments in Room 333 at 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 3:45 p.m.
Boston University
Physics Colloquium
Metcalf Science Center, Room 107
"Scanning Near Field Infrared Microscope Based on a=20
Free Electron Laser"
Professor S. Erramilli
Boston University
Refreshments will be served at 3:20 p.m.






Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 4:15 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Astrophysics Colloquium
MIT Building, 37-252
"Gravitational Lenses and the Age of the Universe"
Professor Edwin Turner
Princeton University
Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 4:30 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard-M.I.T. Math/Physics Seminar
M.I.T. Room 4-159
Professor Arthur Jaffe
Harvard University
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Wednesday, October 1, 1997
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Wednesday, October 1, 1997, 4:15 p.m.
Boston College
Department of Physics Colloquium
Higgins Hall, Room 262
"Advances in Solid State Lasers"
Dr. Aram Mooradian
President, AMTEK Co.
Refreshments will be served in Higgins 354 at 3:45 p.m.
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Wednesday, October 1, 1997, 4:30 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joint-Theory Research Seminar
CTP Seminar Room, Building 6, Third Floor
"Black Holes in String Theory"
Juan Maldacena
Harvard University


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Thursday, October 2, 1997, 2:00 p.m.
Boston University
Biophysics Seminar
Metcalf Science and Engineering Center, Room 352
"Protein Crystallization:  Some Analogies from=20
Colloid Physics"
Dr. W.C.K. Poon
University of Edinburgh

Thursday, October 2, 1997, 4:15 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physics Colloquium
MIT Room 10-250
TBA
Professor Ray Ashoori
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Refreshments will be served in MIT Room 26-110 at 3:45 p.m.
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Friday, October 3, 1997

Friday, October 3, 1997, 12:00
Harvard University
Joint Seminar for the History of 20th Century Science
Science Center 226
"Reconsidering the Newtonian Revolution"
Dr. Loup Verlet
CNRS, Paris


Friday, October 3, 1997, 3:30 p.m.
Tufts University
Physics Colloquium
Science and Technology Center, Room 136
"What is Good About Bad Metals"
Dr. Robert Guertin
Tufts University
Refreshments will be served immediately following the talk.

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Reminder

Deadline for the October 5-October 11 Issue is:
Monday, September 29, 1997 at 11:00 a.m.




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Joan Drane
bapc@bc.edu
Boston College