THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR

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ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE 
PUBLISHED.

Week of October 12 - October 18, 1997
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Monday, October 13, 1997
   Columbus Day - Holiday 
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Tuesday, October 14, 1997 
 
Tuesday, October 14, 1997
Brandeis University
Biomaterials and Complex Fluids Workshop
Hassenfeld Conference Hall
A one day workshop on Biomaterials and Complex Fluids will be 
held at Brandeis University, sponsored by the Materials Research 
Society.  This meeting is intended to foster cross-disciplinary 
exchange between researchers located in the Boston Area.  
Pre registration is required - 
see http://www.elsie.brandeis.edu/workshop.

Tuesday, October 14, 1997, 12:00-1:00
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar
McNair Building, Marlar Lounge, (37-252)
"Buffer-gas Loading and Magnetic Trapping of Chromium and Europium"
John Doyle
Harvard University
Refreshments will be served following the seminar.

Tuesday, October 14, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Boston University
725 Commonwealth Ave., Room 500
"First Science from the FIRST Survey"
David Helfand
Columbia University

Tuesday, October 14, 1997, 4:15 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Astrophysics Colloquium
Building 37-252 (70 Vassar Street)
"From Bombs to Bombast:  The Continuing Enigma of Gamma Ray Bursts"
Professor Ira Wasserman
Cornell University
Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday, October 14, 1997, 4:30 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard-M.I.T. Math/Physics Seminar
M.I.T. Room 4-159
"Donaldson = Coulomb + Higgs"
Professor Gregory Moore
Yale University
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Wednesday, October 15, 1997

Wednesday, October 15, 1997, 3:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Seminar on Mathematics and String Theory
Jefferson 250
"Virasoro Constraints on Gravitational Correlators"
Professor Sheldon Katz
Oklahoma University

Wednesday, October 15, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Northeastern University
Condensed Matter Seminar
114 Dana
"What Is Good About Bad Metals?"
Robert Guertin
Tufts University
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.

Wednesday, October 15, 1997, 4:30 p.m.
Boston University
Joint Theory Seminar
Physics Research Building 593
"Mesons with Beauty and Charm"
Dr. Chris Quigg
Fermi Lab
Refreshments at 4:00 p.m. in PRB 593.
Parking:  Call 353-2600 24 hours in advance.
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Thursday, October 16, 1997 

Thursday, October 16, 1997, 12:00 noon
Harvard University
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
Pierce Hall, 100F
"Size Distribution of Vesicles with Topological Defects"
Dr. Georg Foltin
Harvard University

Thursday, October 16, 1997, 1:45 p.m.
Boston University
Particles and Fields Seminar
Physics Research Building 593
"Interactions of Extraterrestrial Neutrinos at Ultrahigh Energies"
Dr. Chris Quigg
Fermi Lab
Parking:  Call 353-2600 24 hours in advance.

Thursday, October 16, 1997, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Lobby 13
Department of Physics
Sixth Annual Graduate Student Poster Session

Thursday, October 16, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Northeastern University
Physics Colloquium
114 Dana
"Beating the Diffraction Limit in Infrared Imaging with a Free 
Electron Laser"
Shyamsunder Erramilli
Boston University
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.


Thursday, October 16, 1997, 4:15 p.m.
Boston College
Physics Department Seminar
Higgins Hall, Room 354
"Electron Correlations at Semiconductor Surfaces"
Professor Hanno H. Weitering
University of Tennessee 
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Friday & Saturday, October 17 & 18 

Friday and Saturday, October 17 and 18, 1997
Harvard University
A Symposium in Honor of Edward M. Purcell
Science Center, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

October 17:   Hall D, 4:30 p.m.
Tea outside Hall D at 4:00 p.m.
"Phase-Coherent Signal Processing in Radio Astronomy"
Joseph Taylor, Princeton University


October 18:  Hall C, 8:45 a.m. - noon
Continental Breakfast (outside Hall C) at 8:30 a.m.
"A Bottle of Bosons"
Lene Hau, Rowland Institute

"What Is Quantum Mechanics Trying To Tell Us?"
N. David Mermin, Cornell University

"Nature's Tiny Motors"
Steven M. Block, Princeton University

	
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Reminder

Deadline for the October 19-October 25 Issue is:
TUESDAY, October 14, 1997 at 11:00 a.m.
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Joan Drane
joan.drane@bc.edu
Boston College