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.  
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Week of November 2-November 8,1997
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Monday, November 3, 1997

Monday, November 3, 1997, 12:00 noon
Boston University
Particles and Fields Seminar
Physics Research Building 593
"The Structure of the Photon"
Jan Lauber
University College, London
Parking:  Call 353-2600 24 hours in advance.

Monday, November 3, 1997, 2:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monday Research Seminar 
CTP Seminar Room, Building 6, Third Floor
"Non-Relativistic Maxwell Chern-Simons Solitons"
P. Horavathy
University of Tours

Monday, November 3, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Colloquium
Olin Hall, Room 107
"3D Imaging Using Tunable Lasers"
Dr. Lyle Shirley
Coffee will be at 3:40 in Olin 118.

Monday, November 3, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Boston University
Astrophysics Colloquium
"Black Holes in X-ray Binaries"
Jeffery McClintock
CfA
Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.

Monday, November 3, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Clark University
Department of Chemistry and Physics Seminar
Sackler Sciences Center, Room N-105
"The Elementary Events in Liquid Dynamics"
Professor Richard Stratt
Brown University

Monday, November 3, 1997, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Physics Department Colloquium
Jefferson 250
"Skyrmions and Skyrme Crystals in Quantum Hall Ferromagnets"
Professor Allan MacDonald
University of Indiana
Tea in Jefferson 461 at 4:00 p.m.

Monday, November 3, 1997, 4:30 p.m.
Brown University
Department of Physics Colloquium
B&H, Room 168
"High-Frequency Studies of Nanoscale Electron Systems:  
physics and new devices"
Professor Daniel Prober
Yale University
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Tuesday, November 4, 1997

Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar
McNair Building, Marlar Lounge (37-252)
"NMR Quantum Computers Explained"
Seth Lloyd
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Refreshments served following the seminar.

Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 2:30 p.m.
Brandeis University
Theoretical Seminar
Physics Building, Room 229
"Large N WZW Field Theory of N=2 Strings"
Dr. Joao Nunes
Brown University

Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Northeastern University
CIRCS Seminar
Dana Research Center, Room 114
"Pattern Formation Processes in Lattice Gas Models:  
A Dynamic Mean-Field Approach"
Dr. M. Plapp
CIRCS, Northeastern University
Coffee at 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 4:15 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Astrophysics Colloquium
Building 37-252 (70 Vassar St.)
"Measuring Cosmological Parameters"
Dr. Wendy Freedman
Carnegie Observatories
Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 4:30 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Math/Physics Seminar
M.I.T. Room 4-159
"Operator Product Expansion and Conformal Algebra"
Professor Victor Kac
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Wednesday, November 5, 1997

Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 4;00 p.m.
Northeastern University
Condensed Matter Seminar
114 Dana
"Short Coherence Length Superconductors and Pseudogap 
Phenomena in Underdoped Cuprates"
Jan Engelbrecht
Boston College
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.

Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 4:30 p.m.
Boston University
Joint Theory Seminar
Physics Research Building, Room 593 (3 Cummington St.)
"On Being Almost Lorentz Invariant"
Professor Sheldon Glashow
Harvard University
Refreshments at 4:00 p.m.
Parking:  Call 353-2600 24 hours in advance.

Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
Harvard University/Center for Astrophysics
Joint Atomic Physics Seminar
Jefferson Laboratory, Room 356
"Statistical and Thermodynamic Behaviour of Trapped Bose Gases"
Dr. Sandro Stringari
Trento University
Tea will be served at 4:30 p.m.
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Thursday, November 6, 1997 

Thursday, November 6, 1997, 12:00 noon
Harvard University
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
Pierce 100F
"Novel Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Interfacial Liquid Films:  
The Beauty and the Beast"
Professor Sandra Troian
Princeton University
 
Thursday, November 6, 3:30 p.m.
Boston University
Particles and Fields Seminar
Physics Research Building 593
"Analysis of the Z0 Line Shape in General Rxi Gauges"
Massimo Passera
NYU
Parking:  Call 353-2600 24 hours in advance. 

Thursday, November 6, 3:45 p.m.
Boston University
Space Physics Seminar
Room 500 (5th fl., 725 Comm. Ave.)
TBS
Bill Oliver
Boston University

Thursday, November 6, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Boston College
Department of Physics Seminar
Higgins Hall, Room 354
"Polarons in CMR Perovskites"
Heinrich Roder
Los Alamos National Laboratory 

Thursday, November 6, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Northeastern University
Physics Colloquium
114 Dana
"Understanding the Proton from Quarks and Bits of Glue"
J. Negele
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.

Thursday, November 6, 1997, 4:15 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physics Colloquium
MIT Room 10-250
TBA
Dr. Vera G. Luth
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
Refreshments available at 3:45 in Room 26-110.

Thursday, November 6, 1997, 4:30 p.m.
Brown University
Condensed Matter Seminar
Barus & Holley, Room 751
"Electron Tunneling Studies of the Hexaboride Kondo Insulators"
Professor Fred Sharifi
University of Florida
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Friday, November 7, 1997 

Friday, November 7, 1997, 12:00 noon
Brandeis University
Theoretical Seminar
Physics Building, Room 229
"Supersymmetry in Quantum Mechanics and String Bit Models"
Professor Charles Thorn
University of Florida

Friday, November 7, 1997, 3:30 p.m.
Tufts University
Physics Department Colloquium
Sci/Tech Room 136
"Negative Energy, Wormholes and Warp Drive"
Professor Lawrence Ford
Tufts University

Friday, November 7, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Condensed Matter Seminar
Pierce Hall, Room 209
"Controlling Interfacial Interactions to Manipulate Polymeric 
Nanostructures"
Professor Tom Russell
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Refreshments served following in the Brooks Room.

Friday, November 7, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
LNS Colloquium
Kolker Room, 26-414
"The Pomeron in the Modern World"
Peter Schlein
University of California, Los Angeles
Refreshments:  3:45 p.m., 26-414.

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Reminder

Deadline for the November 9-November 15 Issue is:
Monday, November 3, 1997 at 11:00 a.m.
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Joan Drane
joan.drane@bc.edu
Boston College