February 15, 1998 - February 21, 1998 =20 =20 THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic=20 ear by the Department of Physics at Boston College. You may send your=20 announcements by e-mail (bapc@bc.edu) or FAX (617-552-8478). We cannot=20 accept announcements by telephone. Entries should reach us no later than= =20 11:00 a.m. on the Monday preceding the week of the event. =20 ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED. _______________________________________________ Monday, February 16, 1998 No events scheduled.=20 _____________________________________________ Tuesday, February 17, 1998 Tuesday, February 17, 1998, 12:00-1:00 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar Marlar Lounge (37-252), McNair Building "The Spectroscopy of Muonium" Lorenz Willmann Massachusetts Institute of Technology Refreshments served following the seminar. Tuesday, February 17, 1998, 2:30 p.m. Tufts University Joint Tufts-CfA-M.I.T. Seminar Robinson Hall, Room 250 "Post-Inflation Reheating - Studying Preheating in an Expanding Universe" David Kaiser Harvard University Refreshments served at 2:00 in the Knipp Library, Room 251 Tuesday, February 17, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Brandeis University Martin Weiner Lecture Series, Physics Colloquium Physics Building, Abelson 131 "Symmetry and Textures in Thin Films of Liquid Crystals" Professor Robert B. Meyer Brandeis University Refreshments in Room 333 at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 17, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Boston University Astrophysics Colloquium Astronomy Conference Room 500, 725 Comm. Ave. "Extragalactic Science with 2MASS" Dr. John Huchra Center for Astrophysics Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m. ________________________________________________ Wednesday, February 18, 1998 Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 4;00 p.m. Northeastern University Physics Colloquium 114 Dana "Understanding and Predicting Protein Crystallization Conditions: =20 Recent Light Scattering Results" Martin Muschol University of Pennsylvania Coffee will be served at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 4:15 p.m. Boston University Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquium Photonics Bldg., 8 Saint Mary's Street, Room 206 "Inferring Information About Objects from Scattered Field Data" Michael Fiddy University of Massachusetts at Lowell Refreshments will be served at 5:15 outside Room 206. Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 4:30 p.m. Harvard University Joint Theory Seminar Jefferson 356 "QCD at Finite Baryon Density: Nucleon Droplets and Color=20 Superconductivity" Professor Krishna Rajagopal Massachusetts Institute of Technology Refreshments will be served at 4:00 in Lyman 330. ______________________________________________ Thursday, February 19, 1998 Thursday, February 19, 1998, 12:00 Noon Harvard University Condensed Matter Theory Seminar Pierce 100F "Ab-initio Theory of Initial Oxidation of Silicon (001) Surfaces" Dr. Normand Modine Harvard University Thursday, February 19, 1998, 1:30 p.m. Harvard University Materials Science Seminar Gordon McKay Laboratory, Room 402 "The Effect of Growth Conditions on Spontaneous Lateral Composition=20 Modulation in Short Period Superlattices" Joanna Mirecki-Millunchick University of Michigan Thursday, February 19, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Boston College Department of Physics Colloquium Higgins Hall, Room 354 "Electron Crystals, Phonon Glasses, and Improved Thermoelectric Materials" Dr. David Mandrus Oak Ridge National Laboratory Thursday, February 19, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Clark University Department of Physics Colloquium Sackler Science Center, Room N-105 "Spectroscopic Studies of Novel Materials" Dr. Janice L. Musfeldt SUNY-Binghamton Thursday, February 19, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Harvard University Duality Seminar Jefferson 356 "M-theory as a Holographic Field Theory" Petr Horava California Institute of Technology Thursday, February 19, 1998, 4:15 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics Colloquium MIT Room 10-250 "Cracking a Tough Nut with a Computer: Studying Materials Failure=20 Using Millions of Atoms" Farid F. Abraham IBM Research Division, Alamaden Refreshments available in 26-110 at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, February 19, 1998, 4:30 p.m. Brown University Condensed Matter Seminar Barus & Holley, Room 751 "Quantum Dots" Professor Frank Wise Cornell University Thursday, February 19, 1998, 7:30 p.m. Optical Society of America, New England Section Monthly Meeting Best Western TLC, Waltham "Optical Design - Information and Insight" Dr. Kevin Thompson Optical Research Associates 5:30 p.m. Social hour; 6:30 Dinner Reservations by Tuesday, Feb. 17: 781-453-0961 For more info: http://www.lambdares.com/nesosa ________________________________________________ Friday, February 20, 1998 Friday, February 20, 1998, 1:00 p.m. Harvard University Joint Seminar for the History of 20th Century Science Science Center 226 "The Role of Theory in the Use of Instrumentation" Professor Alan Chalmers The University of Sydney and Dibner Institute Friday, February 20, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar NW17-218, 175 Albany Street "Alfv=8En Eigenmodes in the JET Tokamak D-D and D-T Plasmas" Professor Ambrogio Fasoli Massachusetts Institute of Technology Refreshment will be served 15 minutes before the seminar. Friday, February 20, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Harvard University Condensed Matter Seminar Pierce Hall, Room 209 "A Perspective on the Theory of High-Tc Superconductivity" Dr. Victor Emery Brookhaven National Laboratory Refreshments will be served following in the Brooks Room. ____________________________ Reminder: =20 Deadline for the Feb. 22 - Feb. 28 Issue is: Monday, February 16, 1998 at 11:00 a.m. (If you are lucky enough to have off on that day, by 11:00 a.m. on=20 Tuesday, Feb. 17). ____________________________ =20 ---------------------- Joan Drane joan.drane@bc.edu Boston College