March 1, 1998 - March 7, 1998 =20 =20 THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic=20 year 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 =20 ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.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, March 2, 1998 =20 Monday, March 2, 1998, 2:00 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Monday Research Seminar MIT-Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg. 6, Third Floor "Yang-Mills Theory in the Electric Representation" Jiannis Pachos Massachusetts Institute of Technology Monday, March 2, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Boston University Astrophysics Colloquium CAS Bldg., Room 501 (725 Commonwealth Ave.) "Supermassive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei: Observational Evidence and= =20 Some Astrophysical Consequences" Luis Ho Center for Astrophysics Coffee and cookies at 3:45 p.m. Monday, March 2, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear Theory Seminar MIT-Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg. 6, Third Floor "Beautiful CP Violation" Isi Dunietz Fermi Laboratory Monday, March 2, 1998, 4:30 p.m. Harvard University Morris Loeb Lectures in Physics: Colloquium Jefferson Lab 250 "The Interior of Jupiter Illuminated by Galileo and Condensed=20 Matter Physics" David Stevenson Caltech Tea will be served in Jefferson 461 at 4:00 p.m.=20 Monday, March 2, 1998, 4:30 p.m. Brown University Department of Physics Colloquium Barus & Holley, Room 168 "Quantum Computation" Professor Raymond Laflamme Los Alamos National Laboratory Refreshments served at 4:00 p.m. _____________________________________________ Tuesday, March 3, 1998 Tuesday, March 3, 1998, 12:00-1:00 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar Marlar Lounge (37-252), McNair Building "Intracavity Laser Absorption Spectroscopy - Background, History and=20 New Prospects" Alexander Kachanov Universit=8E J-Rourier, Paris Refreshments served following the seminar. Tuesday, March 3, 1998, 3:00 p.m. Harvard University Morris Loeb Lectures in Physics: Lecture I Jefferson 250 "History of Earth's Core" David Stevenson Caltech Tuesday, March 3, 1998, 3:45 p.m. Boston University Department of Physics Colloquium Metcalf Science Center, (590 Comm. Ave.), Room 107 "Insight into Hadron Structure from Lattice QCD" Professor John Negele Massachusetts Institute of Technology Refreshments are served at 3:20 in the lounge. Tuesday, March 3, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Harvard University High Energy Physics Seminar High Energy Physics Lab., 3rd Floor Seminar Room "Brands of CP Violations in B Decays" Professor Amarjit Soni Brookhaven National Laboratory Exquisite cookies and fresh-brewed coffee will be served. ________________________________________________ Wednesday, March 4, 1998 Wednesday, March 4, 1998, 4:30 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Theory Seminar MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg. 6, Third Floor "The Uses of Instantons, 20 Years Later" Nikata Nekrasov Harvard University Wednesday, March 4, 1998, 7:00 p.m. Boston University Distinguished Faculty Lecture Sherman Union Conference Auditorium, 775 Comm. Ave. "Quantum Teleportation and Einstein's Spooky Action at a Distance" Professor Bahaa E.A. Saleh Boston University ______________________________________________ Thursday, March 5, 1998 Thursday, March 5, 1998, 1:30 p.m. Harvard University Materials Science Seminar Gordon McKay Laboratory, Room 402 "Thermal Transport and Mechanical Properties of Some Multilayer Materials" Daniel Josell National Institute of Standards and Technology Thursday, March 5, 1998, 3:00 p.m. Harvard University Morris Loeb Lectures in Physics: Lecture II Jefferson 250 "Lunar Structure and Evolution: Clues to Origin?" David Stevenson Caltech Thursday, March 5, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Scientific Colloquium 60 Garden Street (Phillips Auditorium) "Brown Dwarfs: The New Frontier" Dr. Jonathan Lunine University of Arizona Tea will be served at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 1998, 4:15 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics Colloquium MIT Room 10-250 "TBA" Ruth Sime Sacramento City College Refreshments available in 26-110 at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 1998, 4:30 p.m. Brown University Condensed Matter Seminar Barus & Holley 751 "Quantum Dots" Professor Supriyo Datta Purdue University/M.I.T. ______________________________________________ Friday, March 6, 1998 Friday, March 6, 1998, 1:00 p.m. Harvard University Joint Seminar for the History of 20th Century Science Science Center 226 "The Low Tide of General Relativity: 1925-1955" Dr. Jean Eisenstaedt Dibner Institute and CNRS, Paris Friday, March 6, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Harvard University Condensed Matter Seminar Pierce Hall, Room 209 "Tethered Chains at Surfaces: Effects of Crowding, Mixing, Shearing=20 and Charging" Professor Matthew Tirrell University of Minnesota Refreshments will be served following in the Brooks Room. Friday, March 6, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar NW17-218, 175 Albany Street "Challenges for Plasma Processing of Deep Submicron Integrated Circuits" Professor Jeffrey Hopwood Northeastern University Refreshments served 15 minutes before seminar. Friday, March 6, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology LNS Colloquium Kolker Room, 26-414 "Open Theoretical Questions in SUSY Particle Physics" Chris Kolda IAS Refreshments at 3:45 p.m. ____________________________ Reminder: =20 Deadline for the Mar. 8 - Mar. 14 Issue is: Monday, March 2, 1998 at 11:00 a.m. ____________________________ =20 ---------------------- Joan Drane joan.drane@bc.edu Boston College