May 10, 1998 - May 16, 1998
     
    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 of the week preceding the week
of the event.  

ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.  
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Monday,May 11, 1998

Monday, May 11, 1998, 2:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monday Research Seminar
MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg. 6, Third Floor
"Anomalous Surface-Term Contributions in (2+1)-Dimensional Gauge Theory"
Mu-In Park
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Monday, May 11, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear Theory Seminar
MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg. 6, Third Floor
"Probing for Glue in the Proton"
Pervez Hoodbhoy
University of Maryland
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Tuesday, May 12, 1998

Tuesday, May 12, 1998, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar
Marlar Lounge (37-252), McNair Building
"Storage Beam Studies of Spin Structure Using Polarized Atomic Targets"
Richard Milner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Refreshments served following the seminar. 

Tuesday, May 12, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
Harvard University
High Energy Physics Seminar
High Energy Physics Lab (42 Oxford St.), 3rd floor
"Recent Results on Nutrino from Super Kamiokande"
Dr. Ed Kearns
Boston University
Exquisite cookies and fresh-brewed coffee will be served.

Tuesday, May 12, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Northeastern University
CIRCS Seminar
Dana Research Center, Room 114
"Simple Physical Models of Self-Organization in Cell Biology"
Professor Jorge V. Jose
Director of CIRCS
Coffee at 3:45 p.m.
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Wednesday, May 13, 1998

Wednesday, May 13, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Department of Physics Colloquium
Olney 428
"Image and Logic: Reflections on Physics in the Twentieth Century"
MacArthur Fellow Lecturer,
Professor Peter Gallison
Harvard University
Refreshments served at 3:30 p.m.
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Thursday, May 14, 1998

Thursday, May 14, 1998, 12:00 Noon
Harvard University
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
Pierce 100F
"Gravity, QCD and Strings:  Large N Field Theories"  (A talk for non-specialists) 
Professor Juan Maldacena
Harvard University

Thursday, May 14, 1998, 1:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Materials Research Seminar
Gordon McKay Laboratory, Room 402
"Atomistic Modeling of Defect-Mediated Diffusion in Silicon"
Scott Dunham
Boston University

Thursday, May 14, 1998, 4;00 p.m.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Scientific Colloquium
60 Garden Street (Phillips Auditorium)
"Estimating Cosmological Parameters from the Cosmic Microwave 
Background Radiation"
Dr. George Efstathiou
University of Cambridge, England
Tea at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 14, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Northeastern University
Department of Physics Colloquium
114 Dana
"Quasiparticles in High Temperature Superconductors"
Patrick Lee
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Coffee will be served at 3:45 p.m.

Thursday, May 14, 1998, 4:15 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Physics Colloquium
MIT Room 4-163
"The Spin of the Proton"
Robert Jaffe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Friday, May 15, 1998

Friday, May 15, 1998, 1:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Joint Seminar for the History of 20th Century Science
Science Center 226
"The Early Statistical Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics:  Popper, 
Margenau, Mandelstam"
Dr. Alexander Pechenkin
Russian Academy of Sciences & Harvard University

Friday, May 15, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar
NW17-218, 175 Albany Street
"Key Issues for the Applications of High Temperature Superconductors"
Professor David C. Larbalestier
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Refreshments served 15 minutes before seminar.
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Reminder:   
Deadline for the May 17 - May 23 Issue is:
Monday, May 11, 1998 at 11:00 a.m.
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The calendar for the week of May 24-May 30 will be the last calendar issued 
for this academic year.  
NO CALENDAR IS PUBLISHED DURING THE SUMMER.

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Joan Drane
joan.drane@bc.edu
Boston College