Dec. 13, 1998 - Dec. 19, 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 qweek preceding the week
of the event.

ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.
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Monday, December 14, 1998





Monday, December 14, 1998, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Physics Colloquium
Jefferson 250
"Femtosecond Optics"
Erich Ippen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tea in Jefferson 450 at 4:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, December 15, 1998

Tuesday, December 15, 1998, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar
Marlar Lounge (37-252), McNair Building
"Using 2-Photon Fluorescence Excitation to Study Neuronal Function In Vivo"
Karel Svoboda
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Refreshments served following the seminar.

Tuesday, December 15, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear Theory Seminar
MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg. 6, Third Floor
"Loop Representation for Lattice Fermions in 2-D"
Christof Gattringer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Wednesday, December 16, 1998

Wednesday, December 16, 1998, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University/Center for Astrophysics
Joint Atomic Physics Seminar
Jefferson Laboratory, Room 356
"Matter Wave Interferometry, Solid-State Astrophysics, and Ultracold 
Molecular Physics--New Applications of Scattering Theory"
Dr. Robert Forrey
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Tea will be served at 4:00 p.m. 

Wednesday, December 16, 1998, 4:30 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joint Theory Seminar
MIT Building 6, Third Floor Seminar Room
"Grand Unification at Intermediate Mass Scales through Extra Dimensions"
Keith Dienes
CERN
Refreshments served at 4:15 p.m.
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Thursday, December 17, 1998

Thursday, December 17, 1998, 2:30 p.m.
Boston University
Physics Department Lecture:
Phase Transitions and the Early Universe
Physics Research Building, Room 593
"Early Universe Physics--The Realm of Cosmological Phase Transitions"
Marcelo Gleiser
Dartmouth University

Thursday, December 17, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Scientific Colloquium
60 Garden Street (Phillips Auditorium)
"Sleepwalking or Argument?  The Truth Behind Kepler's 
ITALICS (Astronomia Nova)"
Dr. James R. Voelkel
Dibner Inst., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tea at 3:30 p.m.

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Friday, December 18, 1998

Friday, December 18, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar
NW17-218, 175 Albany Street
"Recent Progress in Inertial Fusion"
John Soures
Lab for Laser Energetics, Univ. of Rochester

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Reminder:
Deadline for the Dec. 20 - Dec. 26 issue 
is Monday, December 14 at 11:00 a.m.

Also, the deadline for announcements for 
Dec. 27 through Jan. 9 is Dec. 21 at 11:00 a.m.  
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Joan Drane
joan.drane@bc.edu
Boston College