Mar. 21, 1999 - Mar. 27, 1999
      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ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT 
BE PUBLISHED.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, March 22, 1999

Monday, March 22, 1999, 4:30 p.m.
Brown University
Department of Physics Colloquium
Barus & Holley, Room 168
"Chasing Gamma Ray Bursts Across the Electromagnetic 
Spectrum"
Professor Stephen Thorsett
Princeton University
Refreshments served at 4:00.

Monday, March 22, 1999, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Physics Department Colloquium
Jefferson Lab 250
"Gravitational Waves: A New Window Onto the Universe"
Kip Thorne
CalTech
Tea in Jefferson 450 at  4:00.

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Wednesday, March 24, 1999

Wednesday, March 24, 1999, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Joint Theory Seminar
Jefferson 256
"Constraining the Spectrum of Strongly Coupled Gauge 
Theories"
Professor Andrew Cohen
Boston University
Refreshments at 4 in the High Energy Common Area, 4th fl.
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Thursday, March 25, 1999

Thursday, March 25, 1999, 1:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Materials Science Seminar
Turnbull Room, Gordon McKay Lab. (Room 402)
"An In Situ Morphological Characterization of Nanoporous Metals 
Produced by Alloy Corrosion"
Professor Sean G. Corcoran
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Thursday, March 25, 1999, 3:45 p.m.
Boston University
Space Physics Seminar
CAS Building, Room 500
"Proton Transport in the High Latitude Regions, One of the Processes 
at the Origin of Aurora"
Dr. Marina Galand
NOAA Space Environment Service Center

Thursday, March 25, 1999, 4:00 p.m.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Scientific Colloquium
60 Garden St. (Phillips Auditorium)
"Seeing Light Through the Dark: Infrared Extinction and the 
Nature of Dark Nebulae"
Dr. Charles Lada
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Tea will be served at 3:30.

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Reminder:
Deadline for the Mar. 28 - Apr. 3 calendar
is Monday, March 22, 1999 at 11:00 a.m.
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Joan Drane
joan.drane@bc.edu
Boston College