Apr. 11, 1999 - Apr. 17, 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 ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED. _________________________ Monday, April 12, 1999 Monday, April 12, 1999, 3:30 p.m. Harvard University Morris Loeb Lectures in Physics Science Center, Hall C, 1 Oxford St. "Musical Harmony: Physics, Physiology, and Psychology" H. Gunter Dosch and Hans J. Specht University of Heidelberg Tea served in Jefferson 450 at 2:45 . Monday, April 12, 1999, 4:00 p.m. Worcester Polytechnic Institute Department of Physics Colloquium Olin Hall (Physics), Room 107 "Multiple Quantum NMR Methods for Detecting Protonated Metabolites in Biological Systems" Cristopher Sotak Worcester Polytechnic Institute Coffee at 3:40 in Olin 118. Monday, April 12, 1999, 4:00 p.m. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Scientific Colloquium 60 Garden St. (Phillips Auditorium) "Toward a Theory of Isolated Binary-Star Formation" Dr. Frank H. Shu University of California, Berkeley Tea will be served at 3:30. Monday, April 12, 1999, 4:15 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear and Particle Physics Colloquium Kolker Room, 26-414 "String Theory: An Update" Nathan Seiberg Institute for Advanced Study Refreshments will be served at 4:00 p.m. Monday, April 12, 1999, 4:30 p.m. Brown University Department of Physics Colloquium Barus & Holley, Room 168 "QCD, Strings and Black Holes: The Large N Limit of Field Theories and Gravity" Professor Juan Maldacena Harvard University Refreshments served at 4:00. _____________________________________________ Tuesday, April 13, 1999 Tuesday, April 13, 1999, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar Marlar Lounge (37-252), McNair Building "Proving You Are At the SQL" Hideo Mabuchi California Institute of Technology Refreshments served following the seminar. Tuesday, April 13, 1999, 3:30 p.m. Harvard University Morris Loeb Lectures in Physics: Lecture I Science Center, Hall C, 1 Oxford St. "Musical Pitch: Temporal vs. Spectral Perception" H. Gunter Dosch and Hans J. Specht University of Heidelberg Tuesday, April 13, 1999, 4:00 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear Theory Seminar M.I.T.-C.T.P., Bldg. 6, 3rd Floor Seminar Room "Comments on Domain-Wall Fermions" Michael Creutz Brookhaven National Laboratory Tuesday, April 13, 1999, 4:15 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Astrophysics Colloquium Marlar Lounge, Bldg. 37, Room 252 TBA Dr. Michael Warner Jet Propulsion Laboratory Refreshments served at 3:45 . Tuesday, April 13, 1999, 4:30 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard-M.I.T. Math/Physics Seminar M.I.T. Room 4-159 "The Mathematics of M-Theory" Prof. Robbert Dijkgraaf Universiteit van Amsterdam _____________________________________________ Wednesday, April 14, 1999 Wednesday, April 14, 1999, 4:00 p.m. Northeastern University CIRCS Seminar Dana Research Center, Room 114 "Void Electromigration" Martine Ben Amar Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Paris Wednesday, April 14, 1999, 4:00 p.m. University of Massachusetts at Lowell Department of Physics Colloquium Olney 428 "Space Weather . . . And You" Professor James Sullivan Boston University Refreshments served at 3:30. Wednesday, April 14, 1999, 4:15 p.m. Boston College Department of Physics Colloquium Gasson Hall, Room 305 "Does the Everyday World Really Obey Quantum Mechanics?" Professor Anthony Leggett University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Refreshments will be served at 3:50 p.m. in Higgins 354. Wednesday, April 14, 1999, 4:30 p.m. Harvard University/Center for Astrophysics Joint Atomic Physics Seminar Jefferson Laboratory, Room 356 "Resonance Radiation Transport in Weakly Ionized Plasmas" Dr. James Lawler University of Wisconsin Tea will be served at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 1999, 4:30 p.m. Harvard University Joint Theory Seminar Jefferson 256 "Algorithms for Quantum Computation" Professor Jeffrey Goldstone Massachusetts Institute of Technology Refreshments at 4:00 in the High Energy Commons, 4th fl. _________________________________________ Thursday, April 15, 1999 Thursday, April 15, 1999, 12:00 noon Harvard University Condensed Matter Theory Seminar Pierce Hall, Room 100F "Laser Induced Melting" Clemens Bechinger University of Konstanc Thursday, April 15, 1999, 1:30 p.m. Harvard University Materials Science Seminar Turnbull Room, McKay Laboratory, Room 402 "Stress Issues in Synthesizing Large-Area CVD Diamond Wafers" Dr. Henry Windischmann Saint-Gobain Industrial Ceramics, Inc.; Norton Diamond Film Thursday, April 15, 1999, 3:30 p.m. Harvard University Morris Loeb Lectures in Physics: Lecture II Science Center, Hall C, 1 Oxford St. "Physics of Musical Instruments and Pitch Perception" H. Gunter Dosch and Hans J. Specht University of Heidelberg Thursday, April 15, 1999, 3:45 p.m. Boston University Space Physics Seminar CAS Bldg., Room 500 "Are Small Comets Bombarding Earth?" Dr. Robert R. Meier Naval Research Laboratory Thursday, April 15, 1999, 4:00 p.m. Northeastern University Physics Colloquium Dana Research Center, Room 114 "Cosmology and the Universe Nearby" John Huchra Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Coffee at 3:45. Thursday, April 15, 1999, 4:00 p.m. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Scientific Colloquium 60 Garden St. (Phillips Auditorium) "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Status, Delays, Successes, and Science)" Dr. Michael S. Vogeley Princeton University Tea will be served at 3:30. _______________________________________ Friday, April 16, 1999 Friday, April 16, 1999, 12:30 p.m. Tufts University Lunchtime Seminar Robinson Hall, Room 250 "Message in a Bubble: Sonoluminescence As a QED Vacuum Effect" Stefano Liberati Sissa-Triesta Friday, April 16, 1999, 3:30 p.m. Tufts University Physics Colloquium Science and Technology Center, Room 136 "The Exploration of Mars" Dr. John L. Callas NASA Refreshments served at 3:00. Friday, April 16, 1999, 4:00 p.m. Harvard University Condensed Matter Seminar Pierce Hall, Room 307 "Statistical Mechanics of Pattern Matching in Nucleic Acids" Professor Terence Hwa University of California, San Diego Refreshments will be served following the seminar. Friday, April 16, 1999, 4:00 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar Series NW17-218 "Potential for a Laser Fusion Power Plant" Stephen Bodner Naval Research Laboratory Refreshments served before the talk. _________________________________________ Reminder: Deadline for the Apr. 18 - Apr. 24 calendar is Monday, April 12, 1999 at 11:00 a.m. __________________________ ---------------------- Joan Drane joan.drane@bc.edu Boston College