September 26 - October 2, 1999 THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic year by the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT. You may send your announcement by e-mail (bapc@lns.mit.edu) or FAX (617-253-8674). 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 ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.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, September 27, 1999 Monday, September 27, 1999, 2:00PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology Monday Research Seminar Center for Theoretical Physics, Third Floor Seminar Room "Hidden BRST and Large N" Jorge Alfaro Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Chile Monday, September 27, 1999, 3:30PM Harvard University Morris Loeb Lectures in Physics: Colloquium**see last page Sanders Theatre (Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy St.) ``The Shape of Time" Prof. Stephen W. Hawking University of Cambridge Tea in Jefferson 450, 2:00 -3:00p.m. Monday, September 27, 1999, 4:15PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear and Particle Physics Colloquium Building 26- Kolker Room-414 ``A Lattice Calculation of epsilon' in the Standard Model" Tom Blum Riken-BNL Research Center Refreshments served at 4:00p.m. _________________________________________________ Tuesday, September 28, 1999 Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 1:30PM Brandeis University Theoretical Seminar Physics Building, Yalem 229 ``D0 Brane Scattering Amplitudes" Dr. Andrew Waldron Brandeis University Refreshment served at 3:30p.m., Room 333 Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 3:30PM Harvard University Morris Loeb Lectures in Physics: Lecture I**see last page Sanders Theatre (Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy St.) ``Nuts, Bolts and Branes" Prof. Stephen W. Hawking University of Cambridge Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 4:00 PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear Theory Seminar Center for Theoretical Physics, Third Floor Seminar Room "High-Energy Effective Action from Scattering of Shock Waves in QCD" Ian Balitsky Jefferson Laboratory Refreshments served at 3:30p.m. Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 4:00 PM Brandeis University Martin Weiner Lecture Series, Physics Colloquium Physics Building, Abelson 131 ``To be Announced" Professor K.R. Sreenivasan Yale University Refreshments served at 3:30p.m. Room 333 Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 4:30 PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard-M.I.T. Mathematical Physics Seminar Building 4, Room 159 ``Multiple Cover Formulas for Nongeneric Rational Curves in Calabi-Yau Threefolds" Naichung Leung University of Minnesota ________________________________________________ Wednesday, September 29, 1999 Wednesday, September 29, 1999, 12 noon Boston University Particle and Fields Seminar Physics Research Bldg, Room 593, 3 Cummington Street ``Solar Neutrinos and Super-Kamiokande" Kai Martens SUNY-Stony Brook Wednesday, September 29, 1999,4:00PM University of Massachusetts at Lowell Department of Physics, Fall Colloquium Olney 428 ``Remarkable Properties of Carbon Nanotubes" Professor Mildred Dresselhaus Massachusetts Institute of Technology Refreshments served at 3:30p.m. Wednesday, September 29, 1999,4:30PM Boston College Department of Physics Colloquium Gasson Hall, Room 305 ``ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES BY SELF-ASSEMBLY" Dr. Franz Himpsel University of Wisconsin, Madison Coffee served at 3:45p.m., Higgins Hall, Room 354 Wednesday, September 29, 1999,4:30PM Boston University Joint Theory Seminar Physics Research Bldg, Room 593, 3 Cummington St ``The quantum mechanics of N black holes" Professor Andy Strominger Harvard University Refreshments at 4:00 p.m. Call 353-9600 for parking at least 48 hours in advance. _________________________________________________ Thursday, September 30, 1999 Thursday, September 30, 1999, 12 noon Harvard University Condensed Matter Theory Seminar Jefferson 424/425 ``Order-N density functional calculations" Jose Soler Harvard University Thursday, September 30, 1999, 4:00PM Clark University Department of Physics Colloquium Sackler Science Center, Room N-105 ``Computer Modeling of Cardiac Fibrillation" Professor Alain Karma Northeastern University Thursday, September 30, 1999, 4:00PM Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Scientific Colloquium Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden St., Cambridge ``Astrobiology: What Is It and What Can Be Done About It? Dr. Andrew Knoll Harvard University Tea Served at 3:30p.m Friday, October 1, 1999 Friday, October 1, 1999, at 12:30PM Boston University Condensed Matter Physics-Physical Chemistry Seminar SCI-352 ``Excited states from time-dependent density functional theory" Professor Kieron Burke Rutgers University Friday, October 1, 1999, 4:00PM. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science and Fusion Seminar Series Plasma and Fusion Center- NW17-218 ``Electron Cyclotron Heating in Overdense Plasmas" Abhay Ram MIT Refreshments before talk ------------------------------------------------ ** PLEASE NOTE: Admission is by ticket only. Open-seating tickets are FREE and limited to 2 per person. 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