December 12 - December 18, 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. the Monday of the week preceding the event.  ENTRIES RECEIVED
AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.
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Monday, December 13, 1999
Monday, December 13, 1999, 12:00noon
Harvard University
High Energy Physics Seminar
High Energy Physics Lab 42 Oxford St.
``Top Quark Physics, Higgs, and New Phenomena Searches at the Tevatron
Collider"
Emanuela Barberis
LBL

Monday, December 13, 1999, 2:00PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monday, Research Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Bld 6 3rd fl Seminar Room
``3-cocycles revisited: Obstructions to second quantization coming from
elements in H^3"
Jouko Mickelsson
Royal Institute of Technology-Stockholm, Sweden

Monday, December 13, 1999, 4:30PM
Harvard University
Physics Colloquium
Jefferson Lab. 250
``Unexpected Complexity of Ligand-Receptor Bonds in Biology"
Evan Evans
University of British Columbia
Tea served at 4:00p.m. Jefferson Lab. 450
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Tuesday, December 14,1999
Tuesday, December 14, 1999, 1:30PM
Boston University
Center for Computational Science Seminar
Physics Research Bldg, Room 593
``Collective Dynamics of the Immune System Response: A Cellular Automaton
Computational Model"
Sauro Succi,
Instituto Applicazioni Calcolo, CNR-Roma, and University of Roma, Italy

Tuesday, December 14, 1999, 3:00PM
Tufts University
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
Science and Technology Center, Room 136
``The Hellaz Solar Neutrino Experiment, a precise measurement of the npp
and n7Be spectrum"
Dr. Philippe Gorodetzky
PCC-College de France, Paris
Refreshments served at 2:30p.m. STC, Room 123

Tuesday, December 14, 1999, 3:30PM
Boston University
Particle and Fields Seminar
Physics Research Bldg., 3 Cummington St., Room 593
``HERON: p-p neutrinos in real time"
Dr. Bob Lanou
Brown University

Tuesday, December 14, 1999, 4:00 PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg 6, 3rd fl. Seminar Room
``Gluonic Excitation Cross Sections are Large"
Nathan Isgur
Jefferson Laboratory
Refreshments served at 3:30p.m.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tuesday, December 14, 1999 4:30pm
Harvard-M.I.T. Math/Physics Seminar
``Functorial QFT.Dirac boundary value problems and gauge anomalies"
Prof. Jouko Mickelsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Wednesday, December 15, 1999
Wednesday, December 15, 1999, 4:30PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joint Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg 6 3rd fl Seminar Room
``Exploring life beyond supersymmetry"
Oren Bergman
California Institute of Technology
Refreshments served at 4:00p.m.

Wednesday, December 15, 1999, 4:30PM
Harvard University
Joint Atomic Physics Seminar
Jefferson Laboratory, Room 356
``Nanocrystal Quantum Dots: Uncovering New Questions"
Professor Moungi Bawendi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tea will be served at 4:00p.m.
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Thursday, December 16, 1999
Thursday, December 16, 1999, 12:00noon
Harvard University
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
Lyman 425
``A field theory for the Quantum Hall Antiferromagnetic phase"
Eugene Demler
Harvard University

Thursday, December 16, 1999, 12:30PM
Boston University
Biophysics Seminar
Room SCI-352, 590 Commonwealth Ave.
``Dynamic Light Scattering Studies on Chemical and Physical Gels"
Prof. Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Kyoto Institute of Technology


Thursday, December 16, 1999, 4:00PM
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Scientific Colloquium
Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street
``The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi"
Dr. Michael Molnar
Rutgers University
Tea served at 3:30p.m.

Thursday, December 16, 1999, 4:00PM
Harvard University
Duality Seminar
Jefferson 453
``On Orientifolds and M theory"
Barol Kol
Tel Aviv University
Refreshments at 3:30 in the HE Commons
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Friday, December 17,1999
Friday, December 17,1999, 4:00PM.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar Series
Plasma and Fusion Center, NW17-218
``The Alternative Lifestyle: Recent results from the SSPX Spheromak"
Dr. David Hill
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Refreshments before talk
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Reminder:
Deadline for the December 19 - December 25 calendar is Monday, December 13,
1999 at 11:00a.m.
NOTE DEADLINE FOR December 26 - January 1st and
January 2-January 8, 2000 is Monday, December 20, 1999 at 11:00AM
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