September 10- September 16, 2000 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 ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED. _________________________________________________ Monday, September 11, 2000 Monday, September 11, 2000 4:30PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear and Particle Physics Colloquium Building26-Kolker Room 414 ``QCD made simple" Frank Wilczek Massachusetts Institute of Technology Refreshments served at 4:15p.m. Monday, September 11, 2000 4:00PM Worcester Polytechnic Institute Physics Department Colloquium Olin Hall 107 ``Chemical patterning on silicon surfaces: from microns to molecules" Dr. Danial Wayner National Research Council of Canada Refreshments served at 3:40pm in Olin Hall 118. ________________________________________________ Tuesday, September 12, 2000 Tuesday, September 12, 2000, 12 noon Massachusetts Institute of Technology Modern Optics and Spectroscopy, Fall Seminar McNair Bldg, Marlar Lounge (37-252) ``Novel Dielectric Waveguide Structures" Yoel Fink Massachusetts Institute of Technology Refreshments served following the seminar Tuesday, September 12, 2000, 4:00 PM Brandeis University Martin Weiner Lecture Series, Physics Colloquium Physics Bldg, Abelson 131 ``Faster-than-Light: Extragalactic Jets and Cosmology" Dr. Daniel Homan Brandeis University Refreshments served at 3:30p.m, Room 333 Tuesday, September 12, 2000, 4:00 PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear Theory Seminar Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg 6 3rdfl Seminar Room ``Prospects of detecting baryon and quark superfluidity from cooling neutron stars" Madappa Prakash SUNY-Stony Brook Refreshments served at 3:30p.m. _________________________________________________ Wednesday, September 13, 2000 Wednesday, September 13, 2000, 4:30PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Theory Seminar Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg 6 3rdfl seminar Room ``Theory of Rare Kaon Decays" Giancarlo D'Ambrosio INFN-Sezione di Napoli Refreshments served at 3:30p.m. Wednesday, September 13, 2000, 11:45AM Brandeis University Condensed Matter Seminar Physics Building, Room 333 ``Unusual Ordering of Hard-core Particles Sliding on Fluctuating Surfaces" Dr. Dibyendu Das Brandeis University ________________________________________________ Thursday, September 14, 2000 Physics Colloquium September 14, 2000 MIT Room 10-250 4:15 PM Prof. Peter Fisher Department of Physics, MIT "Stretching the Vacuum: Precision Measurement of Weak Interactions" New particles and processes manifest themselves in two ways: either as directly observable new phenomena or as small modifications of known phenomena via virtual interactions. Over the past ten years, both methods have been used to unravel weak and electromagnetic interactions. One of the major tools for studying weak interactons has been the Large Electron Positron (LEP) collider at CERN. Studies at LEP indicate new phenomena are just around the corner. Or maybe they have just been observed... Refreshments will begin at 3:00 PM in the Physics Common Room, 4-339 - Thursday, September 14, 2000, 12noon Harvard University Condensed Matter Theory Seminar Lyman 425 ``Stresses, anisotropy and failure criteria in granular materials" Onuttom Narayan University of California, Santa Cruz Thursday, September 14, 2000, 4:00PM Clark University Department of Physics Colloquium Sackler Science Center, Room N-105 ``Small is Beautiful, Small if Different, Small is Elegant" Professor Nancy Burnham Worcester Polytechnic Institute Thursday, September 14, 2000, 4:15PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Physics Colloquium Building 10 Room 250 ``Stretching the Vacuum: Precision Measurement of Weak Interactions" Professor Peter Fisher Massachusetts Institute of Technology Refreshment served in 4-339 beginning at 3:00pm Thursday, September 14, 2000, 4:15PM Harvard University Duality Seminar Jefferson 453 ``BPS states and algebras from quivers" Marcos Marino Rutgers University Refreshments served at 3:45pm in HET commons area _____________________________________________ Friday, September 15, 2000 Friday, September 15, 2000 4:00PM. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar Series Plasma and Fusion Center, NW17-218 ``Electron Thermal Transport in Tore Supra" Professor Wendell Horton University of Texas, Austin ____________________________ Reminder: Deadline for the September 17-September 23 calendar is Monday, September 11, 2000 at 11:00a.m. _________________________ - To unsubscribe from the BAPC announcement list, send mail to bapc-request@cosmos5.phy.tufts.edu and in the body put "unsubscribe".