May 6-  May 12, 2001
      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 week of the event.  ENTRIES
RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.
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Monday, May 7, 2001

Monday, May 7, 12:45PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
String Lunch Club
Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg 6 3rdfl  Seminar Room
``Tachyon Condensation and the Identity String Field"
Nicolas Moeller
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Monday, May 7, 2:00PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monday Research Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg 6 3rdfl  Seminar Room
``Mass(less)ness in (A)dS"
Andrew Waldron
Brandeis University

Monday, May 7, 4:00PM
University of New Hampshire
Physics Colloquium
DeMeritt Hall, Rm 209B
``From the QCD Phases Diagram to Heavy Ion Collisions and Back"
Professor Krishna Rajagopal
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Refreshments served at 3:30pm, Rm 105F


Monday, May 7, 4:15PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear and Particle Physics Colloquium
Kolker Room 26-414
``CDF at the Other B-Factory"
Christoph Paus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Refreshments served at 4:00pm

Monday, May 7, 4:30PM
Brown University
Physics Colloquium
``Spin Electronics and Spin Computation"
Professor Sankar Das Sarma
University of Maryland
Refreshments served at 4:00pm

Monday, May 7, 4:30PM
Harvard University
Physics Colloquium
Jefferson Lab 250
"New Ways to Find New Planets"
Costas Papaliolios
Harvard University
Tea served at 4:00pm in Jefferson 450
Tuesday, May 8, 2001

Tuesday, May 8, 12:30PM
Harvard University
Joint Tufts/CfA/ MIT Cosmology Seminar
Pratt Conference Room
``The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Status and Science"
Daniel Eisenstein
University of Arizona






Tuesday, May 8, 3:30PM
Harvard University
Experimental High Energy Physics Seminar
HEPL, 42 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Conf. Room
``Hot to cold: Solar Nu's in Superfluid Helium?"
Prof. Robert Lanou
Brown University

Tuesday, May 8, 4:00PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg 6 3rdfl Seminar Room
``Susceptibilities and correlations in hot QCD"
Sourendu Gupta
Brookhaven National Lab
Refreshments served at 3:30pm.

Tuesday, May 8, 4:30PM
Harvard University
Joint Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms
Jefferson Lab 356
``TBA"
Paul Julienne
NIST Gaithersburg
Tea and cookies served at 4:10pm
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Wednesday, May 9, 2001

Wednesday, May 9, 4:00PM
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Physics Colloquium
Olney 428
``New Insights into Old Problems with Soft Materials"
Professor David Weitz
Harvard University
Refreshments served at 3:30pm


WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2001, 10:30am 
Brandeis University
Theoretical Seminar
Physics Building, Room 229
"Susy and Emmy pull the strings"
Dr Kasper Peeters
CERN


Wednesday, May 9, 4:15PM
Boston College
Physics Colloquium
Higgins Hall, Room 310
``TBA"
Professor Myriam Sarachik
City College of New York /APS
Coffee served at 3:15pm, Higgins Hall, Rm 230L
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Thursday, May 10


Thursday, May 10, 1:00PM
Harvard University
Materials Science Seminar
McKay Lab 402, David Turnbull Room
``Fifteen Years of High-Temperature-Superconducting Wire: From Extrusion to
Epitaxy"
Bart Riley
American Superconductor

Thursday, May 10, 2:00PM(note time change)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
String Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg 6 3rdfl Seminar Room
``Fluxbranes in String Theory"
Andrew Strominger
Harvard University

Thursday, May 10, 4:15PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physics Colloquium
Building 10 Room 250
`Tachyon Dynamics in String Theory"
Professor Ashoke Sen
Harish-Chandra Research Institute
Refreshments at 3:00PM in Physics Common Rm 4-339

Thursday, May 10, 2001  4:15 pm
Harvard University
Duality Seminar
Jefferson 453
Title:  "Black Holes from Quantum Mechanics"
David Lowe
Brown University

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Friday, May 11, 2001


Friday, May 11, 4:00 PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar Series
Bldg. NW17-218
"Understanding and Controlling Laser-Plasma Instabilities:
  Overview of the Los Alamos/MIT Joint Research Program"
Juan Fernandez
Los Alamos National Laboratories


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Reminder:
Deadline for the May 13- May 31 calendar is Monday, May 7, at 11:00a.m.
This will be the last calendar of the year, if you have any  seminar
notices for May 13 to May31, please send them now and I will add them to
the calendar.



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