October 13-19, 2002
      THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR
The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic
year by the Department of Physics at Northeastern University.  You may send
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Monday, October 14 , 2002

Columbus Day

Tuesday, October 15, 2002

Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 1:30pm
Brandeis University
Theoretical Seminar
Physics Building, Room 229
"Disturbing Implications of a Cosmological Constant"
Matthew Kleban
Stanford University


Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 2:30pm
Tufts University
Joint Tufts/CFA/MIT Cosmology Seminar
Robinson Hall, Room 250
"Loop Quantum Cosmology"
Martin Bojowald
Penn State
Refreshments served at 2:00pm in Knipp Library, Room 251


Tuesday October 15, 2002, 4:00 p.m.
Brandeis University
Martin Weiner Lecture Series, Physics Colloquium
Physics Building, Abelson 131
"What's Kelvin's Problem"
Professor Randall Kamien
University of Pennsylvania
Refreshments in Room 333 at 3:30pm


Tuesday October 15, 2002, 4:30 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms
MIT 26-214
"First production of cold antihydrogen"
Niels Madsen
CERN
Tea and cookies served at 4:10 p.m.


Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 2-5 p.m.
Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science
"SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF COMPLEMENTARITY"
Peter Bokulich (Boston University)
"Black Holes, Complementarity, and Quantum Gravity"
Hans Halvorson (Princeton University)
"Complementarity in Quantum Field Theory"
Steve Weinstein (Dartmouth College)
"Classical Concepts in Contemporary Quantum Theory"
Moderator: John Stachel (Boston University)
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Refreshments will be served

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SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF COMPLEMENTARITY

PETER BOKULICH, Boston University
Black Holes, Complementarity, and Quantum Gravity

HANS HALVORSON, Princeton University
Complementarity in Quantum Field Theory

STEVE WEINSTEIN, Dartmouth College
Classical Concepts in Contemporary Quantum Theory

Moderator: JOHN STACHEL, Boston University

October 15, 2002
2-5 p.m.
Boston University
Terrace Lounge
George Sherman Union
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Sponsored by the
DIBNER INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF
  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
and the
BOSTON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR PHILOSOPHY
  AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE



Wednesday, October 16, 2002

Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 2:00PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
String Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6,
Third Floor Seminar Room
"Intersecting branes, holography and (de) construction"
Zachary Guralnik

Humboldt University 12pm, Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Harvard University
The Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
Physics Department
Lyman 425
"Flow equations of Hamiltonians with application to the Hubbard model"
Dr. Franz Wegner
Institute for Theoretical Physics
Ruprecht-Karls University
Heidelberg, Germany

Wed Oct 16, 2:00pm
Boston University
Particle and Fields Seminar
Physics Research Building 595
David Kosower
Higher Loops at Colliders

Wed Aug 16, 2:00pm
Boston University
Particle and Fields Seminar 
Physics Research Building 595
Extra Dimensions: A Reality Check
John Terning
LANL

Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 4:00pm
Physics Colloquium
Dana 114
"What happens when Topology, Quantum Mechanics and Superconductivity Meet?"
Professor Carlos Sa de Melo
Georgia Tech University
Host: Professor Robert Markiewicz

Wednesday,October 16,2002,4:05p.m.
Boston College
Higgins Hall, Room 310
Oxford  Magnets, microchips, memories and markets; statistical physics
of complex systems
David Sherrington
Refreshments Higgins Hall, Room 230L
3:45 p.m.

Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 4:30PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joint Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6,
Third Floor Seminar Room
``dS/Z_2: Schroedinger's de Sitter Space"
Maulik K. Parikh
Columbia
Refreshments will be served at 4:00PM

Thursday, October 17, 2002

Thursday, October 17th, 12pm
Harvard University
The Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
Physics Department
Lyman 425
"Freezing transition in the multifractal spectrum and the typical density
of states of a problem of Anderson localization with both sublattice and
time-reversal symmetry"
Christopher Murdry
PSI

Thursday, October 17, 2002, 4:00 p.m.
Brown University
Barus and Holley, rm. 190,
"Flow Equations of Hamiltonians, with Application to the Hubbard Model"
Professor F.J. Wegner
University of Heidelberg
Host:  Professor Anthony Houghton


Thursday, October 17, 2002, 4:00pm
Northeastern University
Physics Seminar
Room 114 Dana Research Building
"First Evidence for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay and Implications"
Professor H.V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus
Max Planck
Institut fuer Kernphysik
Heidelberg, Germany


Thursday, October 17, 2002, 4:00 p.m.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Phillips Auditorium
60 Garden Street, Cambridge
"Large Scale Astronomical Optics"
Jerry Nelson
Astronomy Department, Univ of California-Berkeley
Tea and cookies at 3:30 p.m.


Thursday, October 17, 2002 Time: TBA
Boston College
Higgins Hall, Room 235
"Glassiness due to partly kinetic constraints"
David Sherrington
Oxford


Thursday, October 17, 4:00 pm
Clark University
Department of Physics Colloquium
Sackler Sciences Center, Room N-105
"TBA"
Corey S. O'Hern
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Yale University


Thursday, October 17, 4:00 pm
Clark University, Department of Physics, Colloquium
Sackler Sciences Center, Room N-105
"Jamming and Glass Transitions"
Corey S. O'Hern
Department of Mechanical Engineering Yale University


Thursday, October 17, 2002, 4:15 p.m.
Harvard University
Duality Seminar
Jefferson 453
"Initial state effects in inflation and transplanckian physics"
David Lowe
Brown University
Refreshments will be offered in the High Energy Theory coffee area, 4th
floor Jefferson, at 3:45


Thursday, October 17, 2002 , 4:15 pm
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Physics Colloquium
Room 10-250
"Is Life Analog or Digital?"
FREEMAN DYSON
The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
Refreshments @ 3:00 pm in 4-339 (Physics Common Room).


Thursday, October 17, 2002
New England Section
Optical Society of America
Sheraton Lexington Hotel
"The California Extremely Large Telescope";
Dr. Jerry Nelson
University of California at Santa Cruz
Networking at 5:45, Dinner at 6:30, Meeting at 7:30
Make reservations at http://www.nesosa.org

Friday, October 18, 2002

Friday, October 18, 2002, 12:00PM
Boston University
Condensed Matter Seminar
Metcalf Science Center, Rm. 352, 590 Commonwealth Ave.
"Freezing transition in a problem of Anderson localization"
Prof. Christopher Mudry
PSI - Switzerland


Friday, October 18, 2002, 4pm
Harvard University
The Condensed Matter Seminar
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Pierce Hall, Room 209
"Plasmonics: Photonic Devices in Nanostructure Arrays that Beat the
Diffraction Limit."
Harry Atwater
Harvard University


Friday, October 18, 2002, 4:00pm
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar
NW17-218
"Progress on Heavy Ion Fusion"
Enrique Henestroza
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Refreshments will be served