Oct. 11, 1998 - Oct. 17, 1998 THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic year by the Department of Physics at Boston College. You may send your announcements by e-mail (bapc@bc.edu) or FAX (617-552-8478). 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 ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.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, October 12, 1998 Holiday - No events scheduled. _____________________________________________ Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Tuesday, October 13, 1998, 3:45 p.m. Boston University Colloquium Metcalf Science Center, Room 107 (590 Comm. Ave.) "A Silicon-based Nuclear Spin Quantum Computer" Bruce Kane University of New South Wales Tuesday, October 13, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear Theory Seminar Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg. 6, Third Floor "Quantum Corrections to Solitons in Two-Dimensional Theories with Minimal Supersymmetry" Arkady Vainshtein University of Minnesota Refreshments served at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 13, 1998, 4:30 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard-MIT Math/Physics Seminar MIT Room 4-159 "On an Invariant of Kervaire and Witten" Professor M.J. Hopkins Massachusetts Institute of Technology ______________________________________________ Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Wednesday, October 14, 1998, 4:00 p.m. University of Massachusetts at Lowell Department of Physics Colloquium Olney 428 "Discovery of Neutrino Mass" Professor Alec Habig Boston University Refreshments at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 14, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Boston University ECE Colloquium Room 206, 8 Saint Mary's Street "It's Not Just What You Say, But How You Say It! Computational Modeling of Prosody for Speech Processing" Mari Ostendorf Boston University Refreshments served directly before the talk outside Room 206 Send email to tcarr@bu.edu for more information. Wednesday, October 14, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar NW17-218, 175 Albany St. "The L/H Transition and the Structure and Stability of the Edge Pedestal" James Drake University of Maryland, College Park Wednesday, October 14, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics of Computation Seminar AI Lab, 545 Technology Sq., 8th floor "playroom" "A Silicon-based Nuclear Spin Quantum Computer" Bruce Kane University of New South Wales Refreshments will be served after the talk. Wednesday, October 14, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Northeastern University Condensed Matter/CIRCS Seminar 114 Dana "Diagnosing Invisible Disease with Scattered Light" Dr. Lev Perelman Laser Biomedical Research Center, MIT Coffee at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, October 14, 1998, 4:30 p.m. Boston University Joint Theory Seminar Physics Research Bldg., Room 593 (3 Cummington St.) "Do We Know the Radiation Density of the Universe?" Terry Walker Ohio State University Refreshments at 4:00 p.m. Call 353-9600 for parking at least 48 hours in advance. Wednesday, October 14, 1998, 4:30 p.m. Postponed from October 7 at 4:30 p.m. Harvard University Joint Atomic Physics Seminar Jefferson Laboratory, Room 356 "Reducing Many-Body Dynamics to One Dimension: A Unifying Approach" Dr. Brett Esry Inst. for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics Harvard University Tea will be served at 4:00 p.m. _____________________________________________ Thursday, October 15, 1998 Thursday, October 15, 1998, 12:00 noon Harvard University Condensed Matter Theory Seminar Pierce 100F "Defects in Flux-Line Lattices: Vortex Crystals, Supersolids and Liquids" Dr. Cristina Marchetti Syracuse University Thursday, October 15, 1998, 12:30 p.m. Boston University Condensed Matter Seminar Room SCI-352, 590 Commonwealth Ave. "Testing the Limits of Composite Fermions" Professor Tom Gramila Call 353-2600 to arrange for parking. Thursday, October 15, 1998, 2:00 p.m. Boston University Biophysics Seminar SCI-352, 590 Commonwealth Ave. "Collective Behaviour in a Model of Evolution" Professor Sanjay Jain Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Thursday, October 15, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Harvard University Duality Seminar Lyman 330 TBA Dr Sunil Mukhi Tata Institute for Fundamental Research Thursday, October 15, 1998, 4:15 p.m. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Scientific Colloquium M.I.T., Bldg. 10, Room 250 "From Quasars to the N-Body Problem" Professor Donald Lynden-Bell Inst. of Astronomy, University of Cambridge Tea will be available at 4:00 p.m. ______________________________________________ Friday, October 16, 1998 Friday, October 16, 1998, 11:00 a.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar NW17-218, 175 Albany St. "Effects of Rotating Magnetic Fields on FRC Plasmas" Samuel Cohen Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Friday, October 16, 1998, 12:30 p.m. Boston University Condensed Matter Seminar Room SCI-352 (590 Commonwealth Ave.) "Attraction between Negative Plates in an Ionic Solution" Professor Marcia Barbosa University of California, Santa Barbara _________________________ Reminder: Deadline for the Oct. 18 - Oct. 24 issue is Tuesday, October 13 at 11:00 a.m. _________________________ ---------------------- Joan Drane joan.drane@bc.edu Boston College