May 16, 1999 - May 22, 1999
      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ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.
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Monday, May 17, 1999

Monday, May 17, 1999, 2:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monday Research Seminar
MIT-CTP, Bldg. 6, Third Fl. Seminar Room
"Partially Dual Parameterization of the Yang-Mills Field"
Ludwig Faddeev
Steklov Mathematical Inst., 
St. Petersburg and Univ. of Helsinki
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Tuesday, May 18, 1999

Tuesday, May 18, 1999, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modern Optics and Spectroscopy 
Marlar Lounge (37-252), McNair Building
"Laser Diagnosis of Knee Joints:  Thermomechanical and Cavitation Effects"
Marta Dark
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Refreshments served following the seminar.

Tuesday, May 18, 1999, 4:00 p.m.
Northeastern University
CIRCS Seminar
114 Dana Research Center
TBA
Dr. Ching Hua-Tseng
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Refreshments served at 3:45.

Tuesday, May 18, 1999, 4:15 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Astrophysics Colloquium
Marlar Lounge, Bldg. 37, Room 252
"Supernova Shock Phenomena and Gamma-Ray Bursts"
Professor Roger Chevalier
University of Virginia
Refreshments served at 3:45.
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Thursday, May 20, 1999

Thursday, May 20, 1999, 4:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Duality Seminar
Jefferson 453
TBA
Hirosi Ooguri
University of California at Berkeley
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Friday, May 21, 1999

Friday, May 21, 1999, 12:00 noon
Boston University
Center for Computational Science Seminar
PRB 593, 3 Cummington Street
"Flow of a Soft Solid"
Dr. Shubha Tewari
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Abstract available at http://satchmo.bu.edu/seminars.htm 

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Reminder:
Deadline for the May 23 - May 29 calendar
is Monday, May 17, 1999 at 11:00 a.m.

The last Calendar for this term will be published on May 17 (next week).  
The Calendar is not published during the summer.  
I will publish any announcements received for later events on May 17 also.
It will be the last Calendar maintained by Boston College.  
M.I.T. has the honors for the next two years.
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Joan Drane
joan.drane@bc.edu
Boston College