September 27-October 1, 2004 THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic year by the Department of Physics at Boston University. You may send your announcement by e-mail (bapc-events@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu ) or FAX (617-353-9393). We cannot accept announcements by telephone. Entries should reach us no later than 12:00 p.m. the Tuesday of the week proceeding the week of the event. ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED. Monday, September 27, 2004 Monday, September 27, 2004, 1:30pm (note change of day and room) Brandeis University High Energy Theory Seminar Physics Department, Room 333 "An alternative to the dark matter paradigm: relativistic MOND gravitation" Professor J. Bekenstein Hebrew University, Jerusalem Monday,September 27th, 2004, 4:15pm MIT Nuclear and Particle Physics Colloquium Lab for Nuclear Science, Kolker Room, 26-505 "Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Imaging in Non-Intrusive Cargo Inspection" Bill Bertozzi MIT Monday, September 27, 2:00PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear and Particle Theory Seminar Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6, Third Floor seminar room ``Coframe geometry and classic al field models" Yakov Itin Hebrew University of Jerusalem Refreshments will be served Tuesday, September 28, 2004 Tuesday, September 28, 2004, 4:00pm Brandeis University Martin Weiner Lecture Series Physics Colloquium Physics Department, Room 131 "Why is the Universe Accelerating?" Professor Sean M. Carroll Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago Refreshments served in room 333 at 3:30pm Tuesday, September 28, 2004, 4:00pm MIT The Herman A. Haus Room, 36-428 site of former RLE Conference Room) Cooling and trapping in strong magnetic fields Georg Raithel University of Michigan Tuesday, September 28, 2004 @4:30p.m. Harvard University Phenomenology Seminar Jefferson 453 "An alternative to the dark matter paradigm: relativistic MOND gravitation" Jacob Bekenstein (Hebrew U., Jerusalem) Wednesday, September 29, 2004 @4:30p.m. Harvard University Joint Theory Seminar Jefferson 453 "Some Anthropic Phenomenology" John Donoghue (Massachusetts U., Amherst) Wednesday, September 29, 2004 Wednesday, September 29, 2004, 4pm University of Massachusetts at Lowell Fall Colloquia 2004 Olney 218 "Astrophysical Black Holes" Pofessor Ramesh Narayan Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Refreshments served at 3:30pm Wednesday, September 29, 2004, 2:30P Brown University Theoretical Seminar Physics Department B&H 555 "To be Announced" Prof. Per Berglund University of New Hampshire Wednesday, September 29, 2004 @4:30p.m. Harvard University Joint Theory Seminar Jefferson 453 "Some Anthropic Phenomenology" John Donoghue (Massachusetts U., Amherst) Wednesday, September 29, 2004, 12 noon (note change of day, time and room) Brandeis University High Energy Theory Seminar Physics Department, Room 239 "How Eternal Inflation Can Explain the Second Law of Thermodynamics" Professor Sean M. Carroll Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago Wednesday, September 29, 2:00PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology String/Gravity Theory Seminar Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6, Third Floor seminar room ``Strings on small radius AdS and higher spin holography" Massimo Bianchi University of Rome Refreshments will be served. Thursday, September 30, 2004 September 30, 2004, 4:15pm Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics Colloquium Series Building 10-250 "Title to be Announced" Larry Abbott Brandeis University Thursday, September 30, 2004, 4:00 pm Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Phillips Auditorium 60 Garden Street, Cambridge "In Search of Supermassive Black Holes" Meg Urry Yale University * tea and cookies at 3:30 p.m. * Thursday, September 30, 2004, 4:15 pm Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics Colloquium Series 10-250 Larry Abbott, Brandeis University "Scale-Invariant Dynamics in Neural Systems" Refreshments in the Physics Common Room (4-339) at 3:45pm Thursday, September 30, 2004, 4:15 p.m. Harvard University Duality Seminar Jefferson 453 ``D branes and phases on string worldsheet'' Takuya Okuda CalTech Refreshments served in the High Energy Theory coffee area, 4th floor Jefferson, at 3:45 Thursday, September 30, 2004, 4pm Physics Colloquium Northeastern University Room 114 Dana Research Building "The Role of Buried Charged Groups in Proteins" Dr. Marilyn Gunner City College of New York Thursday, September 30, 2004, 12pm Harvard University The Condensed Matter Theory Seminar Department of Physics Lyman 425 "The State of Superconductivity in the Organics" Prof. Mike Naughton Boston College Physics Colloquium Series at MIT 9/30/2004 Larry Abbott, Brandeis University "Scale-Invariant Dynamics in Neural Systems" Neural systems exhibit temporal dynamics over time scales ranging from milliseconds to years. This often results in power-law rather than exponential decays and, in general, produces dynamics that cannot be characterized by any fixed time constant. I will discuss ways of modeling and thinking about such systems and, in particular, explore the functional implications of scale-invariant dynamics for memory. Time: 4:15pm Place: Room 10-250 Refreshments will be served in the Physics Common Room (4-339) at 3:45pm Friday, October 1, 2004 Friday, October 1, 2004, 3-5pm MIT, Department of Mathematics Room 2-147 "Canonical bases of loop algebras and coherent sheaves on curves" Olivier Schiffmann Ecole Normale Superieure Harvard University Condensed Matter and Applied Physics Colloquium Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences Friday, October 1st, 2004 Pierce 209 4pm "Spin Dynamics and Spin Transport" Dr. Emmanuel Rashba Massachusetts Institute of Technology Friday, October 1, 4PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar Building NW17-218 "Magnetic Reconnection: From Fusion to Astrophysics" Prof. Amitava Bhattacharjee University of New Hampshire