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1998

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January, 1998

Seminars

• January 14, 5 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 - Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, Dr. Eric Cornell, University of Colorado, JILA: "Experiments in mixed-species Bose-Einstein condensates"
• January 20, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Dan Reisenfeld, AMP Division, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA: "A measurement of the absolute cross section for Si III electron impact excitation (and its applications to observations of the solar corona)"
• January 21, 12:30 p.m., Phillips Auditorium, Cold Atom Topical Group Talk: Dr. Joerg Schmiedmayer, Institut fuer Experimentalphysik, University of Innsbruck: "Atom waves in crystals of light"
• January 21, 11 a.m., Classroom A101 - AMP Seminar , Dr. Gillian Nave, NIST and HCO: "Atomic data for lighting from the NIST FTS"
• January 27, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar , Dr. Brett Esry, ITAMP: "Double Bose-Einstein condensates and spatial symmetry breaking"

Visitors

• Prof. Janine Shertzer, College of the Holy Cross, until May 31, 1998
• Prof. Michael Cavagnero, University of Kentucky, until, May 31, 1998
• Prof. Piotr Froelich, Uppsala University, January 26 to August 31, 1998
• Prof. William P. Reinhardt, University of Washington, January 1 until May 31, 1998
• Mr. Svante Jonsell, Uppsala University, January 27 until June 30, 1998

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February, 1998

Seminars

• February 2, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar , Prof. JanineShertzer, College of the Holy Cross and ITAMP: "Nonadiabatic calculation of the dipole polarizability of H2+"
• February 4, 12:30 p.m., Phillips Auditorium, Cold Atom Topical Group Talk: Dr. Eddy Timmermans, ITAMP: "Phase Separation of Bose-Einstein Condensates"
• February 11, 5 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 - Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, Professor Paul Berman, University of Michigan, "Basic Atom-Field Interactions - Revisited: (1) Causality in Excitation Exchange (2) Two-level Atom Plus Radiation Pulse"
• February 18, 12:30 p.m., Phillips Auditorium, Cold Atom Topical Group Talk: Professor William Stwalley, University of Conneticut: "Making Molecules at Micro Kelvin"
• February 24, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar , Jonathan Edwards, Harvard University and ITAMP: "Wavelet analysis of two dimensional quantum scattering"
• CANCELLED: February 25, 5 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 - Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, Professor Brian Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology: "Quantum optical probes of degenerate atomic gases"
• February 26, 11 a.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar , Dr. Laurent Wiesenfeld, Laboratoire de Spectrometrie Physique, Universite Joseph-Fourier-Grenoble: "A geometric view of reacive scattering"

Visitors

• Dr. Laurent Wiesenfeld, Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble, February 23-27
• Prof. Janine Shertzer, College of the Holy Cross, until May 31, 1998
• Prof. Michael Cavagnero, University of Kentucky, until, May 31, 1998
• Prof. Piotr Froelich, Uppsala University, until August 31, 1998
• Prof. William P. Reinhardt, University of Washington, until May 31, 1998
• Mr. Svante Jonsell, Uppsala University, until June 30, 1998

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March, 1998

Seminars

• March 3, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar , Dr. Wei Zhu, Department of Chemistry, New York University: "Wavepacket approach to quantum dynamics"
• March 4, 12:30 p.m., Phillips Auditorium, Cold Atom Topical Group Talk: Professor David Pritchard, MIT: "Longitudinal atom optics and interferometry: half a spin echo" [Abstract]
• March 4, 5 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 - Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium,, Professor Tiku Majumder, Williams College: "Precise measurements of thallium atomic structure and tests of fundamental symmetries"
• March 11, 5 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 - Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium,, Professor Chris Greene, University of Colorado, JILA: "Structure and dynamics of dilute trapped atoms: BEC and beyond"
• March 12, 11 a.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar , Dr. Alex Lazarian, Princeton University: "Polarized microwave emission from interstellar dust"
• March 17, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar , Prof. Winthrop Smith, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut: "Associative ionization and related collision processes in laser-excited alkali beams"
• March 18, 12:30 p.m., Phillips Auditorium, Cold Atom Topical Group Talk: Dr. Eddy Timmermans, ITAMP
• March 23, 4 p.m., Phillips Auditorium, Cold Atom Topical Group Talk: Dr. Mircea Marinescu, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology: "Controlling atom-atom interaction strength at ultralow temperatures by external dc electric fields" [Abstract]
• March 24, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar , Prof. Robert J. McMahon, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin: "Organic chemistry of relevance to interstellar clouds: structure, spectroscopy, and chemical rearrangements of reactive organic species"
• March 31, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar , Prof. John H. Black, Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology: "Molecules in active galactic nuclei"

Workshops

Title:	Casimir Forces
Date:	March 16-27, 1998
Organizers:	Chi-Kwan Au (University of South Carolina), Larry Spruch (New York University), Peter Milonni (Los Alamos National Lab) James Babb (ITAMP)

Visitors

• Dr. Alex Lazarian, Princeton University, March 2-6, 1998
• Dr. Peter Milonni, Los Alamos National Laboratory, March 12-June 12, 1998
• Prof. Larry Spruch, New York University, March 15-25, 1998
• Dr. John Black, Chalmers University of Technology, March 19 to April 4, 1998
• Prof. Chi-Kwan Au, University of South Carolina, March 15 to April 4; April 19 to May 1; May 17-30, 1998
• Prof. Janine Shertzer, College of the Holy Cross, until May 31, 1998
• Prof. Michael Cavagnero, University of Kentucky, until, May 31, 1998
• Prof. Piotr Froelich, Uppsala University, until August 31, 1998
• Prof. William P. Reinhardt, University of Washington, until May 31, 1998
• Mr. Svante Jonsell, Uppsala University, until June 30, 1998

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April, 1998

Seminars

• April 1, 12:30 p.m., Phillips Auditorium, Cold Atom Topical Group Talk: Dr. Bilha Segev, ITAMP: "Retardation effects on quantum reflection from an atomic mirror" [Abstract]
• April 6, 11 a.m., Phillips Auditorium - AMP Seminar , Dr. Michael Kuehne, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Berlin: "Line strengths determination of rotational-vibrational transitions of CO by tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) in the mid infrared"
• April 8, 5 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 -Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, Dr. Peter Milonni, Los Alamos National Laboratory: "Laser-excited mesospheric sodium as a beacon for telescope adaptive optics"
• April 22, 5 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 - Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, Professor Ugo Fano, University of Chicago

Workshops

Title:	Quantum Nonintegrability: Molecular Systems and General Theory
Date:	April 30-May 2, 1998
Organizers:	Jian-Min Yuan (Drexel University) Steven L. Tomsovic (Washington State University)

Visitors

• Dr. John Black, Chalmers University of Technology, until April 4, 1998
• Prof. Janine Shertzer, College of the Holy Cross, until May 31, 1998
• Prof. Michael Cavagnero, University of Kentucky, until, May 31, 1998
• Prof. Piotr Froelich, Uppsala University, until August 31, 1998
• Prof. William P. Reinhardt, University of Washington, until May 31, 1998
• Mr. Svante Jonsell, Uppsala University, until June 30, 1998
• Prof. Chi-Kwan Au, University of South Carolina, March 15 to April 4; April 19 to May 1; May 17-30, 1998
• Dr. Peter Milonni, Los Alamos National Laboratory, until June 12, 1998
• Dr. Jung-Hoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, April 13-June 13, 1998
• Prof. Jian-Min Yuan, Drexel University, April 15-July 15, 1998
• Dr. Steve Tomsovic, Washington State, April 27-June 20, 1998

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May, 1998

Seminars

• May 6, 5 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 - Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, to be announced
• May 20, 5 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 - Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, to be announced

Workshops

Title:	Quantum Nonintegrability: Molecular Systems and General Theory
Date:	April 30-May 2, 1998
Organizers:	Jian-Min Yuan (Drexel University) Steven L. Tomsovic (Washington State University) Michel Vallieres, (Drexel University)

Visitors

• Prof. Janine Shertzer, College of the Holy Cross, until May 31, 1998
• Prof. Michael Cavagnero, University of Kentucky, until, May 31, 1998
• Prof. Piotr Froelich, Uppsala University, until August 31, 1998
• Prof. William P. Reinhardt, University of Washington, until May 31, 1998
• Mr. Svante Jonsell, Uppsala University, until June 30, 1998
• Prof. Chi-Kwan Au, University of South Carolina, March 21 to April 4; April 19 to May 2; May 17-30, 1998
• Dr. Peter Milonni, Los Alamos National Laboratory, until June 12, 1998
• Dr. Jung-Hoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, until June 13, 1998
• Prof. Jian-Min Yuan, Drexel University, until July 15, 1998
• Dr. Steve Tomsovic, Washington State, until June 20, 1998

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June, 1998

Seminars

Workshops

Title:	Threshold Phenomena
Date:	June 8-15, 1998
Organizers:	JoeMacek (University of Tennessee) Ilya Fabrikant (University of Nebraska)

Visitors

• Mr. Svante Jonsell, Uppsala University, until June 30, 1998
• Prof. Piotr Froelich, Uppsala University, until August 31, 1998
• Dr. Peter Milonni, Los Alamos National Laboratory, until June 12, 1998
• Dr. Jung-Hoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, until June 13, 1998
• Prof. Jian-Min Yuan, Drexel University, until July 15, 1998
• Dr. Steve Tomsovic, Washington State, until June 20, 1998
• Prof. David Micha, University of Florida, June 25-August 15, 1998

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July, 1998

Seminars

Workshops

Title:	Dynamics of Clusters (Joint Workshop with INT/Seattle)
Date:	July6-8, 1998
Organizers:	George Bertsch (University of Washington) Steve Berry (University of Chicago) Aurel Bulgac (University of Washington)

Visitors

• Prof. Piotr Froelich, Uppsala University, until August 31, 1998
• Prof. Jian-Min Yuan, Drexel University, until July 15, 1998
• Prof. Bernard Zygelman, University of Nevada, July 1, 1998-July 1, 1999
• Prof. Mark S. Child, University of Oxford, July 15 - August 31, 1998
• Prof. Jian-Min Yuan, Drexel University, until July 15, 1998
• Prof. David Micha, University of Florida, until August 15, 1998

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August, 1998

Seminars

Visitors

• Prof. Piotr Froelich, Uppsala University, until August 31, 1998
• Prof. Mark S. Child, University of Oxford, until August 31, 1998
• Prof. David Micha, University of Florida, until August 15, 1998
• Prof. Bernard Zygelman, University of Nevada, until July 1, 1999
• Prof. Dr. Robert Buenker, Bergische Universität, August 1, 1998 - April 30, 1999
• Prof. Michael Jamieson, University of Glasgow, August 1 - August 31, 1998
• Prof. Rex Skodje, University of Colorado, August-December, 1998
• Dr. Peter Schmelcher, Universität Heidelberg, August 24-October 3, 1998

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September, 1998

Seminars

• September 14, Monday, 1 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - Join AMP-SSP Seminar at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Dr. Robert L. Kurucz, CfA: "Semiempirical calculation of GF values for all elements"
• September 16, Wednesday, 4 p.m., Phillips Auditorium - Cold Atom Topical Group Seminar, Prof. Michael J. Jamieson, Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow: "Scattering lengths for interpreting BEC experiments with hydrogen"
• September 22, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Dr. Peter Schmelcher, Institute for Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg: "Atoms in strong magnetic fields: from the laboratory to magnetic white dwarfs"
• September 29, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Dr. Mikhail Lukin, ITAMP: "Atomic coherence effects in optics"

Visitors

• Ms. Vijaya Subramanian, University of Colorado, September 1 - December 31, 1998
• Dr. Jian-ping Gu, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, September 8 - December 31, 1998
• Prof. Rex Skodje, University of Colorado, until February 26, 1999
• Prof. Bernard Zygelman, University of Nevada, until July 1, 1999
• Prof. Dr. Robert Buenker, Bergische Universität, until April 30, 1999
• Dr. Peter Schmelcher, Universität Heidelberg, until October 3, 1998

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October, 1998

Seminars

• October 6, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Prof. Robert Buenker, Bergische Universität and ITAMP: "Configuration Interaction Studies of Potential Energy Surfaces and Coupling Elements and Their Use in Scattering Cross Section and Predissociation Lifetime Calculations"
• October 13, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Dr. Kelly Chance, CfA, AMP Division: "Applications of Atomic and Molecular Physics to Measurements of the Earth's Atmosphere"
• October 14, 4:30 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 -Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, Dr. Brett Esry, ITAMP, "Reducing many-body dynamics to one dimension: a unifying approach"
• October 21, 4:30 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 -Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, Prof. Itzhak Ben-Itzhak, Kansas State University: "Symmetry breakdown in ground state dissociation of HD+: probing charge exchange at very low collision energies"
• October 27, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Dr. Lorenza Viola, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT and Department of Physics, Northeastern University: "Decoupling methods for open quantum systems and quantum information"
• October 28, Wednesday, 4 p.m., Phillips Auditorium - Cold Atom Topical Group Seminar, Dan M. Stamper-Kurn, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "Putting a spin on BEC: Ground states, metastability, and tunneling"

Workshops

Title:	Wavelets and Applications in Physics and Astrophysics
Date:	October 8-10, 1998
Organizers:	Romain Murenzi Clark Atlanta University) Alfred Msezane (Clark Atlanta University) Jean-Pierre Antoine (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)

Visitors

• Dr. Andrei Derevianko, University of Notre Dame, October 26 - November 25, 1998
• Prof. Rex Skodje, University of Colorado, until February 26, 1999
• Prof. Bernard Zygelman, University of Nevada, until July 1, 1999
• Prof. Dr. Robert Buenker, Bergische Universität, until April 30, 1999
• Dr. Peter Schmelcher, Universität Heidelberg, until October 3, 1998
• Ms. Vijaya Subramanian, University of Colorado, until December 31, 1998
• Dr. Jian-ping Gu, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, until December 31, 1998

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November, 1998

Seminars

• November 3, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Dr. Hyun-Kyung Chung, AMP Division: "Atomic Processes and Spectral Modeling of High Current-Density Ion Beam-Produced Plasmas" [Abstract]
• November 4, 4:30 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 -Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, Prof. Daniel Heinzen, University of Texas, Austin: "Ultracold collision resonances and coherent matter wave physics"
• November 10, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Dr. Lorenz Willmann, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "Magnetically trapped hydrogen: Bose-Einstein condensation and spectroscopy"
• November 12, Thursday, 11 a.m., Pratt Conference Room - Cold Atom Topical Group Seminar, Dr. Françoise Masnou-Seeuws, Laboratoire Aime Cotton Orsay (France): "Formation of cold molecules by photoassociation in a cold cesium sample"
• November 17, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Prof. Brian Stewart, Department of Physics, Wesleyan University: "New dynamics in atom-diatom collisions'
• November 18, 4:30 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 -Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, Prof. Brian Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology: "Dynamics of confined quantum gases"
• November 24, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Dr. James Anglin, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck: "Monopoles in Bose Condensates"

Visitors

• Dr. Françoise Masnou, Université Paris-Sud, November 5-15, 1998
• Dr. Andrei Derevianko, University of Notre Dame, until November 25, 1998
• Prof. Rex Skodje, University of Colorado, until February 26, 1999
• Prof. Bernard Zygelman, University of Nevada, until July 1, 1999
• Prof. Dr. Robert Buenker, Bergische Universität, until April 30, 1999
• Ms. Vijaya Subramanian, University of Colorado, until December 31, 1998
• Dr. Jian-ping Gu, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, until December 31, 1998

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December, 1998

Seminars

• December 1, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Prof. Michael Mendillo, Center for Space Physics, Boston University: "Variability of Jupiter's Sodium Magneto-Nebula"
• December 2, 4:30 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 -Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, Dr. Martin Naraschewski, Harvard Physics Department and ITAMP: "Physics of Bose-Einstein Condensation Beyond the Mean Field Picture"
• December 8, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Dr. Jian-ping Gu, Bergische, Universitat Wuppertal: "Ab initio study of CH+, SiH+ and SiHe++ systems: their excited electronic states and related ion-atom collision processes"
• December 15, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Pratt Conference Room - AMP Seminar, Dr. Mayo Greenberg, Astronomy Department, University of Leiden: "Hale-Bopp: just another comet"
• December 16, 4:30 p.m., Jefferson Lab, Room 356 -Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium, Dr. Robert Forrey, Center for Astrophysics: "Matter wave interferometry, solid-state astrophysics, and ultracold molecular physics - new applications of scattering theory"
• December 18, Friday, at 4 p.m. in Phillips Auditorium - Cold Atom Topical Group Seminar, Dr. Jim Babb, ITAMP: "Ultra-cold collisions of spin-polarized metastable helium atoms" [Abstract]

Visitors

• Prof. Rex Skodje, University of Colorado, until February 26, 1999
• Prof. Bernard Zygelman, University of Nevada, until July 1, 1999
• Prof. Dr. Robert Buenker, Bergische Universität, until April 30, 1999
• Ms. Vijaya Subramanian, University of Colorado, until December 31, 1998
• Dr. Jian-ping Gu, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, until December 31, 1998

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