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physics@mit   fall 2006

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Resonating with Feshbach
32 Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek shares his personal perspective on the influence of MIT hero Herman Feshbach (1917-2000) on present-day physics, in particular the wide-ranging impact of the phenomenon known as "Feshbach resonance."
BY FRANK WILCZEK


Photonic Crystal Enhancement of Optical Non-linearities
36 Theorist Marin Soljacic describes the key role of photonic crystals in opening up innovative methods of signal processing with light..
BY MARIN SOLJACIC


The Mystery of CP Violation
44 Experimental high-energy physicist Gabriella Sciolla shows how fundamental questions about matter and anti-matter are beginning to be answered by recent experiments at the world's largest accelerators.
BY GABRIELLA SCIOLLA