Nov. 29, 1998 - Dec. 5, 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ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.
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Monday, November 30, 1998

Monday, November 30, 1998, 2:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monday Research Seminar
MIT-Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg. 6, Third floor
"Who's Afraid of the Large N Limit?"
Rajesh Gopakumar
Harvard University

Monday, November 30, 1998, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Physics Colloquium
Jefferson 250
"What Is Needed to Build a Quantum Computer?"
David DiVincenzo
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center 
Tea in Jefferson 450 at 4:00 p.m.

Monday, November 30, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Northeastern University
Special Seminar
Dana Research Center, Room 114
"Brane World"
Zurab Kakushadze
Harvard University/Northeastern University
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Tuesday, December 1, 1998

Tuesday, December 1, 1998, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar
Marlar Lounge (37-252), McNair Building
"Radio Spectroscopy of Large Organic Molecules in Space"
Patrick Thaddeus
Harvard University
Refreshments served following the seminar.

Tuesday, December 1, 1998, 2:30 p.m.
Tufts University
Joint CFA-Tufts-M.I.T. Cosmology Seminar
Robinson Hall, Room 250
"TeV Scale Quantum Gravity"
Professor Georgi Dvali
New York University
Refreshments served at 2:00 in Knipp Library, Room 251.

Tuesday, December 1, 1998, 3:45 p.m.
Boston University
Department of Physics Colloquium
Metcalf Science Center, Room SCI 107 (590 Comm. Ave.)
"Probing Subatomic Matter Using Polarized Electrons"
Professor Krishna Kumar
Princeton University

Tuesday, December 1, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Northeastern University
CIRCS Seminar
114 Dana
"Stochastic Reaction-Diffusion Systems:
Fluctuation-Induced Instabilities and Other Surprises"
David A. Kessler
Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday, December 1, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear Theory Seminar
MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg. 6, Third Floor
"Chiral Symmetry and the Index Theorem on the Lattice"
Peter Hasenfratz
Bern University
Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday, December 1, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Brandeis University
Martin Weiner Lecture Series, Physics Colloquium
Physics Building, Abelson 333
"String Theory and the Beckenstein-Hawking Black Hole Entropy"
Professor Andrew Strominger
Harvard University
Refreshments in Room 333 at 3:30 p.m.
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Wednesday, December 2, 1998

Wednesday, December 2, 1998, 4:15 p.m.
Boston College
Department of Physics Colloquium
Higgins Hall, Room 354
"Inverse Alchemy at 3 x 10^(12)K"
Professor Miklos Gyulassy
Columbia University
Refreshments will be served at 3:50 p.m.

Wednesday, December 2, 1998, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University/Center for Astrophysics
Joint Atomic Physics Seminar
Jefferson Laboratory, Room 356
"Physics of Bose-Einstein Condensation Beyond the Mean Field Picture"
Dr. Martin Naraschewski
Harvard University
Tea will be served at 4:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 2, 1998, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Joint Theory Seminar
Jefferson 256
"Quantum Fluctuations about Classical Field Configurations in Renormalizable 
Field Theories"
Robert Jaffe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Refreshments at 4:00 in Lyman 330.
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Thursday, December 3, 1998

Thursday, December 3, 1998, 12:00 noon
Harvard University
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
Pierce Hall, 100F
"The Energy and Action for Skyrmions in a 2D Electron System at High 
Magnetic Field"
Professor Serguei Iordanski
Landau Institute for Theory Physics, Russia

Thursday, December 3, 1998, 2:30 p.m.
Boston University
Physics Department Lecture
Physics Research Building, Room 593
"Introduction to Phase Transitions"
Marcelo Gleiser
Dartmouth University

Thursday, December 3, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Scientific Colloquium
60 Garden Street (Phillips Auditorium)
"Exploring Diffuse Ionized Gas in the Milky Way"
Dr. Ronald J. Reynolds
Tea at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 3, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Duality Seminar
Lyman 330
"Some Results on the AdS/CFT Correspondence"
Dr. Samir Mathur
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thursday, December 3, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Clark University
Department of Physics Colloquium
Sackler Science Center, Room N-105
"Theoretical Frameworks for Conducting Research in Physics Education:  
An Example from Electrostatics"
Professor Randal Harrington
University of Maine

Thursday, December 3, 1998, 4:15 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Physics Colloquium
Room 10-250
"Results from Super Kamiokande"
Professor Larry Sulak
Boston University
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Friday, December 4, 1998

Friday, December 4, 1998, 12:30 p.m.
Boston University
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Metcalf Science Center, Room 352 (590 Comm. Ave.)
"Quantum Griffiths Singularities in Non-Fermi Liquid Heavy Fermion 
Materials"
Professor Antonio Castro-Neto
University of California, Riverside

Friday, December 4, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Joint Seminar for the History of 20th Century Science
Science Center 226
"Einstein, Godel and Time"
Professor Palle Yourgrau
Brandeis University

Friday, December 4, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar
NW17-218, 175 Albany Street
"Demonstration of Local Current Generation in a Tokamak Plasma by 
Millimeter Waves"
Timothy Luce
General Atomics

Friday, December 4, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Condensed Matter Seminar
Pierce Hall, Room 209
"SET Scanned-Probe Images of the Integral Quantum Hall Effect"
Dr. Theodore A. Fulton
Lucent Technologies/Bell Laboratories
Refreshments in the Brooks Room following the seminar.
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Reminder:
Deadline for the Dec. 6 - Dec. 12 issue 
is Monday, November 30 at 11:00 a.m.
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Joan Drane
joan.drane@bc.edu
Boston College