THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR
          Week of November 26-December 2, 1995 

The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during 
the academic year by the Department of Physics and Astronomy 
at Tufts University.  You may send your announcements by 
e-mail (bapc@tuhepa.phy.tufts.edu) or FAX:(617-627-3878).  
We cannot accept announcements by telephone.  Entries should 
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                Monday, November 27, 1995 
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Monday, November 27, 1995, 2:30 p.m.
 
Brown University
Theoretical Seminar
Barus & Holley Building, Room 555
``To be Announced''
PROFESSOR CUMRUN VAFA
Harvard University
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Monday, November 27, 1995, 4:30 p.m.
 
Brown University
Physics & Electrical Sciences Colloquium
Barus & Holley Building, Room 168
``To be announced''
PROFESSOR J. WOLF
University of Illinois
Refreshments will be served at 4:00 p.m. 
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Monday, November 27, 1995, 5:00 p.m.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics Seminar Room 
Building 6, Third Floor
``Chiral Transition - Universality with Fermions''
DR. SASHA KOCIC
University of Illinois at Urbana 

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             Tuesday, November 28, 1995 
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Tuesday, November 28, 1995, 11:15 p.m.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joint Lattice Seminar 
Building 6, Third Floor
``The overlap applied to the massless vector 
Schwinger model, and a brief update on the 
0.8 Teraflops Supercomputers at Columbia''
DR. PAULOS VRANAS
Columbia University 
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Tuesday, November 28, 1995, 2:30 p.m.

Harvard University
CfA-Tufts-MIT Cosmology Seminar 
Observatory Classroom A-101, CfA
``A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum
of the Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background''
DR. BARTH NETTERFIELD
Princeton University 

Abstract:

     We report a measurement of the angular power spectrum of the
anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background from 0.5 deg to 3 deg.
Furthermore, the observations of the MSAM experiment (Cheng et al,
1994) were repeated and confirmed.  The angular power spectrum shows 
a distinct rise at smaller angular scales. 
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Tuesday, November 28, 1995, 3:30 p.m.

Boston University
Colloquium 
Room SCI-107, (590 Commonwealth Avenue)
``Hollow Carbon Crystals''
PROFESSOR G. BENEDEK
University of Milan
Refreshments will be served following the talk. 
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Tuesday, November 28, 1995, 4:15 p.m.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Astrophysics Colloquium 
The Marlar Lounge, Room, 37-242
``Black Hole Collisions''
PROFESSOR SAUL A. TEUKOLSKY
Cornell University 
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.
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Tuesday, November 28, 1995, 4:15 p.m.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
LNS Colloquium 
LNS Kolker Room, 26-414
``LIGO - and Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Detectors''
DR. DAVID SHOEMAKER
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Refreshments will be served in Room 26-414 at 3:45 p.m.
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Tuesday, November 28, 1995, 4:30 p.m.

Harvard University
Harvard-M.I.T. Mathematical Physics Seminar at M.I.T. 
Room 2-131
``Geomety of Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Vacua''
WASHINGTON TAYLOR
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

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            Wednesday, November 29, 1995 
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Wednesday, November 29, 1995, 4:15 p.m.

Boston College
Physics Department Colloquium 
Higgins Hall, Room 354
``From Fullerenes to Diamonds''
PROFESSOR GIORGIO BENEDEK
University of Milan 
Tea will be served in Higgins Hall, Room 354 at 3:30 p.m.
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Wednesday, November 29, 1995, 4:30 p.m.

Harvard University
Joint Theory Seminar 
Jefferson 256
``Inflation from Flat Directions of Supersymmetric
Theories with No (Very) Small Parameters''
PROFESSOR LISA RANDALL
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

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            Thursday, November 30, 1995 
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Thursday, November 30, 1995, 12:00 noon

Boston University
Particles and Fields Seminar 
Physics Research Building (3 Cummington St.)
Room 593
``What can we learn from the microwave background?''
GERARD JUNGMAN
Syracuse University 
Please call (353-2600) one day in advance for parking.
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Thursday, November 30, 1995, 12:00 noon

Harvard University
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar 
Pierce 100F
``DNA Topoisomerase II as a Molecular Machine''
PROFESSOR JAMES WANG
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
 Harvard University} 
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Thursday, November 30, 1995, 2:30 p.m.

Brown University
Theoretical Seminar 
Barus & Holley Building, Room 555
``Chiral Transition Universality with Fermions''
PROFESSOR A. KOCIC
University of Illinois 
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Thursday, November 30, 1995, 4:00 p.m.

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Scientific Colloquium 
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
        60 Garden Street (Phillips Auditorium)
``Remarkable New Changes in the Atmospheres 
of Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter''
DR. HEIDI B. HAMMEL
Earth Atmos. and Planetary Sci. Dept.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abstract:

     The Voyager spacecraft revolutionized our understanding of 
outer planet atmospheres by providing incredibly detailed snapshots 
of these planets. However, those static images are only a part of 
the picture of these complex and dynamic atmospheric systems.  
In reality, our knowledge of the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, 
Uranus, and Neptune has progressed considerably in recent years, 
due in large part to the excellent imaging capabilty of the 
Hubble Space Telescope, supplemented by the advent of infrared 
astronomy and the accessability of high-speed computing. In this talk, 
I will bring you up to date on our understanding of these planets, 
with an emphasis on the results from my two recent HST programs: 
(1) studying the collision of Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter,
and (2) imaging intriguing variability in Neptune's clouds.  
Uranus and Saturn will also be discussed, to place all four 
outer planets in comparative planetological context.  My goal 
is that you leave this colloquium with a brand-new view of the 
outer planets. 
 
Tea will be served at 3:30 p.m.}
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Thursday, November 30, 1995, 4:30 p.m.

Brown University
Condensed Matter Seminar 
Barus & Holley Building, Room 751
``To Be Announced''
PROFESSOR JOHN REPPY
Cornell University 

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           Friday, December 1, 1995 
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Friday, December 1, 1995, 12:05 p.m.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Condensed Matter Seminar 
Room 12-132
``Measurement of a Fractionally Quantized Charge''
PROFESSOR V. GOLDMAN
Department of Physics
SUNY at Stony Brook

Abstract:

In experiments on resonant tunneling via an "antidot" (a repulsive potential 
hill) in integer and fractional quantum Hall effect, we observe 
quasiperiodic conductance peaks as a function of both
magnetic field and voltage on a global back gate. Each peak signals 
occupation of the antidot by one more electron (integer QHE) or 
quasiparticle (fractional QHE).  The period in magnetic field gives
the area of the tunneling orbit around the antidot (Aharonov-Bohm effect), 
and the period in back gate voltage then gives the charge of the 
tunneling particles.  For the 1/3 FQHE we obtain that the
charge of quasiparticles is indeed (1/3)e with a good accuracy. 
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Friday, December 1, 1995, 4:30 p.m.

Harvard University
Seminar on Probability, Analysis and Mathematical Physics 
Jefferson 356
``Asymptotic Behavior Toward Non-linear Waves for 
Viscous Conservation Laws''
ZHOUPING XIN
Harvard University and Courant Institute 

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        A Friendly Reminder:

The Deadline for the Dec.3 - Dec.9, 1995 Issue is:

Monday, November 27, 1995 at 11:00 a.m.

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