New Developments in High Temperature Superconductivity: Proceedings of the 2nd Polish-US Conference Held a Wrocław and Karpacz, Poland, 17–21 August 1998

J. I. Budnick, Ch. Niedermayer (auth.), Jan Klamut, Boyd W. Veal, Bogdan M. Dabrowski, Piotr W. Klamut, Maciej Kazimierski (eds.)3540671889, 9783540671886

This volume presents the latest developments in the field of high temperature superconductivity. It focusses on microscope description, physical properties, and materials and applications. The talks presented have been extensively edited and updated in order to present a valuable resource not only for the advanced reader, but also for a larger readership seeking reviews of current problems in high temperature superconductivity. These proceedings are a follow-up of a previous meeting which has been published as Volume 475 of the Lecture Notes in Physics.

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Table of contents :
Muon Spin Rotation Studies of Doping in High- T c Superconductors….Pages 1-16
Dynamic Signatures of Driven Vortex Motion….Pages 17-29
Improved Y-123 Materials by Chemical Substitutions….Pages 30-44
High Pressure Crystal Growth and Properties of Hg-Based Superconductors and One-Dimensional A 1−x ;CuO 2 (A = Sr, Ca, Ba) Cuprates….Pages 45-64
Angular Dependence of Flux Pinning in High- T c Superconductor Thin Films and Superconductor-Ferromagnetic Heterostructures….Pages 65-77
Basic Superconducting-State Parameters and Their Influence on the Flux Pinning in Homologous Series HgBa 2 Ca n−1 Cu n O 2n+2+x ….Pages 78-90
Oxygen Isotope Effects in the Manganates and Cuprates Studied by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance….Pages 91-99
Quasiparticle Thermalization and Recombination in High-Temperature Superconductors Excited by Femtosecond Optical Pulses….Pages 100-122
A Semiphenomenological Approach for Description of Quasiparticles in High Temperature Superconductors….Pages 123-156
Superconductivity and Magnetic Properties of Spin-Ladder Compounds….Pages 157-180
Vortex Pinning and Critical Current Enhancements in High- T c Superconductors with Fission-Generated Random Columnar Defects….Pages 181-192
Bose-Einstein to BCS Crossover as a Model for High- T c Cuprate Superconductors….Pages 193-210
Strong Correlations and Electron-Phonon Interaction in Superconductors….Pages 211-229
Penetration Depth in Pure and Zinc-Substituted La 2−x Sr x CuO 4 ….Pages 230-253
Structural Sensitivity of Transport Properties of the High- T c Cuprates….Pages 254-268