May Preprints

Sadhan K. Adhikari, "Comment on 'Time-reversal symmetry-breaking superconductivity'." Phys. Rev. B 63 (2001) 226501. E-mail adhikari@ift.unesp.br; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105539.

Vivek Aji and Nigel Goldenfeld, "Critical Dynamics of a Vortex Loop Model for the Superconducting Transition." Nigel Goldenfield's e-mail preprint available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105622.

A.Yu. Aladyshkin, A. S. Mel'nikov, I. A. Shereshevsky, and I. D. Tokman, "What is the Best Gate for Vortex Entry into Type-II Superconductor?" To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod 603600, GSP-105, RUSSIA; tel. +7 8312 67 5185; fax +7 8312 67 5553; e-mail alay@ipm.sci-nnov.ru. Key words: Bean-Livingston Barrier, vortex penetration, surface roughness. 74.60.Ec; 74.60.-w; 74.72.-h.

Luigi Amico, Antonio Di Lorenzo, and Andreas Osterloh, "Integrable models for confined fermions: applications to metallic grains." Submitted to Nucl. Phys. B. Andreas Osterloh's e-mail andreas.osterloh@physik.uni-augsburg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105537.

Luigi Amico and Andreas Osterloh, "Exact correlation functions of the BCS model in the canonical ensemble." Andreas Osterloh's e-mail andreas.osterloh@physik.uni-augsburg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105141.

M.H.S. Amin, A. N. Omelyanchouk, S. N. Rashkeev, M. Coury, and A. M. Zagoskin, "Quasiclassical Theory of Spontaneous Currents at Surfaces and Interfaces of d-Wave Superconductors." E-mail amin@dwavesys.com; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105486.

M.Ya. Amusia and V. R. Shaginyan, "Fermion-Condensation Quantum Phase Transition in High-T_c Superconductors." JETP Letters 73, 232 (2001). V. R. Shaginyan's e-mail vasily@VS3381.spb.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105477.

E. Arrigoni, M. G. Zacher, and W. Hanke, "Rotation between antiferromagnetic and superconducting gaps in high-Tc materials." E-mail arrigoni@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105125.

J. Aumentado, J. Eom, V. Chandrasekhar, P. M. Baldo, and L. E. Rehn, "Proximity effect thermometer for local temperature measurements on mesoscopic samples." Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 3554 (1999). Preprint available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105083.

A. N. Baranov, D. C. Kim, J. S. Kim, H. R. Kang, Y. W. Park, J. S. Pshirkov, and E. V. Antipov, "Superconductivity in the Ba1-xKxBiO3 System." To be published in Physica C (in press). School of Physics and Condensed Matter Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, SOUTH KOREA; telephone +82 2 880 8535; telefax +82 2 873 7037; e-mail baranov@phya.snu.ac.kr. Key words: bismuthates, substitution, high pressure synthesis, superconductivity. 74.62.Bf; 74.72.Yg.

K. D. Belashchenko, V. P. Antropov, and S. N. Rashkeev, "Anisotropy of p states and 11B nuclear spin-lattice relaxation in (Mg,Al)B2." E-mail kdbel@ameslab.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105356.

A. Benabdallah, M. V. Fistul, and S. Flach, "Breathers in a single plaquette of Josephson junctions: existence, stability and resonances." E-mail abenab@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105237.

G. Benz, S. Wunsch, T. A. Scherer, M. Neuhaus, and W. Jutzi, "Measured Temperature Dependence on the Intermodulation Product of Coplanar Waveguides with s- and d-Wave Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact W. Jutzi, Institut fur Elektrotechnische Grundlagen der Informatik, Universitat Karlsruhe, Hertzstrasse 16, D-76187 Karlsruhe, GERMANY; telephone +49 721 608 4446; telefax +49 721 757925; e-mail jutzi@iegi01.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de. Key words: s- and d-wave superconductor, intermodulation product.

C. Berthod and B. Giovannini, "The Density of States in High-Tc Superconductors Vortices." E-mail christophe.berthod@physics.unige.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105425.

Th. Berthold, W. Hassler, M. Schubert, C. Rodig, V. Haas, R. Nanke, and M. Leghisa, "Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Bi1.8Pb0.4Sr2Ca2.1Cu3Ox Tapes with CeO2 Ceramic Barriers." To be published in Physica C (in press). Siemens AG, CT MM7, D-81730 Munich, GERMANY; telephone +49 89 636 52684; e-mail thomas.berthold@mchp.siemens.de. Key words: cuprate superconductors, barrier tapes, ac tapes, decomposition.

Gabriel Bester and Manfred Fahnle, "Ab-initio investigation of the covalent bond energies in the metallic covalent superconductor MgB2 and in AlB2." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. E-mail gb@mf.mpg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105107.

A. T. Boothroyd, "Comment on 'Magnetoelastic model for the relaxation of lanthanide ions in YBa2Cu3O7-d observed by neutron scattering'." To be published in Phys. Rev. B. E-mail a.boothroyd1@physics.ox.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105020.

V. S. Boyko, Siu-Wai Chan, and M. Chopra, "Shape of a Twin as Related to the Inelastic Forces Acting on Twinning Dislocations in YBa2Cu3O7-d." To be published in Phys. Rev. B. Materials Science and Engineering Program, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027. 74.72.Bk; 61.72.Mm; 61.72.Ff.

A. Brinkman, D. Veldhuis, D. Mijatovic, G. Rijnders, D. H. A. Blank, H. Hilgenkamp, and H. Rogalla, "Superconducting Quantum Interference Device based on MgB2 nanobridges." Submitted to Appl. Phys. Lett. E-mail a.brinkman@tn.utwente.nl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105535.

L. N. Bulaevskii, Ch. Helm, A. R. Bishop, and M. P. Maley, "Optical Properties of Crystals with Spatial Dispersion: Josephson Plasma Resonance in Layered Superconductors." Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. Ch. Helm's e-mail christian.helm@physik.uni-regensburg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105148. Key words: spatial dispersion in optics, Josephson Plasma Resonance. 74.25.Gz, 42.25.Gy, 74.72.-h, 74.80.Dm.

L. N. Bulaevskii, A. E. Koshelev, B. Rosenstein, and M. P. Maley, "Quantum Regime of Cooper Pair Tunneling in Small-area Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d Mesas in Magnetic Fields." To be published in Physica C (in press). Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545. Key words: Cooper pair tunneling, Josephson junctions, critical current. 74.25.Fy; 74.50.+r; 74.72.Hs.

C. Cai, H. Mori, H. Fujimoto, H. Liu, and S. Dou, "Crystal Growth Patterns in MgO Seeded Y1.8Ba2.4Cu3.4Oy/Ag Melt-Texturing Process." To be published in Physica C (in press). Railway Technical Research Institute, 2-8-38 Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8540, JAPAN; fax +81 42 573 7360; e-mail cbcai@yahoo.com. Key words: MgO, Y-Ba-Cu-O, domain structure. 74.72.Bk; 81.10.Fq.

C. Cai, M. Tachiki, T. Fujii, T. Kobayashi, H. K. Liu, and S. X. Dou, "Optimized NdBa2Cu3Oy Thin Films Deposited by Eclipsed Pulsed Laser Ablation." To be published in Physica C (in press). School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UNITED KINGDOM; telephone +44 121 414 5170; e-mail c.cai@bham.ac.uk. Key words: Nd123 thin film, eclipsed PLD, superconducting transition, Nd-Ba substitution. 74.76.Bz; 81.15.Fg; 74.62.-c; 74.62.Dh.

E. Cappelluti, S. Ciuchi, C. Grimaldi, L. Pietronero, and S. Strassler, "High T_c superconductivity in MgB_2 by nonadiabatic pairing." E-mail emmcapp@pil.phys.uniroma1.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105351.

E. Cappelluti, C. Grimaldi, L. Pietronero, S. Straessler, "Nonadiabatic Channels in the Superconducting Pairing of Fullerides." Phys. Rev. Lett. vol.85, p.4771 (27 nov. 2000). C. Grimaldi's e-mail claudio@pil.phys.uniroma1.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105560.

Y. S. Cha, "Magnetic Diffusion and Dissipation in H igh-Tc Superconductors Subjected to Sinusoidal Applied Fields." To be published in Physica C (in press). Energy Technology Division - 335, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439; telephone (630) 252-5899; telefax (630) 252-5568; e-mail yscha@anl.gov. Key words: magnetic diffusion, ac loss fault current limiter, critical state model, transient response of high-Tc superconductors.

Jeng-Da Chai, Sergey V. Barabash, and D. Stroud, "Simple Model for the Variation of Superfluid Density with Zn Concentration in YBCO." Submitted to Physica C. Sergey V. Barabash's e-mail barabash@mps.ohio-state.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105575.

A. Chainani, T. Yokoya, T. Kiss, S. Shin, T. Nishio, and H. Uwe, "Electron-phonon coupling induced pseudogap and the superconducting transition in Ba_0.67K_0.33BiO_3." Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. Preprint available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105013.

G. C. Che, S. L. Li, Z. A. Ren, L. Li, S. L. Jia, Y. M. Ni, H. Chen, C. Dong, J. Q. Li, H. H. Wen, and Z. X. Zhao, "Preparation and Superconductivity of a MgB2 Superconducting Tape." Z. A. Ren's e-mail renzhian@ssc.iphy.ac.cn; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105215.

S. Y. Chen, J. Shulman, Y. S. Wang, D. H. Cao, C. Wang, Q. Y. Chen, T. H. Johansen, W. K. Chu, and C. W. Chu, "Direct Observation of Coexistence of Ferromagnetism and Superconductivity in RuSr2(Gd0.7Ce0.3)2Cu2O10." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. C. W. Chu's e-mail tchristensen@uh.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105510.

X. K. Chen, M. J. Konstantinovic, J. C. Irwin, D. D. Lawrie, and J. P. Franck, "Evidence for Two Superconducting Gaps in MgB_2." Preprint available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0104005.

Sa-Lin Cheng, D. J. Priour Jr., and H. A. Fertig, "London equation studies of thin-film superconductors with a triangular antidot lattice." E-mail schen1@pa.uky.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105631.

Noriko Chikumoto and Masato Murakami, "Magnetic Behavior of BSCCO and R123 in the Vortex Liquid State." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center (ISTEC), 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, JAPAN; telephone +81 3 3454 9284; telefax +81 3 3454 9287; e-mail chiku@istec.or.jp. Key words: BSCCO, R123, phase transition, the second phase. 74.60.Ge; 74.72.Bk.

J. H. Cho, "Linear and Nonlinear Susceptibilities of a Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Single Crystal with Isotropic Columnar Defects." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, Research Center for Dielectric and Advanced Matter Physics, Pusan National University, Jangjun-Dong 30, Kumjeong-Ku, Pusan 609-735, SOUTH KOREA; telephone +82 51 510 2968; telefax +82 51 515 2390; e-mail jinhcho@hyowon.pusan.ac.kr. 74.72.Hs; 74.60.Jg; 74.25.Ha; 74.60.Ge.

M. R. Cimberle, M. Novak, P. Manfrinetti, and A. Palenzona, "Magnetic characterization of sintered MgB2 samples: effect of the substitution or doping with Li, Al and Si." M. Novak's e-mail novakml@fzu.cz; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105212.

F. Cordero, R. Cantelli, G. Giunchi and S. Ceresara, "A search for incipient lattice instabilities in MgB_{2} by anelastic spectroscopy." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. E-mail cordero@idac.rm.cnr.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105157.

M. Crogan, S. Khlebnikov, and G. Sadiek, "Controlled transfer of quantum amplitude via modulation of a potential barrier: numerical study in a model of SQUID." Report-no: PURD-TH-01-01. S. Khlebnikov's e-mail skhleb@euler.physics.purdue.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/quant-ph/0105038.

J. Cserti, A. Bodor, J. Koltai and G. Vattay, "Excitation spectra for Andreev billiards of Box and Disk geometries." E-mail cserti@galahad.elte.hu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105472.

N. J. Curro, B. Simovic, P. C. Hammel, P. G. Pagliuso, G. B. Martins, J. L. Sarrao, and J. D. Thompson, "Anomalous NMR Magnetic Shifts in CeCoIn_5." Report-no: LA-UR-01-1807. E-mail curro@lanl.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105175.

Masahiro Daibo, Tadashi Kotaka, and Arimitsu Shikoda, "Photo-induced Magnetic Field Imaging of p-n Junction Using a Laser SQUID Microscope." To be published in Physica C (in press). Iwate Industrial Research Institute, 3-35-2 Iioka-Shinden, Morioka City, Iwate 020-0852, JAPAN; telefax +81 19 635 0311; e-mail daibo@sv02.ac.pref.iwate.jp. Key words: SQUID, microscope, laser.

D. Darminto, M. O. Tjia, A. A. Nugroho, A. A. Menovsky, J. Shimoyama, and K. Kishio, "Variation of Vortex-Glass Dynamics and Critical Region with Oxygen Content in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d Single Crystal." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact M. O. Tjia, Department of Physics, Bandung Institute of Technology, Jl. Ganesa 10, Bandung 40132, INDONESIA; tel. +62 22 251 2672; fax +62 22 250 6452; e-mail motjia@melsa.net.id. Key words: BSCCO-2212, vortex-glass, critical region and exponent, disorder and anisotropy. 74.25.Dw; 74.25.Fy; 74.72.Hs.

R. Ricardo da Silva, J. H. S. Torres, and Y. Kopelevich, "Superconductivity at 35 K in Graphite-Sulfur Composites." Y. Kopelevich's e-mail kopel@ifi.unicamp.br; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105336.

O. F. de Lima, C. A. Cardoso, R. A. Ribeiro, M. A. Avila, and A. A. Coelho, "Angular dependence of the bulk nucleation field Hc2 of aligned MgB2 crystallites." E-mail delima@ifi.unicamp.br; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105332.

Kazuyuki Demachi, Akira Miura, Tetsuya Uchimoto, Kenzo Miya, Hiromasa Higasa, Ryoichi Takahata, and Hiroo Kameno, "Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Rotation Speed Degradation of Radial Type Superconducting Magnetic Bearing." To be published in Physica C (in press). Nuclear Engineering Research Laboratory, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2-22 Shirane Shirakata, Tokai-mura Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1106; JAPAN. Key words: rotation loss, HTSC flywheel, cryostat.

Eugene Demler, Chetan Nayak, Hae-Young Kee, Yong Baek Kim, and T. Senthil, "Fractionalization patterns in strongly correlated electron systems: Spin-charge separation and beyond." E-mail demler@cmts.harvard.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105446.

K. D. Develos, H. Yamasaki, A. Sawa, and Y. Nakagawa, "On the Origin of Surface Outgrowths in Pulsed-Laser-Deposited YBCO/CeO2/Al2O3 Thin Films." To be published in Physica C (in press). Properties of Superconducting Materials Lab., Frontier Technology Division, 1-1-4 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, JAPAN; tel. +81 298 615721; fax +81 298 615726; e-mail kdevelos@etl.go.jp. Key words: YBCO, CeO2, sapphire, interfacial reaction, outgrowth. 68.55.-a; 81.15.Fg.

S. V. Dubonos, V. I. Kuznetsov, and A. V. Nikulov, "Observation of DC Voltage on Segments of an Inhomogeneous Superconducting Loop." Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. Contact A. V. Nikulov, Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow District, RUSSIA; Fax 007 095 9628047; e-mail nikulov@ipmt-hpm.ac.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/physics/0105059. Key words: the Little-Parks experiment; resistive transition; superconducting fluctuation; persistent current; quantum Brownian motion; dc power source. 74.20.De, 73.23.Ra, 64.70.-p.

S. B. Dugdale and T. Jarlborg, "Electronic structure, magnetism and superconductivity of MgCNi_{3}." E-mail phsbd@bristol.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105349.

K. Ehata, K. Sato, M. Kusunoki, M. Mukaida, S. Ohshima, Y. Suzuki, and K. Kanao, "Development of a Miniaturized Cooling System for HTS Antennas and its Seal-off Property." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Ohshima Laboratory, Yamagata University, Jonan 4-3-16, Yonezawa 992-8510, JAPAN; tel. +81 238 26 3288; fax +81 238 26 3289; e-mail d98001@eie.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp. Key words: cooling system, cryocooler, cryogenic packaging, superconducting antenna.

H. Enomoto, K. Inoue, M. Muralidhar, M. Murakami, and T. Takizawa, "ac Susceptibility of High-Tc Superconductor REBa2Cu3Oy." To be published in Physica C (in press). Graduate School of Integrated Basic Science, Nihon University, 3-25-40 Sakura-Josui, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8550, JAPAN; tel. +81 3 3454 9284; fax +81 3 3454 9287; e-mail h-enomoto@istec.or.jp. Key words: ac susceptibility, secondary peak, flux creep, REBa2Cu3Oy. 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg.

Yoshihisa Enomoto, "Structural Transition of Vortex Lattices in d-Wave Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Environmental Technology, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Nagoya 466-8555, JAPAN; telephone +81 52 735 5153; telefax +81 52 735 5158; e-mail eno@ks.kyy.nitech.ac.jp. Key words: d-wave superconductors, structural transition, time-dependent Ginzberg-Landau model, vortex lattice structure. 74.30.Gn; 74.60.Ec; 74.60.Ge.

K. Enpuku, M. Hotta, and A. Nakahodo, "High-Tc SQUID System for Biological Immunoassays." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electronics, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, JAPAN; tel. +81 92 642 3954; fax +81 92 642 3971; e-mail enpuku@ed.kyushu-u.ac.jp. Key words: high-Tc SQUID, immunoassays, gradiometer, magnetic nanoparticle. 85.25.Dq.

M. V. Eremin, Yu.A. Sakhratov, A. V. Savinkov, A. V. Dooglav, I. R. Mukhamedshin, and A. V. Egorov, "Phase diagram of YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-y} at Talexander.dooglav@ksu.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105508.

G. Esirgen, H.-B. Schuttler, C. Grober, and H. G. Evertz, "Screened-interaction expansion for the Hubbard model and determination of the QMC Fermi surface." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. E-mail esirgen@ucdavis.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105514.

L. Fabrega, J. Fontcubera, Z. Serquis, and A. Caneiro, "Magnetic Irreversibility of (Hg,Re)Ba2CuO4+d: Effects of Oxygen and Re." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona, C.S.I.C., Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Campus de la UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, SPAIN; telephone +34 93 580 1853; telefax +34 93 580 5729; e-mail lourdes@icmab.es. Key words: magnetic irreversibility, surface barriers, doping effects.

J. W. Farmer, D. L. Cowan, and M. Kornecki, "Critical Currents at the Second Peak in Irradiated YBCO." To be published in Physica C (in press). Research Reactor and Physics Department, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211; fax (573) 882-3443; e-mail farmerj@missouri.edu. Key words: second peak, critical current, flux pinning, second peak, critical current. 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg.

U. R. Fischer, Ch. Haeussler, J. Oppenlaender, and N. Schopohl, "Electromagnetomotive Force Fields in Noninertial Reference Frames and Accelerated Superconducting Quantum Interferometers." N. Schopohl's e-mail nils.schopohl@uni-tuebingen.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105324.

Hiroyuki Fujishiro, Tatsuya Okamoto, and Koichi Hirose, "Thermal Contact Resistance Between High-Tc Superconductor and Copper." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka 020-8551, JAPAN; tel./fax +81 19 621 6363; e-mail fujishiro@iwate-u.ac.jp. Key words: thermal contact resistivity, thermal diffusivity, HTSC. 44.30.+v; 66.60.+a.

Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Masanobu Awano, and Fatih Dogan, "In situ Microscopic Observation of the Formation Process of Pinning Centers in Nd-Ba-Cu-O Superconductor." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Masanobu Awano, Synergy Ceramics Laboratory, National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya, CRCAT, 2268-1, Simo-Shidami, Moriyamaku, Nagoya 4638687, JAPAN; fax +81 52 739 0136; e-mail awano@nirin.go.jp. Key words: pinning force, interface, TEM, HTSC. 74.62.Bf; 74.72.Bk; 74.80.Bj.

Ayumi Fujita, "Vortex dissipation and level dynamics for the layered superconductors with impurities." E-mail afujita@koma.jaeri.go.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105153.

Hirofumi Fukai, Masaru Tomita, Masato Murakami, and Takao Nagatomo, "Numerical Simulation of Trapped Magnetic Field for Bulk Superconductor." To be published in Physica C (in press). Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-9-14 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8548, JAPAN; telefax +81 3 5476-3175/345-49287; e-mail m799103@sic.shibaura-it.ac.jp; Masaru Tomita's e-mail murakami@istec.or.jp. Key words: trapped magnetic field, bulk superconductors, sand-pile model, geometrical effect. 74.25.Ha; 74.60.Ge.

Y. Fukuda, M. Matsumura, K. Kajikawa, M. Iwakuma, K. Funaki, T. Hasegawa, H. Kasahara, S. Akita, and H. Sakaguchi, "ac Loss Properties of Bi-2212 Rutherford-type Cables." To be published in Physica C (in press). Research Institute of Superconductivity, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, JAPAN; fax +81 92 632 2438; e-mail yuzo@sc.kyushu-u.ac.jp. Key words: Bi-2212, Rutherford cable, ac loss, pick-up coil method.

Takashi Fukui, Akihiro Moto, Hironaru Murakami, and Masayoshi Tonouchi, "Distribution of Optically-generated Vortices in YBCO Thin Film Strips." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Masayoshi Tonouchi, Research Center for Superconductor Photonics, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, JAPAN; tel. +81 68 79 7981; fax +81 68 79 7984; e-mail tonouchi@rcsuper.osaka-u.ac.jp. Key words: YBCO, current modulation, optical response, optical magnetic flux. 85.25.-j; 85.25.Am; 85.70.Sq.

M. B. Gaifullin, Y. Matsuda, Y. Saito, and K. Hirata, "Josephson Plasma Resonance in Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4-d Single Crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, JAPAN; fax +81 471 363243; e-mail marat@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: Josephson plasma resonance, Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4-d. 74.72.Jt.

F. Giovannelli, S. Marinel, I. Monot-Laffez, and G. Desgardin, "Texturation of NdBa2Cu3Oy Bars under Air in a Vertical Bridgman Furnace." To be published in Physica C (in press). CRISMAT Laboratory, UMR 6508 CNRS/ISMRA, 6 Bd du Mal Juin, 14050 Caen, FRANCE; e-mail fabien.giovannelli@ismra.fr. Key words: NdBa2Cu3O7, bar synthesis. 74.72.Jt.

F. Giubileo, D. Roditchev, W. Sacks, R. Lamy, and J. Klein, "Strong Coupling and Double Gap Density of States in Superconducting MgB2." E-mail filgiu@gps.jussieu.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105146.

F. Giubileo, D. Roditchev, W. Sacks, R. Lamy, D. X. Thanh, J. Klein, S. Miraglia, D. Fruchart, and Ph. Monod, "Two Gap State Density in MgB_{2}: A True Bulk Property or A Proximity Effect?" E-mail filgiu@gps.jussieu.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105592.

R. S. Gonnelli, A. Calzolari, D. Daghero, G. A. Ummarino, V. A. Stepanov, G. Giunchi, S. Ceresara, and G. Ripamonti, "Josephson effect in MgB_2 break junctions." E-mail gonnelli@polito.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105241.

L. Gor'kov and V. Kresin, "Giant Magnetic Effects and Oscillations in Antiferromagnetic Josephson Weak Links." To be published in Appl. Phys. Lett. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310; V. Kresin's e-mail at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory vzkresin@lbl.gov.

Y. Gotoh, I. Yamaguchi, Y. Takahashi, J. Akimoto, S. Mizuta, T. Nagata, and J. Akimitsu, "Superspace Group Description of Modulated Composite Crystal (Sr2Cu2O3)0.70CuO2, 'Sr14Cu24O41' with Two-legged Ladder and 1D Chain." To be published in Physica C (in press). National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, 1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, JAPAN;telephone +81-298-54-4550; telefax +81-298-614555/54-4550; e-mail ygotoh@home.nimc.go.jp. Key words: composite crystal, modulated structure, ladder cuprate, Sr14Cu24O41. 74.70.-b; 74.72.Jt.

A. Goyal, D. F. Lee, F. A. List, E. D. Specht, R. Feenstra, M. Paranthaman, X. Cui, S. W. Lu, P. M. Martin, D. M. Kroeger, D. K. Christen, B. W. Kang, D. P. Norton, C. Park, D. T. Verebelyi, J. R. Thompson, R. K. Williams, T. Aytug, and C. Cantoni, "Recent Progress in the Fabrication of High-Jc Tapes by Epitaxial Deposition of YBCO on RABiTS." To be published in Physica C (in press). Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, M/S 6116, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6116; telephone (423) 574-1587; telefax (423) 574-7659; e-mail goyala@ornl.gov or zag@ornl.gov.

E. M. Hankiewicz, R. Buczko, and Z. Wilamowski, "Magnetic and phonon polarons in weakly doped high-Tc superconductors." Report-no: IF 56/2001. E-mail sabcia@ifpan.edu.pl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105254.

I. Hase, N. Hamada, A. Iyo, N. Terada, Y. Tanaka, and H. Ihara, "Carrier Reentrance by Selective Reduction in Tl1223-system." To be published in Physica C (in press). Electrotechnical Laboratory, 1-1-4 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, JAPAN; tel. +81-298-54-5147; fax +81-298-61-5387/54-5387; e-mail hase@etl.go.jp. Key words: band calculations, charge redistribution, Tl-1223. 74.25.Jb.

A. Hashizume, J. Yamada, H. Kohmoto, Y. Yamada, T. Endo, and M. Shahabuddin, "Near-Zero-Field Hysteretic Anomaly in Microwave Absorption and Indication of Reentrant Phase in Bi2212 Single Crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact T. Endo, Faculty of Engineering, Mie University, 1515 Kamihama, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, JAPAN; telephone +81 59 232 1211; telefax +81 59 231 9471; e-mail endo@cm.elec.mie-u.ac.jp. Key words: Bi2212 single crystal, microwave absorption, hysteresis, reentrant phase. 74.60.Ge; 74.72.Hs; 74.25.Nf.

A. Hayashi, K. Kurachi, M. Mizuno, S. Seiki, T. Izumi, and Y. Shiohara, "Fabrication of Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconducting Rods for Current Leads by Unidirectional Solidification." To be published in Physica C (in press). Gifu Prefectural Institute for Ceramics Research and Technology, 3-11 Hoshigadai, Tajimi, Gifu 507-0811, JAPAN; tel. +81 572 22 5381; fax +81 572 25 1163; e-mail hayashi@ceram.rd.pref.gifu.jp. Key words: unidirectional solidification, long length rods, YBCO/Ag/Pt. 74.72.Bk.

Z. H. He, T. Habisreuther, G. Bruchlos, D. Litzkendorf, and W. Gawalek, "Investigation of Microstructure of Textured YBCO with Addition of Nanopowder SnO2." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, CHINA; tel. +86 2 84113398; fax +86 2 84113373; e-mail stshzh@zsu.edu.cn. Key words: ultra-fine SnO2, defects, textured high Tc superconductors.

F. Hebert, G. G. Batrouni, R. T. Scalettar, G. Schmid, M. Troyer, and A. Dorneich, "Nature of the quantum phase transitions in the two-dimensional hardcore boson model." G. G. Batrouni's e-mail batrouni@inln.cnrs.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105450.

M. A. Hein, P. J. Hirst, R. G. Humphreys, D. E. Oates, and A. V. Velichko, "Anomalous Nonlinear Microwave Response of Epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-x Films on MgO." E-mail mhein@venus.physik.uni-wuppertal.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105613.

Igor F. Herbut, "Coulomb quantum criticality and the dynamical exponent: when and why z=1." E-mail iherbut@sfu.ca; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105544.

H. Hiei, K. Yamagiwa, Y. Takahashi, S. B. Kim, Y. Yamada, J. Shibata, T. Hirayama, H. Ikuta, I. Hirabayashi, and U. Mizutani, "YBCO Thin Films on Multilayers Prepared by All-chemical Solution Deposition Processing." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Crystalline Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, JAPAN; fax +81 52 789 5317; e-mail hiei@mizu.xtal.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Key words: YBa2Cu3O7-d, multilayer structures, all-chemical solution deposition process. 74.72.-h; 81.10.Dn; 85.25.Kx.

T. Hirai, N. Yoshida, Y. Tanaka, J. Inoue, and S. Kashiwaya, "Parity sensitive measurements based on ferromagnet/superconductor tunneling junctions." To appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. E-mail h002305d@mbox.media.nagoya-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105468.

Y. Hishinuma, H. Itoh, M. Arakawa, S. Nagano, S. Yoshizawa, and S. Kohayashi, "Grain Growth and Microstructure of Large-Domain RE-systems Prepared by Mixture of Y-123 and RE-211 or 422 Powders." To be published in Physica C (in press). Advanced Materials R&D Center, Meisei University, 2-1-1 Hodokubo, Hino, Tokyo 191-8506, JAPAN; tel. +81 42 591 5094; fax +81 42 591 7551; e-mail hishi@amrc.meisei-u.ac.jp. Key words: Y-123 phase, Sm-211 phase, Nd-422 phase, Gd-211 phase, single-domain. 74.72.Bk.

Y. Hishinuma, R. Yamamoto, S. Hirano, S. Yoshizawa, K. Matsunaga, A. Nishimura, A. Matsumoto, and H. Kumakura, "Improvement of Jc and Mechanical Property in Bi-2223/Ag Wires Composite Bulk." To be published in Physica C (in press). Advanced Materials R&D Center, Meisei University, 2-1-1 Hodokubo, Hino, Tokyo 191-8506, JAPAN; tel. +81 425 91 5094; fax +81 425 91 7551; e-mail hishi@amrc.meisei-u.ac.jp. Key words: Bi-2223, composite of Ag wires, Jc value, mechanical property. 74.72.Hs; 74.25.Ld.

J. Hlinka, I. Gregora, J. Pokorny, A. Plecenik, P. Kus, L. Satrapinsky and S. Benacka, "Phonons in MgB2 by Polarized Raman Scattering on Single Crystals." E-mail hlinka@fzu.cz; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105275.

C. C. Homes, P. Fournier, and R. L. Greene, "Infrared optical properties of Pr2CuO4: hint of a weak structural transition." E-mail homes@bnl.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105445.

Carsten Honerkamp and Manfred Salmhofer, "The temperature-flow renormalization group and the competition between superconductivity and ferromagnetism." E-mail chonerka@itp.phys.ethz.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105218.

S. Honjo, K. Matsuo, T. Mimura, and Y. Takahashi, "High-Tc Superconducting Power Cable Development." To be published in Physica C (in press). Power Engineering R&D Center, Tokyo Electric Power Company, 4-1 Egasaki-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-8510, JAPAN; tel. +81 45 613 3284; fax +81 45 613 3259; e-mail t0710764@pmail.tepco.co.jp. Key words: superconducting power cable, underground cable.

Tetsuji Honjo, Hiroshi Fuji, Daxiang Huang, Yuichi Nakamura, Teruo Izumi, and Yuh Shiohara, "Preparation of REBa2Cu3O7-x Films Grown by Metal Trifluoroacetate Precursors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, JAPAN; fax +81 3 3536 5714; e-mail honjo@istec.or.jp. Key words: Nd123, metal organic deposition, trifluoroacetate, film. 74.76.Bz; 81.20.Ka.

B. W. Hoogenboom, K. Kadowaki, B. Revaz, M. Li, Ch. Renner, and O. Fischer, "Unusual dependence of vortex core states on the superconducting gap in Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta}." E-mail bart.hoogenboom@physics.unige.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105528.

K. Hotta, H. Miyazawa, T. Ogue, K. Nihei, P. Wu, K. Sugawara, and H. Hirose, "Effect of Laser Beam Irradiation on the Surface of the Bulk of Press Formed Superconductor Powder." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact T. Ogue, Nippon Institute of Technology, 4-1 Gakuendai, Miyashiro-machi, Minamisaitama-gun, Saitama 345-8501, JAPAN; tel. +81 480 33 8982; fax +81 480 33 7680; e-mail e952155@stu.tenta.nit.ac.jp. Key words: high temperature superconductor, press formed bulk, CO2 laser, laser treatment.

Manuel Houzet, Alexandre Buzdin and Miodrag L. Kulic, "Decoupling of superconducting layers in magnetic superconductor RuSr_{2}GdCu_{2}O_{8}." Miodrag L. Kulic's e-mail miodrag.kulic@uni-bayreuth.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105480.

A. Hu, N. Sakai, K. Ogasawara, and M. Murakami, "Microstructures and superconducting properties of single domain (Sm0.5Eu0.5)123 superconductors fabricated in air." Physica C, in press. SRL/ISTEC, 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan; Fax: 0081-3-34549287; E-mail: amhu@istec.or.jp. Key words: melt-processing, microstructure defects, superconducting properties. 74.72.BK, 74.62.DH, 74.60.Jg.

Q. Huang, T. He, K. A. Regan, N. Rogado, M. Hayward, M. K. Haas, K. Inumaru, and R. J. Cava, "Temperature dependence of the structural parameters of the non-oxide perovskite superconductor MgCNi3." T. He's e-mail taohe@phoenix.princeton.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105240.

Yasuhirio Iijima, Kazuomi Kakimoto, and Kaoru Takeda, "Long Length Ion-beam-assisted Deposition Template Films for Y-123 Coated Conductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Material Technology Laboratory, Fujikura Ltd., 1-5-1 Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8512, JAPAN; fax +81 3 5606 1512; e-mail ijm@rd.fujikura.co.jp. Key words: Y-123 coated conductors, ion-beam-assisted deposition, yttria-stabilized-zirconia, high-Tc films. 74.76.Bz.

Ryusuke Ikeda, "Ginzburg-Landau Theory of Vortex Phase Diagram in Layered Type II Superconductor." To appear in Studies of High Temperature Superconductors Vol.37; Nova Science Publishers. Ed: A. Narlikar. Preprint available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105123.

S. S. Indrakanti, V. F. Nesterenko, M. B. Maple, N. A. Frederick, W. M. Yuhasz, and Shi Li, "Hot isostatic pressing of bulk magnesium diboride: superconducting properties." Submitted to Physica C. N. A. Frederick's e-mail neil@physics.ucsd.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105485.

Hideharu Ishida and Ryusuke Ikeda, "Theoretical Description of Resistive Behavior near a Quantum Vortex-Glass Transition." Preprint available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105122.

Takekazu Ishida, Masaaki Yoshida, Kiichi Okuda, Satoru Okaysu, Masato Sasase, Kiichi Hojou, A. Odawara, A. Nagata, T. Morooka, S. Nakayama, and K. Chinone, "Direct Observation of Vortex Images on Lead Micro-hole Lattice by SQUID Microscope." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, JAPAN; tel. +81 722 52 1161; fax +81 722 59 3340; e-mail ishida@center.osakafu-u.ac.jp. Key words: superconducting network, vortex, magnetization, matching field, Little-Parks effect, Triangular micro-hole lattice on Pb film. 74.55.+h; 74.62-c; 74.25.Ha.

H. Ishihara, H. Ikuta, Y. Itoh, Y. Yanagi, M. Yoshikawa, T. Oka, and U. Mizutani, "Pulsed Field Magnetization of Melt-Processed Sm-Ba-Cu-O." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Crystalline Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, JAPAN; fax +81 52 789 5317; e-mail ishihara@mizu.xtal.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Key words: Sm-Ba-Cu-O, bulk superconductor, pulsed field magnetization. 74.72.Bk; 74.80.Bj; 74.60.Ge.

N. Ishikawa, T. Sueyoshi, A. Iwase, Y. Chimi, T. Fujiyoshi, K. Miyahara, and T. Kiss, "Critical Current Density of YBa2Cu3Oy Containing Inclined Columnar Defects." To be published in Physica C (in press). Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI), Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, JAPAN; tel. +81 29 282 5472; fax +81 29 282 6716; e-mail ishikawa@popsvr.tokai.jaeri.go.jp. Key words: ion irradiation, columnar defects, critical current density, flux pinning, YBa2Cu3Oy. 74.60.Jg; 74.60.Ge; 74.72.Bk; 61.80.Jh.

Yoshihiro Ishimaru, Yuan Wu, Osami Horibe, Yoshinobu Tarutani, and Keiichi Tanabe, "Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction Obsevation in Recrystallization Process of Surface-Modified Barrier." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, JAPAN; tel. +81 335 36 5701; fax +81 335 36 5714; e-mail ishimaru@istec.or.jp. Key words: reflection high energy electron diffraction, recrystallization, Josephson junction, surface modified barrier. 74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz; 74.80.Dm.

A.K.M.A. Islam and F N Islam, "Ab Initio Investigation of Elastic Constants of Superconducting MgB2." Physica C (2001). Tel. 0088 0721 750980; Fax 0088 0721 750064; e-mail azharislam46@yahoo.com. Key words: ab initio method; elastic constants; MgB2.

A.K.M.A. Islam, F N Islam and S Kabir, "Ab Initio Investigation of Mechanical Behaviour of MgB_2 Superconductor under Pressure." Submitted to J. Physics: Condens. Matter. Tel. 0088 0721 750980; Fax 0088 0721 750064; e-mail azharislam46@yahoo.com. Key words: MgB2; ab initio method; Bulk modulus; Pressure derivative of bulk modulus, phonon modes.

K. Itaka, M. Yasugaki, T. Shibauchi, T. Tamegai, and S. Okayasu, "Reduction of Interlayer Coherence around 1/3 of Matching Field in Bose Glass Phase of YBa2Cu3O7-d with Columnar Defects." To be published in Physica C (in press). Ceramics Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, JAPAN; fax +81 45 924 5377; e-mail itaka@oxide.rlem.titech.ac.jp. Key words: vortex, magneto-optical, YBa2Cu3O7-d, columnar defects. 74.72.Bk; 74.60.Ge; 74.25.Ha; 74.60.Ec.

K. I. Itoh, A. Hashizume, H. Kohmoto, M. Matsuo, T. Endo, and M. Mukaida, "Magnetic Anisotropy and Vortex Dynamics in a-oriented YBCO Thin Films Characterized by Microwave Absorption." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact T. Endo, Faculty of Engineering, Mie University, 1515 Kamihama, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, JAPAN; telephone +81 59 232 1211; telefax +81 59 231 9471; e-mail endo@cm.elec.mie-u.ac.jp. Key words: a-oriented YBCO thin film, microwave absorption, vortex anisotropy, vortex dynamics. 74.76.Bz; 74.60.Ge; 74.25.Nf.

Andrei Ivanov, "Possibility of the investigation of the X-ray diffraction patterns for yttrium ceramic YBa2Cu3Ox having different oxygen stoichiometry on the basis of the mixed-layer crystal model." E-mail vikat@cc.joensuu.fi; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105133.

K. Izawa, A. Shibata, Y. Matsuda, Y. Kato, H. Takeya, K. Hirata, C. J. van der Beek, and M. Konczykowski, "Heat Capacity of YNi2B2C in the Vortex State: an Evidence of the Extended s-Wave State." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan; fax +81 471 36 3243; e-mail koichi@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: YNi2B2C, heat capacity, columnar defects, quasiparticle structure. 74.72.Ny; 74.60.Ec; 74.25.Nf; 74.25.Jb.

S. S. James, C. D. Dewhurst, S. B. Field, D. McK. Paul, Y. Paltiel, H. Shtrikman, E. Zeldov, and A. M. Campbell, "Flux Pinning Mechanisms in ErNi2B2C." Accepted for publication in Physical Review B. IRC in Superconductivity, Cambridge; e-mail ssj20@cam.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://line.sucon.cam.ac.uk/~ssj20/pdf/James3.pdf. Key words: geometrical barrier, surface barrier, ErNi2B2C, RENi2B2C, flux pinning, domain, magnetic ordering. 74.25.Dw, 74.25.Ha, 74.60.Ge, 74.70.Dd.

Y.-A. Jee, M. Li, B. Ma, V. A. Maroni, B. L. Fisher, and U. Balachandran, "Comparison of Texture Development and Superconducting Properties of YBCO Thin Films Prepared by TFA and PLD Processes." To be published in Physica C (in press). Energy Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Bldg. 212, G225, Argonne, IL 60439; telephone (630) 252-3823; telefax (630) 252-3604; e-mail youngjee@anl.gov. Key words: coated conductor, YBa2Cu3Ox thin film, trifluoroacetate, pulsed laser deposition.

M. Jirsa, M. Muralidhar, and M. Murakami, "Perfect Fits of Jc-B Dependencies in NEG-123 Bulk Samples with 30% Gd-211 Fine Particles." To be published in Physica C (in press). Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, ASCR, Na Slovance 2, CZ-182 21 Praha 8, CZECH REPUBLIC; telephone +420 2 6605 2718; telefax +420 2 821 227; e-mail jirsa@fzu.cz. Key words: vortex physics, critical currents, scaling, melt-textured materials, (Nd,Eu,Gd)Ba2Cu3O7. 74.60.Ec; 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg.

C. U. Jung, M.-S. Park, W. N. Kang, M.-S. Kim, S. Y. Lee, and S.-I. Lee, "Temperature- and Magnetic-field-dependent Resistivity of MgB2 Sintered at High-temperature and High-pressure Condition." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact S.-I. Lee, Department of Physics, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Superconductivity, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, SOUTH KOREA; fax +82 54 279 5299; e-mail silee@postech.ac.kr. Key words: MgB2, high pressure, magnesium diboride. 74.25.Fy; 74.60.-w; 74.70.Ad; 74.72.-h.

J. H. Jung, K. W. Kim, H. J. Lee, M. W. Kim, T. W. Noh, W. N. Kang, Hyeong-Jin Kim, Eun-Mi Choi, C. U. Jung, and Sung-Ik Lee, "Far-infrared transmission studies of c-axis oriented superconducting MgB2 thin film." E-mail hoon@phya.snu.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105180.

R. Kajimoto, T. Kakeshita, H. Yoshizawa, T. Tanabe, T. Katsufuji, and Y. Tokura, "Ordering Process and Its Hole Concentration Dependence of the Stripe Order in La{2-x}Sr{x}NiO{4}." E-mail kaji@phys.ocha.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105457.

Kazuomi Kakimoto, Yasuhiro Iijima, and Kaoru Takeda, "Influence of Thickness on Alignments of Y123 Films Fabricated on Metallic Substrates using PLD Method." To be published in Physica C (in press). Fujikura Ltd., 1-5-1 Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8512, JAPAN; fax +81 3 5606 1512; e-mail kakimoto@rd.fujikura.co.jp. Key words: PLD, metallic substrate, Y123, Y2O3. 74.72.Bk; 85.25.Kx.

M. Kambara, N. Hari Babu, Y. H. Shi, and D. A. Cardwell, "High Temperature Phase Relationships in (Y,Nd)123 Superconducting Oxides." To be published in Physica C (in press). IRC in Superconductivity and Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UNITED KINGDOM; telefax +44 1223 337 074; e-mail mk299@eng.cam.ac.uk. Key words: phase diagram, solid solution, YxNd1-x+yBa2-yCu3O6+d.

Naota Kameda, Masashi Tokunaga, Tsuyoshi Tamegai, and Satoru Okayasu, "Macroscopic Intereference of Interlayer Phase Coherence in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y with Inhomogeneous Columnar Defects." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, JAPAN; tel./fax +81 3 5841 6848; e-mail tt07261@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: Josephson plasma resonance, Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y, columnar defects. 74.60.-w; 74.60.Ec.

A. Kamitani, K. Hasegawa, T. Yokono, and S. Ohshima, "Numerical Method for Determination of Shielding Current Density in Axisymmetric High Tc Superconductor Plates under ac Magnetic Field." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Johnan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, JAPAN; tel./fax +81 238 26 3331; e-mail kamitani@emperor.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp. Key words: magnetic shielding, magnetic levitation, YBCO, numerical simulation.

W. N. Kang, Hyeong-Jin Kim, Eun-Mi Choi, Kijoon H. P. Kim, and Sung-Ik Lee, "In-plane Hall effect in c-axis-oriented MgB2 thin films." E-mail wnkang@postech.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105024.

Shin-ichi Karimoto, Hideki Yamamoto, Tine Greibe, and Michio Naito, "New Superconducting Sr2CuO4-d Thin Films Prepared by Molecular Beam Epitaxy." Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 40, L127 (2001). NTT Basic Research Laboratories, 3-1 Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0198, JAPAN; e-mail karimoto@with.brl.ntt.co.jp. Key words: high-Tc superconductor, thin film, Sr2CuO4-d, Sr2CuO3+d, molecular beam epitaxy, oxidation, ozone, K2NiF4, 0201, 02(n-1)n, homologous series.

K. Katagiri, K. Kasaba, Y. Shoji, A. Chiba, M. Tomita, T. Miyamoto, and M. Murakami, "Fractographic Observations on Sm-Ba-Cu-O Bulk Superconductors Fractured by Tensile Tests." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Iwate Univeristy, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka 020-8511, JAPAN; tel. +81 19 621 6412; fax +81 19 624 3951; e-mail katagiri@iwate-u.ac.jp. Key words: Sm-Ba-Cu-O bulk, tensile test, strength, fractography. 62.20 .Mk.

Masaharu Kawachi, Nobuyoshi Sato, Eiichi Suzuki, Satoshi Ogawa, Koshichi Noto, and Masahito Yoshizawa, "Fabrication of YBa2Cu4O8 Films by Electrophoretic Deposition Technique." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University, Morioka 020-8511, JAPAN; fax +81 19 621 6397; e-mail kawachi@iwate-u.ac.jp. Key words: electrophoretic deposition, citrate-pyrolysis technique, YBa2Cu4O8 film. 81.15.Pq; 81.20.Ka; 74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz.

Tsuyoshi Kawase, Yuichi Nakamura, Teruo Izumi, Kiyoshi Murata, and Yuh Shiohara, "Directional Solidification of Y123 Thin Fiber with Different Growth Rates." To be published in Physica C (in press). Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-9-11 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8548, JAPAN; tel. +81 3 3536 5711; fax +81 3 3536 5705; e-mail kawase@istec.or.jp. Key words: oxide superconductor, Y123, nucleation, compositional shift, ternary phase diagram.

Chan-Joong Kim, Gye-Won Hong, and Han-Jun Oh, "Multi-seeded Melt Growth Processed YBCO Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Basic Technology Development, Functional Materials Laboratory, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), P.O. Box 105, Yusung, Taejon 305-600, SOUTH KOREA; tel. +82 42 868 2913; fax +82 42 861 9602; e-mail cjkim2@nanum.kaeri.re.kr. Key words: multi-seeded melt growth process, YBCO superconductors, processing variables, levitation force, trapped magnetic field.

Ho-Jin Kim, Chan-Joong Kim, Jin-Ho Joo, G. Fuchs, and Gye-Won Hong, "Effects of Grain Boundaries on the Levitation Force and Trapped Magnetic Field of the Multi-Seeded Melt Growth Processed YBCO Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Functional Materials Laboratory, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), P.O. Box 105, Yusung, Taejon 305-600, SOUTH KOREA. Key words: multi-seeded melt growth process, (1 1 0)/(1 1 0) grain junction, Y-Ba-Cu-O superconductor, levitation force, trapped magnetic field.

Hyeong-Jin Kim, W. N. Kang, Eun-Mi Choi, Mun-Seog Kim, Kijoon H.P. Kim, and Sung-Ik Lee, "High current-carrying capability in c-axis-oriented superconducting MgB2 thin films." W. N. Kang's e-mail wnkang@postech.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105363.

Kazuhiro Kimura, Shiho Kamisawa, and Kazuo Kadowaki, "Anomalous Static and Dynamic Behaviors of the Vortex Liquid Phase in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, JAPAN; fax +81 298 55 7440; e-mail kimura@ims.tsukuba.ac.jp. Key words: vortex liquid, weak pinning, local permeability, the first-order to the second-order transition. 74.25.Bt; 74.25.Dw; 74.60.Ge; 74.72.Hs.

T. R. Kirkpatrick, D. Belitz, Thomas Vojta, and R. Narayanan, "Strong Enhancement of Superconducting T_c in Ferromagnetic Phases." D. Belitz's e-mail belitz@greatwhite.uoregon.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105627.

N. Kiryakov, S. Lee, M. Karppinen, H. Yamauchi, K. Yamawaki, and S. Sasaki, "Single Crystals of (Hg,Pb)(Ba,Sr)2Ca2Cu3O8+d Grown by an Improved Encapsulation Technique." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact H. Yamauchi, Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institue of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, JAPAN; tel. +81 45 924 5315; fax +81 45 924 5365; e-mail yamauchi@materia.titech.ac.jp. Key words: Hg-1223, single crystal growth, cation substitution, encapsulation technique. 74.72.Gr; 74.62.Bf; 81.10.Fq; 82.40.Js.

Ryusuke Kita and Fumihiro Osumi, "Water Reactivity of (Y,Ca)(Ba,La)2Cu3Ox Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Hamamatsu 432-8651, JAPAN; fax +81 53 478 1129; e-mail terkita@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp. Key words: water reactivity, calcium, lanthanum, substitution. 74.72.-h; 74.72.Bk; 74.62.Dh.

A. Knigavko and F. Marsiglio, "Constraints from T_c and the isotope effect for MgB_2." E-mail knigavko@cc.nctu.edu.tw; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105512.

K. Kobayashi and K. Yamamoto, "Electronic Structures of MgB{_2} under Uniaxial and Hydrostatic Compression." Submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. E-mail kobayashi.kazuaki@nims.go.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105231.

T. Kodama, M. Fukuda, K. Shiraishi, S. Nishimura, E. S. Otabe, M. Kiuchi, T. Kiss, T. Matsushita, and K. Itoh, "E-J Characteristics in a Wide Range of Electric Field for a Bi-2223 Silver-Sheathed Tape Wire." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka 820-8502, JAPAN; tel./fax +81 948 29 7683; e-mail kodama@aquarius10.cse.kyutech.ac.jp. Key words: E-J characteristics, Bi-2223, flux creep-flow model, wide range of electric field. 74.25.Fy; 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg; 74.72.Hs; 85.25.Dq.

S. Kohayashi and S. Nagaya, "Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of Melt-processed Sm1+2xBa2+xCu3+xOy Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Central Research Laboratory, DOWA Mining Co., Ltd., Tobuki, Hachioji, Tokyo 192, JAPAN; tel. +81 426 91 8061; fax +81 426 91 8063; e-mail kohayass@dowa.co.jp. Key words: REBaCuO superconductor, magnetic property, crystal structure, melt process. 74.72.Bk; 74.25.Ha; 74.62.Bf.

T. Kono, M. Tomita, M. Murakami, and T. Takizawa, "The Viscous Flux Flow and Flux Creep Induced by Pulsed Magnetic Field in YBCO Disk." To be published in Physica C (in press). Graduate School of Integrated Science, Nihon University, 3-25-40 Sakura-Josui, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8550, JAPAN; fax +81 3 3454 9287; e-mail kono@istec.or.jp. Key words: viscous flux flow, flux creep, pulsed magnetic field, YBCO, flow resistivity, viscosity coefficient. 74.72.Bk; 74.60.Ge.

Wei Ku, W.E. Pickett, R.T. Scalettar, and A.G. Eguiluz, "Ab Initio Investigation of Collective Charge Excitations in MgB_2." E-mail weiku@physics.ucdavis.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105389.

Y. Kubo and H. Ohsaki, "Rotation Losses in the Superconducting Bearing Based on Magnetic Gradient Levitation Concept." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, JAPAN; fax +81 3 5841 6799; e-mail kubo@ohsaki.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: bulk superconductor, magnetic bearing, field shaping, rotation loss. 89.20.+a; 74.60.Ge; 85.25.Ly.

K. Kunc, I. Loa, K. Syassen, R. K. Kremer, and K. Ahn, "MgB_2 under pressure: phonon calculations, Raman spectroscopy, and optical reflectance." I. Loa's e-mail loa@servix.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105402.

H. Kung, J. P. Hirth, S. R. Foltyn, P. N. Arendt, Q. X. Jia, and M. P. Maley, "A Comparison of [0 0 1] Low-angle Tilt Grain Boundaries of (1 0 0) and (1 1 0) Grain Boundary Planes in YBa2Cu3O7-d Coated Conductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Materials Science and Technology Division, Superconductivity Technology Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS G755, Los Alamos, NM 87545; telefax (505) 667-8021; e-mail hkung@lanl.gov. Key words: grain boundary, YBCO, coated conductor. 74.72.Bk; 68.35.Ct; 68.55.Jk; 61.16.Bg.

T. Kuroda, Y. Tanaka, K. Togano, Y. Suga, T. Sakamoto, Y. Abe, K. Miura, T. Yanagiya, and M. Ishizuka, "Critical Current Densities of AgCu-sheathed Bi-2212 Multifilamentary Round Wires in Long Length." To be published in Physica C (in press). National Research Institute for Metals, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, JAPAN; tel. +81 298 59 2313; fax +81 298 59 2301; e-mail kurodat@nrim.go.jp. Key words: Ag-Cu/Bi-2212 wire, critical current, coil, gas release. 74.72.Hs; 74.60.Jg.

H. Kurosaki, T. Yuasa, T. Maeda, Y. Yamada, S. B. Kim, T. Watanabe, K. Wada, and I. Hirabayashi, "Fabrication of Buffer Layers and Seed Layerson Biaxially Textured Ni Tapes for YBCO Superconducting Wire." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center (ISTEC), 2-4-1 Mutsuno, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya 456-8587, JAPAN; fax +81 52 871 4090; e-mail kurosaki@istec.or.jp. Key words: superconducting wire, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, liquid phase epitaxy, buffer layer, YBCO, Y2O3. 74.76.Bz; 81.15.Gh; 81.15.Lm; 85.25.Kx.

R. Laiho, E. Lahderanta, and K. B. Traito, "Surface Effects on the Electrodynamics of a Type-II Superconductor in the Mixed State." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact E. Lahderanta, Wihuri Physical Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, FINLAND; tel. +358 2 333 5650; fax +358 2 231 9836; e-mail erlah@utu.fi. Key words: mixed state, penetration depth, surface impedance.

D. Lampakis, A. Tatsi, E. Liarokapis, G. Varelogiannis, P.M. Oppeneer, M. Pissas, T. Nishizaki, "Strong-coupling superconductivity due to soft boson modes in MgB_2, cuprates, borocarbides and some heavy fermions." Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. G. Varelogiannis' e-mail varelogi@iesl.forth.gr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105447.

B. Latha, V. Sridharan, R. Jeyavel, and S. Ramasamy, "Kinetics and Formation of (Pb0.5,Cd0.5)Sr2(Y0.6,Ca0.4)Cu2O7-d Superconductor by Directed Reaction Process." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact S. Ramasamy, Materials Science Center and Department of Nuclear Physics, School of Physical Sciences, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, INDIA; tel. +91-44-235-1444; telefax +91-44-235-0305/1444; e-mail sinnaramasamy@yahoo.com. Key words: (Pb,Cd)-1212, superconductivity, directed reaction process, oxygen annealing, simultaneous thermal analyser. 74.62.Bf.

A. N. Lavrov, Yoichi Ando, Seiki Komiya, and I. Tsukada, "Unusual magnetic susceptibility anisotropy in untwinned La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4 single crystals in the lightly-doped region." Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett. E-mail lavrov@criepi.denken.or.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105390.

M.A.R. LeBlanc, S. Celebi, and M. Rezeq, "Generation of Quasi-reversibility in a Commercial Bi:2223/Ag Tape by Vortex Shaking with Varying Orthogonal Magnetic Fields." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont., CANADA; tel. (613) 562-5757; fax (613) 562-5190. Key words: irreversibility line, vortex dynamics, quasi-reversibility. 74.60.Ge; 74.72.Hs; 74.25.Ha; 74.25.Dw.

S. Lee, H. Mori, T. Masui, Yu. Eltsev, A. Yamamoto, and S. Tajima, "Growth, structure analysis and anisotropic superconducting properties of MgB2 single crystals." E-mail lee@istec.or.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105545.

Sang Young Lee, J. H. Lee, Jung Hun Lee, J. S. Ryu, J. Lim, S. H. Moon, H. N. Lee, H. G. Kim, and B. Oh, "Significant Reduction of the Microwave Surface Resistance of MgB2 Films by Surface Ion Milling." E-mail jaju@kkucc.konkuk.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105327.

Q. Li, W. Zhang, U. Schoop, M. W. Rupich, S. Annavarapu, D. T. Verebelyi, C.L.H. Thieme, V. Prunier, X. Cui, M. D. Teplitsky, L. G. Fritzemeier, G. N. Riley, Jr., M. Paranthaman, A. Goyal, D. F. Lee, and T. G. Holesinger, "Progress in Solution-Based YBCO Coated Conductor." To be published in Physica C (in press). American Superconductor Corporation, 2 Technology Dr., Westboro, MA 01581; fax (508) 836-4248; e-mail qli@amsuper.com. Key words: solution based; YBCO; epitaxial; a-axis growth.

B. Liang, A. Maljuk, and C. T. Lin, "Growth of Large Superconducting Bi2-xSr2-yCuO6+d Single Crystals by Traveling Solvent Floating Zone Method." To be published in Physica C (in press). Max-Planck-Institut fur Festkorperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, GERMANY; telefax +49 711 689 1723; fax +49 711 689 1632; e-mail liang@kmr.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de. Key words: crystal growth, Bi-2201, superconductivity. 81.10.Fq; 74.72.Hs.

Jack Lidmar, David R. Nelson, and Denis A. Gorokhov, "Vortex wandering in a forest of splayed columnar defects." E-mail lidmar@fas.harvard.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105255.

S.J.S. Lister, A. T. Boothroyd, N. H. Andersen, B. H. Larsen, A. A. Zhokhov, A. N. Christensen, and A. R. Wildes, "Coupled Magnetic Excitations in Single Crystal PrBa2Cu3O6.2." To be published Phys. Rev. Lett. E-mail s.lister1@physics.ox.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105292.

G. Litak, J. F. Annett, B. L. Gyorffy, and K. I. Wysokinski, "Three Band Model for Superconductivity in Sr2RuO4." E-mail litak@archimedes.pol.lublin.pl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105376.

A. P. Litvinchuk, S. Y. Chen, M. N. Iliev, C. L. Chen, C. W. Chu, and V. N. Popov, "Carrier dynamics and infrared-active phonons in c-axis oriented RuSr_2GdCu_2O_8 film." E-mail litvin@bayou.uh.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105016.

C. X. Liu, M. Xu, W. H. Tang, X. M. Chen, L. S. Wu, N. Yang, Z. H. Mai, K. Tao, and J. Gao, "Micro-structural Analysis of YBa2Cu3O7-x Thin Films Grown on Different Substrates by X-ray Techniques." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Physics and Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, CHINA; e-mail user404@aphy.iphy.ac.cn or liucuixiu@yahoo.com. Key words: YBa2Cu3Ox thin films, x-ray diffraction, microstructure.

Fu-sui Liu, Wan-fang Chen, and Kuang-ding Peng, "Unified Theory of Superconductivity in La2-xSrxCuO4 and Sr2RuO4." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, CHINA; tel. +86 6275 8158; e-mail fsliu@pku.edu.cn. Key words: high-Tc superconductivity, pseudogap, order parameter, d-wave, p-wave. 74.20.Mn; 74.20.Hr.

X. Y. Lu, A. Nagata, D. Kamio, K. Sugawara, S. Kamada, K. Watanabe, and S. Hanada, "Effect of MgO Content on the Formation and Superconducting Properties of (Bi,Pb)-2223 Phase in the Partial-Melting and Sintering Process." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science, Akita University, Akita 010-8502, JAPAN; tel. +81 18 889 2415; fax +81 18 837 0403; e-mail xiaoyelu@ipc.akita-u.ac.jp. Key words: Bi-2223, MgO-doping, flux pinning, partial melting, microstructure. 74.72.Hs.

B. Lundqvist, O. Rapp, and M. Andersson, "Nearly Field-Independent In-Plane Vortex Solid-to-Liquid Transition in the c-Axis Resistivity of Oxygen Deficient Single Crystals of YBa2Cu3O7-d." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. Contact M. Andersson, Dept. Solid State Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden; E-mail magnus@ftf.kth.se. Key words: vortex dynamics, solid-to-liquid transition, c-axis resistivity, single crystals, oxygen deficient, YBa2Cu3O7-d. 74.60.Ge,74.25.Fy, 74.72.Bk.

B. Maiorov and E. Osquiguil, "Novel Vortex Solid State in YBa_2Cu_3O_{7 - \delta} Twinned Crystals." Subm. to Phys. Rev. B. E-mail maiorov@cabbat1.cnea.gov.ar; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105139.

M.A. Majumder, "Kondo Resonance in the Moderately Underdoped High-Tc Cuprate Superconductors." E-mail bichitra@spctnet.com. Key words: Kondo effect, cuprate superconductor, vHS.

L. G. Mamsurova, K. S. Pigalskiy, and W. V. Pogosov, "Vibratory motion of vortices near the surface of type II superconductor under the AC magnetic field." Submitted to IWCC 2001. W. V. Pogosov's e-mail wpogosov@yandex.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105368.

D. Manske, C. Joas, I. Eremin, and K. H. Bennemann, "Eliashberg-like theory for superconductivity in MgB_2." I. Eremin's e-mail ieremin@physik.fu-berlin.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105507.

Z. Q. Mao, M. M. Rosario, K. Nelson, K. Wu, I. G. Deac, P. Schiffer, Y. Liu, T. He, K. A. Regan, and R. J. Cava, "Tunneling Spectrum and upper critical field of the intermetallic perovskite superconductor MgCNi3." Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. E-mail mao@phys.psu.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105280.

H. Martinho, A. A. Martin, C. Rettori, O. F. de Lima, P. G. Pagliuso, N. O. Moreno and J. L. Sarrao, "Evidence for a resonant behavior of the E_{2g} phonon in MgB_{2}." E-mail hercules@ifi.unicamp.br; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105204.

H. Matsue, K. Demachi, and K. Miya, "Numerical Analysis of the Superconducting Magnet Outer Vessel of a Maglev Train by a Structural and Electromagnetic Coupling Method." To be published in Physica C (in press). Railway Technical Research Institute, 2-8-38 Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8540, JAPAN. Key words: Maglev, outer vessel, coupling FEM-BEM method.

Yuji Matsuda, M. B. Gaifullin, N. Chikumoto, J. Shimoyama, and K. Kishio, "Josephson Plasma Resonance Crossing the Second Peak; First Order Nature of the Bragg-to-Vortex Glass Transition." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan; tel. +81 471-35 1239/36 3240; fax +81 471-35 1221/36 3241; e-mail ym@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp or ymatsuda@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: high temperature superconductors, Josephson plasma, second peak, Bragg glass. 74.25.Nf; 74.50.+r; 74.72.Hs.

Hidenori Matsuzawa, Koji Mikami, Takumi Kibushi, Takao Ishihara, and Kazuhiro Kato, "Focusing Characteristics of a Modified Double-Layered High-Tc Superconducting Tube (Supertron) for Charged Particle Beams." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Yamanashi University, Kofu 400-8511, JAPAN; tel./fax +81 55 220 8477; e-mail matuzawa@es.yamanashi.ac.jp. Key words: supertron, double-layered superconducting tube, beam focusing, pulse compression, nano-second electron beam. 85.25.-j; 74.60.Ge; 41.85.Lc; 52.75.Pv.

R. D. McDonald, A.-K. Klehe, J. Singleton, and W. Hayes, "The pressure dependence of electron-phonon coupling in the organic superconductor \kappa-(BEDT-TTF)_{2}Cu(SCN)_{2}: A comparison of high pressure infrared reflectivity and Raman scattering experiments." Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. E-mail r.mcdonald1@physics.ox.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105316.

R. J. McQueeney, T. Egami, J.-H. Chung, Y. Petrov, M. Yethiraj, M. Arai, Y. Inamura, Y. Endoh, C. Frost and F. Dogan, "Anisotropy in the electronic screening of oxygen lattice modes in YBa(2)Cu(3)O(6.95)." T. Egami's e-mail egami@seas.upenn.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105593.

R. Melin, "Electronic EPR-like experiments with superconductors." E-mail melin@labs.polycnrs-gre.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105073,

Petter Minnhagen, Beom Jun Kim, and Hans Weber, "Evidence of Two Distinct Dynamic Critical Exponents in Connection with Vortex Physics." To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett. Beom Jun Kim's e-mail kim@tp.umu.se; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105323.

P. Miranovic and V. G. Kogan, "Elastic moduli of vortex lattices within nonlocal London model." V. G. Kogan's e-mail kogan@ameslab.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105630.

Jovan Mirkovic, Sergey Savel'ev, E. Sugahara, and Kazuo Kadowaki, "Scaling of Vortex Lattice Melting Transition in Single Crystals of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d." To be published in Physica C (in press). CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Institute of Material Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8573, Japan; tel. +81 298 53 5291/7358; fax +81 298 55 7400/7440; e-mail mirkovic@ims.tsukuba.ac.jp or mirkovic@yahoo.com. Key words: vortex lattice melting transition, resistivity measurement, Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d single crystals. 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Ec; 74.72.Hs.

Todor Mishonov and Evgeni Penev, "Thermodynamics of Gaussian fluctuations and paraconductivity in layered superconductors." Int. J. Mod. Phys. B, Vol. 14, No. 32 (2000) 3831--3879. Evgeni Penev's e-mail evgeni@theo24.rz-berlin.mpg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0004023.

C. P. Moca and B. Janko, "The electronic specific heat in the pairing pseudogap regime." E-mail mocap@ff.uoradea.ro; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105202.

M. Morelle, V. Bruyndoncx, R. Jonckheere and V.V. Moshchalkov, "Critical temperature oscillations in magnetically coupled superconducting mesoscopic loops." Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B. E-mail Mathieu.Morelle@fys.kuleuven.ac.be; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105454.

M. Morita, O. Miura, and D. Ito, "Transport Properties of kA Class QMG Current Limiting Elements." To be published in Physica C (in press). Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel Corp., 3-35-1 Ida, Nakahara-ku Kawasaki 211, JAPAN; fax +81 439 80 2746; e-mail morita@re.nsc.co.jp. Key words: bulk superconductor, fault current limiter. 74.25.Fy; 74.72.Bk; 74.80.Bj.

Masato Murakami, "Measurements of Trapped-flux Density for Bulk High-temperature Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center (ISTEC), 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, JAPAN; telephone +81 3 3454 9284; telefax +81 3 3454 9287; e-mail murakami@istec.or.jp. Key words: bulk superconductors, trapped-field measurements, standardization. 74.72.-h; 74.72.Bk; 74.60.Jg.

S. Murase, K. Itoh, H. Wada, K. Noto, Y. Kimura, Y. Tanaka, and K. Osamura, "Critical Temperature Measurement Method of Composite Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Tohoku University, 05 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, JAPAN; tel. +81 22 217 7115; fax +81 22 263 9241; e-mail murase@ecei.tohoku.ac.jp. Key words: critical temperature, Bi-based oxide wire, Nb-Ti wire, Nb3Sn wire. 74.62.-c; 74.72.Hs; 74.70.Ad.

A.Nadar, "A New Method to Determine the Resistivity Anisotropy in Lamellar Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria, P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, SYRIA; fax +963 11 611 2289. Key words: electrical resistivity, anisotropy, lamellar superconductors.

I.Nagai, Y. Abe, M. Kato, Y. Koike, and M. Kakihana, "Electrochemical Intercalation of Lithim in Layered Niobates AB2Nb3O10 (A=K,Rb,Cs; B=Ca,Sr) and Their Superconductivity." To be published in Physica C (in press). Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, JAPAN; fax +81 45 924 5309; e-mail kakihana@rlem.titech.ac.jp. Key words: electrochemical intercalation, layered niobate, Li content, a-axis length.

S. Nagaya, N. Kashima, M. Minami, H. Kawashima, S. Unisuga, Y. Kakiuchi, and H. Ishigaki, "Study on Characteristics of High Temperature Superconducting Magnetic Thrust Bearing for 25 kWh Flywheel." To be published in Physica C (in press). Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc., Electric Power Research and Development Center 20-1, Kitasekiyama, Odaka-cho Midoriku, Nagoya 459-8522, JAPAN; tel. +81 52 624 9445; fax +81 52 624 3994; e-mail nagaya.shigeo@chuden.co.jp. Key words: superconducting magnetic bearing, cryogenic refrigerator, radial and axial spring coefficient, damping coefficient. 74.72.-h; 84.60.Ve; 85.25.Ly.

S. Nakaharai, T. Ishiguro, S. Watauchi, J. Shimoyama, and K. Kishio, "Stitching of Fluxoids Parallel to the Superconducting Sheet in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, JAPAN; tel./fax +81 75 753 3783; e-mail shu@scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp. Key words: pancake vortex, pinning potential. 74.60.Ge; 74.72.Hs.

M. Nakamura and S. Kishida, "Annealing Effect on Characteristics of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy Single Crystals Grown by a Vertical Bridgman Method." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8552, JAPAN; tel./fax +81 857 31 5244; e-mail b95t3055@maxwell.ele.tottori-u.ac.jp. Key words: Bi-2212 single crystal, vertical Bridgman method, annealing. 74.72.Hs.

S. Nariki, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, "Preparation and Properties of OCMG-processed Gd-Ba-Cu-O Bulk Superconductors with Very Fine Gd211 Particles." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center (ISTEC), 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, JAPAN; telephone +81 3 3454 9284; telefax +81 3 3454 9287; e-mail nariki@istec.or.jp. Key words: melt processing, critical current density, Gd-Ba-Cu-O.

S. Nariki, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, "Processing of GdBa2Cu3O7-y Bulk Superconductor and its Trapped Magnetic Field." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center (ISTEC), 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, JAPAN; telephone +81 3 3454 9284; telefax +81 3 3454 9287; e-mail nariki@istec.or.jp. Key words: melt processing, trapped magnetic field, critical current density, Gd-Ba-Cu-O.

W. K. Neils and D. J. Van Harlingen, "Experimental test for subdominant superconducting phases with complex order parameters in cuprate grain boundary junctions." D. J. Van Harlingen's e-mail dvh@uiuc.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105388.

A. V. Nikulov, "Quantum Force in a Superconductor." To be published in Phys. Rev. B. Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow District, RUSSIA; Fax 007 095 9628047; e-mail nikulov@ipmt-hpm.ac.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/physics/0104073. Key words: the Little-Parks experiment; superconducting fluctuations; persistent current; persistent voltage; quantum Brownian motion; second law of thermodynamics. 74.20.De, 64.70.-p, 73.23.Ra.

E. Nishibori, M. Takata, M. Sakata, H. Tanaka, T. Muranaka, and J. Akimitsu, "Bonding Nature in MgB_{2}." Submitted to JPSJ Letters. M. Takata's e-mail takata@nuap.nagoya-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105555. Keywords: MgB_2, Superconductivity, Bonding Nature, Charge Density, Synchrotron Radiation, Maximum Entropy Method.

Akihiko Nishida, Chihiro Taka, and Takashi Yasuda, "In-plane Vortex Properties of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x Single Crystal and ESR Anomalies." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Science, Department of Applied Physics, Fukuoka University , 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan; fax +81-92-865-6030; e-mail nishida@cis.fukuoka-u.ac.jp. Key words: Josephson vortex, local field variation, electron spin resonance, Bi-based HTSC. 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Ec; 74.72.Hs; 74.25.Nf; 76.30.-v.

T. Nojima, J. Z. Liu, T. Nishizaki, S. Okayasu, and N. Kobayashi, "Vortex Phase Transition and Correlation in Partially Au-ion Irradiated YBa2Cu3O7 Films." To be published in Physica C (in press). Center for Low Temperature Science, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, JAPAN; fax +81 22 215 2168; e-mail nojima@imr.tohoku.ac.jp. Key words: vortex glass transition, Bose glass transition, columnar defects, vortex dynamics, YBa2Cu3O7, superconducting films. 74.60.Ge; 74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz.

M. R. Norman, M. Eschrig, A. Kaminski, and J. C. Campuzano, "Momentum Distribution Curves in the Superconducting State." E-mail norman@hexi.msd.anl.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105563.

K. Noto, T. Itoh, A. Sugiyama, T. Abe, M. Murakami, M. Muralidhar, J. Yoshioka, and K. Iida, "Phonon Scattering by 211 Second Phase Grains in High Tc 123 Bulk Materials." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka 020-8551, JAPAN; tel. +81 19 621 6357; fax +81 19 621 6357/6373; e-mail noto@iwate-u.ac.jp. Key words: high Tc superconductor; [NEG(1 2 3) + SP] bulk material, thermal conductivity, scattering mechanisms.

H. Ochiai and S. Torii, "Application of Inverse Problem Solution to the Dynamic Analysis of the Internal Current of Bulk High-Tc Superconductor." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Musashi Institute of Technology, 1-28-1 Tamazutsumi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8557, JAPAN; tel. +81 3 3703 3111, ext. 2764; fax +81 3 5707 2212; e-mail ochiai@eml.ee.musashi-tech.ac.jp. Key words: boundary element method, inverse problem, bulk high-Tc superconductor, internal current, pinning effect.

Kei Ogasawara, Naomichi Sakai, and Masato Murakami, "Structure and Formation Mechanism of Subgrains in Large Single-Grain RE-Ba-Cu-O (RE=Y,Sm,Nd) Bulk Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center (ISTEC), 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, JAPAN; telephone +81 3 3454 9284; telefax +81 3 3454 9287; e-mail oga@istec.or.jp. Key words: REBCO, subgrain, misorientation, microscopy, pole figure. 74.80.Bj; 61.10.Yh.

K. Ohmatsu, K. Muranaka, S. Hahakura, T. Taneda, K. Fujino, H. Takei, Y. Sato, K. Matsuo, and Y. Takahashi, "Development of In-plane Aligned YBCO Tapes Fabricated by Inclined Substrate Deposition." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductor R&D Department, Electric Power Systems Technology Research Laboratories, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd, 1-1-3 Shimaya, Konohana-ku, Osaka, 554-0024 JAPAN; tel. +81 6 6466 5639; fax +81 6 6466 5705; e-mail ohmatsu-kazuya@sei.co.jp. Key words: superconductor, YBCO, buffer layer, long length.

S. Okayasu, M. Sasase, N. Kuroda, A. Iwase, Y. Kazumata, and T. Kambara, "Pinning Properties of Quenched and Melt Growth Method-YBCO Bulk Samples." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Materials Science, Research Group for Solid State Physics, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, JAPAN; tel. +81 29 282 5466; telefax +81 29 282 6716; e-mail okayasu@popsvr.tokai.jaeri.go.jp. Key words: ion irradiation, pinning properties. 74.72.Bk; 74.60.Ec; 74.60.Ge.

S. Okuma, Y. Imamoto, and M. Morita, "Observation of the Vortex-Glass Transition in the Low-temperature High-field Regime in Thick a-MoxSi1-x Films." To be published in Physica C (in press). Research Center for Very Low Temperature System, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ohokayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, JAPAN; tel. +81 3 5734 3252; fax +81 3 5734 2749; e-mail sokuma@o.cc.titech.ac.jp. Key words: vortex-glass transition, quantum vortex liquid, ac resistivity, LTSC. 74.25.Dw; 74.25.Nf; 74.60.Ge.

S. Okuma, M. Kamada, and N. Kokubo, "Current-induced Voltage Noise at Zero Field in Thick and Thin Films of a-MoxSi1-x." To be published in Physica C (in press). Research Center for Very Low Temperature System, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ohokayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, JAPAN; tel. +81 3 5734 3252; fax +81 3 5734 2749; e-mail sokuma@o.cc.titech.ac.jp. Key words: Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, vortex loop, noise, LTSC. 74.40.+k; 74.80.Bj; 74.60.Ge.

Kazunori Onabe, Kazutoshi Higashiyama, Naoji Kashima, Shigeo Nagaya, and Kaoru Takeda, "Superconducting Property of Re123 Films Formed on Textured Silver Tapes by Chemical Vapor Deposition." To be published in Physica C (in press). Fujikura Ltd., 1-5-1 Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8512, JAPAN; fax +81 3 5606 1512; e-mail onabe@rd.fujikura.co.jp. Key words: chemical vapor deposition, in-plane aligning, Re123, texured Ag{1 0 0}<0 0 1>. 74.72.Bk; 85.25.Kx.

M. P. Oomen, J. J. Rabbers, B. ten Haken, J. Rieger, and M. Leghissa, "Magnetization Loss in Stacks of High-Tc Superconducting Tapes in a Perpendicular Magnetic Field." To be published in Physica C (in press). Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, ZT EN4, P.O. Box 3220, 91050 Erlangen, GERMANY; telephone +49-91317-35331/34889; telefax +49-91317-33323; e-mail marijn.oomen@erls.siemens.de. Key words: Bi-2223, superconductor, ac loss, magnetic shielding. 74.25.Ha.

E. S. Otabe, T. Endo, T. Matsushita, and M. Morita, "ac Current Loss of a Meander-shaped QMG Current Limiting Device." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka 820-8502, JAPAN; tel./fax +81 948 29 7683; e-mail otabe@cse.kyutech.ac.jp. Key words: ac current loss, QMG, current limiting device.

Yu. N. Ovchinnikov, S. A. Wolf, and V. Z. Kresin, "Intrinsic Inhomogeneities in Superconductors and the Pseudogap Phenomenon." To be published in Phys. Rev. B. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117334, RUSSIA. 74.80.-g; 74.72.-h; 74.25.-q.

Andrey L. Pankratov, "Form and width of spectral line of Josephson Flux-Flow oscillator." E-mail alp@ipm.sci-nnov.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105387.

Mi-Ae Park, Kerim Savran, and Yong-Jihn Kim, "A New Method of Probing the Phonon Mechanism in Superconductors including \rm{MgB_{2}}." Yong-Jihn Kim's e-mail yjkim@fen216.fen.bilkent.edu.tr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105091.

Mi-Ae Park, Kerim Savran and Yong-Jihn Kim, "Weak localization and the Mooij rule in disordered metals." Yong-Jihn Kim's e-mail yjkim@fen216.fen.bilkent.edu.tr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105090.

Eva Pavarini and I. I. Mazin, "NMR relaxation rates and Knight shifts in MgB2." I. I. Mazin's e-mail mazin@dave.nrl.navy.mil; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105350.

G. P. Pepe, G. Peluso, M. Valentino, A. Barone, L. Parlato, E. Esposito, C. Granata, M. Russo, C. De Leo, and G. Rotoli, "Pulse-induced switches in a Josephson tunnel stacked device." Submitted to Appl.Phys.Lett. G. Rotoli's e-mail rotoli@ing.univaq.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105342.

M. I. Petrov, D. A. Balaev, and K. A. Shaihutdinov, "The Anomalous Transport Properties of Composites HTSC + NiTiO3." To be published in Physica C (in press). Kirensky Institute of Physics, 660036 Krasnoyarsk, RUSSIA; fax +7 3912 438923; e-mail smp@iph.krasnoyarsk.su.

V. V. Petrykin, E. A. Goodilin J. Hester, E. A. Trofimenko, M. Kakihana, N. N. Oleynikov, and Yu.D. Tretyakov, "Structural Disorder and Degradation of Superconductivity in the NdBa2Cu3Oz (z ~ 7) Defects Simulations." To be published in Physica C (in press). Materials and Structures Lab., Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, JAPAN; telephone +81-45-924-5310; telefax +81-45-924-5309; e-mail valery1@rlem.titech.ac.jp. Key words: NdBa2Cu3Oz superconductor, cation disordering, defect simulations, Tc enhancement. 74.72.-h; 74.72.Bk; 74.62.Bf.

Francesco Plastina, Rosario Fazio, and G. Massimo Palma, "Macroscopic entanglement in Josephson nanocircuits." E-mail plastina@fis.unical.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105029.

A. Plecenik, L. Satrapinsky, P. Kus, S. Gazi, S. Benacka, I. Vavra, and I. Kostic, "MgB2 superconductor thin films on Si and Al2O3 substrates." E-mail plecenik@savba.sk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105612.

W. V. Pogosov, A. L. Rakhmanov, and E. A. Shapoval, "Mesoscopic Superconducting Cylinders: Phase Transitions, Phase Diagrams and Magnetization." Submitted to IWCC 2001. E-mail wpogosov@yandex.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105369.

M. Pozek, A. Dulcic, D. Paar, G. V. M. Williams, and S. Kramer, "A Transport and Microwave Study of Superconducting and Magnetic RuSr2EuCu2O8." To be published in Phys. Rev. B. E-mail g.williams@physik.uni-stuttgart.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105287.

A. K. Pradhan, Y. Feng, S. Shibata, K. Nakao, and N. Koshizuka, "Role of Oxygen on the Flux Pinning and Vortex Phase Transitions in NdBa2Cu3O7-d Crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, JAPAN; tel. +81 3 3536 5707; fax +81 3 3536 5714; e-mail pradhan@istec.or.jp. Key words: flux pinning, critical current density, vortex phase transitions. 74.25.Ha; 74.60.Ge.

M. H. Pu, W. H. Song, B. Zhao, X. C. Wu, Y. P. Sun, J. J. Du, and J. Fang, "Enhanced Flux Pinning in (Bi,Pb)-2223/Ag Tapes by Slight Pr-Doping." To be published in Physica C (in press). Laboratory of Internal Friction and Defects in Solids, Institute of Solid State Physics, Academia Sinica, P. O. Box 1129, Heifei 230031, CHINA; tel +86 551 559 1436; fax +86 551 559 1434; e-mail jjdu@mail.issp.ac.cn or iidu@mail.issp.ac.cn. Key words: Pr-doping, (Bi,Pb)-2223/Ag tapes, flux pinning. 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg; 74.72.Hs.

E. Sudhakar Reddy, J. G. Noudem, M. Tarka, M. Noe, and G. J. Schmitz, "Processing, microstructure and transport currents of (100)/(100) and (110)/(110) domain boundaries in multi-seeded YBa2Cu3Oy fabrics." Submitted to Superconductor Science and Technology. ACCESS e.V. Materials Sciences, Intzestr. 5, D-52072 Aachen, Germany; e-mail esreddy@access.rwth-aachen.de. Key words: Multi-seeding, Melt process, Infiltration process, Grain boundaries, Fabrics, Thick films, Single domain.

E. S. Reddy, K. D. Otzschi, J. Shimoyama, and K. Kishio, "On the Intermediate Peak in Melt-textured YBa2Cu3Oy Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). ACCESS e.V., Materials Sciences, Intzerstr 5, D 52072 Aachen, Germany; e-mail esreddy@access.rwth-aachen.de. Key words: melt texturing, peak effect, intermediate peak, matching peak effect, critical current density, YBa2Cu3Oy.

Charles Reichhardt, Alejandro B. Kolton, Daniel Dominguez, and Niels Gronbech-Jensen, "Phase-locking of driven vortex lattices with transverse ac-force and periodic pinning." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. Daniel Dominguez' e-mail domingd@cab.cnea.gov.ar; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105544.

Z. A. Ren, G. C. Che, S. L. Jia, H. Chen, Y. M. Ni, and Z. X. Zhao, "Effect of Mg and C contents in MgCNi3, and structure and superconductivity of MgCNi3-xCox." E-mail renzhian@ssc.iphy.ac.cn; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105366.

J. P. Rodriguez, "Degradation of Phase Coherence by Defects in a Two-Dimensional Vortex Lattice." Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. E-mail jrodrig@calstatela.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105524.

R. Rossler, J. D. Pedarnig, and Ch. Jooss, "Bi2Sr2Can-1CunO2(n+2)+d Thin Films on c-Axis Oriented and Vicinal Substrates." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact J. D. Pedarnig, Angewandte Physik, Johannes-Kepler Universitat Linz, A-4040 Linz, AUSTRIA; tel. +43 732 24689246; fax +43 732 2468 9242; e-mail johannes.pedarnig@jk.uni.linz.ac.at. Key words: Bi-based cuprates, vicinal thin films, pulsed-laser deposition. 74.76.Bz; 74.72.Hs; 81.15.Fg.

P. Samuelsson, G. Johansson, AA. Ingerman, V. S. Shumeiko, and G. Wendin, "Proximity Effect and Multiple Andreev Reflections in Chaotic Josephson junctions." E-mail pesa@fy.chalmers.se; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105605.

Alvaro Sanchez and Carles Navau, "Critical-current density from magnetization loops of finite high-Tc superconductors." To be published in Superconductor Science and Technology. E-mail alvar@elema.uab.es; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105262.

S. Sarkar, P. L. Paulose, S. Ramakrishnan, A. K. Grover, C. V. Tomy, G. Balakrishnan, and D. McK. Paul, "The Second Magnetization Peak and the Peak Effect Phenomenon in the Superconductor Ca3Rh4Sn13." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai 400005, INDIA; tel. +91 22 215 2971; fax +91 22 215 2110; e-mail shampa@mailhost.tifr.res.in; A. K. Grover's e-mail grover@mailhost.tifr.res.in. Key words: second magnetization peak, peak effect, multi-critical point, minor hysteresis curve, metastability, Ca3Rh4Sn13.

M. Sasase, S. Okayasu, H. Kurata, and K. Hojou, "Irradiated Damage in High-Tc Superconductor." Solid States Physics Laboratory, Department of Materials Science, Japan Atomic Enegy Institute (JAERI), Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki 319-1195; JAPAN; tel. +81 029 282 5466; fax +81 029 282 6716; e-mail sasase@analchem.tokai.jaeri.go.jp. Key words: high energy heavy ion, ion-velocity, electronic stopping power (Se); columnar defects. 61.72.Ff; 61.72.-y; 74.72.Hs.

Eiji Sato, Shiro Kambe, and Osamu Ishii, "Annealing Effect on High-pressure Oxygen for (As0.33Cu0.67)Sr2YCu2Oy." To be published in Physica C (in press). Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, JAPAN; tel +81 238 26 3287; fax +81 238 26 3177. Key words: (As0.33Cu0.67)Sr2YCu2Oy, crystal structure, physical properties. 74.72.Jt.

T. Sato, H. Nakane, N. Mori, and S. Yoshizawa, "Fluctuation Conductivity Analysis for Bi-2223 Superconductors with Different Sintering Time." To be published in Physica C (in press). Kogakuin University, 1-24-2 Nishi-shinjuku-ku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-8677, JAPAN; tel. +81 8 3 3340 2791; fax +81 8 3 3348 3486; e-mail cm00018@ccs.kogakuin.ac.jp. Key words: fluctuation conductivity, correlation length, the amplitude of fluctuation. 74.72.-h; 74.72.Hs; 74.40.+k.

Yasushi Sato, Masato Kakihana, Valery Petrykin, Minoru Osada, Hiroshi Yasuoka, Ai Yamaguchi, and Yoshito Tanaka, "Synthesis of High-Purity (CaxLa1.00-x)(Ba1.75-xLa0.25+x)Cu3Oz Tetragonal Superconductor by an Aqueous Solution Technique using Citric Acid." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Masato Kakihana, Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, JAPAN; fax +81 45 924 5309; e-mail kakihana@rlem.titech.ac.jp. Key words: (CaxLa1.00-x)(Ba1.75-xLa0.25+x)Cu3Oz, amorphous citrate method, Raman scattering, ac complex susceptibility. 74.22.-h; 74.72.Bk; 74.62.Bf.

K. Satoh, T. Mimura, S. Narahashi, and T. Nojima, "The 2 GHz High Temperature Superconducting Receiver Equipment for Mobile Communications." To be published in Physica C (in press). Radio Environment Technology Research Laboratories, NTT DoCoMo, Inc. 3-5 Hikarinooka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-8536, JAPAN; fax +81 468 40 3787; e-mail k-satoh@mlab.yrp.nttdocomo.co.jp. Key words: radio base station equipment, mobile communications, high temperature superconducting filter. 85.25.-j.

Sergey Savel'ev, Jovan Mirkovic, and Kazuo Kadowaki, "Free Energy of Vortex System Beyond the Elastic Approximation," To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, JAPAN; tel. +81 298 53 5291; fax +81 298 55 7440; e-mail sesavele@ims.tsukuba.ac.jp. Key words: elastic free energy, anharmonic free energy, deformed lattice. 74.60.Ge.

S. E. Savel'ev, J. Mirkovic, and K. Kadowaki, "The London theory of the crossing-vortex lattice in highly anisotropic layered superconductors." Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B. E-mail sesavele@ims.tsukuba.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105370.

Sergey Savel'ev, Jovan Mirkovic, and Kazuo Kadowaki, "The Novel Electrodynamics of Combined Pancake and Josephson Vortex Lattice." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, JAPAN; tel. +81 298 53 5291; fax +81 298 55 7440; e-mail sesavele@ims.tsukuba.ac.jp. Key words: anisotropic layered superconductors, crossing lattice structure, Josephson vortex energy. 74.60.Ge.

Mitsuru Sawamura and Mitsuru Morita, "A Hybrid-type Bulk Magnet Combining Sm-Ba-Cu-O and Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel Corp., 20-1 Shintomi, Futtsu, Chiba 293-8511, JAPAN; tel. +81 439 80 2715; fax +81 439 80 2746; e-mail sawamura@re.nsc.co.jp. Key words: trapped field, samarium, HTSC. 74.25.Ha; 74.60.-w; 74.60.Jg; 74.72.Bk.

E. Schachinger and J.P. Carbotte, "Comparison of in- and out-of-plane charge dynamicsin YBa_2Cu_3O_{6.95}." Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B. E-mail schachinger@itp.tu-graz.ac.at; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105459.

H. Scherer, Th. Weimann, A. B. Zorin, and J. Niemeyer, "The effect of thermal annealing on the properties of Al-AlOx-Al single electron tunneling transistors." E-mail hansjoerg.scherer@ptb.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105455.

Matthias Schneider, Dieter Lipp, Alexander Gladun, Peter Zahn, Axel Handstein, Guenter Fuchs, Stefan-Ludwig Drechsler, Manuel Richter, Karl-Hartmut Mueller, and Helge Rosner, "Heat and Charge Transport Properties of MgB2." E-mail schneid@physik.phy.tu-dresden.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105429.

T. Senthil, "Electron fractionalization and cuprate superconductivity." Review-type article to appear in special 75'th anniversary issue of the Indian Journal of Physics. E-mail senthil@mit.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105104.

K. M. Shen, A. Damascelli, D. H. Lu, N. P. Armitage, F. Ronning, D. L. Feng, C. Kim, Z.-X. Shen, D. J. Singh, I. I. Mazin, S. Nakatsuji, Z. Q. Mao, Y. Maeno, T. Kimura, and Y. Tokura, "Surface electronic structure of Sr2RuO4." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. E-mail kmshen@stanford.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105487.

D. Q. Shi, M. Ionescu, J. McKinnon, and S. X. Dou, "Growth Orientation and Surface Morphology of CeO2 Films Deposited by PLD using Different Deposition Atmospheres." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, AUSTRALIA; telephone +61 2 4221 5768; telefax +61 2 4226 6997; e-mail ds01@uow.edu.au. Key words: AFM, CeO2 film, morphology, pulse laser deposition.

A. Shibata, K. Izawa, Y. Matsuda, Y. Saito, and K. Hirata, "Unusual Microwave Vortex Dissipation of Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan; fax +81 471 36 3243; e-mail akis@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4, flux flow resistivity, surface impedance. 74.72.-h; 74.25.Nf.

S. Shibata, A. Yamamoto, Y. Feng, A. K. Pradhan, T. Machi, and N. Koshizuka, "Nd/Ba Substitution and Oxygen Deficiency Effects on the Pinning Properties of Nd1+xBa2-xCu3O7-d Single Crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, JAPAN; tel. +81 3 3536 5707; fax +81 3 3536 5717; e-mail shibata@istec.or.jp. Key words: Nd1+xBa2-xCu3O7-d single crystals, Nd/Ba substitution, peak effect, oxygen vacancy effect. 74.62.Dh; 74.72.-h; 74.60.Jg.

J. H. Shim and B. I. Min, "Electronic structures of antiperovskite superconductors: MgXNi_3 (X=B,C,N)." E-mail jhshim@anyon.postech.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105418.

Keshav N. Shrivastava, "Effect of the electric field on a superconducting powder." To be published in Physica C (in press). School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046, India; tel. +91 40 3010811; fax +91 40 3010145; e-mail knssp@uohyd.ernet.in; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105470. Key words: electric fields, Josephson interaction.

Keshav N. Shrivastava, "Penetration Depth in Superconducting MgB2." Submitted to Physica C. School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046, India; tel. +91 40 3010811; fax +91 40 3010145; e-mail knssp@uohyd.ernet.in. Key words: gap symmetry, penetration depth, MgB2.

V. M. Silkin, E. V. Chulkov, and P. M. Echenique, "Surface and Image-Potential States on the MgB_2(0001) Surfaces." Preprint available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105628.

D. J. Singh and I. I. Mazin, "Superconductivity and Electronic Structure of Perovskite MgCNi3." I. I. Mazin's e-mail mazin@dave.nrl.navy.mil;preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105577.

R. J. Singh, P. K. Sharma, A. Singh, and S. Khan, "EPR Spectra of Deoxygenated High Tc Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002, INDIA; tel. +91 571 401001; fax +91 0571 401001; e-mail ranajsingh@yahoo.com. Key words: EPR, spin clusters, XRD, high Tc superconductors.

John Singleton, P.A. Goddard, A. Ardavan, N. Harrison, S.J. Blundell, J.A. Schlueter and A.M. Kini, "Test for interlayer coherence in a quasi-two-dimensional superconductor." E-mail jsingle@potsi.lanl.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0104586.

J. Singleton, J. A. Symington, M.-S. Nam, A. Ardavan, M. Kurmoo, and P. Day, "Observation of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in the quasi-two-dimensional organic superconductor \kappa-(BEDT-TTF)_2Cu(NCS)_2." J. Phys. Condens. Matter Volume 12 L641 (2000). E-mail jsingle@potsi.lanl.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105335.

G. K. Strukova, V. F. Degtyareva, D. V. Shovkun, V. N. Zverev, V. M. Kiiko, A. M. Ionov, and A. N.Chaika, "Superconductivity in the Re-B system." E-mail strukova@issp.ac.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105293.

J. H. Su, P.V.P.S.S. Sastry, and J. Schwartz, "Synthesis and Characterization of (Hg0.8Re0.2)Ba2CaCu2O6+d Thick Films on Ag Obtained by a Two-Step Dip-coating/rolling Method." To be published in Physica C (in press). National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32310; tel. (850) 644 2294; fax (850) 644-0867; e-mail jhsu@magnet.fsu.edu. Key words: (Hg,Re)1212 thick film, dip coating, rolling, Ag. 74.72.Gr; 74.76.Bz.

K. Suzuki, T. Takagi, S. Adachi, T. Utagawa, N. Koshizuka, and K. Tanabe, "Magnetic Imaging of High-Tc Films with Grain Boundaries by a Scanning SQUID Microscope." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, JAPAN; fax +81 3 3536 5717; e-mail ks@istec.or.jp. Key words: high-Tc films, NBCO, grain boundary, scanning SQUID microscope. 74.60.Ge; 74.72.Jt; 74.76.Bz.

P. Szabo, P. Samuely, J. Kacmarcik, Th. Klein, J. Marcus, D. Fruchart, S. Miraglia, C. Marcenat, and A.G.M. Jansen, "Evidence for two superconducting energy gaps in MgB2 by point-contact spectroscopy." E-mail pszabo@labs.polycnrs-gre.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105598.

K. Tachikawa, T. Minemoto, and H. Uematsu, "Effects of Ag Addition on the Synthesis of RE-123 Phase Through the Diffusion Process." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Tokai University, 1117 Kita-kaname, Hirasuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, JAPAN; tel. +81 463 58 1211; fax +81 463 50 2096; e-mail tacsuper@keyaki.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp. Key words: RE-123 phase, diffusion reaction, Ag addition, RE-224 phase.

Y. Takahashi, T. Araki, K. Yamagiwa, Yutake Yamada, S. B. Kim, Y. Iijima, K. Takeda, and I. Hirabayashi, "Preparation of YBCO Films on CeO2 Buffered Metallic Substrates by the TFA-MOD Method." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center (ISTEC), 2-4-1 Mutsuno, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya 456-8587, JAPAN; fax +81 52 871 4002; e-mail yasu@istec.or.jp. Key words: YBCO, CeO2 buffer layer, PLD, TFA-MOD, IBAD. 74.60.Jg; 74.12.Bk; 74.16.Bz; 81.15.Fg.

T. Tamegai, M. Yasugaki, K. Itaka, and M. Tokunaga, "Magneto-optical Imaging of Vortex Lattice Melting Transition in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, JAPAN; tel. +81 3 5841 6846; fax +81 3 5841-6846/8886; e-mail tamegai@ap.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: magneto-optics, vortex lattice melting, Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y. 74.72.Hs; 74.60.Ge; 74.60.-g.

K. Tanaka, M. Okada, K. Ohata, J. Sato, H. Kitaguchi, H. Kumakura, and K. Togano, "Fabrication of Bi-2212 ROSATwire with Reduced Silver Content." To be published in Physica C (in press). Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., 7-1-1 Omika-cho, Hitachi 319-1292, JAPAN; tel. +81 294 28 1660; fax +81 294 28 1692; e-mail ktanaka@hrl.hitachi.co.jp. Key words: high-Tc superconductor, Bi-2212, ROSATwire, critical current density.

K. Tazoe, H. Ikuta, M. Yoshikawa, Y. Yanagi, Y. Itoh, T. Oka, and U. Mizutani, "Improvement of the Microstructure of Melt-processed Sm-based Superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Crystalline Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, JAPAN; fax +81 789 5317; e-mail tazoe@mizu.xtal.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Key words: Sm-Ba-Cu-O, melt-growth, microstructure. 74.72.Bk; 74.80.Bj; 74.62.Bf.

V. K. Thorsmolle, R. D. Averitt, M. P. Maley, L. N. Bulaevskii, C. Helm, and A. J. Taylor, "C-axis Josephson Plasma Resonance Observed in Tl_{2}Ba_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8} Superconducting Thin Films using Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy." Accepted in Optics Letters. C. Helm's e-mail christian.helm@physik.uni-regensburg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105413.

E. V. Thuneberg, "Hydrostatic theory of superfluid 3He-B." J. Low Temp. Phys. 122, 657 (2001). E-mail ethuneb@cc.hut.fi; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat//0005074.

V. G. Tissen, M. V. Nefedova, N. N. Kolesnikov, and M. P. Kulakov, "Effect of pressure on the superconducting Tc of MgB2." E-mail tissen@issp.ac.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105475.

Yoshihiko Togawa, Ryuichi Abiru, Haruhisa Kitano, and Atsutaka Maeda, "Bulk Nature of Broad-band Noise in Conduction Noise Spectra of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Basic Science, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8902, JAPAN; tel./fax +81 3 5454 6763; e-mail ytogawa@maeda1.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: vortex dynamics, conduction noise, corbino geometry, bulk nature, Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy. 74.60.Ge; 74.25.Fy; 74.40.+k; 74.72.Hs.

H. Tokita, H. Asano, and H. Uwe, "Magnetic Susceptibility of the Normal State in Oxygen-Controlled Ca-rich Bi-2212 Cuprate." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8573, JAPAN; e-mail htoki@hotmail.com. Key words: Ca-rich Bi-2212, normal-state magnetic susceptibility, Johnston's universal curve. 74.72.Hs; 74.25.Ha.

M. Tokunaga, S. Koya, M. Kishi, N. Kameda, K. Itaka, and T. Tamegai, "Vortex Phase Diagrams of Bi2Sr2Cu2O8+y in Tilted Fields Studied by a Hall Probe." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, JAPAN; fax +81 3 5841 6848; e-mail mtokunaga@ap.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: HTSC; vortex, phase diagram, angular dependence. 74.60.Ec. 74.72.Hs.

Masaru Tomita, Ken Nagashima, Masato Murakami, and Toshiki Herai, "Resin-impregnated Bulk YBCO Current Leads for Maglev." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center (ISTEC), 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, JAPAN; telefax +81 3 3454 9287; e-mail tomita@istec.or.jp. Key words: current lead, bulk superconductor, epoxy resins, mechanical strength, trapped magnetic field. 74.25.-q; 74.25.Fy; 74.60.Jg.

M. Tonouchi, H. Saijo, M. Hangyo, O. Morikawa, P. Gu, M. Tani, and K. Sakai, "Highly Efficient Terahertz Radiation from YBa2Cu3O7-d Thin Film Log-periodic Antennas." To be published in Physica C (in press). Research Center for Superconductor Photonics, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, JAPAN; tel. +81 68 79 7981; fax +81 68 79 7984; e-mail tonouchi@rcsuper.osaka-u.ac.jp. Key words: THz radiation, YBCO, log-periodic antennas, femtosecond laser. 07.57.-c; 74.76.Bz; 74.90.+n; 85.25.-j.

S. Torii, R. Nakayama, and D. Ebihara, "Degradation of the Magnetic Shielding Effect of YBCO Bulk Superconductor Exposed to Repetitive Temperature Change." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Musashi Institute of Technology, 1-28-1 Tamazutsumi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8557, JAPAN; tel. +81 3 3703 3111, ext. 2764; fax +81 3 5707 2212; e-mail torii@ee.musashi-tech.ac.jp. Key words: magnetic shielding, repetitive temperature change, YBCO bulk superconductor, deterioration.

Jack W. H. Tsai, Shiun Ling, Julio C. Rodriguez, Zarina Mustapha, and Siu-Wai Chan, "Grain Growth Simulation of [001] Textured YBCO Films Grown on (001) Substrates with Large Lattice Misfit: Prediction of Misorientations of the Remaining Boundaries. J. Electronic Mater. 30, 422 (2001). Materials Science Program, Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027. Key words: computer simulation, superconducting thin films, grain growth, microstructure.

Jack W. H. Tsai, Siu-Wai Chang, John R. Kirtley, S. C. Tidrow, and Q. Jiang, "The Variation of Jcgb with GB Misorientation and Inclination Measured Using the Scanning SQUID Microscope." To be published in IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. Materials Science Program, Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027. Key words: critical current density Jc, grain boundary, scanning SQUID microscopy, facetting.

Yuichi Tsuboi and Hiroyuki Ohsaki, "Electromagnetic Phenomena in Bulk Superconductors Applied in a Rotating Machine During Transient State." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, JAPAN; fax +81 3 5841 6760; e-mail tsuboi@ohsaki.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: bulk superconductor, hysteresis motor, induction motor, transient state. 89.20.+a; 85.70.Rp; 74.60.Fv.

M. Tsuchimoto, H. Takashima, and T. Onishi, "Numerical Evaluation of Strains of a Bulk High-Tc Superconductor During Field-Cooled Magnetization." To be published in Physica C (in press). Electrical Engineering, Hokkaido Institute of Technology, 7-15 Maeda, Teine-ku, Sapporo 006-8585, JAPAN; tel. +81 11 681 2161; fax +81 11 681 3622; e-mail tsuchi@hit.ac.jp. Key words: bulk high-Tc superconductor, shielding current, strain, field-cooled magnetization.

H. Ueda, H. Hayashi, A. Ishiyama, and M. Tsuda, "A New Type of Active-Maglev System using YBCO Bulk and Multiple Electromagnets." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact A. Ishiyama, Waseda University, Ohkubo 3-4-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, JAPAN; tel. +81 3 5286 3376; fax +81 3 3208 9337; e-mail atsushi@mn.waseda.ac.jp. Key words: superconducting bulk, magnetic levitation, electromagnet, finite element method. 85.25.Ly; 85.70.Rp.

H. Uys and H. G. Miller, "Generalized Statistics and the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem." H. Uys' e-mail huys@maple.up.ac.za; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105542.

H. Uys, H. G. Miller, and F. C. Khanna, "Generalized Statistics and High Tc Superconductivity." H. Uys' e-mail huys@maple.up.ac.za; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105579.

Hironori Wakana and Osamu Michikami, "Preparation of CeO2/SrTiO3 Bilayers as a Barrier Material for SIS Josephson Junctions." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8551, JAPAN; tel. +81 19 621 6386; fax +81 19 621 6386; e-mail t5398008@iwate-u.ac.jp. Key words: EBCO film, magnetron sputtering, activated oxygen plasma, CeO2/SrTiO3 multi-barrier. 74.76.Bz; 74.80.Dm.

T. Wakuda, M. Okada, S. Awaji, and K. Watanabe, "A New Reinforced Winding of Bi-2212 Coils for 30 T Class Superconducting Magnets." To be published in Physica C (in press). Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Research Laboratory (MD#521), 7-1-1 Omika-cho, Hitachi 319-1221, JAPAN; fax +81 294 28 1692; e-mail twakuda@gm.hrl.hitachi.co.jp. Key words: high field HTS magnet, hoop strain, reinforcement.

M. B. Walker, M. F. Smith, and K. V. Samokhin, "Electron-Phonon Interaction and Ultrasonic Attenuation in the Ruthenate and Cuprate superconductors." E-mail walker@physics.utoronto.ca; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105109.

Tomonori Watanabe, Kaname Matsumoto, Toshihiko Maeda, Toru Tanigawa, and Izumi Hirabayashi, "Long Length Oxide Template for YBCO Coated Conductor Prepared by Surface-Oxidation Epitaxy Method." To be published in Physica C (in press). The Furukawa Electric Company Limited, 500 Kiyotaki-machi, Nikko 321-1493, JAPAN; tel. +81 288 54 1826; fax +81 288 54 2216; e-mail t-nabe@ho.furukawa.co.jp. Key words: YBa2Cu3O7-d, NiO, surface-oxidation epitaxy, composite tape. 74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz.

R. Weinstein, R.-P. Sawh, J. Liu, D. Parks, Y. Ren, V. Obot, and C. Foster, "Threshold for Creation of Ionization Pinning Centers in YBCO by Heavy Ions." To be published in Physica C (in press). Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204-5506; tel. 713-743-3600; fax 713 747 4526; e-mail weinstein@uh.edu. Key words: ionization pinning centers, high Jc; ionization damage. 74.60.Ge; 78.70.-g; 74.80.-g.

F. N. Werfel, U. Floegel-Delor, R. Rothfeld, D. Wippich, and T. Riedel, "Polycrystalline HTS Material for Bearings and Electric Power Devices." To be published in Physica C (in press). Adelwitz Technologiezentrum GmbH (ATZ), Riggergut Adelwitz, 04886 Adelwitz, GERMANY; tel +49 34 222 45200; fax +49 34 222 45202/45200; e-mail werfel@t-online.de. Key words: bulk HTS, large scale, magnetic bearing, transport current.

T. Winiecki and C. S. Adams, "Vortex dynamics, pinning, and critical currents in a Ginzburg-Landau type-II superconductor." E-mail thomas.winiecki@durham.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105586.

Y. Wu, N. Inoue, T. Sugano, S. Adachi, K. Tanabe, N. Koshizuka, and J. G. Wen, "Microstructural Relationships between 45 degrees [0 0 1] Tilt Bicrystal Substrates and Epitaxial Superconducting Films." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, JAPAN; tel. +81 3 3536 5709; fax +81 3 3536 5705; e-mail wy@istec.or.jp. Key words: superconducting thin film, grain boundary, bicrystal, transmission electron microscopy, atomic arrangement. 74.76.-w; 61.16.Bg; 61.72.Mm.

S. K. Xia, E. T. Serra, and F. Rizzo, "Enhancement of Heat-treatment Temperature Window and Reduction of Sintering Time of Bi-2223/Ag Tapes by Continuous Cooling Sintering." To be published in Physica C (in press). CEPEL - Centro de Pesquisas de Energia Eletrica, P.O. Box 68007, CEP 21944-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; tel. +55 21 5986417; fax +55 21 5986136; e-mail xia@cepel.br. Key words: Bi-2223/Ag tapes, new tape processing, electrical and magnetic properties, phase transformation. 85.25.Kx; 74.72.Hs; 81.40.Rs; 81.30.-t.

J. Xu, Y. Matsui, T. Kimura, and Y. Tokura, "Low Temperature TEM Study of Electronic Phase Separation in Cr-doped Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3." To be published in Physica C (in press). National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba 305-0044, JAPAN; fax +81 298 514976; e-mail junxu@nirim.go.jp. Key words: charge ordering, electronic phase separation, antiphase boundary, manganite. 75.30.Kz; 71.38.+i; 75.50.Cc.

M. Xu, H. Kitazawa, Y. Takano, J. Ye, K. Nishida, H. Abe, A. Matsushita, and G. Kido, "Single crystal MgB2 with anisotropic superconducting properties." E-mail xu.mingxiang@nims.go.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0105271.

Y. Y. Xue, R. L. Meng, B. Lorenz, J. K. Meen, Y. Y. Sun, and C. W. Chu, "Nonstoichiometry, Defects and Transport Properties in MgB2." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. C. W. Chu's e-mail tchristensen@uh.edu; preprint also available a