June 2002 Preprints

 

L. L. A. Adams, Klaus Halterman, Oriol T. Valls, and A. M. Goldman, “Two-Phase Regime in the Magnetic Field-Temperature Phase Diagram of a Type-II Superconductor.”  T. Valls’ e-mail otvalls@tc.umn.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206091. 

 

T. Akune, H. Abe, A. Koga, N. Sakamoto, and Y. Matsumoto, “AC susceptibility and magnetic relaxation in powdered MgB2 with several diameter sizes.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyushu Sangyo University, 2-3-1 Matsukadai, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-8503, Japan; fax 81 92 673 5091; e-mail akune@te.kyusan-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  MgB2, magnetization, pinning potential, AC susceptibility.  74.72.

 

Brian M. Andersen and P. Hedegaard, “Andreev Bound States at the Interface of Antiferromagnets and d-wave Superconductors.”  E-mail bma@fys.ku.dk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206422. 

 

Brian M. Andersen and Per Hedegard, “Electronic checkerboard pattern in striped racetrack domains: a consistent picture of recent neutron and STM experiments.”  E-mail bma@fys.ku.dk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206502. 

 

Yoichi Ando, “Stripes and Charge Transport Properties of High-Tc Cuprates.”  Invited paper at ICTP Workshop on Intrinsic Multiscale Structure and Dynamics in Complex Electronic Oxides, Trieste, July 2002 (to be published in the Proceedings of the ICTP Workshop as a World Scientific book).  E-mail ando@criepi.denken.or.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206332. 

 

M. Angst, R. Puzniak, A. Wisniewski, J. Roos, H. Keller, and J. Karpinski, “Comment on ‘Superconducting anisotropy and evidence for intrinsic pinning in single crystalline MgB2’.”  Submitted to Phys. Rev. B.  E-mail angst@phys.ethz.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206407. 

 

N. V. Anshukova, B. M. Bulichev, A. I. Golovashkin, L. I. Ivanova, I. B. Krinetskii, and A. P. Rusakov, “Thermal expansion anomaly of MgB2 at low temperatures and magnetic field influence.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Contact A. I. Golovashkin, P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute RAS, 119991 Moscow, Russia; tel. 7 95 135 4285; fax 7 95 938 2251; e-mail golov@sci.lebedev.ru.  Key words:  MgB2, high temperature superconductivity, thermal expansion, magnetic field.  74.25.Bt; 74.25.Ha; 74.25.Kc; 74.72.Yg.

 

Y. Aoki, T. Namiki, S. Ohsaki, S. R. Saha, H. Sugawara, and H. Sato, “Thermodynamical Study on the Heavy-Fermion Superconductor PrOs4Sb12: Evidence for Field-Induced Phase Transition.”  To be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.  E-mail aoki@phys.metro-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206193. 

 

Ryotaro Arita, Kazuhiko Kuroki, and Hideo Aoki, “Magnetic-field induced triplet superconductivity in the Hubbard model on a triangular lattice.”  E-mail arita@cms.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206358. 

 

Andrew Das Arulsamy, “Co-existence of Fermi and Charge-Spin Separated Liquids in High-Tc Superconductors.”  E-mail scip1130@nus.edu.sg; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206293. 

 

S. Arumugam, K. Mydeen, N. Manivannan, N. Mori, M. Ohashi, T. Mori, N. Takseshita, T. Noda, H. Eisaki, and S. Uchida, “Hydrostatic and uniaxial pressure effect on La1.45Sr0.15Nd0.4CuO4 single crystal.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, India; tel. 91 431 660245/415413; fax 91 431 660245; e-mail arumugam@bdu.ernet.in.  Key words:  uniaxial pressure, hydrostatic pressure, superconductivity, stripes, La1.45Nd0.4Sr0.15CuO4.  74.62.-c; 74.62.Fj; 74.25.Fy.

 

M. Aunola, “Tunnelling-charging Hamiltonian of a Cooper pair pump at large E_J\lesssim E_C: Modified Hamiltonians and renormalisability.”  E-mail mimaau@phys.jyu.fi; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206507. 

 

Naoki Ayai, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Hiromi Takei, Ken-ichi Sato, and Yasuo Ozawa, “Development of ceramic partitioned Bi-2223 wires for AC power cable.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Sumitomo Electric Industries, 1-1-3 Shimaya, Konohana-ku, Osaka 554-0024, Japan; tel. 81 6 6466 5634; fax 81 6 6466 5705; e-mail ayai-naoki@sei.co.jp.  Key words:  bismuth-based high-Tc superconductors, superconducting tapes.  74.72.H; 85.25.K.

 

P. Badica, A. Crisan, and H. Ihara, “The influence of Tl and O content from the starting mixture on phase formation in (Cu,Tl)-1234 system.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Low Temperature Physics and Superconductivity Laboratory, National Institute of Material Physics, 120 Bucharest, P.O. Box Mg-7, R-76900 Margurele, Romania; tel. 81 298 61 3337; fax 81 298 61 5447/+40 1 420 3700; e-mail badpet@etl.go.jp.  Key words:  (Cu,Tl)Ba2Ca3Cu4Ox, high-Tc superconductor, phase-formation, R(T)-transition.  70; 74.62; 74.72.-h; 74.72.Fq.

 

Mohamed H. Badr and K.-W. Ng, “Temperature and field dependence of MgB2 energy gaps from tunneling spectra.”  E-mail mhbadr0@uky.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206391. 

 

U. Balachandran, B. Ma, M. Li, B. L. Fisher, R. E. Koritala, R. A. Erck, and S. E. Dorris, “Inclined-substrate deposition of biaxially textured template for coated conductors.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Energy Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439; tel. 630 252 4250; fax 630 252 3604; e-mail balu@anl.gov.  Key words:  thin films, YBCO coated-conductors, MgO, inclined-substrate deposition.  74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz; 81.15.-z.

 

E. Ban, T. Goto, and Y. Matsuoka, “Partial melting in filamentary Eu-Ba-Cu-O superconductors under various oxygen atmospheres.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  C/o Dr. T. Goto, Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466 8555, Japan; tel. 81 52 735 5265; fax 81 52 735 5294; e-mail ban@mse.nitech.ac.jp.  Key words:  superconducting filament, oxygen-controlled-melt-growth process, Eu-Ba-Cu-O.  74.72.Bk; 74.80.Bj.

 

Jorge Berger, “Flux transitions in a superconducting ring.”  E-mail phr76jb@techunix.technion.ac.il; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206314. 

 

R. Besseling, T. Drose, V. M. Vinokur, and P. H. Kes, “Depinning of a vortex chain in a disordered flow channel.”  Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.  E-mail rbessel@phys.leidenuniv.nl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0202485. 

 

M. Braden, Y. Sidis, P. Bourges, P. Pfeuty, J. Kulda, Z. Mao, and Y. Maeno, “Inelastic neutron scattering study of magnetic excitations in Sr2RuO4.”  E-mail braden@ph2.uni-koeln.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206304. 

 

G. Brammertz, A. Golubov, A. Peacock, P. Verhoeve, D. J. Goldie, and R. Venn, “Modelling the energy gap in transition metal/aluminium bilayers.”  Presented at Workshop on Low Temperature Superconducting Electronics at the University of Twente, The Netherlands; Physica C 350, 227-236, 2001.  E-mail guy.brammertz@rssd.esa.int; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206484. 

 

G. Brammertz, A. Poelaert, A. A. Golubov, P. Verhoeve, A. Peacock, and H. Rogalla, “Generalized proximity effect model in superconducting bi- and trilayer films.”  Journal of Applied Physics 90, 1, 355-364, July 2001.  E-mail guy.brammertz@rssd.esa.int; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206475. 

 

Krzysztof Byczuk, “Theory of superconducting fluctuations in the thinest carbon nanotubes.”  E-mail kbyczuk@leopold.physik.uni-augsburg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206086. 

 

E. W. Carlson, V. J. Emery, S. A. Kivelson, and D. Orgad, “Concepts in High Temperature Superconductivity.”  Review chapter to appear in ‘The Physics of Conventional and Unconventional Superconductors’, ed. by K. H. Bennemann and J. B. Ketterson (Springer-Verlag).  E-mail ericac@buphy.bu.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206217. 

 

Sudip Chakravarty, “Theory of d-density wave viewed from a vertex model and its implications.”  E-mail sudip@physics.ucla.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206282. 

 

C.-T. Chen, P. Seneor, N.-C. Yeh, R. P. Vasquez, L. D. Bell, C. U. Jung, J. Y. Kim, Min-Seok Park, Heon-Jung Kim, and Sung-Ik Lee, “Strongly correlated s-wave pairing in the n-type infinite-layer cuprate.”  Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 227002 (2002).  N.-C. Yeh’s e-mail ncyeh@caltech.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206255. 

 

Yan Chen, Z. D. Wang, Jian-Xin Zhu, and C. S. Ting, “Vortex Charges in High Temperature Superconductors.”  E-mail ychen@mira.tcs.uh.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0207002. 

 

C. H. Cheng, Y. Zhao, L. Wang, and H. Zhang, “Preparation, structure and superconductivity of Mg1-xAgxB2.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Contact Y. Zhao, Superconductivity Research Group, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia; tel. 61 2 9385 5986; fax 61 2 9385 5956; e-mail y.zhao.@unsw.edu.au.  Key words:  MgB2, doping effect, silver, superconductivity.  74.62.Bf; 74.62.Dh.

 

Elbert E. M. Chia, D. J. Van Harlingen, M. B. Salamon, Brian D. Yanoff, I. Bonalde, and J. L. Sarrao, “Non-Locality and Strong Coupling in the Heavy Fermion Superconductor CeCoIn{5}: A Penetration Depth Study.”  E-mail eechia@uiuc.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206468. 

 

A. V. Chiguinev and V. V. Kurin, “Instability of a rectangular vortex lattice in a stack of two long Josephson junctions.”  Submitted to Phys. Rev. B.  E-mail chig@ipm.sci-nnov.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206034. 

 

Noriko Chikumoto, Ayako Yamamoto, Marcin Konczykowski, and Masato Murakami, “Magnetization behavior of MgB2 and the effect of high energy heavy-ion irradiation.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan; tel. 81 3 3454 9284; fax 81 3 3454 9287; e-mail chiku@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  MgB2, heavy-ion irradiation, magneto-optical image, critical current density.  74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg.

 

F. Cordero, A. Paolone, R. Cantelli, and M. Ferretti, “Anelastic relaxation process of polaronic origin in La{2-x}Sr{x}CuO{4}: interaction between the charge stripes and pinning centers.”  E-mail cordero@idac.rm.cnr.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206172. 

 

Denis Dalidovich and Philip Phillips, “Hall Conductivity near the z=2 Superconductor-Insulator Transition in 2D.”  To appear in Phys. Rev. B.  Philip Phillips’ e-mail philip@vfemmes.physics.uiuc.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206324. 

 

D. Darminto, M. Diantoro, I. M. Sutjahja, A. A. Nugroho, W. Loeksmanto, and M. O. Tjia, “Different roles of anisotropy and disorder on the vortex matter of 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:  Bi-2212, oxygen doping and Pb substitution, anisotropy and disorder, vortex state.  74.25.Dw; 74.25.Fy; 74.72.Hs.

 

D. A. Dikin, V. Chandrasekhar, V. R. Misko, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese, “Nucleation of superconductivity in mesoscopic star-shaped superconductors.”  V. Chandrasekhar’s e-mail v-chandrasekhar@northwestern.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206113. 

 

T. Domanski and K. I Wysokinski, “Effect of disorder on superconductivity in the boson-fermion model.”  Accepted for publication in Physical Review B.  E-mail doman@kft.umcs.lublin.pl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206267. 

 

S. X. Dou, A. V. Pan, S. Zhou, M. Ionescu, H. K. Liu, and P. R. Munroe, “Substitution induced pinning in MgB2 superconductor doped with SiC nano-particles.”  A. V. Pan’s e-mail pan@uow.edu.au; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206444.  Keywords:  MgB2 superconductor, doping, intra-grain pinning.  74.60.Ge, 74.60.Jg, 74.62.Dh. 

 

M. Dressel, N. Drichko, J. Schlueter, and J. Merino, “Competition between Charge Ordering and Superconductivity in Layered Organic Conductors \alpha-(BEDT-TTF)2MHg(SCN)4 (M = K, NH4).”  E-mail dressel@pi1.physik.uni-stuttgart.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206074. 

 

Z. Drzazga, G. Fuchs, A. Handstein, K. Nenkov, and K.-H. Muller, “The interplay of magnetic order and superconductivity in GdxY1-xNi2B2C.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Contact G. Fuchs, Institut fur Festkorper-und Werkstofforschung Dresden, P.O. Box 270116, D-01171 Dresden, Germany; tel. 49 351 4659 538; fax 49 351 4659 537; e-mail fuchs@ifw-dresden.de.  Key words:  borocarbides, superconductivity, magnetic order, GdxY1-xNi2B2C.  74.72.Ny; 74.62; 75.50.Ee.

 

Z. Z. Duan, H. W. Weber, L. Zhou, A. Vostner, S. Toenies, P. X. Zhang, H. L. Zheng, X. Z. Wu, and Z. H. Jing, “Influence of fast neutron irradiation on critical current densities of Bi-2223/Ag tape with different properties.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Northwest Institute for Nonferrous Metal Research, P.O. Box 51, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710016, China.  Key words:  neutron irradiation, critical current, flux pinning, weak link.  74.60.Ge; 74.50; 74.60.Jg; 74.25.H.

 

Adam C. Durst, Ashvin Vishwanath, and Patrick A. Lee, “Weak-Field Thermal Hall Conductivity in the Mixed State of d-Wave Superconductors.”  E-mail acdurst@mit.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206094. 

 

S. Endo, T. Nojima, and N. Toyota, “Vortex-phase diagram of an organic superconductor k-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Center for Low Temperature Science, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; tel. 81 22 215 2167; fax 81 22 215 2168; e-mail satoshi@imr.tohoku.ac.jp.  Key words:  in-plane resistivity, out-of-plane resistivity, vortex lattice melting, organic superconductor, BEDT-TTF.  74.25.Dw; 74.60.Ec; 74.70.Kn.

 

H. Enomoto, K. Inoue, S. Nariki, M. Murakami, and T. Takizawa, “Flux creep properties in Dy-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan; tel. 81 3 3454 9284; fax 81 3 3454 9287; e-mail h-enomoto@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  magnetic relaxation, secondary peak, flux creep, DyBa2Cu3O7-d.  74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg.

 

M. Eschrig, J. Kopu, J. C. Cuevas, and Gerd Schon, “Theory of Half Metal-Superconductor Heterostructures.”  E-mail eschrig@tfp.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206278. 

 

M. Eschrig and M. R. Norman, “Dispersion Anomalies in Bilayer Cuprates and the Odd Symmetry of the Magnetic Resonance.”  E-mail eschrig@tfp.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206544. 

 

C.-C. Fu, Z. Huang, and N.-C. Yeh, “Spin-polarized quasiparticle transport in cuprate superconductors.”  Published in Physical Review B.  N.-C. Yeh’s e-mail ncyeh@caltech.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206254.  Keywords:  nonequilibrium superconductivity; spin-polarized quasiparticles; spin relaxation; antiferromagnetic correlation; exchange interaction; spin-orbit interaction; critical currents.  74.50.+r, 74.40.+k, 74.80.Dm, 74.60.Jg. 

 

Hiroshi Fuji, Tetsuji Honjo, Yuichi Nakamura, Teruo Izumi, Yuh Shiohara, Ryo Teranishi, Masahiro Yoshimura, Yasuhiro Iijima, and Takashi Saitoh, “Fabrication processing of Y123 coated conductors by MOD-TFA method.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135 0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5711; fax 81 3 3536 5705; e-mail hfuji@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  TFA-MOD process, IBAD, RF-sputter.  81.15.-z; 74.72.Bk; 81.10.Jt.

 

J. Fujikami, T. Kaneko, N. Ayai, S. Kobayashi, K. Hayashi, H. Takei, and K. Sato, “Development of the industrial scale Ag/Bi-2223 tape.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Energy and Environmental Technology Research Laboratory, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka 554-0024, Japan; tel. 81 6 6466 5634; fax 81 6 6466 5705; e-mail fujikami-jun@sei.co.jp.  Key words:  Jc, Jc-B, AC loss.  74.25.Fy; 74.60.Jy; 74.25.Nf.

 

Yukitoshi Fujita, Tadashi Suzuki, and Hideo Iwasaki, “Annealing effect to the superconductivity in Nd1-xPrxBa2Cu3Oy single crystal.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Contact Hideo Iwasaki, Iwasaki Lab, School of Materials Science, JAIST, 1-1 Asahidai, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan; tel. 81 761 51 1571; fax 81 761 51 1575; e-mail hideo@jaist.ac.jp.  Key words:  Nd1-xPrxBa2Cu3Oy single crystal, TSFZ, high-temperature Ar-anneal, site ordering.  74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz.

 

Hirofumi Fukai, Masaru Tomita, Motohide Matsui, Masato Murakami, and Takao Nagatomo, “Numerical simulation of the trapped magnetic field for large bulk superconductors.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  ISTEC-SRL, 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan; tel. 81 3 3454 9284; 81 3 3454 9287; e-mail fukai@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  trapped magnetic field, sand-pile model, bulk superconductor, the secondary peak effect, Nd-Ba-Cu-O.  74.25.Ha; 74.60.Ge.

 

M. Fukuda, E. S. Otabe, and T. Matsushita, “Magnetic characterization of superconducting MgB2.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka 820 8502, Japan; tel./fax 81 948 29 7683; e-mail fukuda@aquarius10.cse.kyutech.ac.jp.  Key words:  MgB2 superconductor, irreversibility field, flux creep-flow model.  74.20.-z, 74.60.Ge; 74.70.Ad.

 

Atsushi Furukawa, Kimihiko Sudoh, Yutaka Yoshida, Noriaki Matsunami, and Yoshiaki Takai, “Improvement of superconducting properties and crystal orientation of the YBCO on polycrystalline metal substrate.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; fax 81 52 789 5418; a-furukawa@ees.nagoya-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  YBCO thin film, in-plane alignment, inclined substrate deposition, metal substrates.  74.76.Bz.

 

H. Furuya, I. Hirabayashi, Y. Yoshida, N. Matsunami, and Y. Takai, “Bonding and charge distribution calculation at metal-oxide interface in search of the best oxide buffer-substrate combination.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; tel. 81 52 789 5417; fax 81 52 789 5418; e-mail hfuruya@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  the electronic state, DV-X{alpha} method, metal-MgO interface.  74.72.-h; 81.10.Dn; 85.52.Kx.

 

S. G. Gevorgyan, T. Kiss, M. Inoue, A. A. Movsisyan, H. G. Shirinyan, V. S. Gevorgyan, T. Matsushita, and M. Takeo, “Weakly expressed ‘paramagnetic’ peculiarity of the superconductive transition detected in YBaCuO film by highly sensitive OFC-magnetometer.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Institute for Physical Research, National Academy of Sciences, Ashtarak-2 378410, Gitavan IFI, Armenia; e-mail gevs_sam@netsys.am.  Key words:  superconducting properties, fluctuations, new ‘paramagnetic’ effect, high-Tc films, OFC-magnetometer.  74.25.-q; 74.40.+k; 74.76.Bz; 07.55.Jg.

 

S. G. Gevorgyan, T. Kiss, M. Inoue, A. A. Movsisyan, H. G. Shirinyan, T. Harayama, T. Matsushita, T. Nishizaki, N. Kobayashi, and M. Takeo, “Peculiarities of the magnetic phase diagram in small-size untwinned YBa2Cu3Oy crystal constructed by highly sensitive OFC-magnetometer.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Graduate School of ISEE, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan; tel. 81 92 642 4022; fax 81 92 642 3963; e-mail samvel@sc.kyushu-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  magnetic phase diagram, vortex-matter, power absorption measurements, untwinned YBa2Cu3Oy, OFC-magnetometer.  74.25.Dw; 74.60.Ge; 07:55.Jg.

 

Amit Ghosal, Catherine Kallin, and A. John Berlinsky, “Competition of Superconductivity and Antiferromagnetism in a d-Wave Vortex Lattice.”  E-mail ghosal@kelp.physics.mcmaster.ca; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206414. 

 

H. Goka, K. Kubo, T. Uefuji, M. Fujita, K. Yamada, M. Matsuda, I. Watanabe, and K. Nagamine, “Structural effect on the stability of magnetic order in La1.875Ba0.125-xSrxCuO4.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji 611-0011, Japan; tel. 81 774 38 3111; fax 81 774 38 3118: e-mail goka@msk.kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  1/8 problem, stripe model, neutron scattering, {mu}SR measurement.  74.25.Ha; 74.62.Bf; 74.72.Dn.

 

F. Gomory, R. Tebano, A. Sanchez, E. Pardo, C. Navau, I. Husek, F. Strycek, and P. Kovac, “Current profiles and AC losses of a superconducting strip with elliptic cross-section in perpendicular magnetic field.”  A. Sanchez’ e-mail alvar@elema.uab.es; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206229. 

 

Jun Goryo and Mahito Kohmoto, “Berry phase and spin quantum Hall effect in the vortex state of superfluid He3 in two dimensions.”  E-mail jfg@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206226. 

 

T. Goto and H. Katoh, “Fabrication of MgB2 superconducting wire by suspension spinning.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Nagoya institute of Technology, Materials Science and Engineering, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan; tel. 81 52 735 5265; fax 81 52 735 5294; e-mail zwgoto@mse.nitech.ac.jp.  Key words:  suspension spinning, filamentary, MgB2.  85.25.Kx.

 

G. Grasso, A. Malagoli, D. Marre, E. Bellingeri, V. Braccini, S. Roncallo, N. Scati, and A. S. Siri, “Transport properties of powder-in-tube processed MgB2 tapes.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  LAMIA, INFM-Research Unit of Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy; fax 39 010 311066; e-mail grasso@ge.infm.it.  Key words:  MgB2 superconductors, applications of high-Tc superconductors, critical current density.  74.25.Fy; 74.60.Jg.

 

Francisco Guinea, Robert S. Markiewicz, and Maria A. H. Vozmediano, “D-wave superconductivity in electron-doped cuprates.”  Maria A. H. Vozmediano’s e-mail vozmediano@icmm.csic.es; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206208. 

 

A. Gukasov, M. Braden, R. J. Papoular, S. Nakatsuji, and Y. Maeno, “Anomalous spin density distribution on oxygen and Ru in Ca{1.5}Sr{0.5}RuO4: A polarised neutron diffraction study.”  M. Braden’s e-mail braden@ph2.uni-koeln.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206156. 

 

Jung Hoon Han, “Low-Frequency Optical Conductivity in Inhomogeneous d-wave Superconductors.”  To appear in Phys. Rev. B.  E-mail hanjh@konkuk.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206440. 

 

Jung Hoon Han, “Signature of Spin Collective Mode in Local Tunneling Spectra of a d-wave Superconductor.”  E-mail hanjh@konkuk.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206284. 

 

Seiya Haraguchi, Tomoyuki Naito, Hideo Iwasaki, Takahiko Sasaki, and Norio Kobayashi, “In-plane anisotropy of Nd1.86Ce0.14CuO4 single crystal in magnetic fields.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  School of Materials Science, Institute for Materials Research, JAIST, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan; tel. 81 761 51 1573; fax 81 761 51 1575; e-mail sharagu@jaist.ac.jp.  Key words:  in-plane anisotropy, resistivity, Josephson vortex, Nd2-xCexCuO4, single crystal.  74.72.Jt; 74.25.Fy; 74.60.Ge.

 

Katsuya Hasegawa, Yuichi Nakamura, Teruo Izumi, and Yuh Shiohara, “Comparative study on texture development of MgO and YSZ films grown by inclined substrate deposition technique.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, Division 4, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5711; fax 81 3 3536 5714; e-mail khasegawa@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  texture, ISD, MgO, YSZ, growth model.  68.55.Jk; 81.15.Aa.

 

Y. Hata, J. Suzuki, I. Kakeya, K. Kadowaki, S. Nakayama, A. Nagata, A. Odawara, and K. Chinone, “Vortex imaging of magnetic superconductor HoNi2B2C by scanning SQUID microscopy.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan; fax 81 29 282 5939; e-mail hata@neutrons.tokai.jaeri.go.jp.  Key words:  scanning SQUID microscopy, vortex, HoNi2B2C.  74.60.Ec; 74.72.Y; 85.25.Dq.

 

K. Higashi, Y. Yoshida, N. Matsunami, and Y. Takai, “Ex situ growth of NdBa2Cu3O6+y films using (Nd, BaI2, Cu) precursors by electron beam co-evaporation.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; fax 81 52 789 5418; e-mail k-higashi@ees.nagoya-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  amorphous precursor, BaI2, ex-situ growth, NdBa2Cu3O6+y, thick film.  74.76.Bz.

 

Kazuto Hirata, Shuuichi Ooi, and Takashi Mochiku, “Josephson vortex flow in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d periodic oscillations of flow resistance.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Nanomaterial Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan; tel. 81 298 59 2323; fax 81 298 59 2301; e-mail hirata.kazuto@nims.go.jp.  Key words:  Bi2Sr2CaCu2O2+d, flux flow resistance, Josephson vortex, vortex state.  74.60.Ge; 74.25.Dw; 74.25.Fy; 74.72.Hs.

 

A. Hu, N. Sakai, D. X. Huang, N. Chikumoto, and M. Murakami, “Influence of initial composition on the flux pinning of melt-processed (SmxEu1-x)Ba2Cu3O7-d.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan; tel. 81 3 345 49284; fax 81 3 345 49287; e-mail amhu@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  compositional fluctuation, peak effect, irreversibility line.  74.72.Bk; 74.62.Dh; 74.60.Jg.

 

D. X. Huang, X. Yao, K. Nomura, Y. Wu, Y. Nakamura, T. Izumi, and Y. Shiohara, “Mechanism of NdBCO film growth on YBCO-seeded MgO substrate using liquid phase epitaxy.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5711; fax 81 3 3536 5714/5717; e-mail dxhuang@iname.com.  Key words:  microstructure, superconducting film growth, liquid phase epitaxy.  74.76.Bz; 81.15.Lm; 68.55.Ac.

 

Jian Huang, F. Pierre, Tero T. Heikkila, Frank K. Wilhelm, and Norman O. Birge, “Observation of a controllable PI-junction in a 3-terminal Josephson device.”  To appear in Physical Review B Rapid Communications.  Norman O. Birge’s e-mail birge@pa.msu.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206026. 

 

Ataru Ichinose, Akihiro Kikuchi, Kyoji Tachikawa, Shirabe Akita, and Kiyoshi Inoue, “Microstructures of YBCO precursor films including BaF2 annealed at a low pressure of oxygen atmosphere.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, 2-11-1 Iwato-Kita, Komae, Tokyo 201-8511, Japan; tel. 81 3 3480 2111; fax 81 3 3480 3401; e-mail ai@criepi.denken.or.jp.  Key words:  coated conductors, YBCO, BaF2, E-beam deposition, transmission electron microscope.  74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz; 61.16.Bg.

 

K. Iida, J. Yoshioka, T. Negichi, K. Noto, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, “Strong coupled joint for Y-Ba-Cu-O superconductors using a sintered Er-Ba-Cu-O solder.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, Morioka Lab., Division III, 3-35-2 Iioka-Shinden, Morioka 020-0852, Iwate, Japan; tel. 81 19 635 9015; fax 81 19 635 9017; e-mail iida@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  superconducting joint, (110)/(110) joint, Y-Ba-CuO, Er-Ba-CuO solder.  74.72.Bk.

 

Yasuhirio Iijima, Kazuomi Kakimoto, Takashi Saitoh, Takeharu Kato, and Tsukasa Hirayama, “Temperature and RE elemental dependence for ZrO2-RE2O3 oxide film growth by IBAD method.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Materials Research Laboratory, Fujikura Ltd., 1-5-1 Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8512, Japan; tel. 81 3 5606 1064; 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, pyrochlore structure.  68.55.Jk; 74.76.Bz; 81.05.Je; 81.15.Jj.

 

H. Ikeda, T. Koyano, T. Arima, K. Yoshikawa, and R. Yoshizaki, “Transport and magnetic properties of superconducting MgB2.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Institute of Materials Science and Cryogenics, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan; tel. 81 298 53 2484; fax 81 298 53 2482; e-mail ikeda@bk.tsukuba.ac.jp.  Key words:  irreversibility line, residual resistance ratio, MgB2.  74.25.Fy; 74.25.Ha; 74.60.Ge.

 

Ryusuke Ikeda, “Fluctuation Effects in Underdoped Cuprate Superconductors under Magnetic Field.”  E-mail ryusuke@scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0203221. 

 

Y. Ikeda, K. Yamada, Y. Kusano, and J. Takada, “A new tetragonal phase in La-rich Pr2-xLaxCuO4 (1.35 < x < 1.5).”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan; tel. 81 774 38 3113; fax 81 774 38 3118; e-mail ikedayas@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  Pr-La-Cu-O system, T’-structure, phase separation, N-type cuprate.  74.72.Jt; 74.62.Dh.

 

Hiroya Imao and Satoru Kishida, “Re-growth of large Bi-2212 single crystals by a self-flux method.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Control Engineering, Matsue National College of Technology, 14-4 Nishiikuma, Matsue 690-8518, Japan; tel./fax 81 852 36 5228; e-mail imao@matsue-ct.ac.jp.  Key words:  Bi-2212, superconductor, single crystal, re-growth.  81.10.Fq; 74.72.-h; 74.25.-q.

 

K. Inoue, S. Nariki, and M. Murakami, “Pinning properties of melt-textured Dy123 superconductors with Dy211 in various particle sizes.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan; tel. 81 3 3454 9284; fax 81 3 3454 9287; e-mail inouek@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  critical current density, magnetic relaxation, irreversibility line, interfacial pinning, Dy123.  74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg.

 

K. Inoue, N. Sakai, K. Waki, and M. Murakami, “E-J characteristics of melt-textured RE123 (RE: Nd, Y) superconductors.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan; tel. 81 3 3454 9284; fax 81 3 3454 9287; e-mail inouek@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  field-induced pinning, E-J characteristics, secondary peak, Ac susceptibility, Nd123.  74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg.

 

K. Isawa, M. Nagano, M. Fujita, and K. Yamada, “Thermoelectric power of electron-doped superconductor, Pr1-xCexLaCuO4+d (O {le} x {le} 0.2).”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  R & D Center, Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., 2-1 Nakayama, 7-Chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-0952, Japan; tel. 81 22 278 0356; fax 81 22 278 2176; e-mail kazu@rdc.tohoku-epco.co.jp.  Key words:  HTSC, electron-doped, thermoelectric power.  74.25.Fy; 74.72.Jt.

 

Takekazu Ishida, Kazumasa Katayama, Nariaki Yamamoto, Naoki Kagawa, Seiji Adachi, and Setsuko Tajima, “Vortex phase diagram of YBa2Cu4O8.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan; fax 81 72 254 9908; e-mail ishida@center.osakafu-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  magnetic torque, mass anisotropy, YBa2Cu4O8, phase diagram.  74.25.Dw; 72.25.Ha; 74.72.Bk.

 

Takekazu Ishida, Masaaki Yoshida, Shin’ichiro Nakata, and Tomio Koyama, “Anomalous matching effect and attractive vortex interaction in 7.5-{mu}m triangular microhole lattice on Pb film.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan; fax 81 72 254 9908; e-mail ishida@center.osakafu-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  superconducting network, vortex, magnetization, matching field, the Little-Parks effect.  74.55.+h; 74.62.-c; 74.25.Ha; 74.20.-z.

 

H. Itoh, S. Yoshizawa, Y. Hishinuma, and S. Kohayashi, “Superconductivity deterioration of single-domain Nd-system melt-textured bulk doped with Pt.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Advanced Materials R & D Center, Meisei University, 2-1-1 Hodokubo, Hino 191-8506, Japan; tel. 81 425 91 7346; fax 81 425 91 8181; e-mail yoshizaw@chem.meisei-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  Nd-Ba-Cu-O, melt-textured bulk, Pt, superconductivity.  74.72.Jt.

 

Y. Itoh, S. Adachi, T. Machi, Y. Ohashi, and N. Koshizuka, “Ni-substituted sites and the effect on Cu electron spin dynamics of YBa2Cu{3-x}NixO{7-\delta}.”  E-mail itoh@istec.or.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206199. 

 

V. A. Ivanov, M. A. Smondyrev, and J. T. Devreese, “Pressure Effects and Large Polarons in Layered MgB2 Superconductor.”  Submitted to Phys. Rev. B.  M. A. Smondyrev’s e-mail micha@uia.ua.ac.be; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206300. 

 

S. Iwasaki, K. I. Itoh, H. Kohmoto, and T. Endo, “New bolometric function of HTS based on microwave absorption.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Contact T. Endo, Faculty of Engineering, Mie University, Kamihama, Tsu 514-8507, Mie, Japan; tel. 81 59 231 9400; fax 81 59 231 9471; e-mail endo@cm.elec.mie-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  new bolometric function, microwave absorption in HTS, signal fluctuation, liquid nitrogen bubbling.  74.25.Nf; 85.25.Jw; 07.20.-n.

 

A. Iyo, Y. Tanaka, and H. Ihara, “Oxygen isotope effect of high-pressure synthesized (Cu,C)Ba2Ca3Cu4Oy.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Nanoelectronics Research Institute Superconducting Materials Group, AIST Central 2, Umezono 1-1-1, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 5435; fax 81 298 61 5447; e-mail iyo-akira@aist.go.jp.  Key words:  oxygen isotope effect, (Cu,C)Ba2Ca3Cu4Oy, high-pressure synthesis.  74.72.Jt; 74.62.Yb; 74.62.Dh.

 

T. Izumi, X. Yao, K. Hasegawa, M. Kai, Y. Tokunaga, S. Asada, Y. Nakamura, T. Izumi, T. Watanabe, and Y. Shiohara, “Fabrication of coated conductor using LPE process.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  ISTEC-Superconductivity Research Laboratory, 10-13 Shinonome, 1-chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5711; fax 81 3 3536 5704; e-mail t-izumi@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  liquid phase epitaxy, BaZrO3 buffer layer.  74.76.Bz; 74.72.Bk; 81.15.Lm.

 

R. Jayavel, T. Mochiku, S. Ooi, and K. Hirata, “Growth of superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d whiskers by a modified annealing process.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan; tel. 81 298 59 2311/51 3354x2520; fax 81 298 59 2301/51 6159; e-mail jayavel.ramasamy@nims.go.jp.  Key words:  Bi-2212 whiskers, step cooling, superconductivity.  74.72 Hs; 81.10 Bk; 85.25 Kx.

 

M. Jirsa, V. Zablotskii, M. Muralidhar, K. Iida, and M. Murakami, “Engineering of Jc-B characteristics of RE-Ba-Cu-O melt-textured superconductors.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  ISTEC, Superconductivity Research Lab., 3-35-2 Iokashinden, 020-0852 Morioka-shi, Iwata, Japan; tel. 420 2 66052718; fax 420 2 86890527; e-mail jirsa@fzu.cz.  Key words:  REBa2Cu3Oy, melt processing, flux pinning.  74.60.Ec; 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg.

 

M. Kai, T. Izumi, K. Hasegawa, Y. Tokunaga, S. Asada, Y. Nakamura, T. Izumi, T. Watanabe, and Y. Shiohara, “Influence of the second buffer layer for alignment of seed film on Ni tape with NiO buffer layer.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5711; fax 81 3 3536 5714; e-mail kai@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  liquid phase epitaxy, pulsed laser deposition, seed film, buffer layer, NiO, BaZrO3, SmBa2Cu3Oy.  74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz; 81.15.Fg; 81.15.Lm.

 

K. Kajikawa, M. Iwakuma, and K. Funaki, “A heuristic description of AC losses in superconducting slab with smooth voltage-current characteristics represented by power law.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Research Institute of Superconductivity, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan; tel. 81 92 642 4019; fax 81 92 632 2438; e-mail kajikawa@ees.kyushu-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  AC loss, E-J characteristics, high-Tc superconductors, slab.  74.25.Ha.

 

Kazuomi Kakimoto, Yasuhiro Iijima, and Takashi Saitoh, “Development of Y-123 coated conductors by ion-beam-assisted 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 kakimoto@rd.fujikura,co.jp.  Key words:  ion-beam-assisted deposition, pulsed laser deposition, metallic substrate, Y-123, Y2O3.  74.72.Bk; 85.25.Kx.

 

K. Kakuyanagi, K. Kumagai, Y. Matsuda, and M. Hasegawa, “Antiferromagnetic ordering and disappearance of pseudogap within the vortex core of Tl2Ba2CuO{6+\delta}.”  Y. Matsuda’s e-mail ym@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206362. 

 

R. D. Kale, A. Hashizume, T. Li, H. Kohmoto, S. Iwasaki, M. Shahabuddin, S. Uthayakumar, E. Srinivasan, and T. Endo, “Microwave absorption spectrum and reentrant phase in Bi2212 single crystal: temperature dependence.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Contact T. Endo, Faculty of Engineering, Mie University, Kamihama, Tsu 514-8507, Mie, Japan; tel. 81 59 231 9400; fax 81 59 231 9471; e-mail endo@cm.elec.mie-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  microwave absorption, Bi2212 single crystal, reentrant phase, broad peak, temperature shift.  74.60.Ge; 74.25.Nf; 74.72.Hs.

 

M. Kamada, Y. Ogawa, and S. Okuma, “Voltage noise near the vortex-liquid-vortex-glass boundary.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Research Center for Low Temperature Physics, 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 mkamada@o.cc.titech.ac.jp.  Key words:  noise, vortex glass, vortex liquid, plastic flow.  74.40.+k; 74.80.Bj; 74.60.Ge.

 

Naota Kameda, Masashi Tokunaga, Tsuyoshi Tamegai, and Marcin Konczykowski, “Mixing of longitudinal and transverse plasma modes in half-irradiated Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Applied Physics, The 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.

 

Ikuzo Kanazawa, “Quantized massive collective excitations and short-range spin fluctuation in underdoped cuprates.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Physics, Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei, 4-1-1 Nukuikitamachi, Koganeishi, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan; tel. 81 42 329 7548; fax 81 42 329 7491; e-mail kanazawa@u-gakugei.ac.jp.  Key words:  high-Tc cuprates, spin fluctuation, collective excitations.  75.10.Nr; 75.10.Jm; 74.70.Vy.

 

D.-J. Kang, N. H. Peng, R. Webb, C. Jeynes, J. H. Yun, S. H. Moon, D. Oh, G. Burnell, E. J. Tarte, D. F. Moore, and M. G. Blamire, “Josephson effects in MgB2 meta masked ion damage junctions.”  Submitted to APL.  E-mail djk1003@cam.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206207. 

 

N. I. Karchev, “Magnon-Mediated Superconductivity in Itinerant Ferromagnets.”  E-mail naoum@phys.uni-sofia.bg; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206534. 

 

H. Kashiwaya, A. Sawa, S. Kashiwaya, I. Kurosawa, H. Tsuchiura, and Y. Tanaka, “Mesoscopic effect observed in strong correlated electron materials.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  NRI of AIST and CREST of JST, Tsukuba Central 2, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 5568; fax 81 298 61 5569; e-mail h.kashiwaya@aist.go.jp.  Key words:  zero-bias anomaly, phase coherent transport, mesoscopic effect, YBCO.  74.80.Fp; 74.50.+r; 73.23.-b.

 

T. Kato, T. Araki, T. Yuasa, Y. Iijima, T. Saitoh, T. Hirayama, Y. Yamada, and I Hirabayashi, “Microstructure of TFA-MOD superconductor film on metal tape.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Japan Fine Ceramics Center, 2-4-1 Mutsuno, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya 456-8587, Japan; tel. 81 52 871 3500; fax 81 52 981 3599; e-mail tkato@jfcc.or.jp.  Key words:  YBCO, TFA-MOD, metal tape, TEM, FIB.  74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz; 68.55.-a.

 

K. Kawashima, M. Fujita, T. Kubo, and K. Yamada, “Preparation of electron-doped superconductor by electrochemical reduction.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Yamada Laboratory, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan; tel. 81 774 38 3112; fax 81 774 38 3118; e-mail kawashima@msk.kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  electrochemical reduction technique, superconductivity, Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4+d.  74.90.+n.

 

H. Kempa, H. C. Semmelhack, P. Esquinazi, and Y. Kopelevich, “Absence of Metal-Insulator-Transition and Coherent Interlayer Transport in Oriented Graphite in Parallel Magnetic Fields.”  Submitted to PRB.  P. Esquinazi’s e-mail esquin@physik.uni-leipzig.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206583. 

 

Gwang-Hee Kim and Mincheol Shin, “Thermally assisted quantum vortex tunneling in the Hall and dissipative regime.”  To be published in Phys. Rev. B.  E-mail gkim@kunja.sejong.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206285. 

 

Y. Kimishima, M. Uehara, T. Kuramoto, Y. Ichiyanagi, Y. Iriyama, and K. Yorimasa, “Comments on magnetically estimated Jc for MgB2 by critical state models.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Faculty of Engineering, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Yokohama National University, Tokiwadai 79-5, Hodogaya, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan; tel./fax 81 45 339 4182; e-mail kimi@ynu.ac.jp.  Key words:  critical current density, critical state model, magnetization, MgB2.  74.20.-z; 74.25.Ha; 74.60.-w; 74.60.Jg.

 

K. Kinoshita, Y. Tsuchiya, T. Hanaguri, H. Kitano, A. Maeda, T. Nishizaki, T. Sato, and N. Kobayashi, “Effect of Zn doping on the electronic state of the vortex core in the mixed state of YBa2Cu3Oy.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Basic Science, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan; tel./fax 81 3 5454 6763; e-mail kinosita@maeda1.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp.  Key words:  vortex, impurity effect, YBa2Cu3Oy.  74.72.Bk; 74.62.Dh; 74.25.Nf; 74.60.Ge.

 

R. Kita, Y. Ishibe, T. Suzuki, and T. Nakamura, “Liquid phase epitaxy growth of Ln-Ba-Cu-O (Ln = La and Gd) films using BaZrO3 crucibles.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Hamamatsu 432-8651, Japan; tel./fax 81 53 478 1129; e-mail terkita@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp.  Key words:  liquid phase epitaxy, crystal growth, La-Ba-Cu-O, Gd-Ba-Cu-O, BaZrO3.  74.72.Dn; 74.72.Jt.

 

Hijiri Kito, Akira Iyo, Manabu Hirai, A. Crisan, Madoka Tokumoto, Satoru Okayasu, M. Sasase, and Hideo Ihara, “Superconducting properties of the heavy-ions and neutron irradiated (Cu,C)Ba2Can-1CunO2n+4-d (n = 3, 4 and 5).”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (A.I.S.T.), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 5119; fax 81 298 61 5447; e-mail h.kito@aist.go.jp.  Key words:  (Cu,C)-12(n-1)n (n = 3, 4, 5), neutron irradiation, heavy-ion radiation, magnetic measurement, critical current density (Jc), irreversibility field (Hirrr).  61.80.Hg; 61.78.Jh; 74.25.Ha; 74.60.Jg; 74.72.-h.

 

Hijiri Kito, Yoshihiko Takano, and Kazumasa Togano, “Superconductivity in ternary germanide Y(Pt0.5Ge1.5) with the AlB2-type structure.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 5119; fax 81 298 61 5447.  Key words:  powder X-ray diffraction, AlB2-type structure, magnetic measurement, resistivity measurement.  61.10.Nz; 72.80.Ga; 74.25.Fy; 74.25.Ha; 74.62.-c; 74.70.-b; 74.72.Yg.

 

Anjela Koblischka-Veneva, Michael R. Koblischka, Petra Simon, Frank Mucklich, and Masato Murakami, “Electron backscatter diffraction study of polycrystalline YBa2Cu3O7-d ceramics.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Contact Michael R. Koblischka, Experimental Physics, Universitat des Saarlandes, P.O. Box 151150, D-66041 Saarbrucken, Germany; tel./fax 49 681 302 4867; e-mail m.koblischka@mx.uni-saarland.de.

 

T. Kodama, M. Fukuda, S. Nishimura, E. S. Otabe, M. Kiuchi, T. Kiss, T. Matsushita, and K. Itoh, “Theoretical analysis of E-J characteristics in a Bi-2223 silver-sheathed tape.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka 820-8502, Japan; tel. 81 948 29 7663; fax 81 948 29 7683; e-mail matusita@cse.kyutech.ac.jp.  Key words:  E-J characteristics, Bi-2223, flux creep-flow model, percolation flow model.  74.25.Fy; 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg; 74.72.Hs; 85.25.Dq.

 

S. Kohayashi and S. Nagaya, “The curved bulk material of a melt-processed SmBaCuO-system superconductor.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Central Research Laboratory, Dowa Mining Co., Ltd., 277-1 Tobuki-cho, Hachioji 192-0001, Japan; tel. 81 426 91 8061; fax 81 426 91 8063; e-mail kohayass@dowa.co.jp.  Key words:  REBaCuO superconductor, curved material, melt process, magnetic property.  74.70.-b; 74.25.Ha; 74.62.Bf.

 

Alejandro B. Kolton, Raphael Exartier, Leticia Cugliandolo, Daniel Dominguez, and Niels Gronbech-Jensen, “Effective temperature in driven vortex lattices with random pinning.”  Daniel Dominguez’ e-mail domingd@cab.cnea.gov.ar; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206042. 

 

Hiroshi Kontani, “Nernst Coefficient and Magnetoresistance in High-Tc Superconductors.”  E-mail kon@phy.saitama-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0204193. 

 

Su-Peng Kou and Zheng-Yu Weng, “Topological Gauge Structure and Phase Diagram for Weakly Doped Antiferromagnets.”  Zheng-Yu Weng’s e-mail weng@castu.tsinghua.edu.cn; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206560. 

 

G. Krabbes, G. Fuchs, P. Verges, P. Diko, G. Stover, and S. Gruss, “16 T trapped fields in modified YBaCuO: materials aspects.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  IFW Dresden, Institute of Solid State and Materials Research, P.O. Box 270016, 01171 Dresden, Germany; tel. 49 351 4659 410; fax 49 351 4659 480; e-mail g.krabbes@ifw-dresden.de.  Key words:  YBa2Cu3O7, bulk materials, trapped field, critical current, mechanical strength.  74.60.-w; 74.60.Jg; 74.62.Bf; 74.62.Dh; 74.72.Bk; 74.25.Ha.

 

Werner Krauth and R. Moessner, “Pocket Monte Carlo algorithm for classical doped dimer models.”  R. Moessner’s e-mail Roderich.Moessner@lpt.ens.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206177. 

 

T. Kubo, T. Uefuji, M. Fujita, K. Yamada, I. Watanabe, and K. Nagamine, “Magnetic phase diagrams of electron-doped high-Tc cuprates Pr1-xLaCexCuO4-d and Nd2-xCexCuO4-d studied by {mu}SR measurements.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan; tel. 81 774 38 3114; fax 81 774 38 3118; e-mail takuyu@msk.kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  electron-doped high-Tc, PLCCO, NCCO, {mu}SR, phase diagram, Neel temperature.  74.25.Dw; 74.25.Ha; 74.72.Dn.

 

V. A. Kuprievich, O. L. Kapitanchuk, and O. V. Shramko, “Charge distribution in C{60} crystal doped by electric field.”  Reported at 4th Intern. Conf. on Electronic Processes in Organic Materials, Lviv (Ukraine), June 3-8, 2002.  E-mail kuprievich@bitp.kiev.ua; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206290. 

 

T. Kuroda, A. Kikuchi, K. Inoue, Y. Suga, T. Sakamoto, Y. Abe, and K. Miura, “Improvement in critical current densities of long length AgCu-sheathed Bi-2212 round wires.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  National Research Institute for Metals, 1-2-1, Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047 Japan; tel. 81 298 59 2313; fax 81 298 59 2301; e-mail kuroda.tsuneo@nims.go.jp.  Key words:  AgCu/Bi-2212 wire, critical current, gas release, voids.  74.72.Hs; 74.60.Jg.

 

P. Kus, A. Plecenik, L. Satrapinsky, Y. Xu, and R. Sobolewski, “Superconducting properties of MgB2 thin films prepared on flexible plastic substrates.”  A. Plecenik’s e-mail plecenik@savba.sk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206442. 

 

M. Kusunoki, Y. Takano, K. Nakamura, M. Inadomaru, D. Kosaka, A. Nozaki, S. Abe, M. Yokoo, M. Lorenz, H. Hochmuth, M. Mukaida, and S. Ohshima, “Demonstration of surface resistance mapping of large-area HTS films using the dielectric resonator method.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Electrical and Info Engineering, Yamagata University, Johnan, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan; tel./fax 81 238 26 3289; e-mail kusu@yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp.  Key words:  mapping, surface resistance, non-destructive measurement, dielectric resonator.  74.25.Nf; 74.76.Bz.

 

Hyok-Jon Kwon and Victor M. Yakovenko, “Spontaneous formation of a pi soliton in a superconducting wire with an odd number of electrons.”  Accepted to PRL.  Victor M. Yakovenko’s e-mail yakovenk@physics.umd.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0204033. 

 

I. L. Landau and H. R. Ott, “Temperature dependence of the upper critical field of type-II superconductors from isothermal magnetization data. Application to high temperature superconductors.”  Submitted to Phys. Rev. B.  E-mail landau@solid.phys.ethz.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206178. 

 

Kurt Langfeld, Laurent Moyaerts, and Holger Gies, “Fermion-induced quantum action of vortex systems.”  Holger Gies’ e-mail holger.gies@cern.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/hep-th/0205304. 

 

G. Le Bras, Z. Konstantinovic, J-P. Carton, A. Forget, D. Colson, F. Jean, G. Collin, Y. Dumont, and C. Ayache, “Anomalous electronic susceptibility in Bi2Sr2CuO6+d and comparison with other overdoped cuprates.”  E-mail lebras@drecam.saclay.cea.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206313. 

 

Suyoun Lee, Z. G. Khim, Yonuk Chong, S. H. Moon, H. N. Lee, H. G. Kim, B. Oh, Eun Jip Choi, “Measurement of the superconducting gap of MgB2 by point contact spectroscopy.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Superconductivity and SPM Laboratory 25-326, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea; tel. 82 2 874 1887; fax 82 2 874 3890; e-mail y@supercon.snu.ac.kr.  Key words:  point contact spectroscopy, magnesium diboride, Andreev reflection, superconductivity.  74.50.+r; 74.80.Fp; 74.76.Db.

 

S. Leitenmeier, H. Bielefeldt, G. Hammerl, A. Schmehl, C. W. Schneider, and J. Mannhart, “Coated conductors containing grains with big aspect ratios.”  To be published in Annalen der Physik.  G. Hammerl’s e-mail german.hammerl@physik.uni-augsburg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206405. 

 

C. S. Li, P. X. Zhang, A. Sulpice, D. Bourgault, E. Mossang, X. C. Zhang, X. Wu, Z. M. Yu, and L. Zhou, “Effect of precursor materials on Ic and Ic-H behaviors of Ag-clad (Bi,Pb)-2223 tapes.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Northwest Institute for Nonferrous Metal Research, P.O. Box 51, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710016, China; tel. 86 29 6224487; fax 86 29 6231103; e-mail csli@21cn.edu.cn.  Key words:  Bi-2223/Ag tape, precursor powder, 2201 phase.  74.72.Hs.

 

B. Liang, C. T. Lin, P. Shang, and G. Yang, “Single crystals of triple-layered cuprates Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+d: growth, annealing and characterization.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Max-Planck-Institut fur Festkorperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany; tel. 49 711 689 1723; fax 49 711 689 1632; e-mail b.liang@fkf.mpg.de.  Key words:  Bi-2223, crystal growth, TSFZ, annealing, X-ray diffraction, superconductivity.  81.80; 74.72; 74.70.Vy; 81.40.Rs.

 

J. Links and K. E. Hibberd, “Integrable coupling in a model for Josephson tunneling between non-identical BCS systems.”  To appear in edition of Int. J. Mod. Phys. B commemorating the 70th birthday of F.Y. Wu.  E-mail jrl@maths.uq.edu.au; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206331. 

 

G. Litak, T. Paiva, R. T. Scalettar, C. Huscroft, and R. R. dos Santos, “Superconductivity Induced by Negative Centers.”  Submitted to Physica C.  E-mail litak@archimedes.pol.lublin.pl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206128. 

 

I. Loa, K. Kunc, K. Syassen, and P. Bouvier, “Crystal structure and lattice dynamics of AlB2 under pressure and implications for MgB2.”  E-mail loa@servix.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206051. 

 

X. Y. Lu, A. Nagata, T. Okumura, K. Sugawara, and S. Kamada, “Formation and microstructure of (Bi,Pb)-2223 phase in the diffusion process.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 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, superconductors, diffusion, heat treatment.  74.72.Hs.

 

L. Lyard, P. Samuely, P. Szabo, C. Marcenat, T. Klein, K. H. P. Kim, C. U. Jung, H.-S. Lee, B. Kang, S. Choi, S.-I. Lee, L. Paulius, J. Marcus, S. Blanchard, A. G. M. Jansen, U. Welp, and W. K. Kwok, “Anisotropy of the Upper Critical Field and Critical Current in Single Crystal MgB2.”  P. Samuely’s e-mail samuely@saske.sk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206231. 

 

Alec Maassen van den Brink, “Comment on ‘Aharonov--Casher-Effect Suppression of Macroscopic Tunneling of Magnetic Flux’.”  E-mail alec@dwavesys.com; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206218. 

 

M. Machida and T. Koyama, “Vortex charge in the superconducting state.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Center for Promotion of Computational Science and Engineering, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, 2-2-54 Nakamegro, Megro-ku, Tokyo 153-0061, Japan; tel. 81 3 5723 2517; fax 81 3 5723 2537/2541; e-mail mac@koma.jaeri.go.jp.  Key words:  vortex charge, charge screening, Poisson equation, Bogoliubov-de Gennes equation.  74.60.-w; 74.60.Ec; 74.20.Fg.

 

L. H. Machtoub, T. Suemoto, J. Shimoyama, and K. Kishio, “Picosecond Raman spectroscopy and relaxation study of elementary excitations in Bi2212.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan; tel./fax 81 471 36 3545; e-mail lina@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp.  Key words:  Raman scattering, picosecond, magnon, single crystal, cuprates.  74.72.Hs; 75.50.Ee.

 

D. E. MacLaughlin, J. E. Sonier, R. H. Heffner, O. O. Bernal, B.-L. Young, M. S. Rose, G. D. Morris, E. D. Bauer, T. D. Lo, and M. B. Maple, “muSR linewidth and isotropic pairing in superconducting PrOs4Sb12.”  E-mail macl@pop.ucr.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0206250. 

 

A. Malagoli, M. Bianchetti, N. Scati, S. Roncallo, G. Grasso, E. Bellingeri, and A. S. Siri, “Radiofrequency response of Ag-sheathed (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+x superconducting tapes.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Contact G. Grasso, INFM-Research Unit of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy; tel. 39 10 3536323; fax 39 10 3110666; e-mail grasso@ge.infm.it.  Key words:  applications of high-Tc superconductors, superconducting resonators, surface impedance.  74.72.Hs; 74.25.Fy; 74.60.Jg.

 

A. I. Malik, S. Celebi, and S. A. Halim, “AC susceptibility study in Bi1.6Pb0.4Sr2(Ca1-xNdx)2Cu3O{d} ceramic superconductors.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Contact S. Celebi, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Arts, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey; tel. 90 462 325 8244; fax 90 462 325 3195; e-mail celebi@ktu.edu.tr.  Key words:  AC susceptibility, AC losses, Bi-(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductors, critical current density.  7460.Ge; 7472.Fq.

 

T. Manabe, I. Yamaguchi, H. Obara, S. Kosaka, H. Yamasaki, M. Sohma, T. Tsuchiya, S. Mizuta, and T. Kumagai, “Preparation of YBa2Cu3O7-y films by coating pyrolysis using a novel fluorine-contained complex solution.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Institute for Materials and Chemical Process, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, AIST Central 5, Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 4556; fax 81 298 61 4709; e-mail manabe.t@aist.go.jp.  Key words:  coating-pyrolysis process, ex situ process, BaF2, fluorine-contained solution.  74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz; 81.15.Np.

 

T. Masui, S. Lee, A. Yamamoto, and S. Tajima, “Transport properties of MgB2 single crystal.”  To be published in Physica C (in press).  Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 0618; fax 81 3 3536 5714; e-mail masui@istec.or.jp.  Key words:  MgB2, resistivity, anisotropy.  74.70.-b; 74.72.Yg; 74.25.Fy.

 

Y. Matsuda, A. Shibata, K. Izawa, H. Ikuta, M. Hasegawa, and Y. Kato, “Free flux flow resistivity in strongly overdoped high-Tc cuprate; purely viscous motion of the vortices in semiclassical d-wave superconductor.”  To appear in Phys. Rev. B.  E-m