August 2003 Preprints

A. A. Abrikosov, "Transparency threshold in the insulating phase of layered copper oxides." To be published in Physica C (in press). Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Bldg. 223, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439; tel. 708 252 5482; fax 630 252 7777; e-mail abrikosov@anl.gov. 75.30.Fv; 75.30.Kz; 75.50.Ee; 74.25.Jb; 74.25.Gz.

K. H. Ahn, Jian-Xin Zhu, Z. Nussinov, T. Lookman, A. Saxena, A. V. Balatsky, and A. R. Bishop, "Atomic scale elastic textures coupled to electrons in superconductors." Proceedings paper for "Conference on Dynamic Inhomogeneities in Complex Oxides" (to appear in J. Superconductivity). E-mail ahn@viking.lanl.gov; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308215.

A. S. Alexandrov, "Polarons in Complex Oxides and Molecular Nanowires." To be presented at the NATO ARW 'Molecular nanowires and other quantum objects', Bled, Slovenia (September 2003). E-mail a.s.alexandrov@lboro.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308489.

A. S. Alexandrov, "Vortex and critical fields in charged Bose liquids and unconventional superconductors." Invited paper at the International Conference 'Vortex III', Crete (September 2003). E-mail a.s.alexandrov@lboro.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308491.

Y. Aoki, A. Tsuchiya, T. Kanayama, S. R. Saha, H. Sugawara, H. Sato, W. Higemoto, A. Koda, K. Ohishi, K. Nishiyama, and R. Kadono, "Time-Reversal Symmetry-Breaking Superconductivity in Heavy Fermion PrOs4Sb12 detected by Muon Spin Relaxation." Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 067003 (2003). E-mail aoki@phys.metro-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308196.

Ryotaro Arita, Yoshiaki Tanida, Kazuhiko Kuroki, and Hideo Aoki, "Electronic properties of metal induced gap states at insulator/metal interfaces--dependence on the alkali halide and the possibility of excitonic mechanism of superconductivity." E-mail arita@cms.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308155.

K. Yu. Arutyunov and T. T. Hongisto, "Normal metal - insulator - superconductor interferometer." E-mail Konstantin.Arutyunov@phys.jyu.fi; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308088.

J. Ashkenazi, "Stripe-Like Inhomogeneities, Spectroscopies, Pairing, and Coherence in the High-Tc Cuprates." Submitted to J. Phys. Chem. Solids. University of Miami, Physics Department, P.O. Box 248046, Coral Gables, FL 33124; e-mail Jashkenazi@miami.edu; http://aps.arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308153. Key words: superconductivity, pairing, coherence, stripes.

I. N. Askerzade, "Ginzburg-Landau theory for two-band s-wave superconductors: application to non-magnetic borocarbides LuNi2B2C, YNi2B2C and magnesium diboride MgB2." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Ankara University, Tandogan, Ankara 06100, Turkey; tel. 90 312 212 6720; fax 90 312 223 2395; e-mail iasker@science.ankara.edu.tr. 74.20.De; 74.20.Mn.

J. Aumentado, Mark W. Keller, John M. Martinis, and M. H. Devoret, "Nonequilibrium quasiparticles and 2e periodicity in single-Cooper-pair transistors." E-mail jose.aumentado@boulder.nist.gov; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308253.

Myung-Ho Bae and Hu-Jong Lee, "Microwave distribution in stacked Bi{2}Sr{2}CaCu{2}O{8+x} intrinsic Josephson junctions in a transmission-line geometry." E-mail pae11@postech.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308047.

E. Bauer, G. Hilscher, H. Michor, Ch. Paul, E. W. Scheidt, A. Gribanov, Yu. Seropegi, H. Noel, M. Sigrist, and P. Rogl, "Heavy fermion superconductivity and magnetic order in non-centrosymmetric \rm CePt3Si." E-mail bauer@ifp.tuwien.ac.at; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308083.

S. P. Brown, D. Charalambous, E. C. Jones, E. M. Forgan, A. Erb, and J. Kohlbrecher, "Observation of a Triangular to Square Flux Lattice Phase Transition in YBCO." E-mail spb762@sun7.bham.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308424.

N. Bulut, "Quantum Monte Carlo study of a nonmagnetic impurity in the two-dimensional Hubbard model." E-mail nbulut@ku.edu.tr; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308074.

Guido Burkard, Roger H. Koch, and David P. DiVincenzo, "Multi-level quantum description of decoherence in superconducting flux qubits." E-mail burkard@watson.ibm.com; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308025.

Gilson Carneiro, "Pinning and creation of vortices in superconducting films by a magnetic dipole." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. E-mail gmc@if.ufrj.br; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308574.

Matthew J. Case, Babak H. Seradjeh and Igor F. Herbut, "Self-consistent theory of compact QED3 with relativistic fermions." E-mail mcase@sfu.ca; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308260.

Jun Chen and Raghu N. Bhattacharya, "Growth of 1-2 {mu}m thick biaxially textured Bi-2212 films on (100) LaAlO3 single crystal substrates by electrodeposition." To be published in Physica C (in press). National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401; tel. 303 384 6674; fax 303 384 6655; e-mail jun_chen@nrel.gov. Key words: superconductor, Bi2Sr2Ca1Cu2Ox, critical current density, melt process.

Elbert E. M. Chia, M. B. Salamon, H. Sugawara, and H. Sato, "Probing the superconducting gap symmetry of PrOs{4}Sb{12}: A penetration depth study." E-mail eechia@uiuc.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308454.

Y. M. Cho and H. J. Khim, "Non-Abelian Vortices in Condensed Matter." E-mail ymcho@yongmin.snu.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308182.

Leonardo Civale, Alejandro V. Silhanek, and Gabriela Pasquini, "Angular dependent vortex dynamics in superconductors with columnar defects." To be published in International Book series Studies of High Temperature Superconductors, edited by Anant Narlikar, Nova Science Publishers, New York, Vol 49/50, (2003). Alejandro V. Silhanek's e-mail alejandro.silhanek@fys.kuleuven.ac.be; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308505.

J. Cmaidalka, A. Baikalov, Y. Y. Xue, R. L. Meng, and C. W. Chu, "Water Content and Superconductivity in Na0.3CoO2*yH2O." Submitted to Physica C (August 13, 2003). C. W. Chu's e-mail christensen@uh.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308301.

J. C. Cuevas and W. Belzig, "Full counting statistics of multiple Andreev reflections." E-mail cuevas@tfp.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308049.

Chandan Dasgupta and Oriol T. Valls, "Two-step melting of the vortex solid in layered superconductors with random columnar pins." To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett. Oriol T. Valls' e-mail otvalls@tc.umn.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308084.

R. De Luca, "Dressed Josephson junction network models and low-field magnetic response of high-Tc granular superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). INFM and DIIMA, Universita degli Studi di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy. Key words: superconducting granular systems, Josephson junction networks, DC susceptibility. 74.81.Fa; 74.81.Bd.

S. X. Dou, V. Braccini, S. Soltanian, R. Klie, Y. Zhu, S. Li, X. L. Wang, and D. Larbalestier, "Nanoscale-SiC doping for enhancing Jc and Hc2 in the Superconducting MgB2." S. Soltanian's e-mail ss27@uow.edu.au; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308265.

J. Du, S. Gnanarajan, and A. Bendavid, "Influence of MgO surface conditions on the in-plane crystal orientation and critical current density of epitaxial YBCO films." To be published in Physica C (in press). CSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial Physics, PO Box 218, Lindfield, NSW 2070, Australia; tel. 61 2 9413 7107; fax 61 2 9413 7161; e-mail jia.du@csiro.au. Key words: YBa2Cu3O7, magnesium oxide (MgO), grain orientation, ion beam etch, XRD phi-scan, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. 74.76.Bz; 81.65.Cf.

J. H. Durrell, R. Roessler, M. P. Delamare, J. D. Pedarnig, D. Baeuerle, and J. E. Evetts, "Effect of varying material anisotropy on critical current anistropy in vicinal YBa2Cu3O{7-\delta} thin films." To be submitted to APL. E-mail jhd25@cam.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308246.

J.-F. Fagnard, P. Vanderbemden, R. Cloots, and M. Ausloos, "Anisotropic AC Behavior of Multifilamentary Bi-2223/Ag Tapes." IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 13, No. 2 (2003). M. Ausloos' e-mail marcel.ausloos@ulg.ac.be; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308344.

J.-F. Fagnard, Ph.Vanderbemden, A. Genon, R. Cloots, and M. Ausloos, "Intergranular and intragranular properties of superconducting multifilamentary Bi 2223 Ag tapes: comparison of electrical transport and magnetic measurement methods." Submitted to Supercond. Sci. Technol. M. Ausloos' e-mail marcel.ausloos@ulg.ac.be; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308343.

B. Fak, S. Raymond, F. Servant, P. Lejay, and J. Flouquet, "Polarization analysis of the inelastic magnetic scattering in Sr2RuO4." European Conference on Neutron Scattering 2003; Physica B (in press). E-mail fak@cea.fr; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308558.

Behnam Farid, "On the break in the single-particle energy dispersions and the 'universal' nodal Fermi velocity in the high-temperature copper-oxide superconductors." E-mail B.Farid@phys.uu.nl; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308090.

I. Felner and E. Galstyan, "Tuning the superconducting state in the magnetic MoSr2YCu2O8 materials." E-mail israela@vms.huji.ac.il; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308075.

I. Felner, E. Galstyan, I. Asulin, A. Sharoni, and O. Millo, "Coexistence of Superconductivity and Magnetism in MoSr2RCu2O8 (R=rare-earth, Mo-1212)." E-mail israela@vms.huji.ac.il; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308078.

Boris V. Fine, "Hypothesis of two-dimensional stripe arrangement and its implications for the superconductivity in high-Tc cuprates." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. E-mail fine@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308428.

A. Frydman, "Erratum to: 'The superconductor insulator transition in systems of ultrasmall grains' [Physica C 391 (2003) 189-195]." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, The Minerva Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel; tel. 97 2353 18102; fax 97 2353 57678; e-mail frydman@mail.biu.ac.il.

E. L. Garwin and Mario Rabinowitz, "Resistivity Ratio of Niobium Superconducting Cavities." Mario Rabinowitz' e-mail lrainbow@leland.stanford.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308266.

R. Gilardi, J. Mesot, A. J. Drew, U. Divakar, S. L. Lee, N. H. Andersen, J. Kohlbrecher, N. Momono, and M. Oda, "Field-induced hexagonal to square transition of the vortex lattice in overdoped La{1.8}Sr{0.2}CuO{4}." To appear in Physica C (proceedings for the M2S-HTSC-VII Conference, May 25-30, Rio de Janeiro). E-mail raffaele.gilardi@psi.ch; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308533.

Anatoly Golub and Yshai Avishai, "Fano effect of a strongly interacting quantum dot in contact with superconductor." Talk to be given at the NATO Conference MQO, Bled, Slovenia 7-10 September 2003. Yshai Avishai's e-mail yshai@bgumail.bgu.ac.il; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308551.

R. S. Gonnelli, D. Daghero, A. Calzolari, G. A. Ummarino, Valeria Dellarocca, V. A. Stepanov, J. Jun, S. M. Kazakov, and J. Karpinski, "The Magnetic-field Dependence of the Gaps in a Two-band Superconductor: A Point-contact Study of MgB2 Single Crystals." E-mail renato.gonnelli@polito.it; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308152.

H. Gutmann, F. K. Wilhelm, W. M. Kaminsky, and S. Lloyd, "Compensation of decoherence from telegraph noise by means of bang-bang control." F. K. Wilhelm's e-mail wilhelm@theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308107.

Q. Han and Z. D. Wang, "Nuclear Spin Relaxation Rate of Disordered p_x+ip_y-wave Superconductors." Z. D. Wang's e-mail zwang@hkucc.hku.hk; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308160.

M. Z. Hasan, Y.-D. Chuang, A. Kuprine, Y. Kong, D. Qian, Y. W. Li, B. L. Mesler, Z. Hussain, A. V. Fedorov, R. Kimmerling, E. Rotenberg, K. Rossnagel, H. Koh, M. Rogado, M. L. Foo, and R. J. Cava, "Fermi surface and quasiparticle dynamics of Na{x}CoO2 {x=0.7} investigated by Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy." E-mail mzhasan@princeton.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308438.

A. Hassen, J. Hemberger, A. Loidl, and A. Krimmel, "Structural, transport and magnetic properties of Ru1-xMxSr2GdCu2O8 (M = Ti and Rh for 0 less than or equal to x less than or equal to 0.2)." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact A. Krimmel, Experimentalphysik V, Elektronische Korrelation und Magnetismus, Institut fur Physik, Universitat Augsburg, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 86135 Augsburg, Germany; tel. 49 821 5983606; fax 49 821 5983649; e-mail alexander.krimmel@physik.uni-augsburg.de. Key words: HTSC, rutheno-cuprates, doping effects. 74.72.-h; 75.45.+j.

Y. Hatsugai, S. Ryu, and M. Kohmoto, "Superconductivity and Abelian Chiral Anomalies." E-mail hatsugai@pothos.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308332.

Lars Egil Helseth, "Interaction between soft magnetic and superconducting films." E-mail l.e.helseth@fys.uio.no; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308039.

Alexander Hernandez and Daniel Dominguez, "Critical currents at the Bragg glass to vortex glass transition." Daniel Dominguez' e-mail domingd@cab.cnea.gov.ar; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308511.

J.E. Hirsch, "Charge expulsion and electric field in superconductors." E-mail jhirsch@ucsd.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308604.

J. Hopkinson and K. Le Hur, "From nodal liquid to nodal Mottness in a frustrated Hubbard model." E-mail johnhop@physique.usherb.ca; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308504.

A. Hu, M. Murakami, and H. Zhou, "Ordering oscillation of local composition in melt-processed REBa2Cu3O7-delta superconductors (RE: Sm, Eu, Gd)." Appl. Phys. Lett. 83 (2003) 1788. Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062 Japan; e-mail amhu@istec.or.jp. Key words: compositional fluctuation, ordering structure, flux pinning, peak effect. 74.60.Ge, 74.40.+K, 74.80.g.

A. Ignatov, S. Y. Savrasov, and T. A. Tyson, "Superconductivity near the vibrational mode instability in MgCNi3." S. Y. Savrasov's e-mail savrasov@oak.njit.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0304466.

Hiroaki Ikeda, Yunori Nisikawa, and Kosaku Yamada, "Possibility of f-wave spin-triplet superconductivity in the CoO superconductor: a case study on a 2D triangular lattice in the repulsive Hubbard model." E-mail hiroaki@scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308472.

M. N. Iliev, A. P. Litvinchuk, R. L. Meng, J. Cmaidalka, and C. W. Chu, "Raman Phonons and Ageing-Related Disorder in NaxCoO2." E-mail miliev@uh.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308065.

M. Ionescu, J. McKinnon, S. Zhou, and S. X. Dou, "Phase formation and evolution of (Bi,Pb)2223 inside Ag tapes in air and reduced oxygen partial pressure using synchrotron X-rays." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, ISEM, Wollongong University, Northfields Avenue, NSW, Wollongong 2522, Australia; tel. 61 24 221 4729; fax 61 24 221 5731; e-mail mionescu@uow.edu.au. Key words: BSCCO phase, synchrotron X-rays, superconductor. 74.72.Hs; 74.62.Bf.

K. Ishida, Y. Ihara, Y. Maeno, C. Michioka, M. Kato, K. Yoshimura, K. Takada, T. Sasaki, H. Sakurai, and E. Takayama-Muromachi, "Unconventional Superconductivity and Nearly Ferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations in NaxCoO2\cdot~yH2O." Submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. E-mail kishida@scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308506.

L. S. Jia, W. Yang, X. L. Chen, and X. L. Yan, "Defects in Nd2CuO4 and Nd1.815Ce0.185CuO4 single crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Physics and Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, South 3rd Street, ZhongGunCun, Beijing 100080, PR China; tel. 86 10 8264 9031; fax 86 10 8264 9531; e-mail jials2008@sohu.com. Key words: defects, Nd2CuO4 and Nd1.815Ce0.185CuO4 single crystals, TSFZ method. 81.10.Fq; 74.72.-h.

Goran Johansson, Peter Samuelsson, and AAke Ingerman, "Full counting statistics of multiple Andreev reflection." E-mail goran@tfp.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308086.

Hyeong-Gon Kang, Y.-H. Im, Seokcheol Ko, Sung-Hun Lim, B.-S. Han, and Y. B. Hahn, "Superconducting flux flow transistor fabricated by an inductively coupled plasma etching technique." To be published in Physica C (in press). Semiconductor Physics Research Center, Chonbuk National University, 664-14 Duckjin-Dong, Chonju 561-756, South Korea; tel. 82 63 270 2396; fax 82 63 270 2394; e-mail joshmoses@hanmail.net. Key words: SFFT, ICP, transresistance, I-V characteristic. 85.25.

Naoum Karchev, "Spin-Fermion model of UGe2." E-mail naoum@phys.uni-sofia.bg; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308134.

D. Katayama, A. Sumiyama, and Y. Oda, "Proximity-induced superconductivity in platinum metals." To be published in Phys. Rev. B. A. Sumiyama's e-mail sumiyama@sci.himeji-tech.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308528.

Y. Kawasaki, S. Kawasaki, M. Yashima, T. Mito, G.-q. Zheng, Y. Kitaoka, H. Shishido, R. Settai, Y. Haga, and Y. Onuki, "Anisotropic spin fluctuations in heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn5: In-NQR and Co-NMR studies." To be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. E-mail yu@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308390.

A. Kesting and C. Timm, "Topological doping of repulsive Hubbard models." E-mail kesting@vwisb7.vkw.tu-dresden.de; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308228.

R. Khasanov, A. Shengelaya, E. Morenzoni, M. Angst, K. Conder, I. M. Savic, D. Lampakis, E. Liarokapis, A. Tatsi, and H. Keller, "Site-selective oxygen isotope effect on the magnetic field penetration depth in underdoped Y{0.6}Pr{0.4}Ba2Cu3O{7-\delta}." E-mail rustem.khasanov@psi.ch; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308440.

Sangbum Kim, Chia-Ren Hu, and Malcolm J. Andrews, "Steady-state and equilibrium vortex configurations, transitions, and evolution in a mesoscopic superconducting cylinder." Submitted to Physical Review B. E-mail hahaha@tamu.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308449.

A. Knizhnik, A. N. Men, and Y. Eckstein, "Equilibrium of 1:2:3 CLBLCO Superconductors with Oxygen: Reaction Equation, Thermodynamics and Improvement of Homogeneity." J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 64 (2003). Department of Physics, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel. Key words: superconductors, superconductivity, electrical properties, ceramics, oxides.

A. Knizhnik, G. M. Reisner, I. Direktovich, G. E. Shter, G. S. Grader, and Y. Eckstein, "Equilibrium of 1:2:3 CLBLCO Superconductors with Oxygen: Effect of Cooling upon the Oxygen Content and the Homogeneity of its Distribution." J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 64 (2003). Department of Physics, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel. Key words: superconductors, superconductivity, electrical properties, ceramics, oxides.

H. Kohler, F. Guinea, and F. Sols, "Quantum electrodynamic fluctuations of the macroscopic Josephson phase." E-mail heiner.kohler@uam.es; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308567.

N. Kokubo, R. Besseling, and P. H. Kes, "Dynamic ordering and frustration of confined vortex rows studied by mode-locking experiments." Submitted to PRB. R. Besseling's e-mail rbessel@phys.leidenuniv.nl; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308512.

N. Kokubo, R. Besseling, and P. H. Kes, "Dynamical fluctuations in mode locking experiments on vortices moving through mesoscopic channels." Contribution to M2S-HTSC 2003, Rio. R. Besseling's e-mail rbessel@phys.leidenuniv.nl; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308372.

V. M. Krasnov, "Intrinsic tunneling spectroscopy: A look from the inside at HTSC." Presentation at M2S-Rio (May 2003); submitted to Physica C. E-mail krasnov@fy.chalmers.se; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308080.

R. Kuechler, N. Oeschler, P. Gegenwart, T. Cichorek, K. Neumaier, O. Tegus, C. Geibel, J. A. Mydosh, F. Steglich, Lijun Zhu, and Qimiao Si, "Divergence of the Grueneisen Ratio at Quantum Critical Points in Heavy Fermion Metals." Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 066405 (2003). Qimiao Si's e-mail qmsi@rice.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308093.

M. L. Kulic and O. V. Dolgov, "Why is the ARPES anti-nodal singularity at 40 meV shifted in superconducting state of HTSC, but the kink at 70 meV is not?" E-mail dr_kulic@nexgo.de; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308597.

J. Kunes, K.-W. Lee, and W. E. Pickett, "Charge- and Spin-Ordering Tendencies in Na(x)CoO2." W. E. Pickett's e-mail pickett@physics.ucdavis.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308388.

G. M. Kuz'micheva, A. S. Andreenko, I. E. Kostyleva, A. Zalevski, and J. Warchulska, "Synthesis, structure, superconducting and magnetic properties of (Ru5+1-xMo6+x)(Sr,Gd)2(Gd0.7Ce4+0.3)2Cu2O10-d (x = 0.0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.0)." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Solid State Physics and Chemistry, Lomonosov State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology, 86 Vernadsky Prosp., Moscow 119571, Russia; tel. 7 95 2480762; fax 7 95 4348711; e-mail galkuz@orc.ru. Key words: Ru-1222 and Ru,Mo-1222 phases, synthesis, crystal structure, superconductivity, magnetic properties.

I. L. Landau, A. V. Sologubenko, and H. R. Ott, "Ambivalence of the anisotropy of the vortex lattice in an anisotropic type-II superconductor." E-mail landau@solid.phys.ethz.ch; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0306094.

A. N. Lavrov, I. Tsukada, and Yoichi Ando, "Normal-state conductivity in underdoped La{2-x}SrxCuO4 thin films: Search for nonlinear effects related to collective stripe motion." Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B. E-mail lavrov@criepi.denken.or.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308045.

J.-Y. Lin and H. D. Yang, "MgCNi3: a conventional and yet puzzling superconductor." Tentatively to appear in "Horizons in Superconductivity" by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. E-mail ago@cc.nctu.edu.tw; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308198.

V. M. Loktev and Yu. G. Pogorelov, "Nodal quasiparticles in doped d-wave superconductors: self-consistent T-matrix approach." Yu. G. Pogorelov's e-mail ypogorel@fc.up.pt; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308427.

B. Lorenz, J. Cmaidalka, R. L. Meng, and C. W. Chu, "Thermodynamic properties in the normal and superconducting states of Na(x)CoO(2)*yH(2)O powder measured by heat capacity experiments." E-mail blorenz@bayou.uh.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308143.

J. B. Majer, F. G. Paauw, A. C. J. ter Haar, C. J. P. M. Harmans, and J. E. Mooij, "Spectroscopy on two coupled flux qubits." E-mail johannes.majer@yale.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308192.

P. K. Mang, S. Larochelle, and M. Greven, "Spurious Magnetism in a High-Temperature Superconductor." Comment on "Antiferromagnetic order as the competing ground state in electron-doped Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4", H.J. Kang et al., Nature 423, 522 (2003). E-mail mmk@stanford.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308607.

R. S. Markiewicz, "Contrasting Pathways to Mott Gap Collapse in Electron and Hole Doped Cuprates." Presented at the "Workshop on Intrinsic Multiscale Structure and Dynamics in Complex Electronic Oxides", at the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, July 1-4, 2002; to be published, in "Intrinsic Multiscale Structure and Dynamics in Complex Electronic Oxides'', edited by A. R. Bishop, S. R. Shenoy, and S. Sridhar, World Scientific (2003). E-mail markiewic@neu.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308361.

R. S. Markiewicz, "Self-Consistent Renormalization Model of Mott Gap Collapse in the Cuprates." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. E-mail markiewic@neu.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308469.

T. Masui, M. Limonov, H. Uchiyama, S. Lee, S. Tajima, and A. Yamanaka, "Raman study of carrier-overdoping effects on the gap in high-Tc superconducting cuprates." To be published in Phys. Rev. B, Rapid Communication. E-mail masui@istec.or.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308130.

R. Melin and D. Feinberg, "What is the value of the superconducting gap of a F/S/F trilayer." E-mail melin@grenoble.cnrs.fr; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308007.

T. Mochiku, Y. Nakano, K. Oikawa, T. Kamiyama, H. Fujii, Y. Hata, J. Suzuki, I. Kakeya, K. Kadowaki, and K. Hirata, "Atomic ordering in FeSr2LnCu2O6+d system (Ln = Nd, Y and Er)." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconducting Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan; tel. 81 29 851 3354x6630; fax 81 29 859 2301; e-mail mochiku.takashi@nims.go.jp. Key words: FeSr2YCu2O6+d, superstructure, atomic ordering. 61.12.Ld; 74.72.Jt.

Jan Mucha, Marek Pekala, Jadwiga Szydlowska, Wojciech Gadomski, Jun Akimitsu, Jean-Francois Fagnard , Philippe Vanderbemden, Rudi Cloots, and Marcel Ausloos, "Magnetotransport Study of MgB2 Superconductor." To be published in Supercond. Sci. Technology. Marcel Ausloos' e-mail marcel.ausloos@ulg.ac.be.

M. Murugesan, H. Obara, A. Sawa, S. Kosaka, Y. Nakagawa, J. C. Nie, and H. Yamasaki, "Microwave surface resistance of under doped Co substituted YBCO films." To be published in Physica C (in press). Energy Electronics Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; tel. 81 29 861 5724; fax 81 29 861 5726; e-mail m.murugesan@aist.go.jp. 74.76.Bz; 68.55.-a; 81.15.Fg; 74.25.Nf.

N. Musolino, S. Bals, G. van Tendeloo, N. Clayton, E. Walker, and R. Flukiger, "Modulation-free phase in heavily Pb-doped (Bi,Pb)2212 crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). University of Geneva (DPMC), 24 quai E. Ansermet, Geneva CH-1211, Switzerland; tel. 41 22 702 6076; fax 41 22 702 6922; e-mail nicolas.musolino@physics.unige.ch. Key words: Pb-doped Bi-2212, structural modulation, flux pinning, anisotropy. 74.72.Hs; 74.62.Dh; 74.60.Ge.

S. Pailhes, Y. Sidis, P. Bourges, C. Ulrich, V. Hinkov, L. P. Regnault, A. Ivanov, B. Liang, C. T. Lin, C. Bernhard, and B. Keimer, "Two resonant magnetic modes in an overdoped high-\bf Tc superconductor." Submitted to PRL. P. Bourges' e-mail bourges@bali.saclay.cea.fr; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308394.

Sangmoon Park, Yongjae Lee, Arnie Moodenbaugh, and Thomas Vogt, "Novel Synthesis and High Pressure Behavior of Na0.3CoO2 x 1.3 H2O and Related Phases." Submitted to PR-Rapid. Yongjae Lee's e-mail yollee@bnl.gov; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308353.

P. L. Paulose, S. K. Dhar, A. D. Chinchure, E. Alleno, C. Godart, L. C. Gupta, and R. Nagarajan, "Coexistence of superconductivity and magnetic order in NdPt2B2C." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact R. Nagarajan, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India; tel. 91 22 215 2971; fax 91 22 215 2110; e-mail nag@tifr.res.in. Key words: magnetic superconductor, quaternary borocarbide, magnetic phase transition, pair breaking. 74.70.Dd; 74.25.H; 74.25.Ha; 75.40.-s; 75.30.K.

Raul Perez-Enriquez, "A New structural parameter for Perovskite type compounds and its application to 'Stripe Phases'." Poster presented at 3er Congerso Nacional de Cristalografia Nov. (2001). E-mail rpereze@eudeve.fisica.uson.mx; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308004.

Raul Perez-Enriquez, "A Structural Parameter for High Tc Superconductivity from an Octahedral Moebius Strip in RBaCuO:123 type Perovskites." Rev Mex Fis v. 48 supplement 1. E-mail rpereze@eudeve.fisica.uson.mx; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308019.

B. J. Powell, "The origin of the difference in the superconducting critical temperatures of the beta_H and beta_L phases of (BEDT-TTF)2I3." E-mail powell@physics.uq.edu.au; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308565.

Leonid Prigozhin and Vladimir Sokolovsky, "AC losses in type-II superconductors induced by nonuniform fluctuations of external magnetic field." E-mail leonid@cs.bgu.ac.il; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308110.

Mario Rabinowitz, "Frequency Dependence of Superconducting Cavity Q and Magnetic Breakdown Field." E-mail lrainbow@leland.stanford.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308324.

Mario Rabinowitz, H. W. Arrowsmith, and S. D. Dahlgren, "Dependence of Maximum Trappable Field on Superconducting Nb3Sn Cylinder Wall Thickness." E-mail lrainbow@leland.stanford.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308363. 74.60.Ge, 74.70.Ps, 41.10.Fs, 85.25.+k.

J. F. Ralph, T. D. Clark, M. J. Everitt, H. Prance, P. Stiffell, and R. J. Prance, "Characterising a solid state qubit via environmental noise." E-mail jfralph@liverpool.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0306475.

Manuel V. Ramallo, "On the energy saved by interlayer interactions in the superconducting state of cuprates." E-mail fmrama@usc.es; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308423.

J. J. Robles, A. Bartasyte, H. P. Ng, A. Abrutis, and F. Weiss, "On the possibility of growing unidirectionally twinned YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films on YAlO3." To be published in Physica C (in press). Laboratoire des Materiaux et du Genie Physique (LMGP), Rue de la Houille Blanche, Domaine Universitaire,UMR 5628, BP 46, 38402 St. Martin d'Heres, France; tel. 33 476 826 496; fax 33 476 826 394; e-mail jose.robles@inpg.fr. Key words: thin films, twin boundaries, structural phase transitions. 74.76.Bz.

P. M. C. Rourke, J. Paglione, F. Ronning, L. Taillefer, and K. Kadowaki, "Elastic tensor of YNi2B2C." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact F. Ronning, Department of Physics, 60 St George St., University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S z1A7; tel. 416 978 7347; fax 416 978 2537; e-mail fronning@physics.utoronto.ca.

A. Rydh, U. Welp, A. E. Koshelev, W. K. Kwok, G. W. Crabtree, R. Brusetti, L. Lyard, T. Klein, C. Marcenat, B. Kang, K. H. Kim, K. H. P. Kim, H.-S. Lee, and S.-I. Lee, "Two-band Effects in the Angular Dependence of Hc2 of MgB2 Single Crystals." E-mail rydh@anl.gov; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308319.

Subir Sachdev, "Conductivity of thermally fluctuating superconductors in two dimensions." E-mail subir.sachdev@yale.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308063.

Subir Sachdev and Eugene Demler, "Correlations between fluctuating orders in the pseudogap regime of the cuprate superconductors." E-mail subir.sachdev@yale.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308024.

K. V. Samokhin and B. Mitrovic, "Nodal quasiparticles and classical phase fluctuations in d-wave superconductors." E-mail kirill.samokhin@brocku.ca; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308229.

T. Sasaki, I. Ito, N. Yoneyama, N. Kobayashi, N. Hanasaki, H. Tajima, T. Ito, and Y. Iwasa, "Electronic correlation in the infrared optical properties of the quasi two dimensional \kappa-type BEDT-TTF dimer system." E-mail takahiko@imr.tohoku.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308520.

Osvaldo F. Schilling, "Mechanical and Electrical Oscillations of a Superconductor Coil and its Applications." Submitted to Physical Review B. E-mail osvaldof@mbox1.ufsc.br; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308136.

T. Schneider, "The mystery of superconductivity in the cuprates evinced by London penetration depths measurements." To appear in Proceedings of the International School of Physics, Enrico Fermi Course CLV, The Physics of Complex Systems. E-mail tschnei@physik-rzu.unizh.ch; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308595.

Kouji Segawa and Yoichi Ando, "How to know the genuine Hall response of the CuO2 planes in a chain-plane-composite system of YBa2Cu3Oy." E-mail segawa@criepi.denken.or.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308201.

C. Stock, W. J. L. Buyers, R. Liang, D. Peets, Z. Tun, D. Bonn, W. N. Hardy, and R. J. Birgeneau, "Dynamic Stripes and Resonance in the Superconducting and Normal Phases of YBa2Cu3O6.5 Ortho-II Superconductor." Submitted to PRB. W. J. L. Buyers' e-mail william.buyers@nrc.gc.ca; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308168.

Michael Stone and Rahul Roy, "Edge modes, edge currents, and gauge invariance in p_x+ip_y superfluids and superconductors." E-mail m-stone5@uiuc.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308034.

Ken Sugawara, "Stability of the screw dislocations in a pinned vortex lattice for the low magnetic-flux density range." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Atomic Energy, Kanto Polytechnic College Mito Branch, 864-4 Suifu-cho, Mito, Ibaraki 310-0005, Japan; tel./fax 81 292 462 583; e-mail sugawara@ibaraki-pc.ac.jp. Key words: flux pinning, flux-line lattice, topological defects. 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg.

M. C. Sullivan, D. R. Strachan, T. Frederiksen, R. A. Ott, M. Lilly, and C. J. Lobb, "The superconducting phase transition obscured by finite-size effects in thick \mathrm{\bf{YBa{2}Cu{3}O{7-\delta}}} films." E-mail conroy@physics.umd.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308258.

X. F. Sun, Y. Kurita, T. Suzuki, Seiki Komiya, and Yoichi Ando, "Thermal Conductivity of Pr{1.3-x}La{0.7}CexCuO4 Single Crystals and Signatures of Stripes in an Electron-Doped Cuprate." Submitted to PRL. E-mail ko-xfsun@criepi.denken.or.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308263.

Masatsugu Suzuki, Itsuko S. Suzuki, Robert Lee, and Jurgen Walter, "Magnetic-field induced superconductor-metal-insulator transitions in bismuth metal-graphite." Phys. Rev. B 66. E-mail suzuki@binghamton.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308312.

Masatsugu Suzuki, Itsuko S. Suzuki, and Jurgen Walter, "H-T phase diagram and the nature of Vortex-glass phase in a quasi two-dimensional superconductor: Sn metal layer sandwiched between graphene sheets." Submitted to Physica C. E-mail suzuki@binghamton.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308311.

Masatsugu Suzuki, Itsuko S. Suzuki, and Jurgen Walter, "Superconductivity and spin-glass like behavior in system with Pd sheet sandwiched between graphene sheets." Submitted to J. Phys.: Condensed Matter. E-mail suzuki@binghamton.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308292.

Yukio Tanaka and Satoshi Kashiwaya, "Anomalous charge transport in mesoscopic triplet superconductor junctions." E-mail ytanaka@nuap.nagoya-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308123.

J. R. Thompson, H. J. Kim, C. Cantoni, D. K. Christen, R. Feenstra, and D. T. Verebelyi, "Self-organized current transport through low angle grain boundaries in YBa2Cu3O{7-\delta} thin films, studied magnetometrically." E-mail jrt@utk.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308328.

Hideki Tou, Kenji Ishida, and Yoshio Kitaoka, "Quasi-particle spin susceptibility in heavy-fermion superconductors probed by NMR studies." E-mail tou@hiroshima-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308562.

J. M. Tranquada, "Metallic charge stripes in cuprates." Proceedings of M2S-Rio. E-mail jtran@bnl.gov; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308214.

Shan-Wen Tsai and P. J. Hirschfeld, "Magnetic field dependence of the penetration depth of d-wave superconductors with strong isolated impurities." To appear in Physica C (proceedings for the M2S-RIO Conference, May 25-30, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). E-mail tsai@phys.ufl.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308476.

N.A. Tulina and V. V. Sirotkin, "Electron instability in doped-manganites-based heterojunctions." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Solid State Physics, RAS, Moscow District, Chernogolovka 142432, Russia; tel. 7 96 5244878; fax 7 96 5249701; e-mail tulina@issp.ac.ru. Key words: narrow band systems, intermediate-valence solids, intrinsic properties of magnetically ordered materials, colossal magnetoresistance. 71.28.+d; 75.30.-m; 75.30.Vn.

T. Valla, A. V. Fedorov, P. D. Johnson, P-A. Glans, C. McGuinness, K. E. Smith, and H. Berger, "Quasi-Particle Spectra, Charge-Density-Wave, Superconductivity and Electron-Phonon Coupling in 2H-NbSe2." E-mail valla@bnl.gov; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308278.

J. Vanacken, L. Weckhuysen, T. Wambecq, P. Wagner, and V. V. Moshchalkov, "High field magnetoresistivity of epitaxial La2-xSrxCuO4 thin films." E-mail johan.vanacken@fys.kuleuven.ac.be; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308227.

P. J. E. M. van der Linden and K. Behnia, "Measuring thermal conductivity in extreme conditions: sub-Kelvin temperatures and high (27 T) magnetic fields." E-mail kamran.behnia@espci.fr; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308106.

D. Y. Vodolazov and F. M. Peeters, "Stable and metastable states in a mesoscopic superconducting 'eight' loop in presence of an external magnetic field." To be published in Physica C (in press). Departement Natuurkunde, Universiteit Antwerpen (UIA), Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium; tel. 32 3 820 2880; fax 32 3 820 2245; e-mail denis@uia.ua.ac.be. Key words: phase slip.

K.-K. Voo, W. C. Wu, H.-Y. Chen, and C.-Y. Mou, "Temperature Effect and Fermi Surface Investigation in the Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8." W. C. Wu's e-mail wu@phy.ntnu.edu.tw; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308149.

John A. Wilson, "Bosonic mode interpretation of novel STM and related experimental results, within boson-fermion modelling of HTSC." Preprint available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308453.

H. D. Yang, J.-Y. Lin, C. P. Sun, Y. C. Kang, K. Takada, T. Sasaki, H. Sakurai and E. Takayama-Muromachi, "Anomalous specific heat of NaxCoO2-yH2O: implications on a novel superconductor." J.-Y. Lin's e-mail ago@cc.nctu.edu.tw; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308031.

H. D. Yang, S. Mollah, W. L. Huang, P. L. Ho, H. L. Huang, C.-J. Liu, J.-Y. Lin, Y.-L. Zhang, R.-C. Yu, and C.-Q. Jin, "Pressure effects on the Tc of superconducting MgCxNi3." Phys. Rev. B, in press. J.-Y. Lin's e-mail ago@cc.nctu.edu.tw; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308197.

Hisatoshi Yokoyama, Yukio Tanaka, Masao Ogata, and Hiroki Tsuchiura, "Crossover of superconducting properties and kinetic-energy gain in two-dimensional Hubbard model." E-mail yoko@cmpt.phys.tohoku.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308264.

V. N. Zavaritsky, J. Vanacken, V. V. Moshchalkov, and A. S. Alexandrov, "'Giant' normal state magnetoresistances of Bi{2}Sr{2}CaCu{2}O{8+\delta}." E-mail v.n.zavaritsky@lboro.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308256.

Erhai Zhao, Tomas Lofwander, and J. A. Sauls, "Heat Transport Through Josephson Point Contacts." J. A. Sauls' e-mail sauls@snowmass.phys.nwu.edu; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308041.

X. H. Zheng and D. G. Walmsley, "Umklapp scattering and electron pairing cutoff in BCS superconductors." E-mail xhz@queens-belfast.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308350.

N. D. Zhigadlo, M. Czank, and W. Depmeier, "Phase transitions and twin lamellae in the (Bi,Pb)2223 phase: in situ high temperature electron diffraction studies." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Solid State and Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, P. Brovki 17, 220072 Minsk, Belarus; tel. 375 172 841168; fax 375 172 840888; e-mail zhigadlo@ifttp.bas-net.by. Key words: (Bi,Pb)2223 phase, in situ heating, modulated structures, twin lamellae, transmission electron microscopy. 74.72.Hs; 61.16.Bg; 61.14.-x; 61.50.K.