February 2003 Preprints

M. Acquarone and L. Romano, "Effective inter-band coupling in MgB2 due to anharmonic phonons." L. Romano's e-mail romano@fis.unipr.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302303.

H. Altenburg, J. Plewa, G. Plesch, O. Shpotyuk, "Thick Films of Ceramic Superconducting, Electro-ceramic Materials." Pure and Applied Chemistry, 74. Contact G. Plesch, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, 842 15 Bratislava Slovakia; e-mail plesch@fns.uniba.sk. Key words: thick films, superconductors, electro-ceramic materials. 74.78.-w.

N. E. Anderson, Jr., W. E. Straszheim, S. L. Bud'ko, P. C. Canfield, D. K. Finnemore, and R. J. Suplinskas, "Titanium additions to MgB2 conductors." D. K. Finnemore's e-mail finnemor@ameslab.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302245.

A. Anthore, H. Pothier, and D. Esteve, "Density of states in a superconductor carrying a supercurrent." To be published in Physical Review Letters. E-mail anthore@drecam.saclay.cea.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302153.

M. Arao and Y. Koyama, "Crystallographic features of RTiO3 (R: rare-earth ion)." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Room 59-322, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan; tel. 81 3 5286 3789; fax 81 3 3205 1353; e-mail arao@air.linkclub.or.jp. Key words: structural phase transition, Jahn-Teller lattice distortion, Jahn-Teller atomic displacement, transmission electron microscopy, RTiO3 (R: rare-earth ion). 61.16.Bg; 64.70.Kb; 71.30.+h; 75.30.Kz.

M. Azuma, T. Saito, S. Ishiwata, I. Yamada, Y. Kohsaka, H. Takagi, and M. Takano, "Single crystal growth of transition metal oxides at high pressures of several GPa." To be published in Physica C (in press). Inst. Chem. Res., Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto-fu 611-0011, Japan; tel. 81 774 38 3122; fax 81 774 38 3125; e-mail masaki@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp. Key words: high-pressure synthesis, synchrotron powder XRD, single crystal growth, oxychloride. 71.30.+h; 74.72.Jt; 75.10.Jm; 75.50.Ee.

Egor Babaev, "Neither a type-I nor a type-II superconductivity in a two-gap system." E-mail egor@teorfys.uu.se; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302218.

U. Balachandran, B. Ma, M. Li, B. L. Fisher, R. E. Koritala, D. J. Miller, and S. E. Dorris, "Development of coated conductors by inclined substrate deposition." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact B. Ma, Energy Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439; tel. 630 252 9961; fax 630 252 3604; e-mail bma@anl.gov. Key words: YBCO thin film, coated conductor, inclined substrate deposition, biaxial texture. 68.55.-a; 74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz; 81.15.-z.

Romain Bel, Kamran Behnia, and Helmut Berger, "Ambipolar Nernst effect in NbSe2." Kamran Behnia's e-mail kamran.behnia@espci.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302259.

L. Benfatto, A. Toschi, and S. Caprara, "Phase-fluctuation contribution to the depletion of the superfluid stiffness in continuum and lattice models for superconductors." E-mail lara.benfatto@roma1.infn.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302255.

R. Besseling, N. Kokubo, and P. H. Kes, "Dynamic melting of confined vortex matter." Submitted to PRL. E-mail rbessel@phys.leidenuniv.nl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302187. 74.25.Qt,83.50.Ha,64.70.Dv,64.60.Ht.

G. L. Bhalla, Pratima, Amita Malik, and K. K. Singh, "Dissipation mechanism in a high-Tc Bi1.7Pb0.3Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox granular superconductor." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India; tel. 91 11 7257793; fax 91 11 7257061; e-mail glbhalla@physics.du.ac.in. Key words: high-Tc superconductors, magneto-resistance, dissipation, order parameter, vortex-dynamics.

V. N. Bogomolov, "The Two-Component Model and Metallization of Van der Waals Crystals." E-mail V.bogomolov@pop.ioffe.rssi.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302034.

U. Bolz, D. Schmidt, B. Biehler, B.-U. Runge, R. G. Mints, K. Numssen, H. Kinder, and P. Leiderer, "Dendritic and homogeneous regimes of flux penetration into YBCO films." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact B. Biehler, Fachbereich Physik, Universitat Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany; e-mail bjoern.biehler@uni-konstanz.de. Key words: YBa2Cu3O7, flux propagation, flux front instability, flux dendrites.

O. Bourgeois, A. Frydman, and R. C. Dynes, "Proximity effect in ultrathin Pb/Ag multilayers within the Cooper limit." A. Frydman's e-mail frydman@mail.biu.ac.il; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302251.

E. S. Bozin and S. J. L. Billinge, "Nominal doping and partition of doped holes between planar and apical orbitals in La2-xSrxCuO4." E-mail bozin@pa.msu.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302062.

T. M. Buehler, D. J. Reilly, R. P. Starrett, A. R. Hamilton, A. S. Dzurak, and R. G. Clark, "Development and operation of the twin radio frequency single electron transistor for solid state qubit readout." D. J. Reilly's e-mail djr@jupiter.phys.unsw.edu.au; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302090.

A. Cansiz, A. M. Campbell, and T. A. Coombs, "An Evershed type superconducting flywheel bearing." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electronics, Faculty of Engineering, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey; tel. 90 442 231 4877; fax 90 442 236 0957; e-mail acansiz@atauni.edu.tr.

C. L. Carvalho and I. Guedes, "Spectroscopic characterization of BPSCCO thin films grown by dip-coating technique." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact I. Guedes, Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Caixa Postal 6030, Fortaleza, Ceara 60451-970, Brazil; fax 55 85 2889450; e-mail guedes@fisica.ufc.br.

J. D. Champion and M. W. Long, "A pure Hubbard model with demonstrable pairing adjacent to the Mott-insulating phase." Presented at the international workshop on Strongly Correlated Electrons in New Materials (SCENM02), Loughborough, UK (15-17 December 2002); submitted to Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General for a special issue. E-mail champion@thsun11.ph.bham.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302039.

Yan Chen, Z. D. Wang, and C. S. Ting, "Temperature dependence of vortex charges in high temperature superconductors." E-mail ychen@mira.tcs.uh.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302555.

Yan Chen, Jian-Xin Zhu, and C. S. Ting, "Theory of the NMR relaxation rates in cuprate superconductors with field induced antiferromagnetic order." E-mail ychen@mira.tcs.uh.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302114.

C. H. Cheng, H. Zhang, Y. Zhao, Y. Feng, X. F. Rui, P. Munroe, H. M. Zeng, N. Koshizuka, and M. Murakami, "Doping Effect of Nano-Diamond on Superconductivity and Flux Pinning in MgB2." Y. Zhao's e-mail y.zhao@unsw.edu.au; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302202.

C. H. Cheng and Y. Zhao, "Enhancement of Jc by doping silver in grain boundaries of YBa2Cu3Oy polycrystals with solid-state diffusion method." J. Appl. Phys. 93 (2003). Y. Zhao's e-mail y.zhao@unsw.edu.au; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302120.

C. H. Cheng, Y. Zhao, T. Machi, N. Koshizuka, and M. Murakami, "Time evolution of superconducting properties of MgB2 exposed to water." 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, PO Box 1, Sydney, NSW 2032, Australia; tel. 61 2 9385 5986; fax 61 2 9385 5956; e-mail y.zhao@unsw.edu.au. Key words: MgB2, superconducting properties, Ti-doping, chemical stability. 74.25.Ha; 74.60.Jg; 74.74.Dd.

Andrey V. Chubukov, Ar. Abanov, and D. N. Basov, "The differential sum rule for the relaxation rate in dirty superconductors." Ar. Abanov's e-mail aga@andrey.physics.wisc.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302191.

G. W. Crabtree, U. Welp, Z. L. Xiao, J. S. Jiang, V. K. Vlasko-Vlasov, S. D. Bader, J. Liang, H. Chik, and J. M. Xu, "Vortices in dense self-assembled hole arrays." To be published in Physica C (in press); proceedings of the Third Polish-US Workshop on Magnetism and Superconductivity of Advanced Materials, July 14-19, 2002. Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439; tel. 630 252 5509; fax 630 252 7777; e-mail crabtree@anl.gov. Key words: anodic aluminum oxide, self-assembled hole pinning array, confined vortices, Little-Parks oscillations.

Jerzy Czerwonko, "Thermodynamics of normal and BCS systems at the Fermi energy near the logarithmic singularity of DOS." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland; fax 48 71 328 3696; e-mail czerw@if.pwr.wroc.pl. Key words: BCS theory, density of states singularities.

T. P. Devereaux, "Optical symmetries and anisotropic transport in high-Tc superconductors." E-mail tpd@lorax.uwaterloo.ca; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302083.

Y. Doda, T. Kiwa, I. Kawayama, H. Murakami, and M. Tonouchi, "Characteristics of superconducting flux flow transistors under irradiation of femtosecond laser pulses." To be published in Physica C (in press). Research Center for Superconductor Photonics, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; tel. 81 6 6879 7981; fax 81 6 6879 7984; e-mail doda@rcsuper.osaka-u.ac.jp. Key words: SFFT, femtosecond laser pulses. 74.25.Qt.

T. Domanski, "Feshbach resonance described by the boson fermion coupling." E-mail doman@kft.umcs.lublin.pl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302406.

B. Doucot, L. B. Ioffe, and J. Vidal, "Discrete non-Abelian gauge theories in two-dimensional lattices and their realizations in Josephson-junction arrays." J. Vidal's e-mail vidal@gps.jussieu.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302104.

J. H. Durrell, M. J. Hogg, F. Kahlmann, Z. H. Barber, M. G. Blamire, and J. E. Evetts, "The critical current of YBa2Cu3O7-d Low Angle Grain Boundaries." Submitted to PRL. E-mail jhd25@cam.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302447.

M. El Massalami, R. E. Rapp, F. A. B. Chaves, H. Takeya, and C. M. Chaves, "Magnon Specific Heat of Single Crystal Borocarbides RNi2B2C (R=Tm, Er, Ho, Dy, Tb, Gd)." E-mail massalam@if.ufrj.br; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302526.

Rosario Fazio, F. W. J. Hekking, and J. P. Pekola, "Measurement of coherent charge transfer in an adiabatic Cooper pair pump." F. W. J. Hekking's e-mail frank.hekking@grenoble.cnrs.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302383.

I. Felner, V. P. S. Awana, and E. Takayama-Muromachi, "Magnetization study of RuSr2Y1.5Ce 0.5Cu2O10 (Ru-1222)." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. V. P. S. Awana's e-mail awana@csnpl.ren.nic.in; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302475.

M. Fogelstrom, D. Rainer, and J. A. Sauls, "Nonlinear magnetic field dependence of the conductance in d-wave NIS tunnel junctions." J. A. Sauls' e-mail sauls@snowmass.phys.nwu.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302197.

R. Franco and A. A. Aligia, "Phase diagram of the CuO{3} chains in YBa{2}Cu{3}O{6+X} and PrBa{2}Cu{3}O{6+X}." Submited to Phys. Rev. B. E-mail rfranco@if.uff.br; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0303002.

M. Fujita, S. Kuroshima, M. Matsuda, and K. Yamada, "Neutron-scattering study of spin correlations in electron-doped Pr0.89LaCe0.11CuO4 single crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan; tel. 81 7743 83111; fax 81 7743 83118; e-mail fujita@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp. Key words: electron-doped superconductor, neutron scattering, spin fluctuations. 74.72.Jt; 61.12.-q; 74.25.Ha; 75.40.Gb.

K. Fujiwara, H. Miyakawa, N. Yoshikawa, Y. Feng, S. R. Whiteley, and T. Van Duzer, "Implementation and low speed test of ultra-fast interface circuits for Josephson-CMOS hybrid memories." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact N. Yoshikawa, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yokohama National University, Tokiwadai 79-5, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan; tel. 81 45 339 4259; fax 81 45 338 1157; e-mail yoshi@dnj.ynu.ac.jp. Key words: SFQ, hybrid, interface, memory. 85.25.Hv; 85.25.Na; 85.40.Bh.

T. Fukami, K. Mizuseki, Y. Kishikawa, F. Ichikawa, T. Arai, T. Yamasaki, B. Shinozaki, and T. Aomine, "Dependence of vortex liquid phase of Pb-In alloy on indium concentration." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Himeji Institute of Technology, Himeji 671-2201, Japan; e-mail fukami@mse.eng.himeji-tech.ac.jp. Key words: Pb-In alloy, vortex glass, vortex liquid, scaling relation, critical exponents.

Y. Fuseya, H. Kohno, and K. Miyake, "Realization of odd-frequency p-wave spin-singlet superconductivity coexisting with antiferromagnetic order near quantum critical point." Submitted J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. E-mail fuseya@eagle.mp.es.osaka-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302532.

S. R. Ghorbani, M. Andersson, and O. Rapp, "Normal state Hall effect in Nd1-xCaxBa2Cu3O7-d: competition between added charge and disorder." To be published in Physica C (in press). Solid State Physics, IMIT, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH Electrum 229, SE-164 40 Kista-Stockholm, Sweden; tel. 46 8 790 4187; fax 46 8 752 7850; e-mail ghorbani@ftf.kth.se. Key words: Hall coefficient, Nd1-xCaxBa2Cu3O7-d, electronic band widths, 74.72.Jt; 74.25.Fy; 74.62.Dh.

R. Gilardi, S. Streule, A. J. Drew, U. Divakar, S. L. Lee, S. P. Brown, E. M. Forgan, N. Momono, M. Oda, and J. Mesot, "A small angle neutron scattering study of the vortex matter in La{2-x}Sr{x}CuO{4} (x=0.17)." Presented at the New3SC-4 meeting, San Diego, Jan. 16-21 2003; to be published in Int. J. Mod. Phys. B. E-mail raffaele.gilardi@psi.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302413.

M. Giroud, K. Hasselbach, H. Courtois, D. Mailly, and B. Pannetier, "Electron transport in a mesoscopic superconducting/ferromagnetic hybrid conductor." To be published in Eur. Phys. J. B 31. Contact H. Courtois, CRTBT-CNRS Grenoble, France; e-mail courtoih@labs.polycnrs-gre.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0204140.

M. J. Gouge, M. J. Cole, J. A. Demko, P. W. Fisher, C. A. Foster, R. Grabovickic, D. T. Lindsay, J. W. Lue, M. L. Roden, and J. C. Tolbert, "High-temperature superconducting tri-axial power cable." To be published in Physica C (in press). Applied Superconductivity Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2009, MS 8071, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8071; tel. 865 576 4467; fax 865 576 7926; e-mail gougemj@ornl.gov. Key words: superconducting cable, superconducting power applications. 84.70.

L. H. Greene, P. Hentges, H. Aubin, M. Aprili, E. Badica, M. Covington, M. M. Pafford, G. Westwood, W. G. Klemperer, S. Jian, and D. G. Hinks, "Planar tunneling spectroscopy of high-temperature superconductors: Andreev bound states and broken symmetries." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics and Fredrick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, 1110 West Green Street, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801-3080; tel. 217 333 7315; fax 217 244 8544; e-mail lhg@uiuc.edu. Key words: tunneling spectroscopy, Andreev bound states, broken time-reversal symmetry, high-Tc superconductivity.

M. Hagiwara, T. Yamao, and M. Matsuura, "Ambient pressure synthesis of YBa2Cu4O8 using citrate pyrolysis method." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electronics & Information Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan; tel. 81 75 724 7416; fax 81 75 724 7400; e-mail hag@dj.kit.ac.jp. Key words: YBa2Cu4O8, synthesis process, citrate pyrolysis method, ambient pressure condition, transient phase. 74.70; 74.72; 81.20.K.

Z. H. Han, J. I. Budnick, M. Daniel, W. A. Hines, D. M. Pease, P. W. Klamut, B. Dabrowski, S. M. Mini, M. Maxwell, and C. W. Kimball, "Nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetization studies of the ferromagnetic ordering temperature suppression in Ru deficient SrRuO3." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact W. A. Hines, Department of Physics and Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269; e-mail hines@uconnvm.uconn.edu. Key words: ruthenates, high-pressure O2 synthesis, NMR, DC magnetization.

H. Hasegawa, S. Hirano, S. Nagasawa, K. Miyahara, and Y. Enomoto, "Design of a single flux quantum {Sigma}-{Delta} A/D converter with a ladder circuit as an on-chip-clock-generating circuit." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Division 7, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5701; fax 81 3 3536 5717; e-mail hasegawa@istec.or.jp. Key words: A/D converter, single flux quantum, decimation filter, sinc filter. 85.25.Hv; 85.25.Na.

R. Heid, B. Renker, H. Schober, P. Adelmann, D. Ernst, and K.-P. Bohnen, "Lattice dynamics and electron-phonon coupling in transition metal diborides." B. Renker's e-mail renker@ifp.fzk.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302411.

Tero T. Heikkila, Tommy Vanska, and Frank K. Wilhelm, "Supercurrent-induced Peltier-like effect in superconductor/normal metal weak links." To appear in Phys. Rev. B. E-mail ttheikki@boojum.hut.fi; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302292.

Igor F. Herbut, "Spin-charge separation and recombination in quantum disordered d-wave superconductors." E-mail iherbut@sfu.ca; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302058.

A. Hu, N. Chikumoto, K. Inoue, M. Murakami, "Temperature dependence of the peak effect in NdBa2Cu3O7-d; single crystals and melt-processed (Sm0.5Eu0.5)Ba2Cu3O7-d; single domains." Presented in ISS2002, Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 2002; Physica C, in press. Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan; e-mail amhu@istec.or.jp. Key words: peak effect, compositional fluctuation, surface barrier, interfacial pinning. 74.60.Ge, 74.40.+K, 74.62.Dh.

Y. Ichino, K. Sudoh, Y. Yoshida, and Y. Takai, "Fabrication of high-Tc LaBa2Cu3Oy thin films with vapor-liquid-solid growth mode." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electronics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; tel. 81 52 789 5417; fax 81 52 789 5418; e-mail y-ichino@mbox.media.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Key words: LaBa2Cu3Oy, films growth, VLS, thin films, high-Tc. 74.62.-c; 74.62.Bf; 74.70.-b; 74.72.Dn; 74.76.Bz.

Kazuo Inoue, Naomichi Sakai, Shinya Nariki, and Masato Murakami, "Pinning properties of Gd-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductor fabricated by cold seeding method." 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, pinning, Gd123.

D. Isfort, X. Chaud, R. Tournier, and G. Kapelski, "Cracking and oxygenation of YBaCuO bulk superconductors: application to c-axis elements for current limitation." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact X. Chaud, CNRS/CRETA, 25, Avenue des Martyrs, BP 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 09, France; tel. 33 4 76 889044; fax 33 4 76 881280; e-mail chaud@grenoble.cnrs.fr. Key words: YBaCuO monodomain, oxygenation, cracking, flexural strength, c-axis current limitation. 74.72.Bk; 74.80.Bj; 81.40.-z; 81.40.Np.

T. Isono, K. Kawano, K. Hamada, K. Matsui, Y. Nunoya, E. Hara, T. Kato, T. Ando, K. Okuno, T. Bohno, A. Tomioka, Y. Sanuki, K. Sakaki, M. Konno, and T. Uede, "Test results of 60-kA HTS current lead for fusion application." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Fusion Engineering Research, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, 801-1 Mukouyama, Naka-machi, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-Ken 311-0193, Japan; tel. 81 29 270 7548; fax 81 29 270 7579; e-mail isonot@naka.jaeri.go.jp. Key words: current lead, HTS, Bi-2223, heat leak, large current, fusion. 85.25.-j; 84.70.+p.

Masakazu Itoh, Kimihiko Sudoh, Yusuke Icino, Yutaka Yoshida, and Yoshiaki Takai, "Influence of surface morphology on the thickness dependence of high-Jc Sm1+xBa2-xCu3O6+d films." 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; tel. 81 52 789 3908; fax 81 52 789 5418; m-ito@ees.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Key words: Sm1+xBa2-xCu3O6+d film, critical current density, film thickness, precipitate, pulsed laser deposition. 74.76.

Y. Itoh, T. Machi, C. Kasai, S. Adachi, N. Koshizuka, and M. Murakami, "Cu NQR satellite of Zn-substituted YBa2Cu3O7-d." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 33 536 5707; fax 81 33 536 5705; e-mail itoh@istec.or.jp. Key words: nuclear quadrupole resonance, nonmagnetic impurity effect, nuclear spin-lattice relaxation, YBa2(Cu1-xZnx)3O7-d. 76.60.-k; 74.25.Nf; 74.72.Bk.

S. Itzkovitz, R. Milo, N. Kashtan, G. Ziv, and U. Alon, "Subgraphs in random networks." E-mail shalevi@wisemail.weizmann.ac.il; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302375.

Jason Jackiewicz, Krastan B. Blagoev, and Kevin S. Bedell, "A model for coexistent superconductivity and ferromagnetism." Submitted to PRL. E-mail jackiewi@mail.bc.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302449.

H. Jang, H. Won, and K. Maki, "Electronic Raman Spectra of Superconducting Borocarbides." H. Won's e-mail hkwon@hallym.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302103.

Hao Jin and Hai-Hu Wen, "Vortex-unbinding and finite-size effect in Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8 thin films." E-mail hjin@ssc.iphy.ac.cn; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302618.

K. Kamata, K. Izawa, Y. Nakajima, Y. Matsuda, T. Watanabe, M. Nohara, H. Takagi, H. Takeya, K. Hirata, P. Thalmeier, and K. Maki, "Evidence of point nodes in superconducting gap of borocarbide superconductor YNi2B2C." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8581, Chiba, Japan; tel. 81 4 7136 3242; fax 81 4 7136 3242; e-mail konomi@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: borocarbides, superconducting gap structure, thermal conductivity.

M. Karppinen, M. Kotiranta, T. Nakane, H. Yamauchi, S. C. Chang, R. S. Liu, and J. M. Chen, "Layered-specific hole concentrations in Bi2Sr2(Y1-xCax)Cu2O8+d as probed by XANES spectroscopy and coulometric redox analysis." To appear in Phys. Rev. B. Preprint available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302469.

Hikaru Kawamura, "Nature of the vortex-glass order in strongly type-II superconductors." E-mail kawamura@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302284.

Mun-Seog Kim, John A. Skinta, Thomas R. Lemberger, A. Tsukada, and M. Naito, "Magnetic Penetration Depth Measurements of Pr{2-x}CexCuO{4-\delta} Films on Buffered Substrates: Evidence for a Nodeless Gap." E-mail mskimosu@mps.ohio-state.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302086.

J. R. Kirtley, C. C. Tsuei, V. G. Kogan, J. R. Clem, H. Raffy, and Z. Z. Li, "Fluxoid dynamics in superconducting thin film rings." E-mail kirtley@watson.ibm.com; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302415.

J. R. Kirtley, C. C. Tsuei, and F. Tafuri, "Evidence for Thermally Activated Spontaneous Fluxoid Formation in Superconducting Thin-Film Rings." E-mail kirtley@watson.ibm.com; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302384.

Steven A. Kivelson, Eduardo Fradkin, and Ted Geballe, "Quasi-1D dynamics and the Nematic phase of the 2D Emery model." Eduardo Fradkin's e-mail eduardo@buenosaires.physics.uiuc.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302163.

T. Klimczuk, T. Plackowski, W. Sadowski, and M. Plebanczyk, "A resistivity peak close to Tc in Nd2-xCexCuO4-y single crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Gdansk University of Technology, ulica Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland; e-mail tomek@mif.pg.gda.pl. Key words: n-type doped superconductors, Ce distribution, crystal growth.

L. A. Klinkova, M. Uchida, Y. Matsui, V. I. Nikolaichik, and N. V. Barkovskii, "Non-cubic layered structure of Ba(1-x)K(x)BiO3 superconductor." To be published in Physical Review B as a Rapid Communication. V. I. Nikolaichik's e-mail nikola@ipmt-hpm.ac.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302329.

A. D. Klironomos and Alan T. Dorsey, "Vortex Lattice Structural Transitions: a Ginzburg-Landau Model Approach." E-mail kliron@phys.ufl.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302422.

M. R. Koblischka, A. Koblischka-Veneva, E. S. Reddy, G. J. Schmitz, K. Ogasawara, and M. Murakami, "Orientations of Y2BaCuO5 and YBCO within melt-textured and directional solidified samples studied by EBSD." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Saarland, PO Box 151150, D-66041 Saarbrucken, Germany; tel. 49 681 302 4555; fax 49 681 302 3790; e-mail m.koblischka@mx.uni-saarland.de. Key words: electron-backscatter diffraction, SEM, ceramics, bulk high-Tc superconductors, automated mapping. 74.72-h; 74.80.Bj; 61.72.Ff; 68.37.Hk.

A. Koblischka-Veneva, M. R. Koblischka, P. Simon, K. Ogasawara, and M. Murakami, "Texture analysis of melt-textured YBCO superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact M. R. Koblischka, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Saarland, PO Box 151150, D-66041 Saarbrucken, Germany; tel. 49 681 302 4555; fax 49 681 302 3790; e-mail m.koblischka@mx.uni-saarland.de. Key words: electron-backscatter diffraction, EBSD, SEM, ceramics, bulk high-Tc superconductors, automated mapping.

Y. Kojo, N. Sekine, S. Tada, Y. Yamaguchi, J. Obama, T. Takao, D. Miyagi, and A. Yamanaka, "AC loss characteristics of simulated CIC-type conductors having plastic conduit." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan; tel./fax 81 3 3469 3221; e-mail cby30120@pop01.odn.ne.jp. Key words: stability, friction, fiber reinforced plastic, frictional coefficient. 74.25.FY; 74.25.Ld.

J. A. G. Koopmann, V. B. Geshkenbein, and G. Blatter, "Impact of long-range interactions on the disordered vortex lattice." E-mail koopmann@phys.ethz.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302225.

T. K. Kopec and T. A. Zaleski, "Quantum criticality in the SO(5) theory of antiferromagnetism and superconductivity." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw 50-950, Poland; e-mail kopec@int.pan.wroc.pl. Key words: quantum criticality, SO(5) group, antiferromagnetism, high-Tc theory.

N. B. Kopnin, A. S. Mel'nikov, and V. M. Vinokur, "Single-electron transport through the vortex core levels in clean superconductors." E-mail kopnin@boojum.hut.fi; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302540.

Simon Kos, Ivar Martin, and C. M. Varma, "Specific heat at the transition in a superconductor with fluctuating magnetic moments." E-mail s-kos@lanl.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302089.

B. Koscielska, B. Andrzejewski, B. Susla, S. Szuba, and W. Sadowski, "The effects of growth conditions on superconducting properties of Nd1Ba2Cu3O7-d single crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdansk University of Technology, Ulica Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland; fax 48 58 347 2821; e-mail basia@mif.pg.gda.pl. Key words: crystal growth, DC magnetisation, scanning electron microscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy.

P. Kovac, M. Dhalle, T. Melisek, H. J. N. van Eck, W. A. J. Wessel, B. ten Haken, and I. Husek, "Dependence of the Critical Current in Ex-situ Multi- and Mono-filamentary MgB2/Fe Wires on Axial Tension and Compression." To be published in Superconductor Science and Technology. Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic; tel (421 2) 5477 5823-2841; fax (421 2) 5477 5816; e-mail: elekkova@savba.sk; www.elu.sav.sk. Key words: MgB2/Fe wires, critical current degradation, tensile and compressive axial strain, reversible strain, pre-compression. 74.70.Lp, 81.40.Rs.

A. E. Kovalev, S. Takahashi, S. Hill, and J. S. Qualls, "Effect of an in-plane magnetic field on the interlayer phase coherence in the extreme-2D organic superconductor k-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2." S. Hill's e-mail hill@phys.ufl.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302244.

M. J. Kramer, S. L. Bud'ko, P. C. Canfield, R. H. T. Wilke, D. K. Finnemore, and R. J. Suplinskas, "Intra-granular Ti precipitates in MgB2." Applied Physics Letters (submitted). D. K. Finnemore's e-mail finnemor@ameslab.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302443.

M. Krawiec, B. L. Gyorffy, and J. F. Annett, "Current carrying Andreev bound states in a superconductor-ferromagnet proximity system." E-mail m.a.krawiec@bristol.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302162.

Markus Kuhberger and Gerhard Gritzner, "The influence of zinc on Tl-1223 superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institut fur Chemische Technologie, Anorganischer Stoffe, Johannes Kepler Universitat, A-4040 Linz, Austria; tel. 43 70 2468 8703; fax 43 70 2468 8905; e-mail gerhard.gritzner@jku.at. Key words: Tl-1223 superconductors, Zn-doping. 74.72.Fq.

Miodrag L. Kulic and Igor M. Kulic, "High-Tc superconductors with antiferromagnetic order: limitations on spin-fluctuation pairing mechanism." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Igor M. Kulic, Max-Planck-Institut fur Polymerforschung, Theory Group, PO Box 3148, D-55021 Mainz, Germany; tel./fax 49 6131 379148; e-mail kulic@mpip-mainz.mpg.de.

Yuriy I. Kuzmin, "Pinning enhancement upon the magnetic flux trapping in the clusters of a normal phase with fractal boundaries." Tech. Phys. Lett. E-mail yurk@mail.ioffe.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302022.

Michael Lang and Jens Mueller, "Organic superconductors." To be published in The Physics of Superconductors, Vol. 2, K.-H. Bennemann and J. B. Ketterson (Eds.), Springer-Verlag (2003). Jens Mueller's e-mail mueller@cpfs.mpg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302157.

F. Lefloch, C. Hoffmann, M. Sanquer, and D. Quirion, "Doubled Full Shot Noise in Quantum Coherent Superconductor--Semiconductor Junctions." To be published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 067002 (2003). E-mail flefloch@cea.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0208126.

K. Le Hur and J. Hopkinson, "The Mott riddle and optical conductivity from one to two dimensions." J. Hopkinson's e-mail johnhop@physique.usherb.ca; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302385.

G. Lengl, P. Ziemann, F. Banhart, and P. Walther, "Anomalous behavior of gold nanoislands on top of SrTiO3(0001) during their overgrowth by thin YBaCuO films." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact P. Ziemann, Head Solid State Physics, Abteilung Festkorperphysik, Universitat Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Alee 11, D-89069 Ulm, Germany; tel. 49 731 5022970; fax 49 731 5022987; e-mail paul.ziemann@physik.uni-ulm.de. Key words: gold nanoparticles, YBaCuO films, HRTEM. 74.72.Bk; 74.62.Dh.

S. L. Li and H. H. Wen, "Absence of a true vortex-glass phase above the Bragg glass line in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact H. H. Wen, National Laboratory for Superconductivity, Institute of Physics and Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 603, Beijing 100080, China; tel. 86 10 8264 9474; fax 86 10 6256 2605; e-mail hhwen@aphy.iphy.ac.cn. Key words: vortex glass, vortex phase diagram, Bragg glass. 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Ec; 74.72.Hs.

X. Li, M. W. Rupich, W. Zhang, N. Nguyen, T. Kodenkandath, U. Schoop, D. T. Verebelyi, C. Thieme, M. Jowett, P. N. Arendt, S. R. Foltyn, T. G. Holesinger, T. Aytug, D. K. Christen, and M. P. Paranthaman, "High critical current MOD ex situ YBCO films on RABiTS_TM and MgO-IBAD templates." To be published in Physica C (in press). American Superconductor, Westborough, MA 01581; e-mail xli@amsuper.com. Key words: YBCO, MOD, RABiTS, CeO2, LaMnO3, MgO-IBAD, Ic.

Jack Lidmar, "Amorphous vortex glass phase in strongly disordered superconductors." E-mail jack@physto.se; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302577.

Bennett Link, "Constraining Hadronic Superfluidity with Neutron Star Precession." E-mail blink@dante.physics.montana.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0302441.

V. M. Loktev, Yu. G. Pogorelov, and V. M. Turkowski, "Fluctuating order parameter in doped cuprate superconductors." To be published in Proceedings of New3SC-4 International Conference, San Diego, California, January 15-21, 2003. Yu. G. Pogorelov's e-mail ypogorel@fc.up.pt; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302310.

B. Lorenz, J. Cmaidalka, R. L. Meng, and C. W. Chu, "Thermodynamic Properties and Pressure Effect on the Superconductivity in CaAlSi and SrAlSi." E-mail blorenz@bayou.uh.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302057.

H. Luo, Y. Liu, X. Leng, L. Qiu, H. M. Luo, Z. H. Wang, and S. Y. Ding, "Flux motion in new superconductor MgB2." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact S. Y. Ding, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China; tel. 2 86 25 3593661; fax 2 86 25 3595535; e-mail syding@netra.nju.edu.cn. Key words: MgB2, flux motion, upper critical field. 74.60.Ge.

A. Luukanen, K. M. Kinnunen, A. K. Nuottajarvi, H. F. C. Hoevers, W. M. Bergmann Tiest, and J. P. Pekola, "Fluctuation superconductivity limited noise in a transition-edge sensor." E-mail arttu.luukanen@vtt.fi; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302367.

D. Manske, I. Eremin, and K. H. Bennemann, "Renormalization of the elementary excitations in hole- and electron-doped cuprates due to spin fluctuations." Accepted for publication in PRB. I. Eremin's e-mail ieremin@physik.fu-berlin.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0210299.

M. B. Maple, B. J. Taylor, Shi Li, N. A. Frederick, V. F. Nesterenko, and S. S. Indrakanti, "Vortex- and Bragg-glass phases in bulk MgB2." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics and Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093; tel. 858 534 3969; fax 858 534 1241; e-mail mbmaple@ucsd.edu. Key words: MgB2, scaling, vortex-glass, Bragg-glass.

M. Cristina Marchetti, A. Alan Middleton, Karl Saunders, and J. M. Schwarz, "Driven depinning of strongly disordered media and anisotropic mean-field limits." A. Alan Middleton's e-mail aam@syr.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302275.

Maciej M. Maska and Marcin Mierzejewski, "Vortex structure in d-density wave scenario of pseudogap." E-mail maciek@phys.us.edu.pl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302560.

L. J. Masur, D. Buczek, E. Harley, T. Kodenkandath, X. Li, J. Lynch, N. Nguyen, M. Rupich, U. Schoop, J. Scudiere, E. Siegal, C. Thieme, D. Verebelyi, W. Zhang, and J. Kellers, "The status of commercial and developmental HTS wires." To be published in Physica C (in press). American Superconductor Corporation, HTS Technology, Two Technology Drive, Westborough, MA 01581; tel. 508 836 4200/621 4211; fax 508 836 4248; e-mail lmasur@amsuper.com. Key words: HTS wire, multifilamentary, composite, coated conductor, YBCO, BSCCO. 85.25.K.

M. Matsukawa and Y. Yamada et al, "Double-chain superconductivity in pervoskite copper oxide with insulating CuO2 plane." E-mail matsukawa@iwate-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302508.

F. Matsuzaki, N. Yoshikawa, M. Tanaka, A. Fujimaki, and Y. Takai, "A behavioral-level HDL description of SFQ logic circuits for quantitative performance analysis of large-scale SFQ digital systems." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact N. Yoshikawa, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yokohama National University, Tokiwadai 79-5, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan; tel. 81 45 339 4259; fax 81 45 338 1157; e-mail yoshi@yoshilab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp. Key words: SFQ, HDL, superconductive integrated circuit, microprocessor. 85.25.Hv; 85.25.Na; 85.40.Bh.

Yasunori Mawatari and John R. Clem, "Geometrical edge barriers and magnetization in superconducting strips with slits." E-mail y.mawatari@aist.go.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302172.

J. E. McCrone, J. L. Tallon, J. R. Cooper, A. C. MacLaughlin, J. P. Attfield, and C. Bernhard, "Magneto-Transport Properties of Doped RuSr2GdCu2O8." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. J. L. Tallon's e-mail J.Tallon@irl.cri.nz; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302499.

R. Melin and S. Peysson, "Crossed Andreev reflection at ferromagnetic domain walls." E-mail melin@grenoble.cnrs.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302236.

R. G. Melko, A. W. Sandvik, and D. J. Scalapino, "Aspect Ratio Dependence of the Spin Stiffness of a 2D XY Model." E-mail rgmelko@physics.ucsb.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302591.

P. Miranovic, N. Nakai, M. Ichioka, and K. Machida, "Orientational field-dependence of low-lying excitations in mixed state of unconventional superconductors." E-mail pedja@mp.okayama-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302374.

T. Mishonov and E. Penev, "Coherence lengths, penetration depths and Cooper pair effective masses in disordered BCS superconductors." E. Penev's e-mail penev@fhi-berlin.mpg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302168.

T. M. Mishonov, L. A. Atanasova, T. I. Ivanov, and E. S. Penev, "Temperature dependence of the specific heat for anisotropic-gap BCS superconductors." E-mail mishonov@phys.uni-sofia.bg; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0212491.

Todor M. Mishonov, Georgi V. Pachov, Ivan N. Genchev, Liliya A. Atanasova, and Damian Ch. Damianov, "Kinetics and Boltzmann kinetic equation for fluctuation Cooper pairs above Tc." E-mail mishonov@phys.uni-sofia.bg; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302046.

K. Miyake, "Polar type density of states in non-unitary odd-parity superconducting states of gap with point nodes." Submitted to J. Phys.: Condens. Matter Letter. E-mail miyake@mp.es.osaka-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302318.

K. Miyake, H. Kohno, and H. Harima, "A theory of new type of heavy-electron superconductivity in PrOs4Sb12: quadrupolar-fluctuation mediated odd-parity pairings." Submitted to J. Phys.: Condens. Matter Letter. E-mail miyake@mp.es.osaka-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302316.

A. Mizukami, H. Nishiura, K. Sakuta, and T. Kobayashi, "High critical temperature superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer with feedforward active noise control system for magnetocardiographic measurement in unshielded circumstances." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physical Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan; tel. 81 6 6850 6313; fax 81 6 6850 6313/41; e-mail mizukami@sup.ee.es.osaka-u.ac.jp. Key words: magnetocardiography, high-temperature superconductor, SQUID magnetometer, active noise control, unshielded environment. 85.25.Dq.

A. Morawski, T. Lada, and K. Przybylski, "High gas pressure treatments of MgB2 material." To be published in Physica C (in press). High Pressure Research Center "Unipress" of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Ulica Sokolowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland; tel. 48 22 837 4207; fax 48 22 632 4218; e-mail amor@unipress.waw.pl. Key words: MgB2, high gas pressure synthesis, crystallization, microstructure.

K. A. Muller, "On the macroscopic s- and d-wave symmetry in cuprate superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Physics Institute, University of Zurich, CH-8057, Switzerland; fax 41 1 6355704. Key words: high-Tc superconductivity, superconducting wave function symmetry.

P. Mune, F. C. Fonseca, R. Muccillo, and R. F. Jardim, "Magnetic hysteresis of the magnetoresistance and the critical current density in polycrystalline YBa2Cu3O7-d--Ag superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact R. F. Jardim, Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970 Sao Paulo, Brazil; tel. 55 11 3091 6896; fax 55 11 3091 6984; e-mail rjardim@if.usp.br. Key words: weak links, magnetic hysteresis, intergranular critical current, trapped flux. 74.50.+r; 74.60.Jg; 74.60.Ge; 74.80.Bj.

H. Murakami, T. Fukui, and M. Tonouchi, "Ultrafast optical magnetic flux generation and the improved THz-imaging." To be published in Physica C (in press). Research Center for Superconductor Photonics, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; tel. 81 6 6879 7982; fax 81 6 6879 7984; e-mail murakami@rcsuper.osaka-u.ac.jp. Key words: optical magnetic flux, terahertz, femtosecond laser, YBCO. 74.72.Bk; 85.25.-j.

O. Naaman, R. C. Dynes, and E. Bucher, "Josephson Effect in Pb/I/NbSe2 Scanning Tunneling Microscope Junctions." Presented at the New3SC-4 meeting, San Diego, Jan. 16-21 2003. E-mail onaaman@physics.ucsd.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302061.

Y. Nakamura, S. Kudo, M. Mukaida, and S. Ohshima, "Dependence of crystalline orientation on film thickness of sputtered YBa2Cu3O7-x on an MgO substrate." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical Engineering, Hachinohe National College of Technology, 16-1 Uwanotai, Tamonoki, Hachinohe, Aomori 039-1192, Japan; tel. 81 178 27 7285; fax 81 178 27 9379; e-mail naka-e@hachinohe-ct.ac.jp. Key words: YBa2Cu3Ox thin film, film thickness, a-axis orientation, c-axis orientation, orientation transition. 74.76.Bz; 81.15.Cd.

Yu. A. Nefyodov, M. R. Trunin, A. A. Zhohov, I. G. Naumenko, G. A. Emel'chenko, D. Yu. Vodolazov, and I. L. Maksimov, "Surface impedance anisotropy of YBa2Cu3O{6.95} single crystals: electrodynamic basis of the measurements." Phys. Rev. B 05, accepted for publication. E-mail nefyodov@issp.ac.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302510.

Masato Nishiyama, Miryala Muralidhar, Naomichi Sakai, Keiichi Ogawa, Naoki Koshizuka, and Masato Murakami, "Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of high Jc NEG123 crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; fax 81 3 3536 5705; e-mail nishiyama@istec.or.jp. Key words: scanning tunneling microscopy, high-Tc superconductor, substitution effect, modulation structure.

Yoshihiko Nonomura and Xiao Hu, "Crossover behaviors in liquid region of vortex states above a critical point caused by point defects." E-mail nonomura.yoshihiko@nims.go.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302597.

M. R. Norman and C. Pepin, "The Electronic Nature of High Temperature Cuprate Superconductors." Submitted to Rep. Prog. Phys. E-mail norman@anl.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302347.

Y. Ohashi and A. Griffin, "Superfluidity and collective modes in a uniform gas of Fermi atoms with a Feshbach resonance." Submitted to PRA. E-mail ohashi@cm.ph.tsukuba.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302196.

Alexey V. Pan, Sihai Zhou, Huakun Liu, and Shixue Dou, "Properties of superconducting MgB2 wires: 'in-situ' versus 'ex-situ' reaction technique." To be published in Supercond. Sci. Technol. (2003), in press. E-mail pan@uow.edu.au; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302249.

Marek Pekala, Jan Mucha, Rudi Cloots, Jean-Francois Fagnard, Philippe Vanderbemden, and Marcel Ausloos, "Magneto-transport study of Nb-doped Bi/Pb2223 superconductor." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Aleja Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warszawa, Poland; tel. 48 22 822 0211/4881; fax 48 22 822 1075/5996; e-mail pekala@chem.uw.edu.pl. Key words: high-Tc superconductors, Nernst effect, thermoelectric power, thermal conductivity.

Viljo Petaja, Mikko Alava, and Heiko Rieger, "Entanglement transition of elastic lines in a strongly disordered environment." Heiko Rieger's e-mail rieger@lusi.uni-sb.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302522.

P. Pisarski and G. Haran, "Local density of states induced by anisotropic impurity scattering in a d-wave superconductor." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Physics, Politechnika Wroclawska, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland; tel. 48 71 320 2663; fax 48 71 328 3696; e-mail haran@if.pwr.wroc.pl. Key words: BCS theory, d-wave superconductor, quasiparticle density of states. 74.72.-h; 74.80.-g; 74.80.Fp.

T. P. Polak and T. K. Kopec, "Charging and magnetic field effects in three-dimensional Josephson junction arrays." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw 50-950, Poland; e-mail kopec@int.pan.wroc.pl. Key words: Josephson junction array, charging effects, cubic lattice.

T. P. Polak and T. K. Kopec, "Zero-temperature phase diagram of charge and magnetically frustrated two-dimensional quantum Josephson-junction arrays." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw 50-950, Poland; e-mail kopec@int.pan.wroc.pl. Key words: Josephson junction array, phase diagram, magnetic frustration.

R. Prozorov, A. Snezhko, T. He, and R. J. Cava, "Evidence for Unconventional Superconductivity in the Non-Oxide Perovskite \mathrm{MgCNi3} from Penetration Depth Measurements." E-mail prozorov@boson.physics.sc.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302431.

W. Prusseit, R. Nemetschek, R. Semerad, K. Numssen, R. Metzger, C. Hoffmann, A. Lumkemann, M. Bauer, and H. Kinder, "Evaporation--the way to commercial coated conductor fabrication." To be published in Physica C (in press). THEVA Dunnschichttechnik GmbH, Rote-Kreuz-Str. 8, 85737 Ismaning, Germany; tel. 49 89 9233460; fax 49 89 92334610; e-mail prusseit@theva.com.

K. Przybylski, T. Brylewski, M. Bucko, J. Prazuch, A. Morawski, and T. Lada, "Synthesis and properties of superconducting (Hg,Re)-Ba-Ca-Cu-O thick films on polycrystalline LaAlO3 substrate obtained by screen-printing method." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, Department of Solid State Chemistry, University of Mining and Metallurgy (AGH), Aleja Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland; tel. 48 12 617 2469; fax 48 12 633 1593; e-mail kaz@uci.agh.edu.pl. Key words: high-Tc superconductors, thick film, screen-printing method, microstructure.

Gil Refael, Eugene Demler, Yuval Oreg, and Daniel S. Fisher, "Dissipation and quantum phase transitions of a pair of Josephson junctions." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. E-mail refael@cmtq0.harvard.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302498.

B. Renker, H. Schober, P. Adelmann, P. Schweiss, K.-P. Bohnen, and R. Heid, "LiBC--A prevented superconductor." E-mail renker@ifp.fzk.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302036.

Tiago C. Ribeiro and Xiao-Gang Wen, "Possible Z2 phase and spin-charge separation in electron doped cuprate superconductors." E-mail tribeiro@mit.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302565.

H. Rosner, M. D. Johannes, W. E. Pickett, G. Fuchs, A. Walte, S.-L. Drechsler, S. V. Shulga, K.-H. Muller, A. Handstein, K. Nenkov, J. Freudenberger, and L. Schultz, "Superconductivity and electronic structure in MgCNi3." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; tel. 49 351 4659 538; fax 49 351 4659 537; e-mail helge@physics.ucdavis.edu. Key words: superconductivity, electronic structure, upper critical field, specific heat.

J. M. Rowell, S. Y. Xu, X. H. Zeng, A. V. Pogrebnyakov, Q. Li, X. X. Xi, J. M. Redwing, W. Tian, and X. Pan, "Critical Current Density and Resistivity of MgB2 Films." A. V. Pogrebnyakov's e-mail avp11@psu.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302017.

A. Rufenacht, P. Chappatte, S. Gariglio, Ch. Leemann, J. Fompeyrine, J.-P. Locquet, and P. Martinoli, "Growth of Single Unit-Cell Superconducting La{2-x}SrxCuO{4} Films." To be published in "Solid State Electonics" special issue, conference proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Oxide Electronics, St-Pete Beach, FL, 20-23 November 2002. E-mail alain.rufenacht@unine.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302261.

V. V. Ryazanov, V. A. Oboznov, A. S. Prokofiev, and S. V. Dubonos, "Proximity Effect and Spontaneous Vortex Phase in Planar SF-Structures." JETP Letters Vol. 77, No. 1, 2003. A. S. Prokofiev's e-mail fenix@issp.ac.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302028.

Adam Rycerz and Jozef Spalek, "Microwave absorption by the Josephson network in a low field: Application to ceramic high temperature superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, ulica Reymonta 4, 30-059 Krakow, Poland; tel. 48 12 632 4888; fax 48 12 633 4079; e-mail adamr@th.if.uj.edu.pl. Key words: magnetically modulated microwave absorption, dissipative Josephson network, inhomogeneous superconductors.

H. Sakata, M. Oosawa, N. Nishida, H. Takeya, and K. Hirata, "Defects in vortex lattice observed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan; tel. 81 3 5228 8219; fax 81 3 5261 8475; e-mail sakata@rs.kagu.tus.ac.jp. Key words: scanning tunneling microscopy, scanning tunneling spectroscopy, vortex lattice, defect, YNi2B2C. 68.37.Ef; 74.60.Ec; 74.72.Ny.

Hideaki Sakata, Morimi Oosawa, Nobuhiko Nishida, Hiroyuki Takeya, and Kazuto Hirata, "Observation of vortex pinning in YNi2B2C by LT-STS." To be published in Physica C (in press). Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan; e-mail sakata@rs.kagu.tus.ac.jp. Key words: scanning tunneling microscopy, scanning tunneling spectroscopy, vortex, pinning, YNi2B2C.

N. Savvides and S. Gnanarajan, "YSZ buffer layers and YBCO superconducting tapes with enhanced biaxial alignment and properties." To be published in Physica C (in press). CSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial Physics, Sydney 2070, Australia; e-mail nick.savvides@csiro.au. Key words: YBCO superconducting tapes, oxide films, epitaxy, biaxial alignment, magnetron sputtering. 70.74.72.Bk.

E. Schachinger and J. P. Carbotte, "Residual absorption at zero temperature in d-wave superconductors." Accepted for publication by Phys. Rev. B. E-mail schachinger@itp.tu-graz.ac.at; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302256.

T. Schneider, "Thermodynamic relevance of nanoscale inhomogeneities in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta." E-mail tschnei@physik-rzu.unizh.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302024.

T. Schneider, R. Khasanov, K. Conder, and H. Keller, "Relevance of electron-lattice coupling in cuprates superconductors." R. Khasanov's e-mail rustem.khasanov@psi.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302403.

V. Sedykh, V. Sh. Shekhtman, I. S. Smirnova, B. Sh. Bagautdinov, E. V. Suvorov, and A. V. Dubovitskii, "About specific features of the structure modulation in the Bi-ferrate compounds isostructural with Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8." Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia; tel. 7 95 913 2324; fax 7 96 52 49 701; e-mail sedykh@issp.ac.ru. Key words: Bi2Sr2CaFe2Ox and Bi2Sr3Fe2Ox single crystals, modulated structures, X-ray diffraction analysis, transmission electron microscopy, Mossbauer spectroscopy. 61.10.Lx; 61.16.Bg; 61.72.Ss; 74.62.Bf; 76.80.+y.

K. Segall, D. Crankshaw, D. Nakada, T. P. Orlando, L. S. Levitov, S. Lloyd, N. Markovic, S. O. Valenzuela, M. Tinkham, and K. K. Berggren, "Impact of time-ordered measurements of the two states in a niobium superconducting qubit structure." D. Crankshaw's e-mail dscrank@mit.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302553.

V. Selvamanickam, H. G. Lee, Y. Li, X. Xiong, Y. Qiao, J. Reeves, Y. Xie, A. Knoll, and K. Lenseth, "Fabrication of 100 A class, 1 m long coated conductor tapes by metal organic chemical vapor deposition and pulsed laser deposition." To be published in Physica C (in press). Intermagnetics General Corp., SuperPower Inc., 450 Duane Avenue, Schenectady, NY 12304; tel. 518 346 1414x3097; fax 518 346 6080; e-mail selva@igc.com. Key words: MOCVD, PLD, IBAD, coated conductor. 74.72.Bk; 74.60.Jg; 74.76.Bz.

L. Shan, K. Xia, Z. Y. Liu, H. H. Wen, Z. A. Ren, G. C. Che, and Z.X. Zhao, "Influence of Carbon Concentration on the Superconductivity in MgCxNi3." H. H. Wen's e-mail hhwen@aphy.iphy.ac.cn; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302116.

A. Sherman and M. Schreiber, "Two-dimensional t-J model at moderate doping." E-mail alexei@fi.tartu.ee; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302356.

Hyung-Seop Shin, Su-Yong Choi, Hong-Soo Ha, Dong-Woo Ha, and Sang-Soo Oh, "Ic degradation behavior in Bi-2223 superconducting tapes under torsional deformation." To be published in Physica C (in press). School of Mechanical Engineering, Andong National University, 338 Songchun-dong, Andong, Kyungbuk 760-749, South Korea; tel. 82 54 820 5675; fax 82 54 823 5495; e-mail hsshin@andong.ac.kr. Key words: Bi-2223 multifilamentary tapes, torsion angle, shear strain effect, critical current, n-value. 74.72.Hs; 74.60.Jg; 85.25.Kx.

L. Shlyk, G. Krabbes, G. Fuchs, K. Nenkov, and P. Verges, "Melt-textured YBa2Cu3O7 based material doped with Li: high trapped fields and pinning." To be published in Physica C (in press). Leibniz Institut fur Festkorper- und Werkstofforschung Dresden, Postfach 270116, D-01171 Dresden, Germany; tel. 49 351 4659 480; fax 49 351 4659 480; e-mail l.shlyk@ifw-dresden.de. Key words: critical currents, chemical additions, melt-processed YBCO. 74.72.Bk; 74.62.Bf; 74.62.Dh.

A. V. Silhanek, L. Van Look, S. Raedts, R. Jonckheere, and V. V. Moshchalkov, "Guided vortex motion in superconductors with a square antidot lattice." E-mail alejandro.silhanek@fys.kuleuven.ac.be; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302173.

F. Simon, A. Janossy, T. Feher, F. Muranyi, S. Garaj, L. Forro, C. Petrovic, S. Bud'ko, R. A. Ribeiro, and P. C. Canfield, "Magnetic Field Induced Density of States in Superconducting MgB{2}: Measurement of Conduction Electron Spin-Susceptibility." E-mail simon@esr1.fkf.bme.hu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302620.

P. M. Singer , A. W. Hunt , and T. Imai, "{63}Cu NQR Study of the Inhomogeneous Electronic State in La{2-x}Sr{x}CuO{4}." E-mail singer@lps.u-psud.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302078.

Prabhakar P. Singh, "Theoretical Study of Electron-Phonon Interaction in ZrB2 and TaB2." E-mail ppsingh@phy.iitb.ac.in; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302155.

S. Soltanian, J. Horvat, X. L. Wang, P. Munroe, and S. X. Dou, "Effect of nano-carbon particle doping on the flux pinning properties of MgB2 superconductor." E-mail ss27@uow.edu.au; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302530.

J. E. Sonier, K. F. Poon, G. M. Luke, P. Kyriakou, R. I. Miller, Ruixing Liang, C. R. Wiebe, P. Fournier, and R. L. Greene, "Superconductivity and Field-Induced Magnetism in Pr{2-x}CexCuO4 Single Crystals." E-mail jeff_sonier@sfu.ca; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302223.

Y. Soutome, T. Fukazawa, A. Tsukamoto, K. Saitoh, and K. Takagi, "Effects of oxygen annealing on characteristics of surface-modified junctions and ground planes." To be published in Physica C (in press). Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., 1-280 Higashi-Koigakubo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601, Japan; tel. 81 42 323 1111; fax 81 42 327 7722; e-mail ysoutome@crl.hitachi.co.jp. Key words: oxygen annealing, interface engineered junction, ground plane, ramp-edge junction. 85.25.

D. R. Strachan, C. J. Lobb, and R. S. Newrock, "Dynamic Scaling and Two-Dimensional High-Tc Superconductors." E-mail strachan@squid.umd.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302370.

S. Sugita and H. Ohsaki, "Numerical analysis of AC losses in REBCO thin film for coated conductor and fault current limiter." To be published in Physica C (in press). Ohsaki Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; tel. 81 3 5841 6760; fax 81 3 5841 6799; e-mail sugita@ohsaki.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: AC losses, superconducting thin film, superconducting tape, superconducting fault current limiter, finite element method. 74.25.Fy; 74.76.Bz; 85.25.Am; 85.25.Kx.

A. Sundaresan, Y. Tanaka, A. Iyo, M. Kusunoki and S. Ohshima, "Simple test for high Jc and low Rs superconducting thin films." To be published in Supercond. Sci & Technol. NeRI, AIST Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba 305 8568; e-mail sundaresan-a@aist.go.jp. Key words: superconductor thin film, flux pinning, microwave surface resistance. 74.78.Bz; 74.25.sv; 74.25Nf.

B. Susla, M. Giersig, R. Czajka, and M. Kaminski, "Atomic image of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x cleaved surface." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Physics, Poznan University of Technology, Ulica Nieszawska 13A, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, Poland; fax 48 61 878 2324; e-mail susla@phys.put.poznan.pl. Key words: scanning tunneling microscopy, high-Tc superconductors, single crystal, Ni clusters.

Hiroshi Takashima, Naoko Kasai, and Akira Shoji, "Fabrication of grain boundary Josephson junction on top layer of YBCO multilayer using chemical mechanical planarization." To be published in Physica C (in press). Nanoelectronics Research Institute, AIST, Central 2, Umezono 1-1-4, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 5594; fax 81 298 61 5530; e-mail h-takashima@aist.go.jp. Key words: YBa2Cu3O7-d, Josephson junction, multilayer, superconducting quantum interference device. 85.25.Cp; 85.25.Dq.

T. Takeuchi, S. Tsuda, T. Yokoya, T. Tsukamoto, S. Shin, A. Hirai, S. Shamoto, and T. Kajitani, "Soft x-ray emission and high-resolution photoemission study of quasi-two-dimensional superconductor NaxHfNCl." To be published in Physica C (in press). RIKEN/SPring-8, Soft X-ray Spectroscopy Laboratory, Kouto 1-1-1, Mikazuki-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan; tel. 81 4 7136 3381; fax 81 4 7136 3383; e-mail takeuchi@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: photoemission, soft x-ray emission, electronic structure, layered nitride chloride superconductor. 71.30.+h; 74.70.-b; 79.60.-I; 78.70.En.

Shina Tan and K. Levin, "Anomalous Normal State Transport in Underdoped Cuprates: A Preformed-Pair Alternative to the Vortex Scenario." E-mail tansn@uchicago.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302248.

M. Tanaka, T. Kondo, A. Sekiya, A. Fujimaki, H. Hayakawa, F. Matsuzaki, N. Yoshikawa, H. Terai, and S. Yorozu, "Component test toward single-flux-quantum processors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electronics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 487-0005, Japan; tel. 81 52 789 3324; fax 81 52 789 3160; e-mail masami_t@echo.nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Key words: SFQ, processor, registers, ALU, superconducting device. 85.25.Hv; 85.25.Na.

Hiroki Tsuchiura, Masao Ogata, Yukio Tanaka, and Satoshi Kashiwaya, "Electronic states around a vortex core in high-Tc superconductors based on the t-J model." E-mail tsuchi@sissa.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302030.

Sandeep Tyagi and Yadin Y. Goldschmidt, "Effects of columnar disorder on flux-lattice melting in high-temperature superconductors." Yadin Y. Goldschmidt's e-mail yadin+@pitt.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302127.

C. D. Vaccarella, R. D. Duncan, and C. A. R. Sa de Melo, "Josephson Effect Between Triplet Superconductors: A Self-Test for the Order Parameter Symmetry of Bechgaard Salts." C. A. R. Sa de Melo's e-mail cs164@prism.gatech.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302080.

D. van der Marel, H. J. A. Molegraaf, C. Presura, and C. Santoso, "Superconductivity by Kinetic Energy Saving?" E-mail d.van.der.marel@phys.rug.nl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302169.

L. Van Look, S. Raedts, R. Jonckheere, and V. V. Moshchalkov, "Anisotropic Caging of Interstitial Vortices in Superconductors with a Square Array of Rectangular Antidots." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. E-mail lieve.vanlook@fys.kuleuven.ac.be; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302252.

L. Van Look, B. Y. Zhu, R. Jonckheere, B. R. Zhao, Z. X. Zhao, and V. V. Moshchalkov, "Anisotropic vortex pinning in superconductors with a square array of rectangular submicron holes." Physical Review B 66. E-mail lieve.vanlook@fys.kuleuven.ac.be; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302199.

Khee-Kyun Voo, Hong-Yi Chen, and W. C. Wu, "Defect and anisotropic gap induced quasi-one-dimensional modulation of local density of states in YBa2Cu3O{7-\delta}." W. C. Wu's e-mail wu@phy.ntnu.edu.tw; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302473.

Xiaorong Wang, Jiasu Wang, Suyu Wang, Zhongyou Ren, Honghai Song, Xingzhi Wang, Jun Zheng, and Xuming Shen, "The relationship of guidance force between single and multiple cylindrical Y-Ba-Cu-O superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Applied Superconductivity Laboratory, Southwest Jiaotong University, PO Box 152, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China; tel. 86 28 87600787; fax 86 28 87603310; e-mail xrwang@swjtu.edu.cn. Key words: guidance force, Y-Ba-Cu-O, superconductors array, permanent magnet guideway. 85.25.Ly.

Zili Wen, Guanghan Cao, Minghu Fang, Zhu'an Xu, and Zhengkuan Jiao, "Magnetic properties of Pr1.1Sr1.3Ba0.6Cu3O7 single crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Guanghan Cao, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; tel. 86 571 87952590; fax 86 571 87951913; e-mail ghcao@zju.edu.cn. Key words: Pr1.1Sr1.3Ba0.6Cu3O7, magnetic susceptibility, antiferromagnetic order. 74.72.Bk; 75.30.Cr; 75.30.Gw.

H. Won and K. Maki, "Thermal Conductivity in Vortex State of Nodal Superconductors." To be published in Synthetic Metals. E-mail hkwon@hallym.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302113.

Congjun Wu, Jiang-ping Hu, and Shou-cheng Zhang, "Exact SO(5) Symmetry in spin 3/2 fermionic system." E-mail wucj@stanford.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302165.

M. Xu, Z. Xiao, Y. Takano, T. Hatano, T. Kimura, and D. Fujita, "Compositional analysis of the MgB2 surface using AES." To be published in Physica C (in press). Nanomaterials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan; tel. 81 298 59 2831; fax 81 298 59 2801; e-mail xu.mingxiang@nims.go.jp. Key words: magnesium diboride, surface, Auger electron spectroscopy, depth profiling. 74.70.Ad; 82.80.Pv; 68.35.Dv.

T. Yamada, H. Ikuta, M. Yoshikawa, Y. Yanagi, Y. Itoh, and U. Mizutani, "Field trapping capability of melt-processed (Nd-Eu-Gd)-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact H. Ikuta, Center for Integrated Research in Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; tel. 81 52 789 4462; fax 81 52 789 5317; e-mail ikuta@nuap.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Key words: melt-processing, bulk superconductor, (Nd-Eu-Gd)-Ba-Cu-O, trapped field. 74.81.Bd; 74.25.Qt; 74.72.Bk.

Takashi Yanagisawa, Mitake Miyazaki, and Kunihiko Yamaji, "Lattice distortions and spin-charge inhomogeneity in the underdoped superconductivity of high-Tc cuprates." To be published in Physica C (in press). Condensed-Matter Physics Group, NeRI, AIST, Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 5374; fax 81 298 61 5387; e-mail t-yanagisawa@aist.go.jp. Key words: lattice distortions, LTT phase, stripes, superconductivity, variational Monte Carlo. 78.20.-e; 78.30.-j; 74.76.Bz.

Youichi Yanase and Masao Ogata, "Microscopic Identification of the D-vector in Triplet Superconductor Sr2RuO4." To appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. Vol. 72 (2003). E-mail yanase@hosi.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302299.

Haibo Yao, Bing Zhao, Kai Shi, Zhenghe Han, Yongli Xu, Donglu Shi, Shixin Wang, L. M. Wang, Christophe Peroz, and Catherine Villard, "Fluorine-free sol gel deposition of epitaxial YBCO thin films for coated conductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, Applied Superconductivity Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; tel. 86 10 6278 9339; fax 86 10 6278 5913; e-mail haibo.yao00@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn. Key words: coated conductor, sol gel, superconducting films. 74.72.Bk; 74.76.-w.

Y. X. Yao, X. N. Ying, Y. N. Huang, Y. N. Wang, Z. A. Ren, G. C. Che, H. H. Wen, Z. X. Zhao, and J. W. Ding, "The mechanical relaxation study of polycrystalline MgCNi3." X. N. Ying's e-mail xnying@netra.nju.edu.cn; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302350.

Y. Yasano, Y. Tanaka, and S. Kashiwaya, "Split of zero-bias conductance peak in normal-metal / \boldsymbol{d}-wave superconductor junctions." E-mail asano@eng.hokudai.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302287.

N.-C. Yeh and C.-T. Chen, "Non-universal pairing symmetry and pseudogap phenomena in hole- and electron-doped cuprate superconductors." Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Modern Physics B. E-mail ncyeh@caltech.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302217.

Joonhyun Yeo, Chaiho Rim, and Kyungsun Moon, "Non-commutative field theory approach to two-dimensional vortex liquid system." E-mail jhyeo@konkuk.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302282.

I. A. Yurchenko, A. F. Alekseev, D. O. Yurchenko, P. Badica, T. Ya. Gridasova, V. V. Morozov, A. V. Nemirovsky, and V. F. Peklun, "Erratum to 'Intensification of synthesis and examination of technological parameters influence on the properties and structure of Bi-(Pb)-Sr-Cu-Ca-O ceramics' [Physica C 384 (2003) 111-124]." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of General and Theoretical Physics, FMF, National Technical University of Ukraine, Kiev Polytechnical Institute, 03056 Kiev, Ukraine; tel. 380 44 516 55 13; e-mail jurch@mail.ru.

Oron Zachar, "Numerical Test of the Energy Scale of Columnar Dimerization in High-Tc Cuperate Superconductors." E-mail zachar@physics.ucla.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302552.

R. Zeyher, "Raman scattering from a superconductivity-induced bound state in MgB2." To appear in PRL. E-mail zeyher@greta5.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302215.

G. P. Zhang, G. S. Chang, T. A. Callcott, D. L. Ederer, W. N. Kang, Eun-Mi Choi, Hyeong-Jin Kim, and Sung-Ik Lee, "An angle-resolved soft x-ray spectroscopy study of the electronic states of single crystal MgB2." Accepted to PRB. E-mail gpzhang@indstate.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302466.

Guo Min Zhang, Liang Zhen Lin, Li Ye Xiao, and Yun Jia Yu, "A theoretical model for the angular dependence of the critical current of BSCCO/Ag tapes." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 2703, Beijing 100080, China; tel. 86 01 62553296; fax 86 10 62542034; e-mail gmzhang@mail.iee.ac.cn. Key words: Bi2223 tapes, critical currents, applied magnetic fields. 74.72.Hs; 74.60.Jg; 74.25.Ha.

Erhai Zhao, Tomas Lofwander, and J. A. Sauls, "Phase Modulated Thermal Conductance of Josephson Weak Links." J. A. Sauls' e-mail sauls@snowmass.phys.nwu.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302346.

Guo-meng Zhao, "Quantitative explanation of the magnetic resonance peak in high-temperature superconductors: Evidence for an extended s-wave pairing symmetry." E-mail gmzhao@uh.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302566.

Y. Zhao, X. F. Rui, C. H. Cheng, H. Zhang, P. Munroe, H. M. Zeng, N. Koshizuka, and M. Murakami, "Improved Irreversibility Behaviour and Critical Current Density in MgB2-Diamond Nanocomposites." E-mail y.zhao@unsw.edu.au; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302365.

S. H. Zhou, A. V. Pan, M. J. Qin, H. K. Liu, and S. X. Dou, "Effect of the processing parameters of MgB1.8(SiC)0.1/Fe tapes on the critical current density." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia; tel. 61 2 42214558; fax 61 2 42215731; e-mail shi_dou@uow.edu.au. Key words: MgB2, MgB1.8(SiC)0.1/Fe tapes, critical current density, superconductor. 74.70.Ad; 74.60.Jg; 74.60.Ge; 74.25.Ha.

Jian-Xin Zhu, Jun Sun, Qimiao Si, and A. V. Balatsky, "Effects of a Collective Spin Resonance Mode on the STM Spectra of D-Wave Superconductors." E-mail jxzhu@viking.lanl.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302494.