M. M. Abdelhadi and J. A. Jung, "Transformation of in-plane \rho (T) in YBa{2}Cu{3}O{7-\delta} at fixed oxygen content." Submitted to PRB. E-mail mabdel@phys.ualberta.ca; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305145.
Elihu Abrahams and C.M. Varma, "Hall effect in the marginal Fermi liquid regime of high-Tc superconductors." E-mail abrahams@physics.rutgers.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305141.
L. M. Abreu, A. P. C. Malbouisson, and I. Roditi, "Gauge Fluctuations in Superconducting Films." A. P. C. Malbouisson's e-mail adolfo@cbpf.br; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305369.
L. M. Abreu , A. P. C. Malbouisson , and I. Roditi, "A minimal size for granular superconductors." E-mail adolfo@cbpf.br; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305368.
C. M. Aegerter, H. Keller, S. L. Lee, C. Ager, F. Y. Ogrin, R. Cubitt, E. M. Forgan, W. J. Nutall, P. G. Kealey, S. H. Lloyd, S. T. Johnson, T. M. Riseman, and M. P. Nutley, "Transition from Type-I to Type-II Superconducting Behaviour with Temperature observed by \muSR and SANS." E-mail aegerter@nat.vu.nl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305595.
C. M. Aegerter, H. Keller, S. H. Lloyd, P. G. Kealey, E. M. Forgan, S. T. Johnson, T. M. Riseman, R. Cubitt, S. L. Lee, C. Ager, D. McK. Paul, I. M. Savic, M. Yethiraj, S. Tajima, and A. Rykov, "Observation of vortex lattice melting in large untwinned YBa2Cu3O{7-x} single crystals." E-mail aegerter@nat.vu.nl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305593.
A. Yu. Aladyshkin, A. I. Buzdin, A. A. Fraerman, A. S. Mel'nikov, D. A. Ryzhov, and A. V. Sokolov, "Domain wall superconductivity in hybrid superconductor -- ferromagnetic structures." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. D. A. Ryzhov's e-mail ryzhov@ipm.sci-nnov.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305520.
A. Yu. Aladyshkin, A. S. Mel'nikov, and D. A. Ryzhov, "Little-Parks effect and multiquanta vortices in a hybrid superconductor--ferromagnet system." Submitted to J. Phys.: Condens. Matt. E-mail alay@ipm.sci-nnov.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305551.
K. Amaya and K. Shimizu, "High pressure induced superconductivity." To be published in Physica C (in press). Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 14-2 Hamakazecho Ashiya, Hyogo 659-0032, Japan; tel./fax 81 797 22 1720; e-mail amaya@mp.es.osaka-u.ac.jp. Key words: pressure induced superconductivity, iron, lithium. 74.25.Dw; 74.62.Fj.
M. H. S. Amin and A. Yu. Smirnov, "Quasiparticle Decoherence in d-wave Superconducting Qubits." E-mail amin@dwavesys.com; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0304255.
M. Ya. Amusia and V. R. Shaginyan, "Quasiparticles in the Superconducting State of High-Tc Metals." V. R. Shaginyan's e-mail vasily@VS3381.spb.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305092.
Brian M. Andersen, "Two unitary nonmagnetic impurities in the DSC and DDW state of the cuprate superconductors." E-mail bma@fys.ku.dk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305394.
Yoichi Ando, A. N. Lavrov, Seiki Komiya, "Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in Lightly Doped La{2-x}Sr{x}CuO{4}: Impact of Anti-Phase Domain Boundaries on the Electron Transport." Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett. E-mail ando@criepi.denken.or.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305151.
N. Andrenacci, P. Pieri, and G. C. Strinati, "Evolution from BCS superconductivity to Bose-Einstein condensation: Current correlation function in the broken-symmetry phase." P. Pieri's e-mail pierbiagio.pieri@unicam.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305324.
M. Angst and R. Puzniak, "Two band superconductivity in MgB2: basic anisotropic properties and phase diagram." Invited chapter in vol. 1 of 'Horizons in Superconductivity Research' (Nova Publishers, NY), in print. E-mail angst@physik.unizh.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305048.
I. Yu. Antonova, V. M. Zakosarenko, E. V. Il'ichev, V. I. Kuznetsov, and V. A. Tulin, "Observation of a nonmonotonic transverse voltage induced by vortex motion in a superconducting thin film." JETP Letters 54. V. I. Kuznetsov's e-mail kvi@ipmt-hpm.ac.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305362.
Hideo Aoki, "Superconductivity from the repulsive electron interaction--from 1D to 3D." In Tobias Brandes et al. (ed.), The Anderson Transition and its Ramifications--Localisation, Quantum Interference, and Interactions. E-mail aoki@phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305490.
G. B. Arnold, R. A. Klemm, W. Korner, and K. Scharnberg, "Comment on 'c-axis Josephson tunneling in D{x^2-y^2}-wave superconductors'." Submittted to Phys. Rev. B. R. A. Klemm's e-mail klemm@anl.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305033.
T. Asaka, K. Yoshida, Y. Anan, S. Tsutsumi, E. Takayama-Muromachi, K. Kimoto, and Y. Matsui, "High-resolution transmission electron microscopy study of modulation structures in Bi2Sr2(RE1-xCex)2Cu2O10+y (RE: Y, Nd, Sm and Gd)." To be published in Physica C (in press). Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan; tel. 81 298 51 3354x723; fax 81 298 51 4976; e-mail asaka.toru@nims.go.jp. Key words: Bi-2222, HRTEM, modulation structure. 74.72.Hs; 61.16.Bg; 61.44.Fw.
S. M. Ashimov and J. G. Chigvinadze, "Study of dissipation processes in high-temperature superconductors of Er2Ba2Cu2O7-δ system near the superconductive transition critical temperature Tc in the range of possible Abrikosov vortex lattice melting." J. G. Chigvinadze's e-mail jaba@iph.hepi.edu.ge; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305682.
I. N. Askerzade, "Temperature dependence of some superconducting state parameters of a bulk MgB2 in two-band Ginzburg-Landau theory." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Ankara University, 06100 Tandoan-Ankara, Turkey; tel. 90 312 2126720; fax 90 312 2232395; e-mail iasker@science.ankara.edu.tr. Key words: magnesium diboride, two-band superconductivity, Ginzburg-Landau theory.
Toshiyuki Atsumi, Mitsuyuki Tsuji, Mingxiang Xu, Hideaki Kitazawa, and Takekazu Ishida, "Low-field magnetic torque of a single crystal MgB2." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Takekazu Ishida, Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan; fax 81 722549908; e-mail ishida@center.osakafu-u.ac.jp. Key words: MgB2, magnetic torque, anisotropy. 74.60.Ge; 74.25.Ha; 75.90.+w.
V. P. S. Awana, H. Kishan, E. Takayama-Muromachi, T. Watanabe, M. Karppinen, H. Yamauchi, S. K. Malik, W. B. Yelon, V. Ganesan, and A. V. Narlikar, "Superconductivity of up to 80 K for Tb-123 - TbSr2Cu2.7Mo0.3O7." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. E-mail awana@csnpl.ren.nic.in; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305555.
Naoki Ayai, Eisaku Ueno, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Ken-ichi Sato, and Kenji Yasuda, "Development of Bi-2223 wires for AC use." To be published in Physica C (in press). Sumitomo Electric Industries, Shimaya 1-1-3, Konohanaku, Osaka 554-0024, Japan; tel. 81 6 6466 5634; fax 81 6 6466 5705; e-mail ayai-naoki@sei.co.jp. Key words: bismuth-based high-Tc superconductors, superconducting tapes. 74.72.H; 85.25.K.
N. Hari Babu, M. Kambara, Y. Shi, D. A. Cardwell, C. D. Tarrant, and K. R. Schneider, "The chemical composition of uranium-containing phase particles in U-doped Y-Ba-Cu-O melt processed superconductor." To be published in Physica C (in press). IRC in Superconductivity, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK; tel. 44 1223 337443; fax 44 1223 337074; e-mail nhb24@cam.ac.uk. Key words: uranium doped YBCO, melt processing. 74.80.Bj; 74.25.Ha.
Eriko Ban, Tomoko Goto, Kazuo Watanabe, and Yoshiharu Matsuoka, "Field dependence of Jc for melt-processed filamentary Sm-Ba-Cu-O superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Material Science and Engineering, Meijo University, I-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tenpaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan; tel. 81 52 832 1151; fax 81 52 832 1170; e-mail ban@ccmfs.maeijo-u.ac.jp. Key words: Sm-Ba-Cu-O superconductors, filamentary, transport critical current density, magnetic field behavior. 74.72.Jt; 74.80.Bj.
B. Basu, "Topological Aspects of High Temperature Superconductivity and Berry Phase." E-mail banasri@isical.ac.in; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305676.
B. Basu, S. Dhar, and P. Bandyopadhyay, "High Tc Superconductivity, Skyrmions and Berry Phase." E-mail banasri@isical.ac.in; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305640.
W. Belzig and P. Samuelsson, "Full counting statistics of incoherent Andreev transport." Submitted to Europhys. Lett. E-mail wolfgang.belzig@unibas.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305249.
L. Benfatto, S.G. Sharapov, and H. Beck, "Effect of orbital currents on the restricted optical sum rule." S.G. Sharapov's e-mail sergei.sharapov@unine.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305276.
Jorge Berger, "Noise rectification by superconducting loop with two weak links." E-mail phr76jb@techunix.technion.ac.il; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305130.
A. Bill, H. Morawitz, and V. Z. Kresin, "Electronic Collective Modes and Superconductivity in Layered Conductors." E-mail abill@psi.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305293.
S. V. Borisenko, A. A. Kordyuk, A. Koitzsch, T. K. Kim, K. Nenkov, M. Knupfer, J. Fink, C. Grazioli, S. Turchini, and H. Berger, "Circular dichroism in angle-resolved photoemission spectra of under- and overdoped Pb-Bi2212." E-mail s.borysenko@ifw-dresden.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305179.
Thomas J. Bullard, Jayajit Das, and Uwe C. Tauber, "Dynamics of magnetic flux lines in the presence of correlated disorder." Uwe C. Tauber's e-mail tauber@tigger.phys.vt.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305061.
A. Buzdin and M. Daumens, "Atomic thickness hybrid F/S/F structures." M. Daumens' e-mail m.daumens@cpmoh.u-bordeaux1.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305320.
A. Buzdin and A. Koshelev, "Periodic alternating 0,\pi-junction structures as realization of \varphi-Josephson junctions." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. A. Koshelev's e-mail koshelev@msd.anl.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305142.
Guanghan Cao, Chunmu Feng, Yi Xu, Wen Lu, Jingqin Shen, Minghu Fang, and Zhu'an Xu, "Superconductivity in a layered cobalt oxyhydrate Na{0.31}CoO{2}\cdot1.3H{2}O." E-mail ghcao@zju.edu.cn; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305503.
C. A. Cardoso, F. M. Araujo-Moreira, V. P. S. Awana, H. Kishan, E. Takayama-Muromachi, and O. F. de Lima, "Spin Glass Behavior in the Ru-1222 and Ru-1212 rutheno-cuprate families: a comparative study." E-mail cardoso@df.ufscar.br; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305411.
X. P. Chen, Z. Han, M. Y. Li, J. Meng, and Q. Liu, "Observation of the formation and growth of secondary phases in Bi-2223/Ag tapes." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; tel. 86 10 6278 9339; fax 86 10 6278 5913; e-mail xpchen@tsinghua.edu.cn. Key words: Bi-2223/Ag tapes, formation and growth, liquid phase, secondary phase. 74.72.Hs.
I. Chiorescu, Y. Nakamura, C. J. P. M. Harmans, and J. E. Mooij, "Coherent Quantum Dynamics of a Superconducting Flux Qubit." Science, vol. 299. E-mail chiorescu@qt1.tn.tudelft.nl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305461.
Mark W. Coffey , "Fluctuation-Induced Excess DC Conductivity with Spectral Cutoff: Closed Form Results for Bulk Anisotropic and Layered Superconductors." To appear in Physica C. Tel. 720 744 7366; fax 720 744 8199; e-mail mcoffey@stripe.colorado.edu. Key words: anisotropy, dc conductivity, Gaussian fluctuations, Lawrence-Doniach model, spectral cutoff, Ginzburg-Landau theory, coherence lengths, dimensionality dependence, temperature dependence. 74.40.+k, 74.20.De, 74.25.Bt, 74.72.-h.
M. Cuoco, C. Noce, J. Ranninger, and A. Romano, "The boson-fermion model: An exact diagonalization study." To be published in Phys. Rev. B. E-mail marcuo@sa.infn.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305075.
Severiano R. Curras, Gonzalo Ferro, M. Teresa Gonzalez, Manuel V. Ramallo, Mauricio Ruibal, Jose Antonio Veira, Patrick Wagner, and Felix Vidal, "The in-plane paraconductivity in La{2-x}SrxCuO4 thin film superconductors at high reduced-temperatures: Independence of the normal-state pseudogap." Manuel V. Ramallo's e-mail fmrama@usc.es; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305021.
D. Daghero, R. S. Gonnelli, G. A. Ummarino, O. V. Dolgov, J. Kortus, A. A. Golubov, and S. V. Shulga, "The determination of the electron-phonon interaction from tunneling data in the two-band superconductor MgB2." Proceedings of M2S-HTSC-VII conference, Rio de Janeiro (May 2003). E-mail ddaghero@polito.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305563.
Fran De Aquino, "Effects of Extreme-Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on the Weight of the Hg at the Superconducting State." E-mail francisco.subden@geinfra.ma.gov.br; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305143.
K. Develos-Bagarinao, H. Yamasaki, Y. Nakagawa, H. Obara, and H. Yamada, "Microcrack-free thick YBCO/CeO2/Al2O3 films prepared by a large-area pulsed laser deposition system." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductor Technology Group, Energy Electronics Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 5721; fax 81 298 61 5726; e-mail kathy@ni.aist.go.jp. Key words: YBCO, microcracks, pulsed laser deposition. 68.55.-a; 81.15.Fg; 74.72.Bk.
P. Diko, K. Zmorayova, N. Hari Babu, and D. A. Cardwell, "Shape change during solidification of bulk, single grain Y-Ba-Cu-O samples fabricated by top seeded melt growth." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Experimental Physics, SAS, Watsonova 47, 04353 Kosice, Slovakia; tel. 421 55 6336320; fax 421 55 6336292; e-mail dikos@saske.sk.
L. Dobrosavljevic-Grujic and P. Miranovic, "Low temperature specific heat in anisotropic superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact P. Miranovic, Department of Physics, Okayama University, Tsushima Naka 3-1-1, Okayama 700-8530, Japan; tel. 81 86 251 7806; fax 81 86 251 7830; e-mail pedja@mp.okayama-u.ac.jp.
T. Doi, K. Inoue, Y. Hakuraku, K. Onabe, M. Okada, N. Kashima, and S. Nagaya, "{110} l_angle 110 r_angle textured Ag tapes for biaxially oriented YBa2Cu3O7 coated conductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan; tel. 81 99 285 8389; fax 81 99 285 8397/256 1356; e-mail doi@eee.kagoshima-u.ac.jp. Key words: coated conductor, textured Ag, {110} l_angle 110 r_angle, biaxial orientation. 74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz.
T. Domanski, "Nature of correlations in the atomic limit of the boson fermion model." To appear in Eur. Phys. J. B. E-mail doman@kft.umcs.lublin.pl; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305163.
S. V. Dubonos, V. I. Kuznetsov, and A. V. Nikulov, "Quantum voltage oscillations observed on segments of an inhomogeneous superconducting loop." A. V. Nikulov's e-mail nikulov@ipmt-hpm.ac.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305337.
J. Dukelsky, J. M. Roman, and G. Sierra, "Comment on 'Polynomial-Time Simulation of Pairing Models on a Quantum Computer'." To appear in Physical Review Letters. E-mail dukelsky@iem.cfmac.csic.es; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/quant-ph/0305139. Comment on the Letter "Polynomial-Time Simulation of Pairing Models on a Quantum Computer", L. A. Wu, M. S. Byrd and D. A. Lidar, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 057904 (2002).
T. Duty, D. Gunnarsson, K. Bladh, R. J. Schoelkopf, and P. Delsing, "Coherent dynamics of a Josephson charge qubit." Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. E-mail tim@fy.chalmers.se; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305433.
M. Eisterer, S. Haindl, T. Wojcik, and H. W. Weber, "'Magnetoscan': A Modified Hall Probe Scanning Technique for the Detection of Inhomogeneities in Bulk High Temperature Superconductors." E-mail eisterer@ati.ac.at; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305170.
M. Eisterer, M. Zehetmayer, and H.W. Weber, "Current percolation and anisotropy in polycrystalline MgB2." Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters (http://prl.aps.org/). E-mail eisterer@ati.ac.at; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305168.
E. Elizalde, E. J. Ferrer, and V. de la Incera, "Beyond-Constant-Mass-Approximation Magnetic Catalysis in the Gauge Higgs-Yukawa Model." V. de la Incera's e-mail incera@fredonia.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/hep-ph/0209324.
R. Endoh, H. Kato, T. Izumi, and Y. Shiohara, "Evaluation of the invasion heat for the HTS current lead using YBCO." To be published in Physica C (in press). National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST, Tsukuba Central 3, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan; tel. 81 29 861 4166; fax 81 29 861 4039; e-mail ryo-endoh@aist.go.jp. Key words: YBCO, HTS current lead, invasion heat, steady heat flow method. 74.72.Bk; 85.25.-j.
Yoshihisa Enomoto and Hidenori Itamoto, "Vortex dynamics in superconducting films with twin boundary networks." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Environmental Technology, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Nagoya 466 8555, Japan; tel. 81 52 735 5153; fax 81 52 735 5158; e-mail eno@system.nitech.ac.jp. Key words: twin boundary network, superconducting grain, vortex motion, I-V curves. 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Mj.
H. Fang, S. Padmanabhan, Y.X. Zhou, and K. Salama, "High Critical Current Density in Iron-Clad MgB2 Tapes." To appear in Applied Physics Letters, June 2003. Texas Center for Superconductivity and Advanced Materials (TcSAM) and Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-4006; e-mail: hfang@uh.edu. Key words: MgB2, Powder-in-tube, Critical current density. 74.80.Bj.
Shiping Feng, Tianxing Ma, and Jihong Qin, "Gauge invariant dressed holon and spinon in doped cuprates." Mod. Phys. Lett. B17, 361 (2003). E-mail spfeng@sun.ihep.ac.cn; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305671.
L. M. Fisher, T. H. Johansen, A. L. Rakhmanov, A. A. Levchenko, and V. A. Yampol'skii, "Macroturbulent Instability of the Flux Line Lattice in Anisotropic Superconductors." Submitted to Physical Review B. E-mail fisher@vei.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305589.
N. A. Fortune, H. A. Radovan, S. T. Hannahs, and T. P. Murphy, "Comment on 'First-Order Superconducting Phase Transition in CeCoIn5'." Submitted to Physical Review Letters. E-mail nfortune@email.smith.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305390.
Mario Freamat and K.-W. Ng, "Andreev bound states in normal and ferromagnet/high-Tc superconducting tunnel junctions." Submitted to Physica C. E-mail mario@pa.uky.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305446.
Hiroshi Fuji, Tetsuji Honjo, Ryo Teranishi, Yoshitaka Tokunaga, Junko Shibata, Teruo Izumi, Yuh Shiohara, Yasuhiro Iijima, and Takashi Saitoh, "Processing for long YBCO coated conductors by TFA-MOD process." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-Ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5711; fax 81 3 3536 5705; e-mail hfuji@istec.or.jp. Key words: TFA-MOD process, IBAD, RF-sputter. 81.15.-z; 74.72.Bk; 81.10.Jt.
Hiroyuki Fujishiro, Hidekazu Teshima, Manabu Ikebe, and Koshichi Noto, "Thermal conductivity of YBaCuO bulk superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka 020-8551, Japan; tel./fax 81 19 621 6363; e-mail fujishiro@iwate-u.ac.jp. Key words: thermal conductivity, YBaCuO, magnetic field, critical current. 74.72.-h; 51.20.+d.
Hirofumi Fukai, Hideyuki Yamada, Naomichi Sakai, and Masato Murakami, "Pulsed field magnetization of large-grain Gd-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductor." To be published in Physica C (in press). ISTEC-SRL, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan; tel. 81 3 3454 9284; fax 81 3 3454 9287; e-mail fukai@istec.or.jp. Key words: Gd-Ba-Cu-O, bulk superconductor, pulsed field magnetization. 74.25.Ha; 74.60.Ge.
Satoshi Fukui, Hiroyuki Tonsho, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Mitsugi Yamaguchi, Shinji Torii, Kiyotaka Ueda, and Tomoaki Takao, "Numerical evaluation of measured AC loss in HTS tape in AC magnetic field carrying AC transport current." To be published in Physica C (in press). Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi, Niigata 950-2181, Japan; tel./fax 81 25 262 6731; e-mail fukui@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp. Key words: AC transport current loss, AC magnetization loss, electric field and current density relation. 74; 85.25.K.
F. Furuta, K. Saitoh, and K. Takagi, "High-speed operation of front-end circuit of analog-to-digital converter." To be published in Physica C (in press). Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., 1-280 Higashi-Koigakuba, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601, Japan; tel. 81 42 323 1111; fax 81 42 327 7722; e-mail futoshi-arl.furuta@c-net3.crl.hitachi.co.jp. Key words: SFQ A/D-converter, front-end circuit, niobium. 85.25.N.
K. Gibson, P. Ziegler, and H.-J. Meyer, "NO_x control of the Bi-2201 formation." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact P. Ziegler, Institut fur Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard-Karls-Universitat Tubingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany; tel. 49 7071 29 76231; fax 49 7071 29 5702; e-mail peter.ziegler@student.uni-tuebingen.de. Key words: Bi-2201, reactivity, NO_x atmosphere, oxide nitrate. 74.72.Hs; 74.62.Bf.
Dominique Gobert, Ulrich Schollwock, and Jan von Delft, "Josephson effect between superconducting nanograins with discrete energy levels." E-mail gobert@theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305361.
R. S. Gonnelli, D. Daghero, G. A. Ummarino, Valeria Dellarocca, A. Calzolari, V. A. Stepanov, J. Jun, S. M. Kazakov, and J. Karpinski, "Directional point-contact spectroscopy of MgB2 single crystals in magnetic fields: two-band superconductivity and critical fields." Proceedings of M2S-HTSC-VII conference, Rio de Janeiro (May 2003). E-mail gonnelli@polito.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305560.
J. L. Gonzalez and E. V. L. de Mello, "Theory of the Diamagnetism Above the Critical Temperature for Cuprates." Submitted to the Phys. Rev. B. E. V. L. de Mello's e-mail evandro@if.uff.br; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305135.
M. T. Gonzalez, J. Vina, S. R. Curras, J. A. Veira, J. Maza, and F. Vidal, "Normal-superconducting transition induced by high current densities in YBa2Cu3O7-d melt-textured samples and thin films: Similarities and differences." Submitted to Physical Review B. E-mail fmteresa@usc.es; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305020.
H. Gonzalez-Jorge, D. Gonzalez-Salgado, J. Peleteiro, E. Carballo, and G. Domarco, "Avoiding quenching in superconducting rings." Submitted to Journal of Applied Physics. E-mail higiniog@uvigo.es; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305392.
M. C. Goorden and F. K. Wilhelm, "Theoretical analysis of continuously driven dissipative solid-state qubits." Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B. F. K. Wilhelm's e-mail wilhelm@theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305467.
Yu. V. Goryunov, "Tc-oscillations of a superconducting heterostructure OC/V/Fe by oscillating couple in a fragment OC=Fe/Cr/Fe." Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. E-mail gorjunov@kfti.knc.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305428.
D. Goto, T. Machi, Y. Zhao, N. Koshizuka, M. Murakami, and S. Arai, "Improvement of critical current density in MgB2 by Ti, Zr and Hf doping." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 10-13 Shinonome, 1-Chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5707; fax 81 3 3536 5705; e-mail dgto@istec.or.jp. Key words: pinning properties, MgB2, superconductivity. 74.70.Ad.
Govind and S. K. Joshi, "Effect of out-of-plane interactions on normal state spectral properties of bilayer cuprate." To be published in Physica C (in press). Cryogenics and Superconductivity Group, National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India; tel. 91 11 5787161; fax 91 11 5852678; e-mail govind@csnpl.ren.nic.in.
Donald U. Gubser, "Superconducting motors and generators for naval applications." To be published in Physica C (in press). Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20375-5343; tel. 202 767 2926; fax 202 767 0178; e-mail gubser@anvil.nrl.navy.mil. Key words: superconductivity, motors, generators, ships. 84.50.
Bruno Guillet, Laurence Mechin, and Didier Robbes, "High performance temperature controller: application to the excess noise measurements of YBCO thermometers in the transition region." Contribution to 17th International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations (ICNF17), Prague (August 2003). E-mail bguillet@greyc.ismra.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305469.
V. Gurarie and A. M. Tsvelik, "A superconductor-insulator transition in a one-dimensional array of Josephson junctions." E-mail gurarie@thphys.ox.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305266.
A. Gurevich, S. Patnaik, V. Braccini, K. H. Kim, C. Mielke, X. Song, L. D. Cooley, S. D. Bu, D. M. Kim, J. H. Choi, L. J. Belenky, J. Giencke, M. K. Lee, W. Tian, X. Q. Pan, A. Siri, E. E. Hellstrom, C. B. Eom, and D. C. Larbalestier, "Significant enhancement of the upper critical field in the two-gap superconductor MgB2 by selective tuning of impurity scattering." PRB, vol. 67. D. Larbalestier's e-mail larbalestier@engr.wisc.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305474.
Rushan Han and Wei Guo, "The superconducting state in a single CuO2 layer:Experimental findings and scenario." E-mail rshan@pku.edu.cn; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305637.
Katsuya Hasegawa, Junko Shibata, Teruo Izumi, Yuh Shiohara, Yoshihiro Sugawara, Tsukasa Hirayama, Fumiyasu Oba, and Yuichi Ikuhara, "Improvement of superconducting properties of SmBa2Cu3Oy films on MgO substrate by using BaZrO3 buffer layer." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, Div. 4, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062; Japan; fax 81 3 3536 5714; e-mail khasegawa@istec.or.jp. Key words: SmBa2Cu3Oy, BaZrO3, interfacial energy, critical temperature, critical current density. 74.76.Bz; 68.55.-a.
T. Haugan, P. N. Barnes, L. Brunke, I. Maartense, and J. Murphy, "Effect of O2 partial pressure on YBa2Cu3O7-d thin film growth by pulsed laser deposition." To be published in Physica C (in press). Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/PRPG (UES Inc.), Building 450, 2645 Fifth St. Ste. 13, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7919; tel. 937 255 6940; fax 937 656 4095; e-mail timothy.haugan@wpafb.af.mil. Key words: YBa2Cu3O7-d, oxygen pressure, pulsed laser deposition, HTS thin films. 74.76.B; 74.72.B; 81.15.F.
M. Hayashi and H. Ebisawa, "Novel boundary effect in high temperature superconductors: superconductivity induced by pseudogap proximity effect." To be published in Physica C (in press). Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Aramaki Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan; tel. 81 22 217 5847; fax 81 22 217 5851; e-mail hayashi@cmt.is.tohoku.ac.jp. Key words: superconductivity, boundary, high-Tc compound. 74.72.-h; 74.76.Bz; 74.80.-g; 74.20.Mn.
D. F. He, M. Nakamura, and M. Yoshizawa, "High-Tc DC SQUID system cooled by pulse-tube cooler." To be published in Physica C (in press). Yoshizawa's Lab, Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University, Morioka 020-8551, Japan; tel. 81 19 621 6356; fax 81 19 621 6373; e-mail hdf@iwate-techno.com. Key words: SQUID, pulse-tube cooler. 85.25.Dq; 07.20.Mc.
Igor F. Herbut and Dominic J. Lee, "Theory of spin response in underdoped cuprates as strongly fluctuating d-wave superconductors." E-mail iherbut@sfu.ca; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305542.
Igor F. Herbut and Babak H. Seradjeh, "Permanent confinement in the compact QED3 with fermionic matter." E-mail iherbut@sfu.ca; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305296.
C. Hess, B. Buchner, U. Ammerahl, and A. Revcolevschi, "Phonon thermal conductivity in doped \rm\bf La2CuO4: relevant scattering mechanisms." E-mail christian.hess@physics.unige.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305321.
M. Hilke, S. Reid, R. Gagnon, and Z. Altounian, "Experimental phase diagram of moving vortices." E-mail hilke@ee.princeton.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305091.
J. E. Hirsch, "The Lorentz force and superconductivity." E-mail jhirsch@ucsd.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305542.
J. E. Hirsch, "Superconductors as giant atoms: qualitative aspects." Presented at the meeting 'Highlights in Condensed Matter Physics' in honor of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ferdinando Mancini , May 9-11, 2003, Salerno, Italy. E-mail jhirsch@ucsd.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305574.
Y. Hishinuma, A. Nishimura, T. Mito, O. Motojima, S. Hirano, S. Yoshizawa, A. Matsumoto, and H. Kumakura, "Preparation and superconductivity of the BPSCCO-2223 sintered bulk by new designed composite." To be published in Physica C (in press). National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan; tel. 81 572 58 2138; fax 81 572 58 2616; e-mail hishinuma@nifs.ac.jp. Key words: BPSCCO-2223 oxide bulk, composite, Ag wire, PIT filament, Jc property. 74.72.Hs; 81.05.Ni.
M. Hojo, T. Matsuoka, S. Nakaoka, M. Tanaka, S. Ochiai, M. Sugano, and K. Osamura, "Bending deformation and its influence on critical current in Bi2223 composite superconducting tapes." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; tel. 81 75 753 4836; fax 81 75 771 7286; e-mail hojo@mech.kyoto-u.ac.jp. Key words: Bi2223, composite superconducting tape, bending deformation. 74.25.L; 62.20.F; 74.60.Jg.
T. Honjo, Y. Nakamura, R. Teranishi, Y. Tokunaga, H. Fuji, J. Shibata, S. Asada, T. Izumi, Y. Shiohara, Y. Iijima, T. Saitoh, A. Kaneko, and K. Murata, "Fabrication and growth mechanism of YBCO coated conductors by TFA-MOD process." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconducting Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5711; fax 81 3 3536 5714; e-mail honjo@istec.or.jp. Key words: coated conductors, TFA-MOD process, conversion kinetics, equilibrium constant. 74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz.
B. W. Hoogenboom, K. Kadowaki, B. Revaz, and O. Fischer, "Homogeneous samples of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d." To be published in Physica C (in press). M. E. Muller Institute for Structural Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland; tel. 41 61 267 3770; fax 41 61 267 3795; e-mail bart.hoogenboom@unibas.ch. Key words: high-Tc superconductivity, Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d, inhomogeneity. 74.50.+r; 74.72.-h; 74.72.Hs.
A. Hu, N. Sakai, H. Zhou, K. Inoue, N. Chikumoto, M. Murakami, "Air Processing of Ternary (Sm, Eu, Gd)Ba2Cu3O7-\delta Tc Superconductors with Enhanced Peak Effects." Physica C, accepted for publication. Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan; fax 0081-3-34549287; e-mail amhu@istec.or.jp. Key words: (Sm, Eu, Gd)Ba2Cu3O7-\delta Tc, air processing, peak effect, compositional fluctuation. 74.72.BK; 74.62.Dh; 74.60.Jg.
Chia-Ren Hu, "Qualitative picture of a new mechanism for high-Tc superconductors." New3SC-4 Conference Proceedings, to be published in IJMPB. E-mail hu@titan.physics.tamu.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305452.
Lifa Hu, Pingxiang Zhang, Xinkang Teng, Jingrong Wang, Chengshan Li, Yong Feng, Lian Zhou, Shiying Ding, Li Qiu, and Xiang Leng, "Magnetic losses in Bi2223 high temperature superconductors measured by AC and DC magnetization method." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconducting Material Research Center, Northwest Institute for Nonferrous Metal Research, PB 51, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710016, China; tel. 86 29 623 1079; fax 86 29 622 4487; e-mail hulifa@21cn.com. Key words: AC losses, susceptibility, Bi2223. 74.60.Ec; 75.30.Cr.; 74.72.Hs.
David A. Huse, Werner Krauth, R. Moessner, and S. L. Sondhi, "Coulomb and Liquid Dimer Models in Three Dimensions." R. Moessner's e-mail moessner@lpt.ens.fr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305318.
Toshihiro Iguchi, Takeshi Araki, Yutaka Yamada, Hiroshi Ikuta, Izumi Hirabayashi, Yuh Shiohara, and Uichiro Mizutani, "Metal-organic deposition of RE-Ba-Cu-O (RE = Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm) films using trifluoroacetates." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Hiroshi Ikuta, Center for Integrated Research in Science and Engineering (CIRSE), 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: RE-Ba-Cu-O (RE = Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm), trifluoroacetates, metal-organic deposition, ex situ process. 74.78.Bz; 74.72.Bk.
K. Iida, J. Yoshiioka, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, "Welding of different Y-Ba-Cu-O blocks." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, Morioka Lab., Division III, 3-35-2 Iioka-Shinden, Morioka, Iwate 020-0852, Japan; tel. 81 19 635 9015; fax 81 19 635 9107; e-mail iida@istec.or.jp. Key words: superconducting joint, (110)/(110) joint, silver added Y-Ba-Cu-O solder, Er-Ba-Cu-O solder. 74.72.BK.
R. Inada, Y. Ogawa, N. Inagaki, Y. Nakamura, A. Oota, and P. X. Zhang, "Fabrication and AC transport losses for Ag-sheathed Bi2223 tapes using rectangular deformation process." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, 1-1 Hibarigaoka, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8580, Japan; tel. 81 532 44 6735; fax 81 532 44 6757; e-mail inada@eee.tut.ac.jp. Key words: Bi2223 tapes, AC transport losses, rectangular deformation, two-axial rolling. 74.60.Jg; 74.72.Bk; 74.72.Hs.
Yoshihiro Ishimaru, Yuan Wu, Toshiaki Suzuki, Masahiro Horibe, Osami Horibe, Hironori Wakana, Seiji Adachi, Yoshinobu Tarutani, and Keiichi Tanabe, "Relation between barrier structure and electrical properties of interface-modified ramp-edge junctions." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5701; fax 81 3 3536 5714; e-mail ishimaru@istec.or.jp. Key words: RHEED, TEM, Josephson junction, interface-modified barrier. 74.50.+r; 74.72.Bk.
Hideo Itozaki, Tadayuki Kondo, and Tatsuoki Nagaishi, "HTS scanning SQUID microscope." To be published in Physica C (in press). National Institute for Materials Science, Superconductor Research Center, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan; tel. 81 298 59 2355; fax 81 298 59 2301; e-mail itozaki.hideo@nims.go.jp. Key words: SQUID, microscope, electronics, superconductor. 85.25.-j; 85.25.Cp; 85.25.Dq.
D. A. Ivanov and P. A. Lee, "Staggered-flux normal state in the weakly doped t-J model." E-mail ivanov@alum.mit.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305145.
Masataka Iwakuma, Yuzo Fukuda, Masamichi Fukui, Kazuhiro Kajikawa, and Kazuo Funaki, "Magnetic field angular dependence of ac losses in Bi2223 superconducting wires." To be published in Physica C (in press). Research Institute of Superconductivity, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan; tel. 81 92 642 4017; fax 81 92 632 2438; e-mail iwakuma@sc.kyushu-u.ac.jp. Key words: Bi2223, superconductor, AC loss, angular dependence. 74.25.Ha; 85.25.Kx.
A. Iyo, M. Hirai, K. Tokiwa, T. Watanabe, and Y. Tanaka, "Preparation of polycrystals with various Tc and single crystal growth of Ba2Ca3Cu4O8(O1-yFy)2 under high pressure." To be published in Physica C (in press). AIST and CREST, AIST Central 2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 5435; fax 81 298 61 5447; e-mail iyo-akira@aist.go.jp. Key words: high pressure synthesis, single crystals, Ba2Ca3Cu4O8(O1-yFy)2, multi-layered cuprate, underdoped state. 74.25.Fy; 74.62.-c; 74.72.Jt; 74.62.Bf.
T. Jarlborg, "Spin-phonon interaction and band effects in the high-TC superconductor HgBa2CuO4." E-mail thomas.jarlborg@physics.unige.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305438.
N. Jun and G.-M. Zhang, "First principle investigation of electronic structures of NaxCoO2 with normal and strained CoO2 layers." G.-M. Zhang's e-mail gmzhang@castu.tsinghua.edu.cn; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305423.
Ryosuke Kadono, Kazuki Ohishi, Akihiro Koda, Wataru Higemoto, Kenji M. Kojima, Shin-ichi Kuroshima, Masaki Fujita, and Kazyoshi Yamada, "Magnetic Ground State of Pr{0.89}LaCe{0.11}CuO{4+\alpha-\delta} with Varied Oxygen Depletion Probed by Muon Spin Relaxation." Submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. E-mail ryosuke.kadono@kek.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305548.
Masahiko Kai, Atsushi Inoue, Saburo Hoshi, Satoshi Koyama, Xin Yao, Teruo Izumi, Kiyoshi Murata, and Yuh Shiohara, "Fabrication of Zn-doped RE123 LPE films for persistent current switch materials." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5711; fax 81 3 3536 5714; e-mail kai@istec.or.jp. Key words: REBa2Cu3Oy, Zn, liquid phase epitaxy, persistent current switch. 74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz; 81.10.Dn; 81.15Lm.
K. Kajikawa, T. Hayashi, R. Yoshida, M. Iwakuma, and K. Funaki, "Influence of vacuum region on AC losses in superconducting wires with 2D FEM formulated by self-magnetic field." To be published in Physica C (in press). Research Institute of Superconductivity, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan; tel. 81 92 642 4019; fax 81 92 632 2438; e-mail kajikawa@sc.kyushu.u.ac.jp. Key words: AC loss, finite element method, high-Tc superconductors, self-magnetic field. 74.25.Ha; 85.25.Kx.
Kazuomi Kakimoto, Yasuhiro Iijima, and Takashi Saitoh, "Fabrication of long-Y123 coated conductors by combination of IBAD and PLD." To be published in Physica C (in press). Fujikura Ltd., 1-5-1 Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8512, Japan; fax 81 3 5606 1512; e-mail kakimoto@rd.fujikura.co.jp. Key words: IBAD, PLD, metallic substrate, Y123, Y2O3. 74.72.Bk; 85.25.Kx.
K. Kakuyanagi, K. Kumagai, Y. Matsuda, and M. Hasegawa, "Antiferromagnetic Vortex Core of Tl2Ba2CuO{6+x} Studied by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance." Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 197003 (2003). Y. Matsuda's e-mail ym@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305525.
M. Kamada, Y. Arakawa, and S. Okuma, "I-V characteristics of thick a-MoxSi1-x films in the corbino disk geometry." To be published in Physica C (in press). Research Center for Low Temperature Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ohokayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan; tel. 81 3 5734 3252; fax 81 3 5734 2749; e-mail mkamada@o.cc.titech.ac.jp. Key words: plastic motion, vortex glass, amorphous films. 74.25.Dw; 74.25.Nf; 74.60.Ge.
Kenji Kamide, Takashi Kimura, Munihiro Nishida, and Susumu Kurihara, "Singlet superconductivity phase in carbon nanotubes." E-mail kamide@kh.phys.waseda.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0301115.
Ai Kamitani, H. Wakana, S. Adachi, T. Sugano, and K. Tanabe, "Preparation of LSAT and BZO insulating layer on superconducting ground plane for high-Tc device." To be published in Physica C (in press). SRL, ISTEC, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5709; fax 81 3 3536 5705; e-mail kamitani@istec.or.jp. Key words: insulating layer, LSAT, BZO. 74.80.Dm.
I. Kanazawa, "Anomalous transport and quantized massive collective exitations in underdoped cuprates." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, Tokyo Gakugei University, Nukuikitamachi, 4-1-1 Koganei-shi,Tokyo 184 8501, Japan; tel. 81 42 329 7548; fax 81 42 329 7491; e-mail kanazawa@u-gakugei.ac.jp. Key words: high-Tc cuprates, transport properties, superconductivity. 75.10.Nr; 75.10.Jm; 74.70.Xy.
T. Kaneko, K. Iida, J. Yoshioka, N. Sakai, M. Murakami, A. Murakami, and K. Katagiri, "Mechanical properties of Y-Ba-Cu-O blocks welded by Er-Ba-Cu-O solder." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, Morioka Lab, Div. III, 3-35 2 Iioka-Shinden, Morioka, Iwate 020-0852, Japan; tel. 81 19 635 9015; fax 81 19 635 9017; e-mail kaneko@istec.or.jp. Key words: mechanical property, joint, Y-Ba-Cu-O, Er-Ba-Cu-O, welding, solder. 74.72.BK.
D. Karmakar and K. V. Bhagwat, "Critical state model for general cylinders: unifying scheme for parallel and perpendicular geometries." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact K. V. Bhagwat,Technical Physics & Prototype Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India; tel. 91 22 2559 3838; fax 91 22 2550 5151; e-mail kvb@apsara.barc.ernet.in. Key words: type-II superconductors, Bean's model, critical state model, magnetization curves, hysteresis. 74.25.Ha; 75.60.Ej.
M. Karppinen, V. P. S. Awana, Y. Morita, and H. Yamauchi, "Oxygen stoichiometry in Co-1212, Co-1222 and Co-1232 of the homologous series Co-12s2 of "category-B" layered copper oxides." To be published in Physica C (in press). Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan; tel. 81 45 924 5333; fax 81 45 924 5365; e-mail karppinen@msl.titech.ac.jp. Key words: Co-based layered copper oxides, category-B homologous series, fluorite block, oxygen stoichiometry. 74.72.Jt; 81.05.Zx.
T. Kashiwagi, M. Kubota, E. Suzuki, T. Matsuda, M. Hirakawa, H. Nakashima, H. Ohsaki, and T. Mizuno, "Levitation characteristics of the superconducting mixed-{mu} system." To be published in Physica C (in press). Central Japan Railway Company, 1545-33 Ohyama, Komaki, Aichi 485-0801, Japan; tel. 81 568 47 5383; fax 81 568 47 5364; e-mail t.kashiwagi@jr-central.co.jp. Key words: magnetic gradient levitation, mixed-{mu} system, superconducting screen. 85.25.Ly.
K. Kashiwazaki, T. Ito, A. Sasajima, T. Takao, and A. Yamanaka, "FRP surfaces and frictional properties of structural materials in superconducting coils." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact T. Takao, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan; tel. 81 3 3238 3327; fax 81 3 3238 3321; e-mail takao@eco.ee.sophia.ac.jp. Key words: stability, friction, fiber reinforced plastic, frictional coefficient. 74.25.Ld.
K. Katagiri, A. Murakami, R. Kan, K. Kasaba, K. Noto, M. Muralidhar, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, "Effects of Ag content on the mechanical properties of (Nd, Eu,Gd)-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka 020-8551, Japan; tel. 81 19 621 6412; fax 81 19 624 6412/621 3951; e-mail katagiri@iwate-u.ac.jp. Key words: (Nd, Eu,Gd)-Ba-Cu-O bulk, Ag content, mechanical properties. 74.70; 62.20.Mk.
Kazumasa Katayama, Yuzo Yoshida, Shuichi Kawamata, Takekazu Ishida, Kenji Shibata, Takahiko Sasaki, Norio Kobayashi, Seiji Adachi, and Setsuko Tajima, "Peak effect and vortex phase diagram of YBa2Cu4O8." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Takekazu Ishida, Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan; fax 81 722549908; e-mail ishida@center.osakafu-u.ac.jp. Key words: YBa2Cu4O8, single crystal, peak effect, vortex, phase diagram. 74.60.Ge; 74.72.Jt; 74.25.Ha.
Masaru Kato and Osamu Sato, "Numerical solution of Ginzburg-Landau equation for superconducting networks." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Mathematical Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Graduate School of Engineering, 1-1 Gakuencho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan; tel. 81 722 254 9368; fax 81 722 254 9916; e-mail kato@ms.osakafu-u.ac.jp. Key words: superconducting networks, Ginzburg-Landau equation, de Gennes-Alexander theory. 74.20.De; 74.76.Db; 74.80.-g.
T. Kato, H. Morimoto, A. Katagiri, S. Okitsu, and H. Sakata, "Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy on La2-xSrxCuO4." 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 kato@qssppc02.ph.kagu.sut.ac.jp. Key words: scanning tunneling microscopy, tunneling spectroscopy, high temperature superconductor, La2-xSrxCuO4. 74.72.Dn; 74.50.+r; 68.37.Ef.
T. Kato, Y. Iijima, T. Muroga, T. Saitoh, T. Hirayama, I. Hirabayashi, Y. Yamada, T. Izumi, Y. Shiohara, and Y. Ikuhara, "TEM observations of Gd2Zr2O7 films formed by the ion-beam-assisted deposition method on an Ni-based alloy." To be published in Physica C (in press). Japan Fine Ceramics Center, 2-4-1 Mutsuno, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya 456-9587, Japan; tel. 81 52 871 3500; fax 81 52 891 3599; e-mail tkato@jfcc.or.jp. Key words: IBAD, Gd2Zr2O7, PLD-CeO2, TEM, FIB. 81.15.-z; 81.15.Jj; 81.15.Fg.
S. Kawabata, H. Tsuzura, Y. Fukuda, K. Funaki, and K. Osamura, "Standardization of the pickup coil method for AC loss measurement of three-component superconducting wires." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electric and Electronics Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kohrimoto 1-Chome 21-40, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan; tel. 81 99 285 8410; fax 81 99 285 8413; e-mail kawabata@ee.kagoshima-u.ac.jp. Key words: AC loss, hysteresis loss, coupling loss, pickup coil method, three-component composite. 74.25.Ha; 74.60.-w; 85.25.Kx.
K. Kawagishi, K. Komori, M. Fukutomi, and K. Togano, "Factors affecting the microwave surface resistance of crack-free thick YBCO films on sapphire substrates." To be published in Physica C (in press). SQUID Group, Superconducting Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan; tel. 81 298 592314; fax 81 298 592301; e-mail kawagishi.kyoko@nims.go.jp. Key words: microwave surface resistance, carrier density, RF magnetron sputtering, YBCO, sapphire. 74.76.
Akira Kawakami, Shigehito Miki, and Zhen Wang, "Fabrication of epitaxial NbN/MgO/NbN tunnel junctions using an ion-beam sputtered tunnel barrier." To be published in Physica C (in press). KARC, Communications Research Laboratory, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan; tel. 81 78 969 2193; fax 81 78 969 2199; e-mail kawakami@crl.go.jp. Key words: epitaxial, ion beam, NbN/MgO/NbN, sputter, tunnel. 85.25.Cp.
R. Khasanov, D. G. Eshchenko, H. Luetkens, E. Morenzoni, T. Prokscha, A. Suter, N. Garifianov, M. Mali, J. Roos, K. Conder, and H. Keller, "Direct observation of the oxygen isotope effect on the in-plane magnetic field penetration depth in optimally doped YBa2Cu3O{7-\delta}." E-mail rustem.khasanov@psi.ch; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305477.
Heon-Jung Kim, W. N. Kang, Hyeong-Jin Kim, Eun-Mi Choi, Kijoon H. P. Kim, H. S. Lee, Sung-Ik Lee, and Mi-Ock Mun, "Mixed-state magnetoresistance of c-axis-oriented MgB2 thin films." To be published in Physica C (in press). National Creative Research Initiative Center for Superconductivity and Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang Kyungbuk 790-784, South Korea; tel. 82 54 279 5498; fax 82 54 279 5299; e-mail riddler@anyon.postech.ac.kr. Key words: MgB2 thin film, mixed-state magnetoresistance, vortex glass, thermally activated flux-flow. 74.25.Fy; 74.60.Ge; 74.70.Ad.
Ki-Seok Kim, Jae-Hyeon Eom, Young-Il Seo, and Sung-Ho Suck Salk, "Role of spinon and spinon singlet pair excitations on phase transitions in d-wave superconductors." E-mail kimks@anyon.postech.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305385.
Mun Dae Kim and Jongbae Hong, "Coupling Josephson current qubits via a connecting loop." E-mail mdkim@phya.yonsei.ac.kr; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305127.
H. Kimura, "Zn-doping effects on low-energy spin excitations in La1.85Sr0.15CuO4." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; tel. 81 22 217 5353; fax 81 22 217 5354; e-mail kimura@tagen.tohoku.ac.jp. Key words: neutron scattering, spin gap, spin excitation, La-based cuprates, Zn-substitution. 74.25.Ha; 74.62.Dh; 74.72.Dn; 75.25.+z.
Ryusuke Kita, Atsushi Sakuragi, and Koichi Yokoyama, "Stability of (Y,Ca)(Ba,Sr)2Cu3Oy superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shizuoka University, Johoku 3-5-1, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8651, Japan; fax 81 53 478 1129; e-mail terkita@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp. Key words: water reactivity, oxygen stability, substitution, calcium, strontium. 74.72.-h; 74.72.Bk; 74.62.Dh.
Ryusuke Kita and Koichi Yokoyama, "Substitution effect of RE elements on formation of (Yb,RE)Ba2Cu3Oy." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shizuoka University, Johoku 3-5-1, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8651, Japan; fax 81 53 478 1129; e-mail terkita@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp. Key words: single phase, substitution, ytterbium, neodium. 74.72.-h; 74.72.Bk; 74.62.Dh.
Hijiri Kito, Akira Iyo, Manabu Hirai, A. Crisan, Madoka Tokumoto, Satoru Okayasu, M. Sasase, M. Sataka, Hideo Ihara, and Yasumoto Tanaka, "Heavy-ions irradiation dependence of superconducting properties of the Cu-based (Cu,C)Ba2Ca3Cu4O11-d." To be published in Physica C (in press). National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 5119; fax 81 298 61 5447; e-mail h.kito@aist.go.jp. Key words: (Cu,C)-12(n-1)n (n = 4), heavy-ion radiation, magnetic measurement, critical current density (Jc), irreversibility field. 61.80.Jh; 74.25.Ha; 74.60.Jg; 74.72.-h.
M. Kiuchi, E. S. Otabe, T. Matsushita, T. Kuga, M. Inoue, T. Kiss, Y. Iijima, K. Kakimoto, and T. Saitoh, "Angular dependence of irreversibility field in Y-123 coated tape." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka 820-8502, Japan; tel./fax 81 948 29 7661; kiuchi@cse.kyutech.ac.jp. Key words: IBAD coated tape, Y-123, angular dependence, flux creep-flow model. 74.60.J; 74.60.G; 74.72.B; 06.30.B.
Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Mai Yokoi, and Masatoshi Sato, "59Co-NQR study on superconducting NaxCoO2.yH2O." Masatoshi Sato's e-mail e43247a@nucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305649.
Erik Koch, Olle Gunnarsson, Samuel Wehrli, and Manfred Sigrist, "Field-doping of C60 crystals: A view form theory." Proceedings of the IWEPNM'03, Kirchberg. E-mail koch@and.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305274.
Shun-ichiro Koh, "Meissner effect in a charged Bose gas with short-range repulsion." E-mail koh@cc.kochi-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305669.
S. Koikegami, T. Yanagisawa, and M. Kato, "Striped metal in two-dimensional d-p model." To be published in Physica C (in press). Nanoelectronics Research Institute, AIST Tsukuba Central 2, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 5030x30058; fax 81 298 61 5387; e-mail shigeru.koikegami@aist.go.jp. Key words: stripe correlation, two-dimensional d-p model, 1/8-filling. 74.20.Fg; 74.20.Mn; 74.20.Rp.
A. Koitzsch, S. V. Borisenko, A. A. Kordyuk, T. K. Kim, M. Knupfer, J. Fink, H. Berger, and R. Follath, "Doping dependence of the many-body effects along the nodal direction in the high-Tc cuprate (Bi,Pb)2Sr2CaCu2O8." E-mail a.koitzsch@ifw-dresden.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305380.
K. M. Kojima, S. Uchida, Y. Fudamoto, and S. Tajima, "Far-infrared response of YBCO under magnetic fields." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0023, Japan; fax 81 3 5689-0574; e-mail kojima@lyra.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: Josephson plasma, parallel field, YBCO. 74.25.Gz; 74.72.Bk; 74.50.+r.
T. Kondo and H. Itozaki, "Magnetic flux guide for HTS SQUID microscope." 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. 81 298 59 2357; fax 81 298 59 2301; e-mail kondo.tadayuki@nims.go.jp. Key words: high-Tc SQUID, scanning SQUID microscope, flux guide. 85.25.-j; 85.25.Cp; 85.25.Dq.
Tomio Koyama and Masahiko Machida, "I-V characteristics and optical properties in high-Tc superconductors with alternating junction parameters." To be published in Physica C (in press). Center for Promotion of Computational Science and Engineering, Japan Atomic Research Institute, Higashi-Ueno 6-9-3, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0015, Japan; tel. 81 3 5246 2517; fax 81 3 5246 2537; e-mail mac@koma.jaeri.go.jp. Key words: intrinsic Josephson effect, I-V characteristics, T*-structure cuprates. 74.80.Dm; 74.50.+r; 74.72.Jt.
S. Kracunovska, P. Diko, D. Litzkendorf, T. Habisreuther, and W. Gawalek, "The influence of the starting YBa2Cu3Ox powder on the microstructure of melt-textured YBa2Cu3O7-x/Y2BaCuO5 bulks." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institut fur Physikalische Hochtechnologie, Winzerlaer Strasse 10, Jena D-07745, Germany; tel. 49 36 41 206 161; fax 49 36 41 206 199; e-mail silvia.kracunovska@ipht-jena.de. Key words: Y123/211 bulk superconductors, sintering, melt-texturing, microstructural analysis. 74.25; 74.62; 74.72.
E. Z. Kuchinskii, M. V. Sadovskii, and N. A. Strigina, "Superconductivity in the Pseudogap State in "Hot - Spots" Model: Ginzburg - Landau Expansion." M. V. Sadovskii's e-mail sadovski@iep.uran.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305278.
T. Kuribayashi, H. Tsuchiura, Y. Tanaka, J. Inoue, M. Ogata, and S. Kashiwaya, "Quasiparticle states around vortex cores in the t-J model." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Y. Tanaka, Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; tel. 81 52 789 3701; fax 81 52 789 3298; e-mail h012308m@mbox.media.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Key words: t-J model, vortex core, local density of states, staggered current. 74.25.Jb; 74.60.-w.
K. Kuroda, Y. Wada, T. Takami, T. Ozeki, and K. Hamanaka, "YBaCuO/PrBaCuO/YBaCuO trilayer junctions with the polished YBaCuO base electrodes." To be published in Physica C (in press). Advanced Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Amagasaki 661-8661, Japan; tel. 81 6 6497 7083; fax 81 6 6497 7294; e-mail kuroda.kenichi@wrc.melco.co.jp. Key words: trilayer junction, Josephson junction, mechanical polishing, YBaCuO. 74.50.+r; 74.72.Bk; 74.80.Dm.
T. Kuroda, H. Kumakura, Y. Suga, T. Sakamoto, and K. Miura, "The influence of oxygen on the critical current densities of zAgCu-sheathed Bi-2212 round wires fabricated by the melt-solidification process." To be published in Physica C (in press). National Institute for Materials Science, Sengen 1-Chome 2-1, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan; tel. 81 298 59 2324; fax 81 298 59 2301; e-mail kuroda.tsuneo@nims.go.jp. Key words: AgCu/Bi-2212 wire, critical current density, heat treatment condition, oxygen permeability. 74.72.Hs; 74.60.Jg.
M. Kusunoki, M. Inadomaru, D. Kousaka, S. Ohshima, K. Aizawa, and M. Mukaida, "Rs measurement of HTS films in millimeter wave region using dielectric resonator method." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Department of Electronic System and Information Engineering, Kinki University, 930 Nishimitani, Uchida, Naga, Wakayama 649-6493, Japan; tel. 81 736 77 0345/238 26 3289; fax 81 736 77 4754/238 26 3289/3293; e-mail kusu@yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp. Key words: surface resistance, sapphire dielectric resonator, millimeter wave, loss tangent. 74.25.Nf; 74.76.Bz.
G. Lamura, A. J. Purnell, L. F. Cohen, A. Andreone, F. Chiarella, E. Di Gennaro, R. Vaglio, L. Hao, and J. Gallop, "Microwave intermodulation distortion of MgB2 thin films." To be published in Appl. Phys. Lett. E-mail gianrico.lamura@na.infn.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305158.
B. Latha, M. Yoshikawa, Y. Yanagi, T. Yamada, Y. Itoh, H. Ikuta, and U. Mizutani, "Position dependence of superconducting properties of large single domain Sm-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors prepared under various conditions." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Crystalline Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; tel. 81 52 789 4462; fax 81 52 789 5317; e-mail latha@mizu.xtal.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Key words: Sm-Ba-Cu-O, melt-processing, flux pinning, critical current density (Jc), position dependence. 74.60.Ec; 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg.
Sergey Lee, Takahiko Masui, Ayako Yamamoto, Hiroshi Uchiyama, and Setsuko Tajima, "Carbon-substituted MgB2 single crystals." To be published in Physica C. E-mail lee@istec.or.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305485.
Dingping Li and Baruch Rosenstein, "Melting of the vortex lattice in high T{c} superconductors." Phys. Rev. B 65. E-mail lidp@cc.nctu.edu.tw; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305258.
Dingping Li and Baruch Rosenstein, "Supercooled vortex liquid and quantitative theory of melting of the flux line lattice in type II superconductors." E-mail lidp@cc.nctu.edu.tw; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305256.
Zhi Wei Lin , "A Magneto-optical Study of the Electromagnetic Properties of High-temperature Superconductors Citation." PhD thesis submitted in 2000, at the School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. School of Electrical Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney PO Box 123 Broadway NSW 2207 Australia; tel. 61 2 95142786; fax 61 2 95142435; e-mail jacklin@eng.uts.edu.au. Key words: magneto-optical Imiging(MOI), high-temperature superconductor, superconductivity, flux distribution(flux profile), magnetization processing, superconducting thin film.
F. A. List, E. D. Specht, L. Heatherly, K. J. Leonard, S. Sathyamurthy, and D. M. Kroeger, "Crystalline phase development during vacuum conversion of thin barium fluoride precursor films on metallic substrates." To be published in Physica C (in press). Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bldg. 4500S M/S 6116, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6116; tel. 865 576 8020; fax 865 574 7659; e-mail fal@ornl.gov. Key words: YBCO, coated conductor, barium fluoride process, in situ x-ray diffraction. 85.25.Kx; 74.76.Bz; 81.15.Np.
V. M. Loktev and V. Turkowski, "Superconducting properties of the 2D models with different types of inter-particle coupling." To be published in 'Horizons in Superconductivity Research', Nova Science. V. Turkowski's e-mail vturk@gtae3.ist.utl.pt; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305162.
V. M. Loktev and V. Turkowski, "Temperature-doping phase diagram of layered superconductors." To be published in Phys. Rev. B. V. Turkowski's e-mail vturk@gtae3.ist.utl.pt; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305161.
X. Y. Lu, A. Nagata, K. Watanabe, T. Nojima, K. Sugawara, S. Hanada, and S. Kamada, "Formation and texture of Bi-2223 phase during sintering in high magnetic fields." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Akita University, Akita 010-8502, Japan; tel. 81 18 889 2415; fax 81 18 837 0403; e-mail xiaoyelu@ipc.akita-u.ac.jp. Key words: Bi-2223, superconductors, texture, magnetic field sintering. 74.72.Hs.
T. Machi, S. Shimura, N. Koshizuka, and M. Murakami, "Fabrication of MgB2 superconducting wire by in situ PIT method." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5707; fax 81 3 3536 5705; e-mail machi@istec.or.jp. Key words: MgB2, superconducting wire, in situ PIT. 74.70.Ad.
L. Machtoub, G. El Machtoub, J. Shimoyama, T. Suemoto, and K. Kishio, "Elementary excitations investigated by femtosecond Raman spectroscopy in underdoped cuprates." To be published in Physica C (in press). Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany; tel. 49 711 689 1756; fax 49 711 689 1632; e-mail l.machtoub@fkf.mpg.de. Key words: time resolved, Raman scattering, cuprates, femtosecond, magnon. 74.72.Hs; 75.50.Ee.
Matt Mackie, Olavi Dannenberg, Jyrki Piilo, Kalle-Antti Suominen, and Juha Javanainen, "High-Temperature Cooper pairing Between Different Chemical Species." Submitted to Nature. E-mail mackie@pcu.helsinki.fi; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305057.
S. Majumdar, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan, and D. McK Paul, "Anisotropic low field behavior and the observation of flux jumps in CeCoIn5." E-mail s.majumdar@warwick.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305208.
M. Maksimuk, K. Yakushi, H. Taniguchi, K. Kanoda, and A. Kawamoto, "Influence of the cooling rate on low-temperature Raman and infrared reflection spectra of partially deuterated k-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br." E-mail maksimuk@issp.ac.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305680.
T. Manabe, M. Sohma, I. Yamaguchi, W. Kondo, K. Tsukada, S. Mizuta, and T. Kumagai, "2-D large-size YBCO films on sapphire for FCL prepared by coating-pyrolysis process." To be published in Physica C (in press). National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5, Higashi 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan; tel. 81 298 614 556; fax 81 298 614 709; e-mail manabe.t@aist.go.jp. Key words: coating-pyrolysis process, MOD, large-size film, fault current limiter. 74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz; 81.15.Lm; 81.15.Np.
J. Mannik and J. E. Lukens, "Effect of Measurement on the Periodicity of the Coulomb Staircase of a Superconducting Box." E-mail jmannik@warp.physics.sunysb.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305190.
Michitaka Maruyama, Mutsuo Hidaka, and Tetsuro Satoh, "Theoretical analysis of measured waveform distortion in an HTS sampler." To be published in Physica C (in press). Division of Electric Devices, ISTEC, SRL, 10-13 Shinonome 1-Chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 298 490713/3-3536-5709; fax 81 298 595531/3-3536-5717; e-mail maruyama@frl.cl.nec.co.jp. Key words: HTS sampler, waveform distortion, AC susceptibility, YBCO thin films. 85.25.-j; 06.60.Jn; 75.30.Cr; 74.76.Bz.
M. Masale, "Type II superconducting disk in a spatially inhomogeneous applied magnetic field." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Physics, University of Botswana, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana; tel. 267 3552940; fax 267 585097; e-mail masalem@mopipi.ub.bw. Key words: type II superconductor, inhomogeneous magnetic field. 74.60.Ec.
T. Masui, S. Lee, and S. Tajima, "Effect of the growing process on the electronic properties of MgB2 single crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 0618; fax 81 3 3536 5714; e-mail masui@istec.or.jp. Key words: MgB2, resistivity, anisotropy. 74.70.-b; 74.72.Yg; 74.25.Fy.
T. Matsuda, S. Kashimoto, A. Imai, Y. Yanagi, Y. Itoh, H. Ikuta, U. Mizutani, K. Sakurai, and H. Hazama, "Application of 60 mm{phi} superconducting bulk magnet to magnetron sputtering." To be published in Physica C (in press). Nagoya Industrial Science Research Institute, Anagahora 2271-130, Shimoshidami, Moriyama-ku 463-0003, Japan; tel. 81 52 739 1886; fax 81 52 739 1877; e-mail matsudat@nisri.jp. Key words: RE-Ba-Cu-O, bulk magnet, magnetron sputtering, thin films. 74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz.
K. Matsunaga, N. Yamachi, M. Tomita, M. Murakami, and N. Koshizuka, "Characterization of YBCO bulk superconductors for 100 kW h flywheel." To be published in Physica C (in press). Tamachi Laboratory, Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan; tel. 81 3 3454 9284; fax 81 3 3454 9287; e-mail matsunaga@istec.or.jp. Key words: superconducting magnetic bearing, YBCO bulk superconductor, trapped magnetic-field, repulsive force. 74.72.Bk; 74.90.+n.
T. Matsushita, E. S. Otabe, H. Wada, Y. Takahama, and H. Yamauchi, "Size dependencies of the peak effect and irreversibility field in superconducting Sm-123 powders." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka 820-8502, Japan; tel. 81 948 29 7663; fax 81 948 29 7661; e-mail matusita@cse.kyutech.ac.jp. Key words: Sm-123, superconducting powder, peak effect, irreversibility field, pinning correlation length.
S. Michotte, S. Matefi-Tempfli, and L. Piraux, "1D-transport properties of single superconducting lead nanowires." To be published in Physica C (in press). Unite de Physico-Chimie et de Physique des Materiaux (PCPM), Universite Catholique de Louvain, Place Croix du Sud 1, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; e-mail michotte@pcpm.ucl.ac.be. Key words: lead nanowire, 1-D superconductivity, IV characteristic, phase-slip-centers. 74.40.+k; 74.25.Fy; 85.40.U.
M. Migita, T. Watanabe, E. S. Otabe, and T. Matsushita, "Theoretical analysis of AC transport current loss in bulk Y-123." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact T. Matsushita, Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Faculty of Computer Science and System Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka 820-8502, Japan; tel. 81 948 29 7661/7663; fax 81 948 29 7661/7683; e-mail matusita@cse.kyutech.ac.jp. Key words: critical current, FEM, AC current loss. 74.25.Sv; 02.70.Dh; 61.85.+p.
V. Mihalache, G. Aldica, and P. Badica, "Anomalous suppression of superconductivity in LiCl-doped Bi-2223." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact G. Aldica, National Institute for Materials Physics, PO Box MG-7, Bucharest-Magurele, RO-76900, Romania; fax 40 21 493 02 67; e-mail aldica@alpha1.infim.ro. Key words: [Bi(Pb)]2Ca2Sr2Cu3Oz/(LiCl)y, superconductivity, anomaly, Tc, hole concentration. 74.72.Hs; 74.62.-c; 74.62.Dh; 74.25.Fy; 74.25.Ha.
K. Miyachi, K. Sudoh, Y. Ichino, Y. Yoshida, and Y. Takai, "The effect of the substitution of Gd for Ba site on Gd1+xBa2-xCu3O6+d thin films." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Energy Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; fax 81 52 789 5418; e-mail k-miyachi@ees.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Key words: GBCO, GdBCO, thin film, substitution, solid solution. 74.60; 74.62; 74.76.
P. M. Mogi, Y. Inoue, M. Arao, and Y. Koyama, "Features of structural phase transition in La1-xSrFeO3." To be published in Physica C (in press). Nano Analysis Section, Research Department, Nissan Arc Ltd., 1 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan; tel. 81 468 67 5282; fax 81 468 66 5814; e-mail mogi@nissan-arc.co.jp. Key words: structural phase transition, transition temperature, X-ray powder diffraction, Rietveld refinement, La1-xSrxFeO3. 61.10.-i; 61.10.Nz; 64.70.Kb; 71.30.+h.
M. Mori, T. Tohyama, and S. Maekawa, "Tunneling spectra in multilayered superconductors with multiple gaps." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; tel. 81 22 215 2009; fax 81 22 215 2006; e-mail morimich@imr.tohoku.ac.jp. Key words: multilayer superconductor, tunneling conductance, multiple gaps. 74.20.-z; 74.50.+r; 74.72.-h; 74.80.-g.
Natsuki Mori and Hirokazu Satoh, "Characterization of Au-YBa2Cu3O7-y composites by paraconductivity analysis with a short-wavelength cutoff." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oyama National College of Technology, Oyama-shi 323-0806, Japan; fax 81 285 20 2885; e-mail mori@oyama-ct.ac.jp. Key words: fluctuation conductivity, short-wavelength cutoff, YBCO, percolation, AC susceptibility. 74.72.Bk; 74.40.+k; 74.62.Dh.
Y. Morita, H. Yamauchi, and M. Karppinen, "Superconductivity in CoSr2(Y1-xCax)Cu2O7+d." Submitted to Solid State Communications. Preprint available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305198.
A. Murakami, K. Katagiri, K. Kasaba, Y. Shoji, K. Noto, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, "Mechanical properties of Sm-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors at room temperature." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact K. Katagiri, Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka 020-8551, Japan; tel. 81 19 621 6412; fax 81 19 621 3951/6412; e-mail katagiri@iwate-u.ac.jp. Key words: Sm-Ba-Cu-O bulk, secondary phase particles, mechanical properties. 74.70; 62.20.Mk.
M. Muralidhar, M. Jirsa, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, "Microstructure and flux pinning of OCMG processed (Sm0.33Eu0.33Gd0.33)Ba2Cu3Oy with sub-micron Gd2BaCuO5 second phase particles." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory (SRL), ISTEC, Iwate Industrial Research Institute, Division 3, 3-35-2 Iioka-Shinden, Morioka, Iwate 020-0852, Japan; tel. 81 19 635 9015; fax 81 19 635 9017; e-mail miryala1@istec.or.jp. Key words: melt-textured, SEG-123, ultra-fine Gd-211, flux-pinning for material index, LRE-Ba2Cu3Oy. 74.80.Bj; 74.60.Jg; 74.60.Ge.
M. Muralidhar, S. Nariki, M. Jirsa, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, "Recent progress in melt-processed (Nd-Sm-Gd)Ba2Cu3Oy superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory (SRL), ISTEC, Iwate Industrial Research Institute, Division 3, 3-35-2 Iioka-Shinden, Morioka, Iwate 020-0852, Japan; tel. 81 19 635 9015; fax 81 19 635 9017; e-mail miryala1@istec.or.jp. Key words: melt-textured, NSG-123, TEM, flux pinning for material index, LRE-Ba2Cu3Oy. 74.80.Bj; 74.60.Jg; 74.60.Ge.
O. Naaman and R. C. Dynes, "Subharmonic gap structure in superconducting scanning tunneling microscope junctions." Submitted to PRB. E-mail onaaman@physics.ucsd.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305572.
O. Nagashima, H. Tanaka, Y. Ebara, and S. Kishida, "Improvement of superconductivity in Bi-2212 single crystals grown by a vertical Bridgman method." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8552, Japan; tel. 81 857 31 5244; fax 81 857 31 0880; e-mail kishida@ele.tottori-u.ac.jp. Key words: Bridgman technique, single crystal growth, oxide superconducting materials. 74.72.-h; 74.25.-q; 81.10.Fq.
S. Nagaya, K. Komura, N. Kashima, H. Kawashima, S. Unisuga, and Y. Kakiuchi, "Development of the composite superconducting magnetic bearing for superconducting flywheel." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Y. Kakiuchi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ltd., Takasago Machinery Works, 2-1-1 Shinhama, Arai-cho, Takasago, Hyogo 676-8686, Japan; tel. 80 794 45 6570; fax 80 794 45 6933; e-mail f002065@e.tmw.mch.co.jp. Key words: superconducting magnetic bearing, superconductor, permanent magnet, composed bearings. 74.72.-h; 84.60.Ve; 85.25.Ly.
S. Nagaya, K. Komura, N. Kashima, H. Kawashima, Y. Kakiuchi, and M. Minami, "Improvement and enlarging of the CFRP flywheel with superconducting magnetic bearings." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Y. Kakiuchi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ltd., Takasago Machinery Works, 2-1-1 Shinhama, Arai-cho, Takasago, Hyogo 676-8686, Japan; tel. 80 794 45 6570; fax 80 794 45 6933; e-mail f002065@e.tmw.mch.co.jp. Key words: flywheel energy storage system, CFRP, superconducting flywheel. 74.72.-h; 84.60.Ve; 85.25.Ly.
S. Nagaya, K. Komura, N. Kashima, M. Minami, H. Kawashima, Y. Nara, and H. Ishigaki, "Influences of separate position to radial direction between bulk superconductor and permanent magnetic ring about magnetic levitation and rotating characteristics." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact M. Minami, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ltd., Takasago R&D Ctr., 2-1-1 Shinhama, Arai-cho, Takasago, 676-8686, Japan; tel. 81 794 45 6833; fax 81 794 45 6946; e-mail masaharu_minami@n.trdc.mhi.co.jp. Key words: superconducting magnetic bearing, superconductor, permanent magnet, separate position to radial direction. 74.72.-h; 84.60.Ve; 85.25.Ly.
S. Nagaya, N. Kashima, H. Kawashima, Y. Kakiuchi, A. Hoshino, and S. Isobe, "Development of the axial gap type motor/generator for the flywheel with superconducting magnetic bearings." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Y. Kakiuchi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ltd., Takasago Machinery Works, 2-1-1 Shinhama, Arai-cho, Takasago, Hyogo 676-8686, Japan; tel. 80 794 45 6570; fax 80 794 45 6933; e-mail f002065@e.tmw.mch.co.jp. Key words: flywheel energy storage system, CFRP, superconducting flywheel. 74.72.-h; 84.60.Ve; 85.25.Ly.
H. Nakajima, H. Kaneko, M. Oizumi, S. Fukui, M. Yamaguchi, T. Sato, M. Oizumi, H. Imaizumi, S. Nishijima, and T. Watanabe, "Separation characteristics of open gradient magnetic separation using high-temperature superconducting magnet." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact S. Fukui, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Ikarashi 8050, Niigata 950-2181, Japan; tel./fax 81 25 262 6731; e-mail fukui@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp. Key words: magnetic separation, open gradient magnetic separation, magnetic particles. 74; 85.25.L.
Y. Nakajima, K. Izawa, Y. Matsuda, S. Uji, T. Terashima, H. Shishido, R. Settai, and Y. Onuki, and H. Kontani, "Normal-state Hall Angle and Magnetoresistance in quasi-2D Heavy Fermion CeCoIn5 near a Quantum Critical Point." E-mail yasuyuki@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305203.
T. Nakamura, H. J. Jung, K. Fukui, I. Muta, and T. Hoshino, "Electromagnetic characteristics of Bi-2223 disk in a rotating magnetic field." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; tel. 81 75 753 5294; fax 81 75 751 1576; e-mail tk_naka@kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp. Key words: superconducting motor, Bi-2223 bulk, hysteresis, torque generation. 89.20.+a; 85.70.Rp; 74.60.Fv.
Yuichi Nakamura, Ryoji Inada, and Akio Oota, "Phase formation mechanism and properties of Ag-sheathed (Bi,Pb)2223 tapes prepared by two-powder method." To be published in Physica C (in press). Toyohashi University of Technology, 1-1 Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8540, Japan; tel. 81 532 44 6734; fax 81 532 44 6757; e-mail nakamura@eee.tut.ac.jp. Key words: (Bi,Pb)2223, Ag-sheathed wire, two-powder method, phase construction. 74.72.H; 81.10.A; 82.40.
S. Nariki, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, "Superconducting properties of melt-textured RE-Ba-Cu-O (RE: Ho, Er and Y) bulk superconductors with various RE211 contents." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan; tel. 81 3 3454 9284; fax 81 3 3454 9287; e-mail nariki@istec.or.jp. Key words: melt processing, critical current density, secondary peak effect, Ho-Ba-Cu-O; Er-Ba-Cu-O. 74.60.J; 74.80.B; 74.72.Bk.
S. Neeleshwar, M. Muralidhar, M. Murakami, and P. Venugopal Reddy, "Thermoelectric power studies of (Nd-Eu-Gd)Ba-Cu-O superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact P. Venugopal Reddy, Department of Physics, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India; e-mail pvenugopalreddy@yahoo.com. Key words: HTSC materials, NEG superconductors, OCMG process, thermopower, phenomenological model, narrow band model.
Tai-Kai Ng, "Landau Transport equations in slave-boson mean-field theory of t-J model." E-mail phtai@ust.hk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305424.
T. Nishikawa, Y. Komano, K. Sawa, Y. Iwasa, N. Yamachi, and M. Murakami, "Estimation of the shielding current distribution in levitated YBCO bulk superconductor." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of System Design Engineering, KEIO University, Hiyoshi 3-14-1, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan; tel. 81 45 563 1141x43057; fax 81 45 566 1720; e-mail tsuyoshi@sum.sd.keio.ac.jp. Key words: shielding current distribution, levitation force, Bean model, YBCO bulk. 74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz.
H. Noji, K. Haji, and T. Hamada, "AC loss analysis of 114 MVA high-Tc superconducting model cable." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electric Engineering, Miyakonojo National College of Technology, Miyakonojo 885-8567, Japan; tel. 81 986 47 1198; fax 81 986 47 1208; e-mail noji@cc.miyakonojo-nct.ac.jp. Key words: high-temperature superconductors, AC losses, power applications. 84.70.+p; 85.25.Kx.
A. Ogawa, T. Sugano, H. Wakana, A. Kamitani, S. Adachi, and K. Tanabe, "Fabrication of (Hg, Re)-1212 thin films on STO substrates with buffer layers." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5709; fax 81 3 3536 5717; e-mail ogawa@istec.or.jp. Key words: (Hg,Re)-1212, thin film, STO, buffer. 74.25.Fy; 74.72.Gr; 74.76.Bz; 81.15.-z.
J. Ogawa, Y. Zushi, M. Fukushima, O. Tsukamoto, E. Suzuki, M. Hirakawa, and K. Kikukawa, "AC losses in a HTS coil carrying DC current in AC external magnetic field." To be published in Physica C (in press). Tsukamoto Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 75-9 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan; tel. 81 45 339 4124; fax 81 45 338 1157; e-mail jun@tsukalab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp. Key words: magnetization loss, dynamic resistance loss, Bi/Ag-sheathed coil, HTS power application. 85.25.Ly.
Fusayoshi J. Ohkawa, "Theory of Kondo lattices and its application to high-temperature superconductivity and pseudo-gaps in cuprate oxides." E-mail fohkawa@phys.sci.hokudai.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305422.
T. Oka, K. Yokoyama, Y. Itoh, Y. Yanagi, M. Yoshikawa, H. Ikuta, U. Mizutani, H. Okada,and K. Noto, "A 3 T magnetic field generator using melt-processed bulk superconductors as trapped field magnets and its applications." To be published in Physica C (in press). Iwate Industrial Promotion Center, Iioka-shinden 3-35-2, Morioka, Iwate 020-0852, Japan; tel. 81 19 635 7220; fax 81 19 631 1610; e-mail toka@iwate-techno.com. Key words: trapped field magnet, pulsed field magnetization, field generator, magnetic separation.
T. Okudera, A. Murakami, K. Katagiri, K. Kasaba, Y. Shoji, K. Noto, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, "Fracture toughness evaluation of YBCO bulk superconductor." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact K. Katagiri, Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka 020-8551, Japan; tel. 81 19 621 6412; fax 81 19 624 3951/621 6412; e-mail katagiri@iwate-u.ac.jp. Key words: Y-Ba-Cu-O bulk, fracture toughness, tensile test, bending test. 74.70; 62.20.Mk.
S. Okuma, F. Saito, S. Togo, M. Morita, and K. Amemori, "Effects of disorder and dimensionality on the vortex phase diagram at low temperature in amorphous films." To be published in Physica C (in press). Research Center for Low Temperature Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ohokayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan; tel. 81 3 5734 3252; fax 81 3 5734 2749; e-mail sokuma@o.cc.titech.ac.jp. Key words: vortex-glass transition, amorphous films, phase diagram. 74.25.Dw; 74.25.Nf; 74.60.Ge.
S. Okuma, S. Togo, and K. Amemori, "Superconductivity and vortex states in thick amorphous MgxB1-x films." To be published in Physica C (in press). Research Center for Low Temperature Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ohokayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan; tel. 81 3 5734 3252; fax 81 3 5734 2749; e-mail sokuma@o.cc.titech.ac.jp. Key words: amorphous films, Tc variation, phase diagram. 74.25.Fy; 74.60.Ec; 74.62.-c.
Kazunori Onabe, Toshiya Doi, Naoji Kashima, Shigeo Nagaya, and Takashi Saitoh, "Rapid formation of long Y1Ba2Cu3Ox superconducting tape by chemical vapor deposition technique." To be published in Physica C (in press). Fujikura Ltd., 1-5-1 Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8512, Japan; 81 3 5606 1064; fax 81 3 5606 1512; e-mail onabe@rd.fujikura.co.jp. Key words: multi-stage CVD system, rapid formation, long YBCO tape, Ag tape. 74.72.Bk; 85.25.Kx.
Hiroaki Onodera, Takami Tohyama, and Sadamichi Maekawa, "Resonant two-magnon Raman scattering in two-dimensional and ladder-type Mott insulators." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; tel. 81 22 215 2009; fax 81 22 215 2006; e-mail onoderah@imr.tohoku.ac.jp. Key words: resonant two-magnon Raman scattering, Hubbard model, Mott insulators. 71.10.Fd; 78.20.Bh; 78.30.Hv.
M. E. Palistrant, "Comment on 'Theory of two-band superconductors'." E-mail statphys@asm.md; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305496.
Arun Paramekanti, Mohit Randeria, and Nandini Trivedi, "High Tc Superconductors -- A Variational Theory of the Superconducting State." E-mail arun@kitp.ucsb.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305611.
S. R. Park, S. M. Choi, D. C. Dender, J. W. Lynn, and X. S. Ling, "Fate of the Peak Effect in a Type-II Superconductor: Tricriticality in a Bragg Glass." E-mail sang_ryul_park@brown.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305569.
G. K. Perkins, Y. Bugoslavsky, A . D. Caplin, J. Moore, T. J. Tate, and R. Gwilliam, J. Jun, S. M. Kazakov, J. Karpinski, and L. F. Cohen, "Effects of proton irradiation and ageing on the superconducting properties of single crystalline and polycrystalline MgB2." E-mail g.perkins@ic.ac.uk; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305255.
Philip Phillips and Denis Dalidovich, "Absence of Phase Stiffness in the Quantum Rotor Phase Glass." E-mail philip@vfemmes.physics.uiuc.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305373.
Valery L. Pokrovsky and Hongduo Wei, "Superconducting Transition Temperature in Heterogeneous Ferromagnet-Superconductor Systems." Hongduo Wei's e-mail hwei@titan.physics.tamu.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305153.
Anatoli Polkovnikov, Subir Sachdev, and Matthias Vojta, "Erratum to: 'Spin collective mode and quasiparticle contributions to STM spectra of d-wave superconductors with pinning' [Physica C 388-389 (2003) 19-24]." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Subir Sachdev, Department of Physics, Yale University, PO Box 208120,New Haven, CT 06520-8120; fax 203 432 6175; e-mail subir.sachdev@yale.edu.
T. A. Prikhna, W. Gawalek, V. E. Moshchil, L. S. Uspenskaya, R. Viznichenko, N. V. Sergienko, A. A. Kordyuk, V. B. Sverdun, A. B. Surzhenko, D. Litzkendorf, T. Habisreuther, and A. V. Vlasenko, "Superconducting joining of MT-YBCO." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Superhard Materials, Nat. Ac. Ac. Ukr., 2 Avtozavodskaya Str., Kiev 04074, Ukraine; tel. 380 44 430 1126; fax 380 44 468 8625; e-mail prikhna@iptelecom.net.ua. Key words: superconductive joining, melt-textured YBa2Cu3O7-d (MT-YBCO), TmBa2Cu3O7-d (Tm123)-powdered solder. 74.72.Bk.
Tanya Prozorov, Ruslan Prozorov, Alexey Snezhko, and Kenneth S. Suslick, "Sonochemical Modification of the Superconducting Properties of MgB2." Ruslan Prozorov's e-mail prozorov@boson.physics.sc.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305303.
W. Prusseit, R. Semerad, K. Irgmaier, and G. Sigl, "Optimized double sided DyBa2Cu3O7-thin films for RF applications." To be published in Physica C (in press). THEVA Dunnschichttechnik GmbH, Rote-Kreuz-Str. 8, 85737 Ismaning, Germany; tel./fax 49 89 9233 4610; e-mail prusseit@theva.com. Key words: DyBCO, superconducting films, surface resistance, degradation. 74.76.Bz.
M. J. Qin, S. Keshavarzi, S. Soltanian, X. L. Wang, H. K. Liu, and S. X. Dou, "On the sample size dependence of the critical current density in MgB2 superconductors." E-mail qin@uow.edu.au; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305201.
Z. Radovic, N. Lazarides, and N. Flytzanis, "Josephson effect in double-barrier superconductor-ferromagnet junctions." E-mail zradovic@ff.bg.ac.yu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305437.
S. Rayaprol, K. R. Mavani, D. S. Rana, C. M. Thaker, Manglesh Dixit, Shovit Bhattacharya, and D. G. Kuberkar, "Studies on La2-xPrxCayBa2Cu4+yOz (0.1 < x < 0.5) type mixed oxide superconductors." E-mail sudhindra@tifr.res.in; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305579.
M. Ricco, G. Fumera, T. Shiroka, O. Ligabue, C. Bucci, and F. Bolzoni, "Metal-to-insulator evolution in (NH3)xNaK2C60: an NMR study." To be published in Phys. Rev. B. T. Shiroka's e-mail toni@fis.unipr.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305166.
G. C. Rout and K. C. Bishoyi, "Effect of SC-coupling and AFM-coupling on SC-gap in borocarbide superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Condensed Matter Physics Group, Government Science College, Chatrapur 761 020, Orissa, India; e-mail grc@hpc27.ac.iopb.res.in. Key words: quaternary borocarbides, superconductivity of borocarbides, anti-ferromagnetic order. 74.72.Ny; 74.72.Y; 75.50.Ee.
A. Salazar, M. de Llano, and M. A. Solis, "Two-dimensional delta potential well and condensed-matter physics." M. A. Solis' e-mail masolis@fisica.unam.mx; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305631.
Nathan Salwen, Steven A. Sheets, and Stephen R. Cotanch, "BCS and Attractive Hubbard Model Comparative Study." E-mail nks@qft2.physics.ncsu.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305367.
M. Sander, "Novel pulsed magnetization process for cryo-permanent magnets." To be published in Physica C (in press). Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, ITP, PO Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany; tel. 49 7247 82 4620; fax 49 7247 82 2849; e-mail michael.sander@itp.fzk.de. Key words: superconducting magnets, magnetic levitation devices. 74.72.Bk; 85.25.Ly.
Kuniaki Sata, Mitsuyuki Tsuji, Shin'ichiro Nakata, and Takekazu Ishida, "Observation of square array of nickel dots by using high-Tc SQUID microscope." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Takekazu Ishida, Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan; fax 81 72 254 9908; e-mail ishida@center.osakafu-u.ac.jp. Key words: SQUID, microscope, X-Y stage, high-Tc. 74.60.Ge; 74.25.Ha; 85.25.Dq.
T. Sato, H. Nakane, S. Yamazaki, N. Mori, S. Hirano, S. Yoshizawa, and T. Yamaguchi, "Analysis of fluctuation conductivity in melt-textured DyBa2Cu3Oy superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Kogakuin University, 1-24-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-8677, Japan; tel. 81 3 3340 2791; fax 81 3 3348 3486; e-mail cd02003@ccs.kogakuin.ac.jp. Key words: fluctuation conductivity, correlation length, amplitude of fluctuation, DyBaCuO. 74.72.-h; 74.72.Jt; 74.40.+k.
T. Satoh, K. Iida, J. Yoshioka, N. Sakai, M. Murakami, and K. Noto, "Thermal conductivity of superconducting joint of Y-Ba-Cu-O bulk materials." To be published in Physica C (in press). Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka-city, Iwate 020-8551, Japan; tel./fax 81 19 621 6357; e-mail t2201008@iwate-u.ac.jp. Key words: Y-Ba-Cu-O bulk, joining, Er-Ba-Cu-O, Y-Ba-Cu-O/Ag, thermal conductivity. 74.72.Bk.
Mitsuru Sawamura, Mitsuru Morita, and Housei Hirano, "Enlargement of bulk superconductors by the MUSLE technique." To be published in Physica C (in press). Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel Corporation, 20-1, Shintomi, Futtsu, Chiba 293 8511, Japan; tel. 81 439 80 2715; fax 81 439 80 2746; e-mail sawamura@re.nsc.co.jp. Key words: multi-seeded melt growth, trapped field, HTSC. 81.10.-h; 74.80.Bj; 74.60.Jg; 74.25.Ha; 74.72.Bk.
Mitsuru Sawamura, Mitsuru Morita, and Housei Hirano, "Magnetic properties of Ag-added Gd-Ba-Cu-O superconductors." To be published in Physica C (in press). Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel Corporation, 20-1, Shintomi, Futtsu, Chiba 293 8511, Japan; tel. 81 439 80 2715; fax 81 439 80 2746; e-mail sawamura@re.nsc.co.jp. Key words: trapped field, HTSC, Y-Ba-Cu-O, Gd-Ba-Cu-O. 74.80.Bj; 74.25.Ha; 74.72.-h.
R. E. Schaak, T. Klimczuk, M. L. Foo, and R. J. Cava, "Superconductivity Phase Diagram of NaxCoO2.1.3H2O: Analogy to the High Tc Copper Oxides." E-mail rschaak@princeton.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305450.
N. Sekine, T. Takao, Y. Kojo, Y. Yamaguchi, S. Tada, M. Takeo, S. Sato, A. Yamanaka, and S. Fukui, "Improvement in stability of superconducting coil by different mechanical properties of bobbins." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Sophia University, Takao Laboratory, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan; tel. 81 3 3238 3326; fax 81 3 3238 3321; e-mail n-sekine@eco.ee.sophia.ac.jp. Key words: stability, friction, fiber reinforced plastic, frictional coefficient. 74.25.Fy; 74.25.Ld.
T. Sekitani, Y. H. Matsuda, S. Ikeda, K. Uchida, F. Herlach, N. Miura, K. Nakao, T. Izumi, S. Tajima, M. Murakami, S. Hoshi, T. Koyama, and Y. Shiohara, "Transport measurements of high-Tc superconductors at megagauss magnetic fields by means of a radio frequency transmission technique." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8581, Japan; tel./fax 81 471 36 3338; e-mail sekitani@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: magneto-transport, high magnetic field, YBa2Cu3O7-d; S-N transition. 74.70.-b; 72.60.+g; 72.90.+g.
Satoru Sekizawa, Hiroaki Naruse, Kimihiko Sudoh, Yutaka Yoshida, and Yoshiaki Takai, "Surface morphology of Sm1+xBa2-xCu3O6+d films deposited by metal organic chemical vapour deposition." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; tel. 81 52 789 3908; fax 81 52 789 5418; e-mail s-sekizawa@ees.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Key words: MOCVD, Sm1+xBa2-xCu3O6+d, surface morphology, thin films. 74.25.Fy; 74.70.-h; 74.76.-w.
C. Senatore, M. Polichetti, N. Clayton, R. Flukiger, and S. Pace, "Detection of the Vortex Dynamic Regimes in MgB2 by Third Harmonic AC Susceptibility Measurements." To be published in "Horizons in Superconductivity Research" (Nova Science Publishers, Inc., NY, 2003). E-mail carmelo@sa.infn.it; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305523.
A. V. Sermyagin, "High--Tc RF SQUIDs with Large Inductance of Quantization Loop." E-mail sermyagin@jinr.ru; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305046.
A. Serquis, X. Z. Liao, L. Civale, Y. T. Zhu, J. Y. Coulter, D. E. Peterson, and F. M. Mueller, "The influence of structural defects on intra-granular critical currents of bulk MgB2." To be published in IEE Transactions in Applied Superconductivity. E-mail aserquis@lanl.gov; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305027.
A. Sharoni, G. Leibovitch, A. Kohen, R. Beck, G. Deutscher, G. Koren, and O. Millo, "Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of a-axis YBa2Cu3O7-\delta films:k-selectivity and the shape of the superconductor." E-mail sharoni@racah.phys.huji.ac.il; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305257.
Zhi-Xun Shen, "Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy Studies of Cuprate Superconductors." Preprint available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305576.
J. Shibata, Y. Tokunaga, R. Teranishi, H. Fuji, T. Honjo, T. Izumi, and Y. Shiohara, "Effects of heat-treatment conditions on microstructure of Y123 films deposited by TFA-MOD method." 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; te. 81 3 3536 5711; fax 81 3 3536 5717; e-mail jmatsuda@istec.or.jp. Key words: metal organic deposition, trifluoroacetate, calcination, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. 74.72.B; 61.16.B.
Kenji Shibata, Makoto Maki, Terukazu Nishizaki, and Norio Kobayashi, "Scanning tunneling spectroscopy studies on vortices in YBa2Cu3Oy single crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; tel. 81 22 215 2028; fax 81 22 215 2026/217-5363; e-mail shibata@imr.edu. Key words: scanning tunneling spectroscopy, vortex state, YBa2Cu3Oy. 74.60.G; 74.80.
I. Shigeta, T. Abiru, K. Abe, A. Nishida, and Y. Matsumoto, "Temperature and field dependence of magnetization of MgB2 polycrystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Advanced Materials Institute, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan; tel. 81 92 871 6631x6582; fax 81 92 865 6031; e-mail sige1dsc@yahoo.co.jp. Key words: MgB2, magnetization, critical current density, pinning force density, upper critical field. 74.25.Ha; 74.60.Ge; 74.60.Jg; 74.72.Yg.
Hiroshi Shimahara, "Isotope effect in superconductors with coexisting interactions of phonon and nonphonon mechanisms." E-mail hiro@hiroshima-u.ac.jp; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305399.
Hisashi Shimakage, Atsushi Saito, Akira Kawakami, and Zhen Wang, "Optimizing preparation of as-grown MgB2 thin films made using the co-evaporation method." To be published in Physica C (in press). KARC, Communications Research Laboratory, Iwaoka, Kobe 651-2492 Japan; tel. 81 78 969 2194; fax 81 78 969 2199; e-mail simakage@crl.go.jp. Key words: MgB2, thin films, co-evaporation, as-grown. 74.76.
P. M. Shirage, D. D. Shivagan, L. A. Ekal, N. V. Desai , S. B. Mane, and S. H. Pawar, "Fabrication of Ag/Tl-Ba-Ca-CuO/CdSe nanostructure by electrodeposition technique." Applied Surface Science 182. S. H. Pawar's e-mail shpawar_phy@unishivaji.ac.in; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305397.
P. M. Shirage, D. D. Shivagan, and S. H. Pawar, "Studies on Fabrication of Ag/Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10/CdSe Heterostructures with Electrochemical Technique." Submitted to Superconductor Science and Technology. S. H. Pawar's e-mail shpawar_phy@unishivaji.ac.in; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305395. Key words: Electrodeposition, Tl-based cuprate, semiconductor, heterostructures, electrical properties. 81.15.Pq; 74.72.Gr; 78.40.Fy; 84.37; 73.40.
M. Shirakawa, J. Unno, K. Aizawa, M. Kusunoki, M. Mukaida, and S. Ohshima, "Fabrication and characterization of a CeO2 buffer layer on c-plane and tilt-c-plane sapphire substrates." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, Johnan 4-3-16, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan; tel./fax 81 238 26 3289; e-mail a98120@eiefs.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp. Key words: c-plane sapphire, tilt-c-plane sapphire, CeO2 thin films, in-plane orientation. 81.15.Cd.
T. Shitamichi, M. Nakano, T. Terai, M. Yamawaki, and T. Hoshiya, "Activation of high-Tc superconductors due to neutron irradiation." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; tel./fax 81 3 5841 7420; e-mail toshiki@starling.q.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: HTSC, Bi-2212, RE-123, neutron irradiation. 74.25; 25.85; 25.40.L.
D. D. Shivagan, P. M. Shirage, L. A. Ekal, and S. H. Pawar, "Synthesis of Single Phase Hg-1223 High Tc Superconducting Films With Multistep Electrolytic Process." Submitted to Superconductor Science and Technology. S. H. Pawar's e-mail shpawar_phy@unishivaji.ac.in; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305059. Key words: Hg-based cuprates; High-Tc films; electrodeposition. 74.72.Gr; 74.76.Bz ; 81.15.Pq.
D. D. Shivagan, P. M. Shirage, and S. H. Pawar, "Studies on Fabrication of Ag/HgBaCaCuO/CdSe Heterostructures by Pulse-Electrodeposition Route." Submitted to Semiconductor Science and Technology. S. H. Pawar's e-mail shpawar_phy@unishivaji.ac.in; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305253. Key words: electrodeposition, Hg-based cuprate, semiconductor, heterostructures, electrical properties. 81.15.Pq; 74.72.Gr; 78.40.Fy; 84.37; 73.40.
D. V. Shopova and T. P. Todorov, "Dimensional crossover of the thermodynamic properties near the phase transition to superconducting state in type I superconductors." Preprint available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305603.
D. V. Shopova and T. P. Todorov, "New features of the phase transition to superconducting state in thin films." Submitted to J. Phys: Cond Mat. Preprint available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305586.
D. V. Shopova and D. I. Uzunov,, "Homogeneous Phase of Coexistence of Spin-Triplet Superconductivity and Ferromagnetism." D. I. Uzunov's e-mail uzun@issp.bas.bg; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305602.
D. V. Shopova and D. I. Uzunov, "Phase diagram of a class of spin-triplet ferromagnetic superconductors." D. I. Uzunov's e-mail uzun@issp.bas.bg; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305585.
Anatoly Yu. Smirnov, "Theory of weak continuous measurements in a strongly driven quantum bit." E-mail anatoly@dwavesys.com; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0306004.
M. Sohma, Y. Yamaguchi, I. Yamaguchi, K. Tsukada, S. Mizuta, T. Manabe, and T. Kumagai, "Preparation of YBCO films on CeO2-buffered MgO substrates by coating pyrolysis." To be published in Physica C (in press). National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), AIST Central 5, Higashi 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 4552/6389; fax 81 298 61 4552; e-mail m.sohma@aist.go.jp. Key words: coating-pyrolysis process, superconducting films, MgO, buffer layer, CeO2. 74.72.Bk; 74.76.Bz; 81.15.Np.
Tudor D. Stanescu and Philip Phillips, "Pseudogap in Doped Mott Insulators is the Near-neighbour Analogue of the Mott Gap." To be published in PRL. Philip Phillips' e-mail philip@vfemmes.physics.uiuc.edu; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0209118.
I. M. Sutjahja, J. Aarts, A. A. Nugroho, M. Diantoro, M. O. Tjia, A. A. Menovsky, and J. J. M. Franse, "Doping and field effects on the lowest Kramers doublet splitting in La1.6-xNd0.4SrxCuO4-d single crystal." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact M. O. Tjia, Department of Physics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia; tel. 62 22 251 2672; fax 62 22 250 6452; e-mail motjia@melsa.net.id. Key words: La1.6-xNd0.4SrxCuO4-d single crystal, specific-heat measurement, Kramers doublet, exchange and Zeeman interactions. 74.72.Dn; 74.25.Ha; 74.25.-q.
K. Suzuki, R. Hosomizu, S. Adachi, U. Kawabe, and K. Tanabe, "Investigation of flux trapping into moats with various moat depths by a scanning SQUID microscope." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, Division 6, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; fax 81 3 3536 5717; e-mail ks@istec.or.jp. Key words: high-Tc film, moat, moat depth, scanning SQUID microscope, focused Ga ion beam etching. 74.60.Ge; 74.72.Jt; 74.76.Bz; 74.72.Bk; 85.25.-j.
Toshiaki Suzuki, Yoshihiro Ishimaru, Masahiro Horibe, Osami Horibe, Hironori Wakana, Seiji Adachi, Yasuo Oshikubo, Yoshinobu Tarutani, Ushio Kawabe, and Keiichi Tanabe, "Evaluation of fabrication process for interface-modified ramp-edge junctions." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Yoshihiro Ishimaru, Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, Shinonome 1-10-13, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5701; fax 81 3 3536 5714; e-mail ishimaru@istec.or.jp. Key words: Josephson junction, interface-modified barrier, Ic spread. 74.50.+r; 74.72.Bk.
Kyoji Tachikawa, Yutaka Yamada, Masakazu Enomoto, Makoto Aodai, and Hiroaki Kumakura, "Structure and critical current of Ni-sheathed PIT MgB2 tapes with In metal powder addition." To be published in Physica C (in press). Faculty of Engineering, Tokai University, 1117 Kita-Kaname, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan; tel. 81 463 58 1211; fax 81 463 50 2096; e-mail tacsuper@keyaki.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp. Key words: MgB2, PIT tape, Ni sheath, In metal powder addition, critical current. 74.70.Ad; 74.60.Jg.
Ken'ichi Takahashi, Kazuo Satoh, Tsutomu Yotsuya, Satoru Okayasu, Kiichi Hojou, Masaki Katagiri, Atsushi Saito, Akira Kawakami, Hisashi Shimakage, Zhen Wang, and Takekazu Ishida, "Design of neutron detector by using a novel superconductor MgB2." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact Takekazu Ishida, Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan; fax 81 722549908; e-mail ishida@center.osakafu-u.ac.jp. Key words: MgB2, film, neutron, electronic devices. 74.76.Db; 87.64.Bx; 85.25.-j.
N. Takeshita, T. Sasagawa, T. Sugioka, Y. Tokura, and H. Takagi, "Gigantic anisotropic uniaxial pressure effect on superconductivity within the CuO2 plane of La1.64Eu0.2Sr0.16CuO4 - strain control of stripe criticality." E-mail takeshita.n@aist.go.j; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305111.
H. Takeya, Y. S. Sung, K. Hirata, and K. Togano, "Superconducting properties of single-crystal Nb sphere formed by large-undercooling solidification process." 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. 81 298 59 2318; fax 81 298 59 2301; e-mail takeya.hiroyuki@nims.go.jp. Key words: niobium, electrostatic levitation, single crystal, superconductor. 74.70.Ad.
M. Tamaki, T. Machi, I. Kato, N. Koshizuka, M. Murakami, and S. Arai, "Transport properties in Ca and Zn substituted NdBa2Cu3O7-d single crystals." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5707; fax 81 3 3536 5705; e-mail tamaki@istec.or.jp. Key words: NdBa2Cu3O7-d single crystals, Ca substitution, Zn substitution, transport properties. 74.25.Fy; 74.25.Sv; 74.62.Dh.
Shoji Tanaka, "Future of IT, PT and superconductivity technology." 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; 81 3 3536 5714; tanaka@istec.or.jp. Key words: superconducting bulk, coated conductors, superconducting devices, electricity consumption in internet. 74.50.+r; 74.72.-h.
Y. Tanaka, A. Iyo, S. Takahashi, M. Hirai, H. Okumoto, H. Kato, K. Tokiwa, and T. Watanabe, "Dynamics of multiple order parameters in the multi-band superconductor studied by Raman spectroscopy." To be published in Physica C (in press). Electrotechnical Laboratory, Box 504, 1-1-4 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; tel. 81 298 61 5720; fax 81 298 61 5447; e-mail y.tanaka@aist.go.jp. Key words: Cu-1234, two Tc, multi-band superconductor, multi-gap, collective mode. 74.25.Gz; 74.72.Jt; 74.40.+k; 74.25.Kc; 71.45.-d.
Y. Tanaka, N. Kitaura, H. Itoh, J. Inoue, A. Golubov, N. Yoshida, and S. Kashiwaya, "Effect of the randomness on the electron transport in normal metal/insulator/conventional superconductor junctions." To be published in Physica C (in press). CREST, Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; tel. 81 52 789 3701; fax 81 52 789 3298; e-mail ytanaka@nuap.nagoya-u.ac.jp. 74.40.+k; 74.50.+r.
M. Tange, T. Amano, S. Nishizaki, and R. Yoshizaki, "Superconducting properties of Bi-2212 whiskers." To be published in Physica C (in press). Contact R. Yoshizaki, Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan; tel. 81 298 53 2483; fax 81 298 53 2482; e-mail yoshizak@ims.tsukuba.ac.jp. Key words: Bi-2212, whisker, high-Tc superconductor, irreversibility line, intergrowth. 74.72.Hs; 74.60.Ge; 74.25.Fy.
Yoshinobu Tarutani, Yoshihiro Ishimaru, Horonori Wakana, Masahiro Horibe, Seiji Adachi, Hideyuki Sugiyama, Yasuo Oshikubo, Osami Horibe, Toshiaki Suzuki, and Keiichi Tanabe, "Fabrication and characteristics of elementary oxide RSFQ circuits." To be published in Physica C (in press). Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan; tel. 81 3 3536 5709; fax 81 3 3536 5705; e-mail tarutani@istec.or.jp. Key words: oxide RSFQ circuit, SQUID stack, voltage amplifier, SFQ-dc converter, Ac Josephson current.
K. Tasaki, T. Kuriyama, S. Nomura, Y. Sumiyoshi, H. Hayashi, H. Kimura, K. Tsutsumi, M. Iwakuma, and K. Funaki, "Thermal stability of a cryocooler-cooled HTS pancake coil wound with Bi2223 tape." To be published in Physica C (in press). Power and Industrial Systems Research and Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, 2-4 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan; tel. 81 45 510 6694/6695; fax 81 45 500 1427; e-mail kenji2.tasaki@toshiba.co.jp. Key words: HTS coil, thermal stability, conduction-cooled coil. 85.25.L; 74.60.J.
Hirotaka Terai, Yoshio Kameda, Shinichi Yorozu, Akira Kawakami, Nobuyuki Yoshikawa, and Zhen Wang, "High-speed testing of tandem-Banyan network switch component." To be published in Physica C (in press). Communications Research Laboratory (CRL), Kansai Advanced Research Center (KARC), Iwaoka-cho, Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-492, Japan; tel. 81 78 969 2191; fax 81 78 969 2199; e-mail terai@crl.go.jp. Key words: network switch, SFQ cell library, high-speed test, bias margin. 85.25.N.
Ryo Terajima, Kazuyuki Seko, Joe Sakai, and Syozo Imai, "Fabrication of NbN tunnel junctions with a magnetic barrier." To be published in Physica C (in press). School of Materials Science, JAIST, Asahidai 1-1, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan; tel. 81 761 51 1572; fax 81 761 51 1575; e-mail rteraji@jaist.ac.jp. Key words: SIS tunnel junction, mixer, magnetic barrier, Josephson current, NbN, NiOx, AlN. 85.25.-j; 85.25.-Cp; 85.25.-Pb; 74.76.-w.
L. Tewordt and D. Fay, "Two-band theory of specific heat and thermal conductivity in the mixed state of MgB2." Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. D. Fay's e-mail fay@physnet.uni-hamburg.de; preprint also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305301.
Hannes Toepfer, Thomas Ortlepp, Hermann F. Uhlmann, Diego Cassel, and Michael Siegel, "Design of HTS RSFQ circuits." To be published in Physica C (in press). System Design, Institut fur Mikroelektronik- und Mechatronik-Systeme gGmbH, Langewiesener Strasse 22, D-98693 Ilmenau, Germany; tel. 49 3677 67 8368; fax 49 3677 67 8338; e-mail hannes.toepfer@imms.de. Key words: rapid single flux quantum, RSFQ, circuit design. 85.25; 74.40.
M. Tokunaga, H. Aoki, T. Murata, M. Matsui, and T. Tamegai, "Crossing vortex lattices states in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y with various doping levels." To be published in Physica C (in press). Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; tel./fax 81 3 5841 6848; e-mail mtokunaga@ap.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Key words: Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y, vortex, phase diagram, bitter decoration. 74.60.Ec; 74.72.Hs.
Yoshitaka Tokunag