ISBN: 3-540-67188-9 TITLE: New Developments in High Temperature Superconductivity AUTHOR: Klamut, J.; Veal, B.W.; Dabrowski, B.M.; Klamut, P.W.; Kazimierski, M. (Eds.) TOC: Muon Spin Rotation Studies of Doping in High-T_c Superconductors 1 J. I. Budnick, Ch. Niedermayer Dynamic Signatures of Driven Vortex Motion 17 G. W. Crabtree, D. Lopez, W. K. Kwok, A. M. Petrean, R. J. Olsson, H. Safar, L. M. Paulius Improved Y-123 Materials by Chemical Substitutions 30 B. Dabrowski, K. Rogacki, P. W. Klamut, Z. Bukowski, O. Chmaissem, J. D. Jorgensen High-Pressure CrystalGrowth and Properties of Hg-Based Superconductors and One-Dimensional A_1-x CuO_2 (A = Sr, Ca, Ba) Cuprates 45 J. Karpinski, G. I. Meijer, H. Schwer, R. Molinski, E. Kopnin, M Angst, A. Wisniewski, R. Puzniak, J. Hofer, C. Rossel Angular Dependence of Flux Pinning in High-T_c Superconductor Thin Films and Superconductor­Ferromagnetic Heterostructures 65 S. Kolesnik, T. Skoskiewicz, P. Przyslupski, M. Z. Cieplak Basic Superconducting-State Parameters and Their Influence on the Flux Pinning in Homologous Series HgBa_2Ca_n-1CU_nO_2n+2+z 78 R. Puzniak Oxygen Isotope Effects in the Manganates and Cuprates Studied by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance 91 A. Shengelaya, Guo-meng Zhao, K. Conder, H. Keller, K.A. Müller Quasiparticle Thermalization and Recombination in High-Temperature Superconductors Excited by Femtosecond Optical Pulses 100 R. Sobolewski A Semiphenomenological Approach for Description of Quasiparticles in High-Temperature Superconductors 123 Z. Szotek, B. L. Gyorffy, W. M. Temmerman, O. K. Andersen, O. Jepsen Superconductivity and Magnetic Properties of Spin-Ladder Compounds 157 H. Szymczak, R. Szymczak, M. Baran, L. Leonyuk, G.-J. Babonas, V. Maltsev Vortex Pinning and CriticalCurrent Enhancements in High-T_c Superconductors with Fission-Generated Random Columnar Defects 181 J. R. Thompson, J. G. Ossand´on, L. Krusin­Elbaum, K. J. Song, D. K. Christen, J. Z. Wu, J. L. Ullmann Bose­Einstein to BCS Crossover as a Model for High-T_c Cuprate Superconductors 193 Y. J. Uemura Strong Correlations and Electron­Phonon Interaction in Superconductors 211 K. I. Wysokinski Penetration Depth in Pure and Zinc-Substituted La_2-xSr_xCuO_4 230 A. J. Zaleski, J. Klamut StructuralSensitivity of Transport Properties of the High-T_c Cuprates 254 J.­ S. Zhou, J. B. Goodenough List of Unpublished Lectures 269 List of Posters 270 Index of Contributors 275 END