New Developments in High Temperature Superconductivity [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 2nd Polish-US Conference Held a Wrocław and Karpacz, Poland, 17–21 August 1998 / edited by Jan Klamut, Boyd W. Veal, Bogdan M. Dabrowski, Piotr W. Klamut, Maciej Kazimierski.

Muon Spin Rotation Studies of Doping in High-T c Superconductors -- Dynamic Signatures of Driven Vortex Motion -- Improved Y-123 Materials by Chemical Substitutions -- High Pressure Crystal Growth and Properties of Hg-Based Superconductors and One-Dimensional A1?x ;CuO2 (A = Sr, Ca, Ba) Cuprates -- Angular Dependence of Flux Pinning in High-T c Superconductor Thin Films and Superconductor-Ferromagnetic Heterostructures -- Basic Superconducting-State Parameters and Their Influence on the Flux Pinning in Homologous Series HgBa2Ca n?1 Cu n O2n+2+x -- Oxygen Isotope Effects in the Manganates and Cuprates Studied by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance -- Quasiparticle Thermalization and Recombination in High-Temperature Superconductors Excited by Femtosecond Optical Pulses -- A Semiphenomenological Approach for Description of Quasiparticles in High Temperature Superconductors -- Superconductivity and Magnetic Properties of Spin-Ladder Compounds -- Vortex Pinning and Critical Current Enhancements in High-T c Superconductors with Fission-Generated Random Columnar Defects -- Bose-Einstein to BCS Crossover as a Model for High-T c Cuprate Superconductors -- Strong Correlations and Electron-Phonon Interaction in Superconductors -- Penetration Depth in Pure and Zinc-Substituted La2?x Sr x CuO4 -- Structural Sensitivity of Transport Properties of the High-T c Cuprates.

This volume presents the latest developments in the field of high temperature superconductivity. It focusses on microscope description, physical properties, and materials and applications. The talks presented have been extensively edited and updated in order to present a valuable resource not only for the advanced reader, but also for a larger readership seeking reviews of current problems in high temperature superconductivity. These proceedings are a follow-up of a previous meeting which has been published as Volume 475 of the Lecture Notes in Physics.