With the high-temperature superconductors a qualitatively new regime in the
phenomenology of type-II superconductivity can be accessed. The key elements governing …

We review experimental studies of the time decay of the nonequilibrium magnetization in
high-temperature superconductors, a phenomenon known as magnetic relaxation. This …

Magnetic flux can penetrate a type-II superconductor in the form of Abrikosov vortices (also
called flux lines, flux tubes, or fluxons) each carrying a quantum of magnetic flux phi 0= h/2e …

We have measured the microwave surface resistance (30-60 GHz) for different
crystallographic orientations in the vortex state of Bi 2 Sr 2 Ca Cu 2 O 8+ δ. A sharp …

Strongly anisotropic layered superconductors are considered within the Lawrence-Doniach
model. The differential finite-difference sine-Gordon equation is derived for the order …

The irreversibility line B m (T) of monocrystalline superconducting Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O 8 has
been measured in magnetic fields H parallel to the c axis of the crystal. For low inductions B …

Using Langevin dynamics, we have investigated the dynamics of vortices in a disordered
two-dimensional superconductor subjected to a uniform driving current. The results provide …

We determine the position and shape of the melting line in a layered superconductor,
emphasizing the importance of electromagnetic interactions in the vortex system. In the limit …

Starting from the vortex equation of motion, we construct an effective Euclidean action and
formulate the quantum statistical mechanics of the vortex system. The formalism is applied to …

In the new high-T c superconductors both thermal as well as quantum fluctuations are large.
The latter smear the vortex cores over a distance of the order of the coherence length and …