Perspectives in Condensed Matter Physics, A Critical Reprint Series,, 7.
High superconducting transition temperatures of new rare earth ternary borides --; Superconductivity in the REX Mo6 S8 --; Destruction of Superconductivity at the Onset of Long--Range Magnetic Order in the Compound ErRh4 B4 --; Observation of Magnetic Field Induced Superconductivity --; Unusual Properties of Magnetic Superconductors --; Superconductivity in the Presence of Strong Pauli Paramagnetism: CeCu2 Si2 --; UBe13 : An Unconventional Actinide Superconductor --; Possibility of Coexistence of Bulk Superconductivity and Spin Fluctuations in UPt3 --; Superconductivity and Magnetic Order in a Strongly Interacting Fermi--System: URu2 Si2 --; Heavy--Fermion Superconductivity: Experimental Status Report --; Heavy--Electron Superconductivity --; Heavy--electron superconductors, spin fluctuations, and triplet pairing --; Symmetry properties of triplet superconductors --; Superconducting classes in heavy--fermion systems --; p--Wave Superconductivity in UBe13 --; Transport and Thermal Proper-ties of Heavy--Fermion Superconductors: A Unified Picture --; Anisotropy of Transverse Sound in the Heavy--Fermion Superconductor UPt3 --; New Phase Diagram for (U, Th)Be13 : A Muon--Spin--Resonance and Hc1 Study --; Phenomenological theory of the superconductivity phase diagram of U1-x Thx Be13 --; Specific Heat of UPt3: Evidence for Unconventional Superconductivity --; Anisotropy of the Magnetic--Field--Induced Phase Transition in Superconducting UPt3 --; Mechanical Measurements of the Flux Lattice in the Heavy--Fermion Superconductor UPt3 --; Superconductivity in a synthetic organic conductor (TMTSF)2 PF6 --; Zero--Pressure Organic Superconductor: Di--(Tetramethyltetraselenafulvalenium)--Perchlorate [(TMTSF)2 Cl04] --; Superconductivity in a New Family of Organic Conductors --; Normal--pressure superconductivity in an organic metal (BED T--TTF)2 I3 [bis(ethylene dithiolo) tetrathiofulvalene triiodide] --; A New Ambient Pressure Organic Superconductor (BEDT--TTF)2 Cu(NCS)2 with Tc above 10 K --; One--dimensional correlations in organic superconductors: magnetism and superconductivity --; Organic Conductors and Superconductors in High Magnetic Fields --; High--Temperature superconductivity in the BaPb1-x Bi3 03 system --; Superconductivity in the BaPb1-x Bix 03 System --; Possible High Tc Superconductivity in the Ba--La--Cu--O System --; High--Tc Superconductivity of La--Ba--Cu Oxides. II. --Specification of the Superconducting Phase --; Superconductivity Produced by Electron Doping in CuO2 --Layered Compounds --; The Resonating Valence Bond State in La2 CuO4 and Superconductivity --; Superconductivity at 93 K in a New Mixed--Phase Y-Ba-Cu-O Compound System at Ambient Pressure --; Flux Trapping and Superconductive Glass State in La2 CuO4-y :Ba --; Thermally Activated Dissipation in Bi2.2 Sr2 Ca0.8 Cu2 O8+? --; SQUID Picovoltometry of YBa2 Cu3 07 Single Crystals: Evidence for a Finite--Temperature Phase Transition in the High--Field Vortex State --; High--Resolution Photoemission Study of the Low--Energy Excitations Reflecting the Superconducting State of Bi--Sr--Ca--Cu--O Single Crystal --; Superconductivity in the Bi--Sr--Cu-0 System --; A New High--Tc Oxide Superconductor without a Rare Earth Element --; Superconductivity in the rare--earth-free Tl--Ba--Cu--O system above liquid--nitrogen temperature --; Bulk Superconductivity at 125 K in T12 Ca2 Ba2 Cu3 Ox --; Superconducting Ground State of Noninteracting Particles Obeying Fractional Statistics --; Author Index.
The unexpected and therefore really amazing discovery of J.G. Bednorz and K.A. Müller, that certain oxide compounds enter a superconductivity state at temperatures above 30 K, pushed research on superconductivity into the limelight of science in general in a way that seemed reserved only for high energy or particle physics. It may therefore be expected that this entire review would solely deal with superconductivity at high temperatures, i.e. above the boiling point of hydrogen. Any unexpected occurrence of superconductivity is, however, a challenge to scientists interested either in the physics of this phenomenon or in its materials science aspects. In this respect, the eighties have been quite revolutionary in the sense that, on various occasions, superconductivity was discovered in materials whose physical properties were not obviously favourable for adopting this ground state. Therefore, apart from emphasizing the topic of oxide superconductors, this collection of reprints also contains a selection of papers that deal with other subjects, such as coexistence of magnetic order and superconductivity, heavy electron and organic superconductors. This is all the more justified when we consider the fact that various aspects of superconductivity in high T c oxide compounds are, or might be, connected with features that are also observed in these other materials. For nonspecialists who might be interested in this collection of reprints the Editor briefly reviews the possibilities for identifying superconductivity and discusses some special features of the superconducting state.