Studies of High Temperature Superconductors

Anant Narlikar

Contents include: Basic physical properties of polycrystalline MgB2 Pellets and Wires; MgB2 complex behaviour from a simple compound; Hole superconductivity in MgB2, cuprates and other materials; A model of anistropic S-wave superconductivity for MgB2; Electronic structure, bonding and optical spectrum of MgB2; Electronic and structural properties of superconducting MgB2 and related systems; Electrodynamics of MgB2: first results; Tc amplification in a superconductor made by a metal heterostructure at the atomic limit tuned at the 'shape resonance': MgB2; Specific heat of the 38 K superconductor MgB2 in the normal and superconducting state: bulk evidence for a double gap; Energy gap from point-contact tunnelling; Transport properties of MgB2; The effect of substitution on superconductivity in MgB2; Superconductivity in MgB2.