The gap symmetry and fluctuations in high-Tc superconductors

Introduction to High Temperature Superconducting Oxides....Pages 1-14
Status of High Tc....Pages 15-35
Superconductivity in Cuprates, The Van Hove Scenario: A Review....Pages 37-54
High T c Oxides: Two Order Parameters, Magnetic Scattering and Upper Limit of T c , Novel Isotope Effects, and the Phonon-Plasmon Mechanism....Pages 55-71
Mott Metal-Insulator Transition in Oxides....Pages 73-89
Scaling Behavior of the Normal State Properties and the Superfluid Density in Metallic YBa 2 Cu 3 O x Cuprates....Pages 91-109
The Spin Fluctuation Model for High Temperature Superconductivity: Progress and Prospects....Pages 111-142
A Theory of the Non-Fermi-Liquid Properties and Superconductivity in Copper-Oxides....Pages 143-144
Current Research Issues for the Electron-Doped Cuprates....Pages 145-158
Superconductivity of Heavy-Electron Compounds - Comparison with Cuprates....Pages 159-169
The Inhomogeneity of High- T c Superconductors....Pages 171-184
Applications of HTS to Space and Electronics....Pages 185-193
Photoemission as a Probe of Superconductivity....Pages 195-208
Electronic Structure and Doping in Cuprate Superconductors....Pages 209-228
The Electronic Structure of the High T c Superconductors Obtained by Angle-Resolved Photoemission....Pages 229-247
Light Scattering from Charge and Spin Excitations in Cuprate Systems....Pages 249-290
Analysis of the Superconducting Gap by Electronic Raman Scattering in HgBa 2 Ca 2 Cu 3 O 8+δ Single Crystals....Pages 291-308
Evidence for Gap Asymmetry and Spin Fluctuations from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)....Pages 309-330
NMR in the Normal State of Cuprates....Pages 331-348
From Magnons to the Resonance Peak: Spin Dynamics in High- T C Superconducting Cuprates by Inelastic Neutron Scattering....Pages 349-371
Magnetic Penetration Depths in Cuprates: A short Review of Measurement Techniques and Results....Pages 373-402
Specific Heat Experiments in High Magnetic Fields: D-Wave Symmetry, Fluctuations, Vortex Melting....Pages 403-421
The Spectrum of Thermodynamic Fluctuations in Short Coherence Length Superconductors....Pages 423-441
Multilayering Effects on the Thermal Fluctuations of Cooper Pairs Around the Superconducting Transition in Cuprates....Pages 443-464
C-Axis Conductivity and the Role of D-Wave Superconductivity and Fluctuations on Anisotropic High Temperature Superconductors....Pages 465-485
Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy on High Temperature Superconductors....Pages 487-502
From the Andreev Reflection to the Sharvin Contact Conductance....Pages 503-510
Tunneling in High Tc Superconducting Cuprates....Pages 511-536
Flux Quantization Experiments in Cuprate Superconductors....Pages 537-556