Contributors to Volume 14 v Future Volumes planned vii Contents of Earlier Volumes ix Preface xvii Visualization of Shubnikov Phase Using the High Resolution Faraday Effect Th. Schuster M.R. Koblischka Introduction 1(1) The HRF technique 2(5) Results and discussion 7(50) References 57(8) Mechanism of Microwave Absorption and Flux Distribution in High Temperature Superconductors T. Endo H. Yan Introduction 65(2) Experimental 67(2) List of MA mechanism 69(2) Vortex mechanism 71(10) Junction voltage mechanism 81(3) Critical current mechanism 84(4) Shape factor and modulation dependence 88(7) Transient signal and flux pinning 95(6) Summary 101(1) References 102(5) Field Penetration and Magnetization of HTS S. Senoussi S. Hammond F. Mosbah Introduction 107(10) Some experimental results 117(27) The equilibrium magnetization 144(7) Determination of the demagnetization factor and the superconducting volume FSC from experimental data 151(3) Calculations of the irreversibile magnetization and the magnetic critical current density in HTS 154(15) Comparison between the actual J(H) current, the local current J(R) and the macroscopic current JMAG 169(11) Conclusion 180(2) References 182(3) Experimental Aspects of Magnetization Studies in Superconductors A.K. Grover Introduction 185(1) Inhomogeneous magnetic states 186(9) Irreversibility line 195(26) Critical current density 221(3) Thermomagnetic history effects 224(6) Temporal effects 230(3) AC magnetization hysteresis studies in ceramic HTSC 233(2) Critical fields 235(5) Epilogue 240(1) References 240(5) Recent Developments of the Critical State Model P. Chaddah Introduction 245(1) The critical state model 246(15) Shapes with finite demagnetization factor 261(6) Two-component samples 267(2) Thermal excursions 269(1) Thermal activation and magnetization decay 270(1) Equilibrium magnetization -inclusion of Hc1 271(2) Microscopic ideas 273(1) References 273(4) Anomalous Magnetization in YBa2Cu4O8 Single Crystals: Surface Barrier and Fish-Tail Ming Xu K. Zhang B. Babrowski Introduction 277(1) Experimental details 278(1) Results 279(10) Discussions 289(15) Conclusions 304(1) References 305(2) Low Field Magnetic Behaviour of High Temperature Superconductors F. de la Cruz H. Pastoriza A. Arribere Introduction 307(4) Experimental details 311(2) Mixed state of Bi-2212 313(17) Critical state in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 single crystal 330(5) Meissner state in YBa2Cu3O7 335(7) References 342(5) Ireversible Part of Magnetization Due to Flux Pinning K. Yamafuji Introduction 347(2) On the irrevesibility line 349(15) On the estimation of Uc from the magnetization measurement 364(7) On the fish tail effect 371(10) Conclusion 381(1) References 381(2) Irreversibility Line in High Temperature Superconductors T. Matsushita Introduction 383(1) Flux creep model 384(3) Theory 387(3) Discussion 390(12) Summary 402(1) References 403(4) Non-Linear Flux Flow Regime in High Temperature Superconductors S. Takacs F. Gomory Introduction 407(1) Linear AC response theory 408(3) Theory of non-linear diffusion in the flux flow regime 411(1) Experiments 412(7) Conclusions 419(1) References 420(1) Harmonic Generation in High-Tc Superconductors Neeraj Khare A.K. Gupta G.B. Donaldson Introduction 421(1) Observation of harmonic generation 422(3) Understanding of the phenomena 425(5) High-Tc magnetometer based on harmonic generation effect 430(4) Low frequency harmonic generation by modulation of microwave transmission 434(3) Conclusion 437(1) References 438(3) Subject Index 441
