Synopses & Reviews
This is the first book which reviews the most important results obtained in the past decade for layered copper-oxide high-temperature superconductors by neutron scattering techniques. The following topics are thoroughly introduced, methodically discussed and highlighted with the most important results by acknowledged experts in their respective fields: static and dynamical properties of the crystal lattice (oxygen site occupation, charge transfer, charge-stripe order, phonon dispersions and density-of-states), static and dynamical magnetic correlations (phase diagrams, 2D and 3D magnetic ordering, spin waves and spin fluctuations, crystal-field excitations) and the structure of the flux-line lattice (field and temperature dependence). The 2D features of the copper-oxide perovskites are found to be essential for achieving high-temperature superconductivity by doping. The book addresses an interdisciplinary audience, both specialists and those entering the field. Emphasis is put on the fundamental properties; however, technological applications are evidently emerging from these basics.
Table of Contents
Preface. Introduction to Neutron Scattering; P. Böni, A. Furrer. Structural Anomalies, Oxygen Ordering and Superconductivity in YBa2Cu3O6+x; P.G. Radaelli. Phase Diagrams and Spin Correlations in YBa2Cu3O6+x; L.P. Regnault, et al. Magnetic Excitations in La2-x(Ba,Sr)xCuO4; S.M. Hayden. Phonon Dispersions and Phonon Density-of-States in Copper-Oxide Superconductors; L. Pintschovius, W. Reichardt. Phase Separation, Charge Segregation and Superconductivity in Layered Cuprates; J.M. Tranquada. Magnetic 2-D and 3-D Ordering Phenomena in Rare-Earth Based Copper-Oxide Superconductors and Related Systems; P. Fischer, M. Medarde. Collective Magnetic Excitations of 4f Ions in R2-xCexCuO4 (R=Nd, Pr); W. Henggeler, A. Furrer. The Crystal Field as a Local Probe in Rare-Earth Based Copper-Oxide Superconductors; J. Mesot, A. Furrer. Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Experiments on Vortices in Copper-Oxide Superconductors; E.M. Forgan.