With the high-temperature superconductors a qualitatively new regime in the
phenomenology of type-II superconductivity can be accessed. The key elements governing …

Kinetic interfaces form the basis of a fascinating, interdisciplinary branch of statistical
mechanics. Diverse stochastic growth processes can be unified via an intriguing nonlinear …

The effects of thermal fluctuations, quenched disorder, and anisotropy on the phases and
phase transitions in type-II superconductors are examined, focusing on linear and nonlinear …

The field of phase transitions and critical phenomena continues to be active in research,
producing a steady stream of interesting and fruitful results. It has moved into a central place …

Magnetic flux can penetrate a type-II superconductor in the form of Abrikosov vortices (also
called flux lines, flux tubes, or fluxons) each carrying a quantum of magnetic flux phi 0= h/2e …

Superfluidity and Superconductivity, Third Edition introduces the low-temperature
phenomena of superfluidity and superconductivity from a unified viewpoint. The book …

The nature and origins of renormalization group ideas in statistical physics and condensed
matter theory are recounted informally, emphasizing those features of prime importance in …

We review experimental studies of the time decay of the nonequilibrium magnetization in
high-temperature superconductors, a phenomenon known as magnetic relaxation. This …

The first edition of this book provided an introduction to the many static and dynamic features
of magnetic flux structures in what are now called classical or low-temperature …

The physics of flux lines in the cuprate superconductors pinned by columnar defects is
mapped onto boson localization in two dimensions. The theory predicts a Bose glass phase …