edited by A I Larkin (Landau Inst.) & N V Zavaritsky (Inst. Phy. Problems)

This volume covers up-to-date ideas associated with the studies of high Tc superconductivity. Diverse theoretical points of view on the nature of this phenomenon are presented in the book. Experimental works discuss the results obtained in the studies of Bi and Tl superconductivity compounds as well as the thorough investigation of the different properties of 123 (YBaCu) compounds. Several articles are devoted to SQUIDs functioning at nitrogen temperatures and their application in research work.

• Electronic Structure and ‘Chemical’ Aspects of High-Temperature Superconductivity (D I Khomskii)
• The Holes on Oxygen Sites and BCS Physical Picture in High-temperature Superconductors (G M Eliashberg)
• Polaron Theory of High-T_c Superconductors (A S Alexandrov)
• Mott Transition: Low Energy Excitations and Superconductivity (L B Ioffe & A I Larkin)
• Preparation and Study of Tl-Based Superconductors (A I Akimov et al.)
• Structure Genesis and the Physical Properties of Perovskite-Like Phases (N E Alekseevskii et al.)
• Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of a High-T_c Superconducting Monocrystal YBa₂Cu₃O₇ (M S Khaikin et al.)
• High-T_c Ceramic Weak Links, rf-SQUIDs and their Applications (N V Zavaritsky & V N Zavaritsky)
• High-T_c Superconducting Thin Film Weak Links: Josephson Effect and Macroscopic Quantum Interference at 4 K and 77 K (A I Golovashkin et al.)
• and other papers