Selected Topics in 2004 Annual Report at Sendai

1.　High Field High -T_c Superconductors

1) In-Plane Electrical Resistivity in High Magnetic Fields and Stripe Order in La_2-xBa_xCuO₄ around x = 1/8: Implication for the Field-Induced Stripe Order

2) Angular Dependence of Critical Currents and Its Scaling in YBCO Coated Conductors

3) Effects of c-axis Correlated Disorders on High Irreversibility Field in NEG123 Bulk

2.　High Field Low-T_c Superconductors

4) Vortex Glass Transision in a MgB₂ Film at High Magnetic Fields

5) Application of the Prebending Strain Effect in CuNb/Nb₃Sn Superconducting Wires to the React-and-Wind Technique

3.　Magnetism in High Fields

6) Structural and Optical Studies of Single-Crystal La_7/8Sr_1/8MnO₃

7) Direct Observation of Level Anticrossing in Spin Gap System CuHpCl

4.　Other High Field Physical Properties

8) Electronic Properties of the Two-Dimensional Organic Conductor, t-(EDO-S,S-DMEDT-TTF)₂(AuCl₂)_1+y in High Magnetic Field

9) Thermophysical Property Measurements of Non-euilibrium Melts using an Electromagnetic Levitator in a Static Magnetic field

5.　Chemistry, Biology and Crystal Growth in High Fields

10) Melt Growth of Benzophenone under Magnetic Levitaion Condition

6.　High Field Magnet Technology and Related Experimental Technique

11) Performance of a Cryogen-Free 29 T Hybrid Magnet

12) Development of 18 T Helium-Free Superconducting Magnet

13) Development of the Magnetometer at High Pressure, Low Temperature and High Magnetic Fields over 20 T in the Hybrid Magnet