Selected Topics in 2008 Annual Report at Sendai

1. High Field High -T_c Superconductors

1) In-Plane Electrical Resistivity in Magnetic Fields and Stripe Correlations in La_2-xSr_xCuO₄ around x = 0.2

　Dept. of Appl. Phys., Tohoku University: T. Adachi, H. Sato, Y. Koike

　IMR, Tohoku University: K. Kudo, N. Kobayashi

2) Variety of the Flux Pinning State Diagrams for Various c-axis Correlated Pinning Centers

　IMR, Tohoku University: S. Awaji, M. Namba, K. Watanabe

　Dept. of Elect. Eng. Sci., Nagoya University: Y. Yoshida

　Dept. of Mat. Sci., Kyushu Institute of Technology: K. Matsumoto

2. High Field Low-Tc Superconductors

3) Upper Critical Field of Iron Silicide Superconductor Lu₂Fe₃Si₅

　Dept. of App. Phys., University of Tokyo: Y. Nakajima, H. Hidaka, T. Tamegai

　IMR, Tohoku University: T. Nishizaki, T. Sasaki, N. Kobayashi

4) Study on Three-Dimensional Strain and Superconducting Properties for Practical Nb₃Sn Wires

　IMR, Tohoku University: H. Oguro, G. Nishijima, S. Awaji, K. Takahashi, K. Watanabe

5) Neutron Irradiation Effect on Critical Current of Superconducting Wires

　FERC, National Institute for Fusion Science: A. Nishimura, Y. Hishinuma, M. Sakamoto

　IMR, Tohoku University: G. Nishijima, K. Watanabe

3. Magnetism in High Fields

6) NMR Studies of Triplet Localization in the Quantum Spin System NH₄CuCl₃

　Dept. of Phys., Sophia University: T. Goto, A. Oosawa

　IMR, Tohoku University: T. Sasaki, N. Kobayashi

　Dept. of Phys., Tokyo Institute of Technology: H. Tanaka

7) Bose-Einstein Condensation of Cr⁵⁺ Antiferromagnetic Dimmer System

　IMR, Tohoku University: Y. Oshima, H. Nojiri

　Dept. of Phys., University of Virginia: M. Kofu, S. H. Lee

　Institue for Solid State Phys., University of Tokyo: H. Ueda, Y. Ueda

4. Other High Field Physical Properties

8) Magnetic Field Induced Polarization Flop in TmMn₂O₅ and YbMn₂O₅

　IMRAM, Tohoku University: M. Fukunaga, Y. Sakamoto, H. Kimura, Y. Noda

　IMR, Tohoku University: K. Takahashi

9) Unusually Small Electrical Resistance of Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Gold in External Magnetic Fields

　WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University: T. Fujita, M. W. Chen

　IMR, Tohoku University: H. Okada, K. Koyama, K.Watanabe, S. Maekawa

10) Magnetotoransport Properties of Carbon Nanotubes by Contactless Method

　IMR, Tohoku University: Y. Oshima, T. Takenobu, Y. Iwasa, H. Nojiri

　AIST: K. Yanagi, Y. Miyata, H. Kataura, K. Hata

5. Chemistry, Biology and Crystal Growth in High Fields

11) Mechanical Properties of Magnetically Aligned Crystalline Polymer

　Dept. of App. Chem., Tokyo Metropolitan University: M. Yamato

　IMR, Tohoku University: K. Takahashi, K. Watanabe

6. High Field Magnet Technology and Related Experimental Technique

12) Development of Scanning Tunneling Microscope for 18 T Cryocooled Superconducting Magnet

　IMR, Tohoku University: T. Nishizaki, N. Kobayashi

13) Development of the High-Field X-ray Powder Diffraction Camera

　IMR, Tohoku University: Y. Mitsui, K. Koyama, K. Takahashi, K. Watanabe

　Sch. Engineering. Tohoku University: A. Fujita