SNF Issue No. 4, April 2008

Issue Date:

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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Editorial Forward

Editorial Forward Issue No. 4

ESNF Editorial Team

Critical Reviews - Invited

Review of European Activities in Superconductivity for Thermonuclear Fusion, in the Light of ITER

P. Komarek and E. Salpietro

CR6

Regional News

Superconductor Industry in Germany: Status and Perspectives

Werner Prusseit

RN6

German Research Policy for Increased Energy

Forum Notes from Presentation by Knut Kübler

RN5

Science and Technology News

Superconducting NbN-Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors Capable of Photon Number Resolving

A. Korneev, A. Divochiy, M. Tarkhov, O. Minaeva, V. Seleznev, N. Kaurova, B. Voronov, O. Okunev, G. Chulkova, I. Milostnaya, K. Smirnov and G. Gol’tsman

ST34

Anomalous Magnetic Hysteresis in the Microwave Surface Resistance of MgB2 Superconductor

A. Agliolo Gallitto, M. Bonura and M. Li Vigni

ST33

Mechanical Treatments at Room Temperature of Nb3Sn Practical Wires: Pre-torsion for Wires with a Different Architecture

P Badica, H Oguro, S Awaji, G Nishijima, K Watanabe

ST32

Microtesla MRI of the human brain combined with MEG

Vadim S. Zotev, Andrei N. Matlashov, Petr L. Volegov, Igor M. Savukov, Michelle A. Espy, John C. Mosher, John J. Gomez & Robert H. Kraus, Jr

ST31

Study of Nb/Al Interface Combining Spectroscopy of Reflected Electrons with Ion Sputtering

A. V. Lubenchencko, V. P. Afanas'ev, M. V. Lukashevsky, M. Norell, A. B. Pavolotsky and S. D. Fedorovich

ST30

Towards the Design of Power Switches Utilizing HTS Material

S A March, A Ballarino, C Beduz, K H Meß and Y Yang

ST29

Magnetic Compensation of Gravity by Using Superconducting Axisymmetric Coils: Spherical Harmonics Method

Clement Lorin, Alain Mailfert

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