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The 11th International Workshop on Critical Currents in Superconductors (IWCC 2003)

The International Workshop on Critical Currents (IWCC 2003) is the eleventh in a series of workshops on flux pinning and critical currents in superconductors, the first of which was organized in 1974. IWCC focuses on the fundamental aspects of flux pinning, critical currents and pinning centres in both high and low temperature superconductors. The format is quite different from a regular workshop, emphasizing extensive discussions between the participants. The eleventh IWCC workshop was held on 28--31 July 2003 at the College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Tokyo. The conference was co-chaired by Professor T Takizawa of Nihon University and Professor M Murakami from the Shibaura Institute of Technology. More than 70 people attended the workshop from eight different countries. This special issue contains a selection of the best papers presented at the workshop to report on the progress made in this field. This includes the winner of the best presentation paper award, which was bestowed upon Dr Miryala Muraldihar at the Superconductivity Research Laboratory, who demonstrated the levitation of a permanent magnet using (Nd, Eu, Gd)-Ba-Cu-O cooled by liquid oxygen. We would like to acknowledge the contribution of a number of organizations and individuals who gave their support to the workshop and are largely responsible for its success. Firstly, we are particularly indebted to the Graduate School of Basic Integrated Sciences and the Institute of Natural Science, Nihon University for full financial support of the workshop. We are also grateful to Professor Takuya Hashimoto of Nihon University for his assistance with organizing the event. Finally, we acknowledge the support of many students and staff at Nihon University and Shibaura Institute of Technology who gave their time to the actual running of the meeting.