Quasi-One Organic Conductors in High Magnetic Fields

We review the mechanisms and physical properties of quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) conductors in high magnetic fields. Low dimensional materials are susceptible to instabilities which lead to broken symmetry ground states, including charge density wave, spin density wave, and superconductivity. Since the characteristic temperatures of phase transitions are often relatively low, the corresponding magnetic fields where profound changes in their ground states can occur are within the range of accessible dc and pulsed magnetic fields. We focus on more recent work and on Q1D systems that are not yet well known in the popular literature.