Cooper pair en · NOUN
Etymology
Named after American physicist Leon Neil Cooper.
Meanings
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A pair of electrons (or other fermions), of opposite spin, whose theorised behaviour is the basis of the BCS theory of superconductivity.
This is a direct macroscopic manifestation of the presence of a condensate of Cooper pairs in a superconductor.
2004, Ludovic Pricoupenko, Hélène Perrin, Maxim Olshanii, Quantum Gases in Low Dimensions, EDP Sciences, page 173:This is because a superconducting state is composed of extended Cooper pairs. A coherence length, #92;xi, describes the extension length of a Cooper pair over which the two quasiparticles remain bound as a pair.
2000, Lynne Marie Merchant, Variation of the Superconductor Order Parameter in Quench-condensed Granular Films, University of California, page 8:The fundamental requirement for superconductivity is the existence of Cooper pairs.
1991, Werner Buckel, Superconductivity: Fundamentals and Applications, Wiley, page 42:
Forms
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Synonyms
BCS pair · Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer pair
Translations (3)
fr paire de Cooper (pair of electrons) · it coppia di Cooper (pair of electrons) · de Cooper-Paar (pair of electrons)