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Also known as BCS pair

pair of electrons or other fermions bound together at low temperature allowing for superconductivity

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1956-00-00
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-2
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0
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In condensed matter physics, a Cooper pair or BCS pair (Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer pair) is a pair of electrons (or other fermions) bound together at low temperatures in a certain manner first described in 1956 by American physicist Leon Cooper. The Cooper pairing of electrons in certain materials at low temperatures is responsible for the phenomenon of superconductivity.

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