Cooper pair

English Etymology Named after American physicist Leon Neil Cooper. Noun en physics A pair of electrons (or other fermions), of opposite spin, whose theorised behaviour is the basis of the BCS theory of superconductivity. en BCS pair Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer pair en 1991 Werner Buckel Superconductivity: Fundamentals and Applications https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BhhRAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Cooper+pair%22%7C%22Cooper+pairs%22&dq=%22Cooper+pair%22%7C%22Cooper+pairs%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs4cPluMf1AhVDnWoFHaoHAKEQ6AF6BAhEEAI 42 Wiley The fundamental requirement for superconductivity is the existence of Cooper pairs. en 2000 Lynne Marie Merchant Variation of the Superconductor Order Parameter in Quench-condensed Granular Films w:University of California https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ozRBAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Cooper+pair%22%7C%22Cooper+pairs%22&dq=%22Cooper+pair%22%7C%22Cooper+pairs%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs4cPluMf1AhVDnWoFHaoHAKEQ6AF6BAhfEAI 8 This is because a superconducting state is composed of extended Cooper pairs. A coherence length, , describes the extension length of a Cooper pair over which the two quasiparticles remain bound as a pair. en 2004 Ludovic Pricoupenko; Hélène Perrin; Maxim Olshanii Quantum Gases in Low Dimensions w:EDP Sciences https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7UdCAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Cooper+pair%22%7C%22Cooper+pairs%22&dq=%22Cooper+pair%22%7C%22Cooper+pairs%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs4cPluMf1AhVDnWoFHaoHAKEQ6AF6BAhXEAI 173 This is a direct macroscopic manifestation of the presence of a condensate of Cooper pairs in a superconductor. Translations pair of electrons French: fr paire de Cooper f German: de Cooper-Paar n Italian: it coppia di Cooper f Further reading BCS theory en Superconductivity en eponyms