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Cooper pairs
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Cooper pairs [′kü·pər ‚perz]
(solid-state physics)
Pairs of bound electrons which occur in a superconducting medium according to the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory.


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Researchers at NIST uncovered an important clue to this mystery by showing that a previously unappreciated factor has a strong effect on the amount of unpaired electrons in Cooper pair devices.
A proper interaction between two such ripples brings the electrons into a Cooper pair.
On the experimental side, the book reports on recent and previous observations of quantum behavior in several physical systems, coherently coupled Bose-Einstein condensates, quantum dots, superconducting quantum interference devices, Cooper pair boxes, and electron pumps in the context of the Josephson effect.
 
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