Cooper pair

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English

Etymology

for Leon Neil Cooper, American physicist

Noun

Cooper pair (plural Cooper pairs)

  1. (physics) a pair of electrons, of opposite spin, that are thought to be the basis of superconductivity according to BCS theory
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