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Cooper pair
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Cooper pair
n
(Physics / General Physics) Physics a pair of weakly bound electrons responsible for the transfer of charge in a superconducting material
[named after Leon Neil Cooper (born 1930), US physicist]
Cooper pair  (kpr)
A pair of weakly bound electrons in a superconductor. Cooper pairs have the property of bosons and can thus reside together in a ground state. They are named after their discoverer, American physicist Leon N. Cooper (born 1930). See also Bose-Einstein condensate.


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First, the coherent transfer of Cooper pairs is expected to be much faster than the incoherent transfer of unpaired electrons, providing much larger currents with metrological accuracy.
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Study of such Cooper pairs could shed light on superconductivity, he suggests.
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