Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cooper pair

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: coop-er -pair
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pair of electrons (or other fermions), of opposite spin, whose theorised behaviour is the basis of the BCS theory of superconductivity.

Example Sentences

"The fundamental requirement for superconductivity is the existence of Cooper pairs."
"This is because a superconducting state is composed of extended Cooper pairs. A coherence length, #92;xi, describes the extension length of a Cooper pair over which the two quasiparticles remain bound as a pair."
"This is a direct macroscopic manifestation of the presence of a condensate of Cooper pairs in a superconductor."

Etymology

Named after American physicist Leon Neil Cooper.

Inflected Forms

Cooper pairs (plural)

Synonyms

BCS pair Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer pair

Questions

What does cooper pair mean?: A pair of electrons (or other fermions), of opposite spin, whose theorised behaviour is the basis of the BCS theory of superconductivity.
Where does cooper pair come from?: Named after American physicist Leon Neil Cooper.

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