Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer (BCS) theory (named after John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer) is the first microscopic theory of superconductivity...
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Cooper pair (redirect from BCS pairs)
pair state is responsible for superconductivity, as described in the BCS theory developed by John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and John Schrieffer for which...
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Fermionic condensate (category Quantum field theory)
appears in theories of massless fermions with chiral symmetry breaking, such as the theory of quarks in Quantum Chromodynamics. The BCS theory of superconductivity...
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John Bardeen (section BCS theory)
and John Robert Schrieffer for their fundamental theory of superconductivity, known as the BCS theory. Born and raised in Wisconsin, Bardeen received a...
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Superconductivity (section Theory of operation)
Gor'kov showed that the BCS theory reduced to the Ginzburg–Landau theory close to the critical temperature. Generalizations of BCS theory for conventional superconductors...
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Schrieffer to develop the BCS theory of conventional superconductivity. In neuroscience, Cooper co-developed the BCM theory of synaptic plasticity. Leon...
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History of superconductivity (section BCS theory)
microscopic theory of superconductivity was finally proposed in 1957 by John Bardeen, Leon N. Cooper, and Robert Schrieffer. This BCS theory explained the...
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Virtue theory Physics: Acoustic theory — Antenna theory — Atomic theory — BCS theory — Conformal field theory — Dirac hole theory — Dynamo theory — Landau...
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as yet. Another famous example is the BCS theory of superconductivity. Here the underlying theory is the theory of electrons in a metal interacting with...
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field theories in which the fields are treated as fundamental, and effective theories describing phenomena in solid-state physics. For instance, the BCS theory...
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superconductors are materials that display superconductivity as described by BCS theory or its extensions. This is in contrast to unconventional superconductors...
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to the development of BCS theory. Chapter 1: "Remembrance of Superconductivity Past" by Leon N Cooper Chapter 2: "The Road to BCS" by John Robert Schrieffer...
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the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the BCS theory, the first successful quantum theory of superconductivity. Schrieffer was born in Oak Park...
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experiments to indicate the importance of Cooper-pairing principle in BCS theory. The essence of the Little–Parks effect is slight suppression of the cylinder's...
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Skies, a fantasy magazine Buddhist-Christian Studies, a scholarly journal BCS theory of conventional superconductivity, named for Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer...
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in contrast to a higher level or classical macroscopic or phenomenological theory. e.g. in superconductivity BCS theory is a microscopic theory. v t e...
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appearance of macroscopic occupation of one or several states: for example, in BCS theory, a superconductor is a condensate of Cooper pairs. As such, condensation...
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superconductivity which is not explained by the usual BCS theory or its extension, the Eliashberg theory. The pairing in unconventional superconductors may...
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Physics (section Classical theory)
superseded today. He explained ideas such as motion (and gravity) with the theory of four elements. Aristotle believed that each of the four classical elements...
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construction of Cooper pairs from electrons in the BCS theory of superconductivity. The "complicatedness" of the theory has become more natural as it is now seen...
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successfully by the BCS theory in 1957, from which the penetration depth and the Meissner effect result. However, some physicists argue that BCS theory does not...
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Bogoliubov transformation (category Quantum field theory)
by Nikolay Bogolyubov and John George Valatin for finding solutions of BCS theory in a homogeneous system. The Bogoliubov transformation is an isomorphism...
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transition metals. Its superconducting mechanism is primarily described by BCS theory. Magnesium diboride's superconducting properties were discovered in 2001...
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Brane (redirect from Brane theory)
Look up brane in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In string theory and related theories (such as supergravity), a brane is a physical object that generalizes...
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perturbation in the theory of the second order phase transitions. In some special limiting cases, for example in the weak-coupling BCS theory of isotropic s-wave...
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fully explained with BCS theory or related theories. Unconventional superconductors: those which fail to be explained using such theories, such as: Heavy fermion...
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critical magnetic field in tesla. "BCS" means whether or not the superconductivity is explained within the BCS theory. According to, superconductivity in...
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contrast with conventional superconductors that are well described by BCS theory. An yttrium–barium cuprate, YBa2Cu3O7−x (or Y123), was the first superconductor...
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Joaquin Mazdak Luttinger based on Friedel oscillations. In contrast to BCS theory, in which Cooper pairs are formed due to electron–phonon interaction,...
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varieties: Conventional superconductor: A superconductor described by the BCS theory with a singlet order parameter. Unconventional superconductor: A superconductor...
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