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Cooper Electron Pairing

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1957

Leon Cooper1957

United States of America · Science / Physics

Shows that electrons near a Fermi surface can form bound pairs through an attractive lattice-mediated interaction.

Names involved

Leon Cooper

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