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BCS Electron Pairing Theory

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1957

John Bardeen1957

Urbana · Science / Physics

With Leon Cooper and Robert Schrieffer, explains superconductivity through correlated pairs of electrons coupled to the crystal lattice.

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John Bardeen

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