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    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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    and John Robert Schrieffer for their microscopic theory of superconductivity, known as the BCS theory. Born and raised in Wisconsin, Bardeen earned both...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • Look up BCS in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. BCS may refer to: Bowl Championship Series, a system that selected matchups for major college football...
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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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  • Virtue theory Physics: Acoustic theory — Antenna theory — Atomic theoryBCS theory — Conformal field theory — Dirac hole theory — Dynamo theory — Landau...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    transition metals. Its superconducting mechanism is primarily described by BCS theory. Magnesium diboride's superconducting properties were discovered in 2001...
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  • that occurs in superconductivity and superfluidity. They are present in BCS theory of superconductors and in Bose–Einstein (BEC) condensates. These quasiparticles...
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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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  • co–developer of BCS theory; namesake of Cooper pairs Sheldon Glashow (1950), physicist who proposed the modern electroweak theory (shared the 1979 prize...
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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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for Kohn–Luttinger superconductivity
    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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