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Cooper pair

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Cooper pair/ˈkuːpəpɛː/

▶noun Physics a loosely bound pair of electrons with opposite spins, held to be responsible for superconductivity.

– origin 1960s: named after the American physicist Leon N. Cooper.

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