What does the'C' in'BCS Theory' stand for?
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Cooper
Copper
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Answer
The'C' in BCS theory stands for Cooper, after Leon Cooper, who was one of the three physicists who developed Theory in 1957. Theory describes how electrons can pair up and form a condensate, which is a state of matter in which the electrons behave as a single entity. This condensate is responsible for the superconducting properties of materials.
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