Can a degenerate gas of electrons be a superconductor?

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A degenerate gas of electrons can indeed become a superconductor under specific conditions. According to Leon N. Cooper's paper “Bound Electron Pairs in a Degenerate Fermi Gas,” all known superconductors are characterized as degenerate. The essential condition for superconductivity is the presence of an attractive interaction between electrons, which in the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory is facilitated by phonons.

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  • Basic concepts of phonon interactions
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If is yes, under which conditions?
 
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all the know superconductors are degenerate. The condition is some attractive interaction between electrons. In BCS, the attraction is created by phonons.
 

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