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If a weakly-interacting massive particle interacted with an electron in a classical superconductor would it break up a "cooper pair" and thus lead to extra electrical resistance?
If so perhaps the loss of superconductivity in a 2-d array of superconducting wires could be used to detect the flux of dark-matter WIMPs across the array? As the 2-d array of wires rotates with the Earth through the WIMPS one might detect a daily fluctuation in the conductivity of the wires.
PS Maybe the wires have to be very close to their "transition" temperature for such a detector to work?
If so perhaps the loss of superconductivity in a 2-d array of superconducting wires could be used to detect the flux of dark-matter WIMPs across the array? As the 2-d array of wires rotates with the Earth through the WIMPS one might detect a daily fluctuation in the conductivity of the wires.
PS Maybe the wires have to be very close to their "transition" temperature for such a detector to work?
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