Does Bose Einstein Condensate Defy the Pauli Exclusion Principle?

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Bose-Einstein Condensates (BECs) do not violate the Pauli Exclusion Principle because they are composed of bosons, which are not subject to this principle. In contrast, fermions are restricted by the Pauli Exclusion Principle and cannot form BECs. However, fermions can form Cooper pairs, which are bosonic and can lead to superconductivity, indicating a different mechanism at play. This distinction is crucial for understanding the behavior of different particle types in quantum mechanics.

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Does Bose Einsteine Condesate violate the Pauli Exclusion Principle?
 
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No, because Bosons are not under it. Fermions are however, and they cannot form a BEC.
 
Fermions can form superfluids and superconductors.
The superconducting ground state is formed by a collection of Cooper pairs that are again bosonic. So you could say that it is sort of a BEC but the mechanism is very different.
 
Ahh, of course. Thanks for refreshing my memory.
 

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