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uWave_Matt
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This has been discussed to death around here I imagine - Cooper pairs and whatnot - so I'll try to be specific and not ask too broad of a question here.
I did a little work with superconductors and I'm working on a passage for my thesis. I'm trying to provide background on Type I and Type II superconductors and I'm working on a general explanation of BCS theory and its limited application to Type II superconductors - I'll be talking to electrical engineers, not physicists.
The question is: Is it accurate to say that, in a Cooper pair, an electron is attracted to the position of its counterpart, rather than to its counterpart? It seems that the electron attracts surrounding oppositely charged atoms in the lattice of the HTSC causing the lattice to bend in towards the electron and create a slightly more concentrated charge increasing potential and attraction. The force on the coupled electron would pull it towards the new high-potential area overcoming repulsive forces between the two electrons due to the stronger attractive force from the lattice.
Am I on the right track here or do I need to head on over to the physics library and pick up a few more books?
I did a little work with superconductors and I'm working on a passage for my thesis. I'm trying to provide background on Type I and Type II superconductors and I'm working on a general explanation of BCS theory and its limited application to Type II superconductors - I'll be talking to electrical engineers, not physicists.
The question is: Is it accurate to say that, in a Cooper pair, an electron is attracted to the position of its counterpart, rather than to its counterpart? It seems that the electron attracts surrounding oppositely charged atoms in the lattice of the HTSC causing the lattice to bend in towards the electron and create a slightly more concentrated charge increasing potential and attraction. The force on the coupled electron would pull it towards the new high-potential area overcoming repulsive forces between the two electrons due to the stronger attractive force from the lattice.
Am I on the right track here or do I need to head on over to the physics library and pick up a few more books?