In reply to Axil Axil's message of Wed, 6 Jun 2012 03:20:33 -0400: Hi, [snip] >I wonder if this assumption is correct. > >In superconductivity, you get electrons to bind together by reducing the >temperature of the material to very low temperatures; you remove energy. > >The cooper pair of electrons have less energy than their precursor >quasiparticles. > >You might need to take energy away from the nucleus to lower its coulomb >barrier.
When electrons bind together as a Cooper pair, does it reduce their charge? Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html