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Q:
Any knowledge as to whether a spin 0 cooper pair is pseudoscalar? Any idea where else I might look?
- Devon (age 23)
Lansing
A:
A standard s-wave Cooper pair is represented by an ordinary scalar wave-function. I'll try to check with somebody more knowledgeable to see if any of the more exotic pairing functions behave like pseudo-scalars.

Mike W.

(published on 10/13/2009)

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