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The Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer theory of a paired fermionic condensate, predicting an excitation gap and thermodynamic and electromagnetic consequences for weak-coupling conventional superconductors.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID
condensed_conventional_superconductivity_to_bcs
Relation type
Model / approximation method model-realization
Direction
source → target
Endpoint roles
source: Has model / approximation; target: Model / approximation of
Authored annotation
weak-coupling paired mean-field theory
Authored explanation
BCS theory models the weak-coupling conventional superconducting phase and its gap, thermodynamics, and electromagnetic response; strong-coupling and unconventional materials require extensions or different theories.
How to interpret this relation type
The target is a model, idealization, restricted ansatz, approximation scheme, phenomenological fit, or historical representation used for the source system or theory. It need not have a universal small error parameter and is not thereby a controlled limit or effective theory. The edge label and detail must identify the precise status.
Relation sources
Wikipedia — BCS theory — BCS theory · encyclopedic reference · source ID wp-physics-bcs-theory