First-principles study on the electronic structure of Pb10−xCux(PO4)6O (x=0, 1)

Re:First-principles study on the electronic structure of Pb1... by cyberax on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:00PM (#36965014)

You don't need them to be entangled to act as a boson.

A Cooper pair is a composite object, and you absolutely need to consider the atomic lattice of the superconductor.

So you end up with your electron being entangled with all the surrounding atoms in the lattice. And all other electrons.

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Re:First-principles study on the electronic structure of Pb1... by drdeca on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:26PM (#36965249)

Ah, so it isn't so much that they don't need to be entangled, so much as, describing them as entangled isn't a good way to frame it, because all the electrons (and the rest of the material) will be all entangled with each-other, so, it isn't a distinguishing feature, and misleading to focus on the two in the pair being entangled?

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Re:First-principles study on the electronic structure of Pb1... by cyberax on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:47PM (#36965440)

Yes, pretty much.

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