Coherent Electron States in Superconductivity
- Electrons are fermions, but when they pair up into Cooper pairs they act as bosons, and so can collectively form a coherent state at low temperatures. Such coherent states are part of the explanation of effects such as the Quantum Hall effect in low-temperature superconducting semiconductors.
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