Leon Cooper

Leon Cooper is a theoretical physicist known for his significant contributions to our understanding of superconductivity, particularly through the development of the BCS theory with John Bardeen and Robert Schrieffer in 1957. This theory explains how certain materials can conduct electricity with zero resistance at very low temperatures. Cooper showed that pairs of electrons, known as "Cooper pairs," interact in a way that allows them to move through a lattice structure without scattering, leading to superconductivity. His work has had a profound impact on low-temperature physics and has implications in areas like particle physics and materials science.