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The Nature of the Cooper Pair - University of Liverpool

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<strong>The</strong> product <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> waves sin(kr) and sin(k ′ r) would be<br />

oscillatory.<br />

If k and k ′ are not equal, <strong>the</strong>n it oscillates between plus and<br />

minus, and <strong>the</strong> integral may cancel to zero.<br />

If k and k ′ are nearly equal, <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> product is nearly always<br />

positive.<br />

This is likely to happen if, within <strong>the</strong> distance l, <strong>the</strong> two waves<br />

differ by less than half wavelength. This means<br />

or<br />

kl − k ′ l = π,<br />

k − k ′ = π/l.<br />

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