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The 64 pages that link to Superconductivity, each with the reason it gives.

• Electric currentRelated: It permits persistent currents without ordinary resistive energy loss.

• Electrical conductivityBroader topic: It is the limiting case of exceptionally high conductivity, with distinct physical behavior.

• Electrical resistanceCompared with: It is a distinct limiting case in which ordinary resistance vanishes.

• Ohm's lawCompared with: Its zero-resistance behavior lies outside ordinary finite-resistance applications of the law.

• FermionCompared with: Paired electrons form bosonic composites, allowing collective behavior unlike individual fermions.

• PhononRelated: In conventional superconductors, phonons can mediate attraction between electrons.

• EmergenceRelated: It is a collective quantum phenomenon whose properties belong to the material as a whole.

• Spontaneous symmetry breakingRelated: Its condensate breaks a gauge symmetry in the effective description of the material.

• Bose–Einstein condensateCompared with: Both involve collective quantum coherence, but superconductivity arises from paired electrons in solids.

• SuperfluidityCompared with: Both involve macroscopic quantum coherence, but superconductivity concerns charged matter and electromagnetic response.

• HeliumRelated: Helium refrigeration can keep superconducting magnets below their critical temperatures.

• John BardeenNarrower topic: BCS theory gave a microscopic explanation for conventional superconductivity.

• Josephson effectNarrower topic: The effect arises from coherent superconducting states on both sides of the barrier.

• Metallic bondingRelated: Some metallic materials develop collective electron states that radically change their ordinary conduction.

• Electrical conductorBroader topic: It is an exceptional conducting state in which resistance vanishes.

• Order parameterBroader topic: A complex-valued order parameter describes its macroscopic quantum state.

• BosonRelated: In conventional superconductors, paired electrons behave collectively as composite bosons.

• Ground stateRelated: The superconducting phase is characterized by a collective many-body ground state.

• Superconducting magnetNarrower topic: Its zero-resistance state lets a closed magnet winding sustain current with little electrical loss.

• Meissner effectNarrower topic: The Meissner effect is one of the defining properties of this state.

• Condensed matter physicsBroader topic: It is a distinctive collective quantum phase with striking electrical and magnetic behavior.

• Electron correlationRelated: Several superconducting materials exhibit strong electronic correlations that shape their pairing and normal states.

• Diamond anvil cellRelated: High pressure in diamond cells can induce or alter superconducting states.

• Solid-state physicsBroader topic: It is a striking collective electronic phase emerging in certain solids.

• Fractional quantum Hall effectCompared with: Unlike superconductors, fractional Hall fluids conduct dissipationlessly only along their edges under magnetic fields.

• BuckminsterfullereneRelated: Some alkali-metal-doped C₆₀ solids become superconducting at low temperatures.

• QuasiparticleRelated: Quasiparticle excitations help describe energy and transport in superconductors.

• Superconducting quantum interference deviceNarrower topic: The loop must be superconducting to sustain coherent currents and quantized flux.

• Ginzburg–Landau theoryNarrower topic: Ginzburg–Landau theory is a macroscopic description of this state.

• Type-II superconductorNarrower topic: Type-II superconductivity is one magnetic response within this broader phenomenon.

• Moiré patternRelated: Certain twisted moiré materials become superconducting at low temperatures.

• Abrikosov vortexNarrower topic: Vortices are structures within the superconducting state.

• Brian JosephsonNarrower topic: Josephson’s effects depend on the coherent state shared by superconductors.

• Heike Kamerlingh OnnesBroader topic: Onnes discovered this state in mercury cooled near the temperature of liquid helium.

• Low-temperature physicsBroader topic: Many materials become superconducting only below a characteristic transition temperature.

• Metallic hydrogenCompared with: Metallic conduction does not itself establish that hydrogen becomes superconducting.

• NiobiumNarrower topic: Niobium and its alloys become superconducting below characteristic critical temperatures.

• Philip W. AndersonRelated: Anderson developed influential theories of superconductivity and its collective excitations.

• Cryogenic coolingRelated: Cooling below a material's critical temperature enables superconducting magnets and circuits.

• Electrical resistivity and conductivityCompared with: It is the limiting case of vanishing electrical resistivity.

• Leon CooperNarrower topic: Explaining this state was the problem that motivated Cooper’s work with Bardeen and Schrieffer.

• Type-I superconductorNarrower topic: Type-I behavior is one form of this broader state.

• Alexei AbrikosovNarrower topic: Abrikosov’s work addresses a magnetic-field regime within this broader phenomenon.

• Vitaly GinzburgNarrower topic: Ginzburg’s theory explains superconducting behavior through an order parameter and its response to magnetic fields.

• Bertram BrockhouseRelated: Neutron measurements help investigate the lattice and magnetic excitations relevant to superconducting materials.

• David Lee (physicist)Compared with: Both phenomena arise from macroscopic paired-fermion states, but helium-3 remains a neutral fluid.

• John Robert SchriefferNarrower topic: This is the physical phenomenon Schrieffer’s best-known theory explains.

• Wolfgang KetterleCompared with: Unlike superconductors, Ketterle’s dilute-gas condensates form from neutral atoms in a vacuum.

• Yttrium barium copper oxideNarrower topic: The defining phenomenon observed in yttrium barium copper oxide is superconductivity.

• Anthony LeggettNarrower topic: Leggett’s work extended theories of paired-particle condensates relevant to superconducting materials.