For underdoped cuprate superconductors, the standard Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory for conventional superconductors apparently breaks down. The origin of their superconducting gaps has been a long-standing puzzle. Two theorists from the Brookhaven National Lab put forward an intriguing new theory to explain the puzzle.
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