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[moo92]

I was just wondering: why is it possible for the atoms in a metal crystal to cease vibrating altogether? how does this not contradict Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle if we are able to know the exact momentum (and I'm assuming we can know its position)???

Thanks in advance!!

 

[Continuum]

They don't cease vibrating, since their temperature is still above absolute zero. Its just that the vibrations are low enough for superconductivity to occur.

 

[zhangy]

during the BCS process the lattice is constantly vibrating like any lattice does
however due some weird properties of cooper pairs which we dont learn it is able to move through the lattice unhindered