# Why does breaking a Cooper pair kill superconductivity? # Why does breaking a Cooper pair kill superconductivity [[wangUraniumDitellurideCould2019- UTe2 might be a spin-triplet superconductor]] <!-- #questions --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Why+does+breaking+a+Cooper+pair+kill+superconductivity) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Why+does+breaking+a+Cooper+pair+kill+superconductivity) <!-- {BearID:A9C275D8-D244-48C0-AE65-67DB9DB91BD6-19569-0003CC9620CCBF4B} -->