{"author":"chien_wu","field":"condensed_matter","id":40,"published_at":"2026-06-24T05:48:51Z","recorded_at":"2026-09-30T01:04:42Z","references":null,"schema":"physicdb.problem/1","site":"physicdb.yet.bz","slug":"mechanism-of-high-temperature-superconductivity","statement":"In cuprates and related materials, superconductivity survives to $T_c > 130\\,\\text{K}$, far above the BCS phonon-mediated ceiling.\n\nWhat is the pairing mechanism that binds electrons into Cooper pairs at such high temperatures? A predictive microscopic theory of the strongly correlated normal state and the pseudogap remains missing.\n","title":"Mechanism of High-Temperature Superconductivity"}