Alexei Abrikosov (physicist)

Alexei Abrikosov
Alexei Abrikosov
Алексей Абрикосов
	Abrikosov in 2003
Born	June 25, 1928; Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	March 29, 2017 (aged 88); Palo Alto, California, United States
Citizenship	Soviet Union (1928–1991); Russia (since 1992); United States (since 1999);
Alma mater	Moscow State University; USSR Academy of Sciences;
Known for	Abrikosov vortex; Fermi liquid theory; Quantum triviality; Condensed matter physics; Type-II superconductor;
Spouse	Svetlana Yuriyevna Bunkova (m. 1977)
Children	3
Awards	Lenin Prize (1966); Fritz London Prize (1972); USSR State Prize (1982); Landau Gold Medal (1989); Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2000); ForMemRS (2001); Nobel Prize in Physics (2003);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Landau Institute; Moscow State University; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Argonne National Laboratory; University of Chicago;
Doctoral advisor	Lev. D Landau
Website	www.msd.anl.gov/abrikosov

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (Russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Абрико́сов; June 25, 1928 – March 29, 2017^[4]^[5]) was a Soviet, Russian and American^[6] theoretical physicist whose main contributions are in the field of condensed matter physics. He was the co-recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics, with Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony James Leggett, for theories about how matter can behave at extremely low temperatures.^[6]^[7]^[8]

^ "Alexei A. Abrikosov, Argonne National Laboratory". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on August 19, 2015.
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^ "Прощание с нобелевским лауреатом Абрикосовым состоится 31 марта в Калифорнии". March 30, 2017.
^ Kenneth Chang (April 2, 2017). "Alexei Abrikosov, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Alexei A. Abrikosov. Autobiography. Nobelprize.org, the official website of the Nobel Prize, 2003
^ "Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov's Nobel Prize winning research associated with the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies".
^ A Short Biography of Abrikosov Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, on the website of the Material Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory