The Nobel Prize in Physics 2003
Awarded on: 2003-10-07
"for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids"
Affiliations:
- University of Illinois – Urbana, IL, USA
Anthony J. Leggett
Born: 1938-03-26 in London, United Kingdom
Gender: male
Field: British–American physicist (1938–2026)
Biography
Sir Anthony James Leggett was a British–American theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Leggett was widely recognised as a world leader in the theory of low-temperature physics, and his pioneering work on superfluidity was recognised by the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics. He shaped the theoretical understanding of normal and superfluid helium liquids and strongly coupled superfluids. He set directions for research in the quantum physics of macroscopic dissipative systems and use of condensed systems to test the foundations of quantum mechanics.