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 (born 1938)
Biography
Sir Anthony James Leggett is a British–American theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Leggett is 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 has 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.