Anthony James Leggett
British–American physicist (born 1938) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Anthony James Leggett KBE FRS HonFInstP[2] (born 26 March 1938) is a British–American theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).[5] 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.[6] He has shaped the theoretical understanding of normal and superfluid helium liquids and strongly coupled superfluids.[7] 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.[8][9]
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Born | Anthony James Leggett (1938-03-26) 26 March 1938 (age 86)[1] Camberwell, London, England |
Citizenship | British and American |
Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
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Haruko Kinase (m. 1972) |
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Fields | Physics |
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Thesis | (1964) |
Doctoral advisor | Dirk ter Haar[3] |
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