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Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov was a Russian-American 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.
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science · Soviet–American theoretical physicist (1928–2017) · physicist · university teacher · also Alexei Abrikosov, Alexei Abrikosov (physicist), Aleksey Alekseyevich Abrikosov, Aleksey A. Abrikosov, Aleksey Abrikosov, Aleksey A Abrikosov
Born 25 June 1928 · Died 29 March 2017 · Q188128
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Died 2017-03-29.
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Won Vernadsky medal (2015).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from University of Orléans (2006).
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids.
Type II Superconductors and the Vortex Lattice
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Awarded honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-I (2003).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2003).
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Was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences
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And in 2001, to be a foreign member of the Royal Society
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Awarded John Bardeen Prize (1991).
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Abrikosov was awarded the Sony Corporation's John Bardeen Award
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And lived there until his death in 2017, in Palo Alto, California
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Became a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Won Landau Gold Medal (1989).
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Received the Landau Prize from the Academy of Sciences, Russia
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Awarded USSR State Prize (1982).
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Awarded Honorary doctor of the University of Lausanne (1976).
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Awarded Fritz London Award (1972).
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Awarded Lenin Prize (1966).
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The Fritz London Memorial Prize in 1972, and the USSR State Prize in 1982
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And 1957, Abrikosov explained how magnetic flux can penetrate a class of superconductors
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For the theory of thermal diffusion in plasmas, and then his Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (a "higher doctorate") degree in 1955 for a thesis on quantum electrodynamics at high energies
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Studied at MSU Faculty of Physics (1945–1951).
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Abrikosov began studying energy technology
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Born 1928-06-25.
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To a couple of physicians: Aleksey Abrikosov and Fani (née Wulf)
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Through his father, Abrikosov was the nephew of the martyred Catholic nun Anna Abrikosova (1882-1936).
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