Biography:Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov
| Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov
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| Born | 25 June 1928 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Died | 29 March 2017 Palo Alto, California, United States
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| Known for | Abrikosov vortex lattice; type-II superconductors; quantum many-body theory |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (2003); Lenin Prize (1966) |
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (25 June 1928 - 29 March 2017) was a Soviet, Russian, and American theoretical physicist known for his theory of type-II superconductors and the Abrikosov vortex lattice.
Quantum context
Abrikosov showed how magnetic flux penetrates type-II superconductors in quantized vortices. This made vortex matter a concrete quantum many-body system, with macroscopic electromagnetic behavior tied to microscopic superconducting order.
His work is central to Physics:Quantum superconductivity, Physics:Quantum vortex, and condensed-matter applications of quantum field and many-body methods.
Linked Quantum Collection pages
- Physics:Quantum vortex
- Physics:Quantum superconductivity
- Physics:Quantum materials superconductor
- Physics:Quantum many-body
References
- "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2003". Nobel Prize Outreach. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2003/summary/.
- Abrikosov, A. A. (1957). "On the Magnetic properties of superconductors of the second group". Soviet Physics JETP 5: 1174-1182.
Author: Harold Foppele
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