Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov
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| Born | June 25, 1928 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
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| Residence | USA  |
| Nationality | dual Russian  - US |
| Field | Physicist |
| Institution | Landau Institute Moscow State University Argonne National Laboratory |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University USSR Academy of Sciences |
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| Known for | Condensed matter physics |
| Notable prizes | Nobel Prize in Physics (2003) |
| Religion | non practising Jewish |
| He is the son of the physician Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov. | |
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (Russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Абрико́сов) (born June 25, 1928, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian theoretical physicist whose main contributions are in the field of condensed matter physics.
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[edit] Life and work
He graduated from the Moscow State University in 1948. In 1948–1965 he worked in the Institute for Physical Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences, where he received his Ph. D. (in 1951) for the theory of thermal diffusion in plasmas and then the next degree, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (in 1955) for a thesis on quantum electrodynamics at high energies. After that, in 1965–1988 he worked in the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics (USSR Academy of Sciences). Professor of the Moscow State University since 1965. Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1987–1991, since 1991 he is academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
In 1952, Abrikosov discovered the way in which magnetic flux can penetrate a superconductor. The phenomenon is known as type-II superconductivity, and the accompanying arrangement of magnetic flux lines is called the Abrikosov vortex lattice.
Since 1991 he works in the Materials Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, USA on contract basis. He is a citizen of both Russia and the United States.
[edit] Awards
Alexei Abrikosov was awarded Lenin Prize (in 1966), USSR State Prize (in 1982), Fritz London Memorial Prize (in 1972). He was the co-recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics, with Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony James Leggett.
[edit] References
A.A. Abrikosov "On the magnetic properties of superconductors of the second group", Soviet Physics JETP 5, 1174 (1957), page scans of the original article.
[edit] External links
- A Short Biography, on the website of the Material Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory
- An article about 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics (in Russian), includes a short biography of Alexei Abrikosov
Categories: 1928 births | Living people | Nobel laureates in Physics | Soviet physicists | Russian physicists | Jewish scientists | Superconductivity | Foreign Members of the Royal Society | Members and associates of the United States National Academy of Sciences | Russian Nobel Prize winners | Alumni and faculty of Moscow State University | Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russian Jews
