Nobel Prize in Physics 2003

Alexei A. Abrikosov

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Prize share: 1/3

Vitaly L. Ginzburg

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Prize share: 1/3

Anthony J. Leggett

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Prize share: 1/3

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2003 was awarded jointly to Alexei A. Abrikosov, Vitaly L. Ginzburg and Anthony J. Leggett "for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids"

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