The Nobel Prize in Physics 2003   Contents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |   Web Adapted Version of the Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2003 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2003 jointly to Alexei A. Abrikosov, Vitaly L. Ginzburg and Anthony J. Leggett for “pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids”.     This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics rewards…

Presentation Speech by Professor Mats Jonson of the , December 10, 2003. Translation of the Swedish text. Professor Mats Jonson delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics is all about…

  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2003           Alexei A. Abrikosov Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA   Landau’s pupil, Alexei Abrikosov, realised almost immediately that Ginzburg and Landau’s theory can also describe those superconductors (type II) that can coexist with strong magnetic fields. According to Abrikosov’s theory this occurs because…

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