Anthony James Leggett

Sir Anthony James Leggett KBE FRS[2] (born 26 Mairch 1938), haes been a professor o physics at the Varsity o Illinois at Urbana-Champaign syne 1983.[5] Leggett is widely recognised as a warld leader in the theory o law-temperatur physics, an his pioneerin wirk on superfluidity wis recognised bi the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics.[6]


Sir Anthony Leggett
Sir Anthony James Leggett
BornAnthony James Leggett
(1938-03-26) 26 Mairch 1938 (age 86)[1]
Camberwell, Lunnon, Ingland
ResidenceUnitit States
CitizenshipBreetish an American
Alma materVarsity o Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Kent for
  • Caldeira-Leggett model
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Superfluid phase o helium-3
  • Leggett–Garg inequality
Hauf-marrae(s)Haruko Kinase (m. 1972)
Awairds
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
  • Varsity o Sussex
  • Varsity o Waterloo
  • Institute for Quantum Computing
  • Varsity o Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Doctoral advisorDirk ter Haar[3]
Doctoral students
  • Ping Ao[3]
  • Amir Caldeira[4]
  • Matthew Fisher[3]
  • Carlos Lobo[3]
  • Dervis Can Vural[3]
Ioan Kosztin
Wabsteid
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