Anthony James Leggett

Sir Anthony Leggett
Sir Anthony Leggett
	File:Nobel Laureate Sir Anthony James Leggett in 2007.jpg Sir Anthony James Leggett
Born	Anthony James Leggett; 26 March 1938 (aged 87) ; Camberwell, London, England
Citizenship	British and American
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Known for	Caldeira-Leggett model of quantum dissipation; Quantum mechanics; Superfluid phase of helium-3; Leggett–Garg inequality;
Awards	Maxwell Medal and Prize (1975); FRS (1980); Paul Dirac Medal (1992); Nobel Prize in Physics (2003); Wolf Prize in Physics (2002); KBE (2004);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Sussex; University of Waterloo; Institute for Quantum Computing; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Doctoral students	Amir Caldeira; Matthew Fisher; Mohit Randeria;
Website	services.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/people/profile/aleggett

Sir Anthony James Leggett (born 26 March 1938) is a British theoretical physicist. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.^[5]

Leggett is known for his theory of low-temperature physics. He won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics.^[6]

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Sir Anthony Leggett
File:Nobel Laureate Sir Anthony James Leggett in 2007.jpg Sir Anthony James Leggett
Born	Anthony James Leggett 26 March 1938 (aged 87) ^[1] Camberwell, London, England
Citizenship	British and American
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Known for	Caldeira-Leggett model of quantum dissipation Quantum mechanics Superfluid phase of helium-3 Leggett–Garg inequality
Awards	Maxwell Medal and Prize (1975) FRS (1980)^[2] Paul Dirac Medal (1992) Nobel Prize in Physics (2003) Wolf Prize in Physics (2002) KBE (2004)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Sussex University of Waterloo Institute for Quantum Computing University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Doctoral students	Amir Caldeira^[4] Matthew Fisher^[3] Mohit Randeria

Website	services.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/people/profile/aleggett