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Who were the co-recipients of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics with Abrikosov?

  • Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony James Leggett

  • Peter Higgs and François Englert

  • Leon Cooper and Robert Schrieffer

  • Masatoshi Koshiba and Raymond Davis Jr.

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Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony James Leggett shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexei A. Abrikosov. The trio was recognized for their influential contributions to Theory of superconductors and superfluids. Ginzburg and Leggett's theories focused on the behavior of matter at extremely low temperatures, where it can assume unique quantum states. Their work laid the groundwork for significant advances in understanding the fundamental properties of these extraordinary materials.
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