Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov was a Russian-American theoretical physicist whose main contributions are in the field of condensed matter physics. He was the co-recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics, with Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony James Leggett, for theories about how matter can behave at extremely low temperatures. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2003, announced October 7, 2003. Alexei Abrikosov, Vitaly L. Ginzburg, and Anthony J. Leggett, “for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids”. Alexei Abrikosov: born 1928, Moscow, USSR (now Russia). Vitaly L. Ginzburg: born 1916, Moscow, Russia. Anthony J. Leggett: born 1938, London, United Kingdom. Wiki link Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).