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Physics Nobel for three

Stockholm Oct. 7. Alexei A. Abrikosov, Vitaly L. Ginzburg and Anthony J. Leggett have won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said today.

The trio was awarded the prize for their work in quantum physics concerning superconductivity and superfluidity. Superconducting material is used, as an example, in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the academy said in the citation. Abrikosov (75), and Ginzburg (87), hail from Russia. Leggett (65) is a British national.

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