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My years with Landau

JAN 01, 1973
The discoverer of “type‐II” superconductivity lets us in on the excitement of an important time for low‐temperature physics
A. A. Abrikosov

During a decade or so of my life I had the opportunity to talk with Lev Davidovich Landau almost every day, and to profit from his advice. This may be why the period from about 1950 to 1960 was so successful for me, and I would like to share my memories of it with you.

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More about the authors

A. A. Abrikosov, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow.

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