aleggett@illinois.edu
519-888-4021
Anthony J. Leggett, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor and Center for Advanced Study Professor of Physics, has been a faculty member at Illinois since 1983. He is widely recognized as a world leader in the theory of low-temperature physics, and his pioneering work on superfluidity was recognized by the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences (foreign member), and is a Fellow of the Royal Society (U.K.), the American Physical Society, and the American Institute of Physics. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics (U.K.). He was knighted (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 "for services to physics." He is also a Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Distinguished Research Chair.
Professor Leggett has shaped the theoretical understanding of normal and superfluid helium liquids and other strongly coupled superfluids. He set directions for research in the quantum physics of macroscopic dissipative systems and use of condensed systems to test the foundations of quantum mechanics. His research interests lie mainly within the fields of theoretical condensed matter physics and the foundations of quantum mechanics. He has been particularly interested in the possibility of using special condensed-matter systems, such as Josephson devices, to test the validity of the extrapolation of the quantum formalism to the macroscopic level; this interest has led to a considerable amount of technical work on the application of quantum mechanics to collective variables and in particular on ways of incorporating dissipation into the calculations. He is also interested in the theory of superfluid liquid 3He, especially under extreme nonequilibrium conditions, in high-temperature superconductivity, and in the newly realized system of Bose-condensed atomic gases.
Research Interests:
• Theoretical Condensed Matter of Physics
• Low Temperature Phenomena
• Quantum Fluids
• Statistical Physics
• Macroscopic Quantum Systems
• Quantum Theory of Measurement
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Hi Mr. Leggett. I found your email at U.of Waterloo Quantum Physics page as advisor. I attended UW in 1976-77 and joined the low temp human preservation group in Phoenix AZ called "Alcor" a number of years ago. I was currently interested in what you think about Doug Matzke's use of quantum reality to say that the mind is in the quantum dimension... and projected into "classical" reality. I like his idea, frankly. I looked at your bio and could not tell if you're there or not. Much appreciated if you can direct me in any way including your view. Thanks a lot!

Rick Potvin, Piano Teacher in Phoenix Arizona
Ex member of Alcor (they cryopreserve people declared legally dead for reanimation with future tech)
Currently a fan of Doug Matzke proposing that Aether exists, basically, and that we're already immortal.

Thanks!
602 371 0094 (landline off the hook unless pre-arrangement for call is made).
What do you think of Deep Reality by Doug Matzke?
Anthony Leggett aleggett@illinois.edu