Superconductivity Research in the Czech Republic

M. Jirsa

Institute of Physics ASCR, Na Slovance 2, CZ-182 21 Praha 8, Czech Republic

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Abstract – A brief survey is given of superconductivity research in the Czech Republic covering the past and the present. Some remarks on the situation in organization, management, and funding of science are presented, together with ideas on how to facilitate integration of the Czech efforts into the European research systems.

Manuscript received June 6, 2007; final version accepted on June 19, 2007. Reference No. RN3; Category 11,1,2,4.