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Prof. RNDr. Jiří Horáček, DrSc. ( * February 2, 1945 in Nová Paka) is a Czech theoretical physicist, professor at Charles University in Prague, where he works at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, which is a part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics. He was the director of the Institute in 2003–2011. He works in the field of theoretical atomic and molecular physics with a special focus on numerical solutions to integral and differential equations of scattering theory and on numerical analytic continuation methods localizing the poles of scattering quantities related to resonances. == Life == Jiří Horáček spent his early life in Nová Paka. His mother Marta Horáčková (née Pátá) was a music teacher. In early youth he started playing violin. His teacher was a famous music virtuoso Josef Muzika. Although Jiří Horáček later pursued a different subject, violin has always been an important part of his life and he performs regularly with a music group Four and a Half or with friends. Every year he performs in Czech Christmas Mass. In 1963 he started studying physics at Charles University in Prague. He graduated in theoretical physics, defending his diploma thesis on electron-atom collisions〔Jiří Horáček, ''Theory of electron collisions with atoms'', 1968, diploma thesis, Charles University in Prague (in Czech language)〕 under the supervision of Jozef Kvasnica. After one year of compulsory military service in Czechoslovak People's Army he began his doctoral studies at the Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague. He defended his doctoral thesis in 1972〔Jiří Horáček, ''New form of phase equation'', 1972, RNDr doctoral thesis, Charles University in Prague (in Czech language)〕 and his candidate thesis (the then equivalent of PhD) in 1975.〔Jiří Horáček, ''Contribution to the theory of three particle scattering'', 1975, candidate thesis, Charles University in Prague〕 It was during this time that he met his future wife, physician Eva Plchová, whom he married in 1974. They have two daughters Jitka (1975) and Olga (1978). After finishing his doctoral studies he got an assistant position at the Department. In 1979–1981 he completed a postdoc fellowship at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, working with Professor Tatuya Sasakawa on the theory of collisional processes in nuclear and atomic physics. During his stay in Japan Jiří Horáček also devoted a lot of time to karate; he has a black belt (1st dan) in Shotokan Karate-Do. After returning to Czechoslovakia he also practiced karate in the Slavoj Hloubětín sports club. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989 opportunity opened up for him to travel as a visiting professor to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and to the Technische Universität München. In 1997 Jiří Horáček was awarded a full professorship at Charles University in Prague. In 2003–2011 he was the head of the Institute of Theoretical Physics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jiří Horáček (physicist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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