Curriculum Vitae



LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
IN CURRENT CONTENTS JOURNALS:

  1. D. Vretenar, P. Ring, G. A. Lalazissis, and N. Paar, "Relativistic mean-field description of the dynamics of giant resonances", Nucl. Phys.A649, 29-36 (1999). nucl-th/9809036
  2. D. Vretenar, N. Paar, P. Ring, and G. A. Lalazissis, "Nonlinear dynamics of giant resonances in atomic nuclei", Phys. Rev. E 60, 308-319 (1999). nucl-th/9809003
  3. D. Vretenar, N. Paar, P. Ring and G. A. Lalazissis, "Pygmy dipole resonances in relativistic random phase approximation", Phys. Rev. C 63, 047301 (2001). nucl-th/0009057
  4. D. Vretenar, N. Paar, P. Ring and G. A. Lalazissis, "Collectivity of the low-lying dipole strength in relativistic random phase approximation", Nucl. Phys. A, 692 (3-4) 496-517 (2001). nucl-th/0101063
  5. D. Vretenar, N. Paar, P. Ring, and T. Niksic "Toroidal dipole resonances in the relativistic random phase approximation ", Phys. Rev. C 65, 021301(R), (2002). nucl-th/0107024
  6. G. A. Lalazissis, D. Vretenar, N. Paar, and P. Ring "Relativistic description of regular and chaotic dynamics in the giant monopole resonances ", Chaos, Solitons & Fractals. 17, 585-590 (2003).
  7. N. Paar, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar and P. Ring "Quasiparticle random phase approximation based on the relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov model" , Phys. Rev. C 67, 034312 (2003). nucl-th/0212011
  8. P. Ring, N. Paar, T. Niksic and D. Vretenar "Collective excitations far from the valley of stability" , Nucl. Phys. A 722, 372c (2003).
  9. D. Vretenar, N. Paar, T. Niksic, and P. Ring, "Spin-Isospin Resonances and Neutron Skin of Nuclei", Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 262502 (2003).nucl-th/0310030
  10. D. Vretenar, T. Niksic, N. Paar, and P. Ring, "Relativistic QRPA description of low-lying dipole strength in neutron-rich nuclei", Nucl. Phys. A 731, 281 (2004).
  11. D. Vretenar, T. Niksic, P. Ring, N. Paar, G. A. Lalazissis, and P. Finelli, "Relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov and QRPA description of exotic nuclear structure", Eur. Phys. J. A 20, 75 (2004).
  12. N. Paar, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar and P. Ring, "Quasiparticle random phase approximation based on the relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov model II: Nuclear spin and isospin excitations", Phys. Rev. C 69, 054303 (2004).nucl-th/0402094
  13. N. Paar, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar and P. Ring, "Isotopic dependence of the pygmy dipole resonance", Phys. Lett. B 606, 288 (2005). nucl-th/0404055
  14. N. Paar, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar and P. Ring, "Relativistic description of exotic collective excitation phenomena in atomic nuclei", Int. J. Mod. Phys. E 14, 1 (2005). nucl-th/0407064
  15. T. Niksic, T. Marketin, D. Vretenar, N. Paar, and P. Ring, "Beta-decay rates of r-process nuclei in the relativistic quasiparticle random phase approximation", Phys. Rev. C 71, 014308 (2005). nucl-th/0412028
  16. N. Paar, D. Vretenar, and P. Ring, "Proton electric pygmy dipole resonance", Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 182501 (2005). nucl-th/0504035
  17. N. Paar, P. Papakonstantinou, V. Yu. Ponomarev, and J. Wambach, "Low-energy dipole excitations towards the proton drip-line: doubly magic 48Ni", Phys. Lett. B 624, 195 (2005). nucl-th/0506010
  18. N. Paar, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar, T. Marketin, and P. Ring, "Self-consistent relativistic QRPA studies of soft modes and spin-isospin resonances in unstable nuclei", Eur. Phys. J. A 25 Suppl. 1, 531 (2005). ISSN 1434-601X (Online).
  19. N. Paar, P. Papakonstantinou, H. Hergert, and R. Roth, "Collective excitations in the Unitary Correlation Operator Method and relativistic QRPA studies of exotic nuclei", Physics of Atomic Nuclei 69, 1345 (2006). nucl-th/0506076
  20. R. Roth, P. Papakonstantinou, N. Paar, H. Hergert, T. Neff, and H. Feldmeier, "Hartree-Fock and Many-Body Perturbation Theory with Correlated Realistic NN-Interactions", Phys. Rev. C 73, 044312 (2006). nucl-th/0510036
  21. N. Paar, P. Papakonstantinou, R. Roth, and H. Hergert, "Self-consistent description of collective excitations in the unitary correlation operator model", Int. J. Mod. Phys. E 15, 346 (2006). nucl-th/0511041
  22. N. Paar, P. Papakonstantinou, H. Hergert, and R. Roth, "Collective multipole excitations based on correlated realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions", Phys. Rev. C 74, 014318 (2006). nucl-th/0601026
  23. N. Paar, D. Vretenar, T. Niksic, and P. Ring, "Relativistic quasiparticle random-phase approximation description of isoscalar compression modes in open-shell nuclei in the A=60 mass region ", Phys. Rev. C 74, 037303 (2006).nucl-th/0606054
  24. C. Barbieri, N. Paar, R. Roth, and P. Papakonstantinou, "Correlation energies in the random phase approximation using realistic interactions", submitted to Phys. Rev. C (2007).nucl-th/0608011
  25. R. Roth, H. Hergert, N. Paar, and P. Papakonstantinou, "Nuclear structure in the UCOM framework: from realistic interactions to collective excitations", Nucl. Phys. A 788, 12c (2007).nucl-th/0608018
  26. P. Ring, E. Litvinova, T. Niksic, N. Paar, D. Pena Arteaga, V. I. Tselyaev, and D. Vretenar, "Dynamics of exotic nuclear systems: covariant QRPA and extensions", Nucl. Phys. A 788, 194c (2007).

  27. P. Papakonstantinou, R. Roth, and N. Paar, "Nuclear collective excitations using correlated realistic interactions: the role of explicit RPA correlations", Phys. Rev. C 75, 014310 (2007). nucl-th/0609039
  28. N. Paar, D. Vretenar, E. Khan, and G. Colo, "Exotic modes of excitation in atomic nuclei far from stability", Rep. Prog. Phys. 70, 691 (2007). nucl-th/0701081
  29. N. Paar, D. Vretenar, T. Marketin, and P. Ring,"Inclusive charged-current neutrino-nucleus reactions calculated with the relativistic quasiparticle random phase approximation", Phys. Rev. C 77, 024608 (2008).nucl-th/arXiv:0710.4881
  30. N. Paar, Comment on "Pygmy dipole response of proton-rich argon nuclei inrandom-phase approximation and no-core shell model", Phys. Rev. C 78, 039801 (2008).nucl-th/arXiv:0803.0274
  31. N. Paar, D. Vretenar, and P. Ring, "Neutrino-nucleus reactions with the relativistic quasiparticle RPA", J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 35, 014058 (2008).
  32. D. Vretenar, N. Paar, T. Marketin, and P. Ring, "Relativistic QRPA description of nuclear excitations", J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 35, 014039 (2008).
  33. A. Klimkiewicz, N. Paar, P. Adrich, et al., "Collective dipole excitations in neutron-rich nuclei from Sn-132 mass region, the nuclear symmetry energy and neutron skins", Acta Physica Polonica B 40, 589 (2009).
  34. P. Ring, T. Marketin, N. Paar, and D. Vretenar, "Covariant density functional theory: inclusive charged current neutrino-nucleus reactions", Acta Physica Polonica B 40, 2537 (2009).
  35. T. Marketin, N. Paar, T. Niksic, and D. Vretenar, "Relativistic QRPA calculation of muon capture rates", Phys. Rev. C 79, 054323 (2009). nucl-th/arXiv:0812.1947
  36. N. Paar, Y. F. Niu, D. Vretenar, and J. Meng, "On the isoscalar-isovector splitting of pygmy dipole structures", Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 032502 (2009). nucl-th/arXiv:0905.4848
  37. Y. F. Niu, N. Paar, D. Vretenar, and J. Meng, "Low-energy multipole response in nuclei at finite temperature", submitted to Phys. Lett. B 681, 315 (2009). nucl-th/arXiv:0906.2973
  38. N. Paar, G. Colo, E. Khan, and D. Vretenar, "Calculation of stellar electron-capture cross sections on nuclei based on microscopic Skyrme functionals", Phys. Rev. C 80, 055801 (2009). nucl-th/arXiv:0909.3070
  39. N. Paar, "The quest for novel modes of excitation in exotic nuclei", J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 37, 064014 (2010). nucl-th/arXiv:1002.4776
  40. N. Paar, T. Marketin, D. Vretenar, Y. F. Niu, G. Colo, E. Khan, J. Meng, "Nuclear excitations and weak interaction rates at finite temperature", Mod. Phys. Lett. A 25, 1767 (2010).
  41. A. R. Samana, F. Krmpotic, N. Paar, and C. A. Bertulani, "Neutrino and antineutrino charge-exchange reactions on 12C", Phys. Rev. C 83, 024303 (2011). nucl-th/arXiv:1005.2134
  42. Y. F. Niu, N. Paar, D. Vretenar, and J. Meng, "Stellar electron-capture rates calculated with the finite-temperature relativistic random-phase approximation", Phys. Rev. C 83, 045807 (2011). nucl-th/arXiv:1104.1683
  43. N. Paar, T. Suzuki, M. Honma,T. Marketin, D. Vretenar, "Uncertainties in modeling low-energy neutrino induced reactions on iron group nuclei", Phys. Rev. C 84, 047305 (2011). nucl-th/arXiv:1107.4872
  44. E. Khan, N. Paar, and D. Vretenar, "Low-energy monopole strength in exotic Nickel isotopes", Phys. Rev. C 84, 051301 (2011).
  45. J. Piekarewicz, B. K. Agrawal, G. Colo, W. Nazarewicz, N. Paar, P.-G. Reinhard, X. Roca-Maza, and D. Vretenar, "Electric dipole polarizability and the neutron skin", Phys. Rev. C 85, 041302(R) (2012).
  46. A. F. Fantina, E. Khan, G. Colo, N. Paar, and D. Vretenar, "Stellar electron-capture rates on nuclei based on microscopic Skyrme functional", Phys. Rev. C 86, 035805 (2012).
  47. D. Vretenar, Y. F. Niu, N. Paar, and J. Meng, "Low-energy isovector and isoscalar dipole response in neutron-rich nuclei", Phys. Rev. C 85, 044317 (2012).
  48. T. Marketin, G. Martinez-Pinedo, N. Paar, and D. Vretenar, "Role of momentum transfer in the quenching of Gamow-Teller strength", Phys. Rev. C 85, 054313 (2012). nucl-th/arXiv:1203.3687
  49. H. Djapo, N. Paar, "Neutral-current neutrino-nucleus cross sections based on relativistic nuclear energy density functional", Phys. Rev. C 86, 035804 (2012). nucl-th/arXiv:1203.5224
  50. A. Krasznahorkay, N. Paar,, D. Vretenar, M.N. Harakeh, "Anti-analog giant dipole resonances and the neutron skin of nuclei", Phys. Lett. B, in press (2013). nucl-th/arXiv:1302.6007v1
  51. X. Roca-Maza, M. Brenna, B. K. Agrawal, P. F. Bortignon, G. Colo, Li-Gang Cao, N. Paar, and D. Vretenar, "Giant quadrupole resonances in 208Pb, the nuclear symmetry energy, and the neutron skin thickness", Phys. Rev. C 87, 034301 (2013). nucl-th/arXiv:1212.4377
  52. N. Paar, H. Tutman, T. Marketin, T. Fischer, "Large-scale calculations of supernova neutrino-induced reactions in Z=8-82 target nuclei", Phys. Rev. C 87, 025801 (2013). nucl-th/arXiv:1210.2655

  53. IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

  54. N. Paar, D. Vretenar, P. Ring, and G. A. Lalazissis, "Nonlinear collective dynamics in atomic nuclei", Nuclear structure, Proceedings of the conference Bologna 2000-structure of the nucleus at the dawn of the century, Eds. G.C. Bonsignori, M. Bruno, A. Ventura, and D. Vretenar, World Scientific, 442-445 (2001).
  55. D. Vretenar, G. A. Lalazissis , P. Ring, and N. Paar, "Relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov and RPA description of exotic nuclear structure", RIKEN Review No.39, 37 (2001).
  56. N. Paar, D. Vretenar, P. Ring, and G. A. Lalazissis, "Collective properties of the low energy dipole response in the relativistic RPA" ,The nuclear many-body problem 2001, Eds. W. Nazarewicz and D. Vretenar, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 209-214 (2002).
  57. D. Vretenar, P. Ring, G.A. Lalazissis, T. Niksic, P. Finelli, and N. Paar, "Relativistic Mean-Field and RPA Description of Exotic Nuclear Structure" FRONTIERS OF NUCLEAR STRUCTURE, Ed P. Fallon, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 656, 211-218 (2003).
  58. P. Ring, N. Paar, T. Niksic and D. Vretenar, "The relativistic quasi-particle random phase approximation and applications in exotic nuclei" , Nuclear structure and dynamics at the limits, Proceedings of the International workshop XXXI on gross properties of nuclei and nuclear excitations, Eds. H. Feldmeier,J. Knoll, W. Noerenberg and J. Wambach, Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt, 38-43 (2003).
  59. N. Paar, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar, and P. Ring "Low-lying excitations in neutron-rich nuclei", Probing Nuclei and Nucleons with Electrons and Photons, Proceedings of the International workshop XXXII on gross properties of nuclei and nuclear excitations, Eds. M. Buballa, J. Knoll, W. Noerenberg, B.-J. Schaefer, and J. Wambach, Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt, ISSN 0720-8715, 171-177 (2004).
  60. N. Paar, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar, and P. Ring, "Relativistic QRPA description of excitations in exotic nuclei", Structure and Dynamics of Elementary Matter, Eds. W. Greiner, M. G. Itkis, J. Reinhardt, and M. C. Guclu, NATO Science Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 1-4020-2446-0, 661-663 (2004).
  61. D. Vretenar, N. Paar, T. Niksic, and P. Ring, "Spin-Isospin Giant Resonances and the Neutron Skin of Nuclei", EXOTIC NUCLEAR SYSTEMS: International Symposium on Exotic Nuclear Systems, AIP Conference Proceedings (ISBN 0-7354-0291-4) 802, 184-189 (2005).
  62. P. Papakonstantinou, R. Roth, H. Hergert, and N. Paar, "Towards ab initio structure and response calculations across the nuclear chart", Proc. of the 15th Symposium of the Hellenic Nuclear Physics Society 2005, Thessaloniki, Greece Eds. G.A. Lalazissis, Ch.C. Moustakidis, p. 13. (2005).
  63. P. Ring, G. A. Lalazissis, T. Niksic, N. Paar, and D. Vretenar, "Covariant density functional theory for isospin properties of nuclei far from stability", Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd., Journal of Physics: Conference Series 20, 119-124 (2005).
  64. P. Papakonstantinou, R. Roth, H. Hergert, N. Paar,"Nuclear Structure and Response based on Correlated Realistic NN Interactions", FRONTIERS IN NUCLEAR STRUCTURE, ASTROPHYSICS, AND REACTIONS: FINUSTAR, AIP Conference Proceedings (ISBN 0-7354-0323-6) 831, 520-522 (2006).nucl-th/0512056
  65. N. Paar, T. Niksic, P. Papakonstantinou, P. Ring, and D. Vretenar, "Self-consistent models for the collective excitation phenomena in exotic nuclei", FRONTIERS IN NUCLEAR STRUCTURE, ASTROPHYSICS, AND REACTIONS: FINUSTAR, AIP Conference Proceedings (ISBN 0-7354-0323-6) 831, 70-74 (2006).
  66. P.Papakonstantinou, R.Roth, and N. Paar, Nuclear response using correlated realistic interactions: first-order RPA and beyond Proc. of the 16th Symposium of the Hellenic Nuclear Physics Society, Athens, Greece (2006).
  67. N. Paar, D. Vretenar, T. Marketin, and P. Ring, "Neutrino-nucleus reaction rates based on the relativistic quasiparticle random phase approximation", FRONTIERS IN NUCLEAR STRUCTURE, ASTROPHYSICS, AND REACTIONS: FINUSTAR 2, AIP Conference Proceedings 1012, 46 (2008).
  68. P. Ring, G. A. Lalazissis, N. Paar, and D. Vretenar, "Static and dynamic aspect of covariant density functional theory in proton rich nuclei", PROCON conference, AIP Conference Proceedings 961, 72 (2007).
  69. A. Klimkiewicz, N. Paar, P. Adrich, M. Fallot, K. Boretzky, T. Aumann, D. Cortina-Gil, U. Datta Pramanik, Th. W. Elze, H. Emling, H. Geissel, M. Hellstrom, K. L. Jones, J. V. Kratz, R. Kulessa, C. Nociforo, R. Palit, H. Simon, G. Surowka, K. Summerer, D. Vretenar, and W. Walus, "Pygmy dipole strength and neutron skins in exotic nuclei", AIP Conference Proceedings 1012, 250 (2008).
  70. N. Paar, T. Marketin, D. Vretenar, and P. Ring, "Consistent approach to weak interaction rates based on the relativistic QRPA", Proceedings of Science(NICX), 030 (2008).
  71. D. Vretenar, N. Paar, and T. Marketin, "Relativistic energy density functionals: exotic modes of excitation", AIP Conference Proceedings 1072, 70 (2008).
  72. Y. F. Niu, N. Paar, D. Vretenar, and J. Meng, "Relativistic random phase approximation at finite temperature", AIP Conference Proceedings 1165, 189 (2009).
  73. A. Klimkiewicz, N. Paar, P. Adrich, M. Fallot, T. le Bleis, D. Rossi, K. Boretzky, T. Aumann, H. Alvarez-Pol, F. Aksouh, J. Benlliure, T. Berg, M. Boehmer, E. Casarejos, M. Chartier, A. Chatillon, D. Cortina-Gil, U. Datta Pramanik, Th.W. Elze, , H. Emling, O. Ershova, B. Fernando-Dominguez, H. Geissel, M. Gorska, M. Heil, M. Hellstrom, H. Johansson, K.L. Jones, A. Junghans, O. Kiselev, J.V. Kratz, R. Kulessa, N. Kurz, M. Labiche, R. Lemmon, Y. Litvinov, K. Mahata, P. Maierbeck, T. Nilsson, C. Nociforo, R. Palit, S. Paschalis, R. Plag, , R. Reifarth, H. Simon, K. Sumerer, G. Surowka, D. Vretenar, A. Wagner, W. Walus, H. Weick and M. Winkler, "Pygmy dipole strength in exotic nuclei and the equation of state", AIP Conference Proceedings 1165, 181 (2009).
  74. T. Marketin, N. Paar, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar, and P. Ring, "Relativistic QRPA calculation of beta-decay rates of r-process nuclei", AIP Conference Proceedings 1165, 433 (2009).
  75. G. A. Lalazissis, T. Niksic, S. Kartzikos, N. Paar, D. Vretenar, and P. Ring, "Phenomenological Relativistic Energy Density Functionals", AIP Conference Proceedings 1165, 259 (2009).
  76. P. Ring, J. Daoutidis, E. Litvinova, T. Niksic, N. Paar, and D. Vretenar, "Relativistic point coupling model for vibrational excitations in the continuum", AIP Conference Proceedings 1165, 145 (2009).
  77. Y. F. Niu, N. Paar, D. Vretenar, and J. Meng, "Finite temperature effects on monopole and dipole excitations", Journal of Physics: Conference Series 312, 042017 (2011).
  78. F. Krmpotic, N. Paar, A.R. Samana, and C.A. Bertulani,"Nuclear structure and neutrino-nucleus interaction", Proceedings of Science, submitted (2011).
  79. A. R. Samana, F. Krmpotic, N. Paar, and C. A. Bertulani, "Neutrino and antineutrino cross sections in 12C", Journal of Physics: Conference Series 312, 072009 (2011).
  80. N. Paar, "Exotic modes of excitation in proton rich nuclei", AIP Conference Proceedings 1409, 39 (2011).
  81. N. Paar, "Exotic modes of excitation and weak interaction rates at finite temperature", AIP Conference Proceedings 1377, 46 (2011).
  82. N. Paar, D. Vretenar, Y. F. Niu, and J. Meng, "Self-consistent theory of stellar electron capture rates", IOP Publishing, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 337, 012013 (2012).
  83. T. Marketin, G. Martinez-Pinedo, N. Paar, and D. Vretenar, "Role of momentum transfer in the quenching of the Gamow-Teller strength", AIP Conference Proceedings 1491, 178-181 (2012).
  84. A. Krasznahorkay, L. Stuhl, M. Csatlos, A. Algora, J. Gulyas, J. Timar, N. Paar et al., "Neutron-skin thickness from the study of the anti-analog giant dipole resonance", AIP Conference Proceedings 1491, 190-197 (2012).
  85. X. Roca-Maza, B. K. Agrawal, G. Colo, W. Nazarewicz, N. Paar, J. Piekarewicz, P.-G. Reinhard, and D. Vretenar, "Sensitivity of the electric dipole polarizability to the neutron skin thickness in 208Pb", AIP Conference Proceedings 1491, 204-207 (2012).
  86. A Krasznahorkay, N Paar, D Vretenar, and M N Harakeh, "Neutron-skin thickness of 208Pb from the energy of the anti-analogue giant dipole resonance", Phys. Scr. T154, 014018 (2013).


  87. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS:
  88. N. Paar, P. Ring, D. Vretenar, and T. Niksic, "Spin-Isospin Resonances and the Neutron Skin of Nuclei", GSI Scientific Report 2003, pp 34, Ed. U. Grundinger, Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, ISSN: 0174-0814 and GSI Report 2004-1, Darmstadt (2004).
  89. H. Hergert, R. Roth, P. Papakonstantinou, and N. Paar, "UCOM-Hartree-Fock with realistic NN-interactions", GSI Scientific Report 2004, pp. 105, Ed. K. Grosse, Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, ISSN: 0174-0814 and GSI Report 2005-1, Frotscher Druck, Darmstadt, Germany (2005).
  90. T. Niksic, N. Paar, J. Daoutidis, D. Pena Arteaga, P. Ring, and D. Vretenar,"Relativistic quasiparticle RPA with applications to exotic nuclei", GSI Scientific Report 2004, pp. 111, Ed. K.Grosse, Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, ISSN: 0174-0814 and GSI Report 2005-1, Frotscher Druck, Darmstadt, Germany (2005).
  91. P. Papakonstantinou, N. Paar, H. Hergert, and R. Roth, "RPA and ERPA with correlated realistic NN interactions", GSI Scientific Report 2005, pp. 162, Ed. K.Grosse, Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, ISSN: 0174-0814 and GSI Report 2006-1, Frotscher Druck, Darmstadt, Germany (2006).
  92. C. Barbieri, N. Paar, R. Roth, and P. Papakonstantinou, "Self-consistent Greens function and RPA studies of nuclei", GSI Scientific Report 2007, pp. 125, Ed. K.Grosse, Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, ISSN: 0174-0814 and GSI Report 2007-1, Typographics GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany (2007).

  93. PATENTS:

  94. "Cryptographic method of nonrepeated selective assignment of signs using chaotic solutions of robotic differential equation ", in Croatian, State intellectual property office, Croatia, Patent Nr. P980607 (2003).
  95. "Cryptographic method by repeated application of binary ASCII code depending on parity of digits in chaotic solutions of nonlinear robotic equation", in Croatian, State intellectual property office, Croatia,  Patent Nr. P990240A2 (2006).
  96. "Cryptographic protection of series of signs using selective transformation of binary ASCII code using chaotic solutions of nonlinear Duffing equation", in Croatian , State intellectual property office, Croatia, Patent Nr. P990248A2 (2006).

  97. OTHER WORK:

  98. N. Paar, "Computational simulation of regular and chaotic dynamics of the nonlinear robot model (in Croatian)", work awarded from Rector, University of Zagreb, (1995).
  99. N. Paar, " Nonlinear dynamics of collective vibrations in nuclei in the time-dependent relativistic mean-field model (in Croatian)", Diploma thesis, University of Zagreb, (1998).
  100. N. Paar, "Relativistic mean field description of exotic excitations in finite nuclei", Doctoral Thesis, PHY 452d, Universitaetsbibliothek der Technische Universitaet Muenchen (2003).(Postscript)

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS :
          (16 invited talks, 27 contributed talks, 6 poster presentations)

  1. International conference for physics students, Kopenhagen, Denmark, (1995).
    talk & poster on "Mathematical simulation of regular and chaotic dynamics of a single degree robot model"
  2. International conference for physics students, Coimbra, Portugal, (1998).
  3. talk & poster on "Nonlinear dynamics in the time dependent relativistic mean field model"

  4. Bologna 2000- Structure of the nucleus at the dawn of the century, Bologna, Italy, (2000).
    poster on "Nonlinear collective dynamics in atomic nuclei"
  5. NATO Advanced Research Workshop - The nuclear many body problem, Brijuni, Croatia, (2001).
    talk on "Collective properties of the low energy dipole response in the relativistic RPA
  6. XXXIII. Arbeitstreffen "Kernphysik", Schleching, Germany, (2002).
    talk on "Collective excitations in nuclei far from stability"
  7. 3rd International Balkan School on Nuclear Physics, Thessaloniki, Greece, (2002).
    talk on "Relativistic mean field description of the low-lying excitation phenomena in exotic nuclei
  8. 307. WE-Heraeus-Seminar: Relativistic Structure Models for the Physics of Radioactive Nuclear Beams, Bad Honnef, Germany, (2003).
    talk on "Relativistic QRPA Description of Excitation Phenomena in Exotic Nuclei"
  9. International Conference on Collective Motion in Nuclei Under Extreme Conditions (COMEX 1), Paris, France, (2003).
    poster on "Relativistic RPA description of compression and toroidal modes
  10. US-Japan collaboration workshop, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA, (2003).
    talk on "Relativistic quasiparticle RPA in the relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov model"
  11. NATO Advanced study institute "Structure and Dynamics of Elementary Matter", Kemer, Turkey (2003).
    poster on "Relativistic QRPA description of excitations in exotic nuclei"
  12. International Workshop XXXII on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations "Probing Nuclei and Nucleons with Electrons and Photons", Hirschegg, Austria (2004).
    talk on "Low-lying multipole excitations in neutron rich nuclei"
  13. International Workshop on Blueprints for the nucleus: From first principles to collective motion, Istanbul, Turkey (2004).
    invited talk on "Relativistic description of exotic collective excitation phenomena in atomic nuclei"
  14. The Fourth International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses, Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA (2004).
    talk on "Self-consistent relativistic QRPA studies of soft modes and spin-isospin resonances in unstable nuclei"
  15. Workshop on Relativistic Density Functional Theory for Nuclear Structure, Seattle, Washington, USA (2004).
    talk on "Relativistic models for description of multipole excitations in unstable nuclei"
  16. 69. Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) in the World Year / International Year of Physics 2005, Berlin, Germany (2005).
    talk on "Collective excitation phenomena and beta-decays in exotic nuclei"
  17. 69. Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) in the World Year / International Year of Physics 2005, Berlin, Germany (2005).
    talk on "Hartree-Fock and RPA model based on correlated realistic potentials"
  18. LV National Conference on Nuclear Physics, "Frontiers in the Physics of Nucleus" St. Petersburg, Russia (2005).
    talk on "Collective excitations in the Unitary Correlation Operator Method and relativistic QRPA studies of exotic nuclei
  19. International Conference on Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions, Aegean island of Kos, Greece (2005).
    talk on "Self-consistent models for the collective excitation phenomena in exotic nuclei"
  20. International Conference on Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions, Aegean island of Kos, Greece (2005).
    poster on "Nuclear structure and response based on correlated realistic NN interactions"
  21. XII Nuclear Physics Workshop Marie and Pierre Curie, Nuclear Structure and Low Energy Reactions Kazimierz Dolny, Poland (2005).
    talk on "Self-consistent description of collective excitations in the unitary correlation operator model"
  22. Workshop "Towards a Universal Density Functional for the Nucleus", Seattle, Washington, USA (2005).
    invited talk on "Collective excitations in atomic nuclei based on density functionals and correlated nucleon-nucleon interactions"
  23. International Workshop XXXIV on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations, "Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure", Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal, Austria (2006).
    talk on "Nuclear ground state and collective excitations based on correlated realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions"
  24. 5th International Balkan School in Nuclear Physics "Physics with Radioactive Beams", Brasov, Romania (2006).
    talk on "Proton electric pygmy dipole resonances"
  25. 2nd Japanese-German Workshop on Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics, RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan (2006).
    invited talk on "Collective nuclear motion based on correlated nucleon-nucleon interactions and relativistic density-dependent models"
  26. East-West Outreach Network for nuclear physics (EWON) meeting, , Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia (2006).
    invited talk on "Relativistic description of nuclear structure"
  27. Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics III, XXI International Nuclear Physics Divisional Conference of the European Physical Society, Dresden, Germany, 26-31.3. (2007).
    invited talk on "Neutrino-nucleus reactions in the relativistic quasiparticle RPA"
  28. International Workshop on Fundamental Symmetries: From nuclei and neutrinos to the Universe, Trento, Italy, 25-29.6. (2007).
    invited talk on "Charged current neutrino-nucleus reactions in the relativistic QRPA"
  29. Workshop on Advanced Many-Body Methods for Nuclear Structure, Trento, Italy, 2-6.7. (2007).
    invited talk on "Relativistic QRPA for exotic modes of excitation and neutrino-nucleus cross sections"
  30. 2nd International Conference on Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions, FINUSTAR 2, Aghios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece 10-14.9. (2007).
    talk on "Exotic modes of excitation and charged-current neutrino-nucleus reactions"
  31. Workshop on Exotic Modes of Excitation: from Nuclear Structure to Astrophysics Trento, Italy, 8-12.10. (2007).
    invited talk on "Exotic modes of excitation and neutrino-nucleus cross sections based on relativistic QRPA"
  32. International Workshop XXXVI on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations "Modern Aspects in Nuclear Structure and Reactions", Hirschegg, Austria, 13-19.1. (2008).
    talk on "Inclusive neutrino-nucleus cross sections based on the relativistic mean-field theory"
  33. Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee (NuPECC) meeting Zagreb, Croatia, 13-14.6. (2008).
    invited talk on "Modern theory of exotic nuclear structure: excitations, weak interaction rates and beyond"
  34. 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos (NIC X) Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA, 27.7.-1.8. (2008).
    talk on "Consistent approach to weak interaction rates based on relativistic QRPA"
  35. The 6th Balkan School on Nuclear Physics, Troyan, Bulgaria, 17.9.-24.9. (2008).
    invited talk on "Modern theory of exotic nuclear structure: excitations, weak interaction rates and beyond"
  36. European Nuclear Physics Conference, Bochum, Germany, 15.3.-20.3. (2009).
    talk on "Self-consistent description of neutrino-nucleus cross sections"
  37. International workshop on Strong, Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions to probe Spin-Isospin Excitations, Trento, Italy, 28.9.-2.10. (2009).
    invited talk on "QRPA calculations of charge exchange reactions and weak interaction rates"
  38. European Science Foundation PESC Exploratory Workshop: How To Constrain the High Density Symmetry Energy, Zagreb, Croatia, 15.10.-17.10. (2009).
    invited talk on "Density dependence of the symmetry energy close to normal density from neutron skin thickness and dipole excitations"
  39. "International Symposium: Forefronts of Researches in Exotic Nuclear Structures - Niigata2010 -" Tokamachi, Japan, 1.3.-6.3. (2010).
    talk on "Nuclear excitations and weak interaction rates at finite temperature"
  40. International conference "Frontiers In NUclear STructure, Astrophysics and Reactions" (FINUSTAR 3), Rhodos, Greece, 23.8.-27.8. (2010).
    talk on "Exotic modes of excitation and weak interaction rates at finite temperature"
  41. International conference "Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics V", Eilat, Israel, 3.4.-8.4. (2011).
    talk on "Self-consistent theory of stellar electron capture rates"
  42. PROCON2011 Fourth International Conference on Proton-emitting Nuclei, Bordeaux, France, 6.6.-10.6. (2011).
    talk on "Exotic modes of excitation in proton rich nuclei"
  43. International symposium "Advances in Nuclear Many-Body Theory", Primosten, Croatia, 7.6.-10.6. (2011).
    talk on "Constraining the neutron skin from collective nuclear motion"
  44. "Highlights in heavy-ion physics - A symposium in Honour of Nikola Cindro",Split, Croatia, 22.9.-24.9. (2011).
    invited talk on "Relationships between new observables and properties of finite nuclei and nuclear matter"
  45. "The 4th International Symposium on Neutrinos and Dark Matter in Nuclear Physics",Nara, Japan, 11.6.-15.6. (2012).
    invited talk on "Neutrino-nucleus reactions based on relativistic nuclear energy density functional"
  46. "The Nuclear Dipole Polarizability and its Impact on Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics",Trento, Italy, 18.6.-22.6. (2012).
    invited talk on "Dipole polarizability vs. isovector and isoscalar pygmy strength in constraining the neutron skin"
  47. 4th international conference on "Collective Motion in Nuclei under Extreme Conditions" (COMEX4),Hayama (Kanagawa), Japan, 22.10.-26.10. (2012).
    invited talk on "Pygmy dipole and multipole strengths in isospin asymmetric nuclei"
  48. International Workshop XLI on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations "Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure",Hirschegg, Austria, 26.1.-1.2. (2013).
    talk on "Self-consistent description of supernova electron capture and neutrino-nucleus processes""

INVITED SEMINAR TALKS :

  1. "Relativistic mean field description of the low-lying excitation phenomena in exotic nuclei", GSI Theorie Seminar, Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt, Germany, 28.05.(2003).

  2. "Modern theory of nuclear structure, exotic excitations, and neutrino-nucleus reactions", Seminar, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,Thessaloniki, Greece, 27.9.(2007).

  3. "Exotic nulear resonances and processes relevant for astrophysics", Seminar, VDG, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia, 31.01.(2008).

  4. "Astrophysically relevant weak interactions in nuclei: neutrino induced reactions, electron capture, and beta decays" Seminar, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,Thessaloniki, Greece, 3.12.(2008).

  5. "Exotic modes of excitation and neutrino induced reactions in atomic nuclei", Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KITPC-CAS), Peking, China, 18.6.(2009).

  6. "Challenges in modeling nuclear excitations and stellar electron capture", State Key Laboratory for Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Peking, China, 23.6.(2010).


PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL MEETINGS :

  1. 5th scientific meeting of the Croatian physical society, Primosten, Croatia, 5-8. 10. (2007).
    invited focused talk on "Exotic nuclear resonances and processes of relevance for astrophysics"
  2. Znanstveni skup "Nuklearna i subnuklearna fizika - nova dostignuca hrvatskih znanstvenika", Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti meeting of the Croatian physical society, Zagreb, Croatia, 13.12. (2012).
    talk on "Electron capture and neutrino-nucleus interaction in stars"


SUPERVISION OF STUDENT DIPLOMA THESES :

  1. Kristina Hrestak, "Nonlinear dynamics of classical one-dimensional oscillators with external time-dependent periodic force", graduated 13.7.(2007).

  2. Bojana Jovicic, "Period doubling bifurcations and chaotic dynamics of multiple pendulum", graduated 29.10.(2007).

  3. Tihomir Juretic, "Microscopic description of collective monopole excitations in stable and exotic atomic nuclei", graduated 12.12.(2007).

  4. Ivana Zuanovic, "Graphics, animation and visualisation in education of physics", graduated 21.12.(2007).

  5. Dubravka Pernar, "Time evolution of nonlinear multidimensional dynamical systems", graduated 30.6.(2008).

  6. Fabijana Fantina, "Methods of education and didactics in teaching process of selected chapters in high-school physics", graduated 17.10.(2008).

  7. Josipa Vlahovic, "Modern methods in education of high-school physics", graduated 22.12.(2008).

  8. Maja Zoric, "Spin-isospin excitations in atomic nuclei", graduated 28.1.(2009).

  9. Tomislav Cerinski, "Fractals in dynamical systems of classical mechanics", graduated 29.1.(2009).

  10. Hrvoje Tutman, "Neutrino and antineutrino - nucleus cross sections based on relativistic quasiparticle random phase approximation", graduated 21.5.(2009).

  11. Vanja Novosel, "Studies of geoneutrinos", graduated 17.7.(2009).

  12. Maida Kendic, "Structure of neutron stars", graduated 14.10.(2009).

  13. Timor Grego, "Neutrino-nucleus reactions at beta-beam facility", graduated 9.3.(2010).

  14. Andrej Suljic, "Physics of diagnostic systems in medicine", graduated 27.9.(2011).

  15. Niksa Strika, "Nuclear reactions in star evolution", graduated 18.11. (2011).

  16. Luka Kanjir, "Nuclear resonance overtones in atomic nuclei", graduated 9.12. (2011).

  17. Ivan Popcevic, "Physics of therapeutic systems in medicine", graduated 17.2. (2012).

  18. Andrea Horvat, "Collective excitations in nuclei away from the valley of stability", graduated 9.1. (2013).



OTHER (PUBLIC MEDIA, LECTURES, ETC.) :

  1. Tanja Rudez, "Zajedno se mogu pohvaliti sa 27 znanstvenih radova, tri otkrica i 131 clankom", in Croatian newspaper Jutarnji list, p.31, 11.6. (2007).
  2. "Znanstvena petica", Croatian National Television (HRT), 22.6.(2007).
  3. N. Paar, "Kad vratimo nase znanstvenike, uvest cemo i novo znanje, in Croatian newspaper Jutarnji list, p.xx, 19.2. (2010).
  4. N. Paar, "Iskustva u pripremi projektnog prijedloga StG 2009", Information day for specific FP7 programme Ideas, organised by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, 10.12. (2010).
  5. N. Paar, "Nuklearni procesi u evoluciji supernove", Matematicko-fizicki list, 1/245, p.32-38, Hrvatsko Matematicko drustvo i Hrvatsko fizikalno drustvo, Zagreb (2011).

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"On the isoscalar-isovector splitting of pygmy dipole structures", by N. Paar, Y. F. Niu, D. Vretenar, and J. Meng, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 032502 (2009).
nucl-th/arXiv:0905.4848


"Neutrino and antineutrino charge-exchange reactions on 12C", by A. R. Samana, F. Krmpotic, N. Paar, and C. A. Bertulani, submitted to Phys. Rev. C (2010).
nucl-th/arXiv:1005.2134


"The quest for novel modes of excitation in exotic nuclei", by N. Paar, J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 37, 064014 (2010).
nucl-th/arXiv:1002.4776

REVIEW: Exotic modes of excitation in atomic nuclei far from stability by N. Paar, D. Vretenar,
E. Khan, and G. Colo,
Rep. Prog. Phys. 70, 691 (2007).                                                                      Review is focused towards modern theoretical models for studies of multipole response in unstable nuclei and possible occurrence of new exotic modes of excitation in weakly-bound nuclear systems. Of particular interest are low-energy dipole modes from stable nuclei to systems near the particle emission threshold, various isoscalar modes, charge exchange excitations and their evolution in neutron-rich nuclei, the role of exotic low-energy modes in astrophysical processes, etc.


University of Zagreb

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Physics Department

The Physics department at the Faculty of Science has a long tradition in teaching and in scientific research. Since 1991, after moving to the new building on Horvatovac, the Department had its renaissance. The new equipment considerably improved the practical side of the education process and experimental research. Studies of the Departments theoretical physicists have led to new discoveries in the process of neleptonic decay, research of cosmology of neutrino, nuclear structures, theory of classic and quantum chaos, low dimensional systems, and electron dynamics on the surfaces of conductor and isolators. Since 2005, the Physics department consolidated its transition towards Bologna system of study programmes. Within the academic year around 700 students are pursuing one of the various theoretical, experimental, computational and educational physics programmes.