Personal Data

Occupations: Professor, PhD, DSc
Office Address: Laboratory of Theoretical Nuclear Physics,
Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
72 Tzarigradsko Shaussee,
1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
Office Phone: (+359) 2 979-5624
Office Fax: (+359) 2 975-36-19
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Home Address: 1606 Sofia, 28 G. Sofijski
Home Phone: (+359) 2 852-85-53
Birth Date: April 22, 1957
Birth Place: Sofia, Bulgaria
Citizenship: Bulgarian
Marital Status: married, two children

Professional Data

Education

February 1989
PhD in NuclearPhysics, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
June 1980
Diploma Work and Master Degree in Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Physics Department, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
1976-1980
Study at the Physics Department, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

Experience

2016   - present
scientific secretary of the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Science
2012  
Vise President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2008  - 2012
member of the Board of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2012 -  present
member of the Scientific Council of the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Science
2008  - 2012
scientific secretary  of the Scientific Council of the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Science
2008 - present
Reasearch professor at the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Science
2004-2009
Head of the Nuclear Theory Group at the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Science
2001-2002
Fulbright fellow at Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
1997-2008
Associate Professor at the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1995-1996
Postdoc position at the Oxtord University, Physics Department, Oxford, United Kingdom
1994-1997
Assistant Professor (1-st degree) at the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1989-1994
Assistant Professor (2-nd degree) at the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

Languages

Bulgarian, English, German, Russian

Societies

Bulgarian Physics Society

Interests

Theoretical Physics, Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Theory, Self-Consistent Approaches, Nuclear Structure, Nuclear Reactions, Nucleon-Nucleon Correlations

Visits

2008-2011
            Naples University, Naples, Italy
2006
            RWTH Aachen, Germany
2005
            HLRC Stuttgart, Germany
1999,2001-2002
Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
1993, 1994, 1996, 2009
University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003
University of Oxford, Physics Department Oxford, United Kingdom
1993
International Center for Theoretical Physics Trieste, Italy
1989
Institute of Physics Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
1984, 1986, 2007, 2008-2016
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Dubna, Russia

Conferences

2011, 2013, 2015
        International Summer School on Nuclear Physics, Neutron Physics and Applications, Varna, Bulgaria ( Co-chair of the Organizing Committee)
2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
       International Conference "Nuclear Structure and Applications", July 2009, Dubna, Russia
2009            
        XVIII International Summer School on Nuclear Physics, Neutron Physics and Applications, Varna, Bulgaria ( member of the Organizing Committee)
2007           
        XVII International Summer School on Nuclear Physics, Neutron Physics and Applications, Varna, Bulgaria ( member of the Organizing Committee)
2007            
        International Spring Seminar on Nuclear Physics "Changing Facets of Nuclear Structure", Vico Equense, Italy
2005-09
          Annual International Workshop on Nuclear Theory, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria (Chair of the Organizing Committee)
2005           
        XVI International Summer School on Nuclear Physics, Neutron Physics and Applications, Varna, Bulgaria ( member of the Organizing Committee)
2000, 2003
             International Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms
 
 

Selected Publications

A. A. Cowley,S. S. Dimitrova, E. V. Zemlyanaya, K. V. Lukyanov and J. J. van Zyl, "Inclusive (⃗p,α) reaction on 59Co at an incident energy of 100 MeV and comparison with the reaction mechanism for 93Nb  between 65 and 160 MeV", Phys. Rev. C 93 034624 (2016)

S. S. Dimitrova, A. A. Cowley, J. J. van Zyl, E. V. Zemlyanaya and K. V. Lukyanov, "Pre-equilibrium mechanisms in the 93Nb(⃗p,α) inclusive reaction at incident energies from 65 to 160 MeV", Phys. Rev. C 90, 054604 (2014); http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.3001, (2014).

S. S. Dimitrova, A. A. Cowley, J. J. van Zyl, E. V. Zemlyanaya, and K. V. Lukyanov "Inclusive reaction 93Nb(p , α) at an incident energy of 160 MeV" Phys. Rev. C 89, 034616 (2014).

A.A. Cowley, S.S. Dimitrova, J.J. Van Zyl, "Incident-energy dependent quenching of the analyzing power in pre-equilibrium composite particle emission", AIP Conference Proceedings, 1377. 2011, p. 69.

S. S. Dimitrova, D. Bianco, N. Lo Iudice, F. Andreozzi, and A. Porrino, "Shell-model calculations for  Zr isotopes", in Proceedings of the 30th International Workshop on Nuclear Theory (June 27-July1, 2011, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria), Nuclear Theory 30, ed. by A.Georgieva and N.Minkov, 2012, ISSN:1313-2822

S. S. Dimitrova, J. Dukelsky, F. Andreozzi, D. Bianco, N. Lo Iudice, and A. Porrino, "Two Approximate Approaches for Solving the Large-scale Shell Model Problem", in Proceedings of the 28th International Workshop on Nuclear Theory (June 22 27, 2009, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria), ed. S. Dimitrova, Printed by BM Trade Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria 2010, p.235, ISSN:1313-2822

D. Bianco, F. Andreozzi, N. Lo Iudice, A. Porrino and S. Dimitrova, "An upgraded version of an importance sampling algorithm for large scale shell model calculations", in Proc. of the 18th International School on Nuclear Physics, Neutron Physics and Applications, 21–27 September 2009, Varna, Bulgaria; J. Phys.: Conference Series, v.205, 2010, 12002;

A. Cowley, J. Bezuidenhout, S. S. Dimitrova, P. E. Hodgson, S. V. Fortsch, G. C. Hillhouse, N. M. Jacobs, R. Neveling, F. D. Smit, J. A. Stander, G. F. Steyn, J. J. Van Zyl, "Multistep direct mechanism in the (p,He3) inclusive reaction on Co59 and Nb93 at incident energies between 100 and 160 MeV", Phys. Rev. C75, 054617 (2007)

J. Dukelsky, V. G. Gueorguiev, P. Van Isacker, S. S. Dimitrova,B. Errea and S. Lerma H.,"Exact Solution of the Isovector Proton Neutron Pairing Hamiltonian" Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 072503 (2006).

J. Dukelsky, S. Lerma H., B. Errea, S. Pittel, S. Dimitrova, V. G. Gueorguiev, "Rank-two Richardson-Gaudin models", in Proc. of the International Conference on Nuclear Structure Physics, Shanghai, June 2006, Int. J. Mod. Phys. E 15, 1665 (2006).

A.Cowley, J. Bezuidenhout, E.Z.Buthelezi, S. S. Dimitrova, S. V. Fortsch, G. C. Hillhouse, P.E. Hodgson, N. M. Jacobs, R. Neveling, F. D. Smit, J. A. Stander, G. F. Steyn, J. J. van Zyl, "Reaction mechanism for proton induced $^3$He emission into the continuum at incident energies between 100 and 200 MeV", in Proc. îf the International Nuclear Physics Conference 2007, June 3-8, 2007, Tokyo, Japan

J. Dukelsky, S. Pittel, G.Sierra, S. Dimitrova and M. Stoitsov, “Density Matrix Renormalization Group - a New Method for Large-Scale Shell-Model Calculations”, in Proc. of the International Workshop XXXI on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations, Hirschedd, Austria, January 12-18, 2003, edited by H. Feldmeier at al., Gesellschaft fűr Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, 2003, p.44

S. Pittel, J. Dukelsky, S. Dimitrova and M. Stoitsov, “The Density Matrix Renormalization Group in Nuclear Physics - a Status Report”, Talk presented at the XXVIth Symposium on Nuclear Physics, 6-9 January 2003, Taxco, Mexico; nucl-th/0302005

J. Dukelsky, S. Pittel, S. S. Dimitrova and M. V. Stoitsov, "Density matrix renormalization group method and large-scale nuclear shell-model calculations", Phys. Rev. C65, 054319 (2002)

Projects

2016 - present
member of the Management Committee Cost Action CA16117 " Chemical Elements as Tracers of the Evolution of the Cosmos"
2014 - present
участник в проект ДО T02-19 с  Фонд „Научни изследвания”
2009-2012
участник в проект ДО 02-285 с  Фонд „Научни изследвания”
2005-2010
 ръководител на проект Ф-1501/2005 с Фонд „Научни изследвания”: " Съвремени проблеми на теорията на атомното ядро и други многофермионни системи"
2004-2008
участник в проект Ф1416/2004 с  Фонд „Научни изследвания”
1999-2002
участник в проект Ф915/1999 с  Фонд „Научни изследвания”
 

Scientific Works

Thesis

Дисертация за придобиване на научната степен "Доктор на физическите науки" : “Корелационни задачи в теорията на атомното ядро” (2007):  Автореферат

Дисертация за придобиване на научната степен "Кандидат на физическите науки" : "Локално-плътностен подход за описание на колективни състояния на атомните ядра" (1988), научен ръководител: проф. Иван Желязков Петков

Proceedings

A.A. Cowley, S.S. Dimitrova, E.V. Zemlyanaya, K.V. Lukyanov and J.J. van Zyl, "Recent insight into the mechanism of proton-induced composite particle emission in inclusive reactions Proc. of International Conference on Nuclear Structure and Related Topics (NSRT15), Dubna, Russia, July 14-18, 2015, A. Andreev, N. Arsenyev, S. Ershov, V. Sargsyan and A. Vdovin (Eds.) EPJ WEB of Conferences, 107,08004 (2016). DOI: 101015/epjconf/201610708004

A.A. Cowley, S.S. Dimitrova, E.V. Zemlyanaya, K.V. Lukyanov and J.J. van Zyl, "Recent insight into the mechanism of proton-induced composite particle emission in inclusive reactions Proc. of International Conference on Nuclear Structure and Related Topics (NSRT15), Dubna, Russia, July 14-18, 2015, A. Andreev, N. Arsenyev, S. Ershov, V. Sargsyan
and A. Vdovin (Eds.) EPJ WEB of Conferences, 107,08004 (2016). DOI: 101015/epjconf/201610708004

S.S. Dimitrova, A.A. Cowley, E.V. Zemlyanaya, K.V. Lukyanov and J.J. van Zyl, "59Co(⃗p,α) reaction at 100 MeV incident energies - statistical multistep direct reaction into the continuum of outgoing energies Proc. of International Conference on Nuclear Structure and Related Topics 9 (NSRT15), Dubna, Russia, July 14-18, 2015, A. Andreev, N. Arsenyev, S. Ershov, V. Sargsyan and A. Vdovin (Eds.) EPJ WEB of Conferences, 107,08005 (2016). DOI: 101015/epjconf/201610708005

Proceedings of the 28-th International Workshop on Nuclear Theory (June 21-26, 2009, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria), Nuclear Theory 28, ed. by S.S.Dimitrova, 2009, ISSN:1313-2822

Proceedings of the 27-th International Workshop on Nuclear Theory (June 23-28, 2008, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria), Nuclear Theory 27, ed. by S.S.Dimitrova, 2008, ISSN:1313-2822

Proceedings of the 26-th International Workshop on Nuclear Theory (June 25-30, 2007, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria), Nuclear Theory 26, ed. by S.S.Dimitrova, 2007, ISSN:1313-2822

Proceedings of the 25-th International Workshop on Nuclear Theory (June 26-July 1, 2006, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria), Nuclear Theory 25, ed. by S.S.Dimitrova, 2006,

Proceedings of the 24-th International Workshop on Nuclear Theory (June 20-25, 2005, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria), Nuclear Theory 24, ed. by S.S.Dimitrova, 2005,

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