Bozidar Mitrovic
	Professor, PhD (McMaster), MSc (McMaster), Dipl Phys (Belgrade) Office: MC B208 Phone: (905) 688-5550 Ext. 3415 E-mail: bmitrovic@brocku.ca

Research Interests

Superconductivity: tunneling spectroscopy, fluctuations in superconductors, multiband superconductors, localization and superconductivity, high Tc materials, the superconducting glassy state.

Phase Transitions: Monte Carlo studies of phase transitions on fractal structures.

Teaching Assignments (2018-2019)

• ASTR 1P01 - Introduction to Astronomy I (fall term)
• ASTR 1P02 - Introduction to Astronomy II (winter term)
• PHYS 4P51 - Quantum Mechanics (fall term)
• PHYS 3P36 - Electromagnetism II (winter term)

Recent Talks

• The effect of quasiparticle-self-energy on Cd₂Re₂O₇ superconductor, invited talk at Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, Ottawa, June 15, 2016
• Theory of Lifetime Effects in Point-Contacts: Application to Cd₂Re₂O₇, McMaster, May 24, 2013

Recent Publications

• Samin Tajik, Božidar Mitrović, Frank Marsiglio, The effect of strong electron-rattling phonon coupling on some superconducting properties, Canadian Journal of Physics, 2018, 99.
• F S Razavi, Y Rohanizadegan, M Hajialamdari, M Reedyk, R K Kremer, and B Mitrović, The effect of quasiparticle-self-energy on Cd₂Re₂O₇ superconductor , Canadian Journal of Physics, 2015, 93(12), pp. 1646-1650. Canadian Journal of Physics Best Paper Award, 2015.
• M. A. Przedborski and B. Mitrovic, Absence of phase transition in the XY-model on Menger sponge, Physica A (2013), 399, pp. 89-97, 2014 (cond-mat/1310.4065).
• B. Mitrovic and M. A. Przedborski, Monte Carlo study of the XY-model on Sierpinski carpet, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C, 24(2): (1350087), 2013 (cond-mat/1308.3692).
• Michelle Przedborski and B. Mitrovic, The absence of phase transition for the classical XY-model on Sierpinski pyramid with fractal dimension D=2, Phase Transitions, 84, pp. 85--93, 2011 (cond-mat/1008.4768).
• B. Mitrovic and S. K. Bose, Monte Carlo study of the XY-model on Sierpinski gasket,Phase Transitions, 83, pp. 572--580, 2010 (cond-mat/1006.2138).
• B. Mitrovic, Effect of disorder on the far-infrared conductivity and on the microwave conductivity of two-band superconductors, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20, 215220 (8pp), 2008 ( cond-mat/0802.1355).
• B. Mitrovic and Lee A. Rozema, On the correct formula for the lifetime broadened superconducting density of states, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20, 015215 (4pp), 2008 (cond-mat/0707.0786).
• A. Knigavko, B. Mitrovic and K.V. Samokhin, Divergence of the orbital nuclear magnetic relaxation rate in metals. Phys. Rev. B 75, 134506, 2007 (10 pages) (cond-mat/0605420).
• K.V. Samokhin and B. Mitrovic, Does the nuclear spin relaxation rate in superconductors depend on disorder?, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 026210 (11pp), 2007 (cond-mat/0612666).
• B. Mitrovic and K. V. Samokhin, Effect of disorder on the NMR relaxation rate in two-band superconductors. Phys. Rev. B 74, 144510-144515, 2006 (cond-mat/0606393). This paper has also been selected for the October 15, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity published by the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society in cooperation with numerous other societies and publishers. The Virtual Journal is an edited compilation of links to articles from participating publishers, covering a focused area of frontier research.
• K.V. Samokhin and B. Mitrovic, Classical phase fluctuatins in d-wave superconductors.(cond-mat/0510545), invited review article, Modern Physics Letters B 19, 991-1009, 2005.
• K.V. Samokhin and B. Mitrovic, NMR relaxation time in a clean two-band superconductor., Phys. Rev. B 72, 134511-134518, 2005 ( cond-mat/0504154). This paper has also been selected for the October 15, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity published by the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society in cooperation with numerous other societies and publishers. The Virtual Journal is an edited compilation of links to articles from participating publishers, covering a focused area of frontier research.
• B. Mitrovic, On the rate of Tc suppression by the interband impurity scattering in MgB2.J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 16, 9013-9022, 2004.
• B. Mitrovic, Functional derivatives of Tc for a two-band superconductor: application to MgB2. Eur. Phys. J. B 38, 451-456, 2004.
• K.V. Samokhin and B. Mitrovic, Nodal Quasiparticles and Classical Phase Fluctuations in d-Wave Superconductors.Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 057002-057006, 2004.
• B. Mitrovic, K. Samokhin, and S.K. Bose, Anisotropy in the helicity modulus of a quantum 3D XY-model: application to YBCO J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15, 7563-7569, 2003.
• B. Mitrovic, S.K. Bose, and K. Samokhin, Anisotropy in the helicity modulus of a three-dimensional XY-model: application to YBCO.J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15, 2207-2212, 2003.
• B. Mitrovic, A new method for calculating the functional derivative of T_c with respect to the Eliashberg function: application to MgB₂. Int. J. Modern Phys. 13, 1087-1093, 2002.
• Melissa Castle and B. Mitrovic, The penetration depth in the interlayer tunnelling model for high-temperature superconductors. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 11, 9741-55, 1999.
• R.W. Reid, S.K. Bose, and B. Mitrovic, Monte Carlo study of the XY model on Penrose lattices. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 10, no. 10, 2303-21, 1998.
• B. Mitrovic and Melissa Castle, Strong-coupling theory of the interlayer tunnelling model for high-temperature superconductors. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 9, 9007-20, 1997.
• R.W. Reid, S.K. Bose, and B. Mitrovic, Classical planar model on frustrated two-dimensional quasiperiodic lattices: possibility of spin/gauge glass phase. Physica A 239, 156-65, 1997.
• R.W. Reid, S.K. Bose, and B. Mitrovic, Possible two-dimensional XY spin/gauge glasses on periodic and quasiperiodic lattices. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 9, 7141-59, 1997.
• R.W. Reid, S.K. Bose, and B. Mitrovic, Spin-glass behavior of frustrated two-dimensional Penrose lattice in the classical planar model. Phys. Rev. B 54, R740, 1996.
• V.N. Kostur and B. Mitrovic, Weak electron-phonon interaction and strong phonon features in a-b-plane optical conductivity of high-Tc superconductors. J. Phys. Chem Solids 56, 1727-8, 1995.
• V.N. Kostur and B. Mitrovic, Superconducting Tc for a model spin-fluctuation spectrum with four sharp peaks in the corners of the Brillouin Zone. Phys. Rev. B 51, 6064-75, 1995.
• V.N. Kostur and B. Mitrovic, Calculations of superconducting critical temperature with vertex corrections. Phys. Rev. B 50, 12774-87, 1994.
• T. Höhn and B. Mitrovic, Eliashberg theory for disordered superconductors. II. Tunneling into disordered two-dimensional Pb films. Zeitschrift fur Physik B 93, 173-80, 1994.
• T. Höhn and B. Mitrovic, Eliashberg theory for disordered superconductors. I. Tunneling into three-dimensional systems. Zeitschrift fur Physik B 93, 163-72, 1994.
• V.N. Kostur and B. Mitrovic, Electron-phonon interaction in two dimensions: Variation of the imaginary part of the self-energy with increasing ratio of the average phonon energy over the Fermi energy. Phys. Rev. B 48(22), 16388-401, 1993.
• B. Mitrovic, Why do the self-energy effects appear in the elastic tunneling conductance. Solid State Commun. 82, 107-110, 1992.
• B. Mitrovic and P. N. Arberg, Optical conductivity of the Anderson impurity model. Solid State Commun. 79, 125-130, 1991.
• A. Brass and B. Mitrovic, Monte Carlo study of the specific heat and magnetization of a random three-dimensional cluster of Josephson coupled superconducting grains. Physica C 177, 138-144, 1991.