New: in June 2006 I have completed my PhD in astrophysics. As of october 2006 I will be a research associate at the Physics Department, University of Novi Sad, Serbia.

Get my CV and disertation here.

Research Interests

  My research interests include predominantly topics in nuclear and particle astrophysics:

          - cosmic rays (Galactic and structure formation cosmic rays)

          - gamma rays

          - deuterium and LiBeB (particularly lithium) evolution

          - Big Bang nucleosynthesis      

 

Everything is connected. Thus the main approach that I take in my research is exploiting and establishing connections between different topics, and exploring their implications.   

 

Recent Refereed Publications

High-energy Particles, Gamma Rays, Lithium and Deuterium

Diffuse Gamma Rays from the Galactic Plane: Probing the "GeV Excess" and Identifying the "TeV Excess"
           Tijana Prodanović, Brian D. Fields and John F. Beacom
The Astroparticle Physics 27, 10-20 (2007)
           preprint: astro-ph/0603618 ;;Electronic AP
Can Galactic Cosmic Rays Account for Solar Lithium-6 Without Overproducing Gamma Rays?
           Tijana Prodanović and Brian D. Fields
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 645 , L125-L128 (2006)
           preprint: astro-ph/0605675 ; Electronic ApJL
Lithium-6 and Gamma Rays: Complementary Constraints on Cosmic-Ray History
           Brian D. Fields and Tijana Prodanović
The Astrophysical Journal, 623,  877-888 (2005)
           preprint: astro-ph/0407314 ; Electronic ApJ
Structure Formation Cosmic Rays: Identifying Observational Constraints
           Tijana Prodanović and Brian D. Fields
Serbian Astronomical Journal, 170,  33-45 (2005)
           .pdf version available online  
Lithium-6 and Gamma Rays: Constraints on Primordial Lithium, Cosmic Rays and Cosmic Star Formation
 
Tijana Prodanović and Brian D. Fields
          Nuclear Physics A, 758, 799c-802c (2005)
Probing Primordial and Pre-Galactic Lithium with High-Velocity Clouds
           Tijana Prodanović and Brian D. Fields
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 616, 115-118 (2004)
           preprint: astro-ph/0412238 ; Electronic ApJL
The Pionic Contribution to Diffuse Gamma Rays: Upper Limits
           Tijana Prodanović and Brian D. Fields
Astroparticle Physics, 21, 627-635 (2004)
           preprint: astro-ph/0403300 ; ; Electronic APh
On Non-Primordial Deuterium Production by Accelerated Particles
           Tijana Prodanović and Brian D. Fields
The Astrophysical Journal, 597, 48-56 (2003)
           preprint: astro-ph/0307183 ; Electronic ApJ
Talks
 

McGill University colloquium, January 2006: "Probing Dark Matter and Pre-Galactic Lihium Production with Hadronic Gamma Rays"

CITA colloquium, January 2006: "Probing Dark Matter and Pre-Galactic Lihium Production with Hadronic Gamma Rays"

North Carolina State University colloquium, December 2005: "Probing Dark Matter and Pre-Galactic Lihium Production with Hadronic Gamma Rays"

TeV Particle Astrophysics Workshop, Fermilab, July 2005:"Diffuse Gamma Rays: A Model Independent Approach"

Great Lakes Cosmology VII, Ann Arbor, May 2003: "On Non-Primordial Deuterium Production by Accelerated Particles"

Posters
Lithium-6 and Gamma Rays: Constraints on Primordial Lithium, Cosmic-Rays and Cosmic Star Formation
           Tijana Prodanović and Brian. D. Fields
 Nuclei in the Cosmos VIII Symposium, Vancouver, B.C., Canada; July 19-23, 2004
            .ps version             .pdf version
Collaborators
    Brian D. Fields @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Vasiliki Pavlidou @  University of Chicago
    John F. Beacom @  Ohio State University