Prof. Dr. Luka C. Popovic

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAstrophysics,Plasma Physics
KeywordsActive Galactic Nuclei, Extragalactic Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, plasma spectroscopy, gravitational lens

Current contact address

CountrySerbia
CityBelgrade
InstitutionAstronomical Observatory of Belgrade
InstituteGroup for Astrophysical Spectroscopy
Homepagehttp://lpopovic.aob.rs/

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Gotthard RichterLeibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Potsdam
Prof. Dr. J. Anton ZensusMax-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2003

Programme(s)

2002Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2017Shapovalova, Alla I.; Popovi?, L. ?.; Chavushyan, V. H.; Afanasiev, V. L.; Ili?, D.; Kova?evi?, A.; Burenkov, A. N.; Kollatschny, W.; Spiridonova, O.; Valdes, J. R.; Bochkarev, N. G.; Patino-Alvarez, V.; Carrasco, L.; Zhdanova, V. E.: Long-term optical spectral monitoring of NGC 7469. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017, 4759 -4775
2017Raki?, N.; La Mura, G.; Ili?, D.; Shapovalova, A. I.; Kollatschny, W.; Rafanelli, P.; Popovi?, L. ?.: The intrinsic Baldwin effect in broad Balmer lines of six long-term monitored AGNs. In: Astronomy & Astrophysics,, 2017, 1-12
2016Shapovalova, A. I.; Popović, L. Č.; Chavushyan, V. H.; Burenkov, A. N.; Ilić, D.; Kollatschny, W. et al.: First Long-term Optical Spectral Monitoring of a Binary Black Hole Candidate E1821+643. I. Variability of Spectral Lines and Continuum. In: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2016, id. 25, -18 pp.
2015Afanasiev, Victor L.; Popović, Luka Č.: Polarization in Lines—A New Method for Measuring Black Hole Masses in Active Galaxies. In: The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2015, L35, 4 pp.
2015Kovačević-Dojčinović, Jelena; Popović, Luka Č.: The Connections Between the UV and Optical Fe ii Emission Lines in Type 1 AGNs. In: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2015, id. 35, 20 pp.
2014Kovačević, Jelena; Popović, Luka Č.; Kollatschny, Wolfram: A model for the Balmer pseudocontinuum in spectra of type 1 AGNs. In: Advances in Space Research, 2014, 1347-1354
2014Popović, L. Č.; Shapovalova, A. I.; Ilić, D.; Burenkov, A. N.; Chavushyan, V. H.; Kollatschny, W.; Kovačević, A.; Valdés, J. R.; León-Tavares, J. et al.: Spectral optical monitoring of the double-peaked emission line AGN Arp 102B. II. Variability of the broad line properties. In: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2014, id.A66, 17 pp.
2013Luka C. Popović, Melita Vidaković, Djordje S. Kostić: Resources of Danubian Region: The possibility of cooperation and utilization. Humboldt-Club Servien, 2013
2013Shapovalova, A. I.; Popović, L. Č.; Burenkov, A. N.; Chavushyan, V. H.; Ilić, D.; Kollatschny, W.; Kovačević, A.; et al.: Spectral optical monitoring of a double-peaked emission line AGN Arp 102B. Variability of spectral lines and continuum. In: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2013, id.A10, 17 pp.
2012Shapovalova, A. I.; Popović, L. Č.; Burenkov, A. N.; Chavushyan, V. H.; Ilić, D.; Kovačević, A.; Kollatschny, W. et al.: Spectral Optical Monitoring of the Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxy Ark 564. In: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement,, 2012, id. 10, 22 pp.
2011Luka Č. Popović and Jelena Kovačević: OPTICAL EMISSION-LINE PROPERTIES OF A SAMPLE OF THE BROAD-LINE ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI: THE BALDWIN EFFECT AND EIGENVECTOR 1. In: The Astrophysical Journal, 2011, 1-11
2011Popović, L. Č.; Shapovalova, A. I.; Ilić, D.; Kovačević, A.; Kollatschny, W.; Burenkov, A. N.; Chavushyan, V. H.; Bochkarev, N. G.; León-Tavares, J.: Spectral optical monitoring of 3C 390.3 in 1995-2007. II. Variability of the spectral line parameters. In: Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2011, id.A130
2010Shapovalova, A. I.; Popović, L. Č.; Burenkov, A. N.; Chavushyan, V. H.; Ilić, D.; Kollatschny, W.; Kovačević, A.; Bochkarev, N. G.; et al.: Spectral optical monitoring of 3C 390.3 in 1995-2007. I. Light curves and flux variation in the continuum and broad lines. In: Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2010, id.A42
2008A. I. Shapovalova, L. C. Popovic, S. Collin et al.: Long-term variability of the optical spectra of NGC 4151 I. Light curves and flux correlations. In: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2008, 99-111
2008P. Jovanovic and Luka C. Popovic: Observational effects of strong gravity in vicinity of supermassive black holes. In: Fortschritte der Physik (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117954105/abstract), 2008, 456 -461
2005Luka C. Popovic: Connection between the X-ray, UV and optical emission line regions of AGN. In: MEMORIE della Società Astronomica Italiana, 2005, 43-46
2005M. S. Dimitrijevic, T. Ryabchikova, L. C. Popovic,D. Shulyak and S. Khan: On the influence of Stark broadening on Cr I lines in stellar atmospheres. In: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2005, 1191-1198
2005Luka C. Popovic, George Chartas: The influence of gravitational lensing on the spectra of lensed quasi-stellar objects. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2005, 135-144
2004Luka C. Popovic,Evencio Mediavilla, Edi Bon, Dragana Ilic: Contribution of the disk emission to the broad emission lines in AGNs: Two-component model. In: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2004, 909-918
2004Luka C. Popovic: Diagnostic of Plasma Properties in Broad Line Region of AGNs. In: G. Bertin, D. Farina, R. Pozzoli, PLASMAS IN THE LABORATORY AND IN THE UNIVERSE. American Institute of Physics, Melville, 2004. 330-333
2004Luka C. Popovic, Evencio Mediavilla, Edi Bon, Dragana Ilic: Emission Line Region in a sample of 12 active galactic nuclei.. In: T. Storchi-Bergmann Luis C. Ho H. R. Schmitt, The Interplay among Black Holes,Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei. Cambridge University Press, 2004. 355-356
2004Luka C. Popovic, Evencio G. Mediavilla, Edi Bon, Dragana Ilic, Gotthard Richter: H II emission line region in LEDA 212995, a small neighboring galaxy of Mrk 1040. In: Astronomische Nachricten, 2004, 376-379
2004L. Christensen, S. F. Sanchez, K. Jahnke, T. Becker, L. Wisotzki, A. Kelz, L. C. Popovic and M. M. Roth: Integral field spectroscopy of extended Ly - alpha emission from the DLA galaxy in Q2233+131. In: Astronomy and Astrophyscs, 2004, 487-498
2004A. F. Zakharov, L. C. Popovic, P. Jovanovic: On the contribution of microlensing to X-ray variability of high-redshifted QSOs. In: Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2004, 881-888
2003Luka C. Popovic: Balmer Lines as Diagnostics of Physical Conditions in Active Galactic Nuclei Broad Emission Line Regions. In: Astrophysical Journal, 2003, 140-146
2003Luka C. Popovic, Gotthard Richter: Diagnostic of Physical Conditions in AGN BLR . In: Publication of Astronomical Observatory Belgrade (Proc. of IV Serbian Conference on Spectral Line Shapes, 10-15 October, 2003, Arandjelovac, Serbia; Eds. M.S. Dimitrijevic, L.C. Popovic, N. Milovanovic), 2003, 221-224
2003Luka C. Popovic, Evencio G. Mediavilla, Edi Bon, Natasha Stanic, Alexandar Kubichela: The Line Emission Region in III Zw2: Kinematics and Variability. In: Astrophysical Journal, 2003, 185-192