Luka Lotina

Luka Lotina is affiliated with the Theoretical Physics Department at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. His research focuses on nuclear structure, deformations, and collective excitations in neutron-rich nuclei. He specializes in microscopic descriptions of nuclear phenomena, including quadrupole, octupole, and hexadecapole interactions. His work often addresses energy spectra, deformation effects, and collective modes in rare-earth and transition-metal nuclei. Recent studies emphasize hexadecapole correlations in samarium and gadolinium isotopes (2025), octupole excitations near N=56 and N=88 (2021), and beta-decay mechanisms in rhodium and palladium isotopes (2022).