Dr. Vadzim Krautsou
post-doctoral researcher
University of Turku, Finland
Department of Physics and Astronomy
High Energy Astrophysics (HEA) group
Office 225, Quantum building
Vesilinnantie, FI-20014, Finland
vakrau@utu.fi
CV
Welcome to my web page! Here you will find information about my research and scientific interests. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions about my work or are interested in potential collaboration.
I aim to keep this website up-to-date, but you may also follow my latest publications on ResearchGate.
Research overview
I am interested in the physics of stellar-mass black holes, which I try to probe by modelling state of the art optical (DIPol-UF) and X-ray (IXPE) polarimetric observations of low- and high-mass X-ray binaries.
In my dissertation, I explore the physical processes resulting in the production of orbitally variable optical and X-ray polarization in XRBs. To this end, we have developed analytical models that describe these variations and enable the extraction of key orbital parameters of these systems.
I have conducted one of the most comprehensive systematic studies of the polarization behaviour of LMXBs and HMXBs. The LMXB dataset includes famous sources like MAXI J1820+070, A0620-00, Swift J1727-1613, XTE J1118+480. The HMXB sources include Cyg X-1, LS I +61 303,LS 5039, and 1A 0535+262.
