Here I will put some illustrations I have made for my papers. Feel free to use them in your papers/slides as long as you indicate the attribution.
Sketch of linearly polarized wave propagation.
Sketch of circularly polarized wave propagation.
IAU convention on the definition of the polarization angle.
Sketch of high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) with mass ratio M2/M1 = 10.
Sketch of low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) with mass ratio M2/M1 = 1/4.
Sketch of the accretion of probe mass onto a radiating body.
Roche potential for binary with mass ratio M2/M1 = 0.25
Schematic illustration of the scattering of stellar light in X-ray binaries (Kravtsov et al. 2024).
Schematic illustrations of changing accretion geometry in neutron star X-ray binary Cir X-1, used in Rankin et al. 2024.
Sketch of X-ray reflection from the surface of the companion star in accreting X-ray binaries (Ahlberg, Kravtsov, Poutanen 2023).
Scheme of DIPol-UF polarimeter, developed and built in Tuorla observatory, Finland.