# Vadzim Krautsou > Vadzim's web page ## Posts - [Hello world!](https://vakrau.com/hello-world/): Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! ## Pages - [Publications](https://vakrau.com/publications/): According to NASA ADS, I have published papers in total. They were cited times. My h-index is . The full list of my publications may be found on here. Selected publications Variability of X-ray polarization of Cyg X-1Kravtsov V., Bocharova A., Veledina A., Poutanen J., Hughes A. K., et al.Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2025;701: A115 Peering into the tilted heart of Cyg X-1 with high-precision optical polarimetryKravtsov V., Veledina A., Berdyugin A., Zdziarski A., Henson G., Piirola V., Sakanoi T., Kagitani M., Berdyugina S., Poutanen J.Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023; 678: A58 Polarized X-rays constrain the disk-jet geometry in the black hole X-ray […] - [Home](https://vakrau.com/): Dr. Vadzim Krautsou post-doctoral researcher University of Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of PhysicsComputational Plasma Astrophysics Lab Office 225, Quantum buildingVesilinnantie, FI-20014, Turku 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 […] - [Photos](https://vakrau.com/photos/): Here I post the film photos taken during the science-related activities. If you’re reading this, you probably are (or soon will be) in one of the photos below.More film photos here. - [Figures](https://vakrau.com/figures/): 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. 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). - [CV](https://vakrau.com/cv/) - [Talks](https://vakrau.com/talks/): Conference talks. Click the badge to download the slides. ## Optional - [Agent (MCP protocol)](websites-agents.hostinger.com/vakrau.com/mcp) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)