Recent selected talks
X-ray and optical polarimetry
X-ray polarization from Comptonizing inflows and outflows [pdf]
talk at the conference From The Dolomites To The Event Horizon: Sledging Down The Black Hole Potential Well
Sesto, Italy, July 9, 2024
X-ray polarimetric view of accreting neutron stars [pdf]
invited talk at the workshop Accretion Disks: The First 50 Years
ISSI, Bern, June 19, 2024
Поляриметрические наблюдения аккрецирующих черных дыр звездных масс спутником IXPE (Polarimetric observations of accreting black holes with IXPE) [pdf]
invited talk at High Energy Astrophysics 2023
Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2023
Рентгеновская поляриметрия с IXPE (X-ray polarimetry with IXPE) [pdf]
invited talk at High Energy Astrophysics 2022
Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2022
X-ray polarimetry of accreting neutron stars: First results from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer [pdf]
invited talk at international conference From holography to machine learning, Helsinki, Finland, October 25, 2022
Black hole spin- orbit misalignment in the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070 [pdf]
talk at the Astronomer’s Days, Jyväskylä, May 24, 2022
High-precision optical polarimetry as a tool to learn about orbital orientation and nature of optical emission of black hole X-ray binaries [pdf]
invited seminar at Univ. of Southampton, UK, April 29, 2022
Polarization by electron scattering [pdf]
HEA group meeting, Turku, March 31, 2021
IXPE and perspectives to measure polarization in the X-rays [pdf]
invited talk at High Energy Astrophysics 2020
Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2020
High precision optical and X-ray polarimetry of accreting black holes [pdf]
seminar at the AstroSpace Center, Lebedev Physical Institute,
Moscow, Russia, May 23, 2019
Polarization as a tool to study compact objects [pdf]
talk at Time for Accretion
Sigtuna, Sweden, August 8, 2018
X-ray polarimetry: at last? [pdf]
talk at High Energy Astrophysics 2017
Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2017
Polarization in X-ray millisecond pulsars [pdf]
invited talk at The coming of age of X-ray polarimetry
Rome, Italy, April 27-30, 2009
see book
X-ray Polarimetry: A New Window in Astrophysics
Stellar-mass black holes
Поляриметрические наблюдения аккрецирующих черных дыр звездных масс спутником IXPE (Polarimetric observations of accreting black holes with IXPE) [pdf]
invited talk at High Energy Astrophysics 2023
Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2023
Black hole spin- orbit misalignment in the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070 [pdf]
talk at the Astronomer’s Days, Jyväskylä, May 24, 2022
High-precision optical polarimetry as a tool to learn about orbital orientation and nature of optical emission of black hole X-ray binaries [pdf]
invited seminar at Univ. of Southampton, UK, April 29, 2022
High precision optical and X-ray polarimetry of accreting black holes [pdf]
seminar at the AstroSpace Center, Lebedev Physical Institute,
Moscow, Russia, May 23, 2019
Polarization as a tool to study compact objects [pdf]
talk at Time for Accretion
Sigtuna, Sweden, August 8, 2018
What can we learn about accretion in AGN from stellar-mass black holes? [pdf]
talk at The radio and X-ray connection in accreting objects
Monopoli, Italy, May 24, 2018
Hybrid hot flow as the source of optical-to-X-ray emission of black hole binaries [pdf]
talk at The X-ray Universe 2017
Rome, Italy, June 6, 2017
On the origin of optical/infrared flares in accreting black holes [pdf]
talk at Shining from the Heart of Darkness: black hole accretion and jets
Kathmandu, Nepal, October 18, 2016
On the origin of optical/infrared flares in the low hard state of black hole binaries [pdf]
talk at Joint Space-Science Institute workshop Putting Accretion Theory to the Test
Annapolis, USA, November 5, 2013
Neutron stars, accreting ms pulsars, X-ray bursts, and equation of state
X-ray polarimetric view of accreting neutron stars [pdf]
invited talk at the workshop Accretion Disks: The First 50 Years
ISSI, Bern, June 19, 2024
X-ray bursts and atmospheres [pdf]
invited talk at the conference Weather and Climate on Neutron Stars, Princeton/Columbia Univ., USA, April 4, 2022
Миллисекундные пульсары как лаборатории сверхплотной материи (Millisecond pulsars as laboratories of ultradense matter) [pdf]
talk at High Energy Astrophysics 2019
Moscow, Russia, December 19, 2019
Neutron star atmosphere models to study dense matter [pdf]
talk at The Future of X-ray Timing
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, October 23, 2019
X-ray millisecond pulsars, constraints on the EOS and X-ray polarimetry
[pdf]
talk at X-ray topics in Astronomy: from history to the future (Rüdiger Staubert’s 80th birthday)
Tübingen, Germany, April 17, 2019
Constraining equation of state of neutron stars using astrophysical measurements [pdf]
talk at XXXIV International Conference on Interaction of Intense Energy Fluxes with Matter
Elbrus, Russia, March 2, 2019
Neutron star mass and radius constraints from millisecond X-ray pulsars and X-ray bursters [pdf]
talk at Fire and ice: Hot QCD meets cold and dense matter
Saariselkä, Finland, April 3, 2018
X-ray bursts and the equation of state [pdf]
talk at ECT* workshop Neutron-rich matter and neutron stars
Trento, Italy, September 30, 2013
X-ray bursts and the equation of state [pdf]
talk at The European Week of Astronomy and Space Science 2013 Symposium “Extreme physics of neutron stars”
Turku, Finland, June 10, 2013
Time-dependent simulations of the spreading layers and the origin of quasi-period oscillations in accreting weakly-magnetized neutron stars [pdf]
talk at Physics of Neutron Stars
St. Petersburg, Russia, June 24-27, 2008
Ultra-luminous X-ray sources, ULX pulsars, X-ray pulsars
X-ray polarimetry of accreting neutron stars: First results from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer [pdf]
invited talk at international conference From holography to machine learning, Helsinki, Finland, October 25, 2022
Ultraluminous X-ray pulsars [pdf]
seminar at the High Energy Division of the Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia, March 19, 2019
Ultraluminous X-ray pulsars: the high-B interpretation [pdf]
talk at ESA ULX pulsar workshop
ESAC, Madrid, Spain, June 8, 2018
Ultraluminous X-ray pulsars
[pdf]
talk at Physics of neutron stars 2017, 50 years after
St. Petersburg, Russia, July 14, 2017
A reflection model for the cyclotron lines in the spectra of X-ray pulsars [pdf]
talk at Explosive Transients: Lighthouses of the Universe
Santorini, Greece, September 18, 2013
On the association of the ultraluminous X-ray sources in the Antennae galaxies with young stellar clusters [pdf]
talk at Oulu high-energy astrophysics workshop in honour of Dmitri I. Nagirner’s 75th birthday, Oulu, Finland, April 17, 2013
Blazars
Gamma-ray breaks and absorption within broad-line region [pdf]
talk at Future directions of relativistic jets
Skokloster, Sweden, September 1, 2013
Spectral features in blazars: implications for gamma-ray production [pdf]
talk at MAGIC collaboration meeting, Turku, Finland, June 12, 2013