Hi!
I am a member of the High Energy Astrophysics group at the University of Turku.
My field of interest is observational relativistic astrophysics. The most extreme processes in the Universe are producing high energy photons in X- and gamma-ray domain. X-ray astronomy gives an opportunity to study physical processes in such extreme conditions (huge temperatures, densities and magnetic fields) which are by no means can be reached in the terrestrial laboratories.
My research is aimed at the physics of X-ray pulsars and magnetars – the strongest magnets ever created by nature. Enormous strength of their magnetic fields (1012–1016 G) exceed values achieved by mankind by 10 orders of magnitude! Specifically, I am investigating observational appearance of such huge magnetic fields in the spectral, timing, and now polarimetric, properties of accreting neutron stars.
I am a member of the High Energy Astrophysics group at the University of Turku.
My field of interest is observational relativistic astrophysics. The most extreme processes in the Universe are producing high energy photons in X- and gamma-ray domain. X-ray astronomy gives an opportunity to study physical processes in such extreme conditions (huge temperatures, densities and magnetic fields) which are by no means can be reached in the terrestrial laboratories.
My research is aimed at the physics of X-ray pulsars and magnetars – the strongest magnets ever created by nature. Enormous strength of their magnetic fields (1012–1016 G) exceed values achieved by mankind by 10 orders of magnitude! Specifically, I am investigating observational appearance of such huge magnetic fields in the spectral, timing, and now polarimetric, properties of accreting neutron stars.
Research interests:
- highly magnetised neutron stars (X-ray pulsars, magnetars)
- ultraluminous X-ray sources
- compact objects
- gamma-ray lines
- nuclear astrophysics
- Galactic diffuse emission
- supernova explosions and remnants