Felix Fuerst

    XMM-Newton Scientist

     

    Main Research Fields

    I am an X-ray astronomer working in the XMM-Newton SOC.  My research intrests are mainly high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) and ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs), in particular all those which host a neutron star. But any accreting compact object is interesting to me, and I also know my way around normal and super-massive black holes. I work on the spectral and timing properties of these objects, including pulsation searches and measuring the magnetic field through cyclotron resonant scattering features. I also care a lot about the donor star and in particular its wind and how the structure of that wind influences the observed X-ray variability.

     


    Keywords

    Accretion

    X-ray astrophysics

    Black holes

    Neutron Stars

    Timing

    Variabilty

     

    Ongoing collaborations

    XMAG (high-mass X-ray binaries and cyclotron lines)

    X-WIND (stellar winds)

    NuSTAR ULX group

    NuSTAR Binaries group

     

    Publications

    ADS

    Project/mission at ESA

    XMM-Newton

    Before my current job as an XMM-Newton scientist in the XMM-Newton SOC I was a Research Fellow at ESAC in the INTEGRAL team.