Sofia Forsblom
sofia.v.forsblom@utu.fi |
Publications
- Discovery of High X-Ray Polarization from the Neutron Star Low-mass X-Ray Binary Cyg X-2 on the Horizontal Branch (2026)
- Astrophysical Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Accretion Onto Weakly Magnetized Neutron Stars: Polarization Theory and Its Application to X-Ray Burster GX 13+1 (2025)
- Astronomical Notes / Astronomische Nachrichten
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Exploring polarization and geometry in the X-ray pulsar 4U 1538-52 (2025)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - First detection of X-ray polarization in the symbiotic X-ray binary 4U 1954+319 with IXPE #17464 (2025) Astronomer’s Telegram Salganik, Alexander; Kong, Lingda; Forsblom, Sofia V.; Zhou, Menglei; Liu, Honghui; Tsygankov, Sergey S.; Santangelo, Andrea; Poutanen, Juri
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Probing the polarized emission from the accretion-powered pulsar 4U 1907+09 with IXPE (2025)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Revealing two orthogonally polarized spectral components in Vela X-1 with IXPE (2025)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Variability of X-ray polarization of Cyg X-1 (2025)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Complex rotational dynamics of the neutron star in Hercules X-1 revealed by X-ray polarization (2024)
- Nature Astronomy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cygnus X-3 revealed as a Galactic ultraluminous X-ray source by IXPE (2024)
- Nature Astronomy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Discovery of a strong rotation of the X-ray polarization angle in the galactic burster GX 13+1 (2024)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Probing the polarized emission from SMC X-1: The brightest X-ray pulsar observed by IXPE (2024)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Studying geometry of the ultraluminous X-ray pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124 using X-ray and optical polarimetry (2024)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ultrasoft state of microquasar Cygnus X-3: X-ray polarimetry reveals the geometry of the astronomical puzzle (2024)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - X-ray Polarimetry of X-ray Pulsars (2024)
- Galaxies
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - A polarimetrically oriented X-ray stare at the accreting pulsar EXO 2030+375 (2023)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Complex variations in X-ray polarization in the X-ray pulsar LS V +44 17/RX J0440.9+4431 (2023)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - IXPE Observations of the Quintessential Wind-accreting X-Ray Pulsar Vela X-1 (2023)
- Astrophysical Journal Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - X-ray polarimetry of the accreting pulsar GX 301-2 (2023)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - X-ray polarimetry of X-ray pulsar X Persei: another orthogonal rotator? (2023)
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - X-ray pulsar GRO J1008-57 as an orthogonal rotator (2023)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



