PD Dr. Axel Schwope

I'm head of the X-ray astronomy group at the AIP and associated professor (Privatdozent) at the University of Potsdam. Students searching for Bachelor-, Master- or doctoral thesis supervision are always welcome.

I am interested in compact binaries (mostly with white dwarfs), neutron stars, and large-scale surveys at X-ray and optical wavelengths. I am the co-investigator and the chairman of the Compact Objects working group of eROSITA, I am co-investigator of the XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre, co-chair of the topical panel Endpoints of Stellar Evolution for the ESA L-class mission ATHENA (launch 2031+) and lead activities to identify Compact Binaries in SDSS-V.

Among my publications (complete ADS list since 1985, or just refereed ) one finds those dealing with compact objects and large-scale surveys but also those focusing on active galactic nuclei (AGN), clusters of galaxies. Others are addressing topics like light pollution (or sky protection) and Doppler tomography.

I'm collaborating with amateur astronomers. One outcome (besides some scientific papers): the main-belt asteroid 278513 carries my name.

X-ray Astronomy
Group Head
Office: SH/204
Phone: +49 331 7499 232
aschwopenothing@aip.de

Leibniz-Institut
für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
An der Sternwarte 16
14482 Potsdam

Oldies, but goodies: The ROSAT Bright Survey, an optical identification program of the more than 2000 brightest X-ray sources found in the ROSAT all-sky survey. Original paper:The ROSAT Bright Survey: II. Catalogue of all high-galactic latitude RASS sources with PSPC countrate CR > 0.2 s-1 (Schwope et al. 2000, AN 321, 1)

Access to the online catalog

Publications

Latest refereed publications, retrieved from NASA ADS:

Maitra, C., ... Schwope, A., ..., 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 683, A21; published March 2024
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy
Schreiber, M. R., Belloni, D., Schwope, A. D., 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 682, L7; published February 2024
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy
Tubín-Arenas, D., Krumpe, M., Lamer, G., ... Homan, D., Schwope, A., ... Poppenhaeger, K., Traulsen, I., ..., 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 682, A35; published February 2024
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy, Stellar Physics and Exoplanets
Merloni, A., Lamer, G., ... Tubín-Arenas, D., ... Homan, D., ... Krumpe, M., Kurpas, J., Li, P., ... Pires, A. M., ... Poppenhaeger, K., ... Schwope, A., ... Traulsen, I., ... Urrutia, T., ..., 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 682, A34; published February 2024
Pelisoli, I., ... Schwope, A., ..., 2024
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 2, 3826; published January 2024
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy
Inight, K., ... Schwope, A., ... Knauff, K., Kurpas, J., ... Standke, A., Stütz, L., ..., 2023
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525, 3, 3597; published November 2023
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy
Webb, N. A., ... Schwope, A., ... Traulsen, I., Pires, A., ..., 2023
Astronomische Nachrichten, 344, 7, e20220102; published September 2023
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy
Muñoz-Giraldo, D., Stelzer, B., de Martino, D., Schwope, A., 2023
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 676, A7; published August 2023
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy
Pelisoli, I., ... Schwope, A., ... Standke, A., ..., 2023
Nature Astronomy, 7, 931; published August 2023
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy
Almeida, A., ... Chiappini, C., ... de Andrade Queiroz, A. B., ... Krumpe, M., ... Matijevic, G., ... Schwope, A., ... Steinmetz, M., ..., 2023
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 267, 2, 44; published August 2023
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume, Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy