Dr. Iris Traulsen

Postdoctoral researcher in the X-ray Astronomy group at the AIP

Team member of the international XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre (SSC) consortium

Team member of the EU funded international XMM2ATHENA consortium

Working-group member of the eROSITA and ATHENA collaborations

Elected member of the Internal Scientific Committee at the AIP

X-ray Astronomy

Postdoctoral Researcher

Office: SH/231
Phone: +49 331 7499 286
itraulsen@aip.de

xmmssc.aip.de

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

Source detection in stacked observations

Projects and research interests

XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre (SSC):

development and maintenance of the source-detection software tasks
development of stacked source detection
development and compilation of the source catalogue from overlapping observations

Late stages of stellar evolution:

data analysis and spectral modeling
X-ray and multi-wavelength diagnostics of magnetic cataclysmic variables
white dwarfs in binaries and planetary nebulae

Background

Academic

Postdoctoral researcher / DLR fellow at the Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP) (since 2010)
Doctoral & postdoctoral researcher / DLR fellow at the Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (2005–2010)
Student assistant at the Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Abteilung Astronomie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (2000–2005)

Education

Doctoral degree in science (Dr. rer. nat.), Faculty of Physics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
University diploma in physics (Diplom-Physikerin), Faculty of Physics, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Studium generale at Leibniz-Kolleg Tübingen
Abitur (secondary school exam) at Karls-Gymnasium Stuttgart

Publications

Publications at NASA ADS: ADS library
Publications at ArXiv: ArXiv link

Latest refereed publications, retrieved from NASA ADS:

A giant X-ray dust scattering ring discovered with SRG/eROSITA around the black hole transient MAXI J1348-630

Lamer, G., Schwope, A. D., ... Traulsen, I., ..., 2021
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 647, A7; published March 2021

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039757, NASA ADS

Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy

X-ray and ultraviolet observations of the eclipsing cataclysmic variables OV Bootis and SDSS J103533.02+055158.3 with degenerate donors

Schwope, A., Worpel, H., Traulsen, I., 2021
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 646, A181; published February 2021

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039561, NASA ADS

Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy

The various accretion modes of AM Herculis: Clues from multi-wavelength observations in high accretion states

Schwope, A. D., Worpel, H., Traulsen, I., Sablowski, D., 2020
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 642, A134; published October 2020

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202037714, NASA ADS

Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy, Technical Section / Optics

The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey. X. The second source catalogue from overlapping XMM-Newton observations and its long-term variable content

Traulsen, I., Schwope, A. D., Lamer, G., ... Kurpas, J., ..., 2020
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 641, A137; published September 2020

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202037706, NASA ADS

Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy

The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey. IX. The fourth XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue

Webb, N. A., ... Traulsen, I., ... Lamer, G., ... Schwope, A., ..., 2020
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 641, A136; published September 2020

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201937353, NASA ADS

Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy

XMM-Newton observations of eleven intermediate polars and possible candidates

Worpel, H., Schwope, A. D., Traulsen, I., Mukai, K., Ok, S., 2020
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 639, A17; published July 2020

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202038038, NASA ADS

Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy

MACHO 311.37557.169: A VY Scl star

Wörpel, H., Schwope, A. D., Traulsen, I., Brown, M. J. I., 2020
Astronomische Nachrichten, 341, 3, 283; published March 2020

doi:10.1002/asna.202013531, NASA ADS

Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy

The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey. VIII. The first XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue from overlapping observations

Traulsen, I., Schwope, A. D., Lamer, G., ... Kurpas, J., ..., 2019
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 624, A77; published April 2019

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833938, NASA ADS

Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy

V902 Monocerotis: A likely disc-accreting intermediate polar

Worpel, H., Schwope, A. D., Traulsen, I., Mukai, K., Ok, S., 2018
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 617, A52; published September 2018

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833472, NASA ADS

Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy

X-ray and optical observations of four polars

Worpel, H., Schwope, A. D., Granzer, T., ... Schwarz, R., Traulsen, I., 2016
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 592, A114; published August 2016

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628650, NASA ADS

Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy, Telescope Control and Robotics