Bettina Posselt












Currently, I work as a Leopoldina Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the GaS research Group

Tel: (++1) 617 496 7854
E-Mail: bposselt [ @ /] cfa.harvard.edu



Scientific interests


Publications



Posselt, B.; Neuhäuser, R.; Haberl, F.
Searching for substellar companions of young isolated neutron stars
2008, A&A accepted, astro-ph/0811.0398  


Forbrich,J.; Stanke, Th.; Klein, R.; Henning, Th.; Menten, K.; Schreyer, K.; Posselt, B.
A multi-wavelength study of a double intermediate-mass protostar - from large-scale structure to collimated jets 
2009, A&A 493, 550;








astro-ph/0809.0548


Posselt, B.; Popov, S.B.; Haberl, F.; Trümper, J.; Turolla,R.; Neuhäuser, R.
The needle in the haystack: where to look for more isolated cooling neutron stars
2008, 482, 617; 









astro-ph/0801.4567



Forbrich,J.; Preibisch, Th.; Menten, K.M.; Neuhäuser, R.; Walter, F.M.; Tamura,M.; Matsunaga, N.;Kusakabe, N.; Nakajima, Y.; Brandeker,A.; Fornasier, S.; Posselt, B.; Tachihara, K.; Broeg, C.
Simultaneous X-ray, radio, near-infrared, and optical monitoring of young stellar objects in the Coronet cluster
2007, A&A 464, 1003

Posselt, B.; Popov, S.B.; Haberl, F.; Trümper, J.; Turolla,R.; Neuhäuser, R.
The Magnificent Seven in the dusty prairie -- The role of interstellar absorption on the observed neutron star population
2007, Astrophysics and Space Science, in the proceedings of "Isolated Neutron Stars: from the Interior to the Surface", astro-ph/0609275

Agueros, M. A.; Anderson, S. F.; Margon, B.; Posselt, B.; Haberl, F.; Voges, W.; Annis, J.; Schneider, D. P.; Brinkmann, J.
Candidate Isolated Neutron Stars and Other Optically Blank X-ray Fields Identified from the ROSAT All-Sky and Sloan Digital Sky Surveys
2006, AJ

Klein, R.; Posselt, B., Schreyer,K.; Forbrich, J.; Henning,Th.
A Millimeter Continuum Survey for Massive Protoclusters in the Outer Galaxy
2005, ApJS  see also my Diploma thesis 2003 (excerpt, for full version please write a E-Mail)

Forbrich, J.; Schreyer, K.; Posselt, B.; Klein, R.; Henning, Th.        
An Extremely Young Massive Stellar Object near IRAS 07029-1215
2004, ApJ 

Wittkowski, M.; Schöller, M.; Hubrig, S.; Posselt, B.; von der Lühe, O.
Measuring starspots on magnetically active stars with the VLTI
2002, AN

Posselt, B.; Farafonov, V. G.; Il'in, V. B.; Prokopjeva, M. S.  
Light scattering by multi-layered ellipsoidal particles in the quasistatic approximation
2002, Measurement Science and Technology


You can have a look on abstract and content of my PhD thesis here
Please write a mail if interested in the whole document

Talks

  Posselt,B.; Popov, S.B.; Haberl
  Where to Look for X-ray Thermal Isolated Neutron Stars
  2007, talk at the CfA and at the MIT Boston (USA)

  Posselt,B.; Popov, S.B.; Haberl, F.; Trümper, J.; Turolla, R.; Neuhäuser,R.
  The Magnificent Seven as Soft X-ray Sources
  2006, talk at  Isolated Neutron Stars: from the  Interior to the Surface London (UK)

  Posselt,B.; Haberl, F.; Neuhäuser,R.
  Isolated X-ray Thermal Neutron Stars - The Magnificent Seven and beyond
  2006, talk at  Sternwarte Universität Hamburg Hamburg (Germany),
  at Karls Universität Tübingen Tübingen (Germany),
  and at  MPI für Radioastronomie Bonn (Germany)
  
  Posselt, B.; Neuhäuser,R.; Haberl,F.
  Direct Imaging of Neutron Star Planets
  2005, talk at IAUC 200, Villefranche-sur-mer (France)  

  Posselt,B.; Haberl, F.; Neuhäuser,R.
  Searching for new Isolated Neutron Star Candidates
  2005, talk at Compact Stars, ECT* Trento (Italy)
  
  Posselt, B.; Neuhäuser,R.; Haberl,F.
  Searching for Sub-stellar Companions around Neutron Stars
  2005, talk at H.E.S.S. & MAGIC: Pulsar, PWN, SNR workshop, Berlin (Germany)  
 

Posters

e.g. :
  Posselt,B.; Neuhäuser, R.; Haberl, F.
  Substellar companions around neutron stars
  2006, Poster at IAU XXVI General Assembly, Prague (Czech Republic)

  Forbrich, J.; Preibisch,T.; Menten,K.M; Neuhäuser,R.; Posselt,B.
  Multi-wavelength Variability of Young Stellar Objects in the Coronet Cluster
  2005, Poster at Protostars and Planets V, Hilton Waikoloa Village (Hawaii)

  Posselt, B.; Haberl, F.; Neuhäuser, R.; Voges,W.
  Searching for X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars
  2004, Poster at NATO ASI 2004, Marmaris (Turkey)
                                       
  Forbrich, J.; Schreyer, K.; Posselt, B.; Klein, R.; Henning, Th.        
  UYSO 1 - An Extremely Young Massive Stellar Object
  2004, Poster at Cologne-Bonn-Zermatt Symposium 2003, Zermatt (Switzerland)

  Posselt, B.; Klein, R.; Schreyer, K.; Henning, Th.      
  Dense Cloud Cores in Massive Star-Forming Regions
  2004, BaltA, Poster at JENAM 2003, Budapest (Hungary) 

I did my PhD in the X-ray group at the MPE

and the Astrophysical Institute and University Observatory Jena

Afterwards I was at the Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg




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