
Anastasiya Yilmaz
PH.D. STUDENT, ASTROPHYSICIST
Hi! I am a Ph.D. student in astrophysics at Charles University in Prague, Czech republic. I study accretion disks around black holes in X-ray binary systems and how these accretion disks evolve to better understand relativistic processes taking place in such strong gravitational fields around black holes. I previously studied the evolution of galaxy clusters and effects of AGN activity on ICM and accretion phenomena in X-ray binaries with a special focus on Ultraluminous X-ray sources.
Research Interests
Black Hole X-ray Binaries
Ultra-luminous X-ray Sources
Accretion Physics
Evolution of Accretion States
EDUCATION
PH.D. STUDENT. FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS– ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE OF CHARLES UNIVERSITY, ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE OF THE CZECH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
October 2020 – Present
MASTER OF SCIENCE + BACHELOR’S OF SCIENCE. BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION, TEACHING PHYSICS PROGRAM
September 2012 – August 2018
TECHNICAL SKILLS
DATA ANALYSIS
- XMM-Newton (X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission)
- Chandra X-ray Telescope – CIAO (Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations)
- NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array)
- The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
- RXTE (The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer)
SOFTWARE
Contact: Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Bocni II 1401, CZ-141 00 Praha 4 – Sporilov, Prague, Czech Republic