Boris Gaensicke
Boris Gaensicke obtained an M.S. degree in physics at the Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany, in 1993, and a Ph.D. degree in physics at the Georg-August Universitaet Goettingen, Germany, in 1997. He worked as a Research Assistant at the Universitaets-Sternwarte Goettingen from 1997 to 2001, focussing on the properties of accreting white dwarfs. During that period, he was visiting scholar at Stanford University, USA, working on neutron star atmospheres, and at the Osservatorio di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy, working on X-ray observations of accreting magnetic white dwarfs. From 2002 to 2006, he held an PPARC Advanced Fellowship at the University of Southampton, UK, and the University of Warwick, UK, working predominantly on large surveys of accreting white dwarf binaries. Currently, Boris Gaensicke is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick. His main research interests are the evolution of compact binaries, in particular accreting and detached white dwarf binaries, observational population studies of white dwarf binaries, stellar atmospheres, ultraviolet astronomy, and large-scale astronomical surveys.
Biography Updated on 3 February 2008
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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]
- The IPHAS catalogue of Ha emission-line sources in the northern Galactic plane
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 384, no. 4, pp. 1277–1288, 2008 - SDSS?J104341.53+085558.2: a second white dwarf with a gaseous debris disc
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, vol. 380, no. 1, pp. L35–L39, 2007 - Spectroscopic search for new SW Sextantis stars in the 3?4 h orbital period range ? I
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 374, no. 4, pp. 1359–1376, 2007 - SW?Sextantis stars: the dominant population of cataclysmic variables with orbital periods between 3 and 4?h
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 377, no. 4, pp. 1747–1762, 2007 - SDSS?J233325.92+152222.1 and the evolution of intermediate polars
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 378, no. 2, pp. 635–640, 2007 - SDSS J150722.30+523039.8: a cataclysmic variable formed directly from a detached white dwarf/brown dwarf binary?
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 381, no. 2, pp. 827–834, 2007 - Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS – II. Measurements for six objects, including two eclipsing systems
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 0, no. 0, pp. 071108172144001–???, 2007 - Newly discovered cataclysmic variables from the INT/WFC photometric Ha survey of the northern Galactic plane
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 0, no. 0, pp. 071115144210003–???, 2007 - An Illustration of Modeling Cataclysmic Variables: HST, FUSE, and SDSS Spectra of SDSS J080908.39+381406.2
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 654, no. 2, pp. 1036–1051, 2007 - Hubble Space Telescope and Optical Observations of Three Pulsating Accreting White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 658, no. 2, pp. 1188–1195, 2007 - Discovery of Two New Accreting Pulsating White Dwarf Stars
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 667, no. 1, pp. 433–441, 2007 - Dynamical Constraints on the Component Masses of the Cataclysmic Variable WZ Sagittae
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 667, no. 1, pp. 442–447, 2007 - An in-depth study of the pre-polar candidate WX?Leonis?Minoris
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 464, no. 2, pp. 647–658, 2007 - Zeeman tomography of magnetic white dwarfs
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 463, no. 2, pp. 647–655, 2007 - HS?1857+5144: a hot and young pre-cataclysmic variable
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 469, no. 1, pp. 297–305, 2007 - The pre-cataclysmic variable, LTT?560
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 474, no. 1, pp. 205–211, 2007 - K-band spectroscopy of pre-cataclysmic variables
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 475, no. 2, pp. 575–583, 2007 - The long period intermediate polar 1RXS?J154814.5-452845
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 449, no. 3, pp. 1151–1160, 2006 - Irradiated atmospheres of accreting magnetic white dwarfs with
an application to the polar AM Herculis
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 449, no. 3, pp. 1129–1137, 2006 - SDSS?J212531.92–010745.9 – the first definite PG?1159 close binary system
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 448, no. 2, pp. L25–L28, 2006 - Zeeman tomography of magnetic white dwarfs
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 451, no. 2, pp. 671–681, 2006 - Dwarf novae in the Hamburg quasar survey: rarer than expected
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 455, no. 2, pp. 659–672, 2006 - The X-ray properties of the magnetic cataclysmic variable
UU?Columbae
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 454, no. 1, pp. 287–294, 2006 - FUSE and HST STIS Far-Ultraviolet Observations of AM Herculis in an Extended Low State
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 639, no. 2, pp. 1039–1052, 2006 - Hubble Space Telescope STIS Spectroscopy and Modeling of the Long-Term Cooling of WZ Sagittae following the 2001 July Outburst
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 642, no. 2, pp. 1018–1028, 2006 - Spectroscopy of the Candidate Pre-CV LTT 560
Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 304, no. 1-4, pp. 299–301, 2006 - Ultraviolet Studies of Interacting Binaries
Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 306, no. 3, pp. 177–177, 2006 - A ZZ Ceti white dwarf in SDSS J133941.11+484727.5
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 365, no. 3, pp. 969–976, 2006 - The properties of cataclysmic variables in photometric Halpha surveys
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 369, no. 2, pp. 581–597, 2006 - ULTRACAM observations of SDSS J170213.26 + 322954.1 ? an eclipsing cataclysmic variable in the period gap
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 371, no. 3, pp. 1435–1440, 2006 - The nature of the close magnetic white dwarf + probable brown dwarf binary SDSS?J121209.31+013627.7
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 373, no. 4, pp. 1416–1422, 2006 - VLT/FORS spectroscopy of faint cataclysmic variables discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 373, no. 2, pp. 687–699, 2006 - A Brown Dwarf Mass Donor in an Accreting Binary
Science, vol. 314, no. 5805, pp. 1578–1580, 2006 - A Gaseous Metal Disk Around a White Dwarf
Science, vol. 314, no. 5807, pp. 1908–1910, 2006 - Cataclysmic variables from a ROSAT/2MASS selection - I. Four new intermediate polars
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 361, no. 1, pp. 141–154, 2005 - Multicolour high-speed photometry of the subdwarf B star PG 0014+067 with ULTRACAM
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 362, no. 1, pp. 66–78, 2005 - The INT Photometric Halpha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 362, no. 3, pp. 753–776, 2005 - The First Direct Spectroscopic Detection of a White Dwarf Primary in an AM CVn System
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 636, no. 2, pp. L125–L128, 2005 - Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 622, no. 1, pp. 589–601, 2005 - MV Lyrae in Low, Intermediate, and High States
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 624, no. 2, pp. 923–933, 2005 - Hubble Space Telescope STIS Observations of the Accreting White Dwarfs in BW Sculptoris, BC Ursae Majoris, and SW Ursae Majoris
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 629, no. 1, pp. 451–460, 2005 - HS?2331+3905: The cataclysmic variable that has it
all
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 430, no. 2, pp. 629–642, 2005 - Detection of the white dwarf and the secondary star in the new
SU?UMa dwarf nova HS?2219+1824
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 431, no. 1, pp. 269–277, 2005 - HS?0139+0559, HS?0229+8016, HS?0506+7725, and HS?0642+5049:
four new long-period cataclysmic variables
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 443, no. 3, pp. 995–1005, 2005 - X-ray confirmation of the intermediate polar HT?Cam
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 437, no. 3, pp. 935–945, 2005 - Zeeman tomography of magnetic white dwarfs
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 442, no. 2, pp. 651–660, 2005 - HS?0943+1404, a true intermediate polar
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 440, no. 2, pp. 701–709, 2005 - An HST parallax of the distant cataclysmic variable V1223?Sgr,
its?system parameters, and?accretion?rate
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 419, no. 1, pp. 291–299, 2004 - HS?2237+8154: On the onset of mass transfer or entering the
period gap?
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 418, no. 1, pp. 265–270, 2004 - Time-resolved photometry and spectroscopy of the new
deeply-eclipsing SW Sextantis star HS?0728+6738
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 424, no. 2, pp. 647–655, 2004 - The isolated neutron star X-ray pulsars RX?J0420.0?5022 and RX?J0806.4?4123: New X-ray and optical observations
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 424, no. 2, pp. 635–645, 2004 - Modeling the Heating and Cooling of WZ Sagittae Following the 2001 July Outburst
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 602, no. 1, pp. 336–341, 2004 - WZ Sagittae: Hubble Space Telescope Spectroscopy of the Cooling of the White Dwarf after the 2001 Outburst
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 602, no. 2, pp. 948–959, 2004 - The Ultraviolet Spectrum of the High-Field Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable AR Ursae Majoris
The Astronomical Journal, vol. 128, no. 4, pp. 1894–1898, 2004 - Composite Accretion Disk and White Dwarf Photosphere Analyses of the FUSE and Hubble Space Telescope Observations of EY Cygni
The Astronomical Journal, vol. 128, no. 4, pp. 1795–1801, 2004 - A 150 MG Magnetic White Dwarf in the Cataclysmic Variable RX J1554.2+2721
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 613, no. 2, pp. L141–L144, 2004 - A Hubble Space Telescope STIS Observation of VW Hydri at the Exact Far-Ultraviolet Onset of an Outburst
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 614, no. 1, pp. L61–L64, 2004 - Time-resolved Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of the SW Sex Star DW UMa: Confirmation of a Hidden White Dwarf and the Ultraviolet Counterpart to Phase 0.5 Absorption Events
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 615, no. 2, pp. L129–L132, 2004 - DW Cancri: a magnetic VY Scl star with an orbital period of 86 min
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 349, no. 1, pp. 367–374, 2004 - [ITAL]Hubble Space Telescope[/ITAL] Observations of the Old Nova [CLC]DI[/CLC] Lacertae
The Astronomical Journal, vol. 125, no. 1, pp. 288–292, 2003 - Hubble Space Telescope STIS Spectroscopy of the White Dwarfs in the Ultrashort-Period Dwarf Novae VY Aquarii and WX Ceti
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 583, no. 2, pp. 907–912, 2003 - WZ Sagittae: FUSE Spectroscopy of the 2001 Outburst
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 591, no. 2, pp. 1172–1183, 2003 - Hubble Space Telescope Spectroscopy of the Unexpected 2001 July Outburst of the Dwarf Nova WZ Sagittae
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 592, no. 2, pp. 1137–1150, 2003 - Anomalous Ultraviolet Line Flux Ratios in the Cataclysmic Variables 1RXS J232953.9+062814, CE 315, BZ Ursae Majoris, and EY Cygni, Observed with the Hubble Space Telescope Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 594, no. 1, pp. 443–448, 2003 - The Long Aftermath of Superoutbursts: STIS Results on AL Comae 5.5 Years Past Outburst
The Astronomical Journal, vol. 126, no. 3, pp. 1451–1454, 2003 - Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Ultraviolet Oscillations in WZ Sagittae During the Decline from Outburst1
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 599, no. 1, pp. 509–515, 2003 - The surprising Far-UV spectrum of the polar BY?Camelopardalis
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 401, no. 3, pp. 1071–1076, 2003 - CVcat: An interactive database on cataclysmic variables
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 404, no. 3, pp. 1159–1163, 2003 - 1RXS?J062518.2+733433: A new intermediate polar
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 406, no. 1, pp. 213–219, 2003 - The age, life expectancy, and space density of Post Common
Envelope Binaries
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 406, no. 1, pp. 305–321, 2003 - A precise HST parallax of the cataclysmic variable EX?Hydrae,
its system parameters, and accretion rate
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 412, no. 3, pp. 821–827, 2003 - Implications of the HST/FGS parallax
of SS?Cygni
on the disc instability model
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 382, no. 1, pp. 124–129, 2002 - A multiwavelength timing analysis of the eclipsing polar DP Leo
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 392, no. 2, pp. 541–551, 2002 - Multi-wavelength spectrophotometry of EX?Hydrae
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 382, no. 3, pp. 984–998, 2002 - On the secondary star of the cataclysmic variable
1RXS?J094432.1+035738
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 383, no. 3, pp. 933–937, 2002 - RX?And: An intermediate between Z?Cam and VY?Scl stars
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 384, no. 1, pp. L6–L9, 2002 - Thermal emission from low-field neutron stars
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 386, no. 3, pp. 1001–1008, 2002 - Zeeman tomography of magnetic white dwarfs
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 390, no. 2, pp. 633–647, 2002 - Magnetic white dwarfs in the Early Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 394, no. 3, pp. 957–963, 2002 - Rapid variability of accretion in AM Herculis
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 396, no. 1, pp. 213–217, 2002 - Hubble Space Telescope Spectroscopy of the Dwarf Nova RX Andromedae during Outburst Rise and Decline
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 574, no. 2, pp. 937–941, 2002 - Cool White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables: Hubble Space Telescope Results on EG Cancri and HV Virginis
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 574, no. 2, pp. 950–956, 2002 - Hubble Space Telescope/STIS Spectroscopy of the White Dwarfs in the Short-Period Dwarf Novae LL Andromedae and EF Pegasi
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 575, no. 1, pp. 419–426, 2002 - Observations of the Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable VV Puppis with the [ITAL]Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer[/ITAL]
The Astronomical Journal, vol. 124, no. 4, pp. 2238–2244, 2002 - [ITAL]Hubble Space Telescope[/ITAL] Spectra of GW Librae: A Hot Pulsating White Dwarf in a Cataclysmic Variable
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 575, no. 2, pp. L79–L82, 2002 - Phase-resolved Hubble Space Telescope/STIS Spectroscopy of the Exposed White Dwarf in the High-Field Polar AR Ursae Majoris
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 555, no. 1, pp. 380–392, 2001 - Hubble Space Telescope Spectroscopy of the Dwarf Nova RX Andromedae. I. The Underlying White Dwarf
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 555, no. 2, pp. 834–838, 2001 - The Intriguing New Cataclysmic Variable KUV 03580+0614
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 113, no. 788, pp. 1215–1221, 2001 - [ITAL]Hubble Space Telescope[/ITAL] STIS Spectroscopy of VW Hydri during Early Quiescence following a Superoutburst
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 561, no. 1, pp. L127–L130, 2001 - A model for the optical high state light curve of AM Herculis
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 372, no. 2, pp. 557–562, 2001 - HST/STIS spectroscopy of the exposed white dwarf in the
short-period dwarf nova EK TrA
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 374, no. 2, pp. 656–661, 2001 - Irradiated accretion discs in post novae
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 375, no. 3, pp. 937–943, 2001 - The X-ray emission of the intermediate polar
V 709 Cas
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 377, no. 2, pp. 499–511, 2001 - The Effects of Superoutbursts onTOADs
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 540, no. 2, pp. 983–991, 2000 - Supersoft X-ray binaries: an observational update
New Astronomy Reviews, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 143–148, 2000 - BeppoSAX observations of AM Her type stars
Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, vol. 69, no. 1-3, pp. 368–371, 1999 - Anomalous Cooling of the Massive White Dwarf in U Geminorum Following a Narrow Dwarf Nova Outburst
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 496, no. 1, pp. 449–453, 1998 - AR Ursae Majoris: The First High-Field Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 473, no. 1, pp. 483–493, 1996