Nafisa Aftab

Postdoctoral Fellow
Astronomy and Astrophysics

About

My doctoral research focused on investigating the “Orbital, Temporal, and Spectral properties of X-ray Binaries”. Through a comprehensive study of both high and low mass X-ray binary systems (HMXBs and LMXBs), I delved into topics such as X-ray reprocessing in supergiant HMXBs, supergiant fast X-ray transients (SgSFXT), and LMXBs, as well as the pulsation characteristics of neutron stars in supergiant HMXBs.

I am presently investigating the accretion scenario within the intense gravitational fields of X-ray pulsars, by analyzing X-ray data obtained from the latest generations of satellites. Simultaneously, I am exploring the integration of machine learning and deep learning models in the study of the X-ray Universe. I am also engaged in probing the effect of strong gravity around black hole X-ray binaries through AstroSat observations.