General information
Contact info:
Francis Fortin
IRAP, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse
Office B122
francis.fortin@irap.omp.eu
ffortin.sci.edu@gmail.com
CV
PhD manuscript
I am a post-doc researcher at the Research Institute for Astrophysics and Planetology (IRAP) in Toulouse, funded by the CNES.
My current projects are about the preparation of the infrared camera CAGIRE from the ground segment of SVOM, to chase after obscured and far away Gamma-ray bursts in real time.
Generally speaking, I am interested in the observation of X-ray binaries in optical/infrared in order to better constrain their environnement, transient nature as well as their role as gravitational wave merger progenitors. I have worked with data coming from prestigious facilities such as ESO/VLT (X-Shooter, ISAAC, FORS2 and VIRCAM) as well as the latest release from the Gaia satellite. I am a member of the ENGRAVE collaboration in the operations team contributing with my expertise on VLT/X-Shooter and FORS2.
CNRS press release (26/09/2022)
Massive stars are born and evolve through phases that are yet to be entirely constrained. Using astrometric data from Gaia, it is possible to retrace the history of massive stars in binaries and explain the impact of specific evolutionary mechanisms such as supernova events inducing migration through the Galaxy.
Learn more:
À l'origine des systèmes binaires d'étoiles, une histoire de couple (FR)
At the origin of the binary systems of stars, a couple’s story (EN)
Radio podcast "Recherche en cours" (Aligre FM 93.1, 25/03/2022)
Latest news from the Cosmos, a discussion about day-to-day life in an astrophysics lab. Available on Apple podcasts (in French).
Learn more:
Dernières nouvelles du Cosmos (FR)
My current projects are about the preparation of the infrared camera CAGIRE from the ground segment of SVOM, to chase after obscured and far away Gamma-ray bursts in real time.
Generally speaking, I am interested in the observation of X-ray binaries in optical/infrared in order to better constrain their environnement, transient nature as well as their role as gravitational wave merger progenitors. I have worked with data coming from prestigious facilities such as ESO/VLT (X-Shooter, ISAAC, FORS2 and VIRCAM) as well as the latest release from the Gaia satellite. I am a member of the ENGRAVE collaboration in the operations team contributing with my expertise on VLT/X-Shooter and FORS2.
CNRS press release (26/09/2022)
Massive stars are born and evolve through phases that are yet to be entirely constrained. Using astrometric data from Gaia, it is possible to retrace the history of massive stars in binaries and explain the impact of specific evolutionary mechanisms such as supernova events inducing migration through the Galaxy.
Learn more:
À l'origine des systèmes binaires d'étoiles, une histoire de couple (FR)
At the origin of the binary systems of stars, a couple’s story (EN)
Radio podcast "Recherche en cours" (Aligre FM 93.1, 25/03/2022)
Latest news from the Cosmos, a discussion about day-to-day life in an astrophysics lab. Available on Apple podcasts (in French).
Learn more:
Dernières nouvelles du Cosmos (FR)