{"id":3297,"date":"2024-07-11T19:12:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T19:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/?post_type=profiles&#038;p=3297"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T17:37:31","slug":"jacob-schimp","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/profiles\/jacob-schimp\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Schimp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1443\" height=\"1443\" src=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/SchimpJacob-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Jacob, Headshot\" class=\"wp-image-3820\" style=\"width:201px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/SchimpJacob-edited.jpg 1443w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/SchimpJacob-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/SchimpJacob-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/SchimpJacob-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/SchimpJacob-edited-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1443px) 100vw, 1443px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>MIT Department: <\/strong>Physics<br><strong>Faculty Mentor: <\/strong> Prof. Erin Kara<br><strong>Research Supervisor:<\/strong> Kevin Burdge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Institution: <\/strong>University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign<br><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Las Vegas, NV<br><strong>Website: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jacob-schimp-0831a424b\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.linkedin.com\/in\/jacob-schimp-0831a424b\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacob Schimp is a rising graduating senior at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign studying Physics. His research interests are primarily in black holes and observational astrophysics. At MIT, under the supervision of Dr. Erin Kara and Dr. Kevin Burdge, his research project is on black hole X-ray Binaries (BHXBs) and finding more systematic ways to identify these compact objects while using optical data from ATLAS. He plans to continue his education by pursuing a PhD in Physics or Astronomy to become an astrophysicist. He is passionate about diversifying physics and STEM, particularly increasing African American enrollment in physics. He is a member of the National Society of Black Engineers and National Society of Black Physicists. In his free time, he listens to music, collects vinyls, tries out different coffee shops around the city, and hangs out with friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Timing Analysis of Black Hole X-Ray Binaries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Jacob Schimp<sup>1<\/sup>, Erin Kara<sup>2<\/sup>, Kevin Burdge<sup>2<\/sup><\/strong><br><sup>1<\/sup>Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign<br><sup>2<\/sup>Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black hole X-ray binaries (BHXBs) consist of a stellar-mass black hole and a companion star,<br>with material from the star accreting onto the black hole, resulting in X-ray emissions from<br>regions near the event horizon. These systems provide a unique opportunity to study strong<br>gravitational fields and accretion processes. Our research aims to perform a spectral analysis of<br>BHXBs and investigate the dynamics of accretion during the quiescence state of black holes.<br>Utilizing optical data from ATLAS, we analyzed candidate BHXBs to understand their<br>transient status and identify orbital periods using Lomb-Scargle periodograms. Our results demonstrate that ATLAS optical data can effectively reveal ellipsoidal variations and match orbital periods with existing literature, confirming its utility in studying black hole transients. This research advances our understanding of BHXB dynamics, as well as improves our<br>systematic identification methods for black holes in quiescence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3820,"template":"","profile_category":[22],"class_list":["post-3297","profiles","type-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-2024-interns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/3297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profiles"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/3297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4950,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/3297\/revisions\/4950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"profile_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_category?post=3297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}