P. A. Crowther

14.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
232 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

P. A. Crowther is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, P. A. Crowther has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 214 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 91 papers in Instrumentation and 20 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in P. A. Crowther's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (199 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (134 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (91 papers). P. A. Crowther is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (199 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (134 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (91 papers). P. A. Crowther collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. P. A. Crowther's co-authors include N. R. Walborn, C. J. Evans, D. J. Lennon, J. S. Clark, N. Langer, L. J. Smith, L. J. Hadfield, Orsola De Marco, J. S. Vink and S. P. Goodwin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

P. A. Crowther

222 papers receiving 7.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey

2012 346 citations H. Sana, A. de Koter et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →
The R136 star cluster hosts several stars whose individual masses greatly exceed the accepted 150 M⊙ stellar mass limit

2010 339 citations P. A. Crowther, Raphaël Hirschi et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. A. Crowther

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of P. A. Crowther. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of P. A. Crowther based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with P. A. Crowther. P. A. Crowther is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity 2025 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·J. M. Bestenlehner, P. A. Crowther, (unknown), (unknown), F. Tramper, J. S. Vink, S. A. Brands, A. A. C. Sander	4
2	Melnick 39 is a very massive intermediate-period colliding-wind binary 2025 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. M. T. Pollock, P. A. Crowther, J. M. Bestenlehner, Patrick S. Broos, Leisa K. Townsley	2
3	X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive Stars at low metallicity 2024 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), J. O. Sundqvist, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), S. A. Brands, F. Najarro, (unknown), J. S. Vink, P. A. Crowther, (unknown), A. A. C. Sander, (unknown), R. Kuiper, R. K. Prinja, (unknown), T. Shenar, J. Th. van Loon	9
4	Binarity at LOw Metallicity (BLOeM) 2024 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·T. Shenar, (unknown), H. Sana, P. A. Crowther, (unknown), M. Abdul-Masih, L. A. Almeida, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	14
5	Mapping the core of the Tarantula Nebula with VLT-MUSE – III. A template for metal-poor starburst regions in the visual and far-ultraviolet 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·P. A. Crowther, N. Castro	7
6	Grids of stellar models with rotation VII: models from 0.8 to 300 M⊙ at supersolar metallicity (Z = 0.020) 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Norhasliza Yusof, Raphaël Hirschi, P. Eggenberger, Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy, (unknown), P. A. Crowther, G. Meynet, Hasan Abu Kassim, (unknown), A. Maeder, J. H. Groh, Eoin Farrell, Laura Murphy	34
7	The Uncertain Future of Massive Binaries Obscures the Origin of LIGO/Virgo Sources 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Krzysztof Belczyński, (unknown), Aleksandra Olejak, Jakub Klencki, Debatri Chattopadhyay, S. P. Stevenson, M. Coleman Miller, J. P. Lasota, P. A. Crowther	54
8	Extreme adaptive optics astrometry of R136 2021 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), M. Langlois, F. Vakili, Paul C. Clark, (unknown), M. González, P. A. Crowther, Richard Wünsch, Jan Palouš, A. Boccaletti, S. L. Lumsden, E. Moraux	2
9	2021 ·UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) ·A. Schootemeijer, N. Langer, D. J. Lennon, C. J. Evans, P. A. Crowther, Sam Geen, Ian D. Howarth, A. de Koter, K. M. Menten, J. S. Vink	11
10	High-contrast and resolution near-infrared photometry of the core of R136 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), M. Langlois, Paul C. Clark, F. Vakili, (unknown), M. González, P. A. Crowther, Richard Wünsch, Jan Palouš, S. L. Lumsden, E. Moraux	10
11	Two Wolf–Rayet stars at the heart of colliding-wind binary Apep 2020 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·J. R. Callingham, P. A. Crowther, P. M. Williams, Peter Tuthill, Yinuo Han, Benjamin Pope, B. Marcote	18
12	HST Astrometry in the 30 Doradus Region. II. Runaway Stars from New Proper Motions in the Large Magellanic Cloud 2018 ·The Astronomical Journal ·I. Platais, D. J. Lennon, Roeland P. van der Marel, Andrea Bellini, Elena Sabbi, Laura L. Watkins, Sangmo Tony Sohn, N. R. Walborn, L. R. Bedin, C. J. Evans, S. E. de Mink, H. Sana, A. Herrero, N. Langer, P. A. Crowther	13
13	Development of self-sensing concrete sleepers for next-generation rail infrastructure 2016 ·Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jun Xu, P. A. Crowther, (unknown)	1
14	The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey 2013 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·E. Doran, P. A. Crowther, A. de Koter, C. J. Evans, C. M. McEvoy, N. R. Walborn, N. Bastian, J. M. Bestenlehner, G. Gräfener, A. Herrero, (unknown), J. Maíz Apellániz, F. Najarro, J. Puls, H. Sana, F. R. N. Schneider, W. D. Taylor, J. Th. van Loon, J. S. Vink	91
15	Interstellar Ti ii in the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds star 2010 ·White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) ·D. E. Welty, P. A. Crowther	19
16	A FEROS spectroscopic study of the extreme O supergiant He 3–759 2009 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·P. A. Crowther, C. J. Evans	7
17	On the central ionizing star of G23.96+0.15 and near-IR\nspectral classification of O stars 2008 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·P. A. Crowther, (unknown)	4
18	2007 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·M. R. Mokiem, A. de Koter, J. S. Vink, J. Puls, C. J. Evans, S. J. Smartt, P. A. Crowther, A. Herrero, N. Langer, D. J. Lennon, F. Najarro, M. R. Villamariz	139
19	Testing the predicted mass-loss bi-stability jump at radio wavelengths 2007 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·P. Benaglia, J. S. Vink, J. Martı́, J. Maíz Apellániz, B. Koribalski, P. A. Crowther	18
20	Fundamental parameters of Wolf-Rayet stars. III. The evolutionary status of WNL stars. 1995 ·A&A ·P. A. Crowther, L. J. Smith, D. J. Hillier, W. Schmütz	1

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