P. W. Lucas

17.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
156 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

P. W. Lucas is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, P. W. Lucas has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 63 papers in Instrumentation and 14 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in P. W. Lucas's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (134 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (100 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (63 papers). P. W. Lucas is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (134 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (100 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (63 papers). P. W. Lucas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Chile and Italy. P. W. Lucas's co-authors include D. Minniti, P. F. Roche, R. K. Saito, J. Alonso-García, J. H. Hough, M. Hempel, Jeremy Bailey, Leigh C. Smith, D. J. Pinfield and J. P. Emerson 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. W. Lucas

145 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way

2009 552 citations D. Minniti, P. W. Lucas et al. profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. W. Lucas

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	“Oh FUors, Where Art Thou?”: A Search for Long-lasting Young Stellar Object Outbursts Hiding in Infrared Surveys 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Carlos Contreras Peña, Jeong‐Eun Lee, (unknown), Gregory J. Herczeg, Doug Johnstone, (unknown), P. W. Lucas, Zhen Guo, Michael A. Kuhn, Leigh C. Smith, (unknown), Jessy Jose, (unknown), Sung-Chul Yoon	1
2	Enlightening the Universe behind the Milky Way bulge 2025 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), Georgina Coldwell, (unknown), (unknown), P. W. Lucas, (unknown), Noelia Pérez, (unknown), (unknown), D. Minniti, Leigh C. Smith, (unknown)	0
3	Eruptive YSOs in Cygnus-X: a mid-infrared variability study with NEOWISE and spicy 2025 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Zhen Guo, P. W. Lucas, N. Miller, Carlos Contreras Peña, Michael A. Kuhn	0
4	VIRAC2: NIR astrometry and time series photometry for 500M+ stars from the VVV and VVVX surveys 2024 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Leigh C. Smith, P. W. Lucas, S. E. Koposov, C. Gónzalez-Fernández, J. Alonso-García, D. Minniti, Jason L. Sanders, L. R. Bedin, Vasily Belokurov, N. W. Evans, M. Hempel, V. D. Ivanov, R. Kurtev, R. K. Saito	5
5	A benchmark white dwarf–ultracool dwarf wide field binary 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), R. K. Saito, D. Minniti, (unknown), C. Cáceres, J. Alonso-García, J. C. Beamín, Leigh C. Smith, M. Gómez, P. W. Lucas, V. D. Ivanov	1
6	Self-consistent modelling of the Milky Way's nuclear stellar disc 2022 ·IrInSubria (University of Insubria) ·Mattia C. Sormani, Jason L. Sanders, T. K. Fritz, Leigh C. Smith, Ortwin Gerhard, R. Schödel, John Magorrian, Nadine Neumayer, F. Nogueras-Lara, A. Feldmeier, A. Mastrobuono-Battisti, M. Schultheis, B. Shahzamanian, Eugene Vasiliev, Ralf S. Klessen, P. W. Lucas, D. Minniti	55
7	The extinction law in the inner 3 × 3 deg² of the Milky Way and the red clump absolute magnitude in the inner bar-bulge 2022 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Jason L. Sanders, Leigh C. Smith, C. Gónzalez-Fernández, P. W. Lucas, D. Minniti	17
8	VVV J165507.19-421755.5: A Nearby T Dwarf Hidden in the Galactic Plane 2022 ·Research Notes of the AAS ·(unknown), Dan Caselden, Aaron Meisner, Adam J. Burgasser, Adam C. Schneider, (unknown), Chih-Chun Hsu, (unknown), Leigh C. Smith, P. W. Lucas, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Federico Marocco, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Marc J. Kuchner, Michael C. Cushing	2
9	Mapping the stellar age of the Milky Way bulge with the VVV II. Deep JK(s) catalog release based on PSF photometry 2019 ·University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire) ·F. Surot, E. Valenti, S. L. Hidalgo, M. Zoccali, O. A. González, (unknown), D. Minniti, M. Rejkuba, P. W. Lucas	24
10	The G305 Star-forming Region. I. Newly Classified Hot Stars* 2019 ·The Astronomical Journal ·J. Borissova, Alexandre Roman–Lopes, Kevin R. Covey, (unknown), R. Kurtev, C. Román-Zúñiga, Michael A. Kuhn, Carlos Contreras Peña, P. W. Lucas, S. Ramírez Alegría, D. Minniti, Marina Kounkel, Guy S. Stringfellow, R. H. Barbá, Genaro Suárez	4
11	The asymptotic evolution of the stellar merger V1309 Sco: a Blue Straggler in the making? 2019 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), R. K. Saito, D. Minniti, (unknown), R. Contreras Ramos, Leigh C. Smith, P. W. Lucas	21
12	VVV-WIT-04: an extragalactic variable source caught by the VVV Survey 2019 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·R. K. Saito, D. Minniti, V. D. Ivanov, N. Masetti, (unknown), R. Cid Fernandes, Daniel Ruschel-Dutra, Leigh C. Smith, P. W. Lucas, C. Gónzalez-Fernández, R. Contreras Ramos	4
13	Photometric variability of massive young stellar objects 2018 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·(unknown), M. S. N. Kumar, Leigh C. Smith, P. W. Lucas, (unknown), J. Borissova, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro, A. Caratti o Garatti, Carlos Contreras Peña, D. Froebrich, J. F. Gameiro	11
14	Confirmation of a New Metal-poor Globular Cluster in the Galactic Bulge^∗ 2018 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·D. Minniti, Edward F. Schlafly, T. Palma, Joan Clària, M. Hempel, J. Alonso-García, E. Bica, C. Bonatto, V. F. Braga, G. Clementini, A. Garofalo, M. Gómez, V. D. Ivanov, P. W. Lucas, Joyce Pullen, R. K. Saito, Leigh C. Smith	14
15	THE KEPLER FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATION PROGRAM. I. A CATALOG OF COMPANIONS TO KEPLER STARS FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING 2017 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Elise Furlan, David R. Ciardi, Mark E. Everett, (unknown), Johanna Teske, Elliott P. Horch, Steve B. Howell, Gerald van Belle, Lea A. Hirsch, T. N. Gautier, Elisabeth R. Adams, D. Barrado, (unknown), Courtney D. Dressing, A. K. Dupree, Ronald L. Gilliland, J. Lillo-Box, P. W. Lucas, J. Wang	70
16	Extinction Ratios in the Inner Galaxy as Revealed by the VVV Survey 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·J. Alonso-García, D. Minniti, M. Catelan, R. Contreras Ramos, O. A. González, M. Hempel, P. W. Lucas, R. K. Saito, E. Valenti, M. Zoccali	51
17	VIRAC: the VVV Infrared Astrometric Catalogue 2017 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Leigh C. Smith, P. W. Lucas, R. Kurtev, R. L. Smart, D. Minniti, J. Borissova, H. R. A. Jones, (unknown), Federico Marocco, Carlos Contreras Peña, M. Gromadzki, Michael A. Kuhn, J. E. Drew, D. J. Pinfield, L. R. Bedin	93
18	Hundreds of new cluster candidates in the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea survey DR1 2015 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·R. H. Barbá, Alexandre Roman–Lopes, J. L. Nilo Castellón, V. Firpo, D. Minniti, P. W. Lucas, J. P. Emerson, M. Hempel, M. Soto, R. K. Saito	19
19	One more neighbor: The first brown dwarf in the VVV survey 2013 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·J. C. Beamín, D. Minniti, M. Gromadzki, R. Kurtev, V. D. Ivanov, Y. Beletsky, P. W. Lucas, R. K. Saito, J. Borissova	21
20	Parallaxes and physical properties of 11 mid-to-late T dwarfs 2010 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Federico Marocco, R. L. Smart, H. R. A. Jones, Ben Burningham, M. G. Lattanzi, S. K. Leggett, P. W. Lucas, C. G. Tinney, A. J. Adamson, D. W. Evans, N. Lodieu, D. N. Murray, D. J. Pinfield, Motohide Tamura	31

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