S. P. Littlefair

15.1k citations

147 papers · 3.6k indexed · h-index 33

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 112
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 69
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 63
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 54
- Astro and Planetary Science 34
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 19
Instrumentation top 1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 27
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 10%
Geophysics top 10%
- High-pressure geophysics and materials 9
Computational Mechanics top 5%

Co-authors: V. S. Dhillon T. R. Marsh B. T. Gänsicke C. M. Copperwheat S. G. Parsons T. Naylor R. D. Jeffries J. Southworth
Cited by: Astronomy and Astrophysics Instrumentation Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Journals: Nature (3 papers)Science (1 paper)The Astrophysical Journal (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Spain

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S. P. Littlefair

142 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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1	The ZZ Ceti Instability Strip for the Most Massive White Dwarf Pulsators The Astrophysical Journal ·Gracyn Jewett,Mukremin Kilic,Adam Moss,A. H. Córsico,Matthew Green,Murat Uzundag,P. Bergeron,Warren R. Brown,Francisco C. De Gerónimo,A. Rebassa–Mansergas,Alex Brown,V. S. Dhillon,S. P. Littlefair	2025	1
2	Constraints on an optical counterpart for the long-period radio transient GPM J1839−10 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·Ingrid Pelisoli,Alex Brown,Noel Castro Segura,V. S. Dhillon,M. Dyer,J. A. Garbutt,Matthew Green,Deborah Jarvis,Mark Kennedy,P. Kerry,S. P. Littlefair,J. McCormac,James Munday,S. G. Parsons,E. R. Pike,D. I. Sahman,Alan Yates	2025	1
3	A rapid optical and X-ray timing study of the neutron star X-ray binary Swift J1858.6−0814 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·T. Shahbaz,John A. Paice,Kaustubh Rajwade,Alexandra Veledina,P. Gandhi,V. S. Dhillon,T. R. Marsh,S. P. Littlefair,Mark Kennedy,R. P. Breton,C. J. Clark	2023	1
4	A catalogue of cataclysmic variables from 20 yr of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with new classifications, periods, trends, and oddities Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Keith Inight,B. T. Gänsicke,E. Breedt,Henry Israel,S. P. Littlefair,Christopher J. Manser,Tom Marsh,Tim Mulvany,A. F. Pala,J. R. Thorstensen	2023	30
5	A black widow population dissection through HiPERCAM multiband light-curve modelling Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·D. Mata Sánchez,Mark Kennedy,C. J. Clark,R. P. Breton,V. S. Dhillon,Guillaume Voisin,F. Camilo,S. P. Littlefair,T. R. Marsh,James G Stringer	2023	16
6	Photometric follow-up of 43 new eclipsing white dwarf plus main-sequence binaries from the ZTF survey Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Alex Brown,S. G. Parsons,Jan van Roestel,A. Rebassa–Mansergas,E. Breedt,V. S. Dhillon,M. Dyer,Matthew Green,P. Kerry,S. P. Littlefair,T. R. Marsh,James Munday,Ingrid Pelisoli,D. I. Sahman,J. F. Wild	2023	11
7	Two decades of optical timing of the shortest-period binary star system HM Cancri Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·James Munday,T. R. Marsh,Mark Hollands,Ingrid Pelisoli,D. Steeghs,Pasi Hakala,E. Breedt,Alex Brown,V. S. Dhillon,M. Dyer,Matthew Green,P. Kerry,S. P. Littlefair,S. G. Parsons,D. I. Sahman,Sorawit Somjit,Boonchoo Sukaum,J. F. Wild	2022	12
8	A Tentative 114 minute Orbital Period Challenges the Ultracompact Nature of the X-Ray Binary 4U 1812–12 The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·M. Armas Padilla,P. Rodríguez-Gil,T. Muñoz‐Darias,M. A. P. Torres,J. Casares,N. Degenaar,V. S. Dhillon,C. O. Heinke,S. P. Littlefair,T. R. Marsh	2022	1
9	Long-term photometric monitoring and spectroscopy of the white dwarf pulsar AR Scorpii Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Ingrid Pelisoli,T. R. Marsh,S. G. Parsons,A. Aungwerojwit,R. P. Ashley,E. Breedt,Alex Brown,V. S. Dhillon,M. Dyer,Matthew Green,P. Kerry,S. P. Littlefair,D. I. Sahman,T. Shahbaz,J. F. Wild,Anurak Chakpor,R Lakhom	2022	9
10	The post-common-envelope binary central star of the planetary nebula Ou 5: a doubly eclipsing post-red-giant-branch system Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·David Jones,James Munday,R. L. M. Corradi,P. Rodríguez-Gil,H. M. J. Boffin,Jiří Žák,Paulina Sowicka,S. G. Parsons,V. S. Dhillon,S. P. Littlefair,T. R. Marsh,Nicole Reindl,J. García–Rojas	2021	12
11	A black hole X-ray binary at ∼100 Hz: multiwavelength timing of MAXI J1820+070 with HiPERCAM and NICER Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·John A. Paice,P. Gandhi,T. Shahbaz,P. Uttley,Zaven Arzoumanian,P. A. Charles,V. S. Dhillon,Keith C. Gendreau,S. P. Littlefair,J. Malzac,Sera Markoff,T. R. Marsh,Ranjeev Misra,D. M. Russell,Alexandra Veledina	2019	22
12	Red sub-second optical flaring in MAXI J1820+070 observed by ULTRACAM/NTT ATel ·P. Gandhi,John A. Paice,S. P. Littlefair,V. S. Dhillon,P. Chote,Tom Marsh	2018	0
13	High-speed photometry of the disintegrating planetesimals at WD1145+017: evidence for rapid dynamical evolution White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) ·B. T. Gänsicke,A. Aungwerojwit,T. R. Marsh,V. S. Dhillon,D. I. Sahman,Dimitri Veras,Jay Farihi,P. Chote,R. P. Ashley,S. Arjyotha,S. Rattanasoon,S. P. Littlefair,D. Pollacco,M. R. Burleigh	2016	61
14	DIRECT EVIDENCE FOR AN EVOLVING DUST CLOUD FROM THE EXOPLANET KIC 12557548 B The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·J. Bochinski,C. A. Haswell,Tom Marsh,V. S. Dhillon,S. P. Littlefair	2015	22
15	Binaries discovered by the MUCHFUSS project. FBS0117+396 : an sdB+dM binary with a pulsating primary White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) ·R. H. Østensen,S. Geier,V. Schaffenroth,J. H. Telting,S. Bloemen,Péter Németh,P. G. Beck,R. Lombaert,P. I. Pápics,A. Tillich,E. Ziegerer,L. Fox Machado,S. P. Littlefair,V. S. Dhillon,C. Aerts,U. Heber,P. F. L. Maxted,B. T. Gänsicke,T. R. Marsh	2013	12
16	The forbidden high-ionization-line region of the type 2 quasar SDSS J11311.05+162739.5: a clear view of the inner face of the torus? White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) ·M. Franklin Rose,C. N. Tadhunter,J. Holt,C. Ramos Almeida,S. P. Littlefair	2011	17
17	The Planets around the post-Common Envelope Binary NN Serpentis AIP conference proceedings ·F. V. Hessman,K. Beuermann,Stefan Dreizler,Tom Marsh,S. G. Parsons,C. M. Copperwheat,D. E. Winget,George Miller,James J. Hermes,M. R. Schreiber,W. Kley,V. S. Dhillon,S. P. Littlefair	2011	4
18	Hunting high and low: XMM monitoring of the eclipsing polar HU Aquarii Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·R. Schwarz,A. Schwope,J. Vogel,V. S. Dhillon,T. R. Marsh,C. M. Copperwheat,S. P. Littlefair,G. Kanbach	2009	19
19	Search for p-mode Pulsations in DA White Dwarfs with VLT-ULTRACAM ASPC ·R. Silvotti,G. Fontaine,M. Pavlov,T. R. Marsh,V. S. Dhillon,S. P. Littlefair	2007	2
20	The nature of the close magnetic white dwarf + probable brown dwarf binary SDSS J121209.31+013627.7* UCL Discovery (University College London) ·M. R. Burleigh,T. R. Marsh,B. T. Gänsicke,M. R. Goad,V. S. Dhillon,S. P. Littlefair,Mark Wells,N. Bannister,C. P. Hurkett,A. Martindale,P. D. Dobbie,S. L. Casewell,D. E. A. Baker,J. P. Duke,Jay Farihi,M. J. Irwin,P. C. Hewett,P. Roche,Fraser Lewis	2006	31

About S. P. Littlefair

S. P. Littlefair is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Geophysics, having authored 147 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (112 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (69 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (63 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (54 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (34 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (27 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (19 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.5k citations), Instrumentation (753 citations) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (225 citations). S. P. Littlefair has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include V. S. Dhillon, T. R. Marsh, B. T. Gänsicke, C. M. Copperwheat, S. G. Parsons, T. Naylor, R. D. Jeffries, J. Southworth, Nathan J. Mayne and C. A. Watson. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

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