Crowther, Paul, Professor

Professor Paul Crowther

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Professor of Astrophysics

paul.crowther@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4291

E43, Hicks Building

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Professor Paul Crowther
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
E43
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
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S3 7RH

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My research interests involve the study of the birth, life and death of the most massive stars in the universe. Such stars are rare, but dominate the ionising budget of galaxies and the energetics of young stellar populations.

My primary scientific goals involve in the study of late evolutionary phases of massive stars, notably Wolf-Rayet stars. This is achieved via ultraviolet to infrared observations with large ground- and space- based telescopes (e.g. VLT, HST), plus sophisticated analysis tools.

I have revised the observed stellar mass limit upwards, discovered the first super star cluster in the Milky Way and established the metallicity dependence of Wolf-Rayet winds.

I have presented 4 invited review papers at international meetings in the past 5 years, published over 190 journal papers including a review paper in Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Career history

PPARC postdoctoral research associate (1993-1998, University College London)
Royal Society University Research Fellow (1998-2003 UCL, 2003-2006 91ֱ��)
Reader in Astrophysics (2005-2006, 91ֱ��)
Professor of Astrophysics (2007-, 91ֱ��)

Qualifications

Maths & Astronomy BSc (1986-1989, University College London)
Astrophysics PhD (1989-1993, University College London)

Research interests

Primary research interests involve the study of massive stars in a variety of environments. Lightweight stars, like our Sun, make up the overwhelming majority of stars in our galaxy and live a long and fairly peaceful life.

In contrast massive stars are very rare and live short intensive lives, after which they undergo core-collapse resulting in a supernova explosion.

Massive stars play a major role in the ecology of their parent galaxies since they dominate the ionising budget of most galaxies and inject kinetic energy via stellar winds and supernovae.

My primary focus involves the study of late evolutionary phases of massive stars, notably Wolf-Rayet stars. This is achieved via ultraviolet to infrared observations of young stellar populations in the Milky Way and other nearby galaxies using large ground- and space- based telescopes (e.g. VLT, HST), plus sophisticated analysis tools.

Notable highlights involve the upwards revision of the observed stellar mass limit, the discovery of the first super star cluster in the Milky Way (Westerlund 1), and establishing the metallicity dependence of Wolf-Rayet winds. My current research team involves PhD student Thaer Alkousa, RA Joachim Bestenlehner and honorary professor Andy Pollock is associated with the group.

Publications

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Featured publications

Journal articles

Crowther PA, Broos PS, Townsley LK, Pollock AMT, Tehrani KA & Gagné M (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515(3), 4130-4150.
Callingham JR, Crowther PA, Williams PM, Tuthill PG, Han Y, Pope BJS & Marcote B (2020) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495(3), 3323-3331.
Crowther PA (2019) . Galaxies, 7(4).
Tehrani KA, Crowther PA, Bestenlehner JM, Littlefair SP, Pollock AMT, Parker RJ & Schnurr O (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484(2), 2692-2710.
Davies B, Crowther PA & Beasor ER (2018) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478(3), 3138-3148.
Götberg Y, de Mink SE, Groh JH, Kupfer T, Crowther PA, Zapartas E & Renzo M (2018) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 615, A78-A78.
Schneider FRN, Sana H, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Fossati L, Gräfener G, Langer N, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sabín-Sanjulián C , Simón-Díaz S et al (2018) . Science, 359(6371), 69-71.
Crowther PA, Caballero-Nieves SM, Bostroem KA, Apellániz JM, Schneider FRN, Walborn NR, Angus CR, Brott I, Bonanos A, de Koter A , de Mink SE et al (2016) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(1), 624-659.

All publications

Books

Crowther PA, Lennon DJ, Walborn NR & Smartt SJ () Properties of Galactic B supergiants.

Journal articles

Sander AAC, Bouret J-C, Bernini-Peron M, Puls J, Backs F, Berlanas SR, Bestenlehner JM, Brands SA, Herrero A, Martins F , Maryeva O et al (2024) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 689, A30-A30.
Martins F, Bouret J-C, Hillier DJ, Brands SA, Crowther PA, Herrero A, Najarro F, Pauli D, Puls J, Ramachandran V , Sander AAC et al (2024) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 689, A31-A31.
Sana H, Tramper F, Abdul-Masih M, Blomme R, Dsilva K, Maravelias G, Martins L, Mehner A, Wofford A, Banyard G , Barbosa CL et al (2024) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 688, A104-A104.
Hawcroft C, Sana H, Mahy L, Sundqvist JO, de Koter A, Crowther PA, Bestenlehner JM, Brands SA, David-Uraz A, Decin L , Erba C et al (2024) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 688, A105-A105.
Bestenlehner JM, Enßlin T, Bergemann M, Crowther PA, Greiner M & Selig M (2024) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(4), 6735-6750.
Crowther PA, Barlow MJ, Royer P, Hillier DJ, Bestenlehner JM, Morris PW & Wesson R (2024) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(2), 2026-2039.
Götberg Y, Drout MR, Ji AP, Groh JH, Ludwig BA, Crowther PA, Smith N, de Koter A & de Mink SE (2023) . The Astrophysical Journal, 959(2), 125-125.
Crowther PA & Castro N (2023) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 9023-9047.
Shenar T, Sana H, Crowther PA, Bostroem KA, Mahy L, Najarro F, Oskinova L & Sander AAC (2023) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 679, A36-A36.
Kauffmann G, Millán-Irigoyen I, Crowther P & Maraston C (2023) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(1), 150-170.
Vink JS, Mehner A, Crowther PA, Fullerton A, Garcia M, Martins F, Morrell N, Oskinova LM, St-Louis N, ud-Doula A , Sander AAC et al (2023) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 675, A154-A154.
Brands SA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Kaper L, Caballero-Nieves SM & Gräfener G (2023) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 673, A132-A132.
Geen S, Agrawal P, Crowther PA, Keller BW, de Koter A, Keszthelyi Z, van de Voort F, Ali AA, Backs F, Bonne L , Brugaletta V et al (2023) . Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 135(1044).
Sun N-C, Maund JR & Crowther PA (2023) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(2), 2860-2873.
Crowther PA, Rate G & Bestenlehner JM (2023) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(1), 585-612.
Sana H, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Hénault-Brunet V, Mahy L, Almeida LA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Evans CJ, Langer N, Schneider FRN , Crowther PA et al (2022) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 668, L5-L5.
Shenar T, Sana H, Mahy L, Maíz Apellániz J, Crowther PA, Gromadzki M, Herrero A, Langer N, Marchant P, Schneider FRN , Sen K et al (2022) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 665, A148-A148.
Crowther PA, Broos PS, Townsley LK, Pollock AMT, Tehrani KA & Gagné M (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515(3), 4130-4150.
Brands SA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Sundqvist JO, Puls J, Caballero-Nieves SM, Abdul-Masih M, Driessen FA, García M , Geen S et al (2022) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 663.
Shenar T, Sana H, Mahy L, El-Badry K, Marchant P, Langer N, Hawcroft C, Fabry M, Sen K, Almeida LA , Abdul-Masih M et al (2022) . Nature Astronomy.
Kauffmann G, Maraston C, Comparat J & Crowther P (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(1), 1063-1077.
Belczynski K, Romagnolo A, Olejak A, Klencki J, Chattopadhyay D, Stevenson S, Coleman Miller M, Lasota J-P & Crowther PA (2022) . The Astrophysical Journal, 925(1).
Sun N-C, Maund JR, Crowther PA, Hirai R, Kashapov A, Liu J-F, Liu L-D & Zapartas E (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(3), 3701-3715.
Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Broos PS, Pollock AMT & Townsley LK (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(4), 6133-6149.
Shenar T, Sana H, Marchant P, Pablo B, Richardson N, Moffat AFJ, Van Reeth T, Barbá RH, Bowman DM, Broos P , Crowther PA et al (2021) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 650, A147-A147.
Khorrami Z, Langlois M, Clark PC, Vakili F, Buckner ASM, Gonzalez M, Crowther P, Wünsch R, Palouš J, Lumsden S & Moraux E (2021) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503(1), 292-311.
Khorrami Z, Langlois M, Vakili F, Clark PC, Buckner ASM, Gonzalez M, Crowther P, Wünsch R, Palouš J, Boccaletti A , Lumsden S et al (2021) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 649.
Schootemeijer A, Langer N, Lennon D, Evans CJ, Crowther PA, Geen S, Howarth I, de Koter A, Menten KM & Vink JS (2021) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 646, A106-A106.
Castro N, Crowther PA, Evans CJ, Vink JS, Puls J, Herrero A, Garcia M, Selman FJ, Roth MM & Simón-Diáz S (2021) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 648.
Libralato M, Lennon DJ, Bellini A, van der Marel R, Clark SJ, Najarro F, Patrick LR, Anderson J, Bedin LR, Crowther PA , de Mink SE et al (2020) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500(3), 3213-3239.
Han Y, Tuthill PG, Lau RM, Soulain A, Callingham JR, Williams PM, Crowther PA, Pope BJS & Marcote B (2020) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 498(4), 5604-5619.
Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Caballero-Nieves SM, Schneider FRN, Simón-Díaz S, Brands SA, de Koter A, Gräfener G, Herrero A, Langer N , Lennon DJ et al (2020) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Callingham JR, Crowther PA, Williams PM, Tuthill PG, Han Y, Pope BJS & Marcote B (2020) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495(3), 3323-3331.
Rate G, Crowther PA & Parker RJ (2020) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495(1), 1209-1226.
Langer N, Schürmann C, Stoll K, Marchant P, Lennon DJ, Mahy L, Mink SED, Quast M, Riedel W, Sana H , Schneider P et al (2020) . Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Bagnulo S, Wade GA, Nazé Y, Grunhut JH, Shultz ME, Asher DJ, Crowther PA, Evans CJ, David-Uraz A, Howarth ID , Morrell N et al (2020) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 635, A163-A163.
Mahy L, Sana H, Abdul-Masih M, Almeida LA, Langer N, Shenar T, de Koter A, de Mink SE, de Wit S, Grin NJ , Evans CJ et al (2020) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 634, A118-A118.
Rate G & Crowther PA (2020) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Sun N-C, Maund JR, Hirai R, Crowther PA & Podsiadlowski P (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 491(4), 6000-6019.
Crowther PA (2019) . Galaxies, 7(4).
Stevance HF, Maund JR, Baade D, Bruten J, Cikota A, Höflich P, Wang L, Wheeler JC, Clocchiatti A, Spyromilio J , Patat F et al (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(1), 102-116.
Tehrani KA, Crowther PA, Bestenlehner JM, Littlefair SP, Pollock AMT, Parker RJ & Schnurr O (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484(2), 2692-2710.
Chené A-N, St-Louis N, Moffat AFJ, Schnurr O, Crowther PA, Wade GA, Richardson ND, Baranec C, Ziegler CA, Law NM , Riddle R et al (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Callingham JR, Tuthill PG, Pope BJS, Williams PM, Crowther PA, Edwards M, Norris B & Kedziora-Chudczer L (2019) . Nature Astronomy, 3(1), 82-87.
Carpano S, Haberl F, Crowther P & Pollock A (2018) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 14(S346), 187-192.
Prentice SJ, Ashall C, James PA, Short L, Mazzali PA, Bersier D, Crowther PA, Barbarino C, Chen T-W, Copperwheat CM , Darnley MJ et al (2018) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Lennon DJ, Evans CJ, van der Marel RP, Anderson J, Platais I, Herrero A, de Mink SE, Sana H, Sabbi E, Bedin LR , Crowther PA et al (2018) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 619.
Stevance HF, Ignace R, Crowther PA, Maund JR, Davies B & Rate G (2018) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479(4), 4535-4543.
Davies B, Crowther PA & Beasor ER (2018) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478(3), 3138-3148.
Dufton PL, Thompson A, Crowther PA, Evans CJ, Schneider FRN, de Koter A, de Mink SE, Garland R, Langer N, Lennon DJ , McEvoy CM et al (2018) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 615, A101-A101.
Götberg Y, de Mink SE, Groh JH, Kupfer T, Crowther PA, Zapartas E & Renzo M (2018) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 615, A78-A78.
Schneider FRN, Sana H, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Fossati L, Gräfener G, Langer N, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sabín-Sanjulián C , Simón-Díaz S et al (2018) . Science, 361(6400), eaat7032-eaat7032.
Castro N, Crowther PA, Evans CJ, Mackey J, Castro-Rodriguez N, Vink JS, Melnick J & Selman F (2018) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 614.
Pollock AMT, Crowther PA, Tehrani K, Broos PS & Townsley LK (2018) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474(3), 3228-3236.
Fox AJ, Barger KA, Wakker BP, Richter P, Antwi-Danso J, Casetti-Dinescu DI, Howk JC, Lehner N, D’Onghia E, Crowther PA & Lockman FJ (2018) . The Astrophysical Journal, 854(2).
Schneider FRN, Sana H, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Fossati L, Gräfener G, Langer N, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sabín-Sanjulián C , Simón-Díaz S et al (2018) . Science, 359(6371), 69-71.
Pledger JL, Shara MM, Wilde M, Crowther PA, Long KS, Zurek D & Moffat AFJ (2018) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473(1), 148-164.
Schneider FRN, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Tramper F, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Sana H, Evans CJ, Sabín-Sanjulián C, Simón-Díaz S, Langer N , Fossati L et al (2018) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 618, A73-A73.
Lohr ME, Clark JS, Najarro F, Patrick LR, Crowther PA & Evans CJ (2018) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 617, A66-A66.
Crowther PA, Castro N, Evans C, Vink J, Melnick J & Selman F (2017) . ESO Messenger, 170, 40-44.
Maund JR, Crowther PA, Janka H-T & Langer N (2017) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 375(2105).
Tehrani K, Crowther PA & Archer I (2017) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Rosslowe CK & Crowther PA (2017) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Garland R, Dufton PL, Evans CJ, Crowther PA, Howarth ID, de Koter A, de Mink SE, Grin NJ, Langer N, Lennon DJ , McEvoy CM et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 603.
Sabín-Sanjulián C, Simón-Díaz S, Herrero A, Puls J, Schneider FRN, Evans CJ, Garcia M, Najarro F, Brott I, Castro N , Crowther PA et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 601, A79-A79.
Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sana H, de Koter A, Tramper F, Grin NJ, Schneider FRN, Langer N, Puls J, Markova N, Bestenlehner JM , Castro N et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 600.
Grin NJ, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, de Koter A, Sana H, Puls J, Brott I, Crowther PA, Dufton PL, Evans CJ, Gräfener G , Herrero A et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 600.
Almeida LA, Sana H, Taylor W, Barbá R, Bonanos AZ, Crowther P, Damineli A, de Koter A, de Mink SE, Evans CJ , Gieles M et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 598, A84-A84.
Tadhunter CN, Spence R, Rose M, Mullaney J & Crowther P (2017) . Nature Astronomy(1).
Shenar T, Richardson ND, Sablowski DP, Hainich R, Sana H, Moffat AFJ, Todt H, Hamann W-R, Oskinova LM, Sander A , Tramper F et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 598.
Crowther PA, Levan A, Langer N, de Grijs R, Xu D & Yoon SC (2016) . Space Science Reviews, 202(1-4), 33-78.
Caballero-Nieves SM & Crowther PA (2016) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 12(S329), 104-109.
Smith LJ, Crowther PA & Calzetti D (2016) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 12(S329), 327-331.
Smith LJ, Crowther PA, Calzetti D & Sidoli F (2016) . The Astrophysical Journal, 823(1).
Crowther PA, Caballero-Nieves SM, Bostroem KA, Apellániz JM, Schneider FRN, Walborn NR, Angus CR, Brott I, Bonanos A, de Koter A , de Mink SE et al (2016) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(1), 624-659.
Crowther PA, Caballero-Nieves SM, Castro N & Evans CJ (2016) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 12(S329), 292-296.
Cunha K, Soderblom DR, Piskunov N, Aoki W, Asplund M, Carpenter KG, Crowther P, Melendez J, Venn K, Hill V & Yong D (2015) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 11(T29A), 428-435.
Williams PM, Crowther PA & van der Hucht KA (2015) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(2), 1834-1844.
Rosslowe CK & Crowther PA (2015) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(3), 2322-2347.
McEvoy CM, Dufton PL, Evans CJ, Kalari VM, Markova N, Simón-Díaz S, Vink JS, Walborn NR, Crowther PA, de Koter A , de Mink SE et al (2015) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 575, A70-A70.
Köhler K, Langer N, de Koter A, de Mink SE, Crowther PA, Evans CJ, Gräfener G, Sana H, Sanyal D, Schneider FRN & Vink JS (2015) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 573, ---.
Bestenlehner JM, Gräfener G, Vink JS, Najarro F, de Koter A, Sana H, Evans CJ, Crowther PA, Hénault-Brunet V, Herrero A , Langer N et al (2014) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 570, A38-A38.
Maíz Apellániz J, Evans CJ, Barbá RH, Gräfener G, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, García M, Herrero A, Sana H, Simón-Díaz S , Taylor WD et al (2014) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 564.
Shara MM, Bibby JL, Zurek D, Crowther PA, Moffat AFJ & Drissen L (2013) . Astronomical Journal, 146(6).
Liu J-F, Bregman JN, Bai Y, Justham S & Crowther P (2013) . Nature, 503(7477), 500-503.
Kehrig C, Pérez-Montero E, Vílchez JM, Brinchmann J, Kunth D, García-Benito R, Crowther PA, Hernández-Fernández J, Durret F, Contini T , Fernández-Martín A et al (2013) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432(4), 2731-2745.
Yusof N, Hirschi R, Meynet G, Crowther PA, Ekstrom S, Frischknecht U, Georgy C, Kassim HA & Schnurr O (2013) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 433(2), 1114-1132.
Sana H, de Koter A, de Mink SE, Dunstall PR, Evans CJ, Henault-Brunet V, Apellaniz JM, Ramirez-Agudelo OH, Taylor WD, Walborn NR , Clark JS et al (2013) . ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 550.
van Loon JT, Bailey M, Tatton BL, Apellaniz JM, Crowther PA, de Koter A, Evans CJ, Henault-Brunet V, Howarth ID, Richter P , Sana H et al (2013) . ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 550.
Doran EI, Crowther PA, De Koter A, Evans CJ, Mcevoy C, Walborn NR, Bastian N, Bestenlehner JM, Gräfener G, Herrero A , Köhler K et al (2013) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 558.
Crowther PA (2013) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428(3), 1927-1943.
Crowther P (2012) . Astronomy & Geophysics, 53(4), 4.30-4.36.
Hénault-Brunet V, Evans CJ, Sana H, Gieles M, Bastian N, Maíz Apellániz J, Markova N, Taylor WD, Bressert E, Crowther PA & Van Loon JT (2012) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 546.
Miszalski B, Crowther PA, De Marco O, Köppen J, Moffat AFJ, Acker A & Hillwig TC (2012) IC 4663: The first unambiguous [WN] Wolf-Rayet central star of a planetary nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Dunstall PR, Fraser M, Clark JS, Crowther PA, Dufton PL, Evans CJ, Lennon DJ, Soszyński I, Taylor WD & Vink JS (2012) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 542.
Bressert E, Bastian N, Evans CJ, Sana H, Hénault-Brunet V, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Gieles M, Bestenlehner JM, Vink JS , Taylor WD et al (2012) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 542.
Mason AB, Clark JS, Norton AJ, Crowther PA, Tauris TM, Langer N, Negueruela I & Roche P (2012) The evolution and masses of the neutron star and donor star in the high mass X-ray binary OAO1657-415. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Bibby JL & Crowther PA (2012) The Wolf-Rayet population of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC5068 uncovered by the Very Large Telescope and Gemini. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Bestenlehner JM, Vink JS, Grafener G, Najarro F, Evans CJ, Bastian N, Bonanos AZ, Bressert E, Crowther PA, Doran E , Friedrich K et al (2011) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 530.
Evans CJ, Taylor WD, Henault-Brunet V, Sana H, de Koter A, Simon-Diaz S, Carraro G, Bagnoli T, Bastian N, Bestenlehner JM , Bonanos AZ et al (2011) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 530.
Taylor WD, Evans CJ, Sana H, Walborn NR, de Mink SE, Stroud VE, Alvarez-Candal A, Barba RH, Bestenlehner JM, Bonanos AZ , Brott I et al (2011) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 530.
Crowther PA (2011) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 7(S279), 9-17.
Bibby JL, Crowther PA, Moffat AFJ, Shara MM, Zurek D & Drissen L (2011) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 7(S279), 118-121.
Davies B, Clark JS, Trombley C, Figer DF, Najarro F, Crowther PA, Kudritzki R-P, Thompson M, Urquhart JS & Hindson L (2011) The G305 star-forming complex: The central star clusters Danks 1 and Danks 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Clark JS, Ritchie BW, Negueruela I, Crowther PA, Damineli A, Jablonski FJ & Langer N (2011) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 531.
Crowther PA & Walborn NR (2011) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 416(2), 1311-1323.
Kehrig C, Oey MS, Crowther PA, Fogel J, Pellegrini E, Schnurr O, Schaerer D, Massey P & Roth K (2011) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 526(16).
Marchenko SV, Moffat AFJ & Crowther PA (2010) . ASTROPHYS J LETT, 724(1), L90-L94.
Crowther PA, Schnurr O, Hirschi R, Yusof N, Parker RJ, Goodwin SP & Abu Kassim H (2010) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 408(2), 731-751.
Bibby JL & Crowther PA (2010) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 405(4), 2737-2753.
Evans CJ, Walborn NR, Crowther PA, Henault-Brunet V, Massa D, Taylor WD, Howarth ID, Sana H, Lennon DJ & van Loon JT (2010) . ASTROPHYS J LETT, 715(2), L74-L79.
Welty DE & Crowther PA (2010) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 404(3), 1321-1348.
Furness JP, Crowther PA, Morris PW, Barbosa CL, Blum RD, Conti PS & van Dyk SD (2010) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 403(3), 1433-1447.
Crowther PA, Barnard R, Carpano S, Clark JS, Dhillon VS & Pollock AMT (2010) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 403(1), L41-L45.
Walborn NR, Howarth ID, Evans CJ, Crowther PA, Moffat AFJ, St-Louis N, Farina C, Bosch GL, Morrell NI, Barba RH & van Loon JT (2010) . ASTRON J, 139(3), 1283-1294.
Crowther PA, Bibby JL, Furness JP & Simon Clark J (2010) Contamination of short GRBs by giant magnetar flares: Significance of downward revision in distance to SGR 1806-20. Advances in Space Research.
Ritchie BW, Clark JS, Negueruela I & Crowther PA (2009) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 507(3), 1585-1595.
Clark JS, Crowther PA, Larionov VM, Steele IA, Ritchie BW & Arkharov AA (2009) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 507(3), 1555-1565.
Clark JS, Crowther PA & Mikles VJ (2009) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 507(3), 1567-1574.
Clark JS, Davies B, Najarro F, MacKenty J, Crowther PA, Messineo M & Thompson MA (2009) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 504(2), 429-435.
Crowther PA & Evans CJ (2009) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 503(3), 985-990.
Evans CJ, Bastian N, Beletsky Y, Brott I, Cantiello M, Clark JS, Crowther PA, de Koter A, de Mink SE, Dufton PL , Dunstall P et al (2009) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 5(S266), 35-40.
Crowther PA & Bibby JL (2009) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 499(2), 455-464.
Clark JS, Negueruela I, Davies B, Larionov VM, Ritchie BW, Figer DF, Messineo M, Crowther PA & Arkharov AA (2009) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 498(1), 109-114.
Crowther PA & Furness JP (2008) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 492(1), 111-115.
Owocki SP, Crowther PA, Fullerton AW, Koenigsberger G, Langer N, Leitherer C, Massey PL, Meynet G, Puls J & St-Louis N (2008) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 4(T27A), 236-239.
Moll SL, de Grijs R, Anders P, Crowther PA, Larsen SS, Smith LJ & Zwart SFP (2008) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 490(1), 125-133.
Drissen L, Crowther PA, Ubeda L & Martin P (2008) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 389(3), 1033-1040.
Hendry MA, Smartt SJ, Skillman ED, Evans CJ, Trundle C, Lennon DJ, Crowther PA & Hunter I (2008) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 388(3), 1127-1142.
Bibby JL, Crowther PA, Furness JP & Clark JS (2008) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 386(1), L23-L27.
Thompson HMA, Keenan FP, Dufton PL, Trundle C, Ryans RSI & Crowther PA (2008) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 383(2), 729-740.
Benaglia P, Vink JS, Apellaniz JM, Martí J, Koribalski B & Crowther PA (2008) Radio study on the mass loss bi-stability jump. Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias, 33, 65-67.
Clark JS, Muno MP, Negueruela I, Dougherty SM, Crowther PA, Goodwin SP & de Grijs R (2008) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 477(1), 147-163.
Moll SL, Mengel S, de Grijs R, Smith LJ & Crowther PA (2007) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 382(4), 1877-1888.
Prestwich AH, Kilgard R, Crowther PA, Carpano S, Pollock AMT, Zezas A, Saar SH, Roberts TP & Ward MJ (2007) The orbital period of the Wolf-Rayet binary IC 10 X-1: Dynamic evidence that the compact object is a black hole. ASTROPHYS J, 669(1), 21-24.
Hadfield LJ & Crowther PA (2007) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 381(1), 418-432.
Mokiem MR, de Koter A, Vink JS, Puls J, Evans CJ, Smartt SJ, Crowther PA, Herrero A, Langer N, Lennon DJ , Najarro F et al (2007) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 473(2), 603-+.
Crowther PA, Carpano S, Hadfield LJ & Pollock AMT (2007) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 469(1), L31-L34.
Benaglia P, Vink JS, Marti J, Apellaniz JM, Koribalski B & Crowther PA (2007) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 467(3), 1265-1274.
Carpano S, Pollock AMT, Prestwich A, Crowther P, Wilms J, Yungelson L & Ehle M (2007) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 466(2), L17-L20.
Mokiem MR, de Koter A, Evans CJ, Puls J, Smartt SJ, Crowther PA, Herrero A, Langer N, Lennon DJ, Najarro F , Villamariz MR et al (2007) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 465(3), 1003-U183.
Hadfield LJ & Crowther PA (2007) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3(S250), 327-332.
Negueruela I, Clark JS, Hadfield LJ & Crowther PA (2007) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3(S250), 301-306.
Crowther PA (2007) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3(S250), 47-62.
Conti PS, Rho J, Furness J & Crowther PA (2007) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3(S250), 285-292.
Crowther PA (2007) . ANNU REV ASTRON ASTR, 45, 177-219.
Crowther PA, Hadfield LJ, Clark JS, Negueruela I & Vacca WD (2006) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 372(3), 1407-1424.
Petit V, Drissen L & Crowther PA (2006) Spectral evolution of the luminous blue variable NGC 2363-V1. I. Observations and qualitative analysis of the ongoing giant eruption. ASTRON J, 132(5), 1756-1762.
Mokiem MR, de Koter A, Evans CJ, Puls J, Smartt SJ, Crowther PA, Herrero A, Langer N, Lennon DJ, Najarro F , Villamariz MR et al (2006) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 456(3), 1131-U127.
Sidoli F, Smith LJ & Crowther PA (2006) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 370(2), 799-818.
Clayton GC, Kerber F, Pirzkal N, De Marco O, Crowther PA & Fedrow JM (2006) V605 Aquilae: The older twin of Sakurai's object. ASTROPHYS J, 646(1), L69-L72.
Hadfield LJ & Crowther PA (2006) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 368(4), 1822-1832.
Crowther PA, Prinja RK, Pettini M & Steidel CC (2006) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 368(2), 895-902.
Crowther PA & Hadfield LJ (2006) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 449(2), 711-U47.
Crowther PA, Morris PW & Smith JD (2006) An ultraviolet to mid-infrared study of the physical and wind properties of HD 164270 (WC9) and comparison to BD+30 3639 ([WC9]). ASTROPHYS J, 636(2), 1033-1044.
Clayton GC, Fedrow JM, Crowther PA, Kerber F, Pirzkal N & De Marco O (2006) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2(234), 379-380.
Crowther PA, Lennon DJ & Walborn NR (2006) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 446(1), 279-293.
Muno MP, Clark JS, Crowther PA, Dougherty SM, de Grijs R, Law C, McMillan SLW, Morris MR, Negueruela I, Pooley D , Zwart SP et al (2006) A neutron star with a massive progenitor in Westerlund 1. ASTROPHYS J, 636(1), L41-L44.
Crowther PA (2005) Metallicity Dependent Wolf-Rayet Winds. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 442(2).
Hopewell EC, Barlow MJ, Drew JE, Unruh YC, Parker QA, Pierce MJ, Crowther PA, Knigge C, Phillipps S & Zijlstra AA (2005) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 363(3), 857-866.
Hadfield LJ, Crowther PA, Schild H & Schmutz W (2005) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 439(1), 265-277.
Clark JS, Negueruela I, Crowther PA & Goodwin SP (2005) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 434(3), 949-969.
Rauw G, Crowther PA, De Becker M, Gosset E, Naze Y, Sana H, van der Hucht KA, Vreux JM & Williams PM (2005) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 432(3), 985-998.
Crowther PA (2005) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 1(S227), 389-396.
Conti PS & Crowther PA (2004) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 355(3), 899-917.
Willis AJ, Crowther PA, Fullerton AW, Hutchings JB, Sonneborn G, Brownsberger K, Massa DL & Walborn NR (2004) An atlas of far-ultraviolet spectra of Wolf-Rayet stars from the FUSE satellite. ASTROPHYS J SUPPL S, 154(2), 651-672.
Morris PW, Crowther PA & Houck JR (2004) Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) spectroscopy of the prototype Wolf-Rayet star EZ Canis Majoris (HD 50896). ASTROPHYS J SUPPL S, 154(1), 413-417.
Marchenko SV, Moffat AFJ, Crowther PA, Chene AN, De Serres M, Eenens PRJ, Hill GM, Moran J & Morel T (2004) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 353(1), 153-161.
Evans CJ, Crowther PA, Fullerton AW & Hillier DJ (2004) Quantitative studies of the far-ultraviolet, ultraviolet, and optical spectra of late O- and early B-type supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds. ASTROPHYS J, 610(2), 1021-1037.
Walborn NR, Morrell NI, Howarth ID, Crowther PA, Lennon DJ, Massey P & Arias JI (2004) A CNO dichotomy among O2 giant spectra in the magellanic clouds. ASTROPHYS J, 608(2), 1028-1038.
Rauw G, De Becker M, Naze Y, Crowther PA, Gosset E, Sana H, van der Hucht KA, Vreux JM & Williams PM (2004) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 420(2), L9-L13.
Abbott JB, Crowther PA, Drissen L, Dessart L, Martin P & Boivin G (2004) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 350(2), 552-564.
Crowther PA, Hadfield LJ, Schild H & Schmutz W (2004) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 419(2), L17-L20.
Clark JS & Crowther PA (2004) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 414(3), L45-L48.
Morris PW, Crowther PA & Houck JR (2004) Spitzer-IRS Sectroscopy of the Prototype Wolf-Rayet star EZ CMa (HD 50896). Spitzer ApJS.
Crowther PA (2003) . Astrophysics and Space Science, 285(3/4), 677-685.
Clark JS, Egan MP, Crowther PA, Mizuno DR, Larionov VM & Arkharov A (2003) . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 412(1), 185-198.
Crowther PA & Conti PS (2003) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 343(1), 143-163.
Crowther PA, Drissen L, Abbott JB, Royer P & Smartt SJ (2003) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 404(2), 483-493.
Clark JS, Larionov VM, Crowther PA, Egan MP & Arkharov A (2003) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 403(2), 653-658.
Schild H, Crowther PA, Abbott JB & Schmutz W (2003) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 397(3), 859-870.
Smith LJ, Norris RPF & Crowther PA (2002) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 337(4), 1309-1328.
Crowther PA, Hillier DJ, Evans CJ, Fullerton AW, De Marco O & Willis AJ (2002) . The Astrophysical Journal, 579(2), 774-799.
Pellerin A, Fullerton AW, Robert C, Howk JC, Hutchings JB, Walborn NR, Bianchi L, Crowther PA & Sonneborn G (2002) . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 143(1), 159-200.
Rauw G, Crowther PA, Eenens PRJ, Manfroid J & Vreux J-M (2002) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 392(2), 563-574.
Clark JS, Goodwin SP, Crowther PA, Kaper L, Fairbairn M, Langer N & Brocksopp C (2002) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 392(3), 909-920.
Crowther PA, Dessart L, Hillier DJ, Abbott JB & Fullerton AW (2002) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 392(2), 653-669.
Walborn NR, Fullerton AW, Crowther PA, Bianchi L, Hutchings JB, Pellerin A, Sonneborn G & Willis AJ (2002) . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 141(2), 443-468.
Veen PM, van Genderen AM, Crowther PA & van der Hucht KA (2002) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 385(2), 600-618.
Tumlinson J, Shull JM, Rachford BL, Browning MK, Snow TP, Fullerton AW, Jenkins EB, Savage BD, Crowther PA, Moos HW , Sembach KR et al (2002) . The Astrophysical Journal, 566(2), 857-879.
De Marco O, Crowther PA, Barlow MJ, Clayton GC & de Koter A (2001) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 328(2), 527-554.
Smartt SJ, Crowther PA, Dufton PL, Lennon DJ, Kudritzki RP, Herrero A, McCarthy JK & Bresolin F (2001) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 325(1), 257-272.
Prinja RK, Stahl O, Kaufer A, Colley SR, Crowther PA & Wolf B (2001) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 367(3), 891-909.
Drissen L, Crowther PA, Smith LJ, Robert C, Roy J & Hillier DJ (2001) . The Astrophysical Journal, 546(1), 484-495.
Lépine S, Moffat AFJ, St-Louis N, Marchenko SV, Dalton MJ, Crowther PA, Smith LJ, Willis AJ, Antokhin II & Tovmassian GH (2000) . The Astronomical Journal, 120(6), 3201-3217.
Crowther PA (2000) Wind properties of Wolf-Rayet stars at low metallicity: Sk 41 (SMC). Astronomy and Astrophysics, 356(1), 191-199.
De Marco O, Schmutz W, Crowther PA, Hillier DJ, Dessart L, De Koter A & Schweickhardt J (2000) The γ Velorum binary system - II. WR stellar parameters and the photon loss mechanism. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 358(1), 187-200.
Fullerton AW, Crowther PA, De Marco O, Hutchings JB, Bianchi L, Brownsberger KR, Massa DL, Morton DC, Rachford BL, Snow TP , Sonneborn G et al (2000) Far ultraviolet spectroscopic explorer observations of the stellar winds of two O7 supergiants in the magellanic clouds. Astrophysical Journal, 538(1 PART 2).
Crowther PA, Fullerton AW, Hillier DJ, Brownsberger K, Dessart L, Willis AJ, De Marco O, Barlow MJ, Hutchings JB, Massa DL , Morton DC et al (2000) Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer spectroscopy of the O VI resonance doublet in sand 2 (WO). Astrophysical Journal, 538(1 PART 2).
Massa D, Fullerton AW, Hutchings JB, Morton DC, Sonneborn G, Willis AJ, Bianchi L, Brownsberger KR, Crowther PA, Snow TP & York DG (2000) The detection of wind variability in Magellanic Cloud O stars. Astrophysical Journal, 538(1 PART 2).
Dessart L, Crowther PA, John Hillier D, Willis AJ, Morris PW & van der Hucht KA (2000) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 315(2), 407-422.
Crowther PA, Pasquali A, De Marco O, Schmutz W, Hillier DJ & De Koter A (1999) Wolf-Rayet nebulae as tracers of stellar ionizing fluxes: I. M1-67. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 350(3), 1007-1017.
Crowther PA & Smith LJ (1999) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 308(1), 82-96.
De Marco O & Crowther PA (1999) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 306(4), 931-942.
Crowther PA, Beck SC, Willis AJ, Conti PS, Morris PW & Sutherland RS (1999) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 304(3), 654-668.
Bohannan B & Crowther PA (1999) Quantitative near-infrared spectroscopy of of and WNL stars. Astrophysical Journal, 511(1 PART 1), 374-388.
Dessart L & Crowther P (1998) Ionizing power of massive stars in the cores of two giant HII regions: R136A and HD 97950. Astrophysics and Space Science, 260(1-2), 177-180.
Hillier DJ, Crowther PA, Najarro F & Fullerton AW (1998) An optical and near-IR spectroscopic study of the extreme P Cygni-type supergiant HDE 316285. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 340(2), 483-496.
Nugis T, Crowther PA & Willis AJ (1998) Clumping-corrected mass-loss rates of Wolf-Rayet stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 333(3), 956-969.
Prinja RK & Crowther PA (1998) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 300(3), 828-836.
Crowther PA & Dessart L (1998) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 296(3), 622-642.
De Marco O & Crowther PA (1998) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 296(2), 419-429.
Smith LJ, Nota A, Pasquali A, Leitherer C, Clampin M & Crowther PA (1998) . The Astrophysical Journal, 503(1), 278-296.
Crowther PA, De Marco O & Barlow MJ (1998) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 296(2), 367-378.
Willis AJ, Dessart L, Crowther PA, Morris PW & Van Der Hucht KA (1997) ISO SWS spectroscopy of WR 146 (WC6+O). Astrophysics and Space Science, 255(1-2), 167-168.
Crowther PA (1997) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 290(3), L59-L63.
Willis AJ, Dessart L, Crowther PA, Morris PW, Maeder A, Conti PS & van der Hucht KA (1997) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 290(2), 371-379.
Crowther PA & Smith LJ (1997) Fundamental parameters of Wolf-Rayet stars VI. Large magellanic cloud WNL stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 320(2), 500-524.
Crowther PA, Szeifert T, Stahl O & Zickgraf FJ (1997) B 517 - Another very late WNL star in M 33. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 318(2), 543-547.
Crowther PA & Bohannan B (1997) The distinction between O Iafpe and WNLha stars: A spectral analysis of HD 151804, HD 152408 and HDE 313846. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 317(2), 532-547.
Crowther PA, De Marco O, Barlow MJ & Storey PJ (1996) . Astrophysics and Space Science, 238(1), 119-123.
Prinja RK, Fullerton AW & Crowther PA (1996) Variability in the optical wind lines of HD 151804 (O8 Iaf). Astronomy and Astrophysics, 311(1), 264-272.
Crowther PA, Smith LJ & Hillier DJ (1994) . Space Science Reviews, 66(1-4), 271-275.
Crowther PA & Willis AJ (1994) . Space Science Reviews, 66(1-4), 85-103.
Sun N-C, Maund JR, Crowther PA & Liu L-D () . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters.
Yusof N, Hirschi R, Eggenberger P, Ekström S, Georgy C, Sibony Y, Crowther PA, Meynet G, Kassim HA, Harun WAW , Maeder A et al () . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Crowther PA, Hadfield LJ, Clark JS, Negueruela I & Vacca WD () . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 385(1), 544-544.
Searle SC, Prinja RK & Crowther P () , 78-79.
Platais I, Lennon DJ, van der Marel RP, Bellini A, Sabbi E, Watkins LL, Sohn ST, Walborn NR, Bedin LR, Evans CJ , de Mink SE et al () . The Astronomical Journal, 156(3), 98-98.
Sun N-C, Maund JR & Crowther PA () The changing-type SN 2014C may come from an 11-$M_odot$ star stripped by binary interaction and violent eruption.
Sun N-C, Maund JR, Crowther PA, Fang X & Zapartas E () Toward better understanding supernova environments: a study of SNe 2004dg and 2012P in NGC 5806 with HST and MUSE.

Chapters

Levan A, Crowther P, de Grijs R, Langer N, Xu D & Yoon S-C (2016) , Gamma-Ray Bursts (pp. 35-80). Springer Netherlands

Conference proceedings papers

Crowther PA (2016) Wolf-Rayet content of the Milky Way. Wolf-Rayet Stars : Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, 1.–5. June 2015
Rosslowe CK & Crowther PA (2014) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 9(S307) (pp 135-136)
Miszalski B, Crowther PA, De Marco O, Koeppen J, Moffat AFJ, Acker A & Hillwig TC (2013) IC 4663: The First Unambiguous [WN] Wolf-Rayet Central Star of a Planetary Nebula. 18TH EUROPEAN WHITE DWARF WORKSHOP, Vol. 469 (pp 281-+)
Bibby JL, Shara MM, Crowther PA & Moffat AFJ (2012) Searching for Woff-Rayet Stars Beyond the Local Group. FOUR DECADES OF RESEARCH ON MASSIVE STARS, Vol. 465 (pp 478-+)
Vink JS, Heger A, Krumholz MR, Puls J, Banerjee S, Castro N, Chen K-J, Chenè A-N, Crowther PA, Daminelli A , Gräfener G et al (2012) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 10(H16) (pp 51-79)
Martins F, Bergemann M, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Hamann WR, Najarro F, Nieva MF, Przybilla N, Freimanis J, Hou W & Kaper L (2012) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 10(H16) (pp 420-428)
Crowther PA, Hirschi R, Walborn NR & Yusof N (2012) Very Massive Stars and the Eddington Limit. FOUR DECADES OF RESEARCH ON MASSIVE STARS, Vol. 465 (pp 196-+)
de Koter A, Sana H, Evans CJ, Bagnoli T, Bastian N, Bestenlehner JM, Bonanos A, Bressert E, Brott I, Cantiello M , Carraro G et al (2011) . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 328 (pp 012022-012022)
Lennon DJ, Evans CJ, Bastian N, Beletsky Y, Brott I, Cantiello M, Carraro G, Simon Clark J, Crowther PA, De Koter A , De Mink SE et al (2011) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 6(S272) (pp 296-297)
Chené AN, Schnurr O, Crowther PA, Lajus EF & Moffat AFJ (2011) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 6(S272) (pp 497-498)
Yusof N, Kassim HA, Hirschi R, Crowther PA, Schnurr O, Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2010) Life and death of very massive stars. Proceedings of Science
Crowther PA (2010) . IMPACT OF HST ON EUROPEAN ASTRONOMY (pp 3-10)
Moll SL, de Grijs R, Mengel S, Smith LJ & Crowther PA (2009) . ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, Vol. 324(2-4) (pp 177-182)
Crowther PA (2008) Physical and wind properties of [WC] stars. HYDROGEN-DEFICIENT STARS, Vol. 391 (pp 83-93)
Crowther P & Smartt S (2007) . Astronomy & Geophysics, Vol. 48(1) (pp 1.35-1.38)
Foellmi C, Marchenko SV, Moffat AFJ, Crowther PA & Brillant S (2007) LMC-BAT129: Revealing the structure of a Wolf-Rayet wind. MASSIVE STARS IN INTERACTING BINARIES, Vol. 367 (pp 431-+)
Crowther PA & Clark JS (2007) IC10 x-1 (WN+cc). Massive Stars in Interacting Binaries, Vol. 367 (pp 499-504)
Crowther PA (2006) Observed metallicity dependence of winds from WR stars. Stellar Evolution at Low Metallicity: Mass Loss, Explosions, Cosmology, Vol. 353 (pp 157-170)
Hadfield LJ & Crowther PA (2006) How extreme are the WR clusters in NGC 3125?. Stellar Evolution at Low Metallicity: Mass Loss, Explosions, Cosmology, Vol. 353 (pp 247-250)
Crowther PA (2006) Properties of hot, massive stars: The impact of FUSE. Astrophysics in the Far Ultraviolet: Five Years of Discovery with FUSE, Vol. 348 (pp 107-117)
Leitherer C, Crowther P, Eenens P, Fullerton A, Koenigsberger G, Massey P, Meynet G, Moffat T, Owocki S & Puls J (2005) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 1(T26A) (pp 233-235)
Crowther PA, Hadfield LJ, Schild H & Schmutz W (2005) The disk Wolf-Rayet population of the nuclear starburst galaxy M83. Starbursts: From 30 Doradus to Lyman Break Galaxies, Vol. 329 (pp 21-25)
Crowther PA (2004) . EAS Publications Series, Vol. 13 (pp 1-20)
Crowther PA (2004) . EAS Publications Series, Vol. 13 (pp 119-140)
Crowther P (2003) Summary of the RAS NAM Discussion Meeting on Massive Stars. Observatory, Vol. 123(1176) (pp 280-282)
Smith LJ, Norris RPF & Crowther PA (2002) . Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 281(1/2) (pp 215-216)

Preprints

Crowther PA & Castro N (2023) , arXiv.
Crowther PA, Barlow MJ, Royer P, Hillier DJ, Bestenlehner JM, Morris PW & Wesson R (2023) , arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM, Enßlin T, Bergemann M, Crowther PA, Greiner M & Selig M (2023) , arXiv.
Vink JS, Mehner A, Crowther PA, Fullerton A, Garcia M, Martins F, Morrell N, Oskinova LM, St-Louis N, ud-Doula A , Sander AAC et al (2023) , arXiv.
Hawcroft C, Sana H, Mahy L, Sundqvist JO, de Koter A, Crowther PA, Bestenlehner JM, Brands SA, David-Uraz A, Decin L , Erba C et al (2023) , arXiv.
Brands SA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Kaper L, Caballero-Nieves SM & Gräfener G (2023) , arXiv.
Crowther PA, Rate G & Bestenlehner JM (2023) , arXiv.
Sana H, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Hénault-Brunet V, Mahy L, Almeida LA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Evans CJ, Langer N, Schneider FRN , Crowther PA et al (2022) , arXiv.
Sun N-C, Maund JR & Crowther PA (2022) A UV census of the environments of stripped-envelope supernovae.
Crowther PA, Broos PS, Townsley LK, Pollock AMT, Tehrani KA & Gagne M (2022) X-ray properties of early-type stars in the Tarantula Nebula from T-ReX.
Crowther PA (2022) ULLYSES and Complementary Surveys of Massive Stars in the Magellanic Clouds.
Brands SA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Sundqvist JO, Puls J, Caballero-Nieves SM, Abdul-Masih M, Driessen FA, García M , Geen S et al (2022) The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS. III. The most massive stars and their clumped winds, arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Broos PS, Pollock AMT & Townsley LK (2021) Melnick 33Na: a very massive colliding wind binary system in 30 Doradus, arXiv.
Castro N, Crowther PA, Evans CJ, Vink JS, Puls J, Herrero A, Garcia M, Selman FJ, Roth MM & Simón-Díaz S (2021) Mapping the core of the Tarantula Nebula with VLT-MUSE II. The spectroscopic Hertzsprung-Russell diagram of OB stars in NGC 2070, arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Caballero-Nieves SM, Schneider FRN, Simon-Diaz S, Brands SA, de Koter A, Graefener G, Herrero A, Langer N , Lennon DJ et al (2020) The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS. II. Physical properties of the most massive stars in R136, arXiv.
Langer N, Schürmann C, Stoll K, Marchant P, Lennon DJ, Mahy L, de Mink SE, Quast M, Riedel W, Sana H , Schneider P et al (2019) Properties of OB star-black hole systems derived from detailed binary evolution models, arXiv.
Richard J, Bacon R, Blaizot J, Boissier S, Boselli A, NicolasBouché , Brinchmann J, Castro N, Ciesla L, Crowther P , Daddi E et al (2019) BlueMUSE: Project Overview and Science Cases, arXiv.
Tehrani KA, Crowther PA, Bestenlehner JM, Littlefair SP, Pollock AMT, Parker RJ & Schnurr O (2019) Weighing Melnick 34: the most massive binary system known, arXiv.
Schneider FRN, Sana H, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Fossati L, Gräfener G, Langer N, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sabín-Sanjulián C , Simón-Díaz S et al (2018) Response to comment on "An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst", arXiv.
Schneider FRN, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Tramper F, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Sana H, Evans CJ, Sabín-Sanjulián C, Simón-Díaz S, Langer N , Fossati L et al (2018) The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. XXIX. Massive star formation in the local 30 Doradus starburst, arXiv.
Platais I, Lennon DJ, van der Marel RP, Bellini A, Sabbi E, Watkins LL, Sohn ST, Walborn NR, Bedin LR, Evans CJ , de Mink SE et al (2018) HST astrometry in the 30 Doradus region: II. Runaway stars from new proper motions in the Large Magellanic Cloud, arXiv.
Davies B, Crowther PA & Beasor ER (2018) The luminosities of cool supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds, and the Humphreys-Davidson limit revisited, arXiv.
Lohr ME, Clark JS, Najarro F, Patrick LR, Crowther PA & Evans CJ (2018) The Arches cluster revisited: II. A massive eclipsing spectroscopic binary in the Arches cluster, arXiv.
Castro N, Crowther PA, Evans CJ, Mackey J, Castro-Rodriguez N, Vink JS, Melnick J & Selman F (2018) Mapping the core of the Tarantula Nebula with VLT-MUSE: I. Spectral and nebular content around R136, arXiv.
Schneider FRN, Sana H, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Fossati L, Gräfener G, Langer N, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sabín-Sanjulián C , Simón-Díaz S et al (2018) An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst, arXiv.
Crowther PA, Castro N, Evans C, Vink J, Melnick J & Selman F (2018) Dissecting the Core of the Tarantula Nebula with MUSE, arXiv.
Rosslowe CK & Crowther PA (2017) A deep near-infrared spectroscopic survey of the Scutum-Crux arm for Wolf-Rayet stars, arXiv.
Crowther PA, Caballero-Nieves SM, Castro N & Evans CJ (2017) The Tarantula Nebula as a template for extragalactic star forming regions from VLT/MUSE and HST/STIS, arXiv.
Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sana H, de Koter A, Tramper F, Grin NJ, Schneider FRN, Langer N, Puls J, Markova N, Bestenlehner JM , Castro N et al (2017) The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey XXIV. Stellar properties of the O-type giants and supergiants in 30 Doradus, arXiv.
Levan A, Crowther P, de Grijs R, Langer N, Xu D & Yoon S-C (2016) Gamma-ray burst progenitors, arXiv.
Crowther PA (2015) Wolf-Rayet content of the Milky Way, arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM, Gräfener G, Vink JS, Najarro F, de Koter A, Sana H, Evans CJ, Crowther PA, Hénault-Brunet V, Herrero A , Langer N et al (2014) The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey XVII. Physical and wind properties of massive stars at the top of the main sequence, arXiv.
Apellániz JM, Evans CJ, Barbá RH, Gräfener G, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, García M, Herrero A, Sana H, Simón-Díaz S , Taylor WD et al (2014) The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey XVI. The optical+NIR extinction laws in 30 Doradus and the photometric determination of the effective temperatures of OB stars, arXiv.
Doran EI, Crowther PA, de Koter A, Evans CJ, McEvoy C, Walborn NR, Bastian N, Bestenlehner JM, Grafener G, Herrero A , Kohler K et al (2013) The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey - XI. A census of the hot luminous stars and their feedback in 30 Doradus, arXiv.
van Loon JT, Bailey M, Tatton BL, Apellaniz JM, Crowther PA, de Koter A, Evans CJ, Henault-Brunet V, Howarth ID, Richter P , Sana H et al (2012) The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. IX. The interstellar medium seen through Diffuse Interstellar Bands and neutral sodium, arXiv.
Crowther PA (2012) On the association between core-collapse supernovae and HII regions, arXiv.
Miszalski B, Crowther PA, De Marco O, Köppen J, Moffat AFJ, Acker A & Hillwig TC (2012) IC4663: the first unambiguous [WN] Wolf-Rayet central star of a planetary nebula, arXiv.
Crowther PA, Hirschi R, Walborn NR & Yusof N (2012) Very Massive Stars and the Eddington Limit, arXiv.
Crowther PA (2012) Environments of massive stars and the upper mass limit, arXiv.
Bressert E, Bastian N, Evans CJ, Sana H, Hénault-Brunet V, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Gieles M, Bestenlehner JM, Vink JS , Taylor WD et al (2012) The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey IV: Candidates for isolated high-mass star formation in 30 Doradus, arXiv.
Miszalski B, Crowther PA, De Marco O, Köppen J, Moffat AFJ, Acker A & Hillwig TC (2012) IC 4663: The first unambiguous [WN] Wolf-Rayet central star of a planetary nebula, arXiv.
Davies B, Clark JS, Trombley C, Figer DF, Najarro F, Crowther PA, Kudritzki R-P, Thompson M, Urquhart JS & Hindson L (2011) The G305 star-forming complex: the central star clusters Danks 1 and Danks 2, arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM, Vink JS, Gräfener G, Najarro F, Evans CJ, Bastian N, Bonanos AZ, Bressert E, Crowther PA, Doran E , Friedrich K et al (2011) The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey III: A very massive star in apparent isolation from the massive cluster R136, arXiv.
Taylor WD, Evans CJ, Sana H, Walborn NR, de Mink SE, Stroud VE, Alvarez-Candal A, Barbá RH, Bestenlehner JM, Bonanos AZ , Brott I et al (2011) The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey II: R139 revealed as a massive binary system, arXiv.
Evans CJ, Taylor WD, Henault-Brunet V, Sana H, de Koter A, Simon-Diaz S, Carraro G, Bagnoli T, Bastian N, Bestenlehner JM , Bonanos AZ et al (2011) The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey I: Introduction and observational overview, arXiv.
Crowther PA, Schnurr O, Hirschi R, Yusof N, Parker RJ, Goodwin SP & Kassim HA (2010) The R136 star cluster hosts several stars whose individual masses greatly exceed the accepted 150 Msun stellar mass limit, arXiv.
Bibby JL & Crowther PA (2010) A Very Large Telescope imaging and spectroscopic survey of the Wolf-Rayet population in NGC 7793, arXiv.
Crowther PA, Barnard R, Carpano S, Clark JS, Dhillon VS & Pollock AMT (2010) NGC 300 X-1 is a Wolf-Rayet/Black-Hole binary, arXiv.
Walborn NR, Howarth ID, Evans CJ, Crowther PA, Moffat AFJ, St-Louis N, Farina C, Bosch GL, Morrell NI, Barba RH & van Loon JT (2010) The Onfp Class in the Magellanic Clouds, arXiv.
Welty DE & Crowther PA (2010) Interstellar Ti II in the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds, arXiv.
Furness J, Crowther P, Morris P, Barbosa C, Blum R, Conti P & van Dyk S (2009) Mid-Infrared diagnostics of metal-rich HII regions from VLT and Spitzer Spectroscopy of Young Massive Stars in W31, arXiv.
Crowther PA, Bibby JL, Furness JP & Clark JS (2009) Contamination of short GRBs by giant magnetar flares: Significance of downward revision in distance to SGR 1806-20, arXiv.
Crowther PA & Evans CJ (2009) A FEROS spectroscopic study of the extreme O supergiant He 3-759, arXiv.
Crowther PA & Bibby JL (2009) On the massive star content of the nearby dwarf irregular Wolf-Rayet galaxy IC 4662, arXiv.
Crowther PA & Furness JP (2008) On the central ionizing star of G23.96+0.15 and near-IR spectral classification of O stars, arXiv.
Moll S, de Grijs R, Anders P, Crowther P, Larsen S, Smith L & Zwart SP (2008) Dynamical mass of a star cluster in M83: a test of fibre-fed multi-object spectroscopy, arXiv.
Negueruela I, Clark JS, Crowther PA & Hadfield L (2008) Westerlund 1 as a Template for Massive Star Evolution, arXiv.
Bibby JL, Crowther PA, Furness JP & Clark JS (2008) A downward revision to the distance of the 1806-20 cluster and associated magnetar from Gemini near-Infrared spectroscopy, arXiv.
Crowther PA (2007) Physical and Wind Properties of [WC] Stars, arXiv.
Moll SL, Mengel S, de Grijs R, Smith LJ & Crowther PA (2007) Cluster and nebular properties of the central star-forming region of NGC 1140, arXiv.
Crowther PA (2007) Hot Massive Stars: The Impact of HST, arXiv.
Crowther PA, Carpano S, Hadfield LJ & Pollock AMT (2007) On the optical counterpart of NGC300 X-1 and the global Wolf-Rayet content of NGC300, arXiv.
Crowther PA, Hadfield LJ, Clark JS, Negueruela I & Vacca WD (2006) A census of the Wolf-Rayet content in Westerlund 1 from near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy, arXiv.
Crowther PA (2006) Metallicity Dependent Wolf-Rayet Winds, arXiv.
Hadfield LJ & Crowther PA (2006) How extreme are the Wolf-Rayet clusters in NGC3125?, arXiv.
Crowther PA, Prinja RK, Pettini M & Steidel CC (2006) On the reliability of CIV 1549 as an abundance indicator for high redshift star-forming galaxies, arXiv.
Crowther PA & Hadfield LJ (2005) Reduced Wolf-Rayet Line Luminosities at Low Metallicity, arXiv.
Crowther PA (2005) Observed Metallicity Dependence of Winds from WR stars, arXiv.
Muno MP, Clark JS, Crowther PA, Dougherty SM, de Grijs R, Law C, McMillan SLW, Morris MR, Negueruela I, Pooley D , Zwart SP et al (2005) A Neutron Star with a Massive Progenitor in Westerlund 1, arXiv.
Crowther P, Morris P & Smith J (2005) An Ultraviolet to Mid-Infrared Study of the Physical and Wind Properties of HD 164270 (WC9) and Comparison to BD+30 3639 ([WC9]), arXiv.
Clark JS, Negueruela I, Crowther PA & Goodwin SP (2005) On the massive stellar population of the Super Star Cluster Westerlund 1, arXiv.
Crowther PA (2004) Properties of Hot, Massive Stars: The Impact of FUSE, arXiv.
Morris PW, Crowther PA & Houck JR (2004) Spitzer-IRS Sectroscopy of the Prototype Wolf-Rayet star EZ CMa (HD 50896), arXiv.
Conti PS & Crowther PA (2003) MSX Mid infrared imaging of massive star birth environments. II: Giant HII regions, arXiv.
Crowther PA () Wolf-Rayet Populations at High Metallicity.
Martins F, Bergemann M, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Hamann WR, Najarro F, Nieva MF, Przybilla N, Freimanis J, Hou W , Kaper L et al () Summary of IAU GA SpS 5 II: Stellar and Wind Parameters.

Grants

Consolidated Grant for 91ֱ�� astrophysics, STFC, £1.3m (2021-2024, CoI)
Consolidated Grant for 91ֱ�� astrophysics, STFC, £1.0m (2018-2021, Col)
Consolidated Grant for 91ֱ�� Astrophysics, STFC, £1.2M (2015-2018, CoI)
Consolidated Grant for 91ֱ�� Astrophysics, STFC, £613K (2012-2015, CoI)
Massive Stars at early and late evolution at phases, PPARC, £155K (2006-2009, PI)
Astronomical Computing at 91ֱ��, PPARC, £28K (2006-2008, PI)
University Research Fellowship & Extension, Royal Society, £303K (1998-2006, PI)

Recent major telescope awards

A UV census of the sites of core-collapse supernovae, HST SNAP (Cycle 24, CoI)
The Tarantula - revealed by X-Ray's (T-ReX), Chandra, X-day Visionary Project (Cycle 15, CoI)
A massive star census of the starburst cluster R136, HST, 39 orbits (Cycles 19-20, PI)
VLT/FLAMES Tarantula Survey, VLT, Large Programme (CoI)

Teaching activities

Undergraduate taught modules (current)

PHY104 Introduction to Astrophysics

Undergraduate taught courses (recent)

PHY232 The Dynamic Interstellar Medium (until 2014/15)
PHY305 Stellar Atmospheres (until 2015/16)
PHY404 Star Formation & Evolution

Professional activities and memberships

Member of Royal Society URF appointment panel Ai (2014+, Deputy Chair 2016-2018)
Member of UK E-ELT Steering Committee (2009-2016)
Organizing Committee for IAU Commission 29: Stellar Spectroscopy (2012-2015)
Member of International Astronomical Union
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
Member of the Institute of Physics

Departmental administration

Head of Department (June 2016-Jan 2017, Jan 2018-Aug 2022)
Director of Learning & Teaching (2012/13-2015/16)

University administration

Faculty Executive Board (Jan 2018-Aug 2022)
Member of Senate (2012/13-15/16, 17/18-2020/21)
Senate Learning & Teaching Committee (2019/20-2021/22)

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Deep Sky Videos: Lead contributor from 91ֱ�� to YouTube channel –

Sounds of the Cosmos, Joint Director of music/science performance which premiered during Festival of the Mind 2014 and was presented at 91ֱ�� Doc/Fest 2015 and

I have appeared on Channel 4 news, Sky TV news, BBC Radio 4 Today and the NHK (Japan) Cosmic Front documentary series. I regularly provide astronomy talks to primary and secondary schools and local amateur societies.

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