Professor Simon Goodwin
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
+44 114 222 3585
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School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Hicks Building
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S3 7RH
- Research interests
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My research centres on star formation. In particular, how stars move and interact in their first few million years (and the potential impact on planet formation), and how we can compare observations to theory/simulations.
At 91̽»¨ I work with Claire Esau (Postdoc) and Dan Griffiths, Rebecca Arnold, and Suraiya Atker (PhD students).
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(3), 3373-3385.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 8054-8066.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 947(1).
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(2), 2635-2651.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 654, A109-A109.
- . The Astronomical Journal, 160(3).
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495(3), 3474-3481.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 635.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(3), 3446-3451.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483(3), 3894-3909.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484(1), 226-238.
- . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 14(S345), 239-240.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478(2), 1825-1836.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478(1), 183-196.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476(2), 2493-2500.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 472(2), 1760-1769.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471(2), 2498-2507.
- . Astrophysical Journal, 831(2).
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460(3), 2997-3001.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 459(1), L119-L123.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460(4), 3505-3518.
- . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 11(T29A), 502-521.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 450(1), 1017-1031.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(3), 2618-2637.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(4), 3381-3392.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 450(3), 2451-2458.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445(3), 2256-2267.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 444(2), 1221-1235.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(1), 639-646.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(1), 620-638.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(3), 2398-2411.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(1), 136-149.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432(4), 3534-3543.
- . MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 432(1), 711-727.
- . Astrophysical Journal, 764(1).
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 430(3), 1599-1616.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 430(1).
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428(2), 1303-1311.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427(3), 2636-2646.
- . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 542.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 420(3), 2497-2517.
- The same, but different: Stochasticity in binary destruction. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- The Origin of Very Wide Binary Stars. NINTH PACIFIC RIM CONFERENCE ON STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS, 451, 9-+.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 418(4), 2565-2575.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 414(4), 3036-3043.
- A natural formation scenario for misaligned and short-period eccentric extrasolar planets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- Collisions in young triple systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, no-no.
- . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 6(S270), 429-432.
- . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 6(S270), 283-286.
- On the formation of trapezium-like systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- On the mass segregation of stars and brown dwarfs in Taurus. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 411(2), 891-900.
- . ASTROPHYS J, 724(1), 649-656.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 408(2), 731-751.
- . ASTROPHYS J, 717(1), 577-585.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 404(4), 1835-1848.
- . Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 368(1913), 851-866.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 401(2), 1199-1218.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 407(2), 1098-1107.
- The Formation of Very Wide Binaries. BINARIES - KEY TO COMPREHENSION OF THE UNIVERSE, 435, 165-+.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 397(3), 1577-1586.
- . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 5(S262), 368-369.
- . ASTROPHYS J LETT, 700(2), L99-L103.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 397(2), 1041-1045.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 397(1), L36-L40.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 395(3), 1449-1454.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 495(1), 201-215.
- . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 5(S266), 438-441.
- . ESO Astrophysics Symposia, 2009, 395-398.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 493(3), 979-1016.
- . ASTRON NACHR, 329(9-10), 984-987.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 492(3), 685-693.
- . ASTRON NACHR, 329(9-10), 972-975.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 389(1), 223-230.
- The shape of the initial cluster mass function: What it tells us about the local star formation efficiency. ASTROPHYS J, 678(1), 347-352.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 383(3), 1000-1006.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 477(3), 823-827.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 478(1), 137-149.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 477(1), 147-163.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 380(3), 1271-1275.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 475(1), 37-49.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 466(3), 943-948.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 375(3), 1111-1120.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 464(2), 447-450.
- . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3(S246), 32-35.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 373(2), 752-758.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 369(1), L9-L13.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 452(2), 487-492.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 451(1), 141-146.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 450(3), 881-886.
- . Astronomische Nachrichten, 326(10), 1040-1043.
- . Astronomische Nachrichten, 326(10), 899-904.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 439(1), 159-169.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 439(2), 565-569.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 359(2), 707-710.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 434(3), 949-969.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 423(1), 169-182.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 419(2), 543-547.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 349(1), 213-224.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 348(2), 687-701.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 414(2), 633-650.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 413(3), 929-937.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 392(3), 909-920.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 330(4), 769-771.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 376(2), 476-483.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 324(3), 717-724.
- The relative size of the milky way. Observatory, 118(1145), 201-208.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 294(1), 47-60.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 284(4), 785-802.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 286(3), L39-L42.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 286(3), 669-680.
- . The Astronomical Journal, 114, 2212-2212.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stae2648.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 805(2), 116-116.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Physical Review E, 67(4).
- External photoevaporation of protoplanetary discs: does location matter?.
Chapters
- , Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems (pp. 243-277). Springer Netherlands
- The Fragmentation of Cores and the Initial Binary Population
Conference proceedings papers
- . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 12(S316) (pp 159-160)
- . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 12(S316) (pp 261-262)
- (pp 13-14)
- (pp 309-315)
- . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 10(T28B) (pp 128-131)
- Hybrid SPH and N-body Simulations of Star Clusters. ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS: METHODS, TOOLS AND OUTCOMES, Vol. 453 (pp 215-+)
- Life and death of very massive stars. Proceedings of Science
- . HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY, VOL 15, Vol. 15 (pp 793-793)
- . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 5(S266) (pp 264-271)
- . ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, Vol. 324(2-4) (pp 327-332)
- . ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, Vol. 324(2-4) (pp 259-263)
- . MAGELLANIC SYSTEM: STARS, GAS, AND GALAXIES, Vol. 4(256) (pp 311-316)
- . Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 326(10) (pp 882-885)
Preprints
- Deviations from the universal Initial Mass Function in binary star clusters.
- The velocity structure of Cygnus OB2, arXiv.
- A pilot survey of the binarity of Massive Young Stellar Objects with $K$ band adaptive optics, arXiv.
- How do binary clusters form?, arXiv.
- Discs in misaligned binary systems.
- IAU Commission 37 "Star Clusters and Associations" Legacy report, arXiv.
- Comparisons between different techniques for measuring mass segregation, arXiv.
- How does a low-mass cut-off in the stellar IMF affect the evolution of young star clusters?, arXiv.
- Constraints on Massive Star Formation: Cygnus OB2 was always an Association, arXiv.
- No compelling evidence of significant early star cluster disruption in the Large Magellanic Cloud, arXiv.
- Convergence of AMR and SPH simulations - I. Hydrodynamical resolution and convergence tests.
- Binary mass ratios: system mass not primary mass, arXiv.
- The same, but different: Stochasticity in binary destruction, arXiv.
- The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey IV: Candidates for isolated high-mass star formation in 30 Doradus, arXiv.
- The origin of very wide binary stars, arXiv.
- The evolution of binary populations in cool, clumpy star clusters, arXiv.
- The dynamical evolution of very-low mass binaries in open clusters, arXiv.
- The R136 star cluster hosts several stars whose individual masses greatly exceed the accepted 150 Msun stellar mass limit, arXiv.
- Tidally induced brown dwarf and planet formation in circumstellar discs, arXiv.
- The early dynamical evolution of cool, clumpy star clusters, arXiv.
- The formation of very wide binaries during the star cluster dissolution phase, arXiv.
- Binaries in star clusters and the origin of the field stellar population, arXiv.
- The origin of very wide binary systems, arXiv.
- What does the IMF really tell us about star formation?, arXiv.
- The formation of very wide binaries, arXiv.
- Dynamical mass segregation on a very short timescale, arXiv.
- The role of cluster evolution in disrupting planetary systems and disks: the Kozai mechanism, arXiv.
- What does a universal IMF imply about star formation?, arXiv.
- Using the minimum spanning tree to trace mass segregation, arXiv.
- Pairing mechanisms for binary stars, arXiv.
- Exploring the consequences of pairing algorithms for binary stars, arXiv.
- What do dynamical cluster masses really tell us about dynamics?, arXiv.
- Star cluster evolution in the Magellanic Clouds revisited, arXiv.
- The Early Expansion of Cluster Cores, arXiv.
- Open cluster stability and the effects of binary stars, arXiv.
- The effect of the dynamical state of clusters on gas expulsion and infant mortality, arXiv.
- The shape of the initial cluster mass function: what it tells us about the local star formation efficiency, arXiv.
- The relationship between the prestellar core mass function and the stellar initial mass function, arXiv.
- Star cluster "infant mortality" in the Small Magellanic Cloud (Redivivus), arXiv.
- Do O-stars form in isolation?, arXiv.
- Brown dwarf formation by binary disruption, arXiv.
- Gas expulsion and the destruction of massive young clusters, arXiv.
- Dynamical Masses of Young Star Clusters: Constraints on the Stellar IMF and Star-Formation Efficiency, arXiv.
- The formation of brown dwarfs, arXiv.
- On the massive stellar population of the Super Star Cluster Westerlund 1, arXiv.
- Research group
- Teaching interests
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I teach several astronomy courses: 'Our Evolving Universe' (PHY111), 'Extrasolar Planets and Astrobiology' (PHY229), and 'Star formation and Evolution (PHY404 with Paul Crowther). I also supervise 3rd and 4th year projects, run first year induction, am a personal tutor and PhD mentor.