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Chris Evans is affiliated with the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in the United Kingdom. Their research work is primarily situated within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on specific subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Mechanical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Computational Mechanics.

The main topics covered in their research encompass stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astronomy and astrophysical research, astrophysics and star formation studies, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, astronomical observations and instrumentation, and astrophysical phenomena and observations.

Evans has been involved in numerous publications across a range of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Experimental Astronomy
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Wiardi Beckman Foundation (Wiardi Beckman Foundation)

Their recent papers feature titles such as:

  • "Freeform optics for imaging," 2021, published in Optica
  • Untitled paper, 2020, published in Wiardi Beckman Foundation (Wiardi Beckman Foundation)
  • "X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity," 2023, published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "The young massive SMC cluster NGC 330 seen by MUSE," 2021, published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "The B-type binaries characterization programme I. Orbital solutions for the 30 Doradus population," 2021, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Throughout their career, Evans has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • H. Sana
  • D. J. Lennon
  • S. E. de Mink
  • P. A. Crowther
  • J. S. Vink

Best Publications

  • Binary Interaction Dominates the Evolution of Massive Stars

    H. Sana;S. E. de Mink;S. E. de Mink;A. de Koter;A. de Koter;N. Langer

  • Rotating Massive Main-Sequence Stars I: Grids of Evolutionary Models and Isochrones

    Ines Brott;Selma E. de Mink;Matteo Cantiello;Norbert Langer

  • Rotating massive main-sequence stars - I. Grids of evolutionary models and isochrones

    I. Brott;I. Brott;S. E. De Mink;S. E. De Mink;M. Cantiello;N. Langer;N. Langer

  • The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey I: Introduction and observational overview

    C. J. Evans;W. D. Taylor;V. Henault-Brunet;H. Sana

  • The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. VIII. Multiplicity properties of the O-type star population

    H. Sana;A. de Koter;A. de Koter;S.E. de Mink;S.E. de Mink;P.R. Dunstall

  • Quantitative Spectroscopy of O Stars at Low Metallicity: O Dwarfs in NGC 346*

    J.-C. Bouret;T. Lanz;T. Lanz;D. J. Hillier;S. R. Heap

  • Proceedings of the SPIE

    Gavin Dalton;Scott Trager;Don Carlos Abrams;David Carter

  • The empirical metallicity dependence of the mass-loss rate of O- and early B-type stars

    M.R. Mokiem;A. De Koter;J.S. Vink;J. Puls

  • The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region

    C.J. Evans;D.J. Lennon;Stephen Smartt;Carrie Trundle

  • Rotating Massive Main-Sequence Stars II: Simulating a Population of LMC early B-type Stars as a Test of Rotational Mixing

    Ines Brott;Chris J. Evans;Ian Hunter;Alex de Koter

  • The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: I. Introduction and observational overview⋆

    Chris Evans;W. D. Taylor;V. Hénault-brunet;H. Sana

  • The VMC Survey - I. Strategy and First Data

    M.-R.L. Cioni;M.-R.L. Cioni;G. Clementini;L. Girardi;R. Guandalini

  • A Tale of Two Stars: The Extreme O7 Iaf+ Supergiant AV 83 and the OC7.5 III((f)) star AV 69

    D. John Hillier;T. Lanz;T. Lanz;S. R. Heap;I. Hubeny

  • WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

    Gavin Dalton;Scott C. Trager;Don Carlos Abrams;David Carter

  • Revised Stellar Temperatures for Magellanic Cloud O Supergiants from FUSE and VLT-UVES Spectroscopy

    P. A. Crowther;D. J. Hillier;C. J. Evans;A. W. Fullerton

  • Revised Stellar Temperatures for Magellanic Cloud O Supergiants from Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer and Very Large Telescope UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph Spectroscopy*

    P. A. Crowther;D. J. Hillier;C. J. Evans;A. W. Fullerton;A. W. Fullerton

  • The VLT-FLAMES Survey of Massive Stars: Observations in the Galactic Clusters NGC 3293, NGC 4755 and NGC 6611

    C. J. Evans;S. J. Smartt;J.-K. Lee;D. J. Lennon

  • An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst.

    F. R. N. Schneider;H. Sana;C. J. Evans;J. M. Bestenlehner;J. M. Bestenlehner

  • The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: atmospheric parameters and rotational velocity distributions for B-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds ,

    Ian Hunter;D.J. Lennon;Philip Dufton;Carrie Trundle

  • Rotating massive main-sequence stars: II. Simulating a population of LMC early B-type stars as a test of rotational mixing

    I. Brott;I. Brott;C.J. Evans;Ian Hunter;A. De Koter;A. De Koter

Frequent Co-Authors

A. de Koter
A. de Koter University of Amsterdam
D. J. Lennon
D. J. Lennon University of La Laguna
Hugues Sana
Hugues Sana KU Leuven
Paul A. Crowther
Paul A. Crowther University of Sheffield
Jorick S. Vink
Jorick S. Vink Armagh Observatory
Norbert Langer
Norbert Langer University of Bonn
Simon L. Morris
Simon L. Morris Durham University
Artemio Herrero
Artemio Herrero University of La Laguna
Mark Gieles
Mark Gieles University of Barcelona
Nate Bastian
Nate Bastian Liverpool John Moores University

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