Chris Evans

UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Edinburgh

Part of the Science & Technology Facilities Council


Hi, I'm working on instrumentation studies for the European ELT, largely thinking about resolved stellar populations. I was previously a postdoc at the ING in La Palma, and a student/postdoc at UCL. My research is primarily concerned with the evolution of massive stars, with more general interest in stellar clusters, the Magellanic Clouds and other Local Group Galaxies.

  • PI of the VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey [Paper I]

         • Paper X. Bimodal distribution of rotational velocities for single early B-type stars

         • Paper IX. The ISM seen through DIBs and neutral sodium

         • Paper VIII. Multiplicity properties of the O-type star population

         • Overview of the survey in ESO's Messenger: The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey

  • Science article: Binary interaction dominates the evolution of massive stars

          • Press releases: ESO/ STFC/ STScI

  • ELT simulations: The potential of J-band stellar spectroscopy with ELTs

  • EAGLE Instrument Scientist: An AO-corrected multi-IFU instrument for the E-ELT

  • Broader case for an ELT-MOS: Synergies between EAGLE & EVE / NEW:ELT-MOS White paper

  • Co-I of the VISTA Magellanic Clouds (VMC) Survey: Paper I


    PhD students:

  • Vincent Hénault-Brunet: SMC HMXB [ESA release] / R136 rotation / R136 dispersion
  • Lee Patrick

    Past students:

  • Dr William Taylor: R139 letter
  • Dr Michael Campbell: MAD R136


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    Publications / Diary / Links

    UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK
    Telephone: +44-131-668-8364

      

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