Publications

A complete list of my publications can be found on the SAO / NASA ADS.

Invited Review Articles

  1. Woods, T. E., Agarwal, B., Bromm, V., Bunker, A., Chen, K.-J., Chon, S., … Yoshida, N. (2019). Titans of the early Universe: The Prato statement on the origin of the first supermassive black holes. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 36, E027.

Journal Articles

Submitted

  1. Nandal, D., Buldgen, G., Whalen, D. J., Regan, J., Woods, T. E., & Tan, J. C. (2025). Rotating supermassive Pop III stars on the main sequence. Manuscript submitted for publication.
  2. Taylor, M. A., Tahmasebzadeh, B., Thompson, S., Vasiliev, E., Valluri, M., Drinkwater, M. J., … Woods, T. E. (2025). A supermassive black hole in a diminutive ultra-compact dwarf galaxy discovered with JWST/NIRSpec+IFU. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Accepted

  1. Tahmasebzadeh, B., Taylor, M. A., Valluri, M., Yoshino, H., Vasiliev, E., Drinkwater, M. J., … Woods, T. E. (2025). A JWST view of the overmassive black hole in NGC 4486B. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 989, L42.
  2. Côté, P., Woods, T. E., Hutchings, J. B., Rhodes, J. D., Sánchez-Janssen, R., Scott, A. D., … Yi, S. K. (2025). The CASTOR mission. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 11, 042202.
  3. Martocchia, S., Boselli, A., Maraston, C., Thomas, D., Boquien, M., … Woods, T. E., … Zhang, H.-X. (2025). A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE): XVIII. Reconstructing the star formation history of early-type galaxies through the combination of their UV and Hα emission. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 696, 26.
  4. Marshall, M. A., Amen, L., Woods, T. E., Côté, P., Yung, L. Y. A., Amenouche, M., … Moutard, T. (2025). FORECASTOR – II. Simulating galaxy surveys with the Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical and UV Research. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537, 1703–1719.
  5. Cheng, I., Woods, T. E., Côté, P., Glover, J., Bansal, D., Amenouche, M., … Sorba, R. (2024). FORECASTOR. I. Finding Optics Requirements and Exposure times for the Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical and UV Research mission. The Astronomical Journal, 167, 178.
  6. Nandal, D., Regan, J. A., Woods, T. E., Farrell, E., Ekström, S., & Meynet, G. (2024). Explaining the high nitrogen abundances observed in high-z galaxies via population III stars of a few thousand solar masses. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 683, A156.
  7. Bi, C., Woods, T. E., & Fabbro, S. (2024). Probing the diversity of Type Ia supernova light curves in the Open Supernova Catalog. The Astrophysical Journal, 964, 193.
  8. Woods, T. E., Patrick, S., Whalen, D. J., & Heger, A. (2024). On the formation and interaction of multiple supermassive stars in cosmological flows. The Astrophysical Journal, 960, 59.
  9. Nandal, D., Regan, J. A., Woods, T. E., Farrell, E., Ekström, S., & Meynet, G. (2023). Critical accretion rates for rapidly growing massive Population III stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 677, A155.
  10. Tsai, S.-H., Chen, K.-J., Whalen, D., Ou, P.-S., & Woods, T. E. (2023). The evolution of Population III and extremely metal-poor binary stars. The Astrophysical Journal, 951, 84.
  11. Blouin, S., Mao, H., Woods, T. E., Denissenkov, P., Woodward, P., & Herwig, F. (2023). 3D hydrodynamics simulations of core convection in supermassive main-sequence stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 4605–4613.
  12. Herrington, N. P., Whalen, D. J., & Woods, T. E. (2023). Modelling supermassive primordial stars with MESA. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 463–473.
  13. Latif, M. A., Whalen, D. J., Kochfar, S., Herrington, N. P., & Woods, T. E. (2022). Turbulent cold flows gave birth to the first quasars. Nature, 607, 48–51.
  14. Woods, T. E., Willott, C. J., Regan, J. A., Wise, J. H., Downes, T. P., Norman, M. L., & O’Shea, B. W. (2021). Some first stars were red: Detecting signatures of massive Population III formation through long-term stochastic color variations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 920, L22.
  15. Raveh, Y., Ginat, Y. B., Perets, H. B., & Woods, T. E. (2021). Probing supermassive stars and massive black hole seeds through gravitational wave inspirals. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505, 3944–3949.
  16. Woods, T. E., Patrick, S., Elford, J. S., Whalen, D. J., & Heger, A. (2021). On the evolution of supermassive primordial stars in cosmological flows. The Astrophysical Journal, 915, 110.
  17. Kuuttila, J., Gilfanov, M., Woods, T. E., Seitenzahl, I. R., & Ruiter, A. J. (2021). LIN 358: A symbiotic binary accreting above the steady hydrogen fusion limit. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500, 3763–3775.
  18. Regan, J. A., Wise, J. H., Woods, T. E., Downes, T. P., O’Shea, B. W., & Norman, M. L. (2020). The formation of very massive stars in early galaxies and implications for intermediate mass black holes. The Open Journal of Astrophysics, 3, 15.
  19. Vasilopoulos, G., Koliopanos, F., Woods, T. E., Haberl, F., Soraisam, M. D., & Udalski, A. (2020). Discovery of an ~30-yr-duration post-nova pulsating supersoft source in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 499, 2007–2014.
  20. Farias, D. A., Clocchiatti, A., Woods, T. E., & Rest, A. (2020). Supersoft X-ray nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497, 3234–3250.
  21. Roebber, E., Buscicchio, R., Vecchio, A., Moore, C. J., Klein, A., Korol, V., … Woods, T. E. (2020). Milky Way satellites shining bright in gravitational waves. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 894, L15.
  22. Goodwin, A. J., & Woods, T. E. (2020). The binary evolution of SAX J1808.4–3658: Implications of an evolved donor star. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495, 796–805.
  23. Woods, T. E., Heger, A., & Haemmerlé, L. (2020). On monolithic supermassive stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494, 2236–2243.
  24. Howitt, G., Stevenson, S., Vigna-Gómez, A., Justham, S., Ivanova, N., Woods, T. E., … Mandel, I. (2020). Luminous red novae: Population models and future prospects. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492, 3229–3240.
  25. Haemmerlé, L., Meynet, G., Mayer, L., Klessen, R. S., Woods, T. E., & Heger, A. (2019). Maximally accreting supermassive stars: A fundamental limit imposed by hydrostatic equilibrium. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 632, L2.
  26. Chen, H.-L., Woods, T. E., Yungelson, L. R., Piersanti, L., Gilfanov, M., & Han, Z. (2019). Comprehensive models of novae at metallicity Z = 0.02 and Z = 10-4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490, 1678–1692.
  27. Surace, M., Zackrisson, E., Whalen, D. J., Hartwig, T., Glover, S. C. O., Woods, T. E., & Heger, A. (2019). On the detection of supermassive primordial stars – II. Blue supergiants. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488, 3995–4003.
  28. Casey, A. R., Ho, A. Y. Q., Ness, M., Hogg, D. W., Rix, H.-W., … Woods, T. E., … Schlaufman, K. C. (2019). Tidal interactions between binary stars can drive lithium production in low-mass red giants. The Astrophysical Journal, 880, 125.
  29. Kuuttila, J., Gilfanov, M., Seitenzahl, I. R., Woods, T. E., & Vogt, F. P. A. (2019). Excluding supersoft X-ray sources as progenitors for four Type Ia supernovae in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484, 1317–1324.
  30. Graur, O., & Woods, T. E. (2019). Progenitor constraints on the Type Ia supernova SN 2014J from Hubble Space Telescope H β and [O III] observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 484, L79–L84.
  31. Surace, M., Whalen, D. J., Hartwig, T., Zackrisson, E., Glover, S. C. O., … Woods, T. E., … Haemmerlé, L. (2018). On the detection of supermassive primordial stars. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 869, L39.
  32. Woods, T. E., Ghavamian, P., Badenes, C., & Gilfanov, M. (2018). Balmer-dominated shocks exclude hot progenitors for many Type Ia supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal, 863, 120.
  33. Haemmerlé, L., Woods, T. E., Klessen, R. S., Heger, A., & Whalen, D. J. (2018). The evolution of supermassive Population III stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474, 2757–2773.
  34. Haemmerlé, L., Woods, T. E., Klessen, R. S., Heger, A., & Whalen, D. J. (2018). On the rotation of supermassive stars. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 853, L3.
  35. Woods, T. E., Ghavamian, P., Badenes, C., & Gilfanov, M. (2017). No hot and luminous progenitor for Tycho’s supernova. Nature Astronomy, 1, 800–804.
  36. Woods, T. E., Heger, A., Whalen, D. J., Haemmerlé, L., & Klessen, R. S. (2017). On the maximum mass of accreting primordial supermassive stars. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 842, L6.
  37. Johansson, J., Woods, T. E., Gilfanov, M., Sarzi, M., Chen, Y.-M., & Oh, K. (2016). Diffuse gas in retired galaxies: nebular emission templates and constraints on the sources of ionization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 461, 4505–4516.
  38. Chen, H.-L., Woods, T. E., Yungelson, L. R., Gilfanov, M., & Han, Z. (2016). Modelling nova populations in galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458, 2916–2927.
  39. Woods, T. E., & Gilfanov, M. (2016). Where are all of the nebulae ionized by supersoft X-ray sources? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455, 1770–1781.
  40. Chen, H.-L., Woods, T. E., Yungelson, L. R., Gilfanov, M., & Han, Z. (2015). Population synthesis of accreting white dwarfs – II. X-ray and UV emission. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453, 3024–3034.
  41. Chen, H.-L., Woods, T. E., Yungelson, L. R., Gilfanov, M., & Han, Z. (2014). Next generation population synthesis of accreting white dwarfs – I. Hybrid calculations using BSE + MESA. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445, 1912–1923.
  42. Nielsen, M. T. B., Gilfanov, M., Bogdán, Á., Woods, T. E., & Nelemans, G. (2014). Upper limits on the luminosity of the progenitor of Type Ia supernova SN 2014J. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442, 3400–3406.
  43. Johansson, J., Woods, T. E., Gilfanov, M., Sarzi, M., Chen, Y.-M., & Oh, K. (2014). Diffuse gas in galaxies sheds new light on the origin of Type Ia supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442, 1079–1089.
  44. Woods, T. E., & Gilfanov, M. (2014). Emission-line diagnostics to constrain high-temperature populations in early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439, 2351–2363.
  45. Woods, T. E., & Gilfanov, M. (2013). He II recombination lines as a test of the nature of SN Ia progenitors in elliptical galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432, 1640–1650.
  46. Woods, T. E., Ivanova, N., van der Sluys, M. V., & Chaichenets, S. (2012). On the formation of double white dwarfs through stable mass transfer and a common envelope. The Astrophysical Journal, 744, 12.
  47. Woods, T. E., & Ivanova, N. (2011). Can we trust models for adiabatic mass loss? The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 739, L48.
  48. Ivanova, N., Chaichenets, S., Fregeau, J., Heinke, C. O., Lombardi, J. C., Jr., & Woods, T. E. (2010). Formation of black hole X-ray binaries in globular clusters. The Astrophysical Journal, 717, 948–957.

White Papers

  1. Ngo, H., Kirk, H., Brown, T., Woods, T. E., Eadie, G., Lawler, S., & Spencer, L. (2019). Opportunities and outcomes for postdocs in Canada. Canadian Long Range Plan 2020, W064.
  2. Man, A., Abraham, R., Alexandroff, R., Carlberg, R., Chapman, S., Damjanov, I., … Woods, T. E. (2019). Characterizing galaxies in the early Universe. Canadian Long Range Plan 2020, W060.
  3. Spekkens, K., Chiang, C., Kothes, R., Rosolowsky, E., Rupen, M., … Woods, T., Wulf, D. (2019). Canada and the SKA from 2020–2030. Canadian Long Range Plan 2020, W046.
  4. Fernandez, R., Bovy, J., Chen, A., Cumming, A., Côté, B., Davids, B., … Woods, T. E. (2019). The cosmic origin and evolution of the elements. Canadian Long Range Plan 2020, W041.
  5. Woods, T. E., Alexandroff, R. M., Ellison, S. L., Ferrarese, L., Gallagher, S. C., Gallo, L., … Willott, C. (2019). Revealing the origin and cosmic evolution of supermassive black holes. Canadian Long Range Plan 2020, W034.
  6. Hénault-Brunet, V., Bahramian, A., Côté, P., Eadie, G., Haggard, D., Harris, B., … Woods, T. E. (2019). Star clusters near and far. Canadian Long Range Plan 2020, W024.
  7. in ’t Zand, J. J. M., Bozzo, E., Qu, J.-L., Li, X.-D., Amati, L., … Woods, T. E., … Zingale, M. (2019). Observatory science with eXTP. Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 62, 29506.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Woods, T. E., & Gilfanov, M. (2014). UV emission lines in passively evolving galaxies can reveal the progenitors of type Ia supernovae. Astrophysics and Space Science, 354, 69–74.
  2. Woods, T. E., Ivanova, N., van der Sluys, M., & Chaichenets, S. (2011). On the formation of double white dwarfs: Reevaluating how we parametrise the common envelope phase. ASP Conference Series, 447, 127–132.
  3. Woods, T. E., Ivanova, N., van der Sluys, M., & Chaichenets, S. (2010). The formation of low-mass double white dwarfs through an initial phase of stable non-conservative mass transfer. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1314, 24–25.