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. Woods, T. E., Heger, A., & Haemmerlé, L. (2019). On the lives of massive high-z quasar progenitors: Are there any “truly direct” collapse black hole seeds? Manuscript submitted for publication.

Accepted

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Woods, T. E., Ghavamian, P., Badenes, C., & Gilfanov, M. (2017). No hot and luminous progenitor for Tycho’s supernova. Nature Astronomy, 1, 800–804.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. Woods, T. E., & Ivanova, N. (2011). Can we trust models for adiabatic mass loss? The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 739, L48.
  25. 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.