Dr
Richard
Parker

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Student Voice Lead for Physics and Astronomy

Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics

r.parker@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3560
Hicks Building

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Dr Richard Parker
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road

Sheffield

S3 7RH

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Parker RJ & Schoettler C (2023) . The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 952(1).
  • Daffern-Powell EC, Parker RJ & Quanz SP (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514(1), 920-934.
  • Schoettler C, Parker RJ, Arnold B, Grimmett LP, de Bruijne J & Wright NJ (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(4), 4615-4630.
  • Parker R & Wootton B (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 485(1), L48-L52.
  • Parker RJ, Lichtenberg T & Quanz SP (2017) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 472(1), L75-L79.
  • Parker RJ & Alves de Oliveira C (2017) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468(4), 4340-4350.
  • Sacco GG, Spina L, Randich S, Palla F, Parker RJ, Jeffries RD, Jackson R, Meyer MR, Mapelli M, Lanzafame AC , Bonito R et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 601.
  • Parker RJ & Dale JE () . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Ćalović A, Klos KS, Hudson RB, Dale JE & Parker RJ (2025) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 544(1), 1109-1123.
  • Eatson JW & Parker RJ (2025) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 544(1), 343-354.
  • Rawcliffe MH, Griffiths-Janvier N & Parker RJ (2025) . The Astrophysical Journal, 989(2).
  • Parker RJ, Goodwin SP & Diamond JL (2025) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 540(1).
  • Allen M, Anania R, Andersen M, Aru M-L, Ballabio G, Ballering NP, Beccari G, Berné O, Bik A, Boyden R , Coleman G et al (2025) . The Open Journal of Astrophysics, 8.
  • Singh-Bal SSK, Blaylock-Squibbs GA, Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2025) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 536(1), 492-497.
  • Eatson JW, Parker RJ & Lichtenberg T (2024) . The Astrophysical Journal, 977(1).
  • Diamond JL & Parker RJ (2024) . The Astrophysical Journal, 975(2).
  • Luhman KL, Alves de Oliveira C, Baraffe I, Chabrier G, Manjavacas E, Parker RJ & Tremblin P (2024) . The Astrophysical Journal, 975(2).
  • Parker RJ, Pinson EJ, Alcock HL & Dale JE (2024) . The Astrophysical Journal, 974(1).
  • Blaylock-Squibbs GA, Parker RJ & Daffern-Powell EC (2024) . The Astrophysical Journal, 968(2).
  • Blaylock-Squibbs GA & Parker RJ (2024) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(4), 7477-7491.
  • Eatson JW, Lichtenberg T, Parker RJ & Gerya TV (2024) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(4), 6619-6630.
  • Luhman KL, de Oliveira CA, Baraffe I, Chabrier G, Geballe TR, Parker RJ, Pendleton YJ & Tremblin P (2024) . The Astronomical Journal, 167(1).
  • Luhman KL, Tremblin P, Alves de Oliveira C, Birkmann SM, Baraffe I, Chabrier G, Manjavacas E, Parker RJ & Valenti J (2024) . The Astronomical Journal, 167(1).
  • Patel M, Polius CKM, Ridsdill-Smith M, Lichtenberg T & Parker RJ (2023) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525(2), 2399-2410.
  • Parker RJ (2023) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525(2), 2907-2915.
  • Parker RJ & Alves de Oliveira C (2023) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525(2), 1677-1686.
  • Parker RJ & Schoettler C (2023) . The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 952(1).
  • Barnes AT, Liu J, Zhang Q, Tan JC, Bigiel F, Caselli P, Cosentino G, Fontani F, Henshaw JD, Jiménez-Serra I , Kalb D-S et al (2023) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 675.
  • Parker RJ, Lichtenberg T, Patel M, Polius CKM & Ridsdill-Smith M (2023) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(4), 4838-4851.
  • Blaylock-Squibbs GA & Parker RJ (2023) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519(3), 3643-3655.
  • Daffern-Powell EC & Parker RJ (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 517(2), 2103-2110.
  • Reiter M & Parker RJ (2022) . The European Physical Journal Plus, 137(9).
  • Parker RJ & Daffern-Powell EC (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 516(1), L91-L95.
  • Marchington B & Parker RJ (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515(4), 5449-5466.
  • Daffern-Powell EC, Parker RJ & Quanz SP (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514(1), 920-934.
  • Schoettler C, Parker RJ & de Bruijne J (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(3), 3173-3206.
  • Parker RJ & Schoettler C (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(1), 1136-1147.
  • Blaylock-Squibbs GA, Parker RJ, Buckner ASM & Güdel M (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(2), 2864-2882.
  • Ballantyne HA, Espaas T, Norgrove BZ, Wootton BA, Harris BR, Pepper IL, Smith RD, Dommett RE & Parker RJ (2021) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507(3), 4507-4520.
  • Parker RJ, Alcock HL, Nicholson RB, Panić O & Goodwin SP (2021) . The Astrophysical Journal, 913(2), 95-95.
  • Parker RJ, Nicholson RB & Alcock HL (2021) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 502(2), 2665-2681.
  • Barnes AT, Henshaw JD, Fontani F, Pineda JE, Cosentino G, Tan JC, Caselli P, Jiménez-Serra I, Law CY, Avison A , Bigiel F et al (2021) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503(3), 4601-4626.
  • Panić O, Haworth TJ, Petr-Gotzens MG, Miley J, van den Ancker M, Vioque M, Siess L, Parker R, Clarke CJ, Kamp I , Kennedy G et al (2021) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(3), 4317-4328.
  • Schoettler C & Parker RJ (2021) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 501(1), L12-L17.
  • Parker RJ (2020) . Royal Society Open Science, 7(11).
  • Rate G, Crowther PA & Parker RJ (2020) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495(1), 1209-1226.
  • Bottrill AL, Haigh ME, Hole MRA, Theakston SCM, Allen RB, Grimmett LP & Parker RJ (2020) . The Astrophysical Journal, 895(2).
  • Daffern-Powell EC & Parker RJ (2020) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493(4), 4925-4935.
  • Alcock HL & Parker RJ (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(1), 350-358.
  • Wright NJ & Parker RJ (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489(2), 2694-2701.
  • Schoettler C, Parker RJ, Arnold B, Grimmett LP, de Bruijne J & Wright NJ (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(4), 4615-4630.
  • Reiter M & Parker RJ (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486(3), 4354-4364.
  • Nicholson RB, Parker RJ, Church RP, Davies MB, Fearon NM & Walton SRJ (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(4), 4893-4905.
  • Wright NJ, Jeffries RD, Jackson RJ, Bayo A, Bonito R, Damiani F, Kalari V, Lanzafame AC, Pancino E, Parker RJ , Prisinzano L et al (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486(2), 2477-2493.
  • Parker R & Wootton B (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 485(1), L48-L52.
  • Tehrani KA, Crowther PA, Bestenlehner JM, Littlefair SP, Pollock AMT, Parker RJ & Schnurr O (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484(2), 2692-2710.
  • Parker RJ & Wright NJ (2018) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481(2), 1679-1689.
  • Parker RJ (2018) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476(1), 617-629.
  • Dib S, Schmeja S & Parker RJ (2018) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473(1), 849-859.
  • Gennaro M, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Allison RJ & Brandner W (2017) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 472(2), 1760-1769.
  • Parker RJ, Lichtenberg T & Quanz SP (2017) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 472(1), L75-L79.
  • Arnold B, Goodwin SP, Griffiths DW & Parker RJ (2017) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471(2), 2498-2507.
  • Parker RJ & Alves de Oliveira C (2017) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468(4), 4340-4350.
  • Sacco GG, Spina L, Randich S, Palla F, Parker RJ, Jeffries RD, Jackson R, Meyer MR, Mapelli M, Lanzafame AC , Bonito R et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 601.
  • Parker RJ, Goodwin SP, Wright NJ, Meyer MR & Quanz SP (2016) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters.
  • Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2015) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(4), 3381-3392.
  • Ward-Duong K, Patience J, De Rosa RJ, Bulger J, Rajan A, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, McCarthy DW & Kulesa C (2015) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(3), 2618-2637.
  • Pineda JE, Offner SSR, Parker RJ, Arce HG, Goodman AA, Caselli P, Fuller GA, Bourke TL & Corder SA (2015) . Nature, 518(7538), 213-215.
  • Parker RJ, Wright NJ, Goodwin SP & Meyer MR (2014) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(1), 620-638.
  • Wright NJ, Parker RJ, Goodwin SP & Drake JJ (2014) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(1), 639-646.
  • King RR, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ & Patience J (2012) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427(3), 2636-2646.
  • Bressert E, Bastian N, Evans CJ, Sana H, Henault-Brunet V, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Gieles M, Bestenlehner JM, Vink JS , Taylor WD et al (2012) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 542.
  • Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2012) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 424(1), 272-281.
  • King RR, Parker RJ, Patience J & Goodwin SP (2012) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 421(3), 2025-2042.
  • Parker RJ, Goodwin SP & Allison RJ (2011) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 418(4), 2565-2575.
  • Kouwenhoven MBN, Goodwin SP, Davies MB, Parker RJ, Kroupa P & Malmberg D (2011) The origin of very wide binary stars. Proceedings of the 9th Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics.
  • Parker RJ, Bouvier J, Goodwin SP, Moraux E, Allison RJ, Guieu S & Gudel M (2011) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 412(4), 2489-2497.
  • Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2011) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 411(2), 891-900.
  • Allison RJ, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Zwart SFP & de Grijs R (2010) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 407(2), 1098-1107.
  • Crowther PA, Schnurr O, Hirschi R, Yusof N, Parker RJ, Goodwin SP & Abu Kassim H (2010) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 408(2), 731-751.
  • Kouwenhoven MBN, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Davies MB, Malmberg D & Kroupa P (2010) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 404(4), 1835-1848.
  • Kouwenhoven MBN, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Davies MB, Malmberg D & Kroupa P (2010) The formation of very wide binaries. Proceedings of Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe.
  • Parker RJ, Goodwin SP, Kroupa P & Kouwenhoven MBN (2009) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 397(3), 1577-1586.
  • Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2009) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 397(2), 1041-1045.
  • Allison RJ, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, De Grijs R, Zwart SFP & Kouwenhoven MBN (2009) . ASTROPHYS J LETT, 700(2), L99-L103.
  • Allison RJ, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Zwart SFP, de Grijs R & Kouwenhoven MBN (2009) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 395(3), 1449-1454.
  • Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2007) . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 380(3), 1271-1275.
  • Parker RJ & de Oliveira CA () . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
  • Parker RJ & Allen M () . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stag040.
  • Parker RJ & Dale JE () . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
  • Kouwenhoven MBN, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Davies MB, Malmberg D & Kroupa P () . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 5(S266), 438-441.

Book chapters

  • Parker RJ (2017) , Handbook of Supernovae (pp. 2313-2329). Springer International Publishing
  • Parker RJ (2017) , Handbook of Supernovae (pp. 1-18). Springer International Publishing

Conference proceedings

  • Yusof N, Kassim HA, Hirschi R, Crowther PA, Schnurr O, Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2010) Life and death of very massive stars. Proceedings of Science
  • Whitworth A, Stamatellos D, Walch S, Kaplan M, Goodwin S, Hubber D & Parker R (2009) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 5(S266) (pp 264-271)

Software, code or databases

  • Eatson J, Parker R, Gerya TV & Lichtenberg T .

Datasets

  • Blaylock-Squibbs G & Parker R .
  • Blaylock-Squibbs G & Parker R .

Preprints

  • Parker RJ, Goodwin SP & Diamond JL (2025) , arXiv.
  • Singh-Bal SSK, Blaylock-Squibbs GA, Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2024) , arXiv.
  • Daffern-Powell EC, Parker RJ & Quanz SP (2022) , arXiv.
  • Parker RJ & Schoettler C (2021) , arXiv.
  • Schoettler C, Parker RJ & de Bruijne J (2021) , arXiv.
  • Ballantyne HA, Espaas T, Norgrove BZ, Wootton BA, Harris BR, Pepper IL, Smith RD, Dommett RE & Parker RJ (2021) , arXiv.
  • Schoettler C & Parker RJ (2020) , arXiv.
  • Schoettler C, de Bruijne J, Vaher E & Parker RJ (2020) , arXiv.
  • Daffern-Powell EC & Parker RJ (2020) , arXiv.
  • Schoettler C, Parker RJ, Arnold B, Grimmett LP, de Bruijne J & Wright NJ (2019) , arXiv.
  • Tehrani KA, Crowther PA, Bestenlehner JM, Littlefair SP, Pollock AMT, Parker RJ & Schnurr O (2019) , arXiv.
  • Gennaro M, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Allison RJ & Brandner W (2017) , arXiv.
  • Arnold B, Goodwin SP, Griffiths DW & Parker RJ (2017) , arXiv.
  • Parker RJ & Dale JE (2017) , arXiv.
  • Parker RJ, Goodwin SP, Wright NJ, Meyer MR & Quanz SP (2016) , arXiv.
  • Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2015) , arXiv.
  • Ward-Duong K, Patience J, De Rosa RJ, Bulger J, Rajan A, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, McCarthy DW & Kulesa C (2015) , arXiv.
  • Wright NJ, Parker RJ, Goodwin SP & Drake JJ (2013) , arXiv.
  • Parker RJ, Wright NJ, Goodwin SP & Meyer MR (2013) , arXiv.
  • King RR, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ & Patience J (2012) , arXiv.
  • Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2012) , arXiv.
  • Bressert E, Bastian N, Evans CJ, Sana H, Hénault-Brunet V, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Gieles M, Bestenlehner JM, Vink JS , Taylor WD et al (2012) , arXiv.
  • King RR, Parker RJ, Patience J & Goodwin SP (2012) , arXiv.
  • Kouwenhoven MBN, Goodwin SP, Davies MB, Parker RJ, Kroupa P & Malmberg D (2011) , arXiv.
  • Parker RJ, Goodwin SP & Allison RJ (2011) , arXiv.
  • Parker RJ, Bouvier J, Goodwin SP, Moraux E, Allison RJ, Guieu S & Guedel M (2010) , arXiv.
  • Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2010) , arXiv.
  • Crowther PA, Schnurr O, Hirschi R, Yusof N, Parker RJ, Goodwin SP & Kassim HA (2010) , arXiv.
  • Allison RJ, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Zwart SFP & de Grijs R (2010) , arXiv.
  • Kouwenhoven MBN, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Davies MB, Malmberg D & Kroupa P (2010) , arXiv.
  • Kouwenhoven MBN, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Davies MB, Malmberg D & Kroupa P (2009) , arXiv.
  • Kouwenhoven MBN, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Davies MB, Malmberg D & Kroupa P (2009) , arXiv.
  • Allison RJ, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, de Grijs R, Zwart SFP & Kouwenhoven MBN (2009) , arXiv.
  • Parker RJ, Goodwin SP, Kroupa P & Kouwenhoven MBN (2009) , arXiv.
  • Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2009) , arXiv.
  • Allison RJ, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Zwart SFP, de Grijs R & Kouwenhoven MBN (2009) , arXiv.
  • Parker RJ & Goodwin SP (2007) , arXiv.
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