F.P.A. (Frank) Backs MSc
Faculty of Science
Anton Pannekoek Institute of Astronomy
Visiting address
- Science Park 904
Postal address
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Postbus 94249
1090 GE Amsterdam
Contact details
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Publications
2024
Backs, F., Brands, S. A., Ramírez-Tannus, M. C., Derkink, A. R., de Koter, A., Poorta, J., Puls, J., & Kaper, L. (2024). Properties of intermediate- to high-mass stars in the young cluster M17: Characterizing the (pre-)zero-age main sequence. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 690, Article A113. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450494 [details]- Derkink, A., Ginski, C., Pinilla, P., Kurtovic, N., Kaper, L., de Koter, A., Valegård, P.-G., Mamajek, E., Backs, F., Benisty, M., Birnstiel, T., Columba, G., Dominik, C., Garufi, A., Hogerheijde, M., van Holstein, R., Huang, J., Ménard, F., Rab, C., ... Zurlo, A. (2024). Disk Evolution Study Through Imaging of Nearby Young Stars (DESTINYS): PDS 111, an old T Tauri star with a young-looking disk. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 688, Article A149. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348555 [details]
- Ramirez-Tannus, M. C., Derkink, A. R., Backs, F., de Koter, A., Sana, H., Poorta, J., Kaper, L., & Stoop, M. (2024). The spectroscopic binary fraction of the young stellar cluster M17. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 690, Article A178. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450256 [details]
- Sana, H., Tramper, F., Abdul-Masih, M., Blomme, R., Dsilva, K., Maravelias, G., Martins, L., Mehner, A., Wofford, A., Banyard, G., Barbosa, C. L., Bestenlehner, J., Hawcroft, C., Hillier, D. J., Todt, H., Larkin, C. J. K., Mahy, L., Najarro, F., Ramachandran, V., ... XSHOOT-U Collaboration (2024). X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity II: DR1: Advanced optical data products for the Magellanic Clouds. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 688, Article A104. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347479 [details]
- Sander, A. A. C., Bouret, J. C., Bernini-Peron, M., Puls, J., Backs, F., Berlanas, S. R., Bestenlehner, J. M., Brands, S., Herrero, A., Martins, F., Maryeva, O., Pauli, D., Ramachandran, V., Crowther, P. A., Gómez-González, V. M. A., Gormaz-Matamala, A. C., Hamann, W. R., Hillier, D. J., Kuiper, R., ... Vink, J. S. (2024). X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity IV: Spectral analysis methods and exemplary results for O stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 689, Article A34. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449829 [details]
- Shenar, T., Bodensteiner, J., Sana, H., Crowther, P. A., Lennon, D. J., Abdul-Masih, M., Almeida, L. A., Backs, F., Berlanas, S. R., Bernini-Peron, M., Bestenlehner, J. M., Bowman, D. M., Bronner, V. A., Britavskiy, N., de Koter, A., de Mink, S. E., Deshmukh, K., Evans, C. J., Fabry, M., ... Willcox, R. (2024). Binarity at LOw Metallicity (BLOeM): A spectroscopic VLT monitoring survey of massive stars in the SMC. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 690, A289. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451586
- Sutlieff, B. J., Birkby, J. L., Stone, J. M., Derkink, A., Backs, F., Doelman, D. S., Kenworthy, M. A., Bohn, A. J., Ertel, S., Snik, F., Woodward, C. E., Ilyin, I., Skemer, A. J., Leisenring, J. M., Strassmeier, K. G., Wang, J., Charbonneau, D., & Biller, B. A. (2024). Exploring the directly imaged HD 1160 system through spectroscopic characterization and high-cadence variability monitoring. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(1), 2168-2189. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1315
2023
- Geen, S., Agrawal, P., Crowther, P. A., Keller, B. W., de Koter, A., Keszthelyi, Z., van de Voort, F., Ali, A. A., Backs, F., Bonne, L., Brugaletta, V., Derkink, A., Ekström, S., Fichtner, Y. A., Grassitelli, L., Götberg, Y., Higgins, E. R., Laplace, E., You Liow, K., ... Winch, E. (2023). Bringing Stellar Evolution and Feedback Together: Summary of Proposals from the Lorentz Center workshop. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 135(1044), Article 021001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/acb6b5 [details]
- Poorta, J., Ramírez-Tannus, M. C., de Koter, A., Backs, F., Derkink, A., Bik, A., & Kaper, L. (2023). Massive pre-main-sequence stars in M17: First and second overtone CO bandhead emission and the thermal infrared. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 676, Article A122. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245658 [details]
- Vink, J. S., Sana, H., van Loon, J. T., Götberg, Y., Backs, F., Brands, S. A., Geen, S., Kaper, L., Keszthelyi, Z., de Koter, A., Laplace, E., de Mink, S. E., Ramirez-Tannus, M. C., Shenar, T., Sudnik, N., Tramper, F., & XShootU (2023). X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity: I. Project description. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 675, Article A154. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245650 [details]
2021
- Ramírez-Tannus, M. C., Backs, F., de Koter, A., Sana, H., Beuther, H., Bik, A., Brandner, W., Kaper, L., Linz, H., Henning, T., & Poorta, J. (2021). A relation between the radial velocity dispersion of young clusters and their age: Evidence for hardening as the formation scenario of massive close binaries. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 645, Article L10. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039673 [details]
2021
- Derkink, A., Kaper, L., de Koter, A., Ramírez-Tannus, M., Backs, F., & Poorta, H. (2021). Variability as a diagnostic tool in massive young stellar objects. 51. Poster session presented at MOBSTER-1 virtual conference. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5576537
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Backs, F., Brands, S. A., Ramírez-Tannus, M. C., Derkink, A. R., de Koter, A., Poorta, J., Puls, J., & Kaper, L. (2024). Properties of intermediate- to high-mass stars in the young cluster M17: Characterizing the (pre-)zero-age main sequence. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 690, Article A113.