Dr. S.A. (Sarah) Brands 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]- Hawcroft, C., Mahy, L., Sana, H., Sundqvist, J. O., Abdul-Masih, M., Brands, S. A., Decin, L., de Koter, A., & Puls, J. (2024). Empirical mass-loss rates and clumping properties of O-type stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 690, Article A126. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348478 [details]
- Hawcroft, C., Sana, H., Mahy, L., Sundqvist, J. O., de Koter, A., Crowther, P. A., Bestenlehner, J. M., Brands, S. A., David-Uraz, A., Decin, L., Erba, C., Garcia, M., Hamann, W. .-R., Herrero, A., Ignace, R., Kee, N. D., Kubátová, B., Lefever, R., Moffat, A., ... Vink, J. S. (2024). X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity. III. Terminal wind speeds of ULLYSES massive stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 688, A105. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245588
- Kaper, L., Stoop, M., Brands, S., & De Koter, A. (2024). Resolved massive-star populations in the Local Group and beyond. In EAS2024 (pp. 1280)
- Martins, F., Bouret, J.-C., Hillier, D. J., Brands, S., Crowther, P. A., Herrero, A., Najarro, F., Pauli, D., Puls, J., Ramachandran, V., Sander, A. A. C., Vink, J. S., & XShootU Collaboration (2024). X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity V: Effect of metallicity on surface abundances of O stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 689, Article A31. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449457 [details]
- Pelló, R., Puech, M., Prieto, É., Rodrigues, M., Sanchez-Janssen, R., Dalton, G. B., Ducret, F., El Hadi, K., Garcia-Vargas, M. L., Lynn, J., Bharmal, N. A., Chapuis, D., Dupieux, M., Hottier, C., Larrieu, M., Martin, L., Mohamed, M., Morris, T., Pérez, A., ... Zeilinger, W. (2024). MOSAIC at the ELT: a unique instrument for the largest ground-based telescope. In J. J. Bryant, K. Motohara, & J. R. D. Vernet (Eds.), Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X (Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series; Vol. 13096). Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019047
- 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., John Hillier, D., Todt, H., Larkin, C. J. K., Mahy, L., Najarro, F., Ramachandran, V., ... Collaboration, X.-U. (2024). X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity. II. DR1: Advanced optical data products for the Magellanic Clouds. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 688, A104. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347479
- 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]
- Stoop, M., de Koter, A., Kaper, L., Brands, S., Portegies Zwart, S., Sana, H., Stoppa, F., Gieles, M., Mahy, L., Shenar, T., Guo, D., Nelemans, G., & Rieder, S. (2024). Two waves of massive stars running away from the young cluster R136. Nature, 634(8035), 809-812. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08013-8 [details]
2023
- Brands, S. A., de Koter, A., Bestenlehner, J. M., Crowther, P. A., Kaper, L., Caballero-Nieves, S. M., & Gräfener, G. (2023). Extinction towards the cluster R136 in the Large Magellanic Cloud: An extinction law from the near-infrared to the ultraviolet. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 673, Article A132. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245536 [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]
2022
- Brands, S. A., de Koter, A., Bestenlehner, J. M., Crowther, P. A., Sundqvist, J. O., Puls, J., Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Abdul-Masih, M., Driessen, F. A., García, M. G., Geen, S., Gräfener, G., Hawcroft, C., Kaper, L., Keszthelyi, Z., Langer, N., Sana, H., Schneider, F. R. N., Shenar, T., & Vink, J. S. (2022). The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS. III: The most massive stars and their clumped winds. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 663, Article A36. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142742 [details]
- Keszthelyi, Z., de Koter, A., Götberg, Y., Meynet, G., Brands, S. A., Petit, V., Carrington, M., David-Uraz, A., Geen, S. T., Georgy, C., Hirschi, R., Puls, J., Ramalatswa, K. J., Shultz, M. E., & ud-Doula, A. (2022). The effects of surface fossil magnetic fields on massive star evolution: IV: Grids of models at Solar, LMC, and SMC metallicities. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 517(2), 2028-2055. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2598 [details]
2021
- Abdul-Masih, M., Sana, H., Hawcroft, C., Almeida, L. A., Brands, S. A., de Mink, S. E., Justham, S., Langer, N., Mahy, L., Marchant, P., Menon, A., Puls, J., & Sundqvist, J. (2021). Constraining the overcontact phase in massive binary evolution. I: Mixing in V382 Cyg, VFTS 352, and OGLE SMC-SC10 108086. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 651, Article A96. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202040195 [details]
- Hawcroft, C., Sana, H., Mahy, L., Sundqvist, J. O., Abdul-Masih, M., Bouret, J. C., Brands, S. A., de Koter, A., Driessen, F. A., & Puls, J. (2021). Empirical mass-loss rates and clumping properties of Galactic early-type O supergiants. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 655, Article A67. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202140603 [details]
- Keszthelyi, Z., de Koter, A., Götberg, Y., Meynet, G., Brands, S. A., Petit, V., Carrington, M., David-Uraz, A., Geen, S. T., Georgy, C., Hirschi, R., Puls, J., Ramalatswa, K. J., Shultz, M. E., & ud-Doula, A. (2021). Spin-down and reduced mass loss in early-type stars with large-scale magnetic fields. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 17(S370), 257-262. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921322004227 [details]
2020
- Bestenlehner, J. M., Crowther, P. A., Caballero-Nieves, S., Schneider, F. R. N., Simón-Díaz, S., Brands, S. A., de Koter, A., Gräfener, G., Herrero, A., Langer, N., Lennon, D. J., Maíz Apellániz, J., Puls, J., & Vink, J. S. (2020). The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS: II. Physical properties of the most massive stars in R136. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 499(2), 1918-1936. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2801 [details]
2016
- Brands, S. (2016). Hundred years ago: Radio Astronomy - Primitive antennas connected to state-of-the-art computers. Amsterdam Science, 3, 12. https://issuu.com/amsterdamscience/docs/scienceamsterdammagazine_def_web.co
2014
- Brands, S. (2014). Sterrenkunde voor in bed, op het toilet of in bad. BBCN Uitgevers. http://www.bol.com/nl/p/sterrenkunde-voor-in-bed-op-het-toilet-of-in-bad/9200000022117774/#product_specifications
Talk / presentation
- Brands, S. (speaker) (25-9-2019). De kosmische afstandsladder, Unesco dagen.
- Brands, S. (speaker) (14-3-2019). De kosmische afstandsladder, High school Sancta Maria theme week .
2024
- Decin, L., Blomme, R., Larkin, C. J. K., Oskinova, L. M., Verhamme, O., Backs, F., Ramírez-Tannus, M., Abdul-Masih, M., Barbosa, C. L. D. R., Tramper, F., Pauli, D., Kuiper, R., de Koter, A., Bestenlehner, J. M., Hamann, W., Banyard, G., Hawcroft, C., Sundqvist, J., Crowther, P. A., … Shenar, T. (1-6-2024). X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive Stars at low metallicity - II. DR1: Advanced optical data products for the Magellanic Clouds. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12743023
- Vink, J. S., Pauli, D., Sundqvist, J., Tramper, F., Blomme, R., Backs, F., Oskinova, L. M., Dsilva, K., Bestenlehner, J. M., Hillier, D., Brands, S. A., de Koter, A., Banyard, G., Abdul-Masih, M., Decin, L., Sana, H., Martins, L., Larkin, C. J. K., Shenar, T., … Wofford, A. (1-6-2024). X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive Stars at low metallicity - II. DR1: Advanced optical data products for the Magellanic Clouds. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12179409
2022
- Brands, S. A., De Koter, A., Bestenlehner, J. M., Crowther, P. A., Sundqvist, J. O., Puls, J., Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Abdul-Masih, M., Driessen, F. A., García, M., Geen, S., Gräfener, G., Hawcroft, C., Kaper, L., Keszthelyi, Z., Langer, N., Sana, H., Schneider, F. R. N., Shenar, T. & Vink, J. S. (2022). The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS. III. The most massive stars and their clumped winds. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6353513
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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.