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Publications

Total of 24 first author and 72 co-authored refereed publications

Media Coverage

WEBB reveals rocky planets can form in extreme environments (link)

Photosynthesis on alien worlds (link

Deep diving off cosmic cliffs (e.g. link1, link2, link3)

Embracing a rejected star (e.g. link1)

Peter Pan Discs: Finding Neverland's Parameters (e.g. link1, link2, link3)

Fledgling stars try to prevent their neighbours from birthing planets (e.g. link 1, link2, link3)

Solo planets may be surpisingly common

Yeager, A.

 

Wreaking havoc with a stellar fly-by

Rawls, M.

 

 

First authored refereed publications

1. A possible trail of dust from a young, highly extincted brown dwarf in the outskirts of the Trapezium Cluster

          Haworth, Thomas J.; et al. ., 2025, MNRAS, 537, 3313 (link)

2. FRIED v2. A new grid of mass loss rates for externally irradiated protoplanetary discs

          Haworth, Thomas J.; et al. ., 2023, MNRAS, 526, 4315 (link)

3. The VLT MUSE NFM view of outflows and externally photoevaporating discs near the orion bar

          Haworth, Thomas J.; et al. ., 2023, MNRAS, 525, 4129 (link)

4. An APEX search for carbonemission fromNGC 1977 proplyds

          Haworth, Thomas J.; et al. ., 2022, MNRAS, 512, 2594 (link)

5. Warm millimetre dust in protoplanetary discs near massive stars

          Haworth, Thomas J.; et al. ., 2021, MNRAS, 504, 4172 (link)

6. Proplyds in the Flame Nebula NGC2024

            Haworth, Thomas J.; et al. ., 2021, MNRAS, 501, 3502 (link)

7. Massive discs around low-mass stars

            Haworth, Thomas J.; et al. ., 2020, MNRAS, 494, 4130 (link)

8. The observational anatomy of externally photoevaporating planet-forming discs - I. Atomic carbon

            Haworth, Thomas J.; Owen, J. E., 2020, MNRAS, 492, 5030 (link)

9. The first multidimensional view of mass loss from externally FUV irradiated protoplanetary discs 

            Haworth, Thomas J.; Clarke, Cathie J., 2019, MNRAS, 485, 3895 (link)

10. The FRIED grid of mass loss rates for externally irradiated protoplanetary discs

            Haworth, Thomas J.; Clarke, Cathie J.; Rahman, Wahidur; Winter, Andrew J.; Facchini, Stefano, 2018, MNRAS, 481, 452 (link)

11. Synthetic observations of star formation and the interstellar medium

            Haworth, Thomas J.; Glover, Simon C. O.; Koepferl, Christine M.; Bisbas, Thomas G.; Dale, James E., 2018, New AR, 82, 1 (link)

12. Where can a Trappist-1 planetary system be produced?

          Haworth, Thomas J.; Facchini, Stefano; Clarke, Cathie J.; Mohanty, Subhanjoy, 2018, MNRAS, 475, 5460 (link)

13. Radiation-pressure-driven sub-Keplerian rotation of the disc around the AGB star L2 Pup

          Haworth, Thomas J.; Booth, Richard A.; Homan, Ward; Decin, Leen; Clarke, Cathie J.; Mohanty, Subhanjoy, 2018, MNRAS, 473, 317, (link)

14. First evidence of external disc photoevaporation in a low mass star forming region: the case of IM Lup

Haworth, Thomas J.Facchini, StefanoClarke, Cathie J.Cleeves, L. Ilsedore , 2017MNRAS Letters, 468, 108 (link)

15. Photochemical-dynamical models of externally FUV irradiated protoplanetary discs

Haworth, Thomas J.Boubert, DouglasFacchini, StefanoBisbas, Thomas G.Clarke, Cathie J., 2016, MNRAS, 463, 3616 (link)


16. Grand challenges in protoplanetary disc modelling

Haworth, T. et al. , 2016, PASA, 33, 53  (link)

17. Rapid radiative clearing of protoplanetary discs

Haworth, T.; Clarke, C.; Owen, J., 2016, MNRAS, 457, 1905 (link)

18. Isolating signatures of major cloud-cloud collisions II: The lifetimes of broad bridge features

Haworth, T.; Shima, K; Tasker, E.; Fukui, Y.; Torii, K.; Dale, J.; Takahira, K.; Habe, A., 2015,  MNRAS, 454, 1634 (link)

19. On the relative importance of different microphysics on the D-type expansion of galactic HII regions

           Haworth, Thomas J.; Harries, Tim J.; Acreman, David M.; Bisbas, Thomas G., 2015, MNRAS, 453, 2277 (link)

20. Isolating signatures of major cloud–cloud collisions using position–velocity diagrams

Haworth, T.; Tasker, E.; Fukui, Y.; Torii, K.; Dale, J.; Shima, K.; Takahira, K.; Habe, A.; Kasegawa, K. 

2015, MNRAS, 450, 10 (link)

21. The theory of globulettes: candidate precursors of brown dwarfs and free-floating planets in H II regions

Haworth, T.; Facchini, S.; Clarke, C.; 2015, MNRAS, 446, 1098 (link)

22. Assessing molecular line diagnostics of triggered star formation using synthetic observations

Haworth, T.; Harries, T.; Acreman, D.; Rundle, D.; 2013, MNRAS, 431, 3470 (link)

23. Testing diagnostics of triggered star formation

Haworth, T.; Harries, T.; Acreman.; 2012, MNRAS, 426, 203 (link)

24. Radiation hydrodynamics of triggered star formation: the effect of the diffuse radiation field

Haworth, T.; Harries, T.; 2012, MNRAS, 420, 562 (link)

Co-authored refereed publications

1. Line ratio identification of external photoevaporation

         Peake, Haworth, Aru, Henney (2025), MNRAS, 541, 2917 (link)

2. Investigating dusty red supergiant outflows in Westerlund 1 with 3D hydrodynamic simulations

         Larkin, Mackey, Haworth, & Sander (2025), A&A, 700, 60 (link)

3. A solar C/O ratio in planet-forming gas at 1 au in a highly irradiated disk

         Schroetter, Berné, Bron, Alarcon, Amiot,Bergin, Boersma, Cami, Coleman, Dartois, Fuente, Goicoechea, Habart, Haworth, et al. (2025), Nature Astronomy, in press (link)

4. A nearby dark molecular cloud in the Local Bubble revealed via H2 fluorescence

         Burkhart, Dharmawardena, Bialy, Haworth, et al. (2025), Nature Astronomy, 9, 1064 (link)

5. Searching for star formation towards the Eos molecular cloud

         Saxena, Haworth, et al. (2025), MNRAS, 540, 109 (link)

6. The observable impact of runaway OB stars on protoplanetary discs

         Coleman, Kim, Haworth, Hartman, Kalish (2025), MNRAS, 540,1202 (link)

7. The past, present and future of observations of externally irradiated disks

         Planet forming environments collaboration,  (2025), OJAp, 8, 54 (link)

8. Impact of photoevaporative winds in chemical models of externally irradiated protoplanetary discs

         Paine, Haworth, & Nelson  (2025), MNRAS, 539, 1414 (link)

9. How the microphysical properties of external photoevaporation influence the global evolution of protoplanetary discs

         Coleman, Haworth & Qiao  (2025), MNRAS, 539, 1190 (link)

10. XUE: Thermochemical Modeling Suggests a Compact and Gas-depleted Structure for a Distant, Irradiated Protoplanetary Disk

         Portilla-Revelo, Getman, Ramírez-Tannus, Haworth, et al. (2025), ApJ, 985, 72 (link)

11. Discovery of Radio Recombination Lines from Proplyds in the Orion Nebula Cluster

         Boyden, Emig, Ballering, Law, Haworth, et al. (2025), ApJ, 983, 81 (link)

12. Thermal emission from bow shocks: III. Variable diffuse X-ray emission from stellar-wind bow shocks driven by dynamical instabilities

         Mackey, Mathew, Ali, Haworth, et al. (2025), MNRAS, 696, 91 (link)

13. The Molecular Cloud Life Cycle. I. Constraining H2 Formation and Dissociation Rates with Observations

         Bialy, Burkhart, Seifried, Sternberg, Godard, Krumholz, Walch, Hamden, Haworth, et al. (2025), ApJ, 982, 24 (link)

14. A multi-ion non-equilibrium solver for ionised astrophysical plasmas with arbitrary elemental abundancess

         Arun, Mackey, Celeste Haworth,  Mellema, (2025), A&A, 695, 73 (link)

15. Impact of photoevaporative winds in chemical models of externally irradiated protoplanetary discs

         Keyte & Haworth,  (2025), MNRAS, 537, 598 (link)

16. A new look at disk winds and external photoevaporation in the σ-Orionis cluster

         Maucó, Manara, Bayo, Hernández, Campbell-White, Calvet, Ballabio, Aru, Alcalá, Ansdell, Briceño, Facchini, Haworth, et al.  (2025), A&A, 693, 87 (link)

17. A tell-tale tracer for externally irradiated protoplanetary disks: Comparing the [C I] 8727 Å line and ALMA observations in proplyds

         Aru, Maucó, Manara, Haworth, et al.  (2024), A&A, 692, 137 (link)

18. The Molecular Cloud Life Cycle. II. Formation and Destruction of Molecular Clouds Diagnosed via H2 Fluorescent Emission

         Burkhart, Bialy, Seifried, Walch, Hamden, Haworth, et al.  (2024), ApJ, 975, 269 (link)

19. PDRs4All: X. ALMA and JWST detection of neutral carbon in the externally irradiated disk d203-506: Undepleted gas-phase carbon

         Goicoechea, Le Bourlot, Black, Alarcón, Bergin, Berné, Bron, Canin, Chapillon, Chown, Dartois, Gerin, Habart, Haworth et al. (2024), A&A, 26, 689 (link)

20. A roadmap for the atmospheric characterization of terrestrial exoplanets with JWST

         Trappist-1 community initiative (2024), Nature Astronomy, 8, 810 (link)

21. Kaleidoscope of irradiated disks: MUSE observations of proplyds in the Orion Nebula Cluster. I. Sample presentation and ionization front sizes

         Aru, Mauco, Manara, Haworth et al. (2024), A&A, 687, 93 (link)

22. A far-ultraviolet–driven photoevaporation flow observed in a protoplanetary disk

         Berné, Habart, Peeters, Schroetter, Canin, Sidhu, Chown, Bron, Haworth, et. al. (2024), Science, 373, 988 (link)

23.  High-resolution ALMA observations of compact discs in the wide-binary system Sz 65 and Sz 66

         Miley, Carpenter, Booth, Jennings, Haworth, et al.  (2024), A&A, 682, 55 (link)

24. Photoevaporation obfuscates the distinction between wind and viscous angular momentum transport in protoplanetary discs

         Coleman, Mroueh and Haworth, (2024), MNRAS, 527, 7588 (link)

25. The external photoevaporation of structured protoplanetary disks

         Garate, Pinilla, Haworth, Facchini, (2024), A&A, 681, 84 (link)

26. Illuminating evaporating protostellar outflows: ERIS/SPIFFIER reveals the dissociation and ionization of HH 900

         Reiter, Haworth et al. (2024), MNRAS, 527, 3220 (link)

27. Photosynthesis under a red Sun: predicting the absorption characteristics of an extraterrestrial light-harvesting antenna

         Duffy, Canchon Haworth et al. (2023), MNRAS, 526, 2265 (link)

28. XUE: Molecular Inventory in the Inner Region of an Extremely Irradiated Protoplanetary Disk

         Ramirez-Tannus et al. (2023), ApJ, 958, 30 (link)

29. Testing external photoevaporation in the σ-Orionis cluster with spectroscopy and disk mass measurements

         Mauco et al. (2023), A&A, 679, 82 (link)

30. Isolating Dust and Free-Free Emission in ONC Proplyds with ALMA Band 3 Observations

         Ballering, Cleeves, Haworth, et al. (2023), ApJ, 954, 127 (link)

31. Planet formation via pebble accretion in externally photoevaporating discs

         Qiao, L., Coleman, G., Haworth, T. J. (2023), MNRAS, 522, 1939 (link)

32. [O I] 6300 Å emission as a probe of external photoevaporation of protoplanetary discs

         Ballabio, G., Haworth, T. J., Henney, W. (2022), MNRAS, 517, 5563 (link)

33. Deep diving off the 'Cosmic Cliffs': previously hidden outflows in NGC 3324 revealed by JWST

         Reiter, M., Morse, J., Smith, N., Haworth T. J. (2022), MNRAS, 517, 5382 (link)

34. The external photoevaporation of planet-forming discs

         Winter, A. J. and Haworth T. J., (2022), solicited review submitted to EPJP, 137, 1132, (link)

35. The growth and migration of massive planets under influence of external photoevaporation

         Coleman, A. L. G. and  Haworth T. J.,  (2022), MNRAS, 514, 2315  (link)

36. Dispersal of protoplanetary discs: how stellar properties and the local environment determine the pathway of evolution

         Winter, A. J.,  Haworth T. J., et al. (2022), Accepted for publication in MNRAS  (link)

37. Thermal emission from bow shocks II: 3D magnetohydrodynamic models of Zeta Ophiuchi

         Green, S., Mackey, J., Kavanagh, P., Haworth T. J., et al. (2022), Accepted for publication in A&A,  (link)

38. The evolution of protoplanetary discs in star formation and feedback simulations

         Lin Qiao, Thomas J. Haworth, Andrew D. Sellek, Ahmad A Ali, 2022, Accepted for publication in MNRAS (link)

39. A wind-blown bubble in the Central Molecular Zone cloud G0.253+0.016

         Henshaw, J. D., Krumholz, M. R., Butterfield, N. O., Mackey, J., Ginsburg, A., Haworth, T. J. et al., 2022, MNRAS, 509, 4758 (link)

40. Determining Dispersal Mechanisms of Protoplanetary Disks Using Accretion and Wind Mass Loss Rates

           Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Thomas J. Haworth et al. 2022, ApJ, 926, 23 (link)

41. Chemulator: Fast, accurate thermochemistry for dynamical models through emulation

            Holdship, J., Viti, S., Haworth, T. J., Ilee, J. D., A&A, 26, 653 (link)

42. First detection of a disk free of volatile elements around a young A-type star: A possible sign of collisions between rocky planets

          van den Ancker, M. E., Gentile Fusillo, N. P.  Thomas J. Haworth, et al., 2021, A&A, 26, 651 (link)

43. PION: simulating bow shocks and circumstellar nebulae

          Jonathan Mackey, Samuel Green,  Thomas J. Haworth, et al., 2021, MNRAS, 504, 983 (link)

44. Planet formation in intermediate separation binary systems

Olja Panić, Thomas J. Haworth, et al., 2021, MNRAS, 501, 4317 (link)

45. An ALMA survey of Lambda Orionis discs: from supernovae to planet formation

Megan Ansdell, Thomas J. Haworth, et al., 2020, MNRAS, 160, 248 (link)

46. Testing viscous disc theory using the balance between stellar accretion and external photoevaporation of protoplanetary discs

Andrew J. Winter, Megan Ansdell, Thomas J. Haworth, and J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, 2020, MNRAS, 497, 40(link)

47. Illuminating a tadpole’s metamorphosis III: quantifying past and present environmental impact

Megan Reiter, Thomas J. Haworth, et al., 2020, MNRAS, 497, 3351 (link)

48. Illuminating a tadpole’s metamorphosis II: observing the on-going transformation with ALMA

Megan Reiter, Andres E. Guzman, Thomas J. Haworth, Pamela D. Klaassen, Anna F. McLeod, Guido Garay,Joseph C. Mottram, 2020, MNRAS, 496, 394 (link)

49. Peter Pan Discs: Finding Neverland's Parameters

Gavin Coleman & Thomas J. Haworth, 2020, MNRAS, 494, 451 (link)

50. A three-dimensional view of Gomez's hamburger

Richard Teague, Marija R. Jankovic, Thomas J. Haworth, Chunhua Qi, John D. Ilee, 2020, MNRAS, 494, 451 (link)

51. Fragmentation favoured in discs around higher mass stars

James Cadman, Ken Rice, Cassandra Hall, Thomas J. Haworth and Beth Biller, 2019, MNRAS, 494, 5041 (link)

52. External photoevaporation of circumstellar discs constrains the time-scale for planet formation

Vandenbroucke, Bert; Sartorio, Nina S.; Wood, Kenneth; Lund, Kristin; Falceta-Gonçalves, Diego; Haworth, Thomas J., 2019, MNRAS, 490, 5678 (link)

53. Testing the stability of supersonic ionized Bondi accretion flows with radiation hydrodynamics

Vandenbroucke, Bert; Sartorio, Nina S.; Wood, Kenneth; Lund, Kristin; Falceta-Gonçalves, Diego; Haworth, Thomas J.; Bonnell, Ian; Keto, Eric; Tootill, Daniel, 2019, MNRAS, 485, 3771 (link)

54. `The Brick' is not a brick: a comprehensive study of the structure and dynamics of the central molecular zone cloud G0.253+0.016

Henshaw, J. D.; Ginsburg, A.; Haworth, T. J.;  et al., 2019, MNRAS, 485, 2457 (link)

55. Asymmetric mid-plane gas in ALMA images of HD 100546

Miley, J. M.; Panić, O.; Haworth, T. J. et al. 2019, MNRAS, 485, 739 (link)

56. The TORUS radiation transfer code

Harries, T. J.; Haworth, T. J.; Acreman, D.; Ali, A.; Douglas, T., 2019, A&C, 27, 63 (link)

57. Thermal emission from bow shocks I: 2D Hydrodynamic Models of the Bubble Nebula

Green, Samuel; Mackey, Jonathan; Haworth, Thomas J.; Gvaramadze, Vasilii V.; Duffy, Peter, 2019, A&A (link)

58. Observing substructure in circumstellar discs around massive young stellar objects

Jankovic, M. R.; Haworth, T. J. et al. 2019, MNRAS, 482, 4673 (link)

59. G11.92-0.61 MM 1: A Fragmented Keplerian Disk Surrounding a Proto-O Star

Ilee, J. D.; Cyganowski, C. J.; Brogan, C. L.; Hunter, T. R.; Forgan, D. H.; Haworth, T. J.; Clarke, C. J.; Harries, T. J., ApJL, 869, 24

60. CO observations of the molecular gas in the galactic HII region Sh2-48; Evidence for cloud-cloud collision as a trigger of high-mass star formation

         Torii, Kazufumi; et al., Haworth, Thomas J.;, Accepted for publication in PASJ, (link)

61. The classical D-type expansion of spherical H II regions

         Williams, Robin J. R.; Bisbas, Thomas G.; Haworth, Thomas J.; Mackey, Jonathan, 2018, MNRAS, 479, 2016 (link)

62. Protoplanetary disc truncation mechanisms in stellar clusters: comparing external photoevaporation and tidal encounters

         Winter, A. J.; Clarke, C. J.; Rosotti, G.; Ih, J.; Facchini, S.; Haworth, T. J., 2018, MNRAS, 478, 2700 (link)

63. Multiple Stellar Flybys Sculpting the Circumstellar Architecture in RW Aurigae

         Rodriguez, Joseph E.; Loomis, Ryan; Cabrit, Sylvie; Haworth, Thomas J.;  et al., 2018, ApJ, 859, 150 (link)

64. Triggered O star formation in M20 via cloud-cloud collision: Comparisons between high-resolution CO observations and simulations

         Torii, Kazufumi; Hattori, Yusuke; Hasegawa, Keisuke; Ohama, AKio; Haworth, Thomas J.; Shima, Kazuhiro; Habe, Aasao; Tachihara, Kengo; Mizuno, Norikazu; Onishi, Toshikazu; Mizuno, Akira; Fukui, Yasuo,  ApJ, 835, 142 (link)

65. IRAS 18153-1651: an H II region with a possible wind bubble blown by a young main-sequence B star

          Gvaramadze, V. V.; Mackey, J.; Kniazev, A. Y.; Langer, N.; Chene, A.-N.; Castro, N.; Haworth, T. J.; Grebel, E. K.,  MNRAS, 466, 1857 (link)

66. The violent environment of the inner disk of RW Aur A probed by the 2010 and 2015 dimming events

          Facchini, S.; Manara, C. F.; Schneider, P. C.; Clarke, C. J.; Bouvier, J.; Rosotti, G.; Booth, R.; Haworth, T. J.,  A&A, 596, 38 (link)

67. Determining the mid-plane conditions of circumstellar discs using gas and dust modelling: a study of HD 163296

            Boneberg, Dominika M.; Panić, Olja; Haworth, Thomas J.; Clarke, Cathie J.; Min, Michiel, MNRAS, 461, 385 (link)

68. Detecting stellar-wind bubbles through infrared arcs in H ii regions

            Mackey, Jonathan; Haworth, Thomas J.; Gvaramadze, Vasilii V.; Mohamed, Shazrene; Langer, Norbert; Harries, Tim J., A&A, 586, 16 (link)

69. TORUS-3DPDR: a self-consistent code treating three-dimensional photoionization and photodissociation regions
Bisbas, T. G.; Haworth, T. J.; Barlow, M. J.; Viti, S.; Harries, T. J.; Bell, T.; Yates, J. A. , MNRAS, 454, 2828 (link)

70. StarBench: The D-type expansion of an HII region

            Bisbas, T. G.; Haworth, T. J.; Williams, R. J. R.; Mackey, J.; et al., MNRAS, 453, 1324 (link)

71. A tidal encounter caught in the act: modelling a star-disc fly-by in the young RW Aurigae system

Dai, F.; Facchini, S.; Clarke, C.; Haworth, T.; 2015, MNRAS, 449, 1996 (link)

72. The Dangers of being trigger-happy

Dale, J.; Haworth, T.; Bressert, E.; 2015, MNRAS, 450, 1199 (link)

Other publications

Planet formation: The case for large efforts on the computational side

Lyra, Wladimir; Haworth, Thomas, et al., 2019, Astro 2020 Decadal Survey White Paper

The Birthplaces of other worlds

           Haworth, T., article for "I, Science", Imperial College London science magazine

Testing models of triggered star formation: theory and observation

Haworth, T.; Harries, T.; Acreman, D.; 2014, The Labyrinth of Star Formation, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, Volume 36. ISBN 978-3-319-03040-1.

 

Radiation Hydrodynamics Simulations of Massive Star Formation Using Monte Carlo Radiation Transfer

Harries, T.; Haworth, T.; Acreman, D.; 2014, The Labyrinth of Star Formation, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, Volume 36. ISBN 978-3-319-03040-1.

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