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Pavel Kroupa

University of Bonn ORCID

560

Works

28,073

Citations

77

h-index

255

i10-index

Research Topics

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Affiliations

Federal Foreign Office2005–2005

University of Bonn2004–2025

Harvard University2000–2000

University of Crete2021–2021

Max Planck Society2015–2015

Top Works

On the variation of the initial mass function

20017,126 citations

Pavel Kroupa | Researchclopedia

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

Astro and Planetary Science

The Initial Mass Function of Stars: Evidence for Uniformity in Variable Systems

20021,693 citations

The distribution of low-mass stars in the Galactic disc

Pavel Kroupa,Christopher A. Tout,et al.

19931,610 citations

Galactic‐Field Initial Mass Functions of Massive Stars

Pavel Kroupa,C. Weidner

2003500 citations

A comprehensive set of simulations studying the influence of gas expulsion on star cluster evolution

Holger Baumgardt,Pavel Kroupa

2007387 citations

Inverse dynamical population synthesis and star formation

1995352 citations

The VPOS: a vast polar structure of satellite galaxies, globular clusters and streams around the Milky Way

Marcel S. Pawlowski,J. Pflamm-Altenburg,et al.

2012333 citations

The dynamical properties of stellar systems in the Galactic disc

1995275 citations

Evidence for top-heavy stellar initial mass functions with increasing density and decreasing metallicity

Michael Marks,Pavel Kroupa,et al.

2012273 citations