Lex Kaper - Selected Publications#

Kaper, L., Hammerschlag-Hensberge, G., Takens, R.J. 1990, Raman scattering as a diagnostic tool in the massive X-ray binary 4U1700-37, Nature 347, 652–654 (17 citations)

Kaper, L., Hammerschlag-Hensberge, G., Zuiderwijk, E.J. 1994, Spectroscopic evidence for photoionization wakes in Vela X-1 and 4U1700-37, A&A 289, 846–854 (45 citations)

Kaper, L., Henrichs, H.F., Nichols, J.S., Snoek, L.C., Volten, H., Zwarthoed, G.A.A. 1996, Long and short-term variability in O-star winds: I. Time series of UV spectra for 10 bright O stars, A&A Supp. Ser. 116, 257–287 (114 citations)

Kaper, L., Henrichs, H.F., Fullerton, A.W., Ando, H., Bjorkman, K.S., Gies, D., Hirata, R., Kambe, E., McDavid, D., Nichols, J.S. 1997, Coordinated ultraviolet and H_ spectroscopy of bright O type stars, A&A 327, 281–298 (103 citations)

Kaper, L., Van Loon, J.Th., Augusteijn, T., Goudfrooij, P., Patat, F., Waters, L., Zijlstra, A. 1997, Discovery of a bow shock around Vela X-1, ApJ 475, L37–L40 (81 citations)

Barziv, O., Kaper, L., Van Kerkwijk, M.H., Telting, J.H., Van Paradijs, J.A., 2001, The mass of the neutron star in Vela X-1, A&A 377, 925–944 (145 citations)

Hjorth, J., Sollerman, J., Møller, P., Fynbo, J.P.U., et al. 2003, A very energetic supernova associated with the -ray burst of 29 March 2003, Nature 423, 847–850 (1047 citations)

Bik, A., Kaper, L., Hanson, M.M., Smits, M. 2005, VLT K-band spectroscopy of massive stars deeply embedded in IRAS sources with UCHII colours, A&A 440, 121–137 (79 citations)

Kouwenhoven, M.B.N., Brown, A.G.A., Zinnecker, H., Kaper, L., Portegies Zwart, S. 2005, The primordial binary population: I) A near-infrared adaptive optics search for close companions to A star members of Scorpius OB2, A&A 430, 137–154 (144 citations)

- Vernet, J., Dekker, H., D’Odorico, S., Kaper, L., et al. 2011, X-shooter: the new wide-band intermediate-resolution spectrograph at the ESO Very Large Telescope, A&A 536, A105 (499 citations)

Total number of scientific publications: 376 (206 in refereed international journals); 4 books, (co-) editor

Four of his papers appeared in Nature.

Nr. of citations: 11587 (26 dec 2019; ADS); h-index: 56 (ADS)