Invited Commentaries:

2. P. Kroupa, T. Jerabkova

The Salpeter IMF and its descendants

2019, Nature Astronomy

1. P. Kroupa

The properties of G-dwarf multiple stars. Commentary on: Duquennoy A. and Mayor M., 1991, A&A, 248, 485

2009, A&A

Major Reviews:

11. P. Kroupa, E. Gjergo, T. Jerabkova, Z. Yan (36 pages)

The initial mass function of stars

2024, This is a pre-print of a chapter for the Encyclopedia of Astrophysics (edited by I. Mandel, section editor F.R.N. Schneider) to be published in 2025 by Elsevier as a Reference Module

10. P. Kroupa, E. Gjergo, E. Asencio, M. Haslbauer, J. Pflamm-Altenburg, N. Wittenburg, N. Samaras, I. Thies, W. Oehm (58 pages)

The many tensions with dark-matter based models and implications on the nature of the Universe

2023, two chapters in award-winning Springer book.

9. P. Kroupa (52 pages)

A modern view of galaxies and their stellar populations

2017, two chapters in award-winning Springer book.

8. P. Kroupa, T. Jerabkova (62 pages)

The initial mass function of stars and the star-formation rates of galaxies

2015, Chapter 2 in Cambridge-University-Press book on star formation rates of galaxies.

7. P. Kroupa (33 pages)

Galaxies as simple dynamical systems: observational data disfavor dark matter and stochastic star formation

2015, Canadian Journal of Physics.

6. P. Kroupa, C. Weidner, J. Pflamm-Altenburg, I. Thies, J. Dabringhausen, M. Marks, Th. Maschberger (115 pages)

The stellar and sub-stellar initial mass function of simple and composite populations

2013, Stellar Systems and Galactic Structure, Vol.V., Springer (arXiv)

5. P. Kroupa, M. Pawlowski, M. Milgrom (11 pages)

The Failures of the Standard Model of Cosmology Require a New Paradigm

2012, International Journal of Modern Physics D.

4. P. Kroupa (50 pages)

The dark matter crisis: falsification of the current standard model of cosmology

2012, Publication of the Astronomical Society of Australia.

3. P. Kroupa (85 pages)

Initial Conditions for Star Clusters

2008, in "The Cambridge N-body Lectures", Sverre Aarseth, Christopher Tout, Rosemary Mardling (eds), Lecture Notes in Physics Series, Springer (arXiv).

2. S.P. Goodwin, P. Kroupa, A. Goodman, A. Burkert

The Fragmentation of Cores and the Initial Binary Population (16 pages)

2007, Protostars and Planets V (ed: B. Reipurth, D. Jewitt, K. Keil), University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 951 pp., 2007., p.133-147 (arXiv).

1. P. Kroupa

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

2002, Science, 295, 82-91 (arXiv).

Reviews:

21. P. Kroupa: The universality hypothesis: binary and stellar populations in star clusters and galaxies; 2011, proceeding sof IAUS 270 on Computational Star Formation, eds: J. Alves, B. Elmegreen, J. Girart, V. Trimble (preprint)
20. P. Kroupa: Star Cluster Formation and Some Implications for Gaia; 2011, Stellar Clusters & Associations: A RIA Workshop on Gaia. Proceedings. Granada, Spain, May 23 - 27, 2011. Edited by: Alfaro Navarro, E. J.; Gallego Calvente, A. T.; Zapatero Osorio, M. R., pp.17-27 (preprint)
19. P. Kroupa: The influence of star clusters on galactic disks: new insights on star-formation in galaxies; 2008, 12 papges, in The Galactic disk in a cosmological context, IAUS254, eds J. Andersen, J. Bland-Hawthorn and B. Nordstrom (preprint)
18. P. Kroupa: The IMF of simple and composite populations (13 pages); 2008, in "Pathways Through an Eclectic Universe", J. H. Knapen, T. J. Mahoney, and A. Vazdekis (eds) (preprint)
17. P. Kroupa: The stellar initial mass function of metal-rich populations (17 pages); 2008, in ''The Metal Rich Universe'', La Palma, June 2006, G. Israelian & G. Meynet (eds), Cambridge University Press (preprint)
16. P. Kroupa: The initial mass function of simple and composite stellar populations (70 pages); 2008, in "Resolved Stellar Populations", Cancun, Mexico, 18-22 April 2005, eds. D. Valls-Gabaud and M. Chavez, ASP Conference Series (preprint)
15. P. Kroupa: The stellar initial mass function (10 pages); 2007, IAUS241, "Stellar Populations as Building Blocks of Galaxies", Proceedings of IAU Symposium Nr.241. A. Vazdekis and R. F. Peletier (eds)
14. P. Kroupa: The birth and early evolution of star clusters (8 pages); 2007 in "Mass loss from stars and the evolution of stellar clusters". Proc. of a workshop held in honour of H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, Lunteren, The Netherlands. A. de Koter, L. Smith and R. Waters (eds), ASP Conference Series (preprint)
13. P. Kroupa: Binary systems as tracers of the dynamical history of a stellar population; 2006, IAUS240 Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics, Prague, 22-25 August 2006
12. P. Kroupa: Star-cluster formation and evolution (7 pages); 2007, IAUS237, in "Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM", B.G. Elmegreen and J. Palous (eds), held 14-18 August, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007
11. P. Kroupa, C. Weidner: Evidence for a fundamental stellar upper mass limit from clustered star formation, and some implications therof (11 pages); 2005, IAUS227, Proceedings of IAU Symp. 227 on "Massive Star Birth" eds: R. Cesaroni et al. (preprint)
10. P. Kroupa: The Fundamental Building Blocks of Galaxies (9 pages); 2005, in the Proceedings of the Symposium "The Three-Dimensional Universe with Gaia", 4-7 October 2004, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France, eds: C. Turon, K.S. O'Flaherty, M.A.C. Perryman (ESA SP-576) (preprint)
9. P. Kroupa, C. Weidner: Variation of the IMF; 2004, in IMF@50: The Initial Mass Function 50 years later, ed: E. Corbelli, F. Palla, and H. Zinnecker, Kluwer Academic Publishers; a meeting held at the Abbazia di Spineto, Tuscany, Italy -- May 16-20, 2004 (preprint)
8. P. Kroupa: Massive stars: their birth sites and distribution; 2004, NewAR, 48, 47-54 (preprint)
7. P. Kroupa: The Birth, Evolution and Death of Star Clusters; 2001, in Origin and Evolution of Young Stellar Clusters, T. Montmerle, Ph. Andre (eds.); ASP Conf. Series, Vol.243,p.387-398 (invited review) (astro-ph/0010405)
6. P. Kroupa: Binary Stars in Young Clusters - a Theoretical Perspective; 2001, in The Formation of Binary Stars, H. Zinnecker, R. Mathieu (eds.); IAU Symp.200, p.199-206 (invited review) (astro-ph/0010347)
5. P. Kroupa: The Local Stellar Initial Mass Function; 2001, in STAR2000: Dynamics of Star Clusters and the Milky Way, S. Deiters, B. Fuchs, A. Just, R. Spurzem, R. Wielen (eds.); ASP Conf. Series, Vol.228, p.187-200 (invited review) (astro-ph/0011328)
4. P. Kroupa: Stellar-dynamics of young star clusters; 2000, in Massive Stellar Clusters, C.Boily, A.Lancon (eds.); ASP Conf. Series, Vol.211, p.233-240 (astro-ph/0001202)
3. I. Bonnell, P. Kroupa: Dynamical Interactions in Dense Stellar Clusters; in The Orion Complex Revisited, international workshop held at Ringberg Castle, June 2-6, 1997; McCaughrean M.J. (ed.); ASP Conf. Series, in press (invited review) (astro-ph/9802306)
2. P. Kroupa: Formation of dSph Satellites without Dark Matter; 1998, in Dynamics of Galaxies and Galactic Nuclei, W. Duschl, C. Einsel (eds.); Proc. Ser. I.T.A. no. 2, p.243 (astro-ph/9801047)
1. P. Kroupa: The Stellar Mass Function; 1998, in Brown Dwarfs and Extrasolar Planets, R. Rebolo, M.R. Zapatero Osorio, E. Martin (eds); ASP Conf. Series, Vol.134, p.483-494 (astro-ph/9705133)

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