PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Extraterrestrial Life: From Biosignatures to Technosignatures (2021)

M. Lingam & A. Loeb (Harvard University Press)

SUBMITTED ARTICLES

[1] Searching the Moon for Extrasolar Material and the Building Blocks of Extraterrestrial Life

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, submitted to Astrophys. J. Lett. (2019)

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[2] A class of three-dimensional gyroviscous magnetohydrodynamic models

M. Lingam, P. J. Morrison & A. Wurm, submitted to J. Plasma Phys., arXiv:2002.11272 (2020)

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[3] The role of body temperature in regulating brain and body sizes in hominin evolution

M. Lingam, submitted to J. Hum. Evol. (2020)

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[4] Aquatic Biospheres On Temperate Planets Around Sun-like Stars And M-dwarfs

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, submitted to Planet. Sci. J. (2020)

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PUBLISHED ARTICLES

[71] What's in a name: The etymology of astrobiology

M. Lingam & A. Loeb., Int. J. Astrobiol., arXiv:2004.11312 (2020)

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[70] Atmospheric Escape From TOI-700 d: Venus vs. Earth Analogs

C. Dong, M. Jin & M. Lingam, Astrophys. J. Lett., arXiv:2005.13190 (2020)

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[69] Constraining Alfvénic Turbulence with Helicity Invariants

S. M. Mahajan & M. Lingam, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa1318 (2020)

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[68] Propulsion of Spacecrafts to Relativistic Speeds Using Natural Astrophysical Sources

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astrophys. J., 894, 36 (2020)

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[67] Implications of Abiotic Oxygen Buildup for Earth-like Complex Life

M. Lingam, Astron. J., 159, 144 (2020)

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[66] Constraints on Aquatic Photosynthesis for Terrestrial Planets Around Other Stars

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astrophys. J. Lett., 889, L15 (2020)

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[65] On the Habitable Lifetime of Terrestrial Worlds with High Radionuclide Abundances

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astrophys. J. Lett., 889, L20 (2020)

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[64] Electric sails are potentially more effective than light sails near most stars

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Acta Astronaut., 168, 146 (2020)

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[63] Photosynthesis on Exoplanets and Exomoons from Reflected Light

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Int. J. Astrobiol., doi:10.1017/S1473550419000247 (2020)

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[62] Prospects for Life on Temperate Planets Around Brown Dwarfs

M. Lingam, I. Ginsburg & A. Loeb, Astrophys. J., 888, 102 (2020)

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[61] Role of stellar physics in regulating the critical steps for life

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Int. J. Astrobiol., 18, 527 (2019)

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[60] Brown Dwarf Atmospheres as the Potentially Most Detectable and Abundant Sites for Life

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astrophys. J., 883, 143 (2019)

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[59] Role of planetary obliquity in regulating atmospheric escape: G-dwarf vs. M-dwarf Earth-like exoplanets

C. Dong, Z. Huang & M. Lingam, Astrophys. J. Lett., 882, L16 (2019)

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[58] Active Galactic Nuclei: Boon or Bane for Biota?

M. Lingam, I. Ginsburg & S. Bialy, Astrophys. J., 877, 62 (2019)

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[57] Photosynthesis on habitable planets around low-mass stars

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 485, 5924 (2019)

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[56] Colloquium: Physical constraints for the evolution of life on exoplanets

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Rev. Mod. Phys., 91, 021002 (2019)

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[55] Revisiting the Biological Ramifications of Variations in Earth's Magnetic Field

M. Lingam, Astrophys. J. Lett., 874, L28 (2019)

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[54] Dependence of Biological Activity on the Surface Water Fraction of Planets

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astron. J., 157, 25 (2019)

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[53] Relative Likelihood of Success in the Searches for Primitive versus Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astrobiology, 19, 28 (2019)

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[52] Subsurface exolife

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Int. J. Astrobiol., 18, 112 (2019)

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[51] Galactic Panspermia

I. Ginsburg, M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astrophys. J. Lett., 868, L12 (2018)

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[50] Implications of Captured Interstellar Objects for Panspermia and Extraterrestrial Life

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astron. J., 156, 193 (2018)

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[49] Limitations of Chemical Propulsion for Interstellar Escape from Habitable Zones Around Low-mass Stars

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Res. Notes AAS, 2, 154 (2018)

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[48] Is Extraterrestrial Life Suppressed on Subsurface Ocean Worlds due to the Paucity of Bioessential Elements?

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astron. J., 156, 151 (2018)

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[47] Relativistic-amplitude electromagnetic waves -- Beating the "magnetic" barrier

S. Mahajan & M. Lingam, Phys. Plasmas, 25, 072112 (2018)

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[46] Modeling Martian Atmospheric Losses over Time: Implications for Exoplanetary Climate Evolution and Habitability

C. Dong, Y. Lee, Y. Ma, M. Lingam, S. Bougher, J. Luhmann, S. Curry, G. Toth, A. Nagy, V. Tenishev, X. Fang, D. Mitchell, D. Brain & B. Jakosky, Astrophys. J. Lett., 859, L14 (2018)

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[45] Optimal Target Stars in the Search for Life

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astrophys. J. Lett., 857, L17 (2018)

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[44] Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Plasmoid-mediated Regime

L. Comisso, Y.-M. Huang, M. Lingam, E. Hirvijoki & A. Bhattacharjee, Astrophys. J., 854, 103 (2018)

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[43] The Propitious Role of Solar Energetic Particles in the Origin of Life

M. Lingam, C. Dong, X. Fang, B. M. Jakosky & A. Loeb, Astrophys. J., 853, 10 (2018)

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[42] Is life most likely around Sun-like stars?

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys., 05, 020 (2018)

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[41] Atmospheric escape from the TRAPPIST-1 planets and implications for habitability

C. Dong, M. Jin, M. Lingam, V. S. Airapetian, Y. Ma & B. van der Holst, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 115, 260 (2018)

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[40] Implications of Tides for Life on Exoplanets

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astrobiology, 18, 967 (2018)

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[39] A maximum entropy principle for inferring the distribution of 3D plasmoids

M. Lingam & L. Comisso, Phys. Plasmas, 25, 012114 (2018)

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[38] Physical constraints on the likelihood of life on exoplanets

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Int. J. Astrobiol., 17, 116 (2018)

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[37] Black hole Brownian motion in a rotating galaxy

M. Lingam, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 473, 1719 (2018)

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[36] Plasmoid Instability in Forming Current Sheets

L. Comisso, M. Lingam, Y.-M. Huang & A. Bhattacharjee, Astrophys. J., 850, 142 (2017)

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[35] Risks for Life on Habitable Planets from Superflares of Their Host Stars

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astrophys. J., 848, 41 (2017)

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[34] The Dehydration of Water Worlds via Atmospheric Losses

C. Dong, Z. Huang, M. Lingam, G. Toth, T. Gombosi & A. Bhattacharjee, Astrophys. J. Lett., 847, L4 (2017)

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[33] Reduced Diversity of Life Around Proxima Centauri and TRAPPIST-1

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astrophys. J. Lett., 846, L21 (2017)

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[32] Enhanced interplanetary panspermia in the TRAPPIST-1 system

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 114, 6689 (2017)

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[31] Natural and artificial spectral edges in exoplanets

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. Lett.., 470, L82 (2017)

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[30] Exact collisional plasma fluid theories

D. Pfefferle, E. Hirvijoki & M. Lingam, Phys. Plasmas, 24, 042118 (2017)

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[29] Nonlinear resistivity for magnetohydrodynamical models

M. Lingam, E. Hirvijoki, D. Pfefferle, L. Comisso & A. Bhattacharjee, Phys. Plasmas, 24, 042120 (2017)

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[28] Is Proxima Centauri b Habitable? A Study of Atmospheric Loss

C. Dong, M. Lingam, Y. Ma & O. Cohen, Astrophys. J. Lett., 837, L26 (2017)

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[27] Fast Radio Bursts from Extragalactic Light Sails

M. Lingam & A. Loeb, Astrophys. J. Lett., 837, L23 (2017)

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[26] On the structure and statistical theory of turbulence of extended magnetohydrodynamics

G. Miloshevich, M. Lingam & P. J. Morrison, New J. Phys., 19, 015007 (2017)

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[25] General theory of the plasmoid instability

L. Comisso, M. Lingam, Y.-M. Huang & A. Bhattacharjee, Phys. Plasmas, 23, 100702 (2016)

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[24] Extended MHD Turbulence and Its Applications to the Solar Wind

H. M. Abdelhamid, M. Lingam & S. M. Mahajan, Astrophys. J., 829, 87 (2016)

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[23] Hall Current Effects in Mean-Field Dynamo Theory

M. Lingam & A. Bhattacharjee, Astrophys. J., 829, 51 (2016)

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[22] Fluid moments of the nonlinear Landau collision operator

E. Hirvijoki, M. Lingam, D. Pfefferle, L. Comisso, J. Candy & A. Bhattacharjee, Phys. Plasmas, 23, 080701 (2016)

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[21] Multi-region relaxed Hall magnetohydrodynamics with flow

M. Lingam, H. M. Abdelhamid & S. R. Hudson, Phys. Plasmas, 23, 082103 (2016)

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[20] A heuristic model for MRI turbulent stresses in Hall MHD

M. Lingam & A. Bhattacharjee, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 460, 478 (2016)

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[19] Concomitant Hamiltonian and topological structures of extended magnetohydrodynamics

M. Lingam, G. Miloshevich & P. J. Morrison, Phys. Lett. A., 380, 2400 (2016)

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[18] Derivation of the Hall and extended magnetohydrodynamics brackets

E. C. D'Avignon, P. J. Morrison & M. Lingam, Phys. Plasmas, 23, 062101 (2016)

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[17] Interstellar Travel and Galactic Colonization: Insights from Percolation Theory and the Yule Process

M. Lingam, Astrobiology, 16, 418 (2016)

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[16] A potential thermal dynamo and its astrophysical applications

M. Lingam & S. M. Mahajan, Phys. Plasmas, 23, 052118 (2016)

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[15] Analytical approaches to modelling panspermia -- beyond the mean-field paradigm

M. Lingam, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 455, 2792 (2016)

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[14] Multi-fluid systems -- Multi-Beltrami relaxed states and their implications

S. M. Mahajan & M. Lingam, Phys. Plasmas, 22, 092123 (2015)

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[13] Remarkable connections between extended magnetohydrodynamics models

M. Lingam, P. J. Morrison & G. Miloshevich, Phys. Plasmas, 22, 072111 (2015)

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[12] Dissipative effects in magnetohydrodynamical models with intrinsic magnetization

M. Lingam, Commun. Nonlinear Sci. Numer. Simulat., 28, 223 (2015)

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[11] Hall viscosity: A link between quantum Hall systems, plasmas and liquid crystals

M. Lingam, Phys. Lett. A, 379, 1425 (2015)

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[10] Modelling astrophysical outflows via the unified dynamo--reverse dynamo mechanism

M. Lingam & S. M. Mahajan, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. Lett., 449, L36 (2015)

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[9] Hamiltonian and action principle formalisms for spin-1/2 magnetohydrodynamics

M. Lingam, Phys. Plasmas, 22, 022124 (2015)

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[8] Inertial magnetohydrodynamics

M. Lingam, P. J. Morrison & E. Tassi, Phys. Lett. A, 379, 570 (2015)

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[7] The action principle for generalized fluid motion including gyroviscosity

M. Lingam & P. J. Morrison, Phys. Lett. A, 378, 3526 (2014)

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[6] Analytical solutions for weak black hole kicks

M. Lingam, Astrophys. Space Sci., 354, 561 (2014)

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[5] Action principles for extended magnetohydrodynamic models

I. Keramidas Charidakos, M. Lingam, P. J. Morrison, R. L. White & A. Wurm, Phys. Plasmas, 21, 092118 (2014)

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[4] The effects of a non-zero cosmological constant on the Veltmann models

M. Lingam, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 444, 1548 (2014)

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[3] Hamiltonian and action formalisms for two-dimensional gyroviscous magnetohydrodynamics

P. J. Morrison, M. Lingam & R. Acevedo, Phys. Plasmas, 21, 082102 (2014)

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[2] The double-power approach to spherically symmetric astrophysical systems

M. Lingam & P. H. Nguyen, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 440, 2636 (2014)

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[1] Analytical families of two-component anisotropic polytropes and their relativistic extensions

P. H. Nguyen & M. Lingam, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 436, 2014 (2013)