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Triggering a Climate Change Dominated “Anthropocene”': Is It Common Among Exocivilizations?

- The Astronomical Journal

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PostedDecember 31, 2021
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The Dynamics of the Transition from Kardashev Type II to Type III Galaxies Favor Technosignature Searches in the Central Regions of Galaxies

- Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society

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PostedNovember 11, 2021
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Quantum Erasing the Memory of Wigner’s Friend

- APS March Meeting 2021 Abstracts

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PostedSeptember 1, 2021
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Bipolar Planetary Nebulae From Outflow Collimation by Common Envelope Evolution

- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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PostedNovember 11, 2020
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The Anthropocene Generalized

Evolution of Exo-Civilizations and Their Planetary Feedback

- Astrobiology

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PostedJune 4, 2018
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The Silurian Hypothesis

Would It Be Possible to Detect an Industrial Civilization in the Geological Record?

- International Journal of Astrobiology

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PostedMay 7, 2018
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Hot Planetary Winds Near a Star

Dynamics, Wind-Wind Interactions, and Observational Signatures

- arXiv

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PostedMay 9, 2016
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Molecular Cloud Formation in High-Shear, Magnetized Colliding Flows

- arXiv

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PostedMay 5, 2016
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A New Empirical Constraint on the Prevalence of Technological Species in the Universe

- Astrobiology

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PostedMay 2, 2016
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Magnetohydrodynamic Effects on Pulsed Young Stellar Object Jets. I. 2.5D Simulations

- The Astrophysical Journal

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PostedSeptember 30, 2015
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Triggered Star Formation and Its Consequences

- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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PostedNovember 28, 2014
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The Effects of Flow-inhomogeneities on Molecular Cloud Formation

Local Versus Global Collapse

- The Astrophysical Journal

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PostedOctober 31, 2014
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Jets and Outflows From Star to Cloud

Observations Confront Theory

- arXiv

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PostedSeptember 27, 2014
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On the Role of Ambient Environments in the Collapse of Bonnor-Ebert Spheres

- arXiv

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PostedSeptember 27, 2014
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Sustainability and the Astrobiological Perspective

Framing Human Futures in a Planetary Context

- arXiv

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PostedMay 1, 2014
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Outflows From Evolved Stars

The Rapidly Changing Fingers of CRL 618

- The Astrophysical Journal

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PostedFebruary 27, 2014
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Efficient Parallelization for AMR MHD Multiphysics Calculations

Implementation in AstroBEAR

- Journal of Computational Physics

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PostedFebruary 27, 2014
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Would It Be Possible to Detect an Industrial Civilization in the Geological Record?

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Hot Planetary Winds Near a Star

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- arXiv

Outflow-Driven Turbulence in Molecular Clouds

- The Astrophysical Journal

Protostellar Outflow Evolution in Turbulent Environments

- The Astrophysical Journal

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