4 papers
The Impact of Supermassive Black Holes on Exoplanet Habitability. I. Spanning the Natural Mass Range
Jourdan Waas, Eric S. Perlman, Manasvi Lingam +5
While the influence of supermassive black hole (SMBH) activity on habitability has garnered attention, the specific effects of active galactic nucleus (AGN) winds, particularly ult…
Photosynthetic exergy I. Thermodynamic limits for habitable-zone planets
Giovanni Covone, Amedeo Balbi
Photosynthesis is central to Earth's biosphere and a prime candidate for sustaining complex life on habitable exoplanets, yet a thermodynamically consistent treatment of the work p…
What if we find nothing? Bayesian analysis of the statistical information of null results in future exoplanet habitability and biosignature surveys
Daniel Angerhausen, Amedeo Balbi, Andjelka B. KovaÄeviÄ +2
Future telescopes will survey temperate, terrestrial exoplanets to estimate the frequency of habitable () or inhabited () planets. This study aim…
Waste Heat and Habitability: Constraints from Technological Energy Consumption
Amedeo Balbi, Manasvi Lingam
Waste heat production represents an inevitable consequence of energy conversion as per the laws of thermodynamics. Based on this fact, by using simple theoretical models, we analyz…