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astro-ph.HE2017★ 86 cited
Plasmoid Instability in Forming Current Sheets
Luca Comisso, Manasvi Lingam, Yi-Min Huang +1
The plasmoid instability has revolutionized our understanding of magnetic reconnection in astrophysical environments. By preventing the formation of highly elongated reconnection l…
astro-ph.HE2017★ 46 cited
Fast Radio Bursts from Extragalactic Light Sails
Manasvi Lingam, Abraham Loeb
We examine the possibility that Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) originate from the activity of extragalactic civilizations. Our analysis shows that beams used for powering large light sai…
astro-ph.HE2017
A Maximum Entropy Principle for inferring the Distribution of 3D Plasmoids
Manasvi Lingam, Luca Comisso
The Principle of Maximum Entropy, a powerful and general method for inferring the distribution function given a set of constraints, is applied to deduce the overall distribution of…