Select Popular Science Writing
Scientific Journal Publications
The below is a sample of scientific articles representing Dr. Livio’s research. For a full list, see here.
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Livio, M. & Mazzali, P., “On the Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae,” Physics Reports, 736, 1 (2018).
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Livio, M. & Rees, M. J., “Fine-Tuning, Complexity, and Life in the Multiverse,” arXiv 1801 06944 (2018).
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Martin, R. G. & Livio, M., “The Solar System As an Exoplanetary System,” ApJ, 810, 105 (2015).
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Villaver, E., Livio, M., Mustill, A. J., & Siess, L., “Hot Jupiters and Cool Stars,” ApJ, 794, 3 (2014).
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Martin, R., & Livio, M., “On the Evolution of the Snow Line in Protoplanetary Disks,” MNRAS, 425, L6 (2012).
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Martin, R., & Livio, M., “On the Formation and Evolution of Asteroid Belts and Their Potential Significance for Life,” MNRAS, 428, L11 (2013).
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Schlichting, H., Ofek, E., Sari, R., Nelan, E., Gal-Yam, A., Wenz, M., Muirhead, P., Javanfar, N., & Livio, M., “Measuring the Abundance of Sub-Kilometer-Sized Kuiper Belt Objects Using Stellar Occultations,” ApJ, 761, 150 (2012).
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Osten, R., Livio, M., Lubow, S., Pringle, J., Soderblom, D., & Valenti, J., “Coronal Mass Ejection as a Mechanism for Producing IR Variability in Debris Disks,” ApJ, 765, L44 (2013).
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Livio, M. & Pringle, J. E., “On Identifying the Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae,” ApJ, 740, L18 (2011).
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Clarkson, W. I., Sahu, K. C., Anderson, J., Rich, R. M., Smith, T. Ed., Brown, T. M., Bond, H. E., Livio, M., Minniti, D., Renzini, A., & Zoccali, M., “The First Detection of Blue Straggler Stars in the Milky Way Bulge,” ApJ, 735, 37 (2011).
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Charles, P. A., McGowan, K. E., Blustin, A. J., Livio, M., O’Donoghue, D., & Heath- cote, B., “Supersoft X-ray Sources: Confronting the van den Heuvel Paradigm,” New Astronomy Reviews, 54, 75 (2010).
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Villaver, E. & Livio, M. “The Orbital Evolution of Gas Giant Planets Around Giant Stars,” ApJ, 705, L81 (2009).
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Bellan, P., Livio, M., Kato, Y., Lebedev, S., Ray, T., Ferrari, A., Hartigan, P., Frank, A., Foster, J., & Nicolai, P., “Astrophysical Jets: Observations, Numerical Simulations, and Laboratory Experiments,” Physics of Plasmas, 16, 041005 (2009).
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Caproni, A., Abraham, Z., Livio, M., & Mosquera Cuesta, H. J., “Is the Bardeen- Petterson Effect Responsible for the Warping and Precession in NGC 4258?” MNRAS, 379, 135 (2007).
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Riess, A. G. et al., “New Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries of Type Ia Supernovae at z ≥ 1: Narrowing Constraints on the Early Behavior of Dark Energy,” ApJ, 659, 98 (2007).
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Caproni, A., Livio, M., Abraham, Z., & Mosquera Cuesta, H. J., “Warping and Pre- cession in Galactic and Extragalactic Accretion Disks,” ApJ, 653, 112 (2006).
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Sahu, K. C. et al., “Transiting Extrasolar Planetary Candidates in the Galactic Bulge,” Nature, 443, 534 (2006).
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Riess, A. G. & Livio, M., “The First Type Ia Supernovae: An Empirical Approach to Taming Evolutionary Effects in Dark Energy Surveys from SNe Ia at z > 2,” ApJ, 648, 884 (2006).
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Fruchter, A. S. et al., “Long γ-ray Bursts and Core-collapse Supernovae Have Different Environments,” Nature, 441, 463 (2006).
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Livio, M. & Rees, M. J., “Anthropic Reasoning,” Science, 309, 1022 (2005).
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Livio, M., Pringle, J. E., & Wood, K., “Disks and Planets around Massive White Dwarfs,” ApJ, 632, L37 (2005).
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Beer, M. E., King, A. R., Livio, M., & Pringle, J. E., “How Special Is the Solar System?” MNRAS, 354, 763 (2004).
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Strolger, L., Riess, A., Dahlen, T., Livio, M. et al., “The Hubble High z Supernova Search: Supernovae to z ∼ 1.6 and Constraints on Type Ia Progenitor Models,” ApJ, 613, 200 (2004).
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Dahlen, T. et al., “High-z Supernova Rates,” ApJ, 613, 189 (2004).
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Alexander, T. & Livio, M., “Orbital Capture of Stars by a Massive Black Hole via Exchanges with Compact Remnants,” ApJ, 606, L21 (2004).
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Giavalisco, M., et al., “The Rest-Frame UV Luminosity Density of Star-Forming Galax- ies at z > 3.5,” ApJ, 600, L103 (2004).
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Riess, A. G., et al., “Type Ia Supernova Discoveries at z > 1 from HST: Evidence for Past Deceleration and Constraints on Dark Energy Evolution,” ApJ, 607, 665 (2004).
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Livio, M. & Riess, A. G., “Have the Elusive Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae Been Discovered?” ApJ, 594, L93 (2003).
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Somerville, R., Bullock, J. S., & Livio, M., “The Epoch of Reionization in Models with the Reduced Small Scale Power,” ApJ, 593, 616 (2003).
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Siess, L., Livio, M., & Lattanzio, J., “Structure, Evolution, and Nucleosynthesis of Primordial Stars,” ApJ, 570, 329 (2002).
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Armitage, P. J., Livio, M., Lubow, S. H., & Pringle, J. E., “Predictions for the Fre- quency and Orbital Radii of Massive Extrasolar Planets,” MNRAS, 334, 248 (2002).
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Riess, A. G., et al., “The Farthest Known Supernova: Support for an Accelerating Universe and a Glimpse of the Epoch of Deceleration,” ApJ, 560, 49 (2001).
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Corradi, R. L. M., Livio, M., Balick, B., Munari, U., & Schwarz, H. E., “The Southern Crab from a New Perspective,” ApJ, 553, 211 (2001).
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Ogilvie, G. I. & Livio, M., “Launching of Jets and the Vertical Structure of Accretion Disks,” ApJ, 553, 158 (2001).
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Godon, P. & Livio, M., “The Formation and Role of Vortices in Protoplanetary Disks,” ApJ, 537, 396 (2000).
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Livio, M. & Waxman, E., “Towards a Model for the Progenitors of Gamma-Ray Bursts,” ApJ, 538, 187 (2000).
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Garriga, J., Livio, M., & Vikenkin, A., “The Cosmological Constant and the Time of its Dominance,” Phys. Rev. D, 61, 023503 (2000).
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Junor, W., Biretta, J. A., & Livio, M., “Formation of the Radio Jet in M87 at 100 Schwarzschild Radii from the Central Black Hole,” Nature, 401, 891 (1999).
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Xu, C., Livio, M., & Baum, S., “Radio Loud and Radio Quiet AGN,” AJ, 118, 1169 (1999).
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Tout, C., Livio, M., & Bonnell, I., “The Ages of Pre-Main-Sequence Stars,” MNRAS, 310, 360 (1999).
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Livio, M., Ogilvie, G., & Pringle, J., “Extracting Energy from Black Holes,” ApJ, 512, 100 (1999).
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Livio, M., “How Rare Are Extraterrestrial Civilizations?” ApJ, 511, 429, (1999).
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Livio, M. & Stiavelli, M., “Does the Fine Structure Constant Really Vary in Time?” ApJ, 507, L13 (1999).
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Siess, L. & Livio, M., “The Accretion of Brown Dwarfs and Planets by Giant Stars II,” MNRAS, 308, 1133 (1999).
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Livio, M. & Pringle, J. E., “The Rotation Rates of White Dwarfs and Pulsars,” ApJ, 505, 339 (1998).
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Ogilvie, G. I. & Livio, M., “On the Difficulty of Launching an Outflow from an Accre- tion Disk,” ApJ, 499, 329 (1998).
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Livio, M., Xu, C., & Frank, J., “On the Magnetic Field Evolution in Isolated Neutron Stars,” ApJ, 492, 298 (1998).
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Sahu, K. C., Livio, M., et al., “The Optical Counterpart to Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 970228 Observed Using HST,” Nature, 387, 476 (1997).
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Yungelson, L., Livio, M., & Tutukov, A., “On the Rate of Novae in Galaxies of Different Types,” ApJ, 481, 127 (1997).
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Livio, M. & Pringle, J. E., “Wobbling Accretion Disks, Jets, and Point-Symmetric Nebulae,” ApJ, 486, 835 (1997).
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Chen, W., Shrader, C. R., & Livio, M., “The Properties of X-Ray and Optical Light Curves of X-Ray Novae,” ApJ, 491, 312 (1997).
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Rasio, F., Tout, C., Lubow, S., & Livio, M., “Tidal Decay of Close Planetary Orbits,” ApJ, 470, 1187 (1996).
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Frank, A., Balick, B., & Livio, M., “A Mechanism for the Production of Jets and Ansae in Planetary Nebulae,” ApJ, 471, L53 (1996).
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Southwell, K. A., Livio, M., Charles, P. A., O’Donoghue, D., & Southerland, W. J., “The Nature of the Supersoft X-Ray Source RX J0513-69,” ApJ, 470, 1065 (1996).
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Rasio, F. A., & Livio, M., “On the Formation and Evolution of Common Envelope Systems,” ApJ, 471, 366 (1996).
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Giavalisco, M., Livio, M., Bohlin, R. C., Macchetto, F. D., & Stecher, T. P., “On the Morphology of the HST Faint Galaxies,” AJ, 112, 369 (1996).
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Armitage, P. J., Livio, M., & Pringle, J. E., “Dynamo Driven Accretion Discs and Dwarf Nova Eruptions,” ApJ, 457, 332 (1996).
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Cannizzo, J. K., Chen, W., & Livio, M., “The Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Instability in Black Hole X-Ray Binaries,” ApJ, 454, 880 (1996).
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Branch, D., Livio, M., Yungelson, L., Boffi, F. & Baron, E., “In Search of the Progen- itors of Type Ia Supernovae,” PASP, 107, 1019 (1995).
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Nota, A., Livio, M., Clampin, M., & Schulte-Ladbeck, R., “Luminous Blue Variables: A Unified Picture,” ApJ, 448, 788 (1995).
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Paresce, F., Livio, M., Hack, W. & Korista, K., “The Structure and Evolution of the Nova V1974 Cygni Shell from HST Observations,” A&A, 299, 823 (1995).
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Balsara, D., Livio, M., & O’Dea, C. P., “Galaxies in Clusters: Gas Stripping and Accretion,” ApJ, 437, 83 (1994).
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Livio, M. & Truran, J. W., “On the Interpretation and Implications of Nova Abun- dances,” ApJ, 425, 797 (1994).
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Iben, I. Jr. & Livio, M., “Common Envelopes in Binary Star Evolution,” PASP, 105, 1373 (1993).
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Chen, W., Livio, M., & Gehrels, N., “The Secondary Maxima in Black Hole X-Ray Light Curves: Clues toward a Complete Picture,” ApJ, 408, L5 (1993).
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Gat, O. & Livio, M., “Dynamical Stability of Two-Dimensional Accretion Flows,” ApJ, 396, 542 (1992).
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Livio, M. & Rosen, N., “Astrophysical Jets and Theories of Gravitation,” ApJ, 387, 458 (1992).
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Livio, M., “Novae and the Extragalactic Distance Scale,” ApJ, 393, 516 (1992).
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Matsuda, T., Ishii, T., Sekino, N., Sawada, K., Shima, E., Livio, M., & Anzer, U., “Numerical Simulations of 2D and 3D Accretion Flows,” MNRAS, 255, 183 (1992).
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Livio, M., Soker, N., Matsuda, T., & Anzer, U., “The Nature of the ‘Flip-Flop’ Insta- bility in Accretion Flows,” MNRAS, 253, 633 (1991).
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Livio, M., “On the Expected Orbital Change in the Next Outburst of the Recurrent Nova T Pyxidis,” ApJ, 369, L5 (1991).
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Abramowicz, M., Livio, M., Soker, N., & Szuszkiewicz, E., “Local Stability of Thick Accretion Disks,” A&A, 239, 399 (1990).
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Mochkovitch, R. & Livio, M., “The Coalescence of White Dwarfs and Type I Super- novae: The Merged Configuration,” A&A, 236, 378 (1990).
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Bond, H. E. & Livio, M., “Morphologies of Planetary Nebulae Ejected by Close-Binary Nuclei,” ApJ, 355, 568 (1990).
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Livio, M., Holwell, D., Weiss, A., & Truran, J. W., “On the Anthropic Significance of the Energy of the O+ Excited State of 12C at 7.644 MeV,” Nature, 340, 281 (1989).
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Eichler, D., Livio, M., Piran, T., & Schramm, D. N., “Coalescing Neutron Stars, Naked Neutrino Bursts, Gamma Rays, Gravitational Radiation and r-Process Nucleosynthe- sis,” Nature, 340, 126 (1989).
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Livio, M. & Verbunt, F., “The Response of an Accretion Disk Radius to a Temporary Enhancement of Mass Transfer,” MNRAS, 232, 1 (1988).
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Livio, M. & Soker, N., “The Common Envelope Phase in the Evolution of Binary Stars,” ApJ, 329, 764 (1988).
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Webbink, R. F., Livio, M., Truran, J. W., & Orio, M., “The Nature of Recurrent Novae,” ApJ, 314, 653 (1987).
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Livio, M., Soker, N., de Kool, M., & Savonije, G. J., “Accretion from an Inhomogeneous Medium III: General Case and Observational Consequences,” MNRAS, 222, 235 (1986).
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Truran, J. W. & Livio, M., “On the Frequency of Occurrence of O-Ne-Mg White Dwarfs in Classical Nova Systems,” ApJ, 308, 721 (1986).
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Livio, M. & Regev, O., “X-Ray Burst Sources A Model for Chaotic Behavior,” A&A, 148, 133 (1984).
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Abramowicz, M. A., Livio, M., Piran, T., & Wiita, P. J., “Local Stability of Thick Accretion Basic Equations and Parallel Perturbations in the Negligible Viscosity Case,” ApJ, 279, 367 (1984).
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Regev, O. & Livio, M. “Thermal Cycles from a Two-Zone Accreting Model X-Ray Bursts and Shell Flashes,” A&A, 134, 123 (1984).
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Livio, M., Regev, O., & Shaviv, G., “Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in Clusters of Galax- ies,” ApJ, 240, L83 (1980).
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Livio, M., Buchler, J. R., & Colgate, S. A., “Taylor Instability and Supernova Explo- sions A Two Dimensional Numerical Study,” ApJ, 238, L139 (1980).
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Livio, M., Shara, M. M., & Shaviv, G., “X-Ray Intensities from the Flow of a Stellar Wind Past a Compact Object,” ApJ, 233, 704 (1979).
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Livio, M. Salzman, J., & Shaviv, G., “Planetary Nebulae with Close Binary Nuclei,” MNRAS, 188, 1 (1979).
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Livio, M., Regev, O., & Shaviv, G., “On the Role of Viscosity in Clusters of Galaxies,” A&A, 70, L7 (1978).
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Livio, M. & Shaviv, G., “On the Stability of Accretion Disks,” A&A, 55, 95 (1977).
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Livio, M. & Shaviv, G., “On the Light Curve of HZ Hercules,” A&A, 42, 17 (1975).