Publications, Media and Links

 


JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. 1. Forgan, D.H., Papadogiannakis, S., Kitching, T., ‘The Effect of Probe Dynamics on Galactic Exploration Timescales’, JBIS, submitted

  2. 2. Forgan, D.H., Armitage, P.J., Simon, J.B., ‘Turbulent Linewidths as a Diagnostic of Self-Gravity in Protostellar Discs’, MNRAS, submitted

  3. 3. Forgan, D.H., ‘Oscillations in the Habitable Zone of Alpha Centauri B’, MNRAS, (2012), 422, pp 1241 - 1249(eprint)

  4. 4. Rice, W.K.M., Forgan, D.H., Armitage P.J., ‘Convergence of SPH simulations of Self-Gravitating Accretion Discs: Sensitivity to the Implementation of radiative cooling’, MNRAS, (2012), 420, 1640-1647 (eprint)

  5. 5. Forgan, D.H., Rice W.K.M., ‘A Lower Angular Momentum Limit for Self-Gravitating Protostellar Disc Fragmentation’, MNRAS, (2012), 420, pp 299-308 (eprint)

  6. 6. Starling, J., Forgan, D.H., ‘Virulence as a Model for Interplanetary and Interstellar Colonisation: Mutualism or Parasitism?’, IJA, submitted

  7. 7. Forgan D.H., Rice W.K.M., ‘The Jeans Mass as a Fundamental Measure of Self-Gravitating Disc Fragmentation and Initial Fragment Mass’, MNRAS, (2011), 417, pp 1928-1937 (eprint)

  8. 8. Forgan D.H., ‘Spatio-temporal Constraints on the Zoo Hypothesis, and the Breakdown of Total Hegemony’, IJA, (2011), 10, pp 341-347 (eprint)

  9. 9. Forgan D.H., Elvis M., ‘Extrasolar Asteroid Mining as Forensic Evidence for Extraterrestrial Intelligence’, IJA, (2011), 10, pp 307-313 (eprint)

  10. 10. Forgan D.H., Rice W.K.M., Cossins P.J., Lodato G., ‘The Nature of Angular Momentum Transport in Radiative Self-Gravitating Protostellar Discs’, MNRAS, (2011), 410, pp 994 - 1006 (eprint)

  11. 11. Forgan D.H., Nichol R.C., ‘A Failure of Serendipity: the Square Kilometre Array will struggle to eavesdrop on Human-like ETI’, IJA, (2011), 10, pp 77-81  (eprint) 

  12. 12. Forgan D.H., Rice W.K.M., ‘Native Synthetic Imaging of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics density fields using gridless Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer’, MNRAS, (2010), 406, pp 2549-2558  (eprint)

  13. 13. Bozhilov, V., Forgan D.H., ‘The Entropy Principle, and the Influence of Sociological Pressures on SETI’, IJA, (2010), 9, pp 175-181 (eprint)

  14. 14. Forgan D.H., ‘Numerical Astrophysics, Numerical Astrobiology, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life’, JOC, (2010), 5, pp 811-817 (eprint)

  15. 15. Forgan D.H., Rice W.K.M., ‘Numerical Testing of the Rare Earth Hypothesis using Monte Carlo Realisation Techniques’, IJA, (2010), 9, pp 73-80 (eprint)

  16. 16. Forgan D.H., Rice W.K.M., ‘Stellar Encounters in the Context of Outburst Phenomena’, MNRAS, (2010), 402, pp 1349-1356 (eprint)

  17. 17. Forgan D.H., Rice W.K.M., ‘Stellar Encounters: A Stimulus for Disc Fragmentation?’, MNRAS, (2009), 400, pp 2022-2031 (eprint)

  18. 18. Forgan D.H., Rice W.K.M., Stamatellos D., Whitworth A.P., ‘Introducing a Hybrid Method of Radiative Transfer for Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics’, MNRAS, (2009), 394, pp 882-891 (eprint)

  19. 19. Forgan D.H., ‘A Numerical Testbed for Hypotheses of Extraterrestrial Life and Intelligence’, IJA, (2009), 8, pp 121-131 (eprint) 


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS


  1. 1. Forgan D.H., Rice W.K.M., Stamatellos D., Whitworth A.P., ‘Introducing a Hybrid Method of Radiative Transfer in Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics’, COOL STARS, STELLAR SYSTEMS AND THE SUN: Proceedings of the 15th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun (2009). AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1094, pp. 377-380 (eprint)


PRESS ARTICLES


  1. 1.Forgan D.H., ‘The Science of Life in the Universe’, EUSci, Issue 5, January 2010 (link)


ACADEMIC TALKS


‘Virulence as a Model for Interstellar Colonisation’

Presented at: ROE


‘The Limitations of Radio SETI with the SKA’

Presented at: ROE


‘Does Gravity act as a Viscosity in Protostellar Discs?’

Presented at: ROE


‘Direct Synthetic Imaging of SPH Density Fields (and Implications for Observations of Outer Planetary Systems)’

Presented at: Dynamics of Outer Planetary Systems (ROE)


‘From SPH to ALMA: Bridging Gaps Between Theory and Observation’

Presented at: “Exoplanets and their Environment” (RAS Discussion Meeting, Burlington House)


‘Stellar Encounters: A Stimulus for Disc Fragmentation?’

Presented at: Cormack Meeting 2009, Cardiff University


‘Introducing a Hybrid Method of Radiative Transfer in Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics’

Presented at: ROE, Cardiff University, University of Exeter, CONSTELLATION


‘SETI: A New Monte Carlo Approach’

Presented at: “Habitability in the Galaxy” (ROE), ISC’2009 (Loughborough)


‘Introduction to Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer (Pedagogical Seminar)’

Presented at: Pedagogical Seminar Series (ROE)

SELECTED ACADEMIC POSTERS (Files on request)