Transonic hydrodynamic escape of hydrogen from extrasolar planetary atmospheres

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 621, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 1049-1060

  Tian, Feng ^a   Toon, Owen B ^a   Pavlov, Alexander A ^a   De Sterck, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Planetary systems; Planets and satellites: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444408100     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427204     Document Type: Article

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