Cosmic ray impact on extrasolar earth-like planets in close-in habitable zones

Astrobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 587-603

  Griessmeier J M ^a   Stadelmann, A ^a   Motschmann, U ^a   Belisheva, N K ^b   Lammer, H ^c   Biernat, H K ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Polar Alpine Botanical Garden Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Habitability; Low mass stars; Magnetospheres; Terrestrial exoplanets

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CELL CULTURE; COSMIC RADIATION; CYPRINIFORMES; GENE; MAGNETISM; MICROCLIMATE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; CELLS, CULTURED; COSMIC RADIATION; CYPRINIDAE; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GENES; MAGNETICS; PLANETS;

EID: 27844432249     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2005.5.587     Document Type: Article

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