Mass loss of "Hot Jupiters"-Implications for CoRoT discoveries. Part I: The importance of magnetospheric protection of a planet against ion loss caused by coronal mass ejections

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 631-642

  Khodachenko, M L ^a   Lammer, H ^a   Lichtenegger, H I M ^a   Langmayr, D ^a   Erkaev, N V ^b   Grießmeier, J M ^c,d   Leitner, M ^a   Penz, T ^a   Biernat, H K ^a   Motschmann, U ^d   Rucker, H O ^a  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CMEs; CoRoT; Hot Jupiters; Ion loss; Magnetosphere and atmosphere interaction with CME plasma; Stellar winds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; COBALT DEPOSITS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; CME PLASMA; COROT; HOT JUPITERS; ION LOSS; STELLAR WINDS;

PLANETS;

EID: 33847701685     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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