Exoplanetary radio emission under different stellar wind conditions

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 618-630

  Griessmeier J M ^a,b   Preusse, S ^c   Khodachenko, M ^d   Motschmann, U ^a   Mann, G ^e   Rucker, H O ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^e ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exoplanets; Magnetic moments; Planetary radio emission; Stellar coronal mass ejections

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MOMENTS; ORBITS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; PLANETS; WIND EFFECTS;

EXOPLANETS; PLANETARY RADIO EMISSION; STELLAR CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS;

RADIO WAVES;

EID: 33847713350     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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