Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) activity of low mass M stars as an important factor for the habitability of terrestrial exoplanets. I. CME impact on expected magnetospheres of Earth-like exoplanets in close-in habitable zones

Astrobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 167-184

  Khodachenko, Maxim L ^a   Ribas, Ignasi ^b,c   Lammer, Helmut ^a   Grietßmeier, Jean Mathias ^d,k   Leitner, Martin ^a   Selsis, Franck ^e,f   Eiroa, Carlos ^g   Hanslmeier, Arnold ^h   Biernat, Helfried K ^a,h   Farrugia, Charles J ^i,j   Rucker, Helmut O ^a,h  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ASTROPHYSIQUE DE LYON   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^j Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

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Author keywords

Coronal mass ejections; Habitability; M stars; Planetary magneto; Spheres; Stellar activity; Terrestrial exoplanets; Terrestrial planet finding missions

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; MAGNETISM; MICROCLIMATE; SPACE FLIGHT;

ASTRONOMY; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MAGNETICS; PLANETS; SPACE SIMULATION; WATER;

EID: 34249705744     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.0127     Document Type: Article

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