Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) activity of low mass M stars as an important factor for the habitability of terrestrial exoplanets. II. CME-induced ion pick up of Earth-like exoplanets in close-in habitable zones

Astrobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 185-207

  Lammer, Helmut ^a   Lichtenegger, Herbert I M ^a   Kulikov, Yuri N ^b   Grießmeier, Jean Mathias ^c,l   Terada, N ^d,e   Erkaev, Nikolai V ^f   Biernat, Helfried K ^a,g   Khodachenko, Maxim L ^a   Ribas, Ignasi ^h,i   Penz, Thomas ^a,g   Selsis, Franck ^j,k  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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

ⁱ INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

^j CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ASTROPHYSIQUE DE LYON   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

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Author keywords

Coronal mass ejections; Earth like exoplanets; Habitability; Low mass stars; Stellar activity; Terrestrial planet finding missions

Indexed keywords

ION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; HEAT; MICROCLIMATE; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY;

ASTRONOMY; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HEAT; IONS; PLANETS; SPACE SIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; X-RAYS;

EID: 34249710773     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.0128     Document Type: Article

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