Atmospheric mass loss by stellar wind from planets around main sequence M stars

Icarus

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 539-544

  Zendejas, J ^a   Segura, A ^a   Raga, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Atmospheres, Evolution; Extrasolar planets; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049516005     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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