Magnetic Fields in Earth-like Exoplanets and Implications for Habitability around M-dwarfs

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 533-537

  López Morales, Mercedes ^a,c   Gómez Pérez, Natalia ^b,c   Ruedas, Thomas ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exoplanets; Habitability; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

CORIOLIS FORCE; EARTH STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROCLIMATE; ROTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ROTATION; STARS, CELESTIAL;

EID: 84857921460     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-012-9263-8     Document Type: Article

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