Determining the mass loss limit for close-in exoplanets: What can we learn from transit observations?

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 506, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 399-410

  Lammer, H ^a   Odert, P ^b   Leitzinger, M ^b   Khodachenko, M L ^a   Panchenko, M ^a   Kulikov, Yu N ^c   Zhang, T L ^a   Lichtenegger, H I M ^a   Erkaev, N V ^d   Wuchterl, G ^e   Micela, G ^f   Penz, T ^f   Biernat, H K ^a   Weingrill, J ^a   Steller, M ^a   Ottacher, H ^a   Hasiba, J ^a   Hanslmeier, A ^b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d SIBERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e THÜRINGER LANDESSTERNWARTE TAUTENBURG   (Germany)

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Planetary systems; Planetary systems: formation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF GASES; EFFICIENCY; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; GASES; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STARS;

ATMOSPHERIC MASS LOSS; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; HEATING EFFICIENCIES; IONOSPHERIC PLASMAS; PLANETARY IONOSPHERES; PLANETARY SYSTEM; PLANETARY SYSTEMS: FORMATION; STELLAR LUMINOSITY;

ORBITS;

EID: 84969884517     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911922     Document Type: Article

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