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DOI 10.1089/ast.2012.0957. - Cited References: 92. - M. Gudel, K. G. Kislyakova, M. L. Khodachenko, and H. Lammer acknowledge support by the FWF NFN project S116 601-N16 "Pathways to Habitability: From Disks to Active Stars, Planets and Life" and the related FWF NFN subprojects S116 604-N16 "Radiation & Wind Evolution from T Tauri Phase to ZAMS and Beyond," S116 606-N16 "Magnetospheric Electrodynamics of Exoplanets," S116 607-N16 "Particle/Radiative Interactions with Upper Atmospheres of Planetary Bodies under Extreme Stellar Conditions." K. G. Kislyakova, Yu. N. Kulikov, H. Lammer, and P. Odert thank also the Helmholtz Alliance project "Planetary Evolution and Life." P. Odert and A. Hanslmeier also acknowledge support from the FWF project P22950-N16. The authors also acknowledge support from the EU FP7 project IMPEx (No. 262863) and the EUROPLANET-RI projects, JRA3/EMDAF and the Na2 science WG5. The authors thank the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern and the ISSI team "Characterizing stellar and exoplanetary environments." N. V. Erkaev acknowledges support by the RFBR grant No 12-05-00152-a. Finally, the authors thank referee Tian Feng, from the Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, for suggestions and recommendations that helped to improve the work.
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РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics + Biology + Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Аннотация: The recently discovered low-density super-Earths Kepler-11b, Kepler-11f, Kepler-11d, Kepler-11e, and planets such as GJ 1214b represent the most likely known planets that are surrounded by dense H/He envelopes or contain deep H2O oceans also surrounded by dense hydrogen envelopes. Although these super-Earths are orbiting relatively close to their host stars, they have not lost their captured nebula-based hydrogen-rich or degassed volatile-rich steam protoatmospheres. Thus, it is interesting to estimate the maximum possible amount of atmospheric hydrogen loss from a terrestrial planet orbiting within the habitable zone of late main sequence host stars. For studying the thermosphere
structure and escape, we apply a 1-D hydrodynamic upper atmosphere model that solves the equations of mass, momentum, and energy conservation for a planet with the mass and size of Earth and for a super-Earth with a size of 2 R-Earth and a mass of 10 M-Earth. We calculate volume heating rates by the stellar soft X-ray and extreme ultraviolet radiation (XUV) and expansion of the upper atmosphere, its temperature, density, and velocity
structure and related thermal escape rates during the planet's lifetime. Moreover, we investigate under which conditions both planets enter the blow-off escape regime and may therefore experience loss rates that are close to the energy-limited escape. Finally, we discuss the results in the context of atmospheric evolution and implications for habitability of terrestrial planets in general. Key Words: Stellar activityLow-mass starsEarly atmospheresEarth-like exoplanetsEnergetic neutral atomsIon escapeHabitability. Astrobiology 13, 1011-1029.
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Scopus Держатели документа: [Erkaev, Nikolai V.] Russian Acad Sci, Siberian Div, Inst Computat Modelling, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
[Erkaev, Nikolai V.] Siberian Fed Univ, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
[Lammer, Helmut
Odert, Petra
Kislyakova, Kristina G.
Khodachenko, Maxim L.
Biernat, Helfried] Austrian Acad Sci, Space Res Inst, A-8010 Graz, Austria
[Odert, Petra
Kislyakova, Kristina G.
Hanslmeier, Arnold] Graz Univ, Inst Phys, Graz, Austria
[Kulikov, Yuri N.] Russian Acad Sci, Polar Geophys Inst, Murmansk, Russia
[Khodachenko, Maxim L.] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Inst Nucl Phys, Moscow, Russia
[Guedel, Manuel] Univ Vienna, Inst Astrophys, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
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Доп.точки доступа: Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Lammer, H.; Odert, P.; Kulikov, Y.N.; Kislyakova, K.G.; Khodachenko, M.L.; Gudel, M.; Hanslmeier, A.; Biernat, H.K.; FWF NFN project [S116 601-N16, S116 604-N16, S116 606-N16, S116 607-N16]; FWF project [P22950-N16]; EU [262863]; EUROPLANET-RI projects; JRA3/EMDAF; Na2 science WG5; RFBR [12-05-00152-a]