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    Probing the blow-off criteria of hydrogen-rich 'super-Earths'
/ H. Lammer [et al.] // Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. - 2013. - Vol. 430, Is. 2. - P1247-1256, DOI 10.1093/mnras/sts705. - Cited References: 85. - NVE, KGK, MLK and HL acknowledge the support by the FWF NFN project S116 'Pathways to Habitability: From Disks to Active Stars, Planets and Life', and the related FWF NFN subprojects, S116 606-N16 'Magnetospheric Electrodynamics of Exoplanets' and S116607-N16 'Particle/Radiative Interactions with Upper Atmospheres of Planetary Bodies Under Extreme Stellar Conditions'. KGK, HL and PO thank also the Helmholtz Alliance project 'Planetary Evolution and Life'. ML and PO acknowledge support from the FWF project P22950-N16. NVE acknowledges support by the RFBR grant No 12-05-00152-a. The authors also acknowledge support from the EU FP7 project IMPEx (No. 262863) and the EUROPLANET-RI projects, JRA3/EMDAF and the Na2 science working group WG5. The authors thank the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, and the ISSI team 'Characterizing stellar- and exoplanetary environments'. Finally, we thank an anonymous referee for interesting suggestions and recommendations which helped to improve the article. . - 10. - ISSN 0035-8711
РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: The discovery of transiting 'super-Earths' with inflated radii and known masses, such as Kepler-11b-f, GJ 1214b and 55 Cnc e, indicates that these exoplanets did not lose their nebula-captured hydrogen-rich, degassed or impact-delivered protoatmospheres by atmospheric escape processes. Because hydrodynamic blow-off of atmospheric hydrogen atoms is the most efficient atmospheric escape process we apply a time-dependent numerical algorithm which is able to solve the system of 1D fluid equations for mass, momentum and energy conservation to investigate the criteria under which 'super-Earths' with hydrogen-dominated upper atmospheres can experience hydrodynamic expansion by heating of the stellar soft X-rays and extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation and thermal escape via blow-off. Depending on orbit location, XUV flux, heating efficiency and the planet's mean density our results indicate that the upper atmospheres of all 'super-Earths' can expand to large distances, so that except for Kepler-11c all of them experience atmospheric mass-loss due to Roche lobe overflow. The atmospheric mass loss of the studied 'super-Earths' is one to two orders of magnitude lower compared to that of 'hot Jupiters' such as HD 209458b, so that one can expect that these exoplanets cannot lose their hydrogen envelopes during their remaining lifetimes.


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Lammer, H.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Odert, P.; Kislyakova, K.G.; Leitzinger, M.; Khodachenko, M.L.

    XUV-Exposed, Non-Hydrostatic Hydrogen-Rich Upper Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets. Part I: Atmospheric Expansion and Thermal Escape
[Text] / N. V. Erkaev [et al.] // Astrobiology. - 2013. - Vol. 13, Is. 11. - P1011-1029, 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. . - 19. - ISSN 1531-1074
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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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]

    XUV-Exposed, Non-Hydrostatic Hydrogen-Rich Upper Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets. Part II: Hydrogen coronae and ion escape
/ K. G. Kislyakova [et al.] // Astrobiology. - 2013. - Vol. 13, Is. 11. - P1030-1048, DOI 10.1089/ast.2012.0958 . - ISSN 1531-1074

Кл.слова (ненормированные):
Early atmospheres -- Earth-like exoplanets -- Energetic neutral atoms -- Habitability -- Ion escape -- Low-mass stars -- Stellar activity

Аннотация: We studied the interactions between the stellar wind plasma flow of a typical M star, such as GJ 436, and the hydrogen-rich upper atmosphere of an Earth-like planet and a "super-Earth" with a radius of 2 R Earth and a mass of 10 MEarth, located within the habitable zone at ∼0.24 AU. We investigated the formation of extended atomic hydrogen coronae under the influences of the stellar XUV flux (soft X-rays and EUV), stellar wind density and velocity, shape of a planetary obstacle (e.g., magnetosphere, ionopause), and the loss of planetary pickup ions on the evolution of hydrogen-dominated upper atmospheres. Stellar XUV fluxes that are 1, 10, 50, and 100 times higher compared to that of the present-day Sun were considered, and the formation of high-energy neutral hydrogen clouds around the planets due to the charge-exchange reaction under various stellar conditions was modeled. Charge-exchange between stellar wind protons with planetary hydrogen atoms, and photoionization, lead to the production of initially cold ions of planetary origin. We found that the ion production rates for the studied planets can vary over a wide range, from ∼1.0×1025 s-1 to ∼5.3×1030 s-1, depending on the stellar wind conditions and the assumed XUV exposure of the upper atmosphere. Our findings indicate that most likely the majority of these planetary ions are picked up by the stellar wind and lost from the planet. Finally, we estimated the long-time nonthermal ion pickup escape for the studied planets and compared them with the thermal escape. According to our estimates, nonthermal escape of picked-up ionized hydrogen atoms over a planet's lifetime within the habitable zone of an M dwarf varies between ∼0.4 Earth ocean equivalent amounts of hydrogen (EOH) to <3 EOH and usually is several times smaller in comparison to the thermal atmospheric escape rates. © 2013 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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Держатели документа:
Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstr. 6, A-8042 Graz, Austria
Institute of Physics, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
Institute of Computational Modelling, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
SINP, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Polar Geophysical Institute (PGI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Murmansk, Russian Federation
Institute of Astrophysics, University of Vienna, Austria
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Kislyakova, K.G.; Lammer, H.; Holmstrom, M.; Panchenko, M.; Odert, P.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Leitzinger, M.; Khodachenko, M.L.; Kulikov, Y.N.; Gudel, M.; Hanslmeier, A.

    Mass loss from "Hot Jupiters" - Implications for CoRoT discoveries, Part II: Long time thermal atmospheric evaporation modeling
[Text] / T. Penza [et al.] // Planet Space Sci. - 2008. - Vol. 56, Is. 9. - P1260-1272, DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2008.04.005. - Cited References: 53 . - ISSN 0032-0633
РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: We investigate the efficiency of the atmospheric mass loss due to hydrodynamic blow-off over the lifetime of the exoplanet HD209458b by studying numerically its hydrogen wind for host star X-ray and EUV (XUV) fluxes between 1 and 100 times that of the present Sun. We apply a time-dependent numerical algorithm which is able to solve the system of hydrodynamic equations straight through the transonic point of the flow including Roche lobe effects. The mass loss rates are calculated as functions of the absorbed energy in the thermosphere. Depending on the heating efficiency for a hydrogen-rich thermosphere the maximum temperature obtained in our study at 1.5R(p1) by neglecting IR cooling is about 5000-10,000 K for heating efficiencies of 10% and 60%, respectively. We find that the upper atmosphere of HD209458b experiences hydrodynamic blow-off even at such low temperatures if one does not neglect gravitational effects caused by the proximity of the planet to its Roche lobe boundary. Depending on the heating efficiency, we find from the solution of the hydrodynamic equations of mass, momentum, and energy balance that energy-limited mass loss rate estimations overestimate the realistic mass loss rate at present time for HD209458b by several times. Using the maximum heating efficiency for hydrogen-rich atmospheres of 60% we find that HD209458b may experience an atmospheric mass loss rate at present time of about 3.5 x 10(10) g s(-1). The mass loss rate evolves to higher values for higher XUV fluxes expected during the early period of the planet's host star evolution, reaching values of several times 10(12) gs(-1). The integrated mass loss is found to be between 1.8% and 4.4% of the present mass of HD209458b. We found that the influence of the stellar tidal forces on atmospheric loss (the Roche lobe effect) is not significant at 0.045 AU. For a similar exoplanet, but at closer orbital distances <= 0.02 AU, the combined effect of the Roche lobe and the high XUV radiation result in much higher thermal loss rates of about 2.6 x 10(11) g s(-1) and even more for early stages. This leads to a total loss over 4 Gyr of 27.5% of the planetary mass. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Penza, T.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Kulikov, Y.N.; Langmayr, D.; Lammer, H.; Micela, G.; Cecchi-Pestellini, C.; Biernat, H.K.; Selsis, F.; Barge, P.; Deleuil, M.; Leger, A.

    Mass loss of "Hot Jupiters " - Implications for CoRoT discoveries. Part I: The importance of magnetospheric protection of a planet against ion loss caused by coronal mass ejections
[Text] / M. L. Khodachenko [et al.] // Planet Space Sci. - 2007. - Vol. 55: Symposium on Exoplanets and Planetary Formation (APR 25-30, 2004, Nice, FRANCE), Is. 5. - P631-642, DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2006.07.010. - Cited References: 63 . - ISSN 0032-0633
РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: Atmospheric erosion due to CME-caused ion pick-up is investigated here for the first time for short periodic gas giants (so-called "Hot Jupiters") orbiting close to a star, To study the effect of encountering CMEs produced on the inagnetospheres and atmospheres of "Hot Jupiters" we model possible interaction of dense CME plasma with the exoplanet HD209458b (r(pl) = 1.43r(Jup) M(pl) = 0.69 M(jup)), which orbits a 4.0-5.0 Gyr old Sun-like star at a distance of about 0.045 AU. A numerical hydrodynamic model is applied for calculation of the upper atmospheric density and the hydrogen wind of HD209458b Lis a function of planetocentric distance. Taking into account the similarity of HD209458b's host star to Our Sun we use for the study of the ion production and loss rate of H(+) ions the solar CME plasma parameters and apply a numerical test particle model. Tidal-locking of short periodic exoplanets closely located to their host stars should result in weaker intrinsic planetary magnetic moments, as compared to those of the fast rotating Jupiter type planets at much larger orbits. It is shown that in this case the encountering CME plasma can compress the magnetospheric stand-off distance of short periodic "Hot Jupiters" down to the heights Lit which the ionization and pick-LIP of the planetary neutral atmosphere by the CME plasma flow take place. Assuming for the host star of HD209458b the same CME occurrence rate Lis on the Suit, we estimate possible total mass loss rates of HD2094581b due to its collisions with CMEs over the planet lifetime. It has been found that Under different estimations of the value of a planetary magnetic moment, HD209458b Could have lost over its lifetime the mass from 0-2 up to several times of its present mass M(pl). (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Khodachenko, M.L.; Lammer, H.; Lichtenegger, H.I.M.; Langmayr, D.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Griessmeier, J.M.; Leitner, M.; Penz, T.; Biernat, H.K.; Motschmann, U.; Rucker, H.O.

    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
[Text] / H. . Lammer [et al.] // Astrobiology. - 2007. - Vol. 7, Is. 1. - P185-207, DOI 10.1089/ast.2006.0128. - Cited References: 104 . - ISSN 1531-1074
РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics + Biology + Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Аннотация: Atmospheric erosion Of CO2-rich Earth-size exoplanets due to coronal mass ejection (CME)-induced ion pick up within close-in habitable zones of active M-type dwarf stars is investigated. Since M stars are active at the X-ray and extreme ultraviolet radiation (XUV) wavelengths over long periods of time, we have applied a thermal balance model at various XUV flux input values for simulating the thermospheric heating by photodissociation and ionization processes due to exothermic chemical reactions and cooling by the CO2 infrared radiation in the 15 mu m band. Our study shows that intense XUV radiation of active M stars results in atmospheric expansion and extended exospheres. Using thermospheric neutral and ion densities calculated for various XUV fluxes, we applied a numerical test particle model for simulation of atmospheric ion pick up loss from an extended exosphere arising from its interaction with expected minimum and maximum CME plasma flows. Our results indicate that the Earth-like exoplanets that have no, or weak, magnetic moments may lose tens to hundreds of bars of atmospheric pressure, or even their whole atmospheres due to the CME-induced O+ ion pick up at orbital distances <= 0.2 astronomical units. We have found that, when exposed to intense XUV fluxes, atmospheres with CO2/N-2 mixing ratios lower than 96% will show an increase in exospheric temperatures and expanded thermosphere-exosphere environments. Hence, they suffer stronger atmospheric erosion, which can result in the total loss of several hundred bars even if an exoplanet is protected by a "magnetic shield" with its boundary located at I Earth radius above the surface. Furthermore, our study indicates that magnetic moments of tidally locked Earth-like exoplanets are essential for protecting their expanded upper atmospheres because of intense XUV radiation against CME plasma erosion. Therefore, we suggest that larger and more massive terrestrial-type exoplanets may better protect their atmospheres against CMEs, because the larger cores of such exoplanets would generate stronger magnetic moments and their higher gravitational acceleration would constrain the expansion of their thermosphere-exosphere regions and reduce atmospheric escape.


Доп.точки доступа:
Lammer, H.; Lichtenegger, H.I.M.; Kulikov, Y.N.; Griessmeier, J.M.; Terada, N.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Biernat, H.K.; Khodachenko, M.L.; Ribas, I.; Penz, T.; Selsis, F.

    Roche lobe effects on expanded upper atmospheres of short-periodic giant exoplanets
[Text] / G. F. Jaritz [et al.] // Astron. Astrophys. - 2005. - Vol. 439, Is. 2. - P771-775, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361:20052946. - Cited References: 32 . - ISSN 0004-6361
РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: Theoretical studies and recent observational evidence of the expansion of the atmospheres of short-periodic exoplanets show that the atmospheres extend up to several planetary radii. This indicates that the atmospheres experience blow-off conditions. Because of the short orbital distance to their host stars, the expansion of the upper atmosphere is no longer radially symmetric, but depends on the direction to the central body, resulting in a deformation of the expanded atmosphere. We show the connection between atmospheric expansion, tidal forces and effects of the Roche potential and find that HD209458 b, OGLE-TR-10 b and OGLE-TR-111 b are most likely in a state of classical hydrodynamical blow-off because the distance where blow-off can occur is less than the distance to the Lagrangian point L1. On the other hand, OGLE-TR-56 b, OGLE-TR-113 b, OGLE-TR-132 b and TreS-1 experience a geometrical blow-off defined by the Roche lobe as proposed by Lecavelier des Etangs et al. (2004, A&A, 418, L1). Our results have important implications for the evolution of short periodic gas giants, because the Roche lobe overflow of the atmosphere can lead to lower mass loss rates over the exoplanets history, compared to gas giants which experience hydrodynamic expansion and loss unaffected by this boundary. Thus, massive exoplanets like OGLE-TR-56 b in very close orbital distances are subject to geometrical blow-off conditions, this results in a total mass loss for this particular exoplanet of the order of about 3 x 10(-2) M-pl over the planets age, even if current mass loss rates of about 2 x 10(11) g s(-1) are calculated. If the exoplanet effected by the geometrical blow-off is more massive, the mass loss rate is even lower. However, giant exoplanets like HD209458 b, OGLE-TR-10 b and OGLE-TR-111 b at orbital distances of about 0.05 AU may experience classical hydrodynamic blow-off conditions, which can result in higher mass loss rates. Thus, such planets may shrink to their core sizes during the X-ray and EUV active periods of their host stars as proposed by Lammer et al. ( 2003, ApJ, L121, 598) and Bara. e et al. (2004, A& A, 419, L13).


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Jaritz, G.F.; Endler, S.; Langmayr, D.; Lammer, H.; Griessmeier, J.M.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Biernat, H.K.

    Stellar-planetary relations: Atmospheric stability as a prerequisite for planetary habitability
[Text] / H. Lammer [et al.] // Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astron. - 2005. - Vol. 92, Is. 01.03.2013. - P273-285, DOI 10.1007/s10569-005-0004-4. - Cited References: 27 . - ISSN 0923-2958
РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics + Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications

Аннотация: The region around a star where a life-supporting biosphere can evolve is the so-called Habitable Zone (HZ). The current definition of the HZ is based only on the mass-luminosity relation of the star and climatological and meteorological considerations of Earth-like planets, but neglects atmospheric loss processes due to the interaction with the stellar radiation and particle environment. From the knowledge of the planets in the Solar System, we know that planets can only evolve into a habitable world if they have a stable orbit around its host star and if they keep the atmosphere and water inventory during: (i) the period of heavy bombardment by asteroids and comets and (ii) during the host stars' active X-ray and extreme ultraviolet (XUV) and stellar wind periods. Impacts play a minor role for planets with the size and mass like Earth, while high XUV fluxes and strong stellar winds during the active periods of the young host star can destroy the atmospheres and water inventories. We show that XUV produced temperatures in the upper atmospheres of Earth-like planets can lead to hydrodynamic "blow off", resulting in the total loss of the planets water inventory and atmosphere, even if their orbits lie inside the HZ. Further, our study indicates that Earth-like planets inside the HZ of low mass stars may not develop an atmosphere, because at orbital distances closer than 0.3 AU, their atmospheres are highly affected by strong stellar winds and coronal mass ejections (CME's). Our study suggests that planetary magnetospheres will not protect the atmosphere of such planets, because the strong stellar wind of the young star can compress the magnetopause to the atmospheric obstacle. Moreover, planets inside close-in HZ's are tidally locked, therefore, their magnetic moments are weaker than those of an Earth-like planet at 1 AU. Our results indicate that Earth-like planets in orbits of low mass stars may not develop stable biospheres. From this point of view, a HZ, where higher life forms like on Earth may evolve is possibly restricted to higher mass K stars and G stars.


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Lammer, H.; Kulikov, Y.N.; Penz, T.; Leitner, M.; Biernat, H.K.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич

    A comparison of magnetohydrodynamic instabilities at the Martian ionopause
[Text] / T. Penz [et al.] ; ed.: O. Witasse // PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES, IONOSPHERES, AND MAGNETOSPHERES. Ser. ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH : ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2005. - Vol. 36: 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly (JUL 18-25, 2004, Paris, FRANCE), Is. 11. - P2049-2056, DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2004.11.039. - Cited References: 20 . - ISBN 0273-1177
РУБ Engineering, Aerospace + Astronomy & Astrophysics + Geosciences, Multidisciplinary + Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Аннотация: It is known from Pioneer Venus measurements that at the Venusian ionopause wave-like structures develop, which can detach in the form of ionospheric plasma clouds. This phenomenon is assumed to occur due to the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, which can appear in large regions of the Venusian ionopause. Recent studies of Mars Global Surveyor measurements indicate that wave-like structures and plasma clouds also detach from the Martian ionopause. Therefore, these features seem to be common for the solar wind interaction of non-magnetized planets. We study the conditions at the Martian ionopause with respect to the occurrence of several MHD instabilities. The conditions in the magnetosheath are modeled by a semi-analytical MHD simulation that includes mass loading. The ionospheric parameter needed for the model calculations are taken from a global hybrid model. The stability of the Martian ionopause against the Kelvin-Helmholtz, the Rayleigh-Taylor, and the interchange instability is analyzed. Further, we suggest that including the Hall term in the description of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability gives a current in the planetary boundary layer resulting in a shear flow compared with the ionospheric plasma, which can lead to an unstable boundary layer near the subsolar point. Since the interchange instability depends on the curvature of the magnetic field lines, we additionally study the influence of the strong curvature of the Martian ionopause due to the localized, remnant, crustal magnetism appearing mainly in the southern hemisphere of Mars. (c) 2004 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Penz, T.; Arshukova, I.L.; Terada, N.; Shinagawa, H.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Biernat, H.K.; Lammer, H.; Witasse, O. \ed.\

    Interchange instability of the Venusian ionopause
[Text] / I. L. Arshukova [et al.] ; ed. E. Kallio // PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES, IONOSPHERES AND PLASMA INTERACTIONS. Ser. ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH : PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2004. - Vol. 33: 2nd World Space Congress/34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly (OCT 10-19, 2002, HOUSTON, TEXAS), Is. 2. - P182-186, DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2003.04.015. - Cited References: 12 . - ISBN 0273-1177
РУБ Engineering, Aerospace + Astronomy & Astrophysics + Geosciences, Multidisciplinary + Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Рубрики:
MAGNETOSHEATH
   FLOW

Кл.слова (ненормированные):
solar wind interation with planets -- lonosheath -- lonopause -- magnetic barrier -- interchange instability

Аннотация: Within the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) approach, the interchange instability is studied for the subsolar magnetosheath of Venus. The instability analysis considers the profiles of magnetic field and plasma parameters between the bow shock and the ionopause which are obtained from the numerical MHD solution of the solar wind flow around the ionosphere. With the Fourier transformations, the linearized MILD equations are reduced to a second-order differential equation for the total pressure perturbation as a function of the normal distance from the ionopause. This equation is integrated numerically, and the interchange instability growth rate is obtained as a function of the wave number. The instability growth time is found to be smaller than the time scale of magnetic barrier formation. (C) 2003 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Arshukova, I.L.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Biernat, H.K.; Vogl, D.F.; Kallio, E. \ed.\

    MHD model of magnetosheath flow: comparison with AMPTE/IRM observations on 24 October, 1985
[Text] / C. J. Farrugia [et al.] // Ann. Geophys.-Atmos. Hydrospheres Space Sci. - 1998. - Vol. 16, Is. 5. - P518-527, DOI 10.1007/s00585-998-0518-7. - Cited References: 24 . - ISSN 0992-7689
РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics + Geosciences, Multidisciplinary + Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Аннотация: We compare numerical results obtained from a steady-state MHD model of solar wind flow past the terrestrial magnetosphere with documented observations made by the AMPTE!IRM spacecraft on 24 October, 1985, during an inbound crossing of the magnetosheath. Observations indicate that steady conditions prevailed during this about 4 hour-long crossing. The magnetic shear at spacecraft entry into the magnetosphere was 15 degrees. A steady density decrease and a concomitant magnetic field pile-up were observed during the 40 min interval just preceding the magnetopause crossing. In this plasma depletion layer (1) the plasma beta dropped to values below unity; (2) the flow speed tangential to the magnetopause was enhanced; and (3) the local magnetic field and velocity vectors became increasingly more orthogonal to each other as the magnetopause was approached (Phan er al., 1994). We model parameter variations along a spacecraft orbit approximating that of AMPTE/IRM, which was at slightly southern GSE latitudes and about 1.5 h post-noon Local Time. We model the magnetopause as a tangential discontinuity, as suggested by the observations, and take as input solar wind parameters those measured by AMPTE/IRM just prior to its bow shock crossing. We find that computed field and plasma profiles across the magnetosheath and plasma depletion layer match all observations closely. Theoretical predictions on stagnation line flow near this low-shear magnetopause are confirmed by the experimental findings. Our theory does not give, and the data on this pass do not show, any localized density enhancements in the inner magnetosheath region just outside the plasma depletion layer.


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Farrugia, C.J.; Biernat, H.K.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Kistler, L.M.; Le, G.; Russell, C.T.

    Determining the mass loss limit for close-in exoplanets: what can we learn from transit observations?
[Text] / H. . Lammer [et al.] // Astron. Astrophys. - 2009. - Vol. 506, Is. 1. - P399-410, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/200911922. - Cited References: 46. - The authors thank the anonymous referee for constructive comments and suggestions which helped to improve the paper. H. Lammer, P. Odert, M. Leitzinger, M. L. Khodachenko and A. Hanslmeier gratefully acknowledge the Austrian Fonds zur Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF grant P19446) for supporting this project. M. Panchenko and M. L. Khodachenko acknowledge also the Austrian Fonds zur Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (project P20680-N16). H. Lammer, H. I. M. Lichtenegger, H. K. Biernat, Yu. N. Kulikov and N. V. Erkaev thank the AAS "Verwaltungsstelle fur Auslandsbeziehungen" and the RAS. H. Lammer, H. I. M. Lichtenegger, M. L. Khodachenko and Yu. N. Kulikov acknowledge support from the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft as this research has been supported by the Helmholtz Association through the research alliance "Planetary Evolution and Life". H. Lammer, M. L. Khodachenko, T. Penz, and Yu. N. Kulikov also acknowledge the International Space Science Institute (ISSI; Bern, Switzerland) and the ISSI teams "Evolution of Habitable Planets" and "Evolution of Exoplanet Atmospheres and their Characterization". H. K. Biernat acknowledges additional support due to the Austrian Science Fund under project P20145-N16. The authors also acknowledge fruitful discussions during various meetings related to the Europlanet N2 activities as well as within the N2 Exoplanet discipline working group DWG 7. T. Penz and G. Micela acknowledge support by the Marie Curie Fellowship Contract No. MTKD-CT-2004-002769 of the project "The influence of stellar high radiation on planetary atmospheres". The authors also thank the Austrian Ministry bm:bwk and ASA for funding the CoRoT project. . - ISSN 0004-6361
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Аннотация: Aims. We study the possible atmospheric mass loss from 57 known transiting exoplanets around F, G, K, and M-type stars over evolutionary timescales. For stellar wind induced mass loss studies, we estimate the position of the pressure balance boundary between Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) and stellar wind ram pressures and the planetary ionosphere pressure for non- or weakly magnetized gas giants at close orbits. Methods. The thermal mass loss of atomic hydrogen is calculated by a mass loss equation where we consider a realistic heating efficiency, a radius-scaling law and a mass loss enhancement factor due to stellar tidal forces. The model takes into account the temporal evolution of the stellar EUV flux by applying power laws for F, G, K, and M-type stars. The planetary ionopause obstacle, which is an important factor for ion pick-up escape from non- or weakly magnetized gas giants is estimated by applying empirical power-laws. Results. By assuming a realistic heating efficiency of about 10-25% we found that WASP-12b may have lost about 6-12% of its mass during its lifetime. A few transiting low density gas giants at similar orbital location, like WASP-13b, WASP-15b, CoRoT-1b or CoRoT-5b may have lost up to 1-4% of their initial mass. All other transiting exoplanets in our sample experience negligible thermal loss (<= 1%) during their lifetime. We found that the ionospheric pressure can balance the impinging dense stellar wind and average CME plasma flows at distances which are above the visual radius of "Hot Jupiters", resulting in mass losses <2% over evolutionary timescales. The ram pressure of fast CMEs cannot be balanced by the ionospheric plasma pressure for orbital distances between 0.02-0.1 AU. Therefore, collisions of fast CMEs with hot gas giants should result in large atmospheric losses which may influence the mass evolution of gas giants with masses
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Lammer, H.; Odert, P.; Leitzinger, M.; Khodachenko, M.L.; Panchenko, M.; Kulikov, Y.N.; Zhang, T.L.; Lichtenegger, H.I.M.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Wuchterl, G.; Micela, G.; Penz, T.; Biernat, H.K.; Weingrill, J.; Steller, M.; Ottacher, H.; Hasiba, J.; Hanslmeier, A.; Austrian Fonds zur Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung [P19446, P20680-N16]; Helmholtz Association; Austrian Science Fund [P20145-N16]; "The influence of stellar high radiation on planetary atmospheres" [MTKD-CT-2004-002769]

    Stellar wind interaction and pick-up ion escape of the Kepler-11 "super-Earths"
[Text] / K. G. Kislyakova [et al.] // Astron. Astrophys. - 2014. - Vol. 562. - Ст. A116, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201322933. - Cited References: 45. - K.G. Kislyakova, C.P. Johnstone, M.L. Khodachenko, H. Lammer, T. Luftinger and M. Gudel acknowledge the support by the FWF NFN project S116601-N16 "Pathways to Habitability: From Disks to Active Stars, Planets and Life", and the related EWE NFN subprojects, S116 604-N16 "Radiation & Wind Evolution from T Tauri Phase to ZAMS and Beyond". 5116 606-N16 "Magnetospheric Electrodynamics of Exoplanets", and S116607-N16 "Particle/Radiative Interactions with Upper Atmospheres of Planetary Bodies Under Extreme Stellar Conditions". T. Luftinger acknowledges also the support by the FWF project P19962-N16. K. G. Kislyakova, H. Lammer, and P. Odert thank also the Helmholtz Alliance project "Planetary Evolution and Life". P. Odert acknowledges support from the EWE 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. N. V. Erkaev acknowledges support by the RFBR grant No 12-05-00152-a. Finally, the authors thank the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, and the ISSI team "Characterizing stellar- and exoplanetary environments". This research was conducted using resources provided by the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) at the High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N). The authors thank also the anonymous referee for his useful comments. . - ISSN 0004-6361. - ISSN 1432-0746
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Аннотация: Aims. We study the interactions between stellar winds and the extended hydrogen-dominated upper atmospheres of planets. We estimate the resulting escape of planetary pick-up ions from the five "super-Earths" in the compact Kepler-11 system and compare the escape rates with the efficiency of the thermal escape of neutral hydrogen atoms. Methods. Assuming the stellar wind of Kepler-11 is similar to the solar wind, we use a polytropic ID hydrodynamic wind model to estimate the wind properties at the planetary orbits. We apply a direct simulation Monte Carlo model to model the hydrogen coronae and the stellar wind plasma interaction around Kepler-11b-f within a realistic expected heating efficiency range of 15-40%. The same model is used to estimate the ion pick-up escape from the XUV heated and hydrodynamically extended upper atmospheres of Kepler-11b-f. From the interaction model, we study the influence of possible magnetic moments, calculate the charge exchange and photoionization production rates of planetary ions, and estimate the loss rates of pick-up H+ ions for all five planets. We compare the results between the five "super-Earths" and the thermal escape rates of the neutral planetary hydrogen atoms. Results. Our results show that a huge neutral hydrogen corona is formed around the planet for all Kepler-11b-f exoplanets. The non-symmetric form of the corona changes from planet to planet and is defined mostly by radiation pressure and gravitational effects. Non-thermal escape rates of pick-up ionized hydrogen atoms for Kepler-11 "super-Earths" vary between similar to.6.4x10(30) s(-1) and similar to 4.1 x10(31) s(-1), depending on the planet's orbital location and assumed heating efficiency. These values correspond to non-thermal mass loss rates of similar to 1.07 x 10(7) g s(-1) and similar to 6.8 x 10(2) g s(-1) respectively, which is a few percent of the thermal escape rates.

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Kislyakova, K.G.; Johnstone, C.P.; Odert, P.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Lammer, H.; Luftinger, T.; Holmstrom, M.; Khodachenko, M.L.; Guedel, M.; FWF NFN project [S116601-N16]; EWE NFN subprojects T Tauri Phase [S116 604-N16]; "Magnetospheric Electrodynamics of Exoplanets" [5116 606-N16]; "Particle/Radiative Interactions with Upper Atmospheres of Planetary Bodies Under Extreme Stellar Conditions" [S116607-N16]; FWF project [P19962-N16]; EWE project [P22950-N16]; EU [262863]; EUROPLANET-RI projects [JRA3/EMDAF, Na2 science WG5]; RFBR [12-05-00152-a]

    Origin and loss of nebula-captured hydrogen envelopes from 'sub'- to 'super-Earths' in the habitable zone of Sun-like stars
[Text] / H. . Lammer [et al.] // Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. - 2014. - Vol. 439, Is. 4. - P. 3225-3238, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu085. - Cited References: 75. - The authors acknowledge the support by the FWF NFN project S11601-N16 'Pathways to Habitability: From Disks to Active Stars, Planets and Life', and the related FWF NFN subprojects, S 116 02-N16 'Hydrodynamics in Young Star-Disk Systems', S116 604-N16 'Radiation & Wind Evolution from T Tauri Phase to ZAMS and Beyond', and S116607-N16 'Particle/Radiative Interactions with Upper Atmospheres of Planetary Bodies Under Extreme Stellar Conditions'. KGK, YNK, HL, and PO thank also the Helmholtz Alliance project 'Planetary Evolution and Life'. ML and PO acknowledge support from the FWF project P22950-N16. NVE acknowledges support by the RFBR grant no. 12-05-00152-a. Finally, the authors thank the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, and the ISSI team 'Characterizing stellar-and exoplanetary environments'. . - ISSN 0035-8711. - ISSN 1365-2966
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Аннотация: We investigate the origin and loss of captured hydrogen envelopes from protoplanets having masses in a range between 'sub-Earth'-like bodies of 0.1 M-circle plus and 'super-Earths' with 5 M-circle plus in the habitable zone at 1 au of a Sun-like G star, assuming that their rocky cores had formed before the nebula gas dissipated. We model the gravitational attraction and accumulation of nebula gas around a planet's core as a function of protoplanetary luminosity during accretion and calculate the resulting surface temperature by solving the hydrostatic structure equations for the protoplanetary nebula. Depending on nebular properties, such as the dust grain depletion factor, planetesimal accretion rates, and resulting luminosities, for planetary bodies of 0.1-1 M-circle plus we obtain hydrogen envelopes with masses between similar to 2.5 x 10(19) and 1.5 x 10(26) g. For 'super-Earths' with masses between 2 and 5 M-circle plus more massive hydrogen envelopes within the mass range of similar to 7.5 x 10(23)-1.5 x 10(28) g can be captured from the nebula. For studying the escape of these accumulated hydrogen-dominated protoatmospheres, we apply a hydrodynamic upper atmosphere model and calculate the loss rates due to the heating by the high soft-X-ray and extreme ultraviolet (XUV) flux of the young Sun/star. The results of our study indicate that under most nebula conditions 'sub-Earth' and Earth-mass planets can lose their captured hydrogen envelopes by thermal escape during the first similar to 100 Myr after the disc dissipated. However, if a nebula has a low dust depletion factor or low accretion rates resulting in low protoplanetary luminosities, it is possible that even protoplanets with Earth-mass cores may keep their hydrogen envelopes during their whole lifetime. In contrast to lower mass protoplanets, more massive 'super-Earths', which can accumulate a huge amount of nebula gas, lose only tiny fractions of their primordial hydrogen envelopes. Our results agree with the fact that Venus, Earth, and Mars are not surrounded by dense hydrogen envelopes, as well as with the recent discoveries of low density 'super-Earths' that most likely could not get rid of their dense protoatmospheres.

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Lammer, H.; Stokl, A.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Dorfi, E.A.; Odert, P.; Gudel, M.; Kulikov, Y.N.; Kislyakova, K.G.; Leitzinger, M.; FWF NFN [S11601-N16, S 116 02-N16, S116 604-N16, S116607-N16]; FWF [P22950-N16]; RFBR [12-05-00152-a]

    Atmosphere expansion and mass loss of close-orbit giant exoplanets heated by stellar XUV. I. Modeling of hydrodynamic escape of upper atmospheric material
/ I. F. Shaikhislamov [et al.] // Astrophys. J. - 2014. - Vol. 795, Is. 2, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/795/2/132 . - ISSN 0004-637X
Аннотация: In the present series of papers we propose a consistent description of the mass loss process. To study in a comprehensive way the effects of the intrinsic magnetic field of a close-orbit giant exoplanet (a so-called hot Jupiter) on atmospheric material escape and the formation of a planetary inner magnetosphere, we start with a hydrodynamic model of an upper atmosphere expansion in this paper. While considering a simple hydrogen atmosphere model, we focus on the self-consistent inclusion of the effects of radiative heating and ionization of the atmospheric gas with its consequent expansion in the outer space. Primary attention is paid to an investigation of the role of the specific conditions at the inner and outer boundaries of the simulation domain, under which different regimes of material escape (free and restricted flow) are formed. A comparative study is performed of different processes, such as X-ray and ultraviolet (XUV) heating, material ionization and recombination, H+ 3 cooling, adiabatic and Lyα cooling, and Lyα reabsorption. We confirm the basic consistency of the outcomes of our modeling with the results of other hydrodynamic models of expanding planetary atmospheres. In particular, we determine that, under the typical conditions of an orbital distance of 0.05AU around a Sun-type star, a hot Jupiter plasma envelope may reach maximum temperatures up to ∼9000K with a hydrodynamic escape speed of ∼9 km s-1, resulting in mass loss rates of ∼ (4-7) · 1010 g s-1. In the range of the considered stellar-planetary parameters and XUV fluxes, that is close to the mass loss in the energy-limited case. The inclusion of planetary intrinsic magnetic fields in the model is a subject of the follow-up paper (Paper II).

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Shaikhislamov, I.F.; Khodachenko, M.L.; Sasunov, Y.L.; Lammer, H.; Kislyakova, K.G.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич

    Impact induced surface heating by planetesimals on early Mars
/ T. I. Maindl [et al.] // Astron. Astrophys. - 2015. - Vol. 574, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201424256 . - ISSN 0004-6361
Аннотация: Aims. We investigate the influence of impacts of large planetesimals and small planetary embryos on the early Martian surface on the hydrodynamic escape of an early steam atmosphere that is exposed to the high soft X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) flux of the young Sun. Methods. Impact statistics in terms of number, masses, velocities, and angles of asteroid impacts onto early Mars are determined via n-body integrations. Based on these statistics, smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations result in estimates of energy transfer into the planetary surface material and the resulting surface heating. For the estimation of the atmospheric escape rates we applied a soft X-ray and EUV absorption model and a 1D upper atmosphere hydrodynamic model to a magma ocean-related catastrophically outgassed steam atmosphere with surface pressure values of 52 bar H2O and 11 bar CO2. Results. The estimated impact rates and energy deposition onto an early Martian surface can account for substantial heating. The energy influx and conversion rate into internal energy is probably sufficient to keep a shallow magma ocean liquid for an extended period of time. Higher surface temperatures keep the outgassed steam atmosphere longer in vapor form and therefore enhance its escape to space within ?0.6 Myr after its formation.

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Institute for Computational Modelling, Russian Academy of SciencesKrasnoyarsk 36, Russian Federation

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Maindl, T.I.; Dvorak, R.; Lammer, H.; Gudel, M.; Schafer, C.; Speith, R.; Odert, P.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Kislyakova, K.G.; Pilat-Lohinger, E.

    Origin and Stability of Exomoon Atmospheres: Implications for Habitability
/ H. Lammer [et al.] // Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. - 2014. - Vol. 44, Iss. 3. - P239-260, DOI 10.1007/s11084-014-9377-2 . - ISSN 0169-6149

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Atmospheric escape -- Exomoons -- Exoplanets -- Habitabilty -- Protoatmospheres -- Young stars

Аннотация: We study the origin and escape of catastrophically outgassed volatiles (H2O, CO2) from exomoons with Earth-like densities and masses of 0.1, 0.5 and 1 M? orbiting an extra-solar gas giant inside the habitable zone of a young active solar-like star. We apply a radiation absorption and hydrodynamic upper atmosphere model to the three studied exomoon cases. We model the escape of hydrogen and dragged dissociation products O and C during the activity saturation phase of the young host star. Because the soft X-ray and EUV radiation of the young host star may be up to ~100 times higher compared to today’s solar value during the first 100 Myr after the system’s origin, an exomoon with a mass < 0.25 M? located in the HZ may not be able to keep an atmosphere because of its low gravity. Depending on the spectral type and XUV activity evolution of the host star, exomoons with masses between ~0.25 and 0.5 M? may evolve to Mars-like habitats. More massive bodies with masses >0.5 M?, however, may evolve to habitats that are a mixture of Mars-like and Earth-analogue habitats, so that life may originate and evolve at the exomoon’s surface.

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Lammer, H.; Schiefer, S.-C.; Juvan, I.; Odert, P.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Weber, C.; Kislyakova, K.G.; Gudel, M.; Kirchengast, G.; Hanslmeier, A.

    Stability of Earth-Like № 2 Atmospheres: Implications for Habitability
/ H. Lammer [et al.] // The Early Evolution of the Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets. - New York : Springer, 2013. - pp. 33-52. - (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings) . - ISBN 978-1-4614-5190-7



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Lammer, H.; Kislyakova, K.G.; Gudel, M.; Holmstrom, M.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Odert, P.; Khodachenko, M.L.

    Extreme hydrodynamic atmospheric loss near the critical thermal escape regime
[Text] / N. V. Erkaev [et al.] // Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. - 2015. - Vol. 448, Is. 2. - P1916-1921, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stv130. - Cited References:28. - The authors acknowledge the support by the FWF NFN project S11601-N16 'Pathways to Habitability: From Disks to Active Stars, Planets and Life', and the related FWF NFN subproject, S11607-N16 'Particle/Radiative Interactions with Upper Atmospheres of Planetary Bodies Under Extreme Stellar Conditions'. PO acknowledges support from the FWF project P22950-N16. NVE acknowledges support by the RFBR grant no. 15-05-00879-a. Finally, the authors thank the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, and the ISSI team 'Characterizing stellar-and exoplanetary environments'. . - ISSN 0035-8711. - ISSN 1365-2966
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Аннотация: By considering martian-like planetary embryos inside the habitable zone of solar-like stars we study the behaviour of the hydrodynamic atmospheric escape of hydrogen for small values of the Jeans escape parameter beta < 3, near the base of the thermosphere, that is defined as a ratio of the gravitational and thermal energy. Our study is based on a 1D hydrodynamic upper atmosphere model that calculates the volume heating rate in a hydrogen-dominated thermosphere due to the absorption of the stellar soft X-ray and extreme ultraviolet (XUV) flux. In case of a monatomic gas, we find that when the beta value near the mesopause/homopause level exceeds a critical value of similar to 2.5, there exists a steady hydrodynamic solution with a smooth transition from subsonic to supersonic flow. For a fixed XUV flux, the escape rate of the upper atmosphere is an increasing function of the temperature at the lower boundary. Our model results indicate a crucial enhancement of the atmospheric escape rate, when the Jeans escape parameter beta decreases to this critical value. When beta becomes <= 2.5, there is no stationary hydrodynamic transition from subsonic to supersonic flow. This is the case of a fast non-stationary atmospheric expansion that results in extreme thermal atmospheric escape rates.

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Graz Univ, Inst Phys, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
Russian Acad Sci, Polar Geophys Inst, Murmansk 183010, Russia.
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Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Lammer, H.; Odert, P.; Kulikov, Yu. N.; Kislyakova, K.G.; FWF NFN [S11601-N16, S11607-N16]; FWF [P22950-N16]; RFBR [15-05-00879-a]

    The evolution of stellar rotation and the hydrogen atmospheres of habitable-zone terrestrial planets
/ C. P. Johnstone [et al.] // Astrophys. J. Lett. - 2015. - Vol. 815, Is. 1, DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/815/1/L12 . - ISSN 2041-8205
Аннотация: Terrestrial planets formed within gaseous protoplanetary disks can accumulate significant hydrogen envelopes. The evolution of such an atmosphere due to XUV driven evaporation depends on the activity evolution of the host star, which itself depends sensitively on its rotational evolution, and therefore on its initial rotation rate. In this Letter, we derive an easily applicable method for calculating planetary atmosphere evaporation that combines models for a hydrostatic lower atmosphere and a hydrodynamic upper atmosphere. We show that the initial rotation rate of the central star is of critical importance for the evolution of planetary atmospheres and can determine if a planet keeps or loses its primordial hydrogen envelope. Our results highlight the need for a detailed treatment of stellar activity evolution when studying the evolution of planetary atmospheres. © 2015. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation

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Johnstone, C. P.; Gudel, M.; Stokl, A. ; Lammer, H.; Tu, L.; Kislyakova, K. G.; Luftinger, T.; Odert, P.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Dorfi, E. A.
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