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


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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.

[Text] / H. Gunell [et al.] // Planet Space Sci. - 2005. - Vol. 53, Is. 4. - P433-441, DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2004.07.021. - Cited References: 21 . - ISSN 0032-0633РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: We present simulated images of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) produced in charge exchange collisions between solar wind protons and neutral atoms in the exosphere of Venus, and make a comparison with earlier results for Mars. The images are found to be dominated by two local maxima. One produced by charge exchange collisions in the solar wind, upstream of the bow shock, and the other close to the dayside ionopause. The simulated ENA fluxes at Venus are lower than those obtained in similar simulations of ENA images at Mars at solar minimum conditions, and close to the fluxes at Mars at solar maximum. Our numerical study shows that the ENA flux decreases with an increasing ionopause altitude. The influence of the Venus nighttime hydrogen bulge on the ENA emission is small. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Gunell, H.; Holmstrom, M.; Biernat, H.K.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич

[Text] / H. Lammer [et al.] // Planet Space Sci. - 2006. - Vol. 54, Is. 13-14. - P1445-1456, DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2006.04.022. - Cited References: 93 . - ISSN 0032-0633РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: Atmospheric escape from the upper atmosphere of Venus is mainly influenced by the loss of hydrogen and oxygen caused by the interaction of solar radiation and particle flux with the unprotected planetary environment. Because one main aim of the ASPERA-4 particle/plasma and VEX-MAG magnetic field experiments on board of ESA's forthcoming Venus Express mission is the investigation of atmospheric erosion processes from the planet's ionosphere-exosphere environment, we study the total loss of hydrogen and oxygen and identified the efficiency of several escape mechanisms involved. For the estimation of pick up loss rates we use a gas dynamic test particle model and obtained average loss rates for H+, and O+ pick up ions of about 1 x 10(25) s(-1) and about 1.6 x 10(25) s(-1), respectively. Further, we estimate ion loss rates due to detached plasma clouds, which were observed by the pioneer Venus orbiter and may be triggered by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of about 0.5-1 x 10(25) s(-1). Thermal atmospheric escape processes and atmospheric loss by photo-chemically produced oxygen atoms yield negligible loss rates. Sputtering by incident pick up O+ ions give O atom loss rates in the order of about 6 x 10(24) s(-1). On the other hand, photo-chemically produced hot hydrogen atoms are a very efficient loss mechanism for hydrogen on Venus with a global average total loss rate of about 3.8 x 10(25) s(-1), which is in agreement with Donahue and Hartle [1992. Solar cycle variations in H+ and D+ densities in the Venus ionosphere: implications for escape. Geophys. Res. Lett. 12, 2449-2452] and of the same order but less than the estimated H+ ion outflow on the Venus nightside of about 7.0 x 10(25) s(-1) due to acceleration by an outward electric polarization force related to ionospheric holes by Hartle and Grebowsky [1993. Light ion flow in the nightside ionosphere of Venus. J. Geophys. Res. 98, 7437-7445]. Our study indicates that on Venus, due to its larger mass and size compared to Mars, the most relevant atmospheric escape processes of oxygen involve ions and are caused by the interaction with the solar wind. The obtained results indicate that the ratio between H/O escape to space from the Venusian upper atmosphere is about 4, and is in a much better agreement with the stoichiometrically H/O escape ratio of 2:1, which is not the case on Mars. However, a detailed analysis of the outflow of ions from the Venus upper atmosphere by the ASPERA-4 and VEX-MAG instruments aboard Venus Express will lead to more accurate atmospheric loss estimations and a better understanding of the planet's water inventory. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Lammer, H.; Lichtenegger, H.I.M.; Biernat, H.K.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Arshukova, I.L.; Kolb, C.; Gunell, H.; Lukyanov, A.; Holmstrom, M.; Barabash, S.; Zhang, T.L.; Baumjohann, W.