SIMBAD references

2019ApJ...882L..16D - Astrophys. J., 882, L16-L16 (2019/September-2)

Role of planetary obliquity in regulating atmospheric escape: G-dwarf versus M-dwarf Earth-like exoplanets.

DONG C., HUANG Z. and LINGAM M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present a three-species (H+, O+ and e) multi-fluid magnetohydrodynamic model, endowed with the requisite upper-atmospheric chemistry, that is capable of accurately quantifying the magnitude of oxygen ion losses from "Earth-like" exoplanets in habitable zones, whose magnetic and rotational axes are roughly coincidental with one another. We apply this model to investigate the role of planetary obliquity in regulating atmospheric losses from a magnetic perspective. For Earth-like exoplanets orbiting solar-type stars, we demonstrate that the dependence of the total atmospheric ion loss rate on the planetary (magnetic) obliquity is relatively weak; the escape rates are found to vary between 2.19 x 1026 s–1 to 2.37 x 1026 s–1. In contrast, the obliquity can influence the atmospheric escape rate (∼1028 s–1) by more than a factor of 2 (or 200%) in the case of Earth-like exoplanets orbiting late-type M-dwarfs. Thus, our simulations indicate that planetary obliquity may play a weak-to-moderate role insofar as the retention of an atmosphere (necessary for surface habitability) is concerned.

Abstract Copyright: © 2019. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): Astrobiology - Magnetohydrodynamical simulations - Habitable planets - Exoplanet atmospheres - Stellar winds - Magnetic fields

Simbad objects: 4

goto Full paper

goto View the references in ADS

To bookmark this query, right click on this link: simbad:2019ApJ...882L..16D and select 'bookmark this link' or equivalent in the popup menu