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2012MNRAS.425.2931O - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 425, 2931-2947 (2012/October-1)

Planetary evaporation by UV & X-ray radiation: basic hydrodynamics.

OWEN J.E. and JACKSON A.P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We consider the evaporation of close-in planets by the star's intrinsic extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray radiation. We calculate evaporation rates by solving the hydrodynamical problem for planetary evaporation including heating from both X-ray and EUV radiation. We show that most close-in planets (a < 0.1 au) are evaporating hydrodynamically, with the evaporation occurring in two distinct regimes: X-ray driven, in which the X-ray heated flow contains a sonic point, and EUV driven, in which the X-ray region is entirely sub-sonic. The mass-loss rates scale as LX/a2 for X-ray driven evaporation, and as Φ*1/2/a for EUV driven evaporation at early times, with mass-loss rates of the order of 1010-1014 g/s. No exact scaling exists for the mass-loss rate with planet mass and planet radius; however, in general evaporation proceeds more rapidly for planets with lower densities and higher masses. Furthermore, we find that in general the transition from X-ray driven to EUV driven evaporation occurs at lower X-ray luminosities for planets closer to their parent stars and for planets with lower densities.

Abstract Copyright: © 2012 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2012 RAS

Journal keyword(s): :Astrophysics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics - planets and satellites: atmospheres - planets and satellites: physical evolution - ultraviolet: planetary systems - ultraviolet: stars - X-rays: stars

CDS comments: HD 188733b is a misprint for HD 189733b.

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