Geophysical and Atmospheric Evolution of Habitable Planets
Journal article, 2010
The evolution of Earth-like habitable planets is a complex process that depends on the geodynamical and geophysical environments. In particular, it is necessary that plate tectonics remain active over billions of years. These geophysically active environments are strongly coupled to a planet's host star parameters, such as mass, luminosity and activity, orbit location of the habitable zone, and the planet's initial water inventory. Depending on the host star's radiation and particle flux evolution, the composition in the thermosphere, and the availability of an active magnetic dynamo, the atmospheres of Earth-like planets within their habitable zones are differently affected due to thermal and nonthermal escape processes. For some planets, strong atmospheric escape could even effect the stability of the atmosphere.
Author
H. Lammer
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
F. Selsis
University of Bordeaux
E. Chassefière
Institute Pierre Simon Laplace
D. Breuer
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
J.M. Grießmeier
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
Y. N. Kulikov
Russian Academy of Sciences
N. V. Erkaev
Russian Academy of Sciences
M. L. Khodachenko
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
H. K. Biernat
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
F. Leblanc
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
E. Kallio
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
R. Lundin
The Swedish Institute of Space Physics
F. Westall
CBM Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire
S. J. Bauer
University of Graz
C. Beichman
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
W. Danchi
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
C. Eiroa
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)
M. Fridlund
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
H. Gröller
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
A. Hanslmeier
University of Graz
W. Hausleitner
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
T. Henning
Max Planck Society
T. Herbst
Max Planck Society
L. Kaltenegger
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
A. Léger
University of Paris-Sud
M. Leitzinger
University of Graz
H. I. M. Lichtenegger
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
René Liseau
Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics
J. Lunine
University of Arizona
U. Motschmann
Technische Universität Braunschweig
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
P. Odert
University of Graz
F. Paresce
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
J. Parnell
University of Aberdeen
A. Penny
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
A. Quirrenbach
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
H. Rauer
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
H.J.A. Rottgering
Leiden University
J. Schneider
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon
T. Spohn
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
A. Stadelmann
Technische Universität Braunschweig
G. Stangl
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
D. Stam
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
G. Tinetti
University College London (UCL)
G. J. White
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Open University
Astrobiology
1531-1074 (ISSN)
Vol. 10 1 45-68Subject Categories
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Roots
Basic sciences
DOI
10.1089/ast.2009.0368