The Science of Exoplanets and Their Systems
Journal article, 2013
A scientific forum on The Future Science of Exoplanets and Their Systems, sponsored by Europlanet(*) and the International Space Science Institute (ISSI)(dagger) and co-organized by the Center for Space and Habitability (CSH)(double dagger) of the University of Bern, was held during December 5 and 6, 2012, in Bern, Switzerland. It gathered 24 well-known specialists in exoplanetary, Solar System, and stellar science to discuss the future of the fast-expanding field of exoplanetary research, which now has nearly 1000 objects to analyze and compare and will develop even more quickly over the coming years. The forum discussions included a review of current observational knowledge, efforts for exoplanetary atmosphere characterization and their formation, water formation, atmospheric evolution, habitability aspects, and our understanding of how exoplanets interact with their stellar and galactic environment throughout their history. Several important and timely research areas of focus for further research efforts in the field were identified by the forum participants. These scientific topics are related to the origin and formation of water and its delivery to planetary bodies and the role of the disk in relation to planet formation, including constraints from observations as well as star-planet interaction processes and their consequences for atmosphere-magnetosphere environments, evolution, and habitability. The relevance of these research areas is outlined in this report, and possible themes for future ISSI workshops are identified that may be proposed by the international research community over the coming 2-3 years.
super-earths
emission-spectrum
Planet formation
Water origin
primitive atmospheres
transiting exoplanets
Habitability
hd 189733b
Water delivery
Disks
habitable zone
Exoplanets
giant planets
mass-loss
hot jupiters
Stellar activity
terrestrial planet formation
Author
H. Lammer
Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften
M. Blanc
Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees
W. Benz
University of Bern
M. Fridlund
European Space Agency (ESA)
V. C. du Foresto
LESIA - Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique
International Space Science Institute
M. Gudel
Institut fur Astronomie, Vienna
H. Rauer
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
S. Udry
University of Geneva
R. M. Bonnet
International Space Science Institute
M. Falanga
International Space Science Institute
D. Charbonneau
Harvard University
R. Helled
Tel Aviv University
W. Kley
University of Tübingen
J. Linsky
University of Colorado
L. T. Elkins-Tanton
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Y. Alibert
University of Bern
E. Chassefière
University of Paris-Sud
T. Encrenaz
LESIA - Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique
A. Hatzes
Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg
D. Lin
University of California
René Liseau
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics
W. Lorenzen
University of Rostock
S. N. Raymond
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux
Astrobiology
1531-1074 (ISSN)
Vol. 13 9 793-813Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
DOI
10.1089/ast.2013.0997