Overview
- Offers a concise discussion of origin and early evolution of terrestrial planet atmospheres during the active phase of their host stars
- Provides insights in the conditions under which Earth-like planets could be habitable
- Compares thermal and nonthermal atmospheric escape processes in solar system planets and exoplanets
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Astronomy (BRIEFSASTRON)
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Based on the author’s own work and results obtained by international teams he coordinated, this SpringerBrief offers a concise discussion of the origin and early evolution of atmospheres of terrestrial planets during the active phase of their host stars, as well as of the environmental conditions which are necessary in order for planets like the Earth to obtain N_2-rich atmospheres. Possible thermal and non-thermal atmospheric escape processes are discussed in a comparative way between the planets in the Solar System and exoplanets. Lastly, a hypothesis for how to test and study the discussed atmosphere evolution theories using future UV transit observations of terrestrial exoplanets within the orbits of dwarf stars is presented.
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Book Title: Origin and Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres
Book Subtitle: Implications for Habitability
Authors: Helmut Lammer
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Astronomy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32087-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-32086-6Published: 09 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-32087-3Published: 13 September 2012
Series ISSN: 2191-9100
Series E-ISSN: 2191-9119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 98
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Atmospheric Sciences, Astrobiology, Planetology