EUV influences on exoplanet atmospheric stability and evolution
Abstract
EUV photons (100-912 Å) drive atmospheric mass loss, and an accurate accounting of the EUV in a planet's energy budget is essential. Direct EUV observations of exoplanet host stars would require a new, dedicated observatory. Archival observations from EUVE and models are insufficient to accurately characterize EUV spectra of exoplanet host stars.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1903.05718
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1903.05718
- Bibcode:
- 2019BAAS...51c.320Y
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. 7 pages, 2 figures