Overview
- Presents studies of exoplanets under extreme stellar radiation and plasma conditions
- Analyzes findings from Hubble Space Telescope observations of transiting exoplanets
- Presents applications of advanced numerical models for characterizing upper atmosphere structure and stellar environments of exoplanets
- Addresses detections of atoms and molecules in the atmosphere of "hot Jupiters" by NASA's Spitzer telescope
- Edited and written by an international team of experts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 411)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Exoplanet Host Star Radiation and Plasma Environment
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Exoplanet Upper Atmospheres and Stellar Interaction: Observations and Modelling
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Exoplanet and Astrophysical Magnetic Fields
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Space and Ground-Based Exoplanet Observation and Characterization Tools
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About this book
In this book an international group of specialists discusses studies of exoplanets subjected to extreme stellar radiation and plasma conditions. It is shown that such studies will help us to understand how terrestrial planets and their atmospheres, including the early Venus, Earth and Mars, evolved during the host star’s active early phase. The book presents an analysis of findings from Hubble Space Telescope observations of transiting exoplanets, as well as applications of advanced numerical models for characterizing the upper atmosphere structure and stellar environments of exoplanets. The authors also address detections of atoms and molecules in the atmosphere of “hot Jupiters” by NASA’s Spitzer telescope. The observational and theoretical investigations and discoveries presented are both timely and important in the context of the next generation of space telescopes.
The book is divided into four main parts, grouping chapters on exoplanet host star radiation and plasma environments, exoplanet upper atmosphere and environment observations, exoplanet and stellar magnetospheres, and exoplanet observation and characterization. The book closes with an outlook on the future of this research field.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
He and Maxim Khodachenko are researchers at the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Characterizing Stellar and Exoplanetary Environments
Editors: Helmut Lammer, Maxim Khodachenko
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09749-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09748-0Published: 17 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37936-4Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09749-7Published: 03 November 2014
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 310
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Planetology, Astrobiology, Atmospheric Sciences