Impact of Space Weather on Climate and Habitability of Terrestrial Type Exoplanets

Airapetian, Vladimir and Barnes, R. and Cohen, O. and Collinson, G and Danchi, WC and Dong, CF and Del Genio, AD and France, K and Garcia-Sage, K and Glocer, A and Gopalswamy, N and Grenfell, JL and Gronoff, G and Güdel, M and Herbst, K and Henning, WG and Jackman, CH and Jin, M and Johnstone, Colin and Kaltenegger, L and Kay, CD and Kobayashi, K and Kuang, W and Li, G and Lynch, BJ and Lüftinger, T and Luhmann, JG and Maehara, H and Mlynczak, MG and Notsu, Y and Ramirez, RM and Rugheimer, S and Scheucher, M and Schlieder, JE and Shibata, K and Sousa-Silva, C and Stamenković, V and Strangeway, RJ and Usmanov, AV and Vergados, P and Verkhoglyadova, OP and Vidotto, AA and Voytek, M. and Way, MJ and Zank, GP and Yamashiki, Y (2019) Impact of Space Weather on Climate and Habitability of Terrestrial Type Exoplanets. International Journal of Astrobiology, pp. 1-59. Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/S1473550419000132. ISSN 1473-5504.

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Abstract

The search for life in the Universe is a fundamental problem of astrobiology and modern science. The current progress in the detection of terrestrial-type exoplanets has opened a new avenue in the characterization of exoplanetary atmospheres and in the search for biosignatures of life with the upcoming ground-based and space missions. To specify the conditions favourable for the origin, development and sustainment of life as we know it in other worlds, we need to understand the nature of global (astrospheric), and local (atmospheric and surface) environments of exoplanets in the habitable zones (HZs) around G-K-M dwarf stars including our young Sun. Global environment is formed by propagated disturbances from the planet-hosting stars in the form of stellar flares, coronal mass ejections, energetic particles and winds collectively known as astrospheric space weather. Its characterization will help in understanding how an exoplanetary ecosystem interacts with its host star, as well as in the specification of the physical, chemical and biochemical conditions that can create favourable and/ordetrimental conditions for planetary climate and habitability along with evolution of planetary internal dynamics over geological timescales. A key linkage of (astro)physical, chemical and geological processes can only be understood in the framework of interdisciplinary studies with the incorporation of progress in heliophysics, astrophysics, planetary and Earth sciences. The assessment of the impacts of host stars on the climate and habitability of terrestrial (exo)planets will significantly expand the current definition of the HZ to the biogenic zone and provide new observational strategies for searching for signatures of life. The major goal of this paper is to describe and discuss the current status and recent progress in this interdisciplinary field in light of presentations and discussions during the NASA Nexus for Exoplanetary System Science funded workshop ‘Exoplanetary Space Weather, Climate and Habitability’ and to provide a new roadmap for the future development of the emerging field of exoplanetary science and astrobiology.

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Article

Title:

Impact of Space Weather on Climate and Habitability of Terrestrial Type Exoplanets

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD
Airapetian, Vladimir	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, Maryland, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Barnes, R.	University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Cohen, O.	Lowell Center forSpace Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Collinson, G	NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, Greenbelt, MD, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Danchi, WC	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Dong, CF	Department of Astrophysical Sciences,	UNSPECIFIED
Del Genio, AD	NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY	UNSPECIFIED
France, K	Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado,	UNSPECIFIED
Garcia-Sage, K	Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Glocer, A	Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Gopalswamy, N	Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Grenfell, JL	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Gronoff, G	NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Güdel, M	University of Vienna, Dept. of Astrophysics, Türkenschanzstr. 17, 1180, Vienna, Austria	UNSPECIFIED
Herbst, K	Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Henning, WG	Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Jackman, CH	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, MD, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Jin, M	SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Johnstone, Colin	University of Vienna, Department of Astrophysics	UNSPECIFIED
Kaltenegger, L	Harvard-Smithonian Center for Astrophysics	UNSPECIFIED
Kay, CD	Christian Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Leibnizstr. 11,	UNSPECIFIED
Kobayashi, K	Yokohama National University, Japan	UNSPECIFIED
Kuang, W	Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Li, G	Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research	UNSPECIFIED
Lynch, BJ	Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Lüftinger, T	University of Vienna, Dept. of Astrophysics, Türkenschanzstr. 17, 1180, Vienna, Austria	UNSPECIFIED
Luhmann, JG	Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Maehara, H	Subaru Telescope Okayama Branch Office, NAOJ, Asakuchi, Okayama 719-02, Japan	UNSPECIFIED
Mlynczak, MG	NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Notsu, Y	Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan	UNSPECIFIED
Ramirez, RM	Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan	UNSPECIFIED
Rugheimer, S	Centre for Exoplanet Science, University of St. Andrews, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Irvine Building, North Street, St. Andrews, KY16 9AL, UK	UNSPECIFIED
Scheucher, M	Zentrum für Astronomie und Astrophysik (ZAA), Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Schlieder, JE	Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Shibata, K	Astronomical Observatory, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan	UNSPECIFIED
Sousa-Silva, C	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Stamenković, V	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Strangeway, RJ	University of California, Los Angeles, CA USA	UNSPECIFIED
Usmanov, AV	University of Delaware, DE, 19716, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Vergados, P	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Verkhoglyadova, OP	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Vidotto, AA	Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland	UNSPECIFIED
Voytek, M.	NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Way, MJ	NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY	UNSPECIFIED
Zank, GP	Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Yamashiki, Y	Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability (GSAIS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

2019

Journal or Publication Title:

International Journal of Astrobiology

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

DOI:

10.1017/S1473550419000132

Page Range:

pp. 1-59

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

ISSN:

1473-5504

Status:

Published

Keywords:

astrobiology, atmospheres, biosignatures, chemistry, CME, exoplanets, flares, habitability, internal dynamics, magnetic field, SEP, space weather, stars, Sun

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Space Exploration

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EW - Space Exploration

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Vorhaben Planetary Evolution and Life (old)

Location:

Berlin-Adlershof

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Planetary Research > Extrasolar Planets and Atmospheres

Deposited By:

Grenfell, John Lee

Deposited On:

02 Dec 2019 13:12

Last Modified:

26 Mar 2020 11:57

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