In Chaps. 10 and 11 , I surveyed the various ways in which a host star’s radiation and wind can erode an exoplanet’s atmosphere, change its chemistry, and thereby determine whether the exoplanet could be habitable. I now turn to the question of whether an exoplanet can change the properties of its host star, in particular, its rotation rate, UV and X-ray radiation, and the properties of its wind. The study of this feedback of an exoplanet on its host star is usually called star-planet interactions (SPI), although a more accurate term would be planet-star interactions.

错误:搜索内容不能为空,请输入英文关键词
错误:关键词超出字数限制,请精简
高级检索

Star-Planet Interactions

  • Jeffrey Linsky

摘要

In Chaps. 10 and 11 , I surveyed the various ways in which a host star’s radiation and wind can erode an exoplanet’s atmosphere, change its chemistry, and thereby determine whether the exoplanet could be habitable. I now turn to the question of whether an exoplanet can change the properties of its host star, in particular, its rotation rate, UV and X-ray radiation, and the properties of its wind. The study of this feedback of an exoplanet on its host star is usually called star-planet interactions (SPI), although a more accurate term would be planet-star interactions.