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most citedA Re-appraisal of the Habitability of Planets Around M Dwarf Stars

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astro-ph2007★ 22 cited

Particle acceleration by fluctuating electric fields at a magnetic field null point

P. Petkaki, A. L. MacKinnon

Particle acceleration consequences from fluctuating electric fields superposed on an X-type magnetic field in collisionless solar plasma are studied. Such a system is chosen to mim…

astro-ph2006★ 344 cited

A Re-appraisal of the Habitability of Planets Around M Dwarf Stars

Jill C. Tarter, Peter R. Backus, Rocco L. Mancinelli +29

Stable, hydrogen-burning, M dwarf stars comprise about 75% of all stars in the Galaxy. They are extremely long-lived and because they are much smaller in mass than the Sun (between…

astro-ph2005★ 30 cited

Radiative Habitable Zones in Martian Polar Environments

C. Cordoba-Jabonero, M. -P. Zorzano, F. Selsis +2

The biologically damaging solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation (quantified by the DNA-weighted dose) reaches the Martian surface in extremely high levels. Searching for potentially hab…

astro-ph2002★ 47 cited

Finite size scaling in the solar wind magnetic field energy density as seen by WIND

Bogdan Hnat, Sandra Chapman, George Rowlands +2

Statistical properties of the interplanetary magnetic field fluctuations can provide an important insight into the solar wind turbulent cascade. Recently, analysis of the Probabili…

astro-ph2002★ 27 cited

Scaling in the space climatology of the auroral indices: Is SOC the only possible explanation ?

Nicholas Watkins

The study of the robust features of the magnetosphere is motivated both by new "whole system" approaches, and by the idea of "space climate" as opposed to "space weather". We enume…

astro-ph2000★ 9 cited

Ambiguities in Determination Of Self-Affinity in the AE-index Time Series

N. W. Watkins, M. P. Freeman, C. S. Rhodes +1

The interaction between the Earth's magnetic field and the solar wind plasma results in a natural plasma confinement system which stores energy. Dissipation of this energy through…