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Planetary Magnetic Field Control of Ion Escape from Weakly Magnetized Planets
Hilary Egan, Riku Jarvinen, Yingjuan Ma +1
Intrinsic magnetic fields have long been thought to shield planets from atmospheric erosion via stellar winds; however, the influence of the plasma environment on atmospheric escap…
Modeling Martian Atmospheric Losses over Time: Implications for Exoplanetary Climate Evolution and Habitability
Chuanfei Dong, Yuni Lee, Yingjuan Ma +11
In this Letter, we make use of sophisticated 3D numerical simulations to assess the extent of atmospheric ion and photochemical losses from Mars over time. We demonstrate that the…
Solar wind interaction with the Martian upper atmosphere: Roles of the cold thermosphere and hot oxygen corona
Chuanfei Dong, Stephen W. Bougher, Yingjuan Ma +10
We study roles of the thermosphere and exosphere on the Martian ionospheric structure and ion escape rates in the process of the solar wind-Mars interaction. We employ a four-speci…
Atmospheric escape from the TRAPPIST-1 planets and implications for habitability
Chuanfei Dong, Meng Jin, Manasvi Lingam +3
The presence of an atmosphere over sufficiently long timescales is widely perceived as one of the most prominent criteria associated with planetary surface habitability. We address…
Is Proxima Centauri b habitable? -- A study of atmospheric loss
Chuanfei Dong, Manasvi Lingam, Yingjuan Ma +1
We address the important question of whether the newly discovered exoplanet, Proxima Centauri b (PCb), is capable of retaining an atmosphere over long periods of time. This is done…
The Interaction of Venus-like, M-dwarf Planets with the Stellar Wind of Their Host Star
O. Cohen, Y. Ma, J. J. Drake +4
We study the interaction between the atmospheres of Venus-like, non-magnetized exoplanets orbiting an M-dwarf star, and the stellar wind using a multi-species Magnetohydrodynaic (M…