Host Stars and their Effects on Exoplanet Atmospheres An Introductory Overview /

• Main Author: Linsky, Jeffrey (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 955
• Subjects: Planetary science.; Astrobiology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Planetology.; Solar system.; Space sciences.; Planetary Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Solar and Heliospheric Physics .; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

Like planets in our solar system, exoplanets form, evolve, and interact with their host stars in many ways. As exoplanets acquire material and grow to the final size, their atmospheres are subjected to intense UV and X-radiation and high-energy particle bombardment from the young host star. Whether...