Origin and Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres Implications for Habitability /

• Main Author: Lammer, Helmut (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Astronomy,
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Astrophysics.; Astrobiology.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Atmospheric Sciences.

Based on the author’s own work and results obtained by international teams he coordinated, this SpringerBrief offers a concise discussion of the origin and early evolution of atmospheres of terrestrial planets during the active phase of their host stars, as well as of the environmental conditions wh...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Protoatmospheres
• 2 Evolution of the Solar/Stellar Radiation and Plasma Environment
• 3 Escape of Planetary Atmospheres
• 4 Observational Tests of Atmosphere Evolution Hypotheses
• 5 Conclusion. Index.