The X-ray irradiation and evaporation of close-in extra-solar planets

Details The X-ray irradiation and evaporation of close-in extra-solar planets The X-ray irradiation and evaporation of close-in extra-solar planets

Oct 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007xmm..prop..198w&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #05565601

Physics

Stars, White Dwarfs, Solar System, Gl 436, Xmm-Newton Proposal Id #05565601

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The discovery with HST of the evaporation of the transiting exoplanet HD209458b has raised the possibility that the evolution of close-in planets is dominated by mass loss. This evaporation must be driven by the X-ray emission of the parent star, which we can measure directly with XMM-Newton. In this proposal we aim to measure the X-ray irradiation rate of two nearby transiting planets. This is an essential step in determining the role of evaporation in the evolution of close-in planets.

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