An examination of astrophysical habitats for targeted SETI

Details An examination of astrophysical habitats for targeted SETI An examination of astrophysical habitats for targeted SETI

Oct 1991

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IAF, International Astronautical Congress, 42nd, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 5-11, 1991. 9 p.

Biology

Exobiology, Extraterrestrial Environments, Habitability, Project Seti, Solar System Evolution, Astronomical Models, Binary Stars, Planetary Atmospheres, Space Habitats, Stellar Physics, Water

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Planetary atmospheric radiative transfer models have recently given valuable insights into the definition of the solar system's ecoshell. In addition, however, results have indicated that constraints on solar evolution also need to be addressed, with even minor solar variations, (mass loss, for example), having important consequences from an exobiological standpoint. Following the definition of the solar system's ecoshell evolution, the ecoshells around different stellar spectral types can then be modeled. In this study the astrophysical constraints on the definition of ecoshells and possible exobiological habitats includes: (1) the investigation of the evolution of the solar system's ecoshell under different initial solar/stellar model conditions as indicated by both solar abundance considerations as well as planetary evidence; (2) an outline of considerations necessary to define the ecoshells around the most abundant spectral-type stars, the K and M stars looking at the effects on exobiological habitats of planetary rotational tidal locking effects, and stellar flare/chromospheric-activity cycles, among other effects; (3) a preliminary examination of the factors defining the expected ecoshells around binary stars determining the of regular stellar eclipses, and the expected shortening of the semi-major axis. These results can then be applied to the targeted microwave search for extraterrestrial intelligent signals by constraining the ecoshell space in the solar neighborhood.

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