Influence of Stellar UV Environment on Detecting Biosignatures and Pre-Biosignatures in the Atmospheres of Earth-like Planets Around Other Stars

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• Sarah Rugheimer (Oxford)
• Tuesday 05 February 2019, 16:00-17:00
• Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute.

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When we observe the first terrestrial exoplanet atmospheres, we expect to find planets around a wide range of stellar types, UV environments, and geological conditions. Since the first exoplanets available for characterization will be likely for M dwarf host stars, understanding the UV environment of these cool stars is a vital step in understanding the atmospheres of these planets. Additionally the atmospheres of these planets will not been fixed in time. Earth itself offers many possible atmospheric states of a planet. We set out to examine how an Earth-like planet at different geological epochs might look around other star types Additionally, we examine the plausibility of detecting prebiotically interesting molecules, such as HCN , NH3, CH4 , and C2H6 in an early-Earth type atmosphere around stars with very different UV environments, an M dwarf and a solar analogue.

This talk is part of the Exoplanet Seminars series.

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• Combined External Astrophysics Talks DAMTP
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