A Synergic Strategy to Characterize the Habitability Conditions of Exoplanets Hosted by Solar-Type Stars
We present a new synergic strategy that merges the potential of asteroseismology with solar space weather/climate techniques in order to characterize solar-like stars and their interaction with hosted exoplanets. The method is based on the use of seismic data obtained by the space missions Kepler/K2...
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| author | Raffaele Reda Raffaele Reda Maria Pia Di Mauro Luca Giovannelli Luca Giovannelli Tommaso Alberti Francesco Berrilli Francesco Berrilli Enrico Corsaro |
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| description | We present a new synergic strategy that merges the potential of asteroseismology with solar space weather/climate techniques in order to characterize solar-like stars and their interaction with hosted exoplanets. The method is based on the use of seismic data obtained by the space missions Kepler/K2 and TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, coupled with stellar activity estimates deduced from ground-based campaigns (e.g., Mount Wilson Observatory HK Project). Our investigation allows us to determine not only highly accurate fundamental parameters of the mother star and its orbiting planet, but also to study the stellar magnetic activity and the star-planet interaction: in analogy to the Sun-Earth system, it is possible to infer the mean stellar wind acting on the exoplanet in order to define the conditions of the exoplanetary environment and the erosion of its atmosphere with an impact on the habitability of the planet. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06dd52e8a60c472eae184aa85a68dade2022-12-22T03:02:32ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences2296-987X2022-07-01910.3389/fspas.2022.909268909268A Synergic Strategy to Characterize the Habitability Conditions of Exoplanets Hosted by Solar-Type StarsRaffaele Reda0Raffaele Reda1Maria Pia Di Mauro2Luca Giovannelli3Luca Giovannelli4Tommaso Alberti5Francesco Berrilli6Francesco Berrilli7Enrico Corsaro8Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Roma, ItalyINAF-IAPS, Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, ItalyINAF-IAPS, Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Roma, ItalyINAF-IAPS, Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, ItalyINAF-IAPS, Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Roma, ItalyINAF-IAPS, Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, ItalyINAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Catania, ItalyWe present a new synergic strategy that merges the potential of asteroseismology with solar space weather/climate techniques in order to characterize solar-like stars and their interaction with hosted exoplanets. The method is based on the use of seismic data obtained by the space missions Kepler/K2 and TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, coupled with stellar activity estimates deduced from ground-based campaigns (e.g., Mount Wilson Observatory HK Project). Our investigation allows us to determine not only highly accurate fundamental parameters of the mother star and its orbiting planet, but also to study the stellar magnetic activity and the star-planet interaction: in analogy to the Sun-Earth system, it is possible to infer the mean stellar wind acting on the exoplanet in order to define the conditions of the exoplanetary environment and the erosion of its atmosphere with an impact on the habitability of the planet.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.909268/fullexoplanetssolar-type starsasteroseismologystellar magnetic activityhabitabilitystellar wind |
| spellingShingle | Raffaele Reda Raffaele Reda Maria Pia Di Mauro Luca Giovannelli Luca Giovannelli Tommaso Alberti Francesco Berrilli Francesco Berrilli Enrico Corsaro A Synergic Strategy to Characterize the Habitability Conditions of Exoplanets Hosted by Solar-Type Stars Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences exoplanets solar-type stars asteroseismology stellar magnetic activity habitability stellar wind |
| title | A Synergic Strategy to Characterize the Habitability Conditions of Exoplanets Hosted by Solar-Type Stars |
| title_full | A Synergic Strategy to Characterize the Habitability Conditions of Exoplanets Hosted by Solar-Type Stars |
| title_fullStr | A Synergic Strategy to Characterize the Habitability Conditions of Exoplanets Hosted by Solar-Type Stars |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Synergic Strategy to Characterize the Habitability Conditions of Exoplanets Hosted by Solar-Type Stars |
| title_short | A Synergic Strategy to Characterize the Habitability Conditions of Exoplanets Hosted by Solar-Type Stars |
| title_sort | synergic strategy to characterize the habitability conditions of exoplanets hosted by solar type stars |
| topic | exoplanets solar-type stars asteroseismology stellar magnetic activity habitability stellar wind |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.909268/full |
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