Beyond the Drake Equation: A Time-dependent Inventory of Habitable Planets and Life-bearing Worlds in the Solar Neighborhood

We introduce a mathematical framework for statistical exoplanet population and astrobiology studies that may help direct future observational efforts and experiments. The approach is based on a set of differential equations and provides a time-dependent mapping between star formation, metal enrichme...

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Main Author: Piero Madau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acfe0e