BIOSIGNATURE GASES IN H₂-DOMINATED ATMOSPHERES ON ROCKY EXOPLANETS

Super-Earth exoplanets are being discovered with increasing frequency and some will be able to retain stable H2-dominated atmospheres. We study biosignature gases on exoplanets with thin H2 atmospheres and habitable surface temperatures, using a model atmosphere with photochemistry and a biomass est...

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Main Authors: Seager, Sara, Bains, William, Hu, Renyu
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85944
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-6948