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Yuri N. Kulikov Helmut Lammer Herbert I. M. Lichtenegger Thomas Penz Doris Breuer Tilman Spohn Rickard Lundin Helfried K. Biernat 《Space Science Reviews》2007,129(1-3):207-243
Because the solar radiation and particle environment plays a major role in all atmospheric processes such as ionization, dissociation,
heating of the upper atmospheres, and thermal and non-thermal atmospheric loss processes, the long-time evolution of planetary
atmospheres and their water inventories can only be understood within the context of the evolving Sun. We compare the effect
of solar induced X-ray and EUV (XUV) heating on the upper atmospheres of Earth, Venus and Mars since the time when the Sun
arrived at the Zero-Age-Main-Sequence (ZAMS) about 4.6 Gyr ago. We apply a diffusive-gravitational equilibrium and thermal
balance model for studying heating of the early thermospheres by photodissociation and ionization processes, due to exothermic
chemical reactions and cooling by IR-radiating molecules like CO2, NO, OH, etc. Our model simulations result in extended thermospheres for early Earth, Venus and Mars. The exospheric temperatures
obtained for all the three planets during this time period lead to diffusion-limited hydrodynamic escape of atomic hydrogen
and high Jeans’ escape rates for heavier species like H2, He, C, N, O, etc. The duration of this blow-off phase for atomic hydrogen depends essentially on the mixing ratios of CO2, N2 and H2O in the atmospheres and could last from ∼100 to several hundred million years. Furthermore, we study the efficiency of various
non-thermal atmospheric loss processes on Venus and Mars and investigate the possible protecting effect of the early martian
magnetosphere against solar wind induced ion pick up erosion. We find that the early martian magnetic field could decrease
the ion-related non-thermal escape rates by a great amount. It is possible that non-magnetized early Mars could have lost
its whole atmosphere due to the combined effect of its extended upper atmosphere and a dense solar wind plasma flow of the
young Sun during about 200 Myr after the Sun arrived at the ZAMS. Depending on the solar wind parameters, our model simulations
for early Venus show that ion pick up by strong solar wind from a non-magnetized planet could erode up to an equivalent amount
of ∼250 bar of O+ ions during the first several hundred million years. This accumulated loss corresponds to an equivalent mass of ∼1 terrestrial
ocean (TO (1 TO ∼1.39×1024 g or expressed as partial pressure, about 265 bar, which corresponds to ∼2900 m average depth)). Finally, we discuss and
compare our findings with the results of preceding studies. 相似文献
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A. Galli P. Wurz H. Lammer H. I. M. Lichtenegger R. Lundin S. Barabash A. Grigoriev M. Holmström H. Gunell 《Space Science Reviews》2006,126(1-4):447-467
We have evaluated the Lyman-α limb emission from the exospheric hydrogen of Mars measured by the neutral particle detector of the ASPERA-3 instrument on Mars Express in 2004 at low solar activity (solar activity index = 42, F10.7=100). We derive estimates for the hydrogen exobase density, n H = 1010 m?3, and for the apparent temperature, T > 600 K. We conclude that the limb emission measurement is dominated by a hydrogen component that is considerably hotter than the bulk temperature at the exobase. The derived values for the exosphere density and temperature are compared with similar measurements done by the Mariner space probes in the 1969. The values found with Mars Express and Mariner data are brought in a broader context of exosphere models including the possibility of having two hydrogen components in the Martian exosphere. The present observation of the Martian hydrogen exosphere is the first one at high altitudes during low solar activity, and shows that for low solar activity exospheric densities are not higher than for high solar activity. 相似文献
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Yoshifumi Futaana Jean-Yves Chaufray H. Todd Smith Philippe Garnier Herbert Lichtenegger Magda Delva Hannes Gr?ller Alessandro Mura 《Space Science Reviews》2011,162(1-4):213-266
Our understanding of the upper atmosphere of unmagnetized bodies such as Mars, Venus and Titan has improved significantly in this decade. Recent observations by in situ and remote sensing instruments on board Mars Express, Venus Express and Cassini have revealed characteristics of the neutral upper atmospheres (exospheres) and of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs). The ENA environment in the vicinity of the bodies is by itself a significant study field, but ENAs are also used as a diagnostic tool for the exosphere and the interaction with the upstream plasmas. Synergy between theoretical and modeling work has also improved considerably. In this review, we summarize the recent progress of our understanding of the neutral environment in the vicinity of unmagnetized planets. 相似文献
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Lammer H Lichtenegger HI Kulikov YN Griessmeier JM Terada N Erkaev NV Biernat HK Khodachenko ML Ribas I Penz T Selsis F 《Astrobiology》2007,7(1):185-207
Atmospheric erosion of CO2-rich Earth-size exoplanets due to coronal mass ejection (CME)-induced ion pick up within close-in habitable zones of active M-type dwarf stars is investigated. Since M stars are active at the X-ray and extreme ultraviolet radiation (XUV) wave-lengths over long periods of time, we have applied a thermal balance model at various XUV flux input values for simulating the thermospheric heating by photodissociation and ionization processes due to exothermic chemical reactions and cooling by the CO2 infrared radiation in the 15 microm band. Our study shows that intense XUV radiation of active M stars results in atmospheric expansion and extended exospheres. Using thermospheric neutral and ion densities calculated for various XUV fluxes, we applied a numerical test particle model for simulation of atmospheric ion pick up loss from an extended exosphere arising from its interaction with expected minimum and maximum CME plasma flows. Our results indicate that the Earth-like exoplanets that have no, or weak, magnetic moments may lose tens to hundreds of bars of atmospheric pressure, or even their whole atmospheres due to the CME-induced O ion pick up at orbital distances 相似文献
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K. Liu E. Kallio R. Jarvinen H. Lammer H.I.M. Lichtenegger Yu.N. Kulikov N. Terada T.L. Zhang P. Janhunen 《Advances in Space Research (includes Cospar's Information Bulletin, Space Research Today)》2009
As an initial effort to study the evolution of the Venus atmosphere, the influence of the solar wind density and the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) x component (the x-axis points from Venus towards the Sun) on the O+ ion escape rate from Venus is investigated using a three-dimensional quasi-neutral hybrid (HYB-Venus) model. The HYB-Venus model is first applied to a case of the high-density (100 cm−3) solar wind interaction with Venus selected from the Pioneer Venus Orbiter observations to demonstrate its capability for the study. Two sets of simulations with a wide range of solar wind densities and different IMF x components are then performed. It is found that the O+ ion escape rate increases with increasing solar wind density. The O+ ion escape rate saturates when the solar wind density becomes high (above 100 cm−3). The results also suggest that the IMF x component enhances the O+ ion escape rate, given a fixed IMF component perpendicular to the x-axis. Finally, the results imply a higher ion loss rate for early-Venus, when solar conditions were dramatically different. 相似文献
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Helmut Lammer Yuri N. Kulikov Herbert I. M. Lichtenegger 《Space Science Reviews》2006,122(1-4):189-196
In view of the low H2O abundance in the present Venusian and Martian atmospheres several observations by spacecraft and studies suggest that both
planets should have lost most of their water over the early active period of the young Sun. During the first Gyr after the
Sun arrived at the Zero- Age-Main-Sequence high X-ray and EUV fluxes between 10 and 100 times that of the present Sun were
responsible for much higher temperatures in the thermosphere-exosphere environments on both planets. By applying a diffusive-gravitational
equilibrium and thermal balance model for investigating radiation impact on the early thermospheres by photodissociation and
ionization processes, due to exothermic chemical reactions and cooling by CO2 IR emission in the 15μm band we found expanded thermospheres with exobase levels between about 200 km (present) and 2000
km (4.5 Gyr ago). The higher temperatures in the upper atmospheres of both planets could reach “blow-off” conditions for H
atoms even at high CO2 mixing ratios of 96%. Lower CO2/N2 mixing ratio or higher contents of H2O vapor in the early atmospheres could have had a dramatic impact from the loss of atmosphere
and water on both planets. The duration of this phase of high thermal loss rates essentially depended on the mixing ratios
of CO2, N2, and H2O in the early atmospheres and could have lasted between about 150 and several hundred Myr. 相似文献
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G. J. Molina-Cuberos J. Porti B. P. Besser J. A. Morente J. Margineda H. I. M. Lichtenegger A. Salinas K. Schwingenschuh H. U. Eichelberger 《Advances in Space Research (includes Cospar's Information Bulletin, Space Research Today)》2004,33(12):2309-2313
Among the multiple questions that the CASSINI/HUYGENS mission tries to answer is the likelihood of electric discharges in Titan's atmosphere. The instruments “Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument” and “Radio and Plasma Wave Science” will probe the electromagnetic emissions during the Huygens descent and Cassini flybys, respectively. Although no lightning was observed during Voyager's encounters with Titan in 1980 and 1981, this does not exclude the existence of lightning phenomena. Recent investigations show that lightning discharges could occur in the lower atmosphere, such as the detection of methane condensation clouds in the troposphere and the theoretical prediction of an electric field that would be sufficient enough to cause lightning. We present a numerical model of Titan's atmosphere with the aim of calculating the resonance frequencies and the atmospheric transparency to electromagnetic waves. The detection and measurement of these resonances, Schumann frequencies, by the Huygens probe, would show the existence of electric activity connected with lightning discharges in the atmosphere. As it happens with the Schumann frequencies of Earth, losses associated with the electric conductivity will make these frequencies to be lower than the theoretically predicted, the fundamental one being located between 11 and 15 Hz. An analytical study shows that the strong losses associated with the high conductivity make it impossible that an electromagnetic wave generated near the surface with a frequency of 10 MHz or lower reaches the outer part of Titan's atmosphere. Therefore the detection of electromagnetic waves coming from Titan's lower atmosphere by the RPWS instrument is very unlikely. 相似文献
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Rosemary Killen Gabrielle Cremonese Helmut Lammer Stefano Orsini Andrew E. Potter Ann L. Sprague Peter Wurz Maxim L. Khodachenko Herbert I. M. Lichtenegger Anna Milillo Alessandro Mura 《Space Science Reviews》2007,132(2-4):433-509
It has been speculated that the composition of the exosphere is related to the composition of Mercury’s crustal materials.
If this relationship is true, then inferences regarding the bulk chemistry of the planet might be made from a thorough exospheric
study. The most vexing of all unsolved problems is the uncertainty in the source of each component. Historically, it has been
believed that H and He come primarily from the solar wind (Goldstein, B.E., et al. in J. Geophys. Res. 86:5485–5499, 1981), Na and K come from volatilized materials partitioned between Mercury’s crust and meteoritic impactors (Hunten, D.M., et
al. in Mercury, pp. 562–612, 1988; Morgan, T.H., et al. in Icarus 74:156–170, 1988; Killen, R.M., et al. in Icarus 171:1–19, 2004b). The processes that eject atoms and molecules into the exosphere of Mercury are generally considered to be thermal vaporization,
photon-stimulated desorption (PSD), impact vaporization, and ion sputtering. Each of these processes has its own temporal
and spatial dependence. The exosphere is strongly influenced by Mercury’s highly elliptical orbit and rapid orbital speed.
As a consequence the surface undergoes large fluctuations in temperature and experiences differences of insolation with longitude.
Because there is no inclination of the orbital axis, there are regions at extreme northern and southern latitudes that are
never exposed to direct sunlight. These cold regions may serve as traps for exospheric constituents or for material that is
brought in by exogenic sources such as comets, interplanetary dust, or solar wind, etc. The source rates are dependent not
only on temperature and composition of the surface, but also on such factors as porosity, mineralogy, and space weathering.
They are not independent of each other. For instance, ion impact may create crystal defects which enhance diffusion of atoms
through the grain, and in turn enhance the efficiency of PSD. The impact flux and the size distribution of impactors affects
regolith turnover rates (gardening) and the depth dependence of vaporization rates. Gardening serves both as a sink for material
and as a source for fresh material. This is extremely important in bounding the rates of the other processes. Space weathering
effects, such as the creation of needle-like structures in the regolith, will limit the ejection of atoms by such processes
as PSD and ion-sputtering. Therefore, the use of laboratory rates in estimates of exospheric source rates can be helpful but
also are often inaccurate if not modified appropriately. Porosity effects may reduce yields by a factor of three (Cassidy,
T.A., and Johnson, R.E. in Icarus 176:499–507, 2005). The loss of all atomic species from Mercury’s exosphere other than H and He must be by non-thermal escape. The relative
rates of photo-ionization, loss of photo-ions to the solar wind, entrainment of ions in the magnetosphere and direct impact
of photo-ions to the surface are an area of active research. These source and loss processes will be discussed in this chapter. 相似文献
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Herbert I. M. Lichtenegger Helmut Lammer Yuri N. Kulikov Shahin Kazeminejad Gregorio H. Molina-Cuberos Rafael Rodrigo Bobby Kazeminejad Gottfried Kirchengast 《Space Science Reviews》2006,126(1-4):469-501
The heating of the upper atmospheres and the formation of the ionospheres on Venus and Mars are mainly controlled by the solar
X-ray and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation (λ = 0.1–102.7 nm and can be characterized by the 10.7 cm solar radio flux).
Previous estimations of the average Martian dayside exospheric temperature inferred from topside plasma scale heights, UV
airglow and Lyman-α dayglow observations of up to ∼500 K imply a stronger dependence on solar activity than that found on
Venus by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter (PVO) and Magellan spacecraft. However, this dependence appears to be inconsistent with
exospheric temperatures (<250 K) inferred from aerobraking maneuvers of recent spacecraft like Mars Pathfinder, Mars Global
Surveyor and Mars Odyssey during different solar activity periods and at different orbital locations of the planet. In a similar
way, early Lyman-α dayglow and UV airglow observations by Venera 4, Mariner 5 and 10, and Venera 9–12 at Venus also suggested
much higher exospheric temperatures of up to 1000 K as compared with the average dayside exospheric temperature of about 270
K inferred from neutral gas mass spectrometry data obtained by PVO. In order to compare Venus and Mars, we estimated the dayside
exobase temperature of Venus by using electron density profiles obtained from the PVO radio science experiment during the
solar cycle and found the Venusian temperature to vary between 250–300 K, being in reasonable agreement with the exospheric
temperatures inferred from Magellan aerobraking data and PVO mass spectrometer measurements. The same method has been applied
to Mars by studying the solar cycle variation of the ionospheric peak plasma density observed by Mars Global Surveyor during
both solar minimum and maximum conditions, yielding a temperature range between 190–220 K. This result clearly indicates that
the average Martian dayside temperature at the exobase does not exceed a value of about 240 K during high solar activity conditions
and that the response of the upper atmosphere temperature on Mars to solar activity near the ionization maximum is essentially
the same as on Venus. The reason for this discrepancy between exospheric temperature determinations from topside plasma scale
heights and electron distributions near the ionospheric maximum seems to lie in the fact that thermal and photochemical equilibrium
applies only at altitudes below 170 km, whereas topside scale heights are derived for much higher altitudes where they are
modified by transport processes and where local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) conditions are violated. Moreover, from simulating
the energy density distribution of photochemically produced moderately energetic H, C and O atoms, as well as CO molecules,
we argue that exospheric temperatures inferred from Lyman-α dayglow and UV airglow observations result in too high values,
because these particles, as well as energetic neutral atoms, transformed from solar wind protons into hydrogen atoms via charge
exchange, may contribute to the observed planetary hot neutral gas coronae. Because the low exospheric temperatures inferred
from neutral gas mass spectrometer and aerobraking data, as well as from CO+
2 UV doublet emissions near 180–260 nm obtained from the Mars Express SPICAM UV spectrograph suggest rather low heating efficiencies,
some hitherto unidentified additional IR-cooling mechanism in the thermospheres of both Venus and Mars is likely to exist.
An erratum to this article can be found at 相似文献
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N.I. Kömle H.I.M. Lichtenegger 《Advances in Space Research (includes Cospar's Information Bulletin, Space Research Today)》1984,4(9):249-252
We study the influence of mass loading on the formation of shocks employing a time-dependent hydrodynamic model. Numerical examples illustrate in which way the formation and propagation of shocks in the plasma is affected by variations of the ionization rate (due to changes of solar wind parameters or of neutral gas production). It is found that mass loading may be an efficient mechanism to prevent the formation of discontinuities in hydrodynamic flows. 相似文献
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