Investigators:
Michael Way, Vladimir Airapetian, Guillaume Gronoff (SSAI/LARC), John Barbara
We propose to conduct an interdisciplinary study of exoplanetary climates and chemistry affected by extreme X-ray and UV (XUV) radiation and high fluxes from energetic protons accelerated in CME-driven shocks from active stars. Using a hierarchy of models (PATH-Aeroplanet Chemistry-ROCKE3D), the team will simulate self-consistent 3D atmospheres with many gas species not explored previously. ROCKE3D simulations will provide transmission spectra from climatologically consistent terminator profiles and spectrally resolved phase curves.
Collaborators:
Gary Zank (University of Alabama at Huntsville), Eric Wolf (University of Colorado)