The habitability of planets orbiting M-dwarf stars

AL Shields, S Ballard, JA Johnson - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
The prospects for the habitability of M-dwarf planets have long been debated, due to key
differences between the unique stellar and planetary environments around these low-mass …

The Karl G. Jansky very large array sky survey (VLASS). Science case and survey design

M Lacy, SA Baum, CJ Chandler… - Publications of the …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) is a synoptic, all-sky radio sky survey
with a unique combination of high angular resolution (≈ 2 farcs 5), sensitivity (a 1σ goal of …

Stellar flares from the first TESS data release: exploring a new sample of M dwarfs

MN Günther, Z Zhan, S Seager… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform a study of stellar flares for the 24,809 stars observed with 2 minute cadence
during the first two months of the TESS mission. Flares may erode exoplanets' atmospheres …

The population of M dwarfs observed at low radio frequencies

JR Callingham, HK Vedantham, TW Shimwell… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Coherent low-frequency (≲ 200 MHz) radio emission from stars encodes the conditions of
the outer corona, mass-ejection events and space weather,,,–. Previous low-frequency …

Modeling repeated M dwarf flaring at an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone: atmospheric effects for an unmagnetized planet

MA Tilley, A Segura, V Meadows, S Hawley… - Astrobiology, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Understanding the impact of active M dwarf stars on the atmospheric equilibrium and
surface conditions of a habitable zone Earth-like planet is key to assessing M dwarf planet …

Colloquium: Physical constraints for the evolution of life on exoplanets

M Lingam, A Loeb - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2019 - APS
Recently, many Earth-sized planets have been discovered around stars other than the Sun
that might possess appropriate conditions for life. The development of theoretical methods …

Atmospheric escape processes and planetary atmospheric evolution

G Gronoff, P Arras, S Baraka, JM Bell… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The habitability of the surface of any planet is determined by a complex evolution of its
interior, surface, and atmosphere. The electromagnetic and particle radiation of stars drive …

The first habitable-zone Earth-sized planet from TESS. I. Validation of the TOI-700 system

EA Gilbert, T Barclay, JE Schlieder… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the discovery and validation of a three-planet system orbiting the nearby (31.1
pc) M2 dwarf star TOI-700 (TIC 150428135). TOI-700 lies in the TESS continuous viewing …

Magnetic field strengths of hot Jupiters from signals of star–planet interactions

PW Cauley, EL Shkolnik, J Llama, AF Lanza - Nature Astronomy, 2019 - nature.com
Evidence of star–planet interactions in the form of planet-modulated chromospheric
emission has been noted for a number of hot Jupiters. Magnetic star–planet interactions …

A super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes transiting the nearby and quiet M dwarf TOI-270

MN Günther, FJ Pozuelos, JA Dittmann, D Dragomir… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
One of the primary goals of exoplanetary science is to detect small, temperate planets
passing (transiting) in front of bright and quiet host stars. This enables the characterization of …