Motivation: ESAs goal to detect biomarkers in Earth-like exoplanets in the Habitable Zone requires theoretical groundwork that needs to be done to model the influence of different parameters on the detectable biomarkers. We need to model a wide parameter space (chemical composition, pressure, evolution, interior structure and outgassing, clouds) to generate a grid of models that inform our detection strategy as well as can help characterize the spectra of the small rocky planets detected.
@article{arxiv.0809.4042,
title = {ESA White paper: Atmospheric modeling: Setting Biomarkers in context},
author = {L. Kaltenegger and F. Selsis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.4042},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
Input to the Call for White Papers for Exo-Planet Roadmap Advisory Team May 2008. http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=42830