Stellar Winds in Single and Binary Star Systems

Author(s)

Colin Johnstone, Manuel Güdel, Theresa Lüftinger, Dmitry Bisikalo, Andrey Zhilkin, Elke Pilat-Lohinger

Abstract

Young low-mass stars are continuously losing mass in the form of stellar

winds. These winds can influence the evolution of the atmospheres of

planets that orbit these stars. Supersonic winds from the parent star

compress the planetary magnetosphere and can lead to mass loss from the

atmosphere. In order to understand how the atmospheres of planets

evolve, it is necessary to know the properties of these stellar winds.

We study the winds of low-mass stars within the framework of the project

Pathways to Habitability (http://path.univie.ac.at/). We investigate the

winds in both single and binary star systems.

Organisation(s)

Department of Astrophysics

External organisation(s)

Russian Academy of Sciences

Publication date

07-2013

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103004 Astrophysics

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