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Publications


Team

Peterson, W.K., 2021. “Perspective on energetic and thermal atmospheric photoelectrons.” Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 8, p.41, doi:10.3389/fspas.2021.655309.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2021.655309/full

Weber, T., Brain, D., Xu, S., Mitchell, D., Espley, J., Mazelle, C., et al. (2021). “Martian crustal field influence on O+ and O2+ escape as measured by MAVEN.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, e2021JA029234.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JA029234

Sakai, S., Seki, K., Terada, N., Shinagawa, H., Sakata, R., Tanaka, T., & Ebihara, Y. (2021). “Effects of the IMF direction on atmospheric escape from a Mars‐like planet under weak intrinsic magnetic field condition.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, e2020JA028485.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028485

Sakata, R., Seki, K., Sakai, S., Terada, N., Shinagawa, H., & Tanaka, T. (2020). “Effects of an intrinsic magnetic field on ion loss from ancient Mars based on multispecies MHD simulations.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, e2019JA026945.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA026945

Hilary Egan, Riku Jarvinen, Yingjuan Ma, David Brain. “Planetary magnetic field control of ion escape from weakly magnetized planets.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 488, Issue 2, September 2019, Pages 2108–2120.
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1819

Ma, Y. J., Dong, C. F., Toth, G., van der Holst, B., Nagy, A. F., Russell, C. T., et al. (2019). “Importance of ambipolar electric field in driving ion loss from Mars.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124, 9040– 9057.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027091

External

Substantial data have been collected on the topic of magnetic fields and atmospheric loss. Our project intends to re-analyze this data, building new robust models and bringing together different researchers and disciplines. Below are publications and resources relevant to the core mission of MACH.

Laura M. Harbach, Sofia P. Moschou, Cecilia Garraffo, Jeremy J. Drake, Juli´an D. Alvarado-G´omez, Ofer Cohen, and Federico Fraschetti (2021). “Stellar Winds Drive Strong Variations in Exoplanet Evaporative Outflow Patterns and Transit Absorption Signatures”.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.05922

Egan, H. R. Jarvinen, Y. Ma and D. Brain (2019, submitted), “Planetary Magnetic Field Control of Ion Escape from Weakly Magnetized Planets”.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.02978.pdf

Dong, C. F., M. Lingam, Y. J. Ma and O. Cohen (2017). “Is Proxima Centauri b Habitable? A Study of Atmospheric Loss.”
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.04089

Driscoll, P. E. and R. Barnes (2015). “Tidal Heating of Earth-like Exoplanets around M Stars: Thermal, Magnetic, and Orbital Evolutions.”
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1509.07452

Cohen, O., Y. Ma, J. J. Drake, A. Glocer, C. Garraffo, J. M. Bell and T. I. Gombosi (2015). “The Interaction of Venus-Like, M-Dwarf Planets with the Stellar Wind of Their Host Star.”
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1504.06326

Vidotto, A. A., M. Jardine and C. Helling (2011). “Transit variability in bow shock-hosting planets.”
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1102.1559.pdf

Presentations

Over 65 presentations were given relating to MACH research at the MACH-sponsored Workshop. The poster and oral presentations, and their abstracts, can be found on the MACH Workshop Page.


Brain, D.A., “Do Habitable Worlds Require Magnetic Fields?”

  • GSFC Scientific Colloquium, March 04, 2020
  • UMass Lowell Physics Colloquium, September 16, 2020
  • Queen Mary University of London Astronomy Seminar, 06 November 2020.
  • LASP Public Lecture, 03 Feb 2021.
  • Arizona State University SESE Colloquium, 10 March, 2021.
  • Boulder Solar REU Program, 09 July, 2021
  • AOGS, 06 August, 2021
  • EPSC, 07 September 2021.
  • U. Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium, 16 November 2021.


D. Brain, R. Ramstad, H. Egan, Y. Dong, T. Weber, R. Jolitz, R. Jarvinen, M. Holmstrom, K. Seki, J. McFadden, L. Andersson, J. Espley, J. Halekas, D. Mitchell, J. Luhmann, B. Jakosky, W. Peterson, Y. Ma, T. Cravens, L. Kistler, L. Peticolas, O. Cohen, K. France, Y. Futaana, A. Vidotto, T. Moore, R. Strangeway, A. Yau, “The Influence of Planetary Magnetic Fields on Atmospheric Retention”, Exoplanets in Our Backyards, Houston, February 2020

Dave Brain, W. Peterson, O. Cohen, T. Cravens, K. France, Y. Futaana, A. Glocer, M. Holmström, L. Kistler, Y. Ma, T. Moore, L. Peticolas, R. Ramstad, K. Seki, R. Strangeway, A. Vidotto, A. Yau, “Magnetic Fields, Atmospheres, and the Connection to Habitability (MACH) – Using Team Science to determine how magnetic fields influence habitability”, HabWorlds, Feb 2021.

D. Brain, “Atmospheric Response of Unmagnetized Planets to Stellar EUV”, Stars and Planets in the UV, 03 May, 2021.

D. Brain, “Martian Magnetic Fields: Implications for the interior, surface, atmosphere, and evolution”, NYU Abu Dhabi, 22 June 2021.

Dave Brain, W. Peterson, O. Cohen, T. Cravens, K. France, Y. Futaana, A. Glocer, M. Holmström, L. Kistler, F. Leblanc, Y. Ma, A. Merkel, L. Peticolas, R. Ramstad, E. Sanchez, K. Seki, R. Strangeway, A. Vidotto, “Progress on Understanding the Influence of Planetary Magnetic Fields on Atmospheric Escape Rates”, AAS DPS Meeting, October 2021.

D. Brain, “Atmospheric Response of Unmagnetized Planets to Stellar EUV”, Stars and Planets in the UV, 03 May, 2021.

D. Brain, W. Peterson, O. Cohen, T. Cravens, K. France, Y. Futaana, A. Glocer, M. Holsmtröm, L. Kistler, Y. Ma, A. Merkel, L. Peticolas, R. Ramstad, K. Seki, R. Strangeway, A.Vidotto, “Progress on understanding the influence of planetary magnetic fields on atmospheric escape rates”, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abstract SM15A-1949, 2021.

D. Brain, W. Peterson, O. Cohen, T. Cravens, K. France, Y. Futaana, A. Glocer, M. Holsmtröm, L. Kistler, Y. Ma, A. Merkel, L. Peticolas, R. Ramstad, K. Seki, R. Strangeway, A.Vidotto, “Atmospheric escape rates from Mars – if it orbited an M Dwarf star”, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abstract SM15A-1957, 2021.