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.