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Thin H2-dominated Atmospheres as Signposts of Magmatic Outgassing on Tidally Heated Terrestrial Exoplanets

  • Authors: Rahul Arora, Sukrit Ranjan, Pranabendu Moitra, Ananya Mallik

Rahul Arora et al 2026 The Planetary Science Journal 7 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Comparison of outgassing and atmospheric escape fluxes across a range of semimajor axes and eccentricities for different stellar types. Each panel corresponds to a specific orbital eccentricity. Colored bands represent the HZs for M-, K-, and G-type stars (R. K. Kopparapu et al. 2013). Solid and dashed lines indicate escape and outgassing fluxes for Earth-like outgassing conditions (moles H2 kg−1 magma), respectively, for different stellar masses. The shaded purple regions highlight where outgassing exceeds escape within the respective HZs, indicating favorable conditions for atmospheric retention.

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