EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019
Centre International de Conférences de Genève (CICG) | Geneva | Switzerland
15–20 September 2019
EPSC-DPS2019
Geneva | Switzerland
15–20 September 2019
EXO12
Host Stars and Exoplanet Systems: Atmospheric Escape and Space Plasma Environment
Convener: Vincent Bourrier | Co-conveners: Navin Kumar Dwivedi, Luca Fossati, Maxim Khodachenko, Ildar F. Shaikhislamov, Aline Vidotto
Orals
| Tue, 17 Sep, 13:30–17:00
 
Venus (Room 6), Wed, 18 Sep, 13:30–15:00
 
Moon (Room 15)
Posters
| Attendance Tue, 17 Sep, 17:15–18:45 | Display Mon, 16 Sep, 08:30–Wed, 18 Sep, 11:00|Level 2

In this session, we aim to bring together observers and theorists to discuss recent developments regarding planetary atmospheric escape as well as the radiation, plasma, and magnetic environments of planetary systems. Many questions remain to be addressed regarding the state of close-in exoplanet atmospheres and of their interactions with the host star. Observations and studies of atmospheric escape can bring crucial information about both planets and their star. They further suggest that this mechanism can significantly impact the evolution and potential habitability of close-in planets. This session will thus put a special focus on escaping exoplanet atmospheres and their observational signatures, welcoming contributions on topics related to planetary system evolution, stellar and planetary wind interactions, stellar plasmas and radiative impacts on planetary environments. We will discuss which observing and modeling tools are available, or should be developed, to study these phenomena.