TY - JOUR
T1 - Using schumann resonance measurements for constraining the water abundance on the giant planets - Implications for the solar system's formation
AU - Simões, Fernando
AU - Pfaff, Robert
AU - Hamelin, Michel
AU - Klenzing, Jeffrey
AU - Freudenreich, Henry
AU - Béghin, Christian
AU - Berthelier, Jean Jacques
AU - Bromund, Kenneth
AU - Grard, Rejean
AU - Lebreton, Jean Pierre
AU - Martin, Steven
AU - Rowland, Douglas
AU - Sentman, Davis
AU - Takahashi, Yukihiro
AU - Yair, Yoav
PY - 2012/5/1
Y1 - 2012/5/1
N2 - The formation and evolution of the solar system is closely related to the abundance of volatiles, namely water, ammonia, and methane in the protoplanetary disk. Accurate measurement of volatiles in the solar system is therefore important for understanding not only the nebular hypothesis and origin of life but also planetary cosmogony as a whole. In this work, we propose a new remote sensing technique to infer the outer planets' water content by measuring Tremendously and Extremely Low Frequency (TLF-ELF) electromagnetic wave characteristics (Schumann resonances) excited by lightning in their gaseous envelopes. Schumann resonance detection can be potentially used for constraining the uncertainty of volatiles of the giant planets, mainly Uranus and Neptune, because such TLF-ELF wave signatures are closely related to the electric conductivity profile and water content.
AB - The formation and evolution of the solar system is closely related to the abundance of volatiles, namely water, ammonia, and methane in the protoplanetary disk. Accurate measurement of volatiles in the solar system is therefore important for understanding not only the nebular hypothesis and origin of life but also planetary cosmogony as a whole. In this work, we propose a new remote sensing technique to infer the outer planets' water content by measuring Tremendously and Extremely Low Frequency (TLF-ELF) electromagnetic wave characteristics (Schumann resonances) excited by lightning in their gaseous envelopes. Schumann resonance detection can be potentially used for constraining the uncertainty of volatiles of the giant planets, mainly Uranus and Neptune, because such TLF-ELF wave signatures are closely related to the electric conductivity profile and water content.
KW - planets and satellites: composition
KW - planets and satellites: formation
KW - planets and satellites: physical evolution
KW - protoplanetary disks
KW - space vehicles: instruments
KW - waves
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859922631&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1088/0004-637X/750/1/85
DO - 10.1088/0004-637X/750/1/85
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AN - SCOPUS:84859922631
SN - 0004-637X
VL - 750
JO - Astrophysical Journal
JF - Astrophysical Journal
IS - 1
M1 - 85
ER -