Speaker
Prof.
Anil Pradhan
(Ohio State University)
Description
We propose to adapt the Monte Carlo package GEANT4, developed by CERN, to simulate the effects of radiation fields of stars on exoplanet atmospheres and explore the possibility of DNA-based lifeforms. Stellar spectral profiles from cool dwarfs will be subject to quasi-monochromatic intensity modulations by chemical constituents of exoplanetary atmospheres, represented as phantoms using Earth-like compositions, as well as those that have been observed and theorized on exoplanets. We will enable radiation penetration into the atmosphere using available molecular opacities of prime atmospheric constituents such as H$_2$O, CO$_2$, etc. and study biophysical effects on DNA survival and strand breaking at varying elevations.
Primary author
Mr
Maximillian Westphal
(The Ohio State University)
Co-author
Prof.
Anil Pradhan
(Ohio State University)
