User:Aulses/Stellar Influences on an Origin of Life Setting/Bibliography

You will be compiling your bibliography and creating an outline of the changes you will make in this sandbox.

Outline of proposed changes
This article does not previously exist, so the structure outlined below is just based on my own readings and how I would logically include relevant information without going overboard.

Introduction section:


 * Relationship between stars and planets, based on nebular theory about how they co-evolve and directly influence each other (more so the star on the planet)
 * Mention stellar activity as being of particular interest when it comes to prebiotic chemistry (this will get its own subsection)
 * types of stellar activity, CMEs flares, etc, occurence rates and all that
 * introduce the importance of UV in either suppressing or promoting prebiotic chemical reactions, specifically name the adenine, RNA, and sulfur ones discussed in the paper

Stellar weather section:


 * types of stellar weather
 * occurance rates with different spectral type
 * how this changes with stellar age and how that may influence a terrestrial planets abiogenesis
 * talk about the proposed 'abiogenesis' zone as an additional requirement to the traditional hab zone
 * discuss the benefits of conducting these studies using M stars vs. K stars for example, and how they compare to a solar-type star in terms of UV effects on abiogenesis

Prebiotic UV Environment


 * discuss what the earth may have looked like at the time of abiogenesis in terms of UV insolation
 * evidence used to constrain these findings
 * maybe include something about the atmosphere in terms of how different atmospheric compositions could shield against UV at certain wavelengths relevant to abiogenesis

Role of UV in Abiogenesis


 * specifically mention the reactions it may be required for (in sources)
 * talk about the experimental approaches to this, either in a lab or by simulation
 * also talk about alternative energy sources proposed, like lightning (and merits thereof)

Considerations for Biosignatures


 * more related to general astrobiology, but the implications for UV effects on abiogenesis are pretty interesting
 * good section to include some of the work that still needs to be done in this field
 * knowledge gaps identified in one of the sources above)