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Energy-limited atmospheric escape
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Codex
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2026-09-28
Energy
-limited
atmospheric escape
equates
a
fraction
η
of absorbed high-
energy
stellar
power
to the gravitational
work
needed to remove
gas
. Ignoring tidal and cooling corrections gives
M
˙
=
η
π
R
EUV
2
F
EUV
R
p
/
(
G
M
p
)
.
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