2006/12/12 by Nikos Prantzos · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Circumstellar habitable zone #Habitability of orange dwarf systems #Milky Way #Planetary habitability #Planetary science #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s11214-007-9236-9
12 pages, 6 figures, Invited talk in "Strategies for Life Detection" (ISSI Bern, 24-28 April 2006), Eds, J. Bada et al., to appear in Space Science Reviews
arxiv created 2006/12/12 · openalex publication_date 2007/09/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The concept of Galactic Habitable Zone (GHZ) was introduced a few years ago as an extension of the much older concept of Circumstellar Habitable Zone. However, the physical processes underlying the former concept are hard to identify and even harder to quantify. That difficulty does not allow us, at present, to draw any significant conclusions about the extent of the GHZ: it may well be that the entire Milky Way disk is suitable for complex life.