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Nikolai V. Erkaev is a researcher affiliated with the Siberian Federal University in the Russian Federation. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Physics and Astronomy, with an emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their scholarly work encompasses topics related to astro and planetary science, solar and space plasma dynamics, as well as stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

The scientist has contributed extensively to fields including ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, planetary science and exploration, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, and astrophysics and star formation studies. This multidisciplinary approach reflects the complexity and interconnectedness of space, planetary atmospheres, and related physical processes.

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Nikolai V. Erkaev include:

  • "Overcoming the Limitations of the Energy-limited Approximation for Planet Atmospheric Escape," 2020, SibFU Digital Repository (Siberian Federal University)
  • "Escape of rock-forming volatile elements and noble gases from planetary embryos," 2020, Icarus
  • "Escape and evolution of Titan's N2 atmosphere constrained by 14N/15N isotope ratios," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "The Exosphere as a Boundary: Origin and Evolution of Airless Bodies in the Inner Solar System and Beyond Including Planets with Silicate Atmospheres," 2022, Space Science Reviews
  • "Precise photoionisation treatment and hydrodynamic effects in atmospheric modelling of warm and hot Neptunes," 2024, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Frequently collaborating with other experts, this scientist has worked with colleagues such as V. S. Semenov, H. Lämmer, P. Odert, N. A. Tsyganenko, and Daria Kubyshkina. These collaborations have contributed to a broad range of studies across numerous reputable publication venues.

Common venues for their research dissemination include:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Nikolai V. Erkaev's work largely addresses key issues in planetary atmospheres and their escape mechanisms, space plasma environments, and evolutionary processes of celestial bodies. Their research contributes to understanding the physics governing both atmospheric escape in planetary bodies and the dynamics of space plasmas affecting the solar system.

Best Publications

  • Coronal mass ejection (CME) activity of low mass M stars as an important factor for the habitability of terrestrial exoplanets. II. CME-induced ion pick up of Earth-like exoplanets in close-in habitable zones.

    Helmut Lammer;Herbert I.M. Lichtenegger;Yuri N. Kulikov;Jean Mathias Grießmeier

  • Roche lobe effects on the atmospheric loss from "Hot Jupiters"

    N. V. Erkaev;Yu. N. Kulikov;H. Lammer;F. Selsis

  • Determining the mass loss limit for close-in exoplanets: what can we learn from transit observations?

    H. Lammer;P. Odert;M. Leitzinger;M. L. Khodachenko

  • Origin and loss of nebula-captured hydrogen envelopes from ‘sub’- to ‘super-Earths’ in the habitable zone of Sun-like stars

    H. Lammer;A. Stökl;N. V. Erkaev;N. V. Erkaev;E. A. Dorfi

  • The Evolution of Stellar Rotation and the Hydrogen Atmospheres of Habitable-zone Terrestrial Planets

    C. P. Johnstone;M. Güdel;A. Stökl;H. Lammer

  • Evolution of dipolarization in the near-Earth current sheet induced by Earthward rapid flux transport

    R. Nakamura;A. Retino;W. Baumjohann;M. Volwerk

  • Aeronomical constraints to the minimum mass and maximum radius of hot low-mass planets

    L. Fossati;N. V. Erkaev;H. Lammer;P. E. Cubillos

  • Grid of upper atmosphere models for 1–40 M⊕ planets: application to CoRoT-7 b and HD 219134 b,c

    D. Kubyshkina;L. Fossati;N. V. Erkaev;N. V. Erkaev;C. P. Johnstone

  • Overcoming the Limitations of the Energy-limited Approximation for Planet Atmospheric Escape

    D. Kubyshkina;L. Fossati;N. V. Erkaev;N. V. Erkaev;P. E. Cubillos

  • Loss of hydrogen and oxygen from the upper atmosphere of Venus

    H. Lammer;H.I.M. Lichtenegger;H.K. Biernat;H.K. Biernat;N.V. Erkaev

  • Probing the blow-off criteria of hydrogen-rich 'super-Earths'

    H. Lammer;N. V. Erkaev;N. V. Erkaev;P. Odert;P. Odert;K. G. Kislyakova;K. G. Kislyakova

  • XUV-exposed, non-hydrostatic hydrogen-rich upper atmospheres of terrestrial planets. Part I: atmospheric expansion and thermal escape.

    Nikolai V. Erkaev;Helmut Lammer;Petra Odert;Yuri N. Kulikov

  • EUV-driven mass-loss of protoplanetary cores with hydrogen-dominated atmospheres: the influences of ionization and orbital distance

    N. V. Erkaev;H. Lammer;P. Odert;K. G. Kislyakova

  • Atmosphere expansion and mass loss of close-orbit giant exoplanets heated by stellar XUV: I. Modeling of hydrodynamic escape of upper atmospheric material

    I. F. Shaikhislamov;M. L. Khodachenko;Yu. L. Sasunov;H. Lammer

  • Mass loss from “Hot Jupiters”—Implications for CoRoT discoveries, Part II: Long time thermal atmospheric evaporation modeling

    T. Penz;N. V. Erkaev;Yu. N. Kulikov;D. Langmayr

  • Identifying the ‘true’ radius of the hot sub-Neptune CoRoT-24b by mass-loss modelling

    H. Lammer;N. V. Erkaev;L. Fossati;I. Juvan

  • Stellar wind interaction and pick-up ion escape of the Kepler-11 “super-Earths”

    K. G. Kislyakova;C. P. Johnstone;P. Odert;P. Odert;N. V. Erkaev;N. V. Erkaev

  • Charts of joint Kelvin‐Helmholtz and Rayleigh‐Taylor instabilites at the dayside magnetopause for strongly northward interplanetary magnetic field

    Charlie J. Farrugia;F. T. Gratton;L. Bender;Helfried K. Biernat

  • Anomalous magnetosheath properties during Earth passage of an interplanetary magnetic cloud

    Charlie J. Farrugia;Nikolai V. Erkaev;Helfried K. Biernat;L. F. Burlaga

  • Ion loss on Mars caused by the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability

    T. Penz;T. Penz;N.V. Erkaev;H.K. Biernat;H.K. Biernat;H. Lammer

  • Escape of the martian protoatmosphere and initial water inventory

    N. V. Erkaev;N. V. Erkaev;H. Lammer;L. Elkins-Tanton;A. Stökl

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmut Lammer
Helmut Lammer Austrian Academy of Sciences
Charles J. Farrugia
Charles J. Farrugia University of New Hampshire
Manuel Güdel
Manuel Güdel University of Vienna
Mats Holmström
Mats Holmström Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Roy Torbert
Roy Torbert University of New Hampshire
Nicola Tosi
Nicola Tosi German Aerospace Center
Ronald P. Lepping
Ronald P. Lepping Goddard Space Flight Center
Wolfgang Baumjohann
Wolfgang Baumjohann Austrian Academy of Sciences
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton Arizona State University
Esa Kallio
Esa Kallio Aalto University

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