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作为宇宙时间函数的生命相对似然性

Relative Likelihood for Life as a Function of Cosmic Time

Abraham Loeb, Rafael A. Batista, David Sloan

摘要:

生命最有可能在目前的宇宙时间出现在像太阳这样的恒星附近吗?我们通过计算在宇宙的固定共动体积dP(t)/dt内,从第一颗恒星开始,一直到遥远的宇宙未来,每单位时间内可居住的类地行星的相对形成概率来解决这个问题。我们保守地将注意力限制在“我们所知的生命”和标准宇宙学模型LCDM的背景下。我们发现,除非低质量恒星周围的可居住性受到抑制,否则10万亿年后,生命最有可能存在于0.1太阳质量的恒星附近。光谱搜索在低质量恒星周围的过境地球质量行星的大气中的生物特征将确定从宇宙的角度来看,现在的生命是否确实是过早的或典型的。

英文摘要:

Is life most likely to emerge at the present cosmic time near a star like the Sun? We address this question by calculating the relative formation probability per unit time of habitable Earth-like planets within a fixed comoving volume of the Universe, dP(t)/dt, starting from the first stars and continuing to the distant cosmic future. We conservatively restrict our attention to the context of "life as we know it" and the standard cosmological model, LCDM. We find that unless habitability around low mass stars is suppressed, life is most likely to exist near 0.1 solar-mass stars ten trillion years from now. Spectroscopic searches for biosignatures in the atmospheres of transiting Earth-mass planets around low mass stars will determine whether present-day life is indeed premature or typical from a cosmic perspective.

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