Burgos-Salcedo, Javier and Sierra, Diana C. (2024) Dynamic Modeling of Biogenic Dispersion Inside Star Clusters. In: Innovations in Biological Science Vol. 2. B P International, pp. 93-107. ISBN 978-81-972325-1-0
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The present work proposes for the first time, an explicit mechanism inspired by the dynamics of biological dispersion, widely used in ecology and epidemiology, to study the dispersion of biogenic units, interpreted as complex organic molecules, between rocky or water exoplanets (habitats) located inside star clusters. The discovery of a growing number of exoplanets and even extrasolar systems supports the scientific consensus that it is possible to find other signs of life in the universe. It should be noted that these investigations are characterized by their strong interdisciplinary nature because they combine elements of physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and mathematics among many other fields, leading to new research questions, new databases, and new methods of analysis. The results of the dynamic simulation suggest that for clusters with populations lower than 4 M⊕/ly3 it is not possible to obtain biogenic worlds after 5 Gyr. Above this population size, biogenic dispersion seems to follow a power law, the larger the density of worlds lessen the impact rate (β⁻⁰.⁴⁶) value to obtain at least one viable biogenic Carrier habitat after 5 Gyr. Finally, when we investigate scenarios by varying β, a well-defined set of density intervals can be defined by its characteristic β value, suggesting that biogenic dispersion has a behavior of “minimal infective dose” of “minimal biogenic effective” events by interval i.e. once this dose has been achieved, doesn’t matter if additional biogenic impact events occur on the habitat. The concurrence of the dispersion of complex biogenic units using epidemic theory, with suitable habitability conditions, what we call Biogenic Space, the appearance of life in an extrasolar system would be possible.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Subjects: | Research Scholar Guardian > Biological Science |
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Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2024 04:57 |
Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2024 04:57 |
URI: | http://science.sdpublishers.org/id/eprint/2703 |