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Table 5. Solar radiation flux enhancement as function of wavelength normalized to the present solar flux value from present to 3.9 Gyr ago (Ribas et al., 2005; Güdel, 2007).

From: Variability of solar/stellar activity and magnetic field and its influence on planetary atmosphere evolution

Solar age [Gyr]

t b.p. [Gyr]

X-ray [1–20 Å ]

SXR [20–100 Å ]

EUV [100–920 Å ]

FUV [920–1180 Å ]

Lyman-α [1200–1300 Å ]

UV [1300–1700 Å ]

4.6

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

3.2

1.4

2

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

—

2.6

2

3

2

1.9

1.6

1.5

—

1.9

2.7

6

3

2.7

2.1

1.9

2.4

1.1

3.5

16

6

5.1

3.4

2.8

—

0.7

3.9

37

11

8.6

5

3.9

—