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Table 4

Lost hydrogen (in EOH), lost oxygen (in bar) and atmospheric build-up O2 pressure when Proxima b reaches the HZ and at the age of the system.

H loss (EOH) O2 loss (bar) Build-up O2 pressure (bar)
T HZ T HZ 4.8 Gyr T HZ T HZ 4.8 Gyr T HZ T HZ 4.8 Gyr
(1.5 S) (0.9 S) (1.5 S) (0.9 S) (1.5 S) (0.9 S)

LXUV evol 0.36–0.42 0.76–0.94 <21 47–51 110–118 207–2385 32–41 53–92 <2224
LXUV cst 0.25–0.29 0.55–0.64 <16 21–22 48–52 176–1193 35–41 71–92 <2224

Notes. The two values given for each column correspond to the uncertainty coming from the different initial water reservoir (1 ocean to oceans) and the initial time (t0 = 10 Myr and t0 = 3 Myr).

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