# Evolution of Ohmically Heated Hot Jupiters

@article{Batygin2011EvolutionOO,
title={Evolution of Ohmically Heated Hot Jupiters},
author={K. Batygin and D. Stevenson and P. Bodenheimer},
journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
year={2011},
volume={738},
pages={1}
}
• Published 2011
• Physics
• The Astrophysical Journal
We present calculations of thermal evolution of hot Jupiters with various masses and effective temperatures under ohmic dissipation. The resulting evolutionary sequences show a clear tendency toward inflated radii for effective temperatures that give rise to significant ionization of alkali metals in the atmosphere, compatible with the trend of the data. The degree of inflation shows that ohmic dissipation along with the likely variability in heavy element content can account for all of the… Expand

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