2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Hot Jupiters are Inflated Primarily by Shallow Heating
Stephen P. Schmidt, Daniel P. Thorngren, Kevin C. Schlaufman
The unexpectedly large radii of transiting hot Jupiters have led to many proposals for the physical mechanisms responsible for heating their interiors. While it has been shown that…
astro-ph.EP2026
Most Hot Jupiters Were Cool Giant Planets for More Than 1 Gyr
Stephen P. Schmidt, Kevin C. Schlaufman
The origin of hot Jupiters is the oldest problem in exoplanet astrophysics. Hot Jupiters formed in situ or via disk migration should be in place just a few Myr after the formation…