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Thermal Structure and Radius Evolution of Irradiated Gas Giant Planets

  • Authors: Phil Arras and Lars Bildsten

Arras & Bildsten 2006 The Astrophysical Journal 650 394.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Fig. 15.

Temperature ﹩T_{\mathrm{deep}\,}﹩ vs. age for planets with a given M and R. Shown are lines of constant radius for a given mass, labeled by (M/MJ, R/RJ). At a given age, this plot shows the value of ﹩T_{\mathrm{deep}\,}﹩ required to explain a certain mass and radius. There is significant degeneracy between ﹩T_{\mathrm{deep}\,}﹩ and age.

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