Lack of Inflated Radii for Kepler Giant Planet Candidates Receiving Modest Stellar Irradiation

The most irradiated transiting hot Jupiters are characterized by anomalously inflated radii, sometimes exceeding Jupiter's size by more than 60%. While different theoretical explanations have been applied, none of them provide a universal resolution to this observation, despite significant prog...

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Main Authors: Demory, Brice-Olivier, Seager, Sara
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74172
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-6948