 David J. Stevenson

David J. Stevenson modeled a magnetic mechanism for hot-Jupiter radius inflation with Konstantin Batygin. Their calculation coupled winds, a planetary magnetic field and electrical conductivity to estimate how induced electric currents deposit Ohmic heating in a giant planet's interior.^[ref]

The location of the dissipated energy is crucial. Heating a thin upper atmospheric layer need not replace the deep energy lost as the planet contracts; a useful inflation model must connect atmospheric forcing to the interior heat budget.