David J. Stevenson
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<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.<Inflating Hot Jupiters With Ohmic Dissipation by Konstantin Batygin and David J. Stevenson>[Abstract and sections I–III: wind induction, current paths and interior dissipation]{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.