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Planetary Atmospheres

Description of Problem

Hot Jupiters receive much more energy through stellar irradiation then internal heating. They are also tidally locked due to their proximity. Dayside at 1000K, night side at 100K without heat redistribution.

What frame to choose?

• Rotating about center of mass of system
• Rotating about axis of secondary
• Non rotating

Dobbs Dixon '08 Domain

• Radius goes from 7.95e9 cm to 8.65e9 cm (1.06 -1.2 R_j)
• Single Temperature
• They use \lambda = \frac{2+R}{6+3R+R^2} instead of \frac{1}{R}\left ( \coth{R}-\frac{1}{R} \right )

Run 1

Ambient Density	1 particle/cc
Ambient Temperature	1000 K
Various other parameters	2 pc

Results

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Run 2

Ambient Density	1 particle/cc
Ambient Temperature	1000 K
Various other parameters	2 pc

Results

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