Date: Wednesday 05-Feb-2025
Time: 11:30-12:30 pm
Location: PSC 1136
Speaker: Hayley Beltz (University of Maryland)
Title: 3D Modeling of Eccentric Hot Jupiters with a Side of Magnetic Effects
Abstract: Eccentric Hot Jupiters experience variable irradiation throughout their orbit and provide insight into formation mechanisms of hot Jupiters. In this talk, I discuss my 3D atmospheric modeling work of TOI-150b: an eccentric (e=0.26) hot Jupiter whose equilibrium temperature varies by over 400K throughout its orbit. I will discuss the atmospheric effects of an eccentric orbit, and how they manifest observationally. Additionally, I will present kinematic MHD models of the planet and discuss how time varying irradiation and spatially varying drag change the atmospheric structure of the planet.
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