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Can D-D fusion contribute to Jupiter's excess heat?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Rachid Ouyed
Rachid Ouyed*
Affiliation:
NORDITA, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Abstract

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We explore the highly speculative idea of Deuterium - Deuterium (D-D) fusion inside Jupiter as an internal heating source. We suggest that D could have been brought deep inside the planet by planetesimals (during the process of planet formation) and deposited through planetesimal/ices vaporization. Here, the general aspects of the model are presented.

Type
Part III: Structure and atmospheres of planets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 202: Planetary Systems in the Universe – Observation, Formation and Evolution , 2004 , pp. 280 - 282
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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