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Radioactive Heating

Radioactive Heating is a thermal energy generation process within planetary interiors whereby heat is produced through the decay of radioactive isotopes, distinguishing it from other internal heating mechanisms such as primordial heat or tidal dissipation.

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Electromagnetic counterparts of compact object mergers powered by the radioactive decay of r-process nuclei

Brian D. Metzger, G. Martı́nez-Pinedo, Siva Darbha et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2010 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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The long-term evolution of neutron star merger remnants - I. The impact of r-process nucleosynthesis

Stephan Rosswog, Oleg Korobkin, Almudena Arcones et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2014 · 280 citations · Full text

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Is there liquid water on Europa?

P. Cassen, R. T. Reynolds, S. J. Peale · Geophysical Research Letters · 1979 · 203 citations

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Thermal convection in a volumetrically heated, infinite Prandtl number fluid with strongly temperature‐dependent viscosity: Implications for planetary thermal evolution

O. Grasset, E. M. Parmentier · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1998 · 201 citations · Full text

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Thermal evolution of the Earth's core

David Gubbins, T. Guy Masters, J. A. Jacobs · Geophysical Journal International · 1979 · 195 citations · Full text

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    Daniel Kasen

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

    3 publications · 1.2K citations

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    M. Trieloff

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    3 publications · 144 citations

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    Almudena Arcones

    Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

    3 publications · 1.5K citations

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    Hans‐Thomas Janka

    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany

    3 publications · 140 citations

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    Stephan Henke

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    3 publications · 144 citations

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  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

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    10 publications

    2.7K citations

  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    646 citations

  4. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    719 citations

  5. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    261 citations

  6. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    337 citations

  7. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    136 citations

  8. GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research

    Darmstadt, Germany

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 11 publications · 539 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 4 publications · 296 citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    4 publications · 360 citations

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