We investigate tidal dissipation of obliquity in hot Jupiters. Assuming an
initial random orientation of obliquity and parameters relevant to the observed
population, the obliquity of hot Jupiters does not evolve to purely aligned
systems. In fact, the obliquity evolves to either prograde, retrograde or
90^{o} orbits where the torque due to tidal perturbations vanishes. This
distribution is incompatible with observations which show that hot jupiters
around cool stars are generally aligned. This calls into question the viability
of tidal dissipation as the mechanism for obliquity alignment of hot Jupiters
around cool stars.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, accepted at ApJ
