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N-body Simulations of Planetary Rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Hiroshi Daisaka*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Abstract

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We present the formation and evolution of a structure in particles obtained from a local N-body simulation of a dense planetary ring like Saturn's ring. Our simulations show in a particle system the spontaneous formation of a spatial structure like wakes, clumps, and a structure which could be induced by the viscous overstability. Such a formation depends on parameters characterizing a ring system: the wake is likely to form in Saturn's ring and the existence of the wake is consistent with observations. The viscous overstability would be a good candidate for the explanation of subring structures in the ring.

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Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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