Simulation of collisional transport processes and the stability of planetary rings

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Mar 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989icar...78..181b&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 78, March 1989, p. 181-205.

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Dynamic Stability, Particle Collisions, Planetary Rings, Transport Theory, Computational Astrophysics, Kinetic Equations, Markov Processes, Particle Size Distribution, Perturbation Theory, Velocity Distribution, Planets, Rings, Simulations, Collisions, Transport, Stability, Models, Techniques, Kinetics, Particles, Ringlets, Size, Optical Properties, Depth, Numerical Methods, Parameters, Eccentricity, Angular Momentum, Luminosity, Drift, Velocity, Comparisons, Features, Frequencies, Time Scale, Dynamics

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The utility of the phase-space fluid method for the study of planetary ring dynamics is presently demonstrated through the numerical solution of a model kinetic equation for a flattened Keplerian disk. Attention is given to ringlets composed of single-sized particles, as well as to ringlets composed of two different-sized particles; in the latter case, the ringlets evolve in such a way that the lighter particles are confined by the heavier ones. The results obtained indicate that some natural process may sharpen the optical depth profile of edges even without an external forcing mechanism, and that intermediate optical depths are dynamically preferred in some cases.

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