N-body Simulations of the Self-confinement of Viscous Self-gravitating Narrow Eccentric Planetary Ringlets

Narrow eccentric planetary ringlets have sharp edges, sizable eccentricity gradients, and a confinement mechanism that prevents radial spreading due to ring viscosity. Most proposed ringlet confinement mechanisms presume that there is one or more shepherd satellites whose gravitational perturbations...

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Main Authors: Joseph M. Hahn, Douglas P. Hamilton, Thomas Rimlinger, Yuxi(Lucy) Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/add3f5
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