Tree code simulations of planetary rings
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Tree code simulations of planetary rings
A tree code method that incorporates a local shearing disc model and fourth-order integration algorithm is applied to the problem of planetary rings, with particular emphasis on the dynamics of Saturn's B ring. The new code, described in detail elsewhere, allows for particle self-gravity, a distribution of particle sizes, and surface friction (particle spin). Important changes made to the origi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0035-8711,1365-2966
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/269.2.493