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更多关于土星环的Kronoseismology

More Kronoseismology with Saturn's rings

M. M. Hedman, P. D. Nicholson

摘要:

在之前的一篇论文(Hedman和Nicholson 2013)中,我们开发了一些工具,使我们能够确认土星环中的几个波可能是由土星内部基本扇区正常模式的共振产生的。在这里,我们使用这些相同的工具来检查可能由行星内部结构产生的八个额外的波。这些波之一似乎是由与方位角谐波数m = 10的基本扇形正常模式的共振产生的。如果这个属性是正确的,那么m = 10的模式必须比m = 5 - 9的模式具有更大的振幅,因为后者似乎不会产生强烈的波。我们还确定了五个波的模式速度在807度/天和834度/天之间。由于这些模式的速度接近行星的自转速率,它们可能是由于行星内部持续的引力异常。这些波都存在于光学深度增强的区域(称为高原),但令人惊讶的是,它们产生的表面质量密度与背景C环的表面质量密度相当。最后,一个波似乎是单臂螺旋模式,其旋转速率表明它是由土星内部结构的共振产生的,但这种扰动结构的性质仍然不清楚。奇怪的是,在过去的30年里,这种波的共振半径似乎以平均0.8公里/年的速度向内漂移,这意味着相关的行星振荡频率一直在稳步增加。

英文摘要:

In a previous paper (Hedman and Nicholson 2013), we developed tools that allowed us to confirm that several of the waves in Saturn's rings were likely generated by resonances with fundamental sectoral normal modes inside Saturn itself. Here we use these same tools to examine eight additional waves that are probably generated by structures inside the planet. One of these waves appears to be generated by a resonance with a fundamental sectoral normal mode with azimuthal harmonic number m=10. If this attribution is correct, then the m=10 mode must have a larger amplitude than the modes with m=5-9, since the latter do not appear to generate strong waves. We also identify five waves with pattern speeds between 807 degrees/day and 834 degrees/day. Since these pattern speeds are close to the planet's rotation rate, they probably are due to persistent gravitational anomalies within the planet. These waves are all found in regions of enhanced optical depth known as plateaux, but surprisingly the surface mass densities they yield are comparable to the surface mass densities of the background C ring. Finally, one wave appears to be a one-armed spiral pattern whose rotation rate suggests it is generated by a resonance with a structure inside Saturn, but the nature of this perturbing structure remains unclear. Strangely, the resonant radius for this wave seems to be drifting inwards at an average rate of 0.8 km/year over the last thirty years, implying that the relevant planetary oscillation frequency has been steadily increasing.

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