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稠密行星环中的锐隙边缘:轴对称扩散模式

Sharp gap edges in dense planetary rings: An axisymmetric diffusion model

Fabio Grätz, Martin Seiß, Jürgen Schmidt, Joshua Colwell, Frank Spahn

摘要:

土星环最吸引人的方面之一是环中表面密度突然下降到零的尖锐边缘。这是尽管事实上,在该范围内的月球转移角动量到环材料是大得多。最近对恩克和基勒间隙边缘的紫外线扫描表明,这种下降发生在大约等于环厚度的范围内。Borderies等人(1982,1989)指出,这种显著的特征可能与强扰动区域中通常向外的角动量粘性输运的局部逆转有关。在这篇文章中,我们使用颗粒流模型来定义剪切粘度和体积粘度,并将角动量通量反转效应纳入我们为致密行星环中的间隙开发的轴对称扩散模型中(Grätz et al. 2018)。最后,我们将我们的模型应用到恩克和基勒司,以估计在这两个差距附近的剪切粘度和体积粘度。

英文摘要:

One of the most intriguing facets of Saturn's rings are the sharp edges of gaps in the rings where the surface density abruptly drops to zero. This is despite of the fact that the range over which a moon transfers angular momentum onto the ring material is much larger. Recent UVIS-scans of the edges of the Encke and Keeler gap show that this drop occurs over a range approximately equal to the rings' thickness. Borderies et al. (1982, 1989) show that this striking feature is likely related to the local reversal of the usually outward directed viscous transport of angular momentum in strongly perturbed regions. In this article we revise the Borderies et al. (1989) model using a granular flow model to define the shear and bulk viscosities and incorporate the angular momentum flux reversal effect into the axisymmetric diffusion model we developed for gaps in dense planetary rings (Grätz et al. 2018). Finally, we apply our model to the Encke and Keeler division in order to estimate the shear and bulk viscosities in the vicinity of both gaps.

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