Issue |
A&A
Volume 380, Number 2, December III 2001
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Page(s) | 761 - 775 | |
Section | Section $secnum inconnue | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011435 | |
Published online | 15 December 2001 |
DSMC simulation of the vertical structure of planetary rings
Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 -20133 Milano, Italy
Received:
3
April
2001
Accepted:
4
October
2001
A statistical Monte Carlo method (DSMC) is developed to simulate granular flows occurring in dense planetary rings. The accuracy of the method is assessed through a comparison with existing molecular dynamics simulations of the vertical structure of planetary rings with and without self-gravity effects.
Key words: planets: rings
© ESO, 2001
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