A coupled-oscillator model for the formation of planetary rings

arXiv:2606.13920 · astro-ph.EP, math.DS, nlin.AO, nlin.PS, nlin.SI · Submitted 2026-06-11 · Read on arXiv

Ruoming Gong, Theodore Broeren, Eryn M. Cangi, Daniel M. Abrams

astro-ph.EP, math.DS, nlin.AO, nlin.PS, nlin.SI

Submitted: 2026-06-11

Comments: The main manuscript consists of 6 pages and 5 figures. The Supplementary Material consists of 9 pages and 6 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Aggregation — 18× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Adjacency Matrix — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Supplemental Material — 2× in this paper
• Hysteresis — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

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• A recent impact origin of Saturn's rings and mid-sized moons

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