Publications - Matthew Tiscareno - Page 1

An analytic parameterization of self-gravity wakes in Saturn's rings, with application to occultations and propellers

Matthew Tiscareno Randall P, Perrine Derek C, Richardson Matthew M, Hedman John W, Weiss Carolyn C, Porco Joseph A, Burns

Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.3161

We have developed a semi-analytic method of parameterizing N-body simulations of self-gravity wakes in Saturn s rings, describing their properties by means of only 6 numbers: 3 optical depths and 3 weighting factors. These numbers are obtained using a density-estimation procedure that finds the frequencies of various values of local density within ...