Strands and braids in narrow planetary rings: A scattering system approach

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-72

  Merlo, Olivier ^a   Benet, Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Braids; Narrow planetary rings; Scattering systems; Strands

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845965320     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-006-9051-8     Document Type: Article

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