Viscous Overstability ·
Self-Corrugating Rings
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Wavelength
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Optical depth τ
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Phase
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Icy ring particles
Density crest (over-dense)
Trough (under-dense)
Occultation starlight
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.com · Ring Viscous Overstability: Why Dense Ringlets Spontaneously Corrugate