We describe a model that accounts for the complex morphology of spiral density waves raised in Saturn's rings by the co-orbital satellites, Janus and Epimetheus. Our model may be corroborated by future Cassini observations of these time-variable wave patterns.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0609242,
title = {Unravelling Temporal Variability in Saturn's Spiral Density Waves: Results and Predictions},
author = {Matthew S. Tiscareno and Philip D. Nicholson and Joseph A. Burns and Matthew M. Hedman and Carolyn C. Porco},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0609242},
year = {2013}
}
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9 pages, 5 figures; In press at Astrophysical Journal Letters