Circumplanetary dust dynamics [Elektronische Ressource] : application to Martian dust tori and Enceladus dust plumes / von Martin Makuch

Aus dem Institut fur¤ Physik der Universitat¤ PotsdamCIRCUMPLANETARY DUST DYNAMICS:APPLICATION TO MARTIAN DUST TORIAND ENCELADUS DUST PLUMESDissertationzur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.)in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin Theoretische Physikeingereicht an derMathematisch Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultat¤der Universitat¤ PotsdamvonMartin MakuchPotsdam, den 15. November 2006 Elektronisch veröffentlicht auf dem Publikationsserver der Universität Potsdam: http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2007/1440/ urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-14404 [http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-14404] AbstractOur Solar system contains a large amount of dust, containing valuable information about our close cosmic envi-ronment. If created in a planet’s system, the particles stay predominantly in its vicinity and can form extended dustenvelopes, tori or rings around them. A fascinating example of these complexes are Saturnian rings containing awide range of particles sizes from house-size objects in the main rings up to micron-sized grains constituting theE ring. Other example are ring systems in general, containing a large fraction of dust or also the putative dust-torisurrounding the planet Mars. The dynamical ? life of such circumplanetary dust populations is the main subjectof our study.