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Sesquinary Catastrophe For Close-In Moons with Dynamically Excited Orbits
Matija Ćuk, Douglas P. Hamilton, David A. Minton +1
We identify a new mechanism that can lead to the destruction of small, close-in planetary satellites. If a small moon close to the planet has a sizable eccentricity and inclination…
The Role of the Kozai-Lidov Mechanism in Black Hole Binary Mergers in Galactic Centers
John H. VanLandingham, M. Coleman Miller, Douglas P. Hamilton +1
In order to understand the rate of merger of stellar-mass black hole binaries (BHBs) by gravitational wave (GW) emission it is important to determine the major pathways to merger.…
Dynamical Instabilities in High-Obliquity Systems
Daniel Tamayo, Joseph A. Burns, Douglas P. Hamilton +1
High-inclination circumplanetary orbits that are gravitationally perturbed by the central star can undergo Kozai oscillations---large-amplitude, coupled variations in the orbital e…
The three-dimensional structure of Saturn's E ring
M. M. Hedman, J. A. Burns, D. P. Hamilton +1
Saturn's diffuse E ring consists of many tiny (micron and sub-micron) grains of water ice distributed between the orbits of Mimas and Titan. Various gravitational and non-gravitati…