Planetary Ring Systems

The book will be approximately 650 pages long.
The figures will be primarily black and white, with a section of color plates.
Movies and other multimedia content are strongly encouraged.

Part I: Introductory Material

1. Space Age Studies of Planetary Rings (Esposito)
2. An Introduction to Planetary Ring Dynamics (Hedman)

Part II: Ring Systems by Location

3. The Rings of Saturn (Cuzzi)
4. The Rings of Uranus (Nicholson)
5. The Rings of Neptune (de Pater)
6. The Rings of Jupiter (de Pater)
7. Ring Systems Beyond the Giant Planets (Sicardy)

Part III: Ring Systems by Type and Topic

8. Moonlets in Dense Planetary Rings (Spahn)
9. Meteoroid Bombardment and Ballistic Transport in Planetary Rings (Estrada)
10. Theory of Narrow Rings and Sharp Edges (Longaretti)
11. Narrow Rings, Gaps, and Sharp Edges (Nicholson)
12. Dusty Rings (Hedman)
13. The F Ring of Saturn (Murray)
14. Plasma, Neutral Atmosphere, and Energetic Radiation Environments of Planetary Rings (Cooper)
15. Thermal Properties of Rings and Ring Particles (L. Spilker)
16. Computer Simulations of Planetary Rings (Salo)
17. Laboratory Studies of Planetary Ring Systems (Colwell)
18. The Origin of Planetary Ring Systems (Charnoz)

Part IV: Concluding Material

19. Future Missions to Planetary Ring Systems (T. Spilker)
20. Planetary Rings and Other Astrophysical Disks (Latter)
21. The Future of Planetary Rings Studies (Tiscareno)

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