How Saturn could create rings by itself. The third force of diamagnetic expulsion and the mechanism of the magnetic anisotropic accretion of the origin of Saturn's rings

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel mechanism for Saturn's ring formation involving a third force of diamagnetic expulsion and magnetic anisotropic accretion, explaining how particles settle into stable rings around Saturn.

Contribution

It introduces the first mechanism combining diamagnetic expulsion and magnetic anisotropic accretion to explain Saturn's ring formation.

Findings

Diamagnetic ice particles are expelled and migrate to the magnetic equator.

Particles become stably trapped in magnetic wells, forming rings.

The mechanism explains the alignment and stability of Saturn's rings.

Abstract

Here we demonstrate how Saturn could create its rings by itself, with the additional action of its axisymmetric magnetic field once appeared. A new mechanism for the origin of Saturn's rings is proposed for the first time. It includes the appearance of an additional third force - the force of diamagnetic expulsion of a diamagnetic ice particle after the emergence of the magnetic field of Saturn and the mechanism of magnetic anisotropic accretion. This force is acting together with force of gravity and centrifugal one on the particles within protoplanetary cloud. After appearance of the force of diamagnetic expulsion of ice particles, all their chaotic orbits start shifting to the magnetic equator plane, where the minimum of magnetic energy of the particles is observed. Every particle on the magnetic equator comes to a stable position, and it prevents its horizontal and vertical shift. The particles are trapped within three-dimensional magnetic well.