About Hypothesis of the Superconducting Origin of the Saturn’s Rings

Abstract

Hypothesis of possible superconductivity of the iced matter of the rings of Saturn (based on the data of Voyager and Pioneer space missions) allow us to explain many phenomena which have not been adequately understood earlier. Introducing into planetary physics force of magnetic levitation of the superconducting iced particle of the rings, which interact with magnetosphere of the planet, becomes to be possible to explain origin, evolution, and dynamics of the rings; to show how the consequent precipitation of the rings' matter upon the planet was concluded; how the rings began their rotation; how they were compressed by the magnetic field into the thin disc, and how this disc was fractured into hundreds of thousands of separated rings; why in the ring B do exist "spokes"; why magnetic field lines have distortion near by ring F; why there is a variable azimuth brightness of the ring A; why the rings reflected radio waves so efficiently; why exists strong electromagnetic radiation of the rings in the 20.4 kHz-40.2 MHz range and Saturnian kilometric radiation; why there is anomalous reflection of circularly polarized microwaves; why there are spectral anomalies of the thermal radiation of the rings; why the matter of the various rings does not mix but preserves its small-scale color differences; why there is an atmosphere of unknown origin nearby the rings of Saturn; why there are waves of density and bending waves within Saturn's rings; why planetary rings in the solar system appear only after the Belt of Asteroids (and may be the Belt of Asteroids itself is a ring for the Sun); why our planet Earth has no rings of its own.

The Saturn Rings Origin: Contribution of Electromagnetism (to the Unified Theory of the Origin of Planetary Rings)

“…At the beginning when idea of superconductivity of the rings particles came to us we decided just report [26][27][28][29][30] and published it [31,36]. We remember as Pyotr Kapitsa the Nobel Prize winner (1978) for the work in lowtemperature physics said: "The worst in scientific work is triviality.…”

“…The top picture is the spectral dependence of the brightness temperature of the rings. Practically, we have a transition from blackbody radiation to almost total reflection is observed [31,36] from consideration of the presented electromagnetic model, for superconducting particles approaching distance about 10 -8 m or if they have a point contact, a superconducting transition can occur, as electrons can be tunneled through the gap. Consequently, this type of superconducting weak link begins to generate electromagnetic radiation -a nonstationary Josephson phenomenon for superconductors.…”

“…Galileo (1610), Ch. Huygens (1665), G. Cassini (1671), W. and G. Bond (1848), J.K. Maxwell (1859), S. Kovalevskaya (1874) and others studied the Saturn rings nature [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]. Different ring systems are morphologically quite distinct but all are shaped by a few common processes.…”

“…Pospelov and V.V. Tchernyi in 1995 and further [26][27][28][29][30], published [31,36] and discussed in detail [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]. Also we expect the proposed model that assumes existence of a superconducting fraction of the particles forming the Saturn rings would allow enhancing classical theories of the planetary rings.…”

Energy Gap in Saturn’s Rings

“…The problems of Saturn's rings with numbers 2 -13, 22 of Table 1 were considered by us in a previous article [10]. The problems with numbers 1, 14 -21…”