The Communicating Pipe Model for Icy Plumes on Enceladus  

作　　者：马千里 陈出新 

机构地区：[1]CAS Key Laboratory of Basic Plasma Physics, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026

出　　处：《Chinese Physics Letters》2009年第11期262-265,共4页中国物理快报（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the Key Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No KJCX2-YW-T13, and National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 40890163 and 40674092.

摘　　要：We analyze the communicating pipe model on Enceladus, and predict that Saturn＇s strong tidal force in Enceladus plays a significant role in the plumes. In this model, the scale of the volcanoes can be evaluated based on the history of the craters and plumes. The correspondence of the data and observation make the model valid for the eruption. So it is imaginable that the tidal force is pulling the liquid out through the communicating pipe while reshaping the surface on Enceladus.We analyze the communicating pipe model on Enceladus, and predict that Saturn＇s strong tidal force in Enceladus plays a significant role in the plumes. In this model, the scale of the volcanoes can be evaluated based on the history of the craters and plumes. The correspondence of the data and observation make the model valid for the eruption. So it is imaginable that the tidal force is pulling the liquid out through the communicating pipe while reshaping the surface on Enceladus.

关 键 词：Astrophysics and astroparticles 

分 类 号：P731.15[天文地球—海洋科学] TP136[自动化与计算机技术—控制理论与控制工程]