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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Quantum Locking and the Meissner Effect Lead to the Origin and Stability of the Saturn Rings System

  AUTHORS: Vladimir V. Tchernyi (Cherny), Andrew Yu. Pospelov

  KEYWORDS: Origin of Saturn Rings, Age of Saturn Rings, Superconductivity of Saturn Rings, Quantum Locking of Saturn Rings, Space Superconductivity, Quantum Phenomena in Space

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol.8 No.1, March 29, 2018

  ABSTRACT: It is demonstrated how superconducting iced particles of the protoplanetary cloud of Saturn are coming to magnetic equator plane and create the stable enough rings disk. There are two steps. First, after appearance of the Saturn magnetic field due to Meissner phenomenon, all particles orbits are moving to the magnetic equator plane. Finally they become distributed as rings and gaps like iron particles around magnet on laboratory table. And they are separated from each other by the magnetic field expelled from them. It takes up to few tens of thousands years with ten meters rings disk thickness. Second, because of quantum locking all particles become to be locked within magnetic well at the magnetic equator plane due to Abrikosov vortex for superconductor. Finally each particle is locked within three-dimensional magnetic well. It works even when particles have small fraction of superconductor. During the rings evolution some contribution to the disk also could come from the collision-generated debris of the current moon, coming meteorites and from the geysers like it happened due to magnetic coupling of Saturn and Enceladus. The rings are relict of the early days of the magnetic field of Saturn system.