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astro-ph2005
Sungrazing comets as source of pickup ions at Earth orbit and Ulysses
M. Bzowski, M. Krolikowska
Most of the sungrazing comets observed by LASCO at SOHO belong to the Kreutz group of comets and follow trajectories that are tightly clumped in space. Statistical analysis of 9 ye…
astro-ph2004
Are the sungrazing comets the inner source of pickup ions and energetic neutral atoms?
M. Bzowski, M. Krolikowska
We present arguments that at least part of the inner source of pickup ions in the solar wind might be the material released by sungrazing comets. Based on a statistical analysis of…