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astro-ph.EP2014★ 333 cited
The stickiness of micrometer-sized water-ice particles
B. Gundlach, J. Blum
Water ice is one of the most abundant materials in dense molecular clouds and in the outer reaches of protoplanetary disks. In contrast to other materials (e.g., silicates) water i…
astro-ph.EP2014★ 127 cited
Comets formed in solar-nebula instabilities! -- An experimental and modeling attempt to relate the activity of comets to their formation process (corrigendum included)
Jürgen Blum, Bastian Gundlach, Steffen Mühle +1
When comet nuclei approach the Sun, the increasing energy flux through the surface layers leads to sublimation of the underlying ices and subsequent outgassing that promotes the ob…