Ionization of interstellar matter by suprathermal dust grains |
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| Authors: | S Hayakawa |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Suprathermal dust grains as suggested by Wickramasinghe produce electrons of energies not higher than 20 eV by Coulomb collisions with free electrons in an interstellar medium. These electrons are responsible for the production of singly ionized ions but not effective for that of highly ionized ones. This explains a general feature of the composition of atoms and ions as observed from the Copernicus satellite. |
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