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Aug 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990apj...359..506s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 359, Aug. 20, 1990, p. 506-511.
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Abundance, Chemical Equilibrium, Comets, Interstellar Matter, Milky Way Galaxy, Oort Cloud, Chemical Composition, Cosmic Dust, Metallicity, Stellar Luminosity
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The contribution of stellar encounters and interstellar erosion to comet cloud mass injection to the ISM is calculated. It is shown that evaporative mass loss from passing stars and SNe results in an average Galactic mass injection rate of up to 10 to the -5th solar mass/yr if such clouds are frequent around solar-type stars. Cometary erosion by interstellar grains produces an injection rate of 10 to the -5th to 10 to the -4th solar mass/yr. An injection rate of 2 x 10 to the -5th solar mass/yr is calculated. Each of these rates could be increased by a factor of about 15 if the comet clouds contain a significant amount of smaller debris. It is concluded that the total mass injection rate of material to the ISM by comet clouds is small compared to other ISM mass injection sources. Comet cloud mass loss to the ISM could be responsible for a sizeable fraction of the metal and dust abundances of the ISM if Oort clouds are common.
Alan Stern S.
Shull Michael J.
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