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The rates of the most important ionization processes acting in interplanetary space on interstellar H, He, C, O, Ne and Ar atoms are critically reviewed in the paper. Their long-term modulations in the period 1974 – 1994 are reexamined using updated information on relevant cross-sections as well as direct or indirect data on variations of the solar wind/solar EUV fluxes based on IMP 8 measurements and monitoring of the solar 10.7 cm radio emission. It is shown that solar cycle related variations are pronounced (factor of ~ 3 between maximum and minimum) especially for species such as He, Ne, C for which photoionization is the dominant loss process. Species sensitive primarily to the charge-exchange (as H) show only moderate fluctuations ~ 20% around average. It is also demonstrated that new techniques that make use of simultaneous observations of neutral He atoms on direct and indirect orbits, or simultaneous measurements of He+ and He++ pickup ions and solar wind particles can be useful tools for narrowing the uncertainties of the He photoionization rate caused by insufficient knowledge of the solar EUV flux and its variations.
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Ruciński, D., Cummings, A.C., Gloeckler, G., Lazarus, A.J., Möbius, E., Witte, M. (1996). Ionization Processes in the Heliosphere — Rates and Methods of Their Determination. In: Von Steiger, R., Lallement, R., Lee, M.A. (eds) The Heliosphere in the Local Interstellar Medium. Space Science Series of ISSI, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1782-8_9
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