Positron annihilation in the interstellar medium

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 170-180

  Guessoum, Nidhal ^a,c,d   Ramaty, Reuven ^a,c   Lingenfelter, Richard E ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NRC ^*

^d Code 665 ^*  (Algeria)

Author keywords

Elementary particles; Gamma rays: general; Interstellar: grains; Interstellar: magnetic fields; Interstellar: matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000229360     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/170417     Document Type: Article

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