Transient gamma ray spectrometer observations of gamma-ray lines from novae. I. Limits on the positron annihilation line in five individual novae

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 522, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 424-432

  Harris, M J ^a   Naya, J E ^a   Teegarden, B J ^a   Cline, T L ^a   Gehrels, N ^a   Palmer, D M ^a   Ramaty, R ^a   Seifert, H ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: observations; Novae, cataclysmic variables; Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033193540     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/307625     Document Type: Article

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