New constraints on the positron annihilation media from the direction of the Galactic center based on the 511 keV line profiles

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 403, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 621-629

  Wallyn, P ^a   Durouchoux, Ph ^a   Chapuis, C ^a   Matteson, J ^b   Bowman, B ^b   Pelling, M ^b   Peterson, L ^b   Lin, R ^c   Smith, D ^c   Feffer, P ^c   Hurley, K ^c   Vedrenne, G ^d   Von Ballmoos, P ^d   Malet, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; Gamma rays: observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 12044250702     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/172232     Document Type: Article

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