Positron annihilation spectrum from the Galactic Centre region observed by SPI/INTEGRAL

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 357, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1377-1386

  Churazov, E ^a,b   Sunyaev, R ^a,b   Sazonov, S ^a,b   Revnivtsev, M ^a,b   Varshalovich, D ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Galaxy: centre; Gamma rays: observations; ISM: general

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION OF GASES;

DEGREE OF IONIZATION; ENERGY; GALACTIC CENTER REGION; GALAXY CENTER; GAMMA-RAYS:OBSERVATIONS; INTERSTELLAR MEDIAS; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM: GENERAL; MEDIA GENERALS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTRA; SPI/INTEGRAL;

POSITRONS;

EID: 15244346721     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08757.x     Document Type: Article

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