The all-sky distribution of 511 keV electron-positron annihilation emission

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 441, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 513-532

  Knodlseder J ^a   Jean, P ^a   Lonjou, V ^a   Weidenspointner, G ^a   Guessoum, N ^b   Gillard, W ^a   Skinner, G ^a   Von Ballmoos, P ^a   Vedrenne, G ^a   Roques, J P ^a   Schanne, S ^c   Teegarden, B ^d   Schonfelder V ^e   Winkler, C ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; Gamma rays: observations; Line: profiles

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GAMMA RAYS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; SPECTROMETERS;

GALAXY: CENTER; GAMMA RAYS: OBSERVATIONS; LINE: PROFILES; SPI SPECTROMETERS;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 26244442635     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20042063     Document Type: Article

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