Could electron-positron annihilation lines in the Galactic center result from pulsar winds?

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 446, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 943-948

  Wang, W ^a,c   Pun, C S J ^b   Cheng, K S ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; Gamma rays: theory; Pulsars: general

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CLOUDS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GAMMA RAYS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTROMETERS;

ELECTRON POSITRON ANNIHILATION; GALAXY: CENTER; GAMMA-RAYS: THEORY; PULSARS: GENERAL;

GALAXIES;

EID: 32044450591     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053559     Document Type: Article

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