Positron annihilation spectrum from the Galactic Centre region observed by SPI/INTEGRAL revisited: Annihilation in a cooling ISM?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 411, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1727-1743

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ELECTRONS; GALAXIES; IONIZATION OF GASES; POSITRONS;

GALACTIC CENTER REGION; GALAXY CENTER; GAMMA-RAY: INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM; GAMMA-RAYS; INTERSTELLAR MEDIAS; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM: GENERAL; MEDIA GENERALS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTRA; SPI/INTEGRAL;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 79951718468     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17804.x     Document Type: Article

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