Positron-Electron Annihilation Radiation from the Galactic Center
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- other
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Highlights of Astronomy
- Vol. 6, 525-529
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1539299600005530
Abstract
We discuss observations of the intense, time variable and very narrow 0.511 MeV positron-electron annihilation line from the Galactic Center, and the implications of these and other observations on the source of the positrons and their annihilation site.Keywords
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