The origin of the galactic center annihilation radiation
Abstract
Observations of the e+-e- annihilation radiation from the Galactic Center suggest that something truly extraordinary is occurring there. We review the observations of this intense, time-varying, 0.511 MeV emission and discuss the implications of these and other recent observations of the positron production process, the annihilation region and the fundamental nature of the Galactic Center source.
- Publication:
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Positron-Electron Pairs in Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- July 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.34097
- Bibcode:
- 1983AIPC..101..267L
- Keywords:
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- Galactic Nuclei;
- Milky Way Galaxy;
- Pair Production;
- Positron Annihilation;
- Heao 3;
- Luminosity;
- Periodic Variations;
- Photon Density;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- Astrophysics;
- 98.50.Lh;
- 95.30.Gv;
- 95.85.Qx;
- Radiation mechanisms;
- polarization