Evidence for 1809 keV Gamma Ray Emission from 26Al Decays in the Vela Region
Abstract
The Vela region is a promising target for the detection of 1.8 MeV gamma-rays emitted by the decays of radioactive 26Al isotopes produced in hydrostatic or explosive stellar nucleosynthesis processes. COMPTEL has claimed 1.8 MeV gamma-ray detection from Vela at a 3sigma level with a flux of 3.6 10^-5 ph/cm^2/s. In this paper, we present first results of our search for 1.8 MeV gamma-rays from Vela with the spectrometer SPI aboard INTEGRAL. Using the data set acquired during 1.7 Ms at the end of 2005 in the frame of our AO-3 open-time observation, we determine a flux of (6.5 \pm 1.9(stat) \pm 2.4(syst)) 10^-5 ph/cm^2/s from 26Al decays in the Vela region.
- Publication:
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The Obscured Universe. Proceedings of the VI INTEGRAL Workshop
- Pub Date:
- 2007
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0701640
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0701640
- Bibcode:
- 2007ESASP.622..113S
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in ESA SP-622 (Proceedings of the 6th INTEGRAL Workshop, Moscow, 2006 07 03-07)