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OSSE Map of the Galactic Center at 511 keV

OSSE Map of the Galactic Center at 511 keV


The colors in this map represent the intensity of gamma-ray emission from positron-electron annihilation in the plane of our Galaxy near the Galactic center. The emission is at 511 keV, which is the rest-mass energy of the electron and positron. The map is of a model that fits the OSSE 511 keV observations. OSSE has discovered that the radiation is mostly contained in a region of about 10 degrees diameter centered on the center of the Galaxy. The line plot superimposed on the map represents an OSSE observation of the 511 keV emission line.


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This page was last modified on Monday, 01-Aug-2005 13:41:42 EDT.

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