Early SPI/INTEGRAL measurements of 511 keV line emission from the 4th quadrant of the Galaxy
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- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- letter
- Published by EDP Sciences in Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Vol. 407 (3), L55-L58
- https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031056
Abstract
We report the first measurements of the 511 keV line emission from the Galactic Centre (GC) region performed with the spectrometer SPI on the space observatory INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory). Taking into account the range of spatial distribution models which are consistent with the data, we derive a flux of ph cm-2 s-1 and an intrinsic line width of keV (FWHM). The results are consistent with other high-spectroscopy measurements, though the width is found to be at the upper bound of previously reported values.Keywords
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