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Supernovae and Positron Annihilation Radiation
New Astronomy Reviews
  • Mark D Leising, Clemson University
  • P A Milne, Naval Research Lab
  • J D Kurfess, Naval Research Lab
  • R L Kinzer, Naval Research Lab
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-18-2001
Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract

Radioactive nuclei, especially those created in SN explosion, have long been sug-gested to be important contributors of galactic positrons. In this paper we describe the findings of three independent OSSE/SMM/TGRS studies of positron annihi-lation radiation, demonstrating that the three studies are largely in agreement as to the distribution of galactic annihilation radiation. We then assess the predicted yields and distributions of SN-synthesized radionuclei, determining that they are marginally compatible with the findings of the annihilation radiation studies.

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