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Galactic 1.8 MeV Emission from Al-26

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

N. Prantzos
N. Prantzos*
Affiliation:
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris 98bis, Bd. Arago, 75014 Paris

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The detection of the relatively short-lived (~106 yr) radioactive 26Al in our Galaxy, more than 12 years ago, convincingly showed that nucleosynthesis is still active today on a large scale. Still, despite considerable efforts in the past decade, the site of this nucleosynthetic activity cannot be identified from theory alone; several potential sites are still on the list, been able to provide the 2-3 M⊙ of 26Al per Myr, implied by the detected 1.8 MeV flux of ~4 10−4 cm−2 s−1 from the galactic plane (see for a review).

Type
Session 1: Plasma and Fresh Nucleosynthesis Phenomena
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 188: The Hot Universe , 1998 , pp. 31 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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