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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 621, Issue 1, Pages 296-300Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/426859
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gamma rays : observations
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The center of our Galaxy is a known strong source of electron-positron 511 keVannihilation radiation. Thus far, however, there have been no reliable detections of annihilation radiation outside of the central radian of our Galaxy. One of the primary objectives of the INTEGRAL ( International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) mission, launched in 2002 October, is the detailed study of this radiation. The Spectrometer on INTEGRAL (SPI) is a high-resolution, coded-aperture gamma-ray telescope with an unprecedented combination of sensitivity, angular resolution, and energy resolution. We report results from the first 10 months of observation. During this period a significant fraction of the observing time was spent in or near the Galactic plane. No positive annihilation flux was detected outside of the central region (\l\> 40degrees) of our Galaxy. In this paper we describe the observations and data analysis methods and give limits on the 511 keV flux.
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