High-energy astrophysics: A rare Galactic antimatter source?

Nikos Prantzos (1)

1 IAP - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris

Positron annihilation in the Galaxy has been observed for half a century now, but the positron sources have not been identified yet. A rare class of supernovae is now suggested to be the main positron producer.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Nikos Prantzos. High-energy astrophysics: A rare Galactic antimatter source?. Nature Astronomy, 2017, 1, ⟨10.1038/s41550-017-0149⟩. ⟨insu-03747460⟩