Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995adspr..15q...1s&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177), vol. 15, no. 5, p. (5)1-(5)12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Aluminum 26, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Carbon Isotopes, Emission Spectra, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Gamma Ray Observatory, Gamma Ray Spectra, Line Spectra, Milky Way Galaxy, Oxygen Isotopes, Titanium Isotopes, Active Galactic Nuclei, Black Holes (Astronomy), Cassiopeia A, Gamma Ray Bursts, Interstellar Matter, Orion Nebula, Pulsars, Solar Flares, Supernova Remnants
Scientific paper
During the first three years of operation, the imaging Compton Telescope (COMPTEL) on board of the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory has observed MeV-gamma radiation from a variety of objects including pulsars, stellar black-hole candidates, supernova remnants, extended regions of interstellar space, nuclei of active galaxies, gamma-ray bursts and solar flares. In the field of gamma-ray line spectroscopy, COMPTEL has achieved a major break-through with the establishment of the first map of the galactic plane in the light of the 1.8 MeV line from radioactive Al-26, with the discovery of the 1.15 MeV Ti-44 line from Cas A, and with the first detection of gamma-ray emission from the Orion complex in the 3 to 7 MeV range that can be identified with the 4.44 MeV and 6.13 MeV nuclear deexcitation lines of C*-12 and O*-16, respectively. An overview about the COMPTEL highlight results is given.
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