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26Al in the local interstellar medium

J. Knoedlseder, K. Bennett, H. Bloemen, R. Diehl, W. Hermsen, U. Oberlack, J. Ryan, V. Schoenfelder, P. von Ballmoos

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9707335

Abstract

We estimate the 1.8 MeV luminosity of the Sco-Cen association due to radioactive decay of 26Al to (4-15) 10e-5 ph cm**-2 s**-1. We propose a low surface brightness, limb brightened bubble for the 1.8 MeV intensity distribution. The detectibility of this distribution with existing gamma-ray telescopes is discussed.

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