Bibcode
Diehl, Roland; Kretschmer, Karsten; Plüschke, Stefan; Cerviño, M.; Hartmann, Dieter H.
Referencia bibliográfica
A Massive Star Odyssey: From Main Sequence to Supernova, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #212, held 24-28 June 2001 in Lanzarote, Canary island, Spain. Edited by Karel van der Hucht, Artemio Herrero, and Esteban, César. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2003., p.706
Fecha de publicación:
2003
Número de citas
7
Número de citas referidas
2
Descripción
Radioactive 26Al, ejected by massive stars through winds and
supernova explosions, leads to γ-ray line emission that can serve
as a probe of the interstellar environment in and near young star
clusters. The ˜ 1 Myr decay time of 26Al is long
enough to allow transport over significant distances, which can cause
substantial angular offsets between γ-ray emission and cluster
stars. Details of such offsets are determined by the morphology of the
ISM. We discuss observations in Cygnus and Orion, and models based on
population synthesis methods.