Abstract A burst of interest has followed the discovery in the galactic plane of the 1.8 MeV gamma line attached to the decay of 26Al. We discuss the relative merits of supernovae, novae, massive and supermassive mass-losing stars as potential sources of this expressive isotope.
Nucleosynthesis of 26Al
Advances in Space Research ; 6 , 4 ; 139-144
1986-01-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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