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.


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    Title :

    Nucleosynthesis of 26Al


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    Publication date :

    1986-01-01


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    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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