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W. Gillard

Researcher at Centre national de la recherche scientifique

Publications -  7
Citations -  632

W. Gillard is an academic researcher from Centre national de la recherche scientifique. The author has contributed to research in topics: Interstellar medium & Annihilation. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 7 publications receiving 577 citations. Previous affiliations of W. Gillard include Hoffmann-La Roche.

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The all-sky distribution of 511 keV electron-positron annihilation emission

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a map of 511 keV electron-positron annihilation emission, based on data accumulated with the SPI spectrometer aboard ESA's INTEGRAL gamma-ray observatory, that covers approximately 95% of the celestial sphere.
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The lives and deaths of positrons in the interstellar medium

TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive search and update of the knowledge of positron processes was performed to obtain reaction rates and line widths of the line resulting from the annihilation inside and outside of the grain, both qualitatively and quantitatively.
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The lives and deaths of positrons in the interstellar medium

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reexamine in detail the various processes undergone by positrons in the ISM from their birth to their annihilation using the most recent results of positron interaction cross sections with H, H2 and He.
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Positron annihilation on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules in the interstellar medium

TL;DR: In this article, the annihilation rate of positrons on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules in the interstellar medium conditions was examined, and an upper bound of 4:6× 10 7 for the PAH abundance was established.