The 511 keV emission from positron annihilation in the Galaxy

N Prantzos, C Boehm, AM Bykov, R Diehl… - Reviews of Modern …, 2011 - APS
The first γ-ray line originating from outside the Solar System that was ever detected is the
511 keV emission from positron annihilation in the Galaxy. Despite 30 years of intense …

Cosmic magnetic fields–as observed in the Universe, in galactic dynamos, and in the Milky Way

JP Vallée - New Astronomy Reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
Cosmic magnetism has that exotic “Je ne sais quoi”! Magnetism has been observed in
various objects, located near the edge of the Universe and all the way down to the Milky …

The link between turbulence, magnetic fields, filaments, and star formation in the central molecular zone cloud G0. 253+ 0.016

C Federrath, JM Rathborne, SN Longmore… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Star formation is primarily controlled by the interplay between gravity, turbulence, and
magnetic fields. However, the turbulence and magnetic fields in molecular clouds near the …

Simulations of the Milky Way's central molecular zone–I. Gas dynamics

RG Tress, MC Sormani, SCO Glover… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We use hydrodynamical simulations to study the Milky Way's central molecular zone (CMZ).
The simulations include a non-equilibrium chemical network, the gas self-gravity, star …

The Galactic Center Molecular Cloud Survey-I. A steep linewidth-size relation and suppression of star formation

J Kauffmann, T Pillai, Q Zhang, KM Menten… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
The central molecular zone (CMZ; inner~ 200 pc) of the Milky Way is a star formation (SF)
environment with very extreme physical properties. Exploration of SF in this region is …

The XMM–Newton view of the central degrees of the Milky Way

G Ponti, MR Morris, R Terrier, F Haberl… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The deepest XMM–Newton mosaic map of the central 1 5 of the Galaxy is presented,
including a total of about 1.5 Ms of EPIC-pn cleaned exposures in the central 15 arcsec and …

Fifteen years of XMM–Newton and Chandra monitoring of Sgr A: evidence for a recent increase in the bright flaring rate

G Ponti, B De Marco, MR Morris… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present a study of the X-ray flaring activity of Sgr A⋆ during all the 150 XMM–Newton
and Chandra observations pointed at the Milky Way centre over the last 15 years. This …

Prospects for polarized foreground removal

J Dunkley, A Amblard, C Baccigalupi… - AIP Conference …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
In this report we discuss the impact of polarized foregrounds on a future CMBPol satellite
mission. We review our current knowledge of Galactic polarized emission at microwave …

Interstellar magnetic fields in the Galactic center region

K Ferriere - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2009 - aanda.org
Aims. We seek to obtain a picture of the interstellar magnetic field in the Galactic center
region that is as clear and complete as possible. Methods. We review the observational …

Non-thermal insights on mass and energy flows through the Galactic Centre and into the Fermi bubbles

RM Crocker - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We construct a simple model of the star-formation-(and resultant supernova-) driven mass
and energy flows through the inner∼ 200 pc (in diameter) of the Galaxy. Our modelling is …