Diffuse 511 keV emission
Copyright: Courtesy of D.D.Dixon (University of California, Riverside) and W.R.Purcell (Northwestern University)
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Map of the distribution of positrons towards the center of the Milky Way Galaxy,
including the newly discovered antimatter "cloud". The brightest feature corresponds
to the nucleus of the Galaxy. The horizontal structure lies along the plane of the
Galaxy. The antimatter "cloud" is located above the Galactic center.
Courtesy of D.D.Dixon (University of California, Riverside) and
W.R.Purcell (Northwestern University)
Last Update: 1 September 2019