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Table 4

Measured fluxes and significance of the 511 keV line emission from individual regions.

Name Region 99% Flux Upper Limit Best-Fit Flux Chance Probability (%)
l (deg) b (deg) (× 10−5 ph cm−2 s−1)
Cygnus [60, 80] [−15, 15] <6.5 4.2 ±stat 2.0 ±sys 2.0 6.4 × 10−2
Upper Scorpius [340, 360] [25, 40] <2.6 1.4 ±stat 0.8 ±sys 0.5 8.0 × 10−2
Orion [190, 220] [−50, −10] <7.0 2.7 ±stat 1.3 ±sys 0.8 4.6 × 10−1
Orion + Perseus [150, 220] [−50, −10] <12.1 8.6 ±stat 2.4 ±sys 2.5 1.1 × 10−1
Vela [260, 290] [−15, 15] <8.3 4.4 ±stat 2.1 ±sys 3.1 1.9 × 10−1

Notes. The chance probabilities are derived from background-only bootstrap samples.

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