In this paper we study the following system of reaction-diffusion equations: ∂ /∂t = ∆ − V + λδ0, (0, x) ≡ 0, ∂V/∂t = − V, V (0, x) ≡ 1. Here (t, x) and V (t, x) are functions of time t ∈ [0,∞) and space x ∈ R. This system describes a continuum version of a model in which particles are injected at the origin at rate λ, perform independent simple symmetric random walks on Z, and are annihilated ...