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Whither do the microlensing Brown Dwarfs rove?

The EROS and MACHO collaborations have reported observations of light curves of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud that are compatible with gravitational microlensing by intervening massive objects, presumably Brown-Dwarf stars. The OGLE and MACHO teams have also seen similar events in the directio...

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Autores principales: De Rujula, A., Giudice, G.F., Mollerach, S., Roulet, E.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/275.3.545
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author De Rujula, A.
Giudice, G.F.
Mollerach, S.
Roulet, E.
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Giudice, G.F.
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description The EROS and MACHO collaborations have reported observations of light curves of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud that are compatible with gravitational microlensing by intervening massive objects, presumably Brown-Dwarf stars. The OGLE and MACHO teams have also seen similar events in the direction of the galactic Bulge. Current data are insufficient to decide whether the Brown-Dwarfs are dark-matter constituents of the non-luminous galactic Halo, or belong to a more conventional population, such as that of faint stars in the galactic Spheroid, in its Thin or Thick Disks, or in their possible LMC counterparts. We discuss in detail how further observations of microlensing rates and of the moments of the distribution of event durations, can help resolve the issue of the Brown-Dwarf location, and eventually provide information on the mass function of the dark objects.
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spelling cern-2678022023-03-14T20:44:57Zdoi:10.1093/mnras/275.3.545http://cds.cern.ch/record/267802engDe Rujula, A.Giudice, G.F.Mollerach, S.Roulet, E.Whither do the microlensing Brown Dwarfs rove?Astrophysics and AstronomyThe EROS and MACHO collaborations have reported observations of light curves of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud that are compatible with gravitational microlensing by intervening massive objects, presumably Brown-Dwarf stars. The OGLE and MACHO teams have also seen similar events in the direction of the galactic Bulge. Current data are insufficient to decide whether the Brown-Dwarfs are dark-matter constituents of the non-luminous galactic Halo, or belong to a more conventional population, such as that of faint stars in the galactic Spheroid, in its Thin or Thick Disks, or in their possible LMC counterparts. We discuss in detail how further observations of microlensing rates and of the moments of the distribution of event durations, can help resolve the issue of the Brown-Dwarf location, and eventually provide information on the mass function of the dark objects.The EROS and MACHO collaborations have reported observations of light curves of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud that are compatible with gravitational microlensing by intervening massive objects, presumably Brown-Dwarf stars. The OGLE and MACHO teams have also seen similar events in the direction of the galactic Bulge. Current data are insufficient to decide whether the Brown-Dwarfs are dark-matter constituents of the non-luminous galactic Halo, or belong to a more conventional population, such as that of faint stars in the galactic Spheroid, in its Thin or Thick Disks, or in their possible LMC counterparts. We discuss in detail how further observations of microlensing rates, and of the moments of the distribution of event durations, can help resolve the issue of the Brown-Dwarf location, and eventually provide information on the mass function of the dark objects.astro-ph/9408099CERN-TH-7389-94CERN-TH-7389-94oai:cds.cern.ch:2678021994-08-31
spellingShingle Astrophysics and Astronomy
De Rujula, A.
Giudice, G.F.
Mollerach, S.
Roulet, E.
Whither do the microlensing Brown Dwarfs rove?
title Whither do the microlensing Brown Dwarfs rove?
title_full Whither do the microlensing Brown Dwarfs rove?
title_fullStr Whither do the microlensing Brown Dwarfs rove?
title_full_unstemmed Whither do the microlensing Brown Dwarfs rove?
title_short Whither do the microlensing Brown Dwarfs rove?
title_sort whither do the microlensing brown dwarfs rove?
topic Astrophysics and Astronomy
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/275.3.545
http://cds.cern.ch/record/267802
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