Microlensing’s Bi-products Christian Vinter Niels Bohr Institutet Københavns Universitet Nyborg Jun-07.
Microlensing (Not to scale... at all) Newton, 1704: Is it possible? Soldner, 1804: Should be! Einstein, 1915: Almost right, folks! Eddington, 1919: Yes!
Simplest case:
Linseligningen:
Giver forstærkningen givet position af den linsende binære stjerne.
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Conclusion/outlook One of very few direct ways of measuring stellar masses.
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