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Demagnifying Gravitational Lenses as Probes of Dark Matter Structures and Nonminimal Couplings to Gravity

open access: yesThe Astrophysical Journal Letters
Magnification of total image fluxes is typically considered a defining feature of gravitational microlensing. In contrast, I will show that nonminimal couplings to gravity can generate regions of negative gravitational potential curvature, giving rise to
Hong-Yi Zhang
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Dark Matter Halos from the Inside Out

open access: yesAdvances in Astronomy, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011
The balance of evidence indicates that individual galaxies and groups or clusters of galaxies are embedded in enormous distributions of cold, weakly interacting dark matter. These dark matter “halos” provide the scaffolding for all luminous structures in the universe, and their properties comprise an essential part of the current cosmological model.
James E. Taylor, Rob Ivison
wiley   +1 more source

Four Planets Found through Microlensing Events Involving Faint Source Stars

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal
To conduct a comprehensive demographic study of microlensing planets, it is essential to detect all planetary signals that exceed a predefined threshold through a detailed analysis of survey data.
Cheongho Han   +20 more
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Dark Matter: A Primer

open access: yesAdvances in Astronomy, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011
Dark matter is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in cosmology at the present time. About 80% of the Universe′s gravitating matter is nonluminous, and its nature and distribution are for the most part unknown. In this paper, we will outline the history, astrophysical evidence, candidates, and detection methods of dark matter, with the goal to give ...
Katherine Garrett   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search. XII. Complete Sample of 2017 Subprime Field Planets

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal
We report the analysis of four unambiguous planets and one possible planet from the subprime fields (Γ ≤ 1 hr ^−1 ) of the 2017 Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) microlensing survey, to complete the KMTNet AnomalyFinder planetary sample for ...
Yuqian Gui   +45 more
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Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter Simulations Using PopSyCLE

open access: yesThe Astrophysical Journal
Primordial black holes (PBHs), theorized to have originated in the early Universe, are speculated to be a viable form of dark matter. If they exist, they should be detectable through photometric and astrometric signals resulting from gravitational ...
Kerianne Pruett   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

KMT-2022-BLG-1818Lb,c: A Cold Super-Jupiter with a Saturn Sibling

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal
We present the discovery and analysis of the sixth microlensing two-planet system, KMT-2022-BLG-1818Lb,c, detected by a follow-up program targeting high-magnification events.
Hongyu Li   +79 more
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KMT-2022-BLG-0086: Another Binary-lens Binary-source Microlensing Event

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal
We present the analysis of a microlensing event KMT-2022-BLG-0086 of which the overall light curve is not described by a binary-lens single-source (2L1S) model, which suggests the existence of an extra lens or an extra source.
Sun-Ju Chung   +45 more
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Discerning Parallax Amplitude in Astrometric Microlensing

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal, 2023
Gravitational microlensing is a powerful method for discovering isolated stellar-mass black holes (ISMBHs). These objects make long-duration microlensing events.
Sedighe Sajadian   +2 more
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Gravitational Microlensing

open access: yes, 2006
This review forms the microlensing part of the 33rd Saas-Fee Advanced Course "Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak & Micro'', which was held in April 2003 in Les Diablerets. It contains an introduction to the lensing effects of single and binary stars and it summarizes the state-of-the-art of microlensing observations and prospects at the time of ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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