Determining the abundance of extragalactic planets
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
Gravitational microlensing provides a unique technique to reveal information about extragalactic planets. A network of at least four 2m-class telescopes distributed around the northern hemisphere could probe 15-35 jupiters and 4-10 saturns around M31 stars per year.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0309607,
title = {Determining the abundance of extragalactic planets},
author = {M. Dominik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0309607},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
2 pages, LaTeX using newpasp.sty (supplied). To appear in the proceedings of the XIXth IAP colloquium "Extrasolar Planets: Today and Tomorrow" held in Paris, France, 2003 June 30 -- July 4, ASP Conf. Ser