Theory of Microlensing
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
I present a somewhat selective review of microlensing theory, covering five major areas: 1) the derivation of the basic formulae, 2) the relation between the observables and the fundamental physical parameters, 3) binaries, 4) astrometric microlensing, and 5) femtolensing.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0004042,
title = {Theory of Microlensing},
author = {Andrew Gould},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0004042},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
14 pages, 3 figures. To be published in "Microlensing 2000, A New Era of Microlensing Astrophysics", eds., J.W. Menzies and P.D. Sackett, ASP Conference Series