Variable polarisation and luminosity for microlensing of extended stellar sources
Astrophysics
2015-06-24 v1
Abstract
Microlensing of extended stellar sources in the LMC and Galaxy by low mass lenses can produce variable polarisation. The characteristics of the polarisation and flux profiles can provide considerable information about the lens geometry, and help determine the importance of such low mass objects as a dark matter component.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9501057,
title = {Variable polarisation and luminosity for microlensing of extended stellar sources},
author = {J. F. L. Simmons and A. M. Newsam and J. P. Willis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9501057},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
9 pages, uuencoded, compressed, tarred PostScript (self-unpacking). Includes 13 figures. Also available from URL: http://sousun1.phys.soton.ac.uk/~amn/papers/gravyMN/ (includes LaTeX document and separate figures)