Microlens Parallaxes with SIRTF
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Microlens Parallaxes with SIRTF
The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) will drift away from the Earth at ∼ 0.1 AU yr. Microlensing events will therefore have different characteristics as seen from the satellite and the Earth. From the difference, it is possible in principle to measure ṽ, the transverse velocity of the lens projected onto the observer plane. Since ṽ has very different values for different populations (d...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0004-637X,1538-4357
DOI: 10.1086/306981