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2010MNRAS.402L..21C - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 402, L21-L24 (2010/February-2)

Weak microlensing.

COLES J., SAHA P. and SCHMID H.M.

Abstract (from CDS):

A nearby star having a near-transit of a galaxy will cause a time-dependent weak lensing of the galaxy. Because the effect is small, we refer to this as weak microlensing. This could provide a useful method to weigh low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. We examine the feasibility of measuring masses in this way and find that a star causes measurable weak microlensing in a galaxy even at 10 Einstein radii away. Of the order of 1 mag I ≤ 25 galaxy comes close enough to one or the other of the ∼100 nearest stars per year.

Abstract Copyright: © 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 RAS

Journal keyword(s): gravitational lensing - methods: statistical - stars: low-mass, brown dwarfs

CDS comments: 2MASS J0415+0935 is a misprint for 2MASS J0415-0935, DENIS 0255+4700 is a misprint for DENIS 0255-4700

Simbad objects: 9

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