MICROLENSING AND POLARIZATION

Citation
Mb. Bogdanov et al., MICROLENSING AND POLARIZATION, Astrophysics and space science, 235(2), 1996, pp. 219-231
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
235
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
219 - 231
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1996)235:2<219:MAP>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The discovery of the microlensing effect has found out the new populat ion - dark bodies having mass of the order of 0.1M. which form the hal o of our Galaxy. There are two main criteria which identify a light cu rve as the reveal of the microlensing effect. They are symmetry of the light curve and equal amplification in different colors. We consider polarization of the light beam arising in microlensing effect and find that additional test is possible - polarization of light in the case of a finite star disk. Consequences of polarization are also considere d.