THE MASSES OF NEARBY DWARFS CAN BE DETERMINED WITH GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING

Authors
PACZYNSKI B
Citation
B. Paczynski, THE MASSES OF NEARBY DWARFS CAN BE DETERMINED WITH GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING, Acta Astronomica, 45(2), 1995, pp. 345-348
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Acta Astronomica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015237
Volume
45
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
345 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5237(1995)45:2<345:TMONDC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Microlensing of distant stars in the Milky Way by nearby high proper m otion stars offers a direct way to precisely measure the masses of sin gle lower main sequence stars and brown dwarfs.