VARIABLE POLARIZATION AND LUMINOSITY FOR MICROLENSING OF EXTENDED STELLAR SOURCES

Authors
SIMMONS JFL NEWSAM AM WILLIS JP
Citation
Jfl. Simmons et al., VARIABLE POLARIZATION AND LUMINOSITY FOR MICROLENSING OF EXTENDED STELLAR SOURCES, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 276(1), 1995, pp. 182-190
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358711
Volume
276
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
182 - 190
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(1995)276:1<182:VPALFM>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Microlensing of extended stellar sources in the LMC and Galaxy by low- mass lenses can produce variable polarization, The characteristics of the polarization and flux profiles can provide considerable informatio n about the lens geometry, and help determine the importance of such l oci-mass objects as a dark matter component.