INFLUENCE OF THE GALACTIC GRAVITATIONAL-FIELD ON THE MICROLENSING OF NONCOMPACT BODIES

Citation
Af. Zakharov et Mv. Sazhin, INFLUENCE OF THE GALACTIC GRAVITATIONAL-FIELD ON THE MICROLENSING OF NONCOMPACT BODIES, Astronomy letters, 23(3), 1997, pp. 349-354
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ISSN journal
10637737
Volume
23
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
349 - 354
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7737(1997)23:3<349:IOTGGO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The microlensing of background stars by stars made of neutralino that have been recently studied by Gurevich and Zybin (1995) is considered. These stars are suggested as a major contributor to the hidden mass. A fairly rough model of microlensing with allowance for the gravitatio nal field of the Galaxy is analyzed. It is shown that the influence of this field on the microlensing by a gravitational lens made of neutra lino with a mass of the order of the solar mass can give rise to a sha rp increase of the intensity in the light curve, although the appearan ce of this effect is unlikely.