Recent Developments in Gravitational Microlensing
| dc.creator | Gould, Andrew | |
| dc.date | 2008-03-30 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:29:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:29:22Z | |
| dc.description | Twenty-one years after Bohdan's seminal paper launched the field of gravitational microlensing, it has radically diversified from a method narrowly focused on finding dark matter to a very general astronomical tool. Microlensing has now detected 12 planets, including several that are inaccessible by other search methods. It has resolved the surfaces of distant stars, served as a magnifying glass to take spectra of extremely faint objects, and revealed a number of surprising phenomena. I take a sweeping look at this remarkable technique, giving equal weight to its successes and to the tensions that are continuing to propel it forward. | |
| dc.description | Review presented at "The Variable Universe: A Celebration of Bohdan Paczynski", 29 Sept 2007, 24 pages incl. 23 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.4324 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.4324 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/157757 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Recent Developments in Gravitational Microlensing | |
| dc.type | text |