Uncovering galactic and extragalactic planets by gravitational microlensing

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dc.creatorDominik, M.
dc.date2003-12-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:11:29Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:11:29Z
dc.descriptionWith its planet detection efficiency reaching a maximum for orbital radii between 1 and 10 AU, microlensing provides a unique sensitivity to planetary systems similar to our own around galactic and even extragalactic stars acting as lenses on observed background stars, and in particular can detect terrestrial planets in the habitable zone. The absence of planetary signals in the 1995-1999 PLANET data implies that less than 1/3 of galactic M-dwarfs harbour jupiters at orbital radii between 1.5 and 4 AU. If a fraction f_p of stars is surrounded by a planet, annual detections of 15--25 f_p jupiters and 2-3 f_p earths around galactic stars would result from PLANET, a space-based campaign would yield 1200 f_p jupiters and 30 f_p earths, and a northern microlensing network could detect 15-35 f_p jupiters and 4-10 f_p saturns around M31 stars.
dc.description3 pages in LaTeX2e, 1 EPS-figure embedded, uses 'ws-procs975x65.cls' and 'rotating_pr.sty' (supplied). To appear in the Proceedings of the Xth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 20-26 July 2003), ed. S. Perez Bergliaffa, M. Novello & R. Ruffini (World Scientific, Singapore)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0312199
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0312199
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/7106
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleUncovering galactic and extragalactic planets by gravitational microlensing
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