AGAPE: A search for dark matter towards M 31 by microlensing effects on unresolved stars

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 324, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 843-856

  Ansari, R ^a   Auriere M ^b   Baillon, P ^c   Bouquet, A ^d,e   Coupinot, G ^b   Coutures, Ch ^f   Ghesquiere C ^e   Giraud Heraud Y ^e   Gondolo, P ^d,g   Hecquet, J ^b   Kaplan, J ^d,e   Le Du, Y ^e   Melchior, A L ^e   Moniez, M ^a   Picat, J P ^b   Soucail, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d LPTHE   (France)

^e CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^f CEA SACLAY   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark matter Cosmology; Galaxy: Halo Cosmology; Gravitational lensing Galaxies; M 31 Methods; Observation Cosmology; Observational

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000704971     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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