Is the large magellanic cloud microlensing due to an intervening dwarf galaxy?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 490, Issue 1 PART II, 1997, Pages

  Alcock, C ^a,b   Allsman, R A ^c   Alves, D R ^a,d   Axelrod, T S ^a,c   Becker, A C ^b,e   Bennett, D P ^a,b,f   Cook, K H ^a,b   Freeman, K C ^c   Griest, K ^b,g   Lehner, M J ^g   Marshall, S L ^a   Minniti, D ^a   Peterson, B A ^c   Pratt, M R ^e,h   Quinn, P J ^c,i   Rodgers, A W ^c   Rorabeck, A ^j   Stubbs, C W ^b,e,h   Sutherland, W ^k   Tomaney, A B ^e   Vandehei, T ^g   Welch, D L ^j   more..

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^j MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (Large Magellanic Cloud, Sagittarius); Galaxy: halo; Stars: individual (RR Lyrae); Stars: variables: other

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002424433     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/311016     Document Type: Article

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