The MACHO project: Microlensing optical depth toward the galactic bulge from difference image analysis

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 541, Issue 2 PART 1, 2000, Pages 734-766

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

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d STScI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^j MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^m MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Brown dwarfs; Dark matter; Galaxy: structure; Gravitational lensing; Stars: low mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034288289     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/309484     Document Type: Article

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