The macho project first-year large magellanic cloud results: The microlensing rate and the nature of the galactic dark halo

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 461, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 84-103

  Alcock, C ^a   Allsman, R A ^b   Axelrod, T S ^c   Bennett, D P ^d   Cook, K H ^e   Freeman, K C ^f   Griest, K ^g   Guern, J A ^h   Lehner, M J ^a   Marshall, S L ^b   Park, H S ^c   Perlmutter, S ^d   Peterson, B A ^e   Pratt, M R ^f   Quinn, P J ^g   Rodgers, A W ^h   Stubbs, C W ^a   Sutherland, W ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Galaxy: halo; Gravitational lensing; Magellanic clouds; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 16144366566     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177039     Document Type: Article

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