Search for low-mass exoplanets by gravitational microlensing at high magnification

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5688, 2004, Pages 1264-1266

  Abe, F ^a   Bennett, D P ^b   Bond, I A ^c   Eguchi, S ^a   Furuta, Y ^a   Hearnshaw, J B ^d   Kamiya, K ^a   Kilmartin, P M ^d   Kurata, Y ^a   Masuda, K ^a   Matsubara, Y ^a   Muraki, Y ^a   Noda, S ^e   Okajima, K ^a   Rakich, A ^f   Rattenbury, N J ^g   Sako, T ^a   Sekiguchi, T ^a   Sullivan, D J ^h   Sumi, T ⁱ   Tristram, P J ^j   Yanagisawa, T ^k   Yock, P C M ^j   Gal Yam, A ^l,m   Lipkin, Y ^m   Maoz, D ^m   Ofek, E O ^m   Udalski, A ⁿ   Szewczyk, O ⁿ   Zebrun K ⁿ   Soszynski I ⁿ   Szymanski M K ⁿ   Kubiak, M ⁿ   Pietrzynski G ^n,o   Wyrzykowski, L ⁿ   more..

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^f Electro Optic Systems Pty Limited   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

ⁱ PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^k JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^l CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; GRAVITATION; MICROLENSES; ORBITS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EXOPLANETS; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; MASS-PLANETS; MICROLENSING; PEAK MAGNIFICATION;

PLANETS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING; GRAVITY; LIGHT; MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 4344579433     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1100714     Document Type: Article

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