Detecting Galactic MACHOs with VERA through Astrometric Microlensing of Distant Radio Sources
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Detecting Galactic MACHOs with VERA through Astrometric Microlensing of Distant Radio Sources
In this paper we investigate the properties of astrometric microlensing of distant radio sources (QSOs and radio galaxies) due to MACHOs, and discuss their implications for VERA (VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry). First we show that in case of astrometric microlensing of distant sources, the event duration is only a function of the lens mass and tangential velocity, but independent of the l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0004-6264,2053-051X
DOI: 10.1093/pasj/53.2.233