A systematic fitting scheme for caustic-crossing microlensing events
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چکیده
We outline a method for fitting binary-lens caustic-crossing microlensing events based on the alternative model parametrization proposed and detailed by Cassan. As an illustration of our methodology, we present an analysis of OGLE-2007-BLG-472, a double-peaked Galactic microlensing event with a source crossing the whole caustic structure in less than three days. E-mail: [email protected] †Member of International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy and Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg. ‡Royal Society University Research Fellow. c © 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation c © 2009 RAS
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