Résumé / Abstract

Cours de l'IAP / Lectures of the IAP

«  Gravitational lensing, from planets to clusters of galaxies 2  »

Christophe Alard
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (Paris, France)

Lecture 2 : Lensing at stellar scale: microlensing

2.1) Basics of microlensing by a stellar object
2.1.1) Lens equation
2.1.2) Equations for the images and amplification
2.1.3) Astrometric effects

2.2) The microlensing experiments
2.2.1) Presentation of the experiments
2.2.2) Optical depth
2.2.3) Lensing rates
2.2.4) The results and constraints on dark matter obtained

Full program at
http://www2.iap.fr/users/alard/cours_lensing.pdf
lundi 17 janvier 2022 - 15:00
Amphithéâtre Henri Mineur, Institut d'Astrophysique
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