Microlensing as a probe of the Galactic structure: 20 years of microlensing optical depth studies

M Moniez - General Relativity and Gravitation, 2010 - Springer
Microlensing is now a very popular observational astronomical technique. The
investigations accessible through this effect range from the dark matter problem to the …

Stellar contribution to the Galactic bulge microlensing optical depth

C Han, A Gould - The Astrophysical Journal, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
We estimate the optical depth to self-lensing by stars in the Galactic bulge using the Hubble
Space Telescope star counts of Holtzman et al. and Zoccali et al. as extrapolated by Gould …

The MACHO project: microlensing optical depth toward the galactic bulge from difference image analysis

C Alcock, RA Allsman, DR Alves… - The Astrophysical …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the detection
of 99 events found in our Difference Image Analysis (DIA) survey. This analysis …

The optical gravitational lensing experiment. Catalog of microlensing events in the galactic bulge

A Udalski, K Zebrun, M Szymanski, M Kubiak… - arXiv preprint astro-ph …, 2000 - arxiv.org
We present the Catalog of microlensing events detected toward the Galactic bulge in three
observing seasons, 1997--1999, during the OGLE-II microlensing survey. The search for …

The initial mass function of the inner galaxy measured from OGLE-III microlensing timescales

C Wegg, O Gerhard, M Portail - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We use the timescale distribution of∼ 3000 microlensing events measured by the OGLE-III
survey, together with accurate new made-to-measure dynamical models of the Galactic …

Stochastic distributions of lens and source properties for observed galactic microlensing events

M Dominik - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2006 - academic.oup.com
A comprehensive new approach is presented for deriving probability densities of physical
properties characterizing the lens and source that constitute an observed galactic …

OGLE-2018-BLG-0677Lb: a super-Earth near the Galactic bulge

A Herrera-Martín, MD Albrow, A Udalski… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the analysis of the microlensing event OGLE-2018-BLG-0677. A small feature in
the light curve of the event leads to the discovery that the lens is a star–planet system …

The transverse peculiar velocity of the Q2237+ 0305 lens galaxy and the mean mass of its stars

S Poindexter, CS Kochanek - The Astrophysical Journal, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Using 11 years of OGLE V-band photometry of Q2237+ 0305, we measure the transverse
velocity of the lens galaxy and the mean mass of its stars. We can do so because, for the first …

The EROS2 search for microlensing events towards the spiral arms: the complete seven season results

YR Rahal, C Afonso, JN Albert, J Andersen… - Astronomy & …, 2009 - aanda.org
Aims. The EROS-2 project has been designed to search for microlensing events towards
any dense stellar field. The densest parts of the Galactic spiral arms have been monitored to …

Microlensing optical depth and event rate toward the galactic bulge from 8 yr of OGLE-IV observations

P Mróz, A Udalski, J Skowron… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The number and properties of observed gravitational microlensing events depend on the
distribution and kinematics of stars and other compact objects along the line of sight. In …