The detection of gravitational microlensing anomalies

The detection and measurability of microlensing anomalies including planet detection, resolved source, blending and parallax effects are investigated by way of an extensive computer simulation as a function of the observation strategy. The most efficient strategy has a planet detection probability exceeding 753 for the most favourable binary geometry, while results for typical event follow up and survey observations agree well with previous work. A complex dependence of planet detection on the resolved source radius is discovered leading to a possible increase in the probability of detecting planets with mass ratios smaller than q = 10⁻³

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Astronomy

Year dc:date.issued

1999

Author dc:creator

• Vermaak, Pierre le Roux

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Menzies, John
• Warner, Brian

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21709

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/21709