The velocity dispersion of the caustic network due to random motion of individual stars in the lensing galaxy

Details The velocity dispersion of the caustic network due to random motion of individual stars in the lensing galaxy The velocity dispersion of the caustic network due to random motion of individual stars in the lensing galaxy

Jun 1993

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 409, no. 2, p. 537-547.

Physics

Optics

11

Caustics (Optics), Gravitational Lenses, Stellar Motions, Velocity Distribution, Astronomical Models, Galactic Rotation

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We present a method of computing the velocity distribution of the caustic network due to the random motion of stars in the lensing galaxy. This method is illustrated on the example of the two-point mass lens and then applied to a large sample of stars. We conclude that the proper motion of the stars increases significantly the frequency of the high magnification events in comparison with a static lens configuration with constant stream or constant bulk velocity. The stream velocity is the velocity of the star field relative to the global bulk velocity of the galaxy. We show that the global bulk and the stream velocity of the star field have to be considered separately for any microlensing situation. The higher the surface mass density of the stars in the lensing galaxy, the higher the influence of proper motion of stars on the statistics of high magnification events. The influence of a Gaussian velocity distribution of the stars in the lensing galaxy compared with a constant stream velocity of the stars increases the number of high magnification events by a factor 1.30 +/- 0.06 for a normalized surface density of the stars cr = 0.1 and by a factor 1.7 +/- 0.1 for sigma = 0.5. This means that for some microlensing situations the proper motion of the stars in a lensing galaxy has to be considered for exact microlensing predictions.

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