Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1995-05-30
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, 3 figures, request hard copy of preprint to cheongho@payne.mps.ohio-state.edu
Scientific paper
10.1086/177086
Lunar occultation can be used to measure the proper motions of some of the long time scale microlensing events, $t_{e} \gsim 70$ days, now being detected toward the Galactic bulge. The long events are difficult to explain within the context of standard models of the mass distribution and dynamics of the Galaxy. Han & Gould (1995b) have suggested that they may be due to a kinematically cold population near the Sun. To resolve the mass, distance, and velocity of individual events and so to determine their nature, one must measure parallaxes and proper motions. For long events, parallaxes can be often obtained from ground-based measurements, but proper motions can only rarely be determined using conventional methods. Lunar occultations are therefore key to the understanding of the long events. We carry out realistic simulations to estimate the uncertainty of these measurements and show that proper motions could be measured for about one long event per year.
Gould Andrew
Han Cheongho
Narayanan Vijay K.
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