Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-01-24
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 306 (1999) 223
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages including 4 figures. Accepted for publication in M.N.R.A.S
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02515.x
The method devised by Lewis et al. (1993) for calculating the light curve of a microlensed point source is expanded to two dimensions to enable the calculation of light curves of extended sources. This method is significantly faster than the ray shooting method that has been used in the past. The increased efficiency is used to obtain much higher resolution light curves over increased timescales. We investigate the signatures arising from different source geometries in a realistic microlensing model. We show that a large fraction of high magnification events (HMEs) in image A of Q2237+0305 involve only one caustic, and could therefore yield information on the structure of the quasar continuum through the recognition of a characteristic event shape. In addition, the cataloguing of HMEs into morphological type will, in theory, enable the direction of the transverse motion, as well as the source size to be obtained from long term monitoring.
Webster Rachel L.
Wyithe Stuart J. B.
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