LMC Self-lensing from a new perspective

Details LMC Self-lensing from a new perspective LMC Self-lensing from a new perspective

2004-05-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0405257v2

Astron.Astrophys. 427 (2004) 61-77

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

revised version (minor changes) Accepted for publication in A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20034535

We present a new analysis on the issue of the location of the observed microlensing events in direction of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This is carried out starting from a recently drawn coherent picture of the geometrical structure and dynamics of the LMC disk and by considering different configurations for the LMC bar. In this framework it clearly emerges that the spatial distribution of the events observed so far shows a near--far asymmetry. This turns out to be compatible with the optical depth calculated for the LMC halo objects. In this perspective, our main conclusion, supported by a statistical analysis on the outcome of an evaluation of the microlensing rate, is that self lensing can not account for all the observed events. Finally we propose a general inequality to calculate quickly an upper limit to the optical depth along a line of view through the LMC center.

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