A new analysis of the MEGA M31 microlensing events

Details A new analysis of the MEGA M31 microlensing events A new analysis of the MEGA M31 microlensing events

2006-10-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0610239v1

Astron.Astrophys.462:895,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20065851

We discuss the results of the MEGA microlensing campaign towards M31. Our analysis is based on an analytical evaluation of the microlensing rate, taking into account the observational efficiency as given by the MEGA collaboration. In particular, we study the spatial and time duration distributions of the microlensing events for several mass distribution models of the M31 bulge. We find that only for extreme models of the M31 luminous components it is possible to reconcile the total observed MEGA events with the expected self-lensing contribution. Nevertheless, the expected spatial distribution of self-lensing events is more concentrated and hardly in agreement with the observed distribution. We find it thus difficult to explain all events as being due to self-lensing alone. On the other hand, the small number of events does not yet allow to draw firm conclusions on the halo dark matter fraction in form of MACHOs.

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