Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-11-15
CNU-A&SS-12/08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
total 6 pages, including 5 Figures and no Table, submitted to MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03293.x
Detection of caustic crossings of binary-lens gravitational microlensing events is important because by detecting them one can obtain useful information both about the lens and source star. In this paper, we compute the distribution of the intervals between two successive caustic crossings, $f(t_{\rm cc})$, for Galactic bulge binary-lens events to investigate the observational strategy for the optimal detection and resolution of caustic crossings. From this computation, we find that the distribution is highly skewed toward short $t_{\rm cc}$ and peaks at $t_{\rm cc}\sim 1.5$ days. For the maximal detection of caustic crossings, therefore, prompt initiation of followup observations for intensive monitoring of events will be important. We estimate that under the strategy of the current followup observations with a second caustic-crossing preparation time of $\sim 2$ days, the fraction of events with resolvable caustic crossing is $\sim 80%$. We find that if the followup observations can be initiated within 1 day after the first caustic crossing by adopting more aggressive observational strategies, the detection rate can be improved into $\sim 90%$.
Han Cheongho
Lee Yong-Sam
Park Seong-Hong
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