Extended Source Diffraction Effects Near Gravitational Lens Fold Caustics

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2002-11-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0211607v2

Astrophys.J.594:456-463,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

19 pages including 17 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ, Minor conceptual change from previous version

Scientific paper

10.1086/376896

Calculations are presented detailing the gravitational lens diffraction due to the steep brightness gradient of the limb of a stellar source. The lensing case studied is the fold caustic crossing. The limb diffraction signal greatly exceeds that due to the disk as a whole and should be detectable for white dwarf sources in our Galaxy and it's satellites with existing telescopes. Detection of this diffraction signal would provide an additional mathematical constraint, reducing the degeneracy among models of the lensing geometry. The diffraction pattern provides pico-arcsecond resolution of the limb profile.

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