Microlensing by Compact Objects associated to Gas Clouds

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2001-11-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0111079v1

Astron.Astrophys. 382 (2002) 6-16

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages with 4 figures. Accepted by A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20011602

We investigate gravitational microlensing of point-like lenses surrounded by diffuse gas clouds. Besides gravitational bending, one must also consider refraction and absorption phenomena. According to the cloud density, the light curves may suffer small to large deviations from Paczynski curves, up to complete eclipses. Moreover, the presence of the cloud endows this type of microlensing events with a high chromaticity and absorption lines recognizable by spectral analysis. It is possible that these objects populate the halo of our galaxy, giving a conspicuous contribution to the fraction of the baryonic dark matter. The required features for the extension and the mass of the cloud to provide appreciable signatures are also met by several astrophysical objects.

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