Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-08-21
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 337 (2002) 1017
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05981.x
We investigate the possibility of determining whether microlensing objects towards the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are in a Galactic thick disc, or are in a Galactic halo, by using parallax measurements with an Earth-radius scale baseline. Our method makes use of EAGLE (Extremely Amplified Gravitational LEnsing) events which are microlensing events with an invisible faint source. We show that the rate of EAGLE events is as high as that of normal microlensing events, even if they are caused by dark stars in the Galactic thick disc. We explore the possibility of measuring the parallax effect in EAGLE events towards the LMC by using the {\it Hubble Space Telescope} (HST) or the {\it Very Large Telescope} (VLT). We find that EAGLE events enlarge the opportunity of parallax measurements by $4 \sim 10$ times relative to that in normal microlensing events. We show that the parallax effect can be measured in $\sim75%$ (from the HST) and $\sim 60%$ (from the VLT) of all EAGLE events if most lenses are stars in the Galactic thick or thin disc, while $\sim 20%$ (from the HST) and $\sim 10%$ (from the VLT) can be measured if most lenses are halo MACHOs. In combination with the finite source size effect observations, we can strongly constrain the location of lenses.
Kan-ya Yukitoshi
Sumi Takahiro
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