Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-01-04
Astrophys.J.656:456-461,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
total 6 pages, including 4 figures, ApJ, in press
Scientific paper
10.1086/510347
We explore the usefulness of future gravitational microlensing surveys in the study of binary properties such as the binary fraction and the distributions of binary separation and mass ratio by using the binary sample detectable through a channel of repeating events. For this, we estimate the rate of repeating microlensing eventstoward the Galactic bulge field based on standard models of dynamical and physical distributions of Galactic matter combined with models of binary separation and mass function. From this, we find that the total number of repeating events expected to be detected from $\sim 4$-year space-based surveys will be $\sim 200$--400, that is $\sim 40$--50 times higher than the rate of current surveys. We find that the high detection rate is due to the greatly improved sensitivity to events associated with faint source stars and low-magnification events. We find that the separation range of the binaries to be covered by the repeating events will extend up to 100 AU. Therefore, the future lensing surveys will provide a homogeneous sample that will allow to investigate the statistical properties of Galactic binaries unbiased by brightness of the binary components.
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