Event rates and timescale distributions from realistic microlensing models of M31

Details Event rates and timescale distributions from realistic microlensing models of M31 Event rates and timescale distributions from realistic microlensing models of M31

2002-01-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0201054v3

Astrophys.J. 582 (2003) 30

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 6 figures, matches published version

Scientific paper

10.1086/344637

We provide a set of microlensing event rate maps for M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. Rates for M31 microlensing were calculated on the basis of a four component model of the lens and source populations: disk and bulge sources lensed by bulge, disk, M31 halo and Galactic halo lenses. We confirm the high rate gradient along the minor axis of M31 due to a dark halo of lenses. Furthermore, we compute the timescale distributions of events, for both Einstein times and full-width at half-maximum times. We explore how the rate contours and the timescale distributions can be used to measure the shape and extent of the microlensing halo. With one year of twice--weekly sampling, or three observing seasons, a halo MACHO fraction as small as 5% can be detected with modest ground based telescopes.

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