Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-08-09
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, no figures, Talk given at the 12th IAP Colloquium: Variable Stars and the Astrophysical Returns of Microlensing Surve
Scientific paper
Follow the big stars! I review the theory of detection and parameter measurement of planetary systems by follow-up observations of ongoing microlensing events. Two parameters can generically be measured from the event itself: the planet/star mass ratio, $q$, and the planet/star separation in units of the Einstein ring. I emphasize the advantages of monitoring events with giant-star sources which are brighter (thus easier to monitor) and bigger (thus offering the prospect of measuring an additional parameter from finite-source effects: the proper motion $\mu$). There is potentially a strong degeneracy between $q$ and $\mu$. I present a simple analytic representation of this degeneracy. I then describe how it can be broken using accurate single-band photometry from observatories around the world, or optical/infrared photometry from a single site, or preferably both. Both types of observations are underway or will be soon. Monitoring of giant-star events seen toward the bulge is also the best way to determine the content and structure of the inner Galaxy.
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