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Scintillations And Microlensing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

D.B. Melrose*
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney

Abstract

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It is shown how the theory of scintillation may be applied to treat gravitational lensing. The theory is applied to microlensing by a system of N point masses. It is shown that scintillation theory reproduces a known result for the angular broadening due to multiple microlensing. Some unresolved differences between scintillation and microlensing theories for intensity fluctuations are pointed out.

Type
Chapter 8: Quasar Structure & Microlensing
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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