Qualitative aspects of quasar microlensing with two mass components : Magnification patterns and probability distributions
- It has been conjectured that the distribution of magnifications of a point source microlensed by a randomly distributed population of intervening point masses is independent of its mass spectrum. We present gedanken experiments that cast doubt on this conjecture and numerical simulations that show it to be false
| Author details: | P. L. Schechter, Joachim Wambsganss, G. F. Lewis |
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| ISSN: | 0004-637X |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2004 |
| Publication year: | 2004 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/24 |
| Source: | Astrophysical Journal. - ISSN 0004-637X. - 613 (2004), 1, S. 77 - 85 |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access |
| Institution name at the time of the publication: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik |
