Microlensing of Quasars
- Microlens-induced variability in multiple quasars can be used to study two cosmological issues of great interest, the size and brightness profile of quasars on one hand, and the distribution of compact (dark) matter along the line of sight on the other. Here a summary is given of recent theoretical progress as well as observational evidence for quasar microlensing, plus a discussion of desired observations and required theoretical studies.
| Author details: | Joachim Wambsganß |
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| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2001 |
| Publication year: | 2001 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/24 |
| Source: | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. - 18 (2001), 2, S. 207 - 210 |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
| Institution name at the time of the publication: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik |
