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作为源视星等函数的微透镜光学深度

Microlensing optical depth as a function of source apparent magnitude

Alexander Wood

摘要:

测量微透镜光学深度,τ,对银河系隆起似乎取决于所使用的方法来获得它们。这些基于红团巨星(RCG)透镜效应的值似乎明显低于基于视线上所有恒星透镜效应的值。这一差异仍未得到理解。通过蒙特卡罗模拟,发现这一差异不能用两种方法的通量限制来解释。除了13.5 <~ I_0 <~ 15.5的范围外,当I_0 >~ 13.0时,光学厚度一般是源视星等的常数。这里检测到许多RCG,导致tau的显著振荡。这种振荡的幅度是银河系横杠倾斜角度的函数,theta_bar,因此可能受到限制。另一个限制来自tau与theta_bar的类似依赖性:将预测趋势与测量值结合起来提供1-sigma上限,这排除了GLIMPSE和EROS调查最近报告的大条形角。来自EROS-2的最新调查数据似乎显示了预测的τ振荡,尽管目前的重要性很低。然而,另一个迹象来自EROS-2事件计数,它显示出明显的倾向于较暗的震级。

英文摘要:

Measurements of the microlensing optical depth, tau, towards the Galactic bulge appear to depend on the method used to obtain them. Those values based on the lensing of red clump giants (RCGs) appear to be significantly lower than those based on the lensing of all stars along the line of sight. This discrepancy is still not understood. Through Monte Carlo simulations, it is found that the discrepancy cannot be explained by a dependance on the flux limits of the two methods. The optical depth is expected to be generally constant as a function of source apparent magnitude for I_0 >~ 13.0, except in the range 13.5 <~ I_0 <~ 15.5. Here many RCGs are detected, causing a significant oscillation in tau. The amplitude of this oscillation is a function of the inclination angle of the Galactic bar, theta_bar, which may thus be constrained. A further constraint comes from a similar dependance of tau with theta_bar: combining the predicted trends with the measured values provides 1-sigma upper limits, which exclude the large bar angles recently reported by the GLIMPSE and EROS surveys. The latest survey data from EROS-2 appear to show the predicted tau oscillation, though currently at a low significance. However, a further sign comes from EROS-2 event counts, which show a clear skew towards fainter magnitudes.

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