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The Anomaly in the Candidate Microlensing Event PA-99-N2
AGAPE Collaboration, J. H. An, N. W. Evans +14
The lightcurve of PA-99-N2, one of the recently announced microlensing candidates towards M31, shows small deviations from the standard Paczynski form. We explore a number of possi…
Theory of pixel lensing towards M31 -- II. The velocity anisotropy and flattening of the MACHO distribution
AGAPE Collaboration, E. Kerins, J. An +11
The POINT-AGAPE collaboration is currently searching for massive compact halo objects (MACHOs) towards the Andromeda galaxy (M31). The survey aims to exploit the high inclination o…
The Point-Agape survey: 4 high signal-to-noise ratio microlensing candidates detected towards M31
S. Paulin-Henriksson, P. Baillon, A. Bouquet +12
We have carried out a survey of the Andromeda galaxy for unresolved microlensing (pixel lensing). We present a subset of four short timescale, high signal-to-noise microlensing can…
A Candidate M31/M32 Intergalactic Microlensing Event
S. Paulin-Henriksson, P. Baillon, A. Bouquet +13
We report the discovery of a microlensing candidate projected 2'54" from the center of M32, on the side closest to M31. The blue color (R-I= 0.00 +/- 0.14) of the source argues str…
Microlensing search towards M31
S. Calchi Novati, G. Iovane, A. A. Marino +26
We present the first results of the analysis of data collected during the 1998-99 observational campaign at the 1.3 meter McGraw-Hill Telescope, towards the Andromeda galaxy (M31),…
A Short Timescale Candidate Microlensing Event in the POINT-AGAPE Pixel Lensing Survey of M31
M. Auriere, P. Baillon, A. Bouquet +14
We report the discovery of a short-duration microlensing candidate in the northern field of the POINT-AGAPE pixel lensing survey towards M31. The full-width half-maximum timescale…
AGAPEROS: Searches for microlensing in the LMC with the Pixel Method. I. Data treatment and pixel light curves production
A. -L. Melchior
Recent surveys monitoring millions of light curves of resolved stars in the LMC have discovered several microlensing events. Unresolved stars could however significantly contribute…
AGAPE: a search for dark matter towards M31 by microlensing effects on unresolved stars
R. Ansari, M. Aurière, P. Baillon +13
M31 is a very tempting target for a microlensing search of compact objects in galactic haloes. It is the nearest large galaxy, it probably has its own dark halo, and its tilted pos…
AGAPE, an experiment to detect MACHO's in the direction of the Andromeda galaxy
R. Ansari, M. Auriére, P. Baillon +12
The status of the Agape experiment to detect Machos in the direction of the andromeda galaxy is presented.
Microlensing of Unresolved Stars as a Brown Dwarf Detection Method
Alain Bouquet, Jean Kaplan, Anne-Laure Melchior +2
We describe a project of brown dwarf detection in the dark halo of a galaxy using the microlensing effect. We argue that monitoring pixels instead of stars could provide an enhance…