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most citedThe MACHO Project: Microlensing Results from 5.7 Years of LMC Observations

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astro-ph.GA2009★ 2 cited

The MACHO Project HST Follow-Up: The Large Magellanic Cloud Microlensing Source Stars

C. A. Nelson, A. J. Drake, K. H. Cook +21

We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) WFPC2 photometry of 13 microlensed source stars from the 5.7 year Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) survey conducted by the MACHO Project. The mi…

gr-qc2003★ 5 cited

Upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134

B. Allen, G. Woan

The first science run of the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors presented the opportunity to test methods of searching for gravitational waves from known pulsars. Here we pr…

astro-ph2003★ 110 cited

The MACHO Project Large Magellanic Cloud variable star inventory. XI. Frequency analysis of the fundamental mode RR Lyrae stars

C. Alcock, D. R. Alves, A. Becker +20

We have frequency analyzed 6391 variables classified earlier as fundamental mode RR Lyrae (RR0) stars in the MACHO database on the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The overwhelming ma…

astro-ph2002★ 110 cited

Variability-Selected Quasars in MACHO Project Magellanic Cloud Fields

M. Geha, C. Alcock, R. A. Allsman +22

We present 47 spectroscopically-confirmed quasars discovered behind the Magellanic Clouds identified via photometric variability in the MACHO database. Thirty-eight quasars lie beh…

astro-ph2002

MACHO Project Analysis of the Galactic Bulge Microlensing Events with Clump Giants as Sources

P. Popowski, T. Vandehei, K. Griest +19

We present preliminary results of the analysis of 5 years of MACHO data on the Galactic bulge microlensing events with clump giants as sources. This class of events allows one to o…

astro-ph2002★ 34 cited

The MACHO Project LMC Variable Star Inventory: XII. Three Cepheid Variables in Eclipsing Binaries

C. Alcock, R. A. Allsman, D. R. Alves +22

We present a method for solving the lightcurve of an eclipsing binary system which contains a Cepheid variable as one of its components as well as the solutions for three eclipsing…