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astro-ph.CO2023

Constraints on the Abundance of PBHs from X-ray Quasar Microlensing Observations: Substellar to Planetary Mass Range

A. Esteban-Gutiérrez, E. Mediavilla, J. Jiménez-Vicente +1

We use X-ray observations of quasar microlensing (sensitive to smaller compact objects than in the optical) to study the possible presence of a population of low mass black holes (…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 9 cited

Abundance of LIGO/Virgo Black Holes from Microlensing Observations of Quasars with Reverberation Mapping Size Estimates

A. Esteban-Gutiérrez, E. Mediavilla, J. Jiménez-Vicente +3

Assuming a population of Black Holes (BHs) with masses in the range inferred by LIGO/Virgo from BH mergers, we use quasar microlensing observations to estimate their abundances. We…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 7 cited

Limiting the Abundance of LIGO/Virgo Black Holes with Microlensing Observations of Quasars of Finite Size

A. Esteban-Gutiérrez, E. Mediavilla, J. Jiménez-Vicente +3

We present a simple but general argument that strongly limits the abundance of Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) (or other unknown population of compact objects) with masses similar to…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 11 cited

The Impact of the Mass Spectrum of Lenses in Quasar Microlensing Studies. Constraints on a Mixed Population of Primordial Black Holes and Stars

A. Esteban-Gutiérrez, N. Agües-Paszkowsky, E. Mediavilla +3

We show that quasar microlensing magnification statistics induced by a population of point microlenses distributed according to a mass-spectrum can be very well approximated by tha…

astro-ph.CO2016★ 12 cited

Peculiar Transverse Velocities of Galaxies from Quasar Microlensing. Tentative Estimate of the Peculiar Velocity Dispersion at

E. Mediavilla, J. Jimenez-Vicente, J. A. Munoz +1

We propose to use the flux variability of lensed quasar images induced by gravitational microlensing to measure the transverse peculiar velocity of lens galaxies over a wide range…