5 papers
An Updated SynthPop Model for Microlensing Simulations I: Model Description & Evaluation
Macy J. Huston, Alison L. Crisp, Marz Newman +21
The optimization and interpretation of microlensing surveys depends on having an accurate model of the Milky Way. However, existing population synthesis Galactic modeling tools oft…
Astrometric microlensing probes of the isolated neutron star population with Roman
Zofia Kaczmarek, Abby Halasi-Kun, Peter McGill +2
Notoriously hard to detect and study, isolated neutron stars (NS) could provide valuable answers to fundamental questions about stellar evolution and explosion physics. With the up…
Hints of an Anomalous Lens Population towards the Galactic Bulge
Scott E. Perkins, Peter McGill, William A. Dawson +4
The dark and dynamic parts of the Galaxy, including the bulk shape and movement of the Galactic Bulge and characteristics of dark compact object populations, such as a hypothetical…
On Finding Black Holes in Photometric Microlensing Surveys
Zofia Kaczmarek, Peter McGill, Scott E. Perkins +5
There are expected to be millions of isolated black holes in the Galaxy resulting from the death of massive stars. Measuring the abundance and properties of this remnant population…
popclass: a python package for classifying microlensing events
Greg Sallaberry, Zofia Kaczmarek, Peter McGill +3
popclass is a python package that provides a flexible, probabilistic framework for classifying the lens of a gravitational microlensing event. popclass allows a user to match chara…