Journal article
The MACHO project 2nd year LMC microlensing results and dark matter implications
Abstract
The MACHO Project is searching for galactic dark matter in the form of massive compact halo objects (Machos). Millions of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), and Galactic bulge are photometrically monitored in an attempt to detect rare gravitational microlensing events caused by otherwise invisible Machos. Analysis of two years of photometry on 8.5 million stars in the LMC reveals 8 candidate microlensing …
Authors
Pratt MR; Alcock C; Allsman RA; Alves D; Axelrod TS; Becker AC; Bennett DP; Cook KH; Freeman KC; Griest K
Journal
Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 131–140
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 1996
DOI
10.1016/s0920-5632(96)00494-x
ISSN
2405-6014