Journal article
The MACHO Project Large Magellanic Cloud Microlensing Results from the First Two Years and the Nature of the Galactic Dark Halo
Abstract
The MACHO Project is a search for dark matter in the form of massive compact halo objects (MACHOs). Photometric monitoring of millions of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), and Galactic bulge is used to search for gravitational microlensing events caused by these otherwise invisible objects. Analysis of the first 2.1 yr of photometry of 8.5 million stars in the LMC reveals eight candidate microlensing …
Authors
Alcock C; Allsman RA; Alves D; Axelrod TS; Becker AC; Bennett DP; Cook KH; Freeman KC; Griest K; Guern J
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 486, No. 2, pp. 697–726
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Publication Date
September 10, 1997
DOI
10.1086/304535
ISSN
0004-637X