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Microlensing Diagnosis in Lensed Quasars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2010

V. Motta ,
E. Mediavilla ,
E. E. Falco  and
J. A. Muñoz
V. Motta
Affiliation:
Departamento de Fisica y Astronomia, Universidad de Valparaiso, Avda. Gran Bretaña 1111, Valparaiso, Chile email: vmotta@dfa.uv.cl
E. Mediavilla
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, V'ia Láctea s/n, La Laguna, Tenerife, España email: emg@iac.es
E. E. Falco
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Whipple Observatory, Amado, Arizona, USA email: falco@cfa.harvard.edu
J. A. Muñoz
Affiliation:
Departament d'Astronomia i Astrofisica, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Valencia, España email: jmunoz@uv.es
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Simple gravitational lens models usually suffice to reproduce the positions of lensed quasar images, but they have problems to reproduce their optical flux ratios. The so-called flux ratio anomalies are thought to be produced by small-scale structure in the lens galaxies (microlensing).

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Highlights H15: Highlights of Astronomy , November 2009 , pp. 77
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