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Predicting Microlensing Rates and Properties in Wide-Field Surveys

Author:
Fournier, Amanda Patrice
Degree Grantor:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Physics
Degree Supervisor:
Rachel Street and Lars Bidsten
Place of Publication:
[Santa Barbara, Calif.]
Publisher:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Creation Date:
2015
Issued Date:
2015
Topics:
Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics, Astrophysics
Keywords:
Simulation
Microlensing
Genres:
Online resources and Dissertations, Academic
Dissertation:
Ph.D.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015
Description:

The rates and properties of out-of-plane microlensing events have been understudied in the past. We seek to remedy this by building a simulation of galactic stars and lensing events, drawing upon numerous up-to-date sources. The resulting code is a well-verified software tool which can be adapted to simulate a wide range of potential survey strategies and parameters. It will be a useful tool for the community to optimize the design of the deep, wide-angle surveys coming on line in the next decades, such as ATLAS, Evryscope, and LSST. In the text, we provide baseline all-sky lensing properties for a deep survey.

Physical Description:
1 online resource (172 pages)
Format:
Text
Collection(s):
UCSB electronic theses and dissertations
ARK:
ark:/48907/f3c24tmd
ISBN:
9781321696035
Catalog System Number:
990045119370203776
Rights:
Inc.icon only.dark In Copyright
Copyright Holder:
Amanda Fournier
File Description
Access: Public access
Fournier_ucsb_0035D_12521.pdf pdf (Portable Document Format)