1999/04/22 by G. Gyuk, Geza Gyuk, Gyuk, Geza +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9904314
4 pages 4 figures, submitted to ApJL, corrected figure typo
openalex publication_date 1999/04/22 · arxiv created 1999/04/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We provide a set of microlensing optical depth maps for M31. Optical depths towards Andromeda were calculated on the basis of a four component model of the lens and source populations: disk and bulge sources lensed by bulge, M31 halo and Galactic halo lenses. We confirm the high optical depth and the strong optical depth gradient along the M31 minor axis due to a dark halo of lenses and also discuss the magnitude of the self-lensing due to the bulge. We explore how the shape of the optical depth maps to M31 vary with the halo parameters core radius and flattening.