International Conference
The multi-messenger astronomy:
gamma-ray bursts, search for electromagnetic counterparts to
neutrino events and gravitational waves

7-14 October 2018

THESEUS and quasar microlensing Lindita Hamolli, Mimoza Hafizi

Abstract

      Quasar microlensing is called the lensing effect on quasars, caused by compact objects in the mass range 10^-6 ≤ M/M_Sun ≤ 10³, inside a lens galaxy. It is shown that quasar microlensing provides a possibility to probe extragalactic planets in the lens galaxy. THESEUS will observe with a unique combination of huge FOV, angular resolution and sensitivity. We focus on the ability of THESEUS to probe, through quasar microlensing, extragalactic planets.

Reference:
Lindita Hamolli, Mimoza Hafizi "THESEUS and quasar microlensing", in Proceedings of the International Conference "The multi-messenger astronomy: gamma-ray bursts, search for electromagnetic counterparts to neutrino events and gravitational waves", Russia, Nizhnij Arkhyz (SAO RAS), Terskol (BNO INR RAS), October, 7 - 14, 2018, Publishing house SNEG, Pyatigorsk, 2019, ISBN 978-5-6041711-1-0, pp.74-82.
DOI: 10.26119/SAO.2019.1.35513
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