articleAstronomy and AstrophysicsApr 24, 2007BRONZE OA

Limits on the Macho content of the Galactic Halo from the EROS-2 Survey of the Magellanic Clouds

PTP. TisserandLLL. Le GuillouCAC. AfonsoJNJ. N. AlbertJAJ. Andersen

Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives · CEA Paris-Saclay · +8 more institutions

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Abstract

Aims. The EROS-2 project was designed to test the hypothesis that massive compact halo objects (the so-called “machos”) could be a major component of the dark matter halo of the Milky Way galaxy. To this end, EROS-2 monitored over 6.7 years stars in the Magellanic clouds for microlensing events caused by such objects.

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  • PT
    P. TisserandCorresponding

    Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, CEA Paris-Saclay

  • LL
    L. Le Guillou

    CEA Paris-Saclay, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

  • CA
    C. Afonso

    CEA Paris-Saclay, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

  • JN
    J. N. Albert

    Université Paris-Sud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris Cité

  • JA
    J. Andersen

    University of Copenhagen

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  • Gravitational microlensing
  • Milky Way
  • Halo
  • Galactic halo
  • Large Magellanic Cloud
  • Dark matter
  • Stars
  • Dark matter halo
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