SMILE: Search for MIlli-LEnses

ABSTRACT Dark matter (DM) haloes with masses below ∼108 M⊙, which would help to discriminate between DM models, may be detected through their gravitational effect on distant sources. The same applies to primordial black holes, considered as an alternative scenario to DM particle models. However, the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2021-10, Vol.507 (1), p.L6-L10
Hauptverfasser:	Casadio, C, Blinov, D, Readhead, A C S, Browne, I W A, Wilkinson, P N, Hovatta, T, Mandarakas, N, Pavlidou, V, Tassis, K, Vedantham, H K, Zensus, J A, Diamantopoulos, V, Dolapsaki, K E, Gkimisi, K, Kalaitzidakis, G, Mastorakis, M, Nikolaou, K, Ntormousi, E, Pelgrims, V, Psarras, K
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Astronomy & Astrophysics Physical Sciences Science & Technology
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Zusammenfassung:	ABSTRACT Dark matter (DM) haloes with masses below ∼108 M⊙, which would help to discriminate between DM models, may be detected through their gravitational effect on distant sources. The same applies to primordial black holes, considered as an alternative scenario to DM particle models. However, there is still no evidence for the existence of such objects. With the aim of finding compact objects in the mass range of ∼106–109 M⊙, we search for strong gravitational lenses on milliarcsec scales (
ISSN:	1745-3925 0035-8711 1745-3933 1365-2966
DOI:	10.1093/mnrasl/slab082