Occultation of microlensed images by circum-lens disks: Implications for surveys

arXiv:2608.24009 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.IM · Submitted 2026-08-25 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.IM

Submitted: 2026-08-25

Updated: 2026-08-25

Terminology

• Microlensing — 31× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accretion Flows — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Gravitational Lensing — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) — 2× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Roman Space Telescope Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey — 2× in this paper
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Anisotropy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Selection Bias — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes

Sources

• Primordial Black Holes
• Physically motivated AGN emissivity profiles and their effects on quasar microlensing signatures. 1. Multi-epoch accretion disc size inference
• Detecting Extra-Solar Planets via Microlensing at High Magnification
• OGLE-IV: Fourth Phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment

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