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Maximal lensing: mass constraints on point lens configurations |
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| Authors: | Johann Bayer Charles C Dyer |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St., Toronto, ON, M5S 1A7, Canada;(2) Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St. George St., Toronto, ON, M5S 3H4, Canada |
| Abstract: | We set constraints and an upper bound on the masses required for a configuration of n point lenses to produce the maximum of 5n − 5 images of a distant source. We show how this result can be used to detect and constrain the mass of planets or brown dwarfs in multiple-star systems. |
| Keywords: | Gravitation Gravitational lenses Multiple images Maximal lensing |
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