Galactic Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS-2

We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Light curves of $5.6\times 10^{6}$ clump-giant stars distributed over $66 \deg^2$ of the Bulge were monitored during seven Bulge seasons. 120 events were found with apparent amplifications greater than 1.6 and Einstein radius crossing times in the range $5 {\rm d}

Keywords:

• Bulge
• Gravitational microlensing
• Einstein radius
• Astrophysics
• Light curve
• Stars
• Latitude
• Physics
• Optical depth

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