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    Analysing Microlensing Data for Detecting Signal from the Eclipsing Negative-Parity Image by a Giant Lens Star

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Mirpoorian, Navid (Author) ; Rahvar, Sohrab (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Gravitational Microlensing has been used as a powerful tool for astrophysical studies and exoplanet detections. In the gravitational microlensing, we have two images with negative and positive parities. The negative-parity image is a fainter image and is produced at a closer angular separation with respect to the lens star. In the case of a red-giant lens star and large impact parameter of lensing, this image can be eclipsed by the lens star. The result would be dimming the flux receiving from the combination of the source and the lens stars and the light curve resembles to an eclipsing binary system. In this work, we introduce this phenomenon and propose an observational procedure for...