Quasar microlensing light-curve analysis using deep machine learning
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz868
Abstract: We introduce a deep machine learning approach to studying quasar microlensing light curves for the first time by analyzing hundreds of thousands of simulated light curves with respect to the accretion disc size and temperature… read more here.
Keywords: microlensing light; light curve; deep machine; machine learning ... See more keywords
A quasar microlensing event towards J1249+3449?
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DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slaa140
Abstract: We show that the optical flare event discovered by Graham et al. (2020) towards the active galactic nucleus J1249+3449 is fully consistent with being a quasar microlensing event due to a $\simeq 0.1 M_{\odot}$ star,… read more here.
Keywords: microlensing event; event; j1249 3449; quasar microlensing ... See more keywords