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A reading-first guide to gravitational microlensing, from first principles to working with observations.
This guide connects the basic picture of microlensing with the theory and tools used to study light curves. Read in order, or return to a chapter as your understanding grows.
A path through the guide
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Introduction — Understand the idea
available nowA qualitative starting point for the ideas and notation.
- 3–5
Build the theory
in progressDerive magnification and follow its change through time.
- 6–7
Explore and fit
in progressExplore parameters, then fit models to real observations.
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