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Microlensing of Blended Stellar Images

Microlensing of Blended Stellar Images

A popular model of single microlensing light curves neglects the possibility that only a fraction of the light is due to the lensed star, the remaining part being due to a close, unresolved blend, which may be related or unrelated to the lens. Unfortunately, the effects of blending are significant, …