Limiting the Abundance of LIGO/Virgo Black Holes with Microlensing Observations of Quasars of Finite Size
We present a simple but general argument that strongly limits the abundance of primordial black holes (PBHs) (or other unknown population of compact objects)...
Limits on the Mass and Abundance of Primordial Black Holes from Quasar Gravitational Microlensing
The idea that dark matter can be made of intermediate-mass primordial black holes (PBHs) in the 10 M ⊙ ≲ M ≲ 200 M ⊙ range has recently been reconsidered...
LiteBIRD science goals and forecasts: a full-sky measurement of gravitational lensing of the CMB
We explore the capability of measuring lensing signals in LiteBIRD full-sky polarization maps. With a 30 arcmin beam width and an impressively low polarization...
Long-term Monitoring, Time Delay, and Microlensing in the Gravitational Lens System Q0142-100
We present 12 yr of monitoring of the gravitational lens Q0142-100 from the Teide Observatory. The data, taken from 1999 to 2010, comprise 105 observing nights...
MAGIC detection of sub-TEV emission from gravitationally lensed blazar QSO B0218+357
The blazar QSO B0218+357 is the first gravitationally lensed blazar detected in the very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray spectral range (Ahnen et al...