# SPEEDING UP LOW-MASS PLANETARY MICROLENSING SIMULATIONS AND MODELING: THE CAUSTIC REGION OF INFLUENCE

@article{Penny2014SPEEDINGUL,
title={SPEEDING UP LOW-MASS PLANETARY MICROLENSING SIMULATIONS AND MODELING: THE CAUSTIC REGION OF INFLUENCE},
author={Matthew T. Penny},
journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
year={2014},
volume={790}
}
• M. Penny
• Published 5 November 2013
• Physics, Geology
• The Astrophysical Journal
Extensive simulations of planetary microlensing are necessary both before and after a survey is conducted: before to design and optimize the survey and after to understand its detection efficiency. The major bottleneck in such computations is the computation of light curves. However, for low-mass planets, most of these computations are wasteful, as most light curves do not contain detectable planetary signatures. In this paper, I develop a parameterization of the binary microlens that is…

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