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Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics

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Encyclopedia of Astrobiology

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MOA (Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics) is a collaboration of astronomers from New Zealand and Japan that employs the microlensing technique to search for dark matter and exoplanets. The Principal Investigator of the MOA collaboration is Yasushi Muraki of Nagoya University. MOA has contributed to the discovery of nearly all of the planets discovered by microlensing. The MOA 1.8 m telescope is located at Mt. John Observatory on the south island of New Zealand.

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  1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 2138, USA

    David W. Latham

  2. Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

    B. Scott Gaudi

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  1. Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  2. Labo. d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers (OASU), Floirac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  3. Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Inst. Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

  4. Geophysical Lab., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  5. Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    William M. Irvine

  6. Dépt. Sc. de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec, Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Daniele Pinti

  7. Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale (CNES) DPI/E2U, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Latham, D.W., Gaudi, B.S. (2014). Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics. In: Amils, R., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1850-2

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