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      AGAPE: a Microlensing Search for Dark Matter by Monitoring Pixels

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          AGAPE is an observational search of massive compact halo objects (MACHOs) in the direction of M31 by means of a novel method: the gravitational microlensing of unresolved stars. The search consists in examining CCD pixel light curves for microlensing features. The high level of temporal stability necessary to detect microlensing events has been achieved, with quiet pixels stable within a factor of two of the photon noise (the brightest ones down to a level of 0.001 mag). The data analysis is still in progress, but hundreds of variable objects (cepheids, novae, ...) have already been found. Among them there are several lightcurves that resemble microlensing events.

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          01 October 1996
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          astro-ph/9610010
          3e579d15-13a9-4f4d-a1e4-a0e756c3962f
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          presented at the International Conference on "Dark and Visible Matter in Galaxies" (Sesto Pusteria, Italy, 2-5 July 1996), 8 pages, 7 figures, uses paspconf.sty, psfig.sty
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