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Maximal lensing: mass constraints on point lens configurations

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We set constraints and an upper bound on the masses required for a configuration of n point lenses to produce the maximum of 5n − 5 images of a distant source. We show how this result can be used to detect and constrain the mass of planets or brown dwarfs in multiple-star systems.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St., Toronto, ON, M5S 1A7, Canada

    Johann Bayer

  2. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St. George St., Toronto, ON, M5S 3H4, Canada

    Charles C. Dyer

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10714-008-0741-2.

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Bayer, J., Dyer, C.C. Maximal lensing: mass constraints on point lens configurations. Gen Relativ Gravit 39, 1413–1418 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-007-0463-x

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