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Simulating quasar microlensing light curves: High magnification events
Favio Neira, Timo Anguita, Georgios Vernardos
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21973 https://

Simulating quasar microlensing light curves: High magnification events
Quasar microlensing can be used to constrain important astrophysical properties, such as the accretion disk size and the amount of stars in the lensing galaxy. The associated brightness variations over time, in particular high magnification events (HMEs) and caustic crossings, can yield precise constraints due to their strong dependence on the relative projected velocities of the components and accretion disk size. The next generation of large sky area surveys, such as The Vera Rubin Observator…