MAssive Compact Halo Objects(MACHOs)

• Search for microlensing towards LMC, SMC

• When a “Jupiter” passes the line of sight, the background star brightens

MACHO & EROS collab.

Joint limit astro-ph/9803082

• Need non-baryonic dark matter in halo

• Primordial BH of ~M_ ?

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