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Results from the EROS Microlensing Search for Dark Matter: Not Enough Stellar Mass Machos in the
Galactic Halo
The
EROS search for galactic dark matter through microlensing, now in its second
phase, has been monitoring over 30 million stars in the Magellanic Clouds since
1996. I will describe results obtained
from this search, including the most recent ones that indicate that the
galactic halo cannot be fully comprised of objects lighter than 10 solar
masses. I will compare these results to
those recently presented by the MACHO group, and will discuss the prospects for
choosing between the different possible interpretations, i.e. what fraction of
the microlensing events are due to halo or Magellanic Cloud lenses.