- Dark Matter and Dark Energy Problems: Modified gravity approach.
- Extra-Solar Planet Observation by gravitational microlensing, Astrophysical applications of microlensing.
Positions Held
Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology,
Professor of Astrophysics and Cosmology
2009-now: Associate member of International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Awards
2012- Distinguished researcher of Sharif University of Technology
2002- Gold medal of Al-Khawrazmi young researcher
Recent Publications
Simulation of optical interstellar scintillation
Habibi, F.; Moniez, M.; Ansari, R.; Rahvar, S.
(2013), A&A, 552, A93
EMCCD photometry reveals two new variable stars in the crowded central region of the globular cluster NGC 6981,
J. Skottfelt et al and S. Rahvar, (2013), A&A, 553, A111
Estimating the parameters of globular cluster M 30 (NGC 7099) from time-series photometry
N. Kains et al. & S. Rahvar, (2013), A&A, 555, A36
A detailed census of variable stars in the globular cluster NGC 6333 (M9) from CCD differential photometry
A. Arellano Ferro et al. & S. Rahvar
(2013), MNRAS, 434, 1220
High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing. V. WASP-15 and WASP-16
J. Southworth et al. & S. Rahvar
(2013), MNRAS, 434, 1300
Studying wave optics in the light curves of exoplanet microlensing
A. Mehrabi & S. Rahvar
(2013), MNRAS, 431, 1264
MOA-2010-BLG-311: A Planetary Candidate below the Threshold of Reliable Detection
J. C. Yee, et al. and S. Rahvar
(2013), ApJ, 769, 77
Microlensing Discovery of a Population of Very Tight, Very Low Mass Binary Brown Dwarfs
J. Y. Choi et al. and S. Rahvar
2013, ApJ, 768, 129
A giant planet beyond the snow line in microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0251
N. Kains et al and S. Rahvar
(2013), A&A, 552, A70
Flux and color variations of the doubly imaged quasar UM673â
D. Ricci et al. and S. Rahvar
(2013), A&A, 551, A104
MOA-2010-BLG-523: "Failed Planet" = RS CVn Star
A. Gould et al. and S. Rahvar
(2013), ApJ, 763, 141
MOA-2010-BLG-073L: An M-dwarf with a Substellar Companion at the Planet/Brown Dwarf Boundary
R. A. Street, et al and S. Rahvar
(2013), ApJ, 763, 67
The transiting system GJ1214: high-precision defocused transit observations and a search for evidence of transit timing variation
K. B. Harpsøe et al and S. Rahvar
(2013), A&A, 549, A10
High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing. IV. Confirmation of the huge radius of WASP-17b
Southworth, J. et al and S. Rahvar
accepted in MNRAS (2012): arXiv: 1207.5797
Characterizing Lenses and Lensed Stars of High-Magnification Gravitational Microlensing Events With Lenses Passing Over Source Stars,
J.-Y. Choi et al and S. Rahvar (2012) Astrophys. J. 751, 41: arXiv: 1111.4032
MOA-2010-BLG-477Lb: constraining the mass of a microlensing planet from microlensing parallax, orbital motion and detection of blended light
E. Bachelet et al and Rahvar, S., (2012) ApJ 754, 73 : arXiv: 1205.6323
OGLE-2008-BLG-510: first automated real-time detection of a weak microlensing anomaly - brown dwarf or stellar binary?
Bozza V. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2012) MNRAS tmp 3276B : arXiv: 1203.1291
Microlensing Binaries Discovered through High-Magnification Channel, I.-G. Shin et al and S. Rahvar, (2012) ApJ 746, 127: arXiv: 1109.3295
Simulation of a strategy for the pixel lensing of M87 using the Hubble Space Telescope, Sedighe Sajadian, Sohrab Rahvar,
(2012) Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc , 419, 124
arXiv: 1108.4187
Long-range correlation in cosmic microwave background radiation,
Movahed, M.S., F. Ghasemi,S. Rahvar, M.R.R Tabar
(2011) Phys Rev E 84, 1103
Discovery and Mass Measurements of a Cold, 10 Earth Mass Planet and Its Host Star,
Muraki, Y et al. and Rahvar, S,, (2011) Astrophys.J. 741, 22: arXiv: 1106.2160
MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb: a massive planet orbiting an M dwarf,
Batista, V. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2011) Astron. Astrophys. 529, 102: arXiv: 1102.0558
A Sub-Saturn Mass Planet, MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb,
Miyake, N. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2011) Astrophys.J. 728, 120:arXiv: 1010.1809
A much lower density for the transiting extrasolar planet WASP-7,
Southworth, J. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2011) Astron. Astrophys. 527, 8: arXiv: 1012.5181
Flux and color variations of the quadruply imaged quasar HE 0435-1223,
Ricci, D. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2011) Astron. Astrophys. 528,42: arXiv: 1101.3664
Compact object detection in self-lensing binary systems with a main-sequence star,
Rahvar, S.; Mehrabi, A.; Dominik, M.
(2011) Mon .Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 410, 912: arXiv: 1008.1033
Searching for Galactic hidden gas through interstellar scintillation: results from a test with the NTT-SOFI detector
Habibi, F.; Moniez, M.; Ansari, R.; Rahvar, S.
(2011) Astron. Astrophys. 525, 108: arXiv: 1010.4616
Structure formation in f(R) gravity: a distinguishing probe between the dark energy and modified gravity
Baghram, Sh., Rahvar, S.
(2010) JCAP 12, 008: arXiv: 1004.3360
High-precision photometry by telescope defocusing - III. The transiting planetary system WASP-2
Southworth, J. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2010) Mon .Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 408,1680:arXiv: 1006.4464
OGLE-2009-BLG-092/MOA-2009-BLG-137: A Dramatic Repeating Event with the Second Perturbation Predicted by Real-time Analysis
Ryu, Y.-H. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2010) Astrophys.J. 723, 81
: arXiv: 1009.0338
Illuminating hot Jupiters in caustic crossing
S., Sedighe; Rahvar, S.
(2010) Mon .Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 407, 373
: arXiv: 1004.3907
Frequency of Solar-like Systems and of Ice and Gas Giants Beyond the Snow Line from High-magnification Microlensing Events in 2005-2008
Gould, A. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2010) Astrophys.J. 720, 1073
: arXiv: 1001.0572
Realisation of a fully-deterministic microlensing observing strategy for inferring planet populations
Dominik, M. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2010) Astronomische Nachrichten 331, 671
OGLE 2008-BLG-290: an accurate measurement of the limb darkening of a galactic bulge K Giant spatially resolved by microlensing
Fouque, P. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2010) Astron. Astrophys. 518, 51
: arXiv: 1005.0966
Observational Constraints on the Modified Gravity Model (MOG) Proposed by Moffat: Using the Magellanic System
Haghi, H., Rahvar, S.
(2010) IJTP 49, 1004
:arXiv: 1002.3136
Consistency Condition of Spherically Symmetric Solutions in f(R) Gravity
Saffari, R., Rahvar, S.
(2009) Mod. Phys. Lett A. 24, 305
: arXiv: 0710.5635
Inverse problem: Reconstruction of the modified gravity action in the Palatini formalism by supernova type Ia data
Baghram, Sh., Rahvar, S.
(2009) Phys Rev D.. 80l4049
: arXiv: 0912.2410
Physical Properties of the 0.94-Day Period Transiting Planetary System WASP-18
Southworth, J. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2009) Astrophys.J. 707, 167: arXiv: 0910.4875
Magellanic Stream: A possible tool for studying dark halo model
Haghi, H., Zonoozi, A. H., Rahvar, S.
(2009) New Astronomy 14, 692
High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing - II. The transiting planetary system WASP-4
Southworth, J. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2009) Mon .Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 399, 287
:arXiv: 0907.3356
Observational tests of a two parameter power-law class modified gravity in Palatini formalism
Baghram, Sh., Movahed, M. S., Rahvar, S.
(2009) Phys. Rev D 80f4003B
:arXiv: 0904.4390
High-precision photometry by telescope defocusing - I. The transiting planetary system WASP-5
Southworth, J. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2009) Mon .Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 396, 1023
:arXiv: 0903.2139
The EROS2 search for microlensing events towards the spiral arms: the complete seven season results
Rahal, Y. et al. and Rahvar, S.
(2009) Astron. Astrophys. 500,1027 (high lighted)
arXiv: 0901.1325
Two component baryonic dark matter structure formation in top-hat model
Malekjani, M.; Rahvar, S.; Jassur, D. M. Z.
(2009) New Astronomy 14, 398: arXiv: 0706.3773
Observational Constraints with Recent Data on the DGP Modified Gravity
Movahed, M. S., Farhang, M., Rahvar, S.
(2009) IJTP 48, 1203 :arXiv: astro-ph/0701339
Spherical Collapse in Modified Newtonian Dynamics
Malekjani, M.; Rahvar, S.; Haghi, H.
(2009) Astrophys.J. 694,1220
arXiv: 0811.1833
Planetary microlensing signals from the orbital motion of the source star around the common barycentre
Rahvar, S.; Dominik, M.
(2009) Mon .Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 392,1193
: arXiv: 0810.3915
f(R) gravity: From the Pioneer anomaly to cosmic acceleration
Saffari, R., Rahvar, S.
(2008) Phys Rev D 77, 104028
:arXiv: 0708.1482
An Inverse f(R) Gravitation for Cosmic Speed up, and Dark Energy Equivalent
Rahvar, Sohrab; Sobouti, Yousef
(2008) Mod Phys Letter A. 23, 1929
:arXiv: 0704.0680
Consistency of $f(R)=\sqrt{R^2-R_0^2}$ gravity with cosmological observations in the Palatini formalism
Movahed, M. S., Baghram, S., Rahvar, S.
(2007) Phys Rev D76, 044008
:arXiv: 0705.0889
Modified gravity with $f(R)=\sqrt{R^2-R_0^2}$
Baghram, S., Farhang, M., Rahvar, S.
(2007) Phys Rev D75, 044024
:arXiv: astro-ph/0701013
Power-law parametrized quintessence model
Rahvar, S., Movahed, M. S.
(2007) Phys Rev D75, 023512
: arXiv: astro-ph/0604206
Characteristic angular scales in cosmic microwave background radiation
Ghasemi, F., Bahraminasab, A., Movahed, M. S.; Rahvar, S. Sreenivasan, K. R.; Rahimi Tabar, M. R.
(2006) J.Stat.Mech 0611:P11008
:arXiv: astro-ph/0312227
The Magellanic Stream in Modified Newtonian Dynamics
Haghi, H., Rahvar, S., Hasani-Zonooz, A.
(2006) Astrophys.J. 652:354
: arXiv: astro-ph/0606246
Observational constraints on a variable dark energy model
Movahed, M. S. Rahvar, S.
(2006) Phys Rev D 73, 083518
: arXiv: astro-ph/0509082
Multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis of sunspot time series
Movahed, M. S., Jafari, G. R.; Ghasemi, F.; Rahvar, S., Rahimi Tabar, M. R.
(2006) J. Stat. Mech.0602:P02003
A Parametrized Variable Dark Energy Model:. Structure Formation and Observational Constraints
Arbabi-Bidgoli, S., Movahed, M. S., Rahvar, S.
(2006) Int. J. Mod. Phys.D1 5:1455
: arXiv: astro-ph/0508323
Constraining galactic models through parallax and astrometry of microlensing events
Rahvar, S.; Ghassemi, S.
(2005) Astron. Astrophys. 438, 153
:arXiv: astro-ph/0412332
Microlensing by halo MACHOs with a spatially varying mass function
Rahvar, S.
Mon .Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 356 (2005) 1127
: arXiv: astro-ph/0404581
Dynamics of Inflationary Cosmology in Tvsd Model
Nasseri, F., Rahvar, S.
(2005) Mod Phys Letter A 20, 2467
arXiv: astro-ph/0212371
Possibility of Magnetic Mass Detection by the Next Generation of Microlensing Experiments
Rahvar, S., Habibi, F.
(2004), Astrophys.J. 610, 673
: arXiv: astro-ph/0311242
Statistical interpretation of Large Magellanic Cloud microlensing candidates
Rahvar, S.
(2004) Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc.347, 213
arXiv: astro-ph/0309051
Study of a strategy for parallax microlensing detection towards the Magellanic Clouds
Rahvar, S.; Moniez, M.; Ansari, R.; Perdereau, O.
(2003) Astron.Astrophys. 412, 81
: arXiv: astro-ph/0210563
Gravitational microlensing in NUT space
Rahvar, S., Nouri-Zonoz M.
(2003) Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 338, 926
: arXiv: astro-ph/0204282
Density Contrast-Peculiar Velocity Relation in the Newtonian Gauge
Rahvar, S.
(2003) Int. J. Mod. Phys. D12, 79
arXiv: astro-ph/0104239
EROS/MACHO Gravitational Microlensing Events Toward LMC in Evans Halo Model
Rahvar, S.
(2003) Int. J. Mod. Phys. D12, 45
arXiv: astro-ph/0203037
Chaotic Inflation with Time-Variable Space Dimensions
Nasseri, F., Rahvar, S.
(2002), Int.J.Mod.Phys. D 11, 511
arXiv: gr-qc/0008044
General Relativistic Relation between Density Contrast and Peculiar Velocity
Mansouri, R., Rahvar, S.
(2002) Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 11, 321
A Giant Planet beyond the Snow Line in Microlensing Event OGLE-2011-BLG-0251, N. Kains, R. Street, J.-Y. Choi, C. Han, A. Udalski, L. A. Almeida, F. Jablonski, P. Tristram, U. G. Jorgensen, M. K. Szymanski, M. Kubiak, G. Pietrzynski, I. Soszynski, R. Poleski, S. Kozlowski, P. Pietrukowicz, K. Ulaczyk, L. Wyrzykowski, J. Skowron, K.A. Alsubai, V. Bozza, P. Browne, M.J. Burgdorf, S. Calchi Novati, P. Dodds, M. Dominik, S. Dreizler, X.-S. Fang, F. Grundahl, C.-H. Gu, S. Hardis, K. Harpsoe, F.V. Hessman, T.C. Hinse, A. Hornstrup, M. Hundertmark, J. Jessen-Hansen, E. Kerins, C. Liebig, M. Lund, M. Lundkvist, L. Mancini, M. Mathiasen, M.T. Penny, S. Rahvar, D. Ricci, K.C. Sahu, G. Scarpetta, J. Skottfelt, C. Snodgrass, J. Southworth, J. Surdej, J. Tregloan-Reed, J. Wambsganss, O. Wertz, D. Bajek, D. M. Bramich, K. Horne, S. Ipatov, I. A. Steele, Y. Tsapras, F. Abe, D.P. Bennett, I.A. Bond, C.S. Botzler, P. Chote, M. Freeman, A. Fukui, K. Furusawa, Y. Itow, C.H. Ling, K. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, N. Miyake, Y. Muraki, K. Ohnishi, N. Rattenbury, T. Saito, D.J. Sullivan, T. Sumi, D. Suzuki, K. Suzuki, W.L. Sweatman, S. Takino, K. Wada, P.C.M. Yock, W. Allen, V. Batista, S.-J. Chung, G. Christie, D.L. DePoy, J. Drummond, B.S. Gaudi, A. Gould, C. Henderson, Y.-K. Jung, J.-R. Koo, C.-U. Lee, J. McCormick, D. McGregor, J.A. Munoz, T. Natusch, H. Ngan, H. Park, R.W. Pogge, I.-G. Shin, J. Yee, M.D. Albrow, E. Bachelet, J.-P. Beaulieu, S. Brillant, J.A.R. Caldwell, A. Cassan, A. Cole, E. Corrales, Ch. Coutures, S. Dieters, D. Dominis Prester, J. Donatowicz, P. Fouque, J. Greenhill, S.R. Kane, D. Kubas, J.-B. Marquette, R. Martin, P. Meintjes, J. Menzies, K.R. Pollard, A. Williams, D. Wouters, M. Zub, arXiv: 1303.1184
Microlensing Discovery of a Population of Very Tight, Very Low-mass Binary Brown Dwarfs, J.-Y. Choi, C. Han, A. Udalski, T. Sumi, B. S. Gaudi, A. Gould, D. P. Bennett, M. Dominik, J.-P. Beaulieu, Y. Tsapras, V. Bozza, F. Abe, I. A. Bond, C. S. Botzler, P. Chote, M. Freeman, A. Fukui, K. Furusawa, Y. Itow, C. H. Ling, K. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, N. Miyake, Y. Muraki, K. Ohnishi, N. J. Rattenbury, To. Saito, D. J. Sullivan, K. Suzuki, W. L. Sweatman, D. Suzuki, S. Takino, P. J. Tristram, K. Wada, P. C. M. Yock, M. K. SzymaÅski, M. Kubiak, G. PietrzyÅski, I. SoszyÅski, J. Skowron, S. KozÅowski, R. Poleski, K. Ulaczyk, Å. Wyrzykowski, P. Pietrukowicz, L. A. Almeida, D. L. DePoy, Subo Dong, E. Gorbikov, F. Jablonski, C. B. Henderson, K.-H. Hwang, J. Janczak, Y.-K. Jung, S. Kaspi, C.-U. Lee, U. Malamud, D. Maoz, D. McGregor, J. A. Munoz, B.-G. Park, H. Park, R. W. Pogge, Y. Shvartzvald, I.-G. Shin, J. C. Yee, K. A. Alsubai, P. Browne, M. J. Burgdorf, S. Calchi Novati, P. Dodds, X.-S. Fang, F. Finet, M. Glitrup, F. Grundahl, S.-H. Gu, S. Hardis, K. Harpsøe, T. C. Hinse, A. Hornstrup, M. Hundertmark, J. Jessen-Hansen, U. G. Jørgensen, N. Kains, E. Kerins, C. Liebig, M. N. Lund, M. Lundkvist, G. Maier, L. Mancini, M. Mathiasen, M. T. Penny, S. Rahvar, D. Ricci, G. Scarpetta, J. Skottfelt, C. Snodgrass, J. Southworth, J. Surdej, J. Tregloan-Reed, J. Wambsganss, O. Wertz, F. Zimmer, M. D. Albrow, E. Bachelet, V. Batista, S. Brillant, A. Cassan, A. A. Cole, C. Coutures, S. Dieters, D. Dominis Prester, J. Donatowicz, P. Fouqué, J. Greenhill, D. Kubas, J.-B. Marquette, J. W. Menzies, K. C. Sahu, M. Zub, D. M. Bramich, K. Horne, I. A. Steele, R. A. Street, arXiv: 1302.4169
Flux and color variations of the doubly imaged quasar UM673, D. Ricci, A. Elyiv, F. Finet, O. Wertz, K. Alsubai, T. Anguita, V. Bozza, P. Browne, M. Burgdorf, S. Calchi Novati, P. Dodds, M. Dominik, S. Dreizler, T. Gerner, M. Glitrup, F. Grundahl, S. Hardis, K. Harpsøe, T. C. Hinse, A. Hornstrup, M. Hundertmark, U. G. Jørgensen, N. Kains, E. Kerins, C. Liebig, G. Maier, L. Mancini, G. Masi, M. Mathiasen, M. Penny, S. Proft, S. Rahvar, G. Scarpetta, K. Sahu, S. Schäfer, F. Schönebeck, R. Schmidt, J. Skottfelt, C. Snodgrass, J. Southworth, C. C. Thöne, J. Wambsganss, F. Zimmer, M. Zub, J. Surdej, arXiv: 1302.0766
Simulation of Optical Interstellar Scintillation, Farhang Habibi, Marc Moniez, Reza Ansari, Sohrab Rahvar, arXiv: 1301.0514
MOA-2010-BLG-073L: An M-Dwarf with a Substellar Companion at the Planet/Brown Dwarf Boundary, R. A. Street, J.-Y. Choi, Y. Tsapras, C. Han, K. Furusawa, M. Hundertmark, A. Gould, T. Sumi, I. A. Bond, D. Wouters, R. Zellem, A. Udalski (The RoboNet Collaboration), C. Snodgrass, K. Horne, M. Dominik, P. Browne, N. Kains, D. M. Bramich, D. Bajek, I. A. Steele, S. Ipatov (The MOA Collaboration), F. Abe, D. P. Bennett, C. S. Botzler, P. Chote, M. Freeman, A. Fukui, P. Harris, Y. Itow, C. H. Ling, K. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, N. Miyake, Y. Muraki, T. Nagayama, S. Nishimaya, K. Ohnishi, N. Rattenbury, To. Saito, D. J. Sullivan, D. Suzuki, W. L. Sweatman, P. J. Tristram, K. Wada, P. C. M. Yock (The OGLE Collaboration), M. K. Szymanski, M. Kubiak, G. Pietrzynski, I. Soszynski, R. Poleski, K. Ulaczyk, L. Wyrzykowski (The MicroFUN Collaboration)J. Yee, S. Dong, I.-G. Shin, C.-U. Lee, J. Skowron, L. Andrade De Almeida, D. L. DePoy, B. S. Gaudi, L.-W. Hung, F. Jablonski, S. Kaspi, N. Klein, K.-H. Hwang, J.-R. Koo, D. Maoz, J. A. Munoz, R. W. Pogge, D. Polishhook, A. Shporer, J. McCormick, G. Christie, T. Natusch, B. Allen, J. Drummond, D. Moorhouse, G. Thornley, M. Knowler, M. Bos, G. Bolt (The PLANET Collaboration), J.-P. Beaulieu, M. D. Albrow, V. Batista, S. Brillant, J. A. R. Caldwell, A. Cassan, A. Cole, E. Corrales, Ch. Coutures, S. Dieters, D. Dominis Prester, J. Donatowicz, P. Fouque, E. Bachelet, J. Greenhill, S. R. Kane, D. Kubas, J.-B. Marquette, R. Martin, J. Menzies, K. R. Pollard, K. C. Sahu, J. Wambsganss, A. Williams, M. Zub (MiNDSTEp), K. A. Alsubai, V. Bozza, M. J. Burgdorf, S. Calchi Novati, P. Dodds, S. Dreizler, F. Finet, T. Gerner, S. Hardis, K. Harpsoe, F. Hessman, T. C. Hinse, U. G. Jorgensen, E. Kerins, C. Liebig, L. Mancini, M. Mathiasen, M. T. Penny, S. Proft, S. Rahvar, D. Ricci, G. Scarpetta, S. Schafer, F. Schonebeck, J. Southworth, J. Surdej, arXiv: 1211.3782
MOA-2010-BLG-523: "Failed Planet" = RS CVn Star, A. Gould (OSU), J. C. Yee (OSU), I. A. Bond (Massey U.), A. Udalski (Warsaw Obs.), C. Han (Chungbuk Nat. U.), U. G. Jorgensen (Niels Bohr Inst.), J. Greenhill (U. of Tasmania), Y. Tsapras (LCOGT), M. H. Pinsonneault (OSU), T. Bensby (Lund Obs.), W. Allen, L. A. Almeida, M. Bos, G. W. Christie, D. L. DePoy, Subo Dong, B. S. Gaudi, L.-W. Hung, F. Jablonski, C.-U. Lee, J. McCormick, D. Moorhouse, J. A. Munoz, T. Natusch, M. Nola, R. W. Pogge, J. Skowron, G. Thornley (The uFUN Collaboration), F. Abe, D. P. Bennett, C. S. Botzler, P. Chote, M. Freeman, A. Fukui, K. Furusawa, P. Harris, Y. Itow, C. H. Ling, K. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, N. Miyake, K. Ohnishi, N. J. Rattenbury, To. Saito, D. J. Sullivan, T. Sumi, D. Suzuki, W. L. Sweatman, P. J. Tristram, K. Wada, P. C. M. Yock, (The MOA Collaboration), M. K. Szymanski, I. Soszynski, M. Kubiak, R. Poleski, K. Ulaczyk, G. Pietrzynski, L. Wyrzykowski (The OGLE Collaboration), K. A. Alsubai, V. Bozza, P. Browne, M. J. Burgdorf, S. Calchi Novati, P. Dodds, M. Dominik, F. Finet, T. Gerner, S. Hardis, K. Harpsoe, F. V. Hessman, T. C. Hinse, M. Hundertmark, N. Kains, E. Kerins, C. Liebig, L. Mancini, M. Mathiasen, M. T. Penny, S. Proft, S. Rahvar, D. Ricci, K. C. Sahu, G. Scarpetta, S. Schafer, F. Schonebeck, C. Snodgrass, J. Southworth, J. Surdej, J. Wambsganss (The MiNDSTEp Consortium), R. A. Street, K. Horne, D. M. Bramich, I. A. Steele (The RoboNet Collaboration), M. D. Albrow, E. Bachelet, V. Batista, T. G. Beatty, J.-P. Beaulieu, C. S. Bennett, R. Bowens-Rubin, S. Brillant, J. A. R. Caldwell, A. Cassan, A. A. Cole, E. Corrales, C. Coutures, S. Dieters, D. Dominis Prester, J. Donatowicz, P. Fouque, C. B. Henderson, D. Kubas, J.-B Marquette, R. Martin, J. W. Menzies, B. Shappee, A. Williams, J. van Saders, M. Zub (The PLANET Collaboration), arXiv: 1210.6045
MOA-2010-BLG-311: A planetary candidate below the threshold of reliable detection, J. C. Yee, L.-W. Hung, I. A. Bond, W. Allen, L. A. G. Monard, M. D. Albrow, P. Fouque, M. Dominik, Y. Tsapras, A. Udalski, A. Gould, R. Zellem, M. Bos, G. W. Christie, D. L. DePoy, Subo Dong, J. Drummond, B. S. Gaudi, E. Gorbikov, C. Han, S. Kaspi, N. Klein, C.-U. Lee, D. Maoz, J. McCormick, D. Moorhouse, T. Natusch, M. Nola, B.-G. Park, R. W. Pogge, D. Polishook, A. Shporer, Y. Shvartzvald, J. Skowron, G. Thornley (The uFUN Collaboration), F. Abe, D. P. Bennett, C. S. Botzler, P. Chote, M. Freeman, A. Fukui, K. Furusawa, P. Harris, Y. Itow, C. H. Ling, K. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, N. Miyake, K. Ohnishi, N. J. Rattenbury, To. Saito, D. J. Sullivan, T. Sumi, D. Suzuki, W. L. Sweatman, P. J. Tristram, K. Wada, P. C. M. Yock (The MOA Collaboration), M. K. Szymanski, I. Soszynski, M. Kubiak, R. Poleski, K. Ulaczyk, G. Pietrzynski, L. Wyrzykowski (The OGLE Collaboration), E. Bachelet, V. Batista, T. G. Beatty, J.-P. Beaulieu, C. S. Bennett, R. Bowens-Rubin, S. Brillant, J. A. R. Caldwell, A. Cassan, A. A. Cole, E. Corrales, C. Coutures, S. Dieters, D. Dominis Prester, J. Donatowicz, J. Greenhill, C. B. Henderson, D. Kubas, J.-B. Marquette, R. Martin, J. W. Menzies, B. Shappee, A. Williams, D. Wouters, J. van Saders, M. Zub (The PLANET Collaboration), R. A. Street, K. Horne, D. M. Bramich, I. A. Steele (The RoboNet Collaboration), K. A. Alsubai, V. Bozza, P. Browne, M. J. Burgdorf, S. Calchi Novati, P. Dodds, F. Finet, T. Gerner, S. Hardis, K. Harpsoe, F. V. Hessman, T. C. Hinse, M. Hundertmark, U. G. Jorgensen, N. Kains, E. Kerins, C. Liebig, L. Mancini, M. Mathiasen, M. T. Penny, S. Proft, S. Rahvar, D. Ricci, K. C. Sahu, G. Scarpetta, S. Schafer, F. Schonebeck, C. Snodgrass, J. Southworth, J. Surdej, J. Wambsgans (The MiNDSTEp Consortium), arXiv: 1210.6041
Search for Turbulent Gas through Interstellar Scintillation, Marc Moniez (LAL), R. Ansari (LAL), F. Habibi (LAL), S. Rahvar, arXiv: 1208.6377
Microlensig Binaries with Candidate Brown Dwarf Companions, I.-G. Shin, C. Han, A. Gould, A. Udalski, T. Sumi, M. Dominik, J.-P. Beaulieu, Y. Tsapras, V. Bozza, M. K. SzymaÅski, M. Kubiak, I. SoszyÅski, G. PietrzyÅski, R. Poleski, K. Ulaczyk, P. Pietrukowicz, S. KozÅowski, J. Skowron, Å. Wyrzykowski, F. Abe, D. P. Bennett, I. A. Bond, C. S. Botzler, M. Freeman, A. Fukui, K. Furusawa, F. Hayashi, J. B. Hearnshaw, S. Hosaka, Y. Itow, K. Kamiya, P. M. Kilmartin, S. Kobara, A. Korpela, W. Lin, C. H. Ling, S. Makita, K. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, N. Miyake, Y. Muraki, M. Nagaya, K. Nishimoto, K. Ohnishi, T. Okumura, K. Omori, Y. C. Perrott, N. Rattenbury, To. Saito, L. Skuljan, D. J. Sullivan, D. Suzuki, W. L. Sweatman, P. J. Tristram, K. Wada, P. C. M. Yock, G. W. Christie, D. L. Depoy, S. Dong, A. Gal-Yam, B. S. Gaudi, L.-W. Hung, J. Janczak, S. Kaspi, D. Maoz, J. McCormick, D. McGregor, D. Moorhouse, J. A. Muñoz, T. Natusch, C. Nelson, R. W. Pogge, T.-G. Tan, D. Polishook, Y. Shvartzvald, A. Shporer, G. Thornley, U. Malamud, J. C. Yee, J.-Y. Choi, Y.-K. Jung, H. Park, C.-U. Lee, B.-G. Park, J.-R. Koo, D. Bajek, D. M. Bramich, P. Browne, K. Horne, S. Ipatov, C. Snodgrass, I. Steele, R. Street, K. A. Alsubai, M. J. Burgdorf, S. Calchi Novati, P. Dodds, S. Dreizler, X.-S. Fang, F. Grundahl, C.-H. Gu, S. Hardis, K. Harpsøe, T. C. Hinse, M. Hundertmark, J. Jessen-Hansen, U. G. Jørgensen, N. Kains, E. Kerins, C. Liebig, M. Lund, M. Lundkvist, L. Mancini, M. Mathiasen, A. Hornstrup, M. T. Penny, S. Proft, S. Rahvar, D. Ricci, G. Scarpetta, J. Skottfelt, J. Southworth, J. Surdej, J. Tregloan-Reed, O. Wertz, F. Zimmer, M. D. Albrow, V. Batista, S. Brillant, J. A. R. Caldwell, J. J. Calitz, A. Cassan, A. Cole, K. H. Cook, E. Corrales, Ch. Coutures, S. Dieters, D. Dominis Prester, J. Donatowicz, P. Fouqué, J. Greenhill, K. Hill, M. Hoffman, S. R. Kane, D. Kubas, J.-B. Marquette, R. Martin, P. Meintjes, J. Menzies, K. R. Pollard, K. C. Sahu, J. Wambsganss, A. Williams, C. Vinter, M. Zub, arXiv: 1208.2323
High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing. IV. Confirmation of the huge radius of WASP-17b, John Southworth, M Dominik, X-S Fang, K Harpsoe, U G Jorgensen, E Kerins, C Liebig, L Mancini, J Skottfelt, D R Anderson, B Smalley, J Tregloan-Reed, O Wertz, K A Alsubai, V Bozza, S Calchi Novati, S Dreizler, S-H Gu, T C Hinse, M Hundertmark, J Jessen-Hansen, N Kains, H Kjeldsen, M N Lund, M Lundkvist, M Mathiasen, M T Penny, S Rahvar, D Ricci, G Scarpetta, C Snodgrass, J Surdej, arXiv: 1207.5797
High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing. IV. Confirmation of the huge radius of WASP-17b, John Southworth, M Dominik, X-S Fang, K Harpsoe, U G Jorgensen, E Kerins, C Liebig, L Mancini, J Skottfelt, D R Anderson, B Smalley, J Tregloan-Reed, O Wertz, K A Alsubai, V Bozza, S Calchi Novati, S Dreizler, S-H Gu, T C Hinse, M Hundertmark, J Jessen-Hansen, N Kains, H Kjeldsen, M N Lund, M Lundkvist, M Mathiasen, M T Penny, S Rahvar, D Ricci, G Scarpetta, C Snodgrass, J Surdej, arxiv:astro-ph.EP/arXiv:1207.
Studying wave optics in exoplanet microlensing light curves, Ahmad Mehrabi, Sohrab Rahvar, arXiv: 1207.4034
The Transiting System GJ1214: High-Precision Defocused Transit Observations\thanks and a Search for Evidence of Transit Timing Variation, K. B. W. Harpsøe, S. Hardis, T. C. Hinse, U. G. Jørgensen, L. Mancini, J. Southworth, K. A. Alsubai, V. Bozza, P. Browne, M. J. Burgdorf, S. Calchi Novati, P. Dodds, M. Dominik, F. Finet, T. Gerner, M. Hundertmark, N. Kains, E. Kerins, C. Liebig, M. Mathiasen, D. Nesvorný, N. Nikolov, M. T. Penny, S. Proft, S. Rahvar, D. Ricci, K. C. Sahu, G. Scarpetta, S. Schäfer, F. Schönebeck, C. Snodgrass, J. Skottfelt, J. Surdej, J. Tregloan-Reed, O. Wertz, arxiv:astro-ph.EP/arXiv:1207.
Studying wave optics in exoplanet microlensing light curves, A. Mehrabi and S. Rahvar, arXiv: 1207.4034
Characterizing Low-Mass Binaries From Observation of Long Time-scale Caustic-crossing Gravitational Microlensing Events, I.-G. Shin, et al., S. Rahvar, arXiv: 1204.2869
A NEw Type of Ambiguity in the Planet and Binary Interpretations of Central Perturbations of High-Magnification Gravitational Microlensing Events, J.-Y. Choi et al and S. Rahvar: arXiv: 1204.4789
Applying MOG to lensing: Einstein rings, Abell 520 and the Bullet Cluster, J. W. Moffat, S. Rahvar, V. T. Toth, arXiv: 1204.2985
Search for Turbulent Gas through Interstellar Scintillation, Moniez, M.; Ansari, R.; Habibi, F.; Rahvar, S., (2012) IAUS, 285, 376
Mathematical Physics: Proceedings of the XI Regional Conference by S. Rahvar, N. Sadooghi and F. Shojai (editors)
World Scientific Publishing Company (May 2005) : ISBN 9812563342
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Understanding EROS microlensing observations towards the Spiral Arm @ CITA shttp://hosting.epresence.tv/CITA/1/watch/419.aspx
PIRSA:12080006, Exoplanet observation by microlensing and wave optics features, 2012-08-14, Cosmology & Gravitation
PIRSA:11100080, Understanding the EROS2 Observations Towards the Spiral Arms Within a Classical Galactic Model Framework, 2011-10-04, Cosmology & Gravitation