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Characterizing microlensing planetary system OGLE-2014-BLG-0676Lb with adaptive optics imaging

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2021-12-16 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

We constrain the host-star flux of the microlensing planet OGLE-2014-BLG-0676Lb using adaptive optics (AO) images taken by the Magellan and Keck telescopes. We measure the flux of the light blended with the microlensed source to be K = 16.79 +/- 0.04 mag and J = 17.76 +/- 0.03 mag. Assuming that the blend is the lens star, we find that the host is a 0.730.29+0.140.73_{-0.29}^{+0.14} M_Sun star at a distance of 2.671.41+0.772.67_{-1.41}^{+0.77} kpc, where the relatively large uncertainty in angular Einstein radius measurement is the major source of uncertainty. With mass of Mp=3.681.44+0.69M_p = 3.68_{-1.44}^{+0.69} M_J, the planet is likely a "super Jupiter" at a projected separation of r=4.532.50+1.49r_{\perp} = 4.53_{-2.50}^{+1.49} AU, and a degenerate model yields a similar Mp=3.731.47+0.73M_p = 3.73_{-1.47}^{+0.73} M_J at a closer separation of r=2.561.41+0.84r_{\perp} = 2.56_{-1.41}^{+0.84} AU. Our estimates are consistent with the previous Bayesian analysis based on a Galactic model. OGLE-2014-BLG-0676Lb belongs to a sample of planets discovered in a "second-generation" planetary microlensing survey, and we attempt to systematically constrain host properties of this sample with high-resolution imaging to study the distribution of planets.

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@article{arxiv.2112.08030,
  title  = {Characterizing microlensing planetary system OGLE-2014-BLG-0676Lb with adaptive optics imaging},
  author = {Xiao-Jia Xie and Subo Dong and Yossi Shvartzvald and Andrew Gould and Andrzej Udalski and Jean-Philippe Beaulieu and Charles Beichman and Laird Miller Close and Calen B. Henderson and Jared R. Males and Jean-Baptiste Marquette and Katie M. Morzinski and Christopher R. Gelino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.08030},
  year   = {2021}
}

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