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 0.73−0.29+0.14 M_Sun star at a distance of 2.67−1.41+0.77 kpc, where the relatively large uncertainty in angular Einstein radius measurement is the major source of uncertainty. With mass of Mp=3.68−1.44+0.69 M_J, the planet is likely a "super Jupiter" at a projected separation of r⊥=4.53−2.50+1.49 AU, and a degenerate model yields a similar Mp=3.73−1.47+0.73 M_J at a closer separation of r⊥=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.
@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}
}