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KMT-2022-BLG-0086: Another binary-lens binary-source microlensing event

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2025-06-27 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We present the analysis of a microlensing event KMT-2022-BLG-0086 of which the overall light curve is not described by a binary-lens single-source (2L1S) model, which suggests the existence of an extra lens or an extra source. We found that the event is best explained by the binary-lens binary-source (2L2S) model, but the 2L2S model is only favored over the triple-lens single-source (3L1S) model by Δχ29\Delta\chi^{2} \simeq 9. Although the event has noticeable anomalies around the peak of the light curve, they are not enough covered to constrain the angular Einstein radius θE\theta_{\rm E}, thus we only measure the minimum angular Einstein radius θE,min\theta_{\rm E,min}. From the Bayesian analysis, it is found that that the binary lens system is a binary star with masses of (m1,m2)=(0.460.25+0.35M,0.750.55+0.67M)(m_1,m_2)=(0.46^{+0.35}_{-0.25}\, M_\odot, 0.75^{+0.67}_{-0.55}\, M_\odot) at a distance of DL=5.871.79+1.21D_{\rm L}=5.87^{+1.21}_{-1.79} kpc, while the triple lens system is a brown dwarf or a massive giant planet in a low-mass binary-star system with masses of (m1,m2,m3)=(0.430.35+0.41M,0.0560.047+0.055M,20.8417.04+20.20MJ)(m_1,m_2,m_3)=(0.43^{+0.41}_{-0.35}\, M_\odot, 0.056^{+0.055}_{-0.047}\, M_\odot, 20.84^{+20.20}_{-17.04}\, M_{\rm J}) at a distance of DL=4.063.28+1.39D_{\rm L}=4.06^{+1.39}_{-3.28} kpc, indicating a disk lens system. The 2L2S model yields the relative lens-source proper motion of μrel4.6masyr1\mu_{\rm rel} \geqslant 4.6\, \rm mas\, yr^{-1} that is consistent with the Bayesian result, whereas the 3L1S model yields μrel18.9masyr1\mu_{\rm rel} \geqslant 18.9\, \rm mas\, yr^{-1}, which is more than three times larger than that of a typical disk object of 6masyr1\sim 6\, \rm mas\, yr^{-1} and thus is not consistent with the Bayesian result. This suggests that the event is likely caused by the binary-lens binary-source model.

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@article{arxiv.2506.20914,
  title  = {KMT-2022-BLG-0086: Another binary-lens binary-source microlensing event},
  author = {Sun-Ju Chung and Kyu-Ha Hwang and Jennifer C. Yee and Andrew Gould and Ian A. Bond and Hongjing Yang and Michael D. Albrow and Youn Kil Jung and Cheongho Han and Yoon-Hyun Ryu and In-Gu Shin and Yossi Shvartzvald and Weicheng Zang and Sang-Mok Cha and Dong-Jin Kim and Seung-Lee Kim and Chung-Uk Lee and Dong-Joo Lee and Yongseok Lee and Byeong-Gon Park and Richard W. Pogge and Fumio Abe and David P. Bennett and Aparna Bhattacharya and Akihiko Fukui and Ryusei Hamada and Yuki Hirao and Stela Ishitani Silva and Naoki Koshimoto and Shota Miyazaki and Yasushi Muraki and Tutumi Nagai and Kansuke Nunota and Greg Olmschenk and Clément Ranc and Nicholas J. Rattenbury and Yuki Satoh and Takahiro Sumi and Daisuke Suzuki and Sean K. Terry and Paul J. Tristram and Aikaterini Vandorou and Hibiki Yama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.20914},
  year   = {2025}
}

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13 pages, 10 figures, AJ in press

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