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OGLE-2018-BLG-0567Lb and OGLE-2018-BLG-0962Lb: Two Microlensing Planets through Planetary-Caustic Channel

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2021-06-09 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We present the analyses of two microlensing events, OGLE-2018-BLG-0567 and OGLE-2018-BLG-0962. In both events, the short-lasting anomalies were densely and continuously covered by two high-cadence surveys. The light-curve modeling indicates that the anomalies are generated by source crossings over the planetary caustics induced by planetary companions to the hosts. The estimated planet/host separation (scaled to the angular Einstein radius θE\theta_{\rm E}) and mass ratio are (s,q)=(1.81,1.24×103)(s, q) = (1.81, 1.24\times10^{-3}) and (s,q)=(1.25,2.38×103)(s, q) = (1.25, 2.38\times10^{-3}), respectively. From Bayesian analyses, we estimate the host and planet masses as (Mh,Mp)=(0.240.13+0.16M,0.320.16+0.34MJ)(M_{\rm h}, M_{\rm p}) = (0.24_{-0.13}^{+0.16}\,M_{\odot}, 0.32_{-0.16}^{+0.34}\,M_{\rm J}) and (Mh,Mp)=(0.550.29+0.32M,1.370.72+0.80MJ)(M_{\rm h}, M_{\rm p}) = (0.55_{-0.29}^{+0.32}\,M_{\odot}, 1.37_{-0.72}^{+0.80}\,M_{\rm J}), respectively. These planetary systems are located at a distance of 7.071.15+0.93kpc7.07_{-1.15}^{+0.93}\,{\rm kpc} for OGLE-2018-BLG-0567 and 6.471.73+1.04kpc6.47_{-1.73}^{+1.04}\,{\rm kpc} for OGLE-2018-BLG-0962, suggesting that they are likely to be near the Galactic bulge. The two events prove the capability of current high-cadence surveys for finding planets through the planetary-caustic channel. We find that most published planetary-caustic planets are found in Hollywood events in which the source size strongly contributes to the anomaly cross section relative to the size of the caustic.

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@article{arxiv.2102.07338,
  title  = {OGLE-2018-BLG-0567Lb and OGLE-2018-BLG-0962Lb: Two Microlensing Planets through Planetary-Caustic Channel},
  author = {Youn Kil Jung and Cheongho Han and Andrzej Udalski and Andrew Gould and Jennifer C. Yee and Michael D. Albrow and Sun-Ju Chung and Kyu-Ha Hwang and Yoon-Hyun Ryu and In-Gu Shin and Yossi Shvartzvald and Wei Zhu and Weicheng Zang and Sang-Mok Cha and Dong-Jin Kim and Hyoun-Woo Kim and Seung-Lee Kim and Chung-Uk Lee and Dong-Joo Lee and Yongseok Lee and Byeong-Gon Park and Richard W. Pogge Przemek Mróz and Michał K. Szymański and Jan Skowron and Radek Poleski and Igor Soszyński and Paweł Pietrukowicz and Szymon Kozłowski and Krzystof Ulaczyk and Krzysztof A. Rybicki and Patryk Iwanek and Marcin Wrona},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.07338},
  year   = {2021}
}

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25 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables, submitted to AAS journal