Planetary Microlensing from the MACHO Project
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We present the lightcurves of two microlensing events from the MACHO Project data that are likely to be due to lenses with masses similar to Jupiter's mass. Although the MACHO Project survey data are not sufficient to definitively establish the identification of planetary mass lenses in these cases, observations by microlensing follow-up networks such as GMAN and PLANET should be able to definitively determine the planetary nature of similar events which may occur in the near future.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9612208,
title = {Planetary Microlensing from the MACHO Project},
author = {The MACHO Collaboration and D. P. Bennett and C. Alcock and R. A. Allsman and D. Alves and T. S. Axelrod and A. Becker and K. H. Cook and K. C. Freeman and K. Griest and M. J. Lehner and S. L. Marshall and D. Minniti and B. A. Peterson and M. R. Pratt and P. J. Quinn and S. H. Rhie and A. W. Rodgers and C. W. Stubbs and W. Sutherland and T. Vandehei and D. Welch},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9612208},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, Latex, 5 postscript figures included, To appear in the Proceedings of "Planets Beyond the Solar System and the Next Generation of Space Missions", held at STScI, October 16-18, 1996