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Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search. XIII. Complete Sample of 2021 Prime Field Planets

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2026-05-19 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Abstract

The Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search series was conducted using the KMTNet data archived from 20162016 to 20192019. From this first phase of the series, we reported a total of 5050 planetary systems hidden in the data archive, which represent about 35%35\% of the total microlensing planets discovered from 20162016 to 20192019, demonstrating that this semi-machine-based search is a crucial channel for building a complete microlensing planet sample. We continue this series for 20212021 and beyond to expand the microlensing planet sample. In this work for the 20212021 KMTNet high-cadence fields (Prime fields), we find seven hidden planetary systems and three planet candidates. These new planets represent about 33%33\% of the total microlensing planets discovered within the Prime fields observed during the 20212021 bulge season. While the by-eye search is the primary channel for detecting microlensing planets (i.e., two-thirds of microlensing planet discoveries), this work clearly shows that a systematic search series is still necessary for constructing a complete microlensing planet sample. Such a sample is essential for conducting unbiased statistical studies of planet demographics in our Galaxy. Datasets for all the events used for analyses in this work are publicly available.

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@article{arxiv.2605.17053,
  title  = {Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search. XIII. Complete Sample of 2021 Prime Field Planets},
  author = {In-Gu Shin and Jennifer C. Yee and Weicheng Zang and Cheongho Han and Andrew Gould and Shude Mao and Chung-Uk Lee and Yoon-Hyun Ryu and Ian A. Bond and Takahiro Sumi and Michael D. Albrow and Sun-Ju Chung and Kyu-Ha Hwang and Youn Kil Jung and Yossi Shvartzvald and Hongjing Yang and Sang-Mok Cha and Dong-Jin Kim and Seung-Lee Kim 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 Ryusei Hamada and Yuki Hirao and Stela Ishitani Silva and Shota Miyazaki and Yasushi Muraki and Kansuke NUNOTA and Greg Olmschenk and Cl'ement Ranc and Nicholas J. Rattenbury and Yuki K. Satoh and Daisuke Suzuki and Takuto Tamaoki and Sean K. Terry and Paul. J. Tristram and Aikaterini Vandorou and Hibiki Yama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.17053},
  year   = {2026}
}

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30 pages, 17 Tables, 16 Figures. Submitted to the AAS journal