We report two microlensing events, KMT-2017-BLG-1038 and KMT-2017-BLG-1146 that are caused by planetary systems. These events were discovered by KMTNet survey observations from the 2017 bulge season. The discovered systems consist of a planet and host star with mass ratios, 5.3−0.4+0.2×10−3 and 2.0−0.1+0.6×10−3, respectively. Based on a Bayesian analysis assuming a Galactic model without stellar remnant hosts, we find that the planet, KMT-2017-BLG-1038Lb, is a super Jupiter-mass planet (Mp=2.04−1.15+2.02MJ) orbiting a mid-M dwarf host (Mh=0.37−0.20+0.36M⊙) that is located at 6.01−1.72+1.27 kpc toward the Galactic bulge. The other planet, KMT-2017-BLG-1146Lb, is a sub Jupiter-mass planet (Mp=0.71−0.42+0.80MJ) orbiting a mid-M dwarf host (Mh=0.33−0.20+0.36M⊙) at a distance toward the Galactic bulge of 6.50−2.00+1.38 kpc. Both are potentially gaseous planets that are beyond their hosts' snow lines. These typical microlensing planets will be routinely discovered by second-generation microlensing surveys, rapidly increasing the number of detections.
@article{arxiv.1811.12505,
title = {Two Jupiter-Mass Planets Discovered by the KMTNet Survey in 2017},
author = {I. -G. Shin and Y. -H. Ryu and J. C. Yee and A. Gould and M. D. Albrow and S. -J. Chung and C. Han and K. -H. Hwang and Y. K. Jung and Y. Shvartzvald and W. Zang and C. -U. Lee and S. -M. Cha and D. -J. Kim and H. -W. Kim and S. -L. Kim and Y. Lee and D. -J. Lee and B. -G. Park and R. W. Pogge},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.12505},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
8 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in AJ