English

Two Jupiter-Mass Planets Discovered by the KMTNet Survey in 2017

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2019-03-27 v2

Abstract

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 20172017 bulge season. The discovered systems consist of a planet and host star with mass ratios, 5.30.4+0.2×1035.3_{-0.4}^{+0.2} \times 10^{-3} and 2.00.1+0.6×1032.0_{-0.1}^{+0.6} \times 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=2.041.15+2.02MJM_{\rm p}= 2.04_{-1.15}^{+2.02}\,M_{\rm J}) orbiting a mid-M dwarf host (Mh=0.370.20+0.36MM_{\rm h}= 0.37_{-0.20}^{+0.36}\, M_{\odot}) that is located at 6.011.72+1.276.01_{-1.72}^{+1.27} kpc toward the Galactic bulge. The other planet, KMT-2017-BLG-1146Lb, is a sub Jupiter-mass planet (Mp=0.710.42+0.80MJM_{\rm p}= 0.71_{-0.42}^{+0.80}\,M_{\rm J}) orbiting a mid-M dwarf host (Mh=0.330.20+0.36MM_{\rm h}= 0.33_{-0.20}^{+0.36}\,M_{\odot}) at a distance toward the Galactic bulge of 6.502.00+1.386.50_{-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.

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@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