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A Planetary Microlensing Event with an Unusually Red Source Star: MOA-2011-BLG-291

We present the analysis of planetary microlensing event MOA-2011-BLG-291, which has a mass ratio of $q=(3.8\pm0.7)\times10^{-4}$ and a source star that is redder (or brighter) than the bulge main sequence. This event is located at a low…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 David P. Bennett , Andrzej Udalski , Ian A. Bond , Daisuke Suzuki , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , Fumio Abe , Richard K. Barry , Aparna Bhattacharya , Martin Donachie , Akihiko Fukui , Yuki Hirao , Kohei Kawasaki , Iona Kondo , Naoki Koshimoto , Man Cheung Alex Li , Yutaka Matsubara , Shota Miyazaki , Yasushi Muraki , Masayuki Nagakane , Koji Ohnishi , Clément Ranc , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Haruno Suematsu , Takahiro Sumi , Paul J. Tristram , Atsunori Yonehara , Michał K. Szymański , Igor Soszyński , Łukasz Wyrzykowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Radek Poleski , Szymon Kozłowski , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Jan Skowron , Yossi Shvartzvald , Dan Maoz , Shai Kaspi , Matan Friedmann , Virginie Batista , Darren DePoy , Subo Dong , B. Scott Gaudi , Andrew Gould , Cheongho Han Richard W. Pogge , Thiam-Guan Tan , Jennifer C. Yee

The First Planetary Microlensing Event with Two Microlensed Source Stars

We present the analysis of microlensing event MOA-2010-BLG-117, and show that the light curve can only be explained by the gravitational lensing of a binary source star system by a star with a Jupiter mass ratio planet. It was necessary to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-23 D. P. Bennett , A. Udalski , C. Han , I. A. Bond , J. -P. Beaulieu , J. Skowron , B. S. Gaudi , N. Koshimoto , F. Abe , Y. Asakura , R. K. Barry , A. Bhattacharya , M. Donachie , P. Evans , A. Fukui , Y. Hirao , Y. Itow , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , M. Nagakane , K. Ohnishi , H. Oyokawa , C. Ranc , N. J. Rattenbury , M. K. Rosenthal , To. Saito , A. Sharan , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , A. Yonehara , M. K. Szymanski , R. Poleski , I. Soszynski , K. Ulaczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , D. DePoy , A. Gould , R. W. Pogge , J. C. Yee , M. D. Albrow , E. Bachelet , V. Batista , R. Bowens-Rubin , S. Brillant , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cole , C. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouque , K. Horne , M. Hundertmark , N. Kains , S. R. Kane , J. -B. Marquette , J. Menzies , K. R. Pollard , C. Ranc , K. C. Sahu , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , M. Zub

MOA-2016-BLG-227Lb: A Massive Planet Characterized by Combining Lightcurve Analysis and Keck AO Imaging

We report the discovery of a microlensing planet --- MOA-2016-BLG-227Lb --- with a large planet/host mass ratio of $q \simeq 9 \times 10^{-3}$. This event was located near the $K2$ Campaign 9 field that was observed by a large number of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 Naoki Koshimoto , Yossi Shvartzvald , David Bennett , Matthew Penny , Markus Hundertmark , Ian A. Bond , Weicheng Zang , Calen Henderson , Daisuke Suzuki , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Takahiro Sumi , Fumio Abe , Yuichiro Asakura , Aparna Bhattacharya , Akihiko Fukui , Yuki Hirao , Yoshitaka Itow , M. C. A. Li , C. Ling , Kimiaki Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Taro Matsuo , Yasushi Muraki , Masayuki Nagakane , Kouji Ohnishi , C. Ranc , To. Saito , A. Sharan , Hiroshi Shibai , Denis Sullivan , P. Tristram , A. Yonehara , Christopher Gelino , Charles Beichman , Jean-Philippe Beaulieu , J. -B. Marquette , Virginie Batista , M. Friedmann , N. Hallakoun , Shai Kaspi , Dani Maoz , G. Bryden , Sebastiano Calchi Novati , Steve Howell , T. Wang , Shude Mao , Pascal Fouque , Heidi Korhonen , Uffe Jorgensen , Rachel Street , Yiannis Tsapras , Martin Dominik , Eamonn Kerins , Arnaud Cassan , Colin Snodgrass , Etienne Bachelet , Valerio Bozza , D. M. Bramich

MOA-2010-BLG-353Lb A Possible Saturn Revealed

We report the discovery of a possible planet in microlensing event MOA-2010-BLG-353. This event was only recognised as having a planetary signal after the microlensing event had finished, and following a systematic analysis of all archival…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-07 N. J. Rattenbury , D. P. Bennett , T. Sumi , N. Koshimoto , I. A. Bond , A. Udalski , F. Abe , A. Bhattacharya , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , Y. Itow , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , K. Ohnishi , To. Saito , A. Sharan , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , S. Kozlowski , P. Mroz , P. Pietrukowicz , G. Pietrzynski , R. Poleski , D. Skowron , J. Skowron , I. Soszynski , M. K. Szymanski , K. Ulaczyk , L. Wyrzykowski

Discovery of a Gas giant Planet in Microlensing Event OGLE-2014-BLG-1760

We present the analysis of the planetary microlensing event OGLE-2014-BLG-1760, which shows a strong light curve signal due to the presence of a Jupiter mass-ratio planet. One unusual feature of this event is that the source star is quite…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 A. Bhattacharya , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , T. Sumi , A. Udalski , R. Street , Y. Tsapras , F. Abe , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , Y. Itow , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , K. Ohnishi , L. C. Philpott , N. Rattenbury , T. Saito , A. Sharan , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , R. Poleski , S. Kozlowski , P. Pietrukowicz , K. Ulaczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , E Bachelet , D. M. Bramich , G. D' Ago , M. Dominik , R. Figuera Jaimes , K. Horne , M. Hundertmark , N. Kains , J. Menzies , R. Schmidt , C. Snodgrass , I. A. Steele , J Wambsganss

MOA-2022-BLG-249Lb: Nearby microlensing super-Earth planet detected from high-cadence surveys

We investigate the data collected by the high-cadence microlensing surveys during the 2022 season in search for planetary signals appearing in the light curves of microlensing events. From this search, we find that the lensing event…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 Cheongho Han , Andrew Gould , Youn Kil Jung , Ian A. Bond , Weicheng Zang , Sun-Ju Chung , Michael D. Albrow , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Hongjing Yang , Jennifer C. Yee , Sang-Mok Cha , Doeon Kim , Dong-Jin Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Chung-Uk Lee , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Shude Mao , Wei Zhu , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Hirosame Fujii , Akihiko Fukui , Ryusei Hamada , Yuki Hirao , Stela Ishitani Silva , Yoshitaka Itow , Rintaro Kirikawa , Iona Kondo , Naoki Koshimoto , Yutaka Matsubara , Sho Matsumoto , Shota Miyazaki , Yasushi Muraki , Arisa Okamura , Greg Olmschenk , Clément Ranc , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Yuki Satoh , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , Taiga Toda , Mio Tomoyoshi , Paul J. Tristram , Aikaterini Vandorou , Hibiki Yama , Kansuke Yamashita

MOA-2008-BLG-379Lb: A Massive Planet from a High Magnification Event with a Faint Source

We report analysis of high microlensing event MOA-2008-BLG-379, which has a strong microlensing anomaly at its peak, due to a massive planet with a mass ratio of q = 6.9 x 10^{-3}. Because the faint source star crosses the large resonant…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 D. Suzuki , A. Udalski , T. Sumi , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , F. Abe , C. S. Botzler , M. Freeman , M. Fukagawa , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , Y. Itow , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , K. Ohnishi , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , H. Shibai , D. J. Sullivan , K. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , S. Takino , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , M. K. Szymański , M. Kubiak , I. Soszyński , G. Pietrzyński , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , Ł. Wyrzykowski

Sub-Saturn Planet MOA-2008-BLG-310Lb: Likely To Be In The Galactic Bulge

We report the detection of sub-Saturn-mass planet MOA-2008-BLG-310Lb and argue that it is the strongest candidate yet for a bulge planet. Deviations from the single-lens fit are smoothed out by finite-source effects and so are not…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-19 Julia Janczak , A. Fukui , Subo Dong , B. Monard , Szymon Kozlowski , A. Gould , J. P. Beaulieu , Daniel Kubas , J. B. Marquette , T. Sumi , I. A. Bond , D. P. Bennett , the MOA collaboration , the MicroFUN collaboration , the MiNDSTEp collaboration , the PLANET collaboration

MOA-2010-BLG-073L: An M-Dwarf with a Substellar Companion at the Planet/Brown Dwarf Boundary

We present an analysis of the anomalous microlensing event, MOA-2010-BLG-073, announced by the Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics survey on 2010-03-18. This event was remarkable because the source was previously known to be…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 R. A. Street , J. -Y. Choi , Y. Tsapras , C. Han , K. Furusawa , M. Hundertmark , A. Gould , T. Sumi , I. A. Bond , D. Wouters , R. Zellem , A. Udalski , C. Snodgrass , K. Horne , M. Dominik , P. Browne , N. Kains , D. M. Bramich , D. Bajek , I. A. Steele , S. Ipatov , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , C. S. Botzler , P. Chote , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , P. Harris , Y. Itow , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , N. Miyake , Y. Muraki , T. Nagayama , S. Nishimaya , K. Ohnishi , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , M. K. Szymanski , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzynski , I. Soszynski , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , J. Yee , S. Dong , I. -G. Shin , C. -U. Lee , J. Skowron , L. Andrade De Almeida , D. L. DePoy , B. S. Gaudi , L. -W. Hung , F. Jablonski , S. Kaspi , N. Klein , K. -H. Hwang , J. -R. Koo , D. Maoz , J. A. Munoz , R. W. Pogge , D. Polishhook , A. Shporer , J. McCormick , G. Christie , T. Natusch , B. Allen , J. Drummond , D. Moorhouse , G. Thornley , M. Knowler , M. Bos , G. Bolt , J. -P. Beaulieu , M. D. Albrow , V. Batista , S. Brillant , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cassan , A. Cole , E. Corrales , Ch. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouque , E. Bachelet , J. Greenhill , S. R. Kane , D. Kubas , J. -B. Marquette , R. Martin , J. Menzies , K. R. Pollard , K. C. Sahu , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , M. Zub , K. A. Alsubai , V. Bozza , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , P. Dodds , S. Dreizler , F. Finet , T. Gerner , S. Hardis , K. Harpsoe , F. Hessman , T. C. Hinse , U. G. Jorgensen , E. Kerins , C. Liebig , L. Mancini , M. Mathiasen , M. T. Penny , S. Proft , S. Rahvar , D. Ricci , G. Scarpetta , S. Schafer , F. Schonebeck , J. Southworth , J. Surdej

An Isolated Microlens Observed from K2, Spitzer and Earth

We present the result of microlensing event MOA-2016-BLG-290, which received observations from the two-wheel Kepler (K2), Spitzer, as well as ground-based observatories. A joint analysis of data from K2 and the ground leads to two…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 Wei Zhu , A. Udalski , C. Huang , S. Calchi Novati , T. Sumi , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , P. Mroz , M. K. Szymanski , I. Soszynski , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozlowski , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak , C Beichman , G. Bryden , S. Carey , B. S. Gaudi , A. Gould , C. B. Henderson , Y. Shvartzvald , J. C. Yee , I. A. Bond , D. P. Bennett , D. Suzuki , N. J. Rattenbury , N. Koshimoto , F. Abe , Y. Asakura , R. K. Barry , A. Bhattacharya , M. Donachie , P. Evans , A. Fukui , Y. Hirao , Y. Itow , K. Kawasaki , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , S. Miyazaki , H. Munakata , Y. Muraki , M. Nagakane , K. Ohnishi , C. Ranc , To. Saito , A. Sharan , D. J. Sullivan , P. J. Tristram , T. Yamada , A. Yonehara

MOA 2011-BLG-028Lb: a Neptune-mass Microlensing Planet in the Galactic Bulge

We present the discovery of a Neptune-mass planet orbiting a 0.8 +- 0.3 M_Sun star in the Galactic bulge. The planet manifested itself during the microlensing event MOA 2011-BLG-028/OGLE-2011-BLG-0203 as a low-mass companion to the lens…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 J. Skowron , A. Udalski , R. Poleski , S. Kozłowski , M. K. Szymański , Ł. Wyrzykowski , K. Ulaczyk , P. Pietrukowicz , G. Pietrzyński , I. Soszyński , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , A. Bhattacharya , I. A. Bond , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , Y. Hirao , Y. Itow , N. Koshimoto , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , M. Nagakane , K. Ohnishi , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , A. Yonehara , M. Dominik , U. G. Jørgensen , V. Bozza , K. Harpsøe , M. Hundertmark , J. Skottfelt

A Jovian-mass Planet in Microlensing Event OGLE-2005-BLG-071

We report the discovery of a several-Jupiter mass planetary companion to the primary lens star in microlensing event OGLE-2005-BLG-071. Precise (<1%) photometry at the peak of the event yields an extremely high signal-to-noise ratio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Udalski , M. Jaroszynski , B. Paczynski , M. Kubiak , M. K. Szymanski , I. Soszynski , G. Pietrzynski , K. Ulaczyk , O. Szewczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , G. W. Christie , D. L. DePoy , S. Dong , A. Gal-Yam , B. S. Gaudi , A. Gould , C. Han , S. Lepine , J. McCormick , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , Y. Muraki , P. J. Tristram , P. C. M. Yock , J. P. Beaulieu , D. M. Bramich , S. W. Dieters , J. Greenhill , K. Hill , K. Horne , D. Kubas

Microlensing Event MOA-2007-BLG-400: Exhuming the Buried Signature of a Cool, Jovian-Mass Planet

We report the detection of the cool, Jovian-mass planet MOA-2007-BLG-400Lb. The planet was detected in a high-magnification microlensing event (with peak magnification A_max = 628) in which the primary lens transited the source, resulting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Subo Dong , I. A. Bond , A. Gould , Szymon Kozlowski , N. Miyake , B. S. Gaudi , D. P. Bennett , F. Abe , A. C. Gilmore , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , J. B. Hearnshaw , Y. Itow , K. Kamiya , P. M. Kilmartin , A. Korpela , W. Lin , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , M. Nagaya , K. Ohnishi , T. Okumura , Y. C. Perrott , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , T. Sako , S. Sato , L. Skuljan , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , W. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , P. C. M. Yock , G. Bolt , G. W. Christie , D. L. DePoy , C. Han , J. Janczak , C. -U. Lee , F. Mallia , J. McCormick , B. Monard , A. Maury , T. Natusch , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , R. Santallo , K. Z. Stanek , A. Udalski , M. Kubiak , M. K. Szymanski , G. Pietrzynski , I. Soszynski , O. Szewczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , K. Ulaczyk

PLANET observations of microlensing event OGLE-1999-BUL-23: limb darkening measurement of the source star

We present PLANET observations of OGLE-1999-BUL-23, a binary-lens microlensing event towards the Galactic bulge. PLANET observations in the I and V bands cover the event from just before the first caustic crossing until the end of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. D. Albrow , J. An , J. -P. Beaulieu , J. A. R. Caldwell , D. L. DePoy , M. Dominik , B. S. Gaudi , A. Gould , J. Greenhill , K. Hill , S. Kane , R. Martin , J. Menzies , R. W. Pogge , K. R. Pollard , P. D. Sackett , K. C. Sahu , P. Vermaak , R. Watson , A. Williams

Microlensing events in the Galactic bulge

For the first time we detected microlensing events at zero latitude in the Galactic bulge using the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea Survey (VVV) data. We have discovered a total sample of N = 630 events within an area covering 20.7 sq.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-04 Maria Gabriela Navarro , Dante Minniti , Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta , Rodrigo Contreras Ramos , Joyce Pullen

Confirmation of the Planetary Microlensing Signal and Star and Planet Mass Determinations for Event OGLE-2005-BLG-169

We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) observations of the source and lens stars for planetary microlensing event OGLE-2005-BLG-169, which confirm the relative proper motion prediction due to the planetary light…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-03 D. P. Bennett , A. Bhattacharya , J. Anderson , I. A. Bond , N. Anderson , R. Barry , V. Batista , J. -P. Beaulieu , D. L. DePoy , Subo Dong , B. S. Gaudi , E. Gilbert , A. Gould , R. Pfeifle , R. W. Pogge , D. Suzuki , S. Terry , A. Udalski

A sub-Saturn Mass Planet, MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb

We report the gravitational microlensing discovery of a sub-Saturn mass planet, MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb, orbiting a K or M-dwarf star in the inner Galactic disk or Galactic bulge. The high cadence observations of the MOA-II survey discovered…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 N. Miyake , T. Sumi , Subo Dong , R. Street , L. Mancini , A. Gould , D. P. Bennett , Y. Tsapras , J. C. Yee , M. D. Albrow , I. A. Bond , P. Fouque , P. Browne , C. Han , C. Snodgrass , F. Finet , K. Furusawa , K. Harpsoe , W. Allen , M. Hundertmark , M. Freeman , D. Suzuki , F. Abe , C. S. Botzler , D. Douchin , A. Fukui , F. Hayashi , J. B. Hearnshaw , S. Hosaka , Y. Itow , K. Kamiya , P. M. Kilmartin , A. Korpela , W. Lin , C. H. Ling , S. Makita , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , T. Nagayama , K. Nishimoto , K. Ohnishi , Y. C. Perrott , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , L. Skuljan , D. J. Sullivan , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , The MOA Collaboration , G. Bolt , M. Bos , G. W. Christie , D. L. DePoy , J. Drummond , A. Gal-Yam , B. S. Gaudi , E. Gorbikov , D. Higgins , K. -H. Hwang J. Janczak , S. Kaspi , C. -U. Lee , J. -R. Koo , S. Koz lowski , Y. Lee , F. Mallia , A. Maury , D. Maoz , J. McCormick , L. A. G. Monard , D. Moorhouse , J. A. Mu~noz , T. Natusch , E. O. Ofek , R. W. Pogge , D. Polishook , R. Santallo , A. Shporer , O. Spector , G. Thornley , The Micro FUN Collaboration , A. Allan , D. M. Bramich , K. Horne , N. Kains , I. Steele , The RoboNet Collaboration , V. Bozza , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , M. Dominik , S. Dreizler , M. Glitrup , F. V. Hessman , T. C. Hinse , U. G. Jorgensen , C. Liebig , G. Maier , M. Mathiasen , S. Rahvar , D. Ricci , G. Scarpetta , J. Skottfelt , J. Southworth , J. Surdej , J. Wambsganss , F. Zimmer , The MiNDSTEp Consortium , V. Batista , J. P. Beaulieu , S. Brillant , A. Cassan , A. Cole , E. Corrales , Ch. Coutures , S. Dieters , J. Greenhill , D. Kubas , J. Menzies , The PLANET Collaboration

MOA-2011-BLG-293Lb: First Microlensing Planet possibly in the Habitable Zone

We used Keck adaptive optics observations to identify the first planet discovered by microlensing to lie in or near the habitable zone, i.e., at projected separation $r_\perp=1.1\pm 0.1\,$AU from its $M_{L}=0.86\pm 0.06\,M_\odot$ host,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 V. Batista , J. -P. Beaulieu , A. Gould , D. P. Bennett , J. C Yee , A. Fukui , B. S. Gaudi , T. Sumi , A. Udalski

The first direct detection of a gravitational micro-lens toward the Galactic bulge

We present a direct detection of the gravitational lens that caused the microlensing event MACHO-95-BLG-37. This is the first fully resolved microlensing system involving a source in the Galactic bulge, and the second such system in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Kozlowski , P. R. Wozniak , S. Mao , A. Wood

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Variable Baseline Microlensing Events in the Galactic Bulge

We present the first systematic search for microlensing events with variability in their baselines using data from the third phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE-III). A total of 137 candidates (88 new) was discovered…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Wyrzykowski , A. Udalski , S. Mao , M. Kubiak , M. K. Szymanski , G. Pietrzynski , I. Soszynski , O. Szewczyk