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Gravitational Microlensing, The Distance Scale, And The Ages

A high optical depth to gravitational microlensing towards the galactic bulge is consistent with current models of the galactic bar. The low optical depth towards the LMC can probably be accounted for by the ordinary stars in our galaxy and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Bohdan Paczynski

Single-lens mass measurement in the high-magnification microlensing event Gaia19bld located in the Galactic disc

We present the photometric analysis of Gaia19bld, a high-magnification ($A\approx60$) microlensing event located in the southern Galactic plane, which exhibited finite source and microlensing parallax effects. Due to a prompt detection by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-05 K. A. Rybicki , Ł. Wyrzykowski , E. Bachelet , A. Cassan , P. Zieliński , A. Gould , S. Calchi Novati , J. C. Yee , Y. -H. Ryu , M. Gromadzki , P. Mikołajczyk , N. Ihanec , K. Kruszyńska , F. -J. Hambsch , S. Zoła , S. J. Fossey , S. Awiphan , N. Nakharutai , F. Lewis , F. Olivares E. , S. Hodgkin , A. Delgado , E. Breedt , D. L. Harrison , M. vanLeeuwen , G. Rixon , T. Wevers , A. Yoldas , A. Udalski , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozłowski , J. Skowron , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , P. Mróz , P. Iwanek , M. Wrona , R. A. Street , Y. Tsapras , M. Hundertmark , M. Dominik , C. Beichman , G. Bryden , S. Carey , B. S. Gaudi , C. Henderson , Y. Shvartzvald , W. Zang , W. Zhu , G. W. Christie , J. Green , S. Hennerley , J. McCormick , L. A. G. Monard , T. Natusch , R. W. Pogge , I. Gezer , A. Gurgul , Z. Kaczmarek , M. Konacki , M. C. Lam , M. Maskoliunas , E. Pakstiene , M. Ratajczak , A. Stankeviciute , J. Zdanavicius , O. Ziółkowska

MOA Data Reveal a New Mass, Distance, and Relative Proper Motion for Planetary System OGLE-2015-BLG-0954L

We present the MOA Collaboration light curve data for planetary microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-0954, which was previously announced in a paper by the KMTNet and OGLE Collaborations. The MOA data cover the caustic exit, which was not…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , F. Abe , Y. Asakura , R. Barry , A. Bhattacharya , M. Donachie , P. Evans , A. Fukui , Y. Hirao , Y. Itow , N. Koshimoto , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , M. Nagakane , K. Ohnishi , C. Ranc , N. J. Rattenbury , To. Saito , A. Sharan , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , T. Yamada , T. Yamada , A. Yonehara

RR Lyrae stars with variable mean magnitudes

Context. A number of RR Lyrae stars show variable mean magnitudes in the OGLE survey light curves of the Galactic bulge. Hitherto this phenomenon was not studied, as it was generally assumed to be related to problems with the photometry.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 Gergely Hajdu , Johanna Jurcsik , Márcio Catelan , Grzegorz Pietrzyński , Vincent Hocdé , Igor Soszyński , Andrzej Udalski , Chung-Uk Lee , Dong-Jin Kim

Stellar Variability Background in OGLE-I Microlensing Search

We search OGLE-I photometric database for stars, which, as defined by formal criteria adopted by OGLE-I microlensing search, showed variability during only one out of 3 or 4 observing seasons. The results include 17 previously reported…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Przemyslaw Wozniak , Michal Szymanski

OGLE-2015-BLG-1670Lb: A Cold Neptune beyond the Snow Line in the Provisional WFIRST Microlensing Survey Field

We present the analysis of the microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-1670, detected in a high-extinction field, very close to the Galactic plane. Due to the dust extinction along the line of sight, this event was too faint to be detected before…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-26 Clément Ranc , David P. Bennett , Yuki Hirao , Andrzej Udalski , Cheongho Han , Ian A. Bond , Jennifer C. Yee , The KMTNet Collaboration , : , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Andrew Gould , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn-Kil Jung , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Weicheng Zang , Wei Zhu , Sang-Mok Cha , Dong-Jin Kim , Hyoun-Woo Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Chung-Uk Lee , Dong-Joo Lee , Yong-Seok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , The MOA Collaboration , : , Fumio Abe , Richard K. Barry , Aparna Bhattacharya , Martin Donachie , Akihiko Fukui , Yoshitaka Itow , Kohei Kawasaki , Iona Kondo , Naoki Koshimoto , Man Cheung Alex Li , Yutaka Matsubara , Shota Miyazaki , Yasushi Muraki , Masayuki Nagakane , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Haruno Suematsu , Denis J. Sullivan , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , Paul J. Tristram , Atsunori Yonehara , The OGLE Collaboration , : , Radosław Poleski , Przemek Mróz , Jan Skowron , Michał K. Szymański , Igor Soszyński , Szymon Kozłowski , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Krzysztof Ulaczyk

Galactic Bulge Microlensing Events from the MACHO Collaboration

We present a catalog of 450 high signal-to-noise microlensing events observed by the MACHO collaboration between 1993 and 1999. The events are distributed throughout our fields and, as expected, they show clear concentration toward the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. L. Thomas , K. Griest , P. Popowski , K. H. Cook , A. J. Drake , D. Minniti , C. Alcock , R. A. Allsman , D. R. Alves , T. S. Axelrod , A. C. Becker , D. P. Bennett , K. C. Freeman , M. Geha , M. J. Lehner , S. L. Marshall , D. G. Myer , C. A. Nelson , B. A. Peterson , P. J. Quinn , C. W. Stubbs , W. Sutherland , T. Vandehei , D. L. Welch

Discovery and Mass Measurements of a Cold, 10-Earth Mass Planet and Its Host Star

We present the discovery and mass measurement of the cold, low-mass planet MOA-2009-BLG-266Lb, made with the gravitational microlensing method. This planet has a mass of m_p = 10.4 +- 1.7 Earth masses and orbits a star of mass M_* = 0.56 +-…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Y. Muraki , C. Han , D. P. Bennett , D. Suzuki , L. A. G. Monard , R. Street , U. G. Jorgensen , P. Kundurthy , J. Skowron , A. C. Becker , M. D. Albrow , P. Fouque , D. Heyrovsky , R. K. Barry , J. -P. Beaulieu , D. D. Wellnitz , I. A. Bond , T. Sumi , S. Dong , B. S. Gaudi , D. M. Bramich , M. Dominik , F. Abe , C. S. Botzler , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , F. Hayashi , J. B. Hearnshaw , S. Hosaka , Y. Itow , K. Kamiya , A. V. Korpela , P. M. Kilmartin , W. Lin , C. H. Ling , S. Makita , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , N. Miyake , K. Nishimoto , K. Ohnishi , Y. C. Perrott , N. J. Rattenbury , To. Saito , L. Skuljan , D. J. Sullivan , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , G. W. Christie , D. L. DePoy , E. Gorbikov , A. Gould , S. Kaspi , C. -U. Lee , F. Mallia , D. Maoz , J. McCormick , D. Moorhouse , T. Natusch , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , D. Polishook , A. Shporer , G. Thornley , J. C. Yee , A. Allan , P. Browne , K. Horne , N. Kains , C. Snodgrass , I. Steele , Y. Tsapras , V. Batista , C. S. Bennett , S. Brillant , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cassan , A. Cole , R. Corrales , Ch. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , J. Greenhill , D. Kubas , J. -B. Marquette , R. Martin , J Menzies , K. C. Sahu , I. Waldman , A. Williams M. Zub , H. Bourhrous , Y. Matsuoka , T. Nagayama , N. Oi , Z. Randriamanakoto , V. Bozza , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , S. Dreizler , F. Finet , M. Glitrup , K. Harpsoe , T. C. Hinse , M. Hundertmark , C. Liebig , G. Maier , L. Mancini , M. Mathiasen , S. Rahvar , D. Ricci , G. Scarpetta , J. Skottfelt , J. Surdej , J. Southworth , J. Wambsganss , F. Zimmer , A. Udalski , R. Poleski , L. Wyrzykowski , K. Ulaczyk , M. K. Szymanski , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzynski , I. Soszynski

Spectroscopic Mass and Host-star Metallicity Measurements for Newly Discovered Microlensing Planet OGLE-2018-BLG-0740Lb

We report the discovery of the microlensing planet OGLE-2018-BLG-0740Lb. The planet is detected with a very strong signal of $\Delta\chi^2\sim 4630$, but the interpretation of the signal suffers from two types of degeneracies. One type is…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Cheongho Han , Jennifer C. Yee , Andrzej Udalski , Ian A. Bond , Valerio Bozza , Arnaud Cassan , Yuki Hirao , Subo Dong , Juna A. Kollmeier , Nidia Morrell , Konstantina Boutsia , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Andrew Gould , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Chung-Uk Lee , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Youn Kil Jung , Doeon Kim , Woong-Tae Kim , Sang-Mok Cha , Dong-Jin Kim , Hyoun-Woo Kim , Kyeongsoo Hong , Seung-Lee Kim , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Weicheng Zang , Przemek Mróz , Michał K. Szymański , Jan Skowron , Radek Poleski , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Marcin Wrona , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Martin Donachie , Akihiko Fukui , Yoshitaka Itow , Kohei Kawasaki , Iona Kondo , Naoki Koshimoto , Man Cheung Alex Li , Yutaka Matsubara , Yasushi Muraki , Shota Miyazaki , Masayuki Nagakane , Clément Ranc , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Haruno Suematsu , Denis J. Sullivan , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , Paul J. Tristram , Atsunori Yonehara

Confirmation of the Stellar Binary Microlensing Event, Macho 97-BLG-28

The high-magnification microlensing event MACHO-97-BLG-28 was previously determined to be a binary system composed either of two M dwarfs, or an M dwarf and a brown dwarf. We present a revised light-curve model using additional data from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-26 Joshua W. Blackman , Jean-Philippe Beaulieu , Andrew A. Cole , Aikaterini Vandorou , Naoki Koshimoto , Etienne Bachelet , Aparna Bhattacharya , David Bennett

Gravitational microlensing and dark matter problem in our Galaxy: 10 years later

Foundations of standard theory of microlensing are described, namely we consider microlensing stars in Galactic bulge, the Magellanic Clouds or other nearby galaxies. We suppose that gravitational microlenses lie between an Earth observer…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 Alexander F. Zakharov

Limb-Darkening of a K Giant in the Galactic Bulge: PLANET Photometry of MACHO 97-BLG-28

We present the PLANET photometric dataset for the binary-lens microlensing event MACHO 97-BLG-28 consisting of 696 I and V-band measurements, and analyze it to determine the radial surface brightness profile of the Galactic bulge source…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 The PLANET Collaboration , M. D. Albrow , J. -P. Beaulieu , J. A. R. Caldwell , M. Dominik , J. Greenhill , K. Hill , S. Kane , R. Martin , J. Menzies , R. M. Naber , J. -W. Pel , K. Pollard , P. D. Sackett , K. C. Sahu , P. Vermaak , R. Watson , A. Williams , M. S. Sahu

Variables in Globular Cluster NGC 5024

We present the results of a commissioning campaign to observe Galactic globular clusters for the search of microlensing events. The central 10' X 10' region of the globular cluster NGC 5024 was monitored using the 2-m Himalayan Chandra…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 M. Safonova , C. S. Stalin

OGLE-2011-BLG-0265Lb: a Jovian Microlensing Planet Orbiting an M Dwarf

We report the discovery of a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting an M-dwarf star that gave rise to the microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0265. Such a system is very rare among known planetary systems and thus the discovery is important for…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 J. Skowron , I. -G. Shin , A. Udalski , C. Han , T. Sumi , Y. Shvartzvald , A. Gould , D. Dominis-Prester , R. A. Street , U. G. Jørgensen , D. P. Bennett , V. Bozza , M. K. Szymański , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzyński , I. Soszyński , R. Poleski , S. Kozłowski , P. Pietrukowicz , K. Ulaczyk , Ł. Wyrzykowski , F. Abe , A. Bhattacharya , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , D. Fukunaga , Y. Itow , C. H. Ling , N. Koshimoto , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , S. Namba , K. Ohnishi , L. C. Philpott , N. Rattenbury , T. Saito , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , P. C. M. Yock , D. Maoz , S. Kaspi , M. Friedman , L. A. Almeida , V. Batista , G. Christie , J. -Y. Choi , D. L. DePoy , B. S. Gaudi , C. Henderson , K. -H. Hwang , F. Jablonski , Y. K. Jung , C. -U. Lee , J. McCormick , T. Natusch , H. Ngan , H. Park , R. W. Pogge , J. Yee , M. D. Albrow , E. Bachelet , J. -P. Beaulieu , S. Brillant , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cassan , A. Cole , E. Corrales , Ch. Coutures , S. Dieters , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouqué , J. Greenhill , N. Kains , S. R. Kane , D. Kubas , J. -B. Marquette , R. Martin , J. Menzies , K. R. Pollard , C. Ranc , K. C. Sahu , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , D. Wouters , Y. Tsapras , D. M. Bramich , K. Horne , M. Hundertmark , C. Snodgrass , I. A. Steele , K. A. Alsubai , P. Browne , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , P. Dodds , M. Dominik , S. Dreizler , X. -S. Fang , C. -H. Gu , Hardis , K. Harpsøe , F. V. Hessman , T. C. Hinse , A. Hornstrup , J. Jessen-Hansen , E. Kerins , C. Liebig , M. Lund , M. Lundkvist , L. Mancini , M. Mathiasen , M. T. Penny , S. Rahvar , D. Ricci , G. Scarpetta , J. Skottfelt , J. Southworth , J. Surdej , J. Tregloan-Reed , O. Wertz

OGLE 2004-BLG-254: a K3 III Galactic Bulge Giant spatially resolved by a single microlens

We present an analysis of OGLE 2004-BLG-254, a high-magnification and relatively short duration microlensing event in which the source star, a Bulge K3-giant, has been spatially resolved by a point-like lens. We have obtained dense…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Cassan , J. -P. Beaulieu , P. Fouque , S. Brillant , M. Dominik , J. Greenhill , D. Heyrovsky , K. Horne , U. G. Jorgensen , D. Kubas , H. C. Stempels , C. Vinter , M. D. Albrow , D. Bennett , J. A. R. Caldwell , J. J. Calitz , K. Cook , C. Coutures , D. Dominis , J. Donatowicz , K. Hill , M. Hoffman , S. Kane , J. -B. Marquette , R. Martin , P. Meintjes , J. Menzies , V. R. Miller , K. R. Pollard , K. C. Sahu , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , A. Udalski , M. K. Szymanski , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzynski , I. Soszynski , K. Zebrun , O. Szewczyk , L. Wyrzykowski

Microlensing & Scintillation of Gravitationally Lensed Compact Radio Sources: Evidence for MACHOs?

We present the first unambiguous case of external variability of an extra-galactic radio source, the CLASS gravitational lens B1600+434, consisting of two images lensed by an edge-on disk galaxy. The VLA 8.5-GHz difference light curve of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. V. E. Koopmans , A. G. de Bruyn

OGLE-2017-BLG-1522: A giant planet around a brown dwarf located in the Galactic bulge

We report the discovery of a giant planet in the OGLE-2017-BLG-1522 microlensing event. The planetary perturbations were clearly identified by high-cadence survey experiments despite the relatively short event timescale of $t_{\rm E} \sim…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-16 Y. K. Jung , A. Udalski , A. Gould , Y. -H. Ryu , J. C. Yee , C. Han , M. D. Albrow , C. -U. Lee , S. -L. Kim , K. -H. Hwang , S. -J. Chung , I. -G. Shin , W. Zhu , S. -M. Cha , D. -J. Kim , Y. Lee , B. -G. Park , D. -J. Lee , H. -W. Kim , R. W. Pogge , M. K. Szymański , P. Mróz , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , P. Pietrukowicz , I. Soszyński , S. Kozłowski , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak , K. Rybicki

A Possible Planetary Event OGLE-2002-BLG-055

The microlensing event OGLE-2002-BLG-055 has a single, but very reliable data point, deviating upward from a single source microlensing light curve by 0.6 mag. The simplest interpretation calls for a binary lens with a strong parallax…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Jaroszynski , B. Paczynski

OGLE-2018-BLG-0971, MOA-2023-BLG-065, and OGLE-2023-BLG-0136: Microlensing events with prominent orbital effects

We undertake a project to reexamine microlensing data gathered from high-cadence surveys. The aim of the project is to reinvestigate lensing events with light curves exhibiting intricate anomaly features associated with caustics, yet…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-10 Cheongho Han , Andrzej Udalski , Ian A. Bond , Chung-Uk Lee , Andrew Gould , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , Hyoun-Woo Kim , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , Yossi Shvartzvald , In-Gu Shin , Jennifer C. Yee , Hongjing Yang , Weicheng Zang , Sang-Mok Cha , Doeon Kim , Dong-Jin Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Przemek Mróz , Michał K. Szymański , Jan Skowron , Radosław Poleski , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Marcin Wrona , Mariusz Gromadzki , Mateusz J. Mróz , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Hirosame Fujii , Akihiko Fukui , Ryusei Hamada , Yuki Hirao , Stela Ishitani Silva , Yoshitaka Itow , Rintaro Kirikawa , Naoki Koshimoto , Yutaka Matsubara , Shota Miyazaki , Yasushi Muraki , Greg Olmschenk , Clément Ranc , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Yuki Satoh , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , Mio Tomoyoshi , Paul J. Tristram , Aikaterini Vandorou , Hibiki Yama , Kansuke Yamashita

Six microlensing planets detected via sub-day signals during the 2023 -- 2024 season

We present analyses of six microlensing events: KMT-2023-BLG-0548, KMT-2023-BLG-0830, KMT-2023-BLG-0949, KMT-2024-BLG-1281, KMT-2024-BLG-2059, and KMT-2024-BLG-2242. These were identified in KMTNet data from the 2023 -- 2024 seasons,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-09 Cheongho Han , Chung-Uk Lee , Andrzej Udalski , Ian A. Bond , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Andrew Gould , Youn Kil Jung , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , Yossi Shvartzvald , In-Gu Shin , Jennifer C. Yee , Weicheng Zang , Hongjing Yang , Sang-Mok Cha , Doeon Kim , Dong-Jin Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Przemek Mróz , Michał K. Szymański , Jan Skowron , Radosław Poleski , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Marcin Wrona , Mariusz Gromadzki , Mateusz J. Mróz , Michał Jaroszyński , Marcin Kiraga , Fumio Abe , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Akihiko Fukui , Ryusei Hamada , Stela Ishitani Silva , Yuki Hirao , Naoki Koshimoto , Yutaka Matsubara , Shota Miyazaki , Yasushi Muraki , Tutumi Nagai , Kansuke Nunota , Greg Olmschenk , Clément Ranc , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Yuki Satoh , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , Sean K. Terry , Paul J. Tristram , Aikaterini Vandorou , Hibiki Yama