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A Sub-Earth-Mass Moon Orbiting a Gas Giant Primary or a High Velocity Planetary System in the Galactic Bulge

We present the first microlensing candidate for a free-floating exoplanet-exomoon system, MOA-2011-BLG-262, with a primary lens mass of M_host ~ 4 Jupiter masses hosting a sub-Earth mass moon. The data are well fit by this exomoon model,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 D. P. Bennett , V. Batista , I. A. Bond , C. S. Bennett , D. Suzuki , J. -P. Beaulieu , A. Udalski , J. Donatowicz , F. Abe , C. S. Botzler , M. Freeman , D. Fukunaga , A. Fukui , Y. Itow , N. Koshimoto , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , S. Namba , K. Ohnishi , N. J. Rattenbury , To. Saito , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , N. Tsurumi , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , M. D. Albrow , E. Bachelet , S. Brillant , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cassan , A. A. Cole , E. Corrales , C. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , P. Fouque , J. Greenhill , K. Horne , J. -R. Koo , D. Kubas , J. -B. Marquette , R. Martin , J. W. Menzies , K. C. Sahu , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , M. Zub J. Y. Choi , D. L. DePoy , Subo Dong , B. S. Gaudi , A. Gould , C. Han , C. B. Henderson , D. McGregor , C. -U. Lee , R. W. Pogge , I. -G. Shin , J. C. Yee , M. K. Szymaski , J. Skowron , R. Poleski , S. Kozowski , L. Wyrzykowski , M. Kubiak , P. Pietrukowicz , G. Pietrzyski , I. Soszyski , K. Ulaczyk , Y. Tsapras , R. A. Street , M. Dominik , D. M. Bramich , P. Browne , M. Hundertmark , N. Kains , C. Snodgrass , I. A. Steele , I. Dekany , O. A. Gonzalez , D. Heyrovsky , R. Kandori , E. Kerins , P. W. Lucas , D. Minniti , T. Nagayama , M. Rejkuba , A. C. Robin , R. Saito

Determining the Physical Lens Parameters of the Binary Gravitational Microlensing Event MOA-2009-BLG-016

We report the result of the analysis of the light curve of the microlensing event MOA-2009-BLG-016. The light curve is characterized by a short-duration anomaly near the peak and an overall asymmetry. We find that the peak anomaly is due to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 K. -H. Hwang , C. Han , I. A. Bond , N. Miyake , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , C. S. Botzler , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , 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 , K. Nishimoto , K. Ohnishi , Y. C. Perrott , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , T. Sako , L. Skuljan , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , P. , J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock D. L. , Depoy , B. S. Gaudi , A. Gould , C. -U. Lee , R. W. Pogge

KMT-2022-BLG-2397: Brown Dwarf at the Upper Shore of the Einstein Desert

We measure the Einstein radius of the single-lens microlensing event KMT-2022-BLG-2397 to be theta_E=24.8 +- 3.6 uas, placing it at the upper shore of the Einstein Desert, 9 < theta_E / uas < 25, between free-floating planets (FFPs) and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-16 Andrew Gould , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , Jennifer C. Yee , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Cheongho Han , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Hongjing Yang , Weicheng Zang , Sang-Mok Cha , Dong-Jin Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Chung-Uk Lee , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge

Atmospheric retrieval of Subaru/IRD high-resolution spectrum of the archetype T-type brown dwarf Gl 229 B

Brown dwarfs provide a unique opportunity to study atmospheres and their physical and chemical processes with high precision, especially in temperature ranges relevant to exoplanets. In this study, we performed high-resolution ($R \sim…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-03 Yui Kawashima , Hajime Kawahara , Yui Kasagi , Hiroyuki Tako Ishikawa , Kento Masuda , Takayuki Kotani , Tomoyuki Kudo , Teruyuki Hirano , Masayuki Kuzuhara , Stevanus K Nugroho , John Livingston , Hiroki Harakawa , Jun Nishikawa , Masashi Omiya , Takuya Takarada , Motohide Tamura , Akitoshi Ueda

First light of the VLT planet finder SPHERE. I. Detection and characterization of the sub-stellar companion GJ 758 B

GJ758 B is a brown dwarf companion to a nearby (15.76 pc) solar-type, metal-rich (M/H = +0.2 dex) main-sequence star (G9V) that was discovered with Subaru/HiCIAO in 2009. From previous studies, it has drawn attention as being the coldest…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 A. Vigan , M. Bonnefoy , C. Ginski , H. Beust , R. Galicher , M. Janson , J. -L. Baudino , E. Buenzli , J. Hagelberg , V. D'Orazi , S. Desidera , A. -L. Maire , R. Gratton , J. -F. Sauvage , G. Chauvin , C. Thalmann , L. Malo , G. Salter , A. Zurlo , J. Antichi , A. Baruffolo , P. Baudoz , P. Blanchard , A. Boccaletti , J. -L. Beuzit , M. Carle , R. Claudi , A. Costille , A. Delboulbé , K. Dohlen , C. Dominik , M. Feldt , T. Fusco , L. Gluck , J. Girard , E. Giro , C. Gry , T. Henning , N. Hubin , E. Hugot , M. Jacquet , M. Kasper , A. -M. Lagrange , M. Langlois , D. Le Mignant , M. Llored , F. Madec , P. Martinez , D. Mawet , D. Mesa , J. Milli , D. Mouillet , T. Moulin , C. Moutou , A. Origné , A. Pavlov , D. Perret , C. Petit , J. Pragt , P. Puget , P. Rabou , S. Rochat , R. Roelfsema , B. Salasnich , H. -M. Schmid , A. Sevin , A. Smette , E. Stadler , M. Suarez , M. Turatto , S. Udry , F. Vakili , Z. Wahhaj , L. Weber , F. Wildi

A Giant Planet beyond the Snow Line in Microlensing Event OGLE-2011-BLG-0251

We present the analysis of the gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0251. This anomalous event was observed by several survey and follow-up collaborations conducting microlensing observations towards the Galactic Bulge. Based on…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 N. Kains , R. Street , J. -Y. Choi , C. Han , A. Udalski , L. A. Almeida , F. Jablonski , P. Tristram , U. G. Jorgensen , M. K. Szymanski , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzynski , I. Soszynski , R. Poleski , S. Kozlowski , P. Pietrukowicz , K. Ulaczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , J. Skowron , K. A. Alsubai , V. Bozza , P. Browne , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , P. Dodds , M. Dominik , S. Dreizler , X. -S. Fang , F. Grundahl , C. -H. Gu , S. Hardis , K. Harpsoe , F. V. Hessman , T. C. Hinse , A. Hornstrup , M. Hundertmark , J. Jessen-Hansen , E. Kerins , C. Liebig , M. Lund , M. Lundkvist , L. Mancini , M. Mathiasen , M. T. Penny , S. Rahvar , D. Ricci , K. C. Sahu , G. Scarpetta , J. Skottfelt , C. Snodgrass , J. Southworth , J. Surdej , J. Tregloan-Reed , J. Wambsganss , O. Wertz , D. Bajek , D. M. Bramich , K. Horne , S. Ipatov , I. A. Steele , Y. Tsapras , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , P. Chote , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , Y. Itow , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , N. Miyake , Y. Muraki , K. Ohnishi , N. Rattenbury , T. Saito , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , K. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , S. Takino , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , W. Allen , V. Batista , S. -J. Chung , G. Christie , D. L. DePoy , J. Drummond , B. S. Gaudi , A. Gould , C. Henderson , Y. -K. Jung , J. -R. Koo , C. -U. Lee , J. McCormick , D. McGregor , J. A. Munoz , T. Natusch , H. Ngan , H. Park , R. W. Pogge , I. -G. Shin , 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 , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouque , J. Greenhill , S. R. Kane , D. Kubas , J. -B. Marquette , R. Martin , P. Meintjes , J. Menzies , K. R. Pollard , A. Williams , D. Wouters , M. Zub

An accurate distance to 2M1207Ab

In April 2004 the first image was obtained of a planetary mass companion (now known as 2M1207 b) in orbit around a self-luminous object different from our own Sun (the young brown dwarf 2MASSW J1207334-393254, hereafter 2M1207 A). 2M1207 b…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Ducourant , R. Teixeira , G. Chauvin , G. Daigne , J. F. Le Campion , Inseok Song , B. Zuckerman

OGLE-2008-BLG-510: first automated real-time detection of a weak microlensing anomaly - brown dwarf or stellar binary?

The microlensing event OGLE-2008-BLG-510 is characterised by an evident asymmetric shape of the peak, promptly detected by the ARTEMiS system in real time. The skewness of the light curve appears to be compatible both with binary-lens and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 V. Bozza , M. Dominik , N. J. Rattenbury , U. G. Joergensen , Y. Tsapras , D. M. Bramich , A. Udalski , I. A. Bond , C. Liebig , A. Cassan , P. Fouque , A. Fukui , M. Hundertmark , I. -G. Shin , S. H. Lee , J. -Y. Choi , S. -Y. Park , A. Gould , A. Allan , S. Mao , L. Wyrzykowski , R. A. Street , D. Buckley , T. Nagayama , M. Mathiasen , T. C. Hinse , S. Calchi Novati , K. Harpsoee , L. Mancini , G. Scarpetta , T. Anguita , M. J. Burgdorf , K. Horne , A. Hornstrup , N. Kains , E. Kerins , P. Kjaergaard , G. Masi , S. Rahvar , D. Ricci , C. Snodgrass , J. Southworth , I. A. Steele , J. Surdej , C. C. Thoene , J. Wambsganss , M. Zub , M. D. Albrow , V. Batista , J. -P. Beaulieu , D. P. Bennett , J. A. R. Caldwell , A Cole , K. H. Cook , C. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , J. Greenhill , S. R. Kane , D. Kubas , J. -B. Marquette , R. Martin , J. Menzies , K. R. Pollard , K. C. Sahu , A. Williams , M. K. Szymanski , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzynski , I. Soszynski , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , D. L. DePoy , S. Dong , C. Han , J. Janczak , C. -U. Lee , R. W. Pogge , F. Abe , K. Furusawa , J. B. Hearnshaw , Y. Itow , P. M. Kilmartin , A. V. Korpela , W. Lin , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , N. Miyake , Y. Muraki , K. Ohnishi , Y. C. Perrott , To. Saito , L. Skuljan , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , A. Gulbis , Y. Hashimoto , A. Kniazev , P. Vaisanen

OGLE-2019-BLG-0304: Competing Interpretations between a Planet-binary Model and a Binary-source + Binary-lens model

We analyze the microlensing event OGLE-2019-BLG-0304, whose light curve exhibits two distinctive features: a deviation in the peak region and a second bump appearing $\sim 61$~days after the main peak. Although a binary-lens model can…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-27 Cheongho Han , Andrzej Udalski , Chung-Uk Lee , Doeon Kim , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Andrew Gould , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , Hyoun-Woo Kim , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Jennifer C. Yee , Weicheng Zang , Sang-Mok Cha , 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 Ulaczyk , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Marcin Wrona , Mariusz Gromadzki

KMT-2018-BLG-1025Lb: microlensing super-Earth planet orbiting a low-mass star

We aim to find missing microlensing planets hidden in the unanalyzed lensing events of previous survey data. For this purpose, we conduct a systematic inspection of high-magnification microlensing events, with peak magnifications $A_{\rm…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-26 Cheongho Han , Andrzej Udalski , Chung-Uk Lee , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Andrew Gould , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , Doeon Kim , Hyoun-Woo Kim , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Jennifer C. Yee , Weicheng Zang , Sang-Mok Cha , Dong-Jin Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Chun-Hwey Kim , Woong-Tae Kim , Przemek Mróz , Michał K. Szymański , Jan Skowron , Radosław Poleski , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Marcin Wrona

OGLE-2017-BLG-1038: A Possible Brown-dwarf Binary Revealed by Spitzer Microlensing Parallax

We report the analysis of microlensing event OGLE-2017-BLG-1038, observed by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment, Korean Microlensing Telescope Network, and Spitzer telescopes. The event is caused by a giant source star in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-16 Amber Malpas , Michael D. Albrow , Jennifer C. Yee , Andrew Gould , Andrzej Udalski , Antonio Herrera Martin , Spitzer Team , : , Charles A. Beichman , Geoffery Bryden , Sebastiano Calchi Novati , Sean Carey , Calen B. Henderson , B. Scott Gaudi , Yossi Shvartzvald , Wei Zhu , KMTNet Collaboration , : , Sang-Mok Cha , Sun-Ju Chung , Cheongho Han , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , Dong-Jin Kim , Hyoun-Woo Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Chung-Uk Lee , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Weicheng Zang , OGLE Collaboration , : , Patryk Iwanek , Szymon Kozlowski , Przemek Mróz , Pawel Pietrukowicz , Radoslaw Poleski , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Jan Skowron , Igor Soszyński , Michal K. Szymański , Krzysztof Ulaczyk

Revisiting the microlensing event OGLE 2012-BLG-0026: A solar mass star with two cold giant planets

Two cold, gas giant planets orbiting a G-type main sequence star in the galactic disk have previously been discovered in the high magnification microlensing event OGLE-2012-BLG-0026 (Han et al. 2013). Here we present revised host star flux…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-22 J. P. Beaulieu , D. P. Bennett , V. Batista , A. Fukui , J. -B. Marquette , S. Brillant , A. A. Cole , L. A. Rogers , T. Sumi , F. Abe , A. Bhattacharya , N. Koshimoto , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , C. Han , A. Gould , R. Pogge , J. Yee

Microlensing Constraints on the Frequency of Jupiter-Mass Companions: Analysis of Five Years of PLANET Photometry

We analyze five years of PLANET photometry of microlensing events toward the Galactic bulge to search for the short-duration deviations from single lens light curves that are indicative of the presence of planetary companions to the primary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 B. S. Gaudi , M. D. Albrow , J. An , J. -P. Beaulieu , J. A. R. Caldwell , D. L. DePoy , M. Dominik , A. Gould , J. Greenhill , K. Hill , S. Kane , R. Martin , J. Menzies , R. M. Naber , J. -W. Pel , R. W. Pogge , K. R. Pollard , P. D. Sackett , K. C. Sahu , P. Vermaak , P. M. Vreeswijk , R. Watson , A. Williams , The PLANET Collaboration

Microlensing, Brown Dwarfs and GAIA

The GAIA satellite can precisely measure the masses of nearby brown dwarfs and lower main sequence stars by the microlensing effect. The scientific yield is maximised if the microlensing event is also followed with ground-based telescopes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-08 N. W. Evans

Exploring the Brown Dwarf Desert with Precision Radial Velocities and Gaia DR3 Astrometric Orbits

Context. The observed scarcity of brown dwarfs in close orbits (within 10 au) around solar-type stars poses significant questions about the origins of these substellar companions. These questions impact our broader understanding of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-06 N. Unger , D. Ségransan , D. Barbato , J. -B. Delisle , J. Sahlmann , B. Holl , S. Udry

KMT-2016-BLG-2052L: Microlensing Binary Composed of M Dwarfs Revealed from a Very Long Time-scale Event

We present the analysis of a binary microlensing event KMT-2016-BLG-2052, for which the lensing-induced brightening of the source star lasted for 2 seasons. We determine the lens mass from the combined measurements of the microlens parallax…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-26 Cheongho Han , Youn Kil Jung , Yossi Shvartzvald , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Andrew Gould , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Doeon Kim , Chung-Uk Lee , Woong-Tae Kim , Hyoun-Woo Kim , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Jennifer C. Yee , Chun-Hwey Kim , Sang-Mok Cha , Seung-Lee Kim , Dong-Jin Kim , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Charles Beichman , Geoff Bryden , Sebastiano Calchi Novati , B. Scott Gaudi , Calen B. Henderson , Matthew T. P. , Savannah R. Jacklin

OGLE-2015-BLG-0196: Ground-based Gravitational Microlens Parallax Confirmed By Space-Based Observation

In this paper, we present the analysis of the binary gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-0196. The event lasted for almost a year and the light curve exhibited significant deviations from the lensing model based on the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-11 C. Han , A. Udalski , A. Gould , Wei Zhu , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , J. Skowron , P. Mróz , R. Poleski , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozłowski , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak , J. C. Yee , C. Beichman , S. Calchi Novati , S. Carey , C. Bryden , M. Fausnaugh , B. S. Gaudi , Calen B. Henderson , Y. Shvartzvald , B. Wibking

MOA-2012-BLG-505Lb: A super-Earth mass planet probably in the Galactic bulge

We report the discovery of a super-Earth mass planet in the microlensing event MOA-2012-BLG-505. This event has the second shortest event timescale of $t_{\rm E}=10 \pm 1$ days where the observed data show evidence of planetary companion.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 Masayuki Nagakane , Takahiro Sumi , Naoki Koshimoto , David P. Bennett , Ian A. Bond , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Daisuke Suzuki , Fumio Abe , Yuichiro Asakura , Richard K. Barry , Aparna Bhattacharya , M. Donachie , Akihiko Fukui , Yuki Hirao , Yoshitaka Itow , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , Kimiaki Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Taro Matsuo , Yasushi Muraki , Kouji Ohnishi , C. Ranc , To. Saito , A. Sharan , Hiroshi Shibai , Denis J. Sullivan , P. J. Tristram , Touko Yamada , A. Yonehara

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

KMT-2017-BLG-0673Lb and KMT-2019-BLG-0414Lb: Two microlensing planets detected in peripheral fields of KMTNet survey

We investigate the microlensing data collected during the 2017--2019 seasons in the peripheral Galactic bulge fields with the aim of finding planetary signals in microlensing light curves observed with relatively sparse coverage. We first…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Cheongho Han , Chung-Uk Lee , Andrew Gould , Youn Kil Jung , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Doeon Kim , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Hongjing Yang , Jennifer C. Yee , Weicheng Zang , Sang-Mok Cha , Dong-Jin Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge