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Mass measurement of a single unseen star and planetary detection efficiency for OGLE 2007-BLG-050

We analyze OGLE-2007-BLG-050, a high magnification microlensing event (A ~ 432) whose peak occurred on 2 May, 2007, with pronounced finite-source and parallax effects. We compute planet detection efficiencies for this event in order to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-19 V. Batista , Subo Dong , A. Gould , J. P. Beaulieu , A. Cassan , G. W. Christie , C. Han , A. Udalski , W. Allen , D. L. DePoy , A. Gal-Yam , B. S. Gaudi , B. Johnson , S. Kaspi , C. U. Lee , D. Maoz , J. McCormick , I. McGreer , B. Monard , T. Natusch , E. Ofek , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , D. Polishook , A. Shporer , M. D. Albrow , D. P. Bennett , S. Brillant , M. Bode , D. M. Bramich , M. Burgdorf , J. A. R. Caldwell , H. Calitz , A. Cole , K. H. Cook , Ch. Coutures , S. Dieters , M. Dominik , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouqué , J. Greenhill , M. Hoffman , K. Horne , U. G. Jørgensen , N. Kains , S. Kane , D. Kubas , J. B. Marquette , R. Martin , P. Meintjes , J. Menzies , K. R. Pollard , K. C. Sahu , C. Snodgrass , I. Steele , Y. Tsapras , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , M. Zub , Ł. Wyrzykowski , M. Kubiak , M. K. Szymański , G. Pietrzyński , I. Soszyński , O. Szewczyk , K. Ulaczyk , F. Abe , I. A. Bond , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , J. B. Hearnshaw , S. Holderness , Y. Itow , K. Kamiya , P. M. Kilmartin , A. Korpela , W. Lin , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , N. Miyake , Y. Muraki , M. Nagaya , K. Ohnishi , T. Okumura , Y. C. Perrott , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , T. Sako , L. Skuljan , D. Sullivan , T. Sumi , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , P. C. M. Yock

Four binary microlenses with directly measured masses

We investigated binary lens events from the 2022-2024 microlensing surveys, aiming to identify events suitable for lens mass measurements. We focused on two key light curve features: distinct caustic spikes with resolved crossings for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-18 Cheongho Han , Andrzej Udalski , Chung-Uk Lee , 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

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 anomaly detector with immediate feedback to hunt for planets of Earth mass and below by microlensing

(abridged) The discovery of OGLE 2005-BLG-390Lb, the first cool rocky/icy exoplanet, impressively demonstrated the sensitivity of the microlensing technique to extra-solar planets below 10 M_earth. A planet of 1 M_earth in the same spot…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Dominik , N. J. Rattenbury , A. Allan , S. Mao , D. M. Bramich , M. J. Burgdorf , E. Kerins , Y. Tsapras , L. Wyrzykowski

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

OGLE-2009-BLG-023/MOA-2009-BLG-028: Characterization of a Binary Microlensing Event Based on Survey Data

We report the result of the analysis of the light curve of a caustic-crossing binary-lens microlensing event OGLE-2009-BLG-023/MOA-2009-BLG-028. Even though the event was observed solely by survey experiments, we could uniquely determine…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 K. -H. Hwang , C. Han , A. Udalski , T. Sumi , A. Gould , M. Jaroszynski , M. Kubiak , M. K. Szymanski , G. Pietrzynski , I. Soszynski , O. Szewczyk , K. Ulaczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , M. Freeman , 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 , N. Miyake , Y. Muraki , K. Ohnishi , Y. C. Perrott , N. J. Rattenbury , To. Saito , T. Sako , D. J. Sullivan , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , P. C. M. Yock

Four Microlensing Planets with Faint-source Stars Identified in the 2016 and 2017 Season Data

Microlensing planets occurring on faint source stars can escape detection due to their weak signals. Occasionally, detections of such planets are not reported due to the difficulty of extracting high-profile scientific issues on the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-21 Cheongho Han , Andrzej Udalski , Doeon Kim , Youn Kil Jung , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Andrew Gould , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Chung-Uk Lee , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Jennifer C. Yee , Weicheng Zang , Sang-Mok Cha , Dong-Jin Kim , Hyoun-Woo 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 , Radek Poleski , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Marcin Wrona

The first radial velocity measurements of a microlensing event: no evidence for the predicted binary

The gravitational microlensing technique allows the discovery of exoplanets around stars distributed in the disk of the galaxy towards the bulge. However, the alignment of two stars that led to the discovery is unique over the timescale of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-09 I. Boisse , A. Santerne , J. -P. Beaulieu , W. Fakhardji , N. C. Santos , P. Figueira , S. G. Sousa , C. Ranc

KMT-2017-BLG-0165Lb: A Super-Neptune mass planet Orbiting a Sun-like Host Star

We report the discovery of a low mass-ratio planet $(q = 1.3\times10^{-4})$, i.e., 2.5 times higher than the Neptune/Sun ratio. The planetary system was discovered from the analysis of the KMT-2017-BLG-0165 microlensing event, which has an…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-06 Youn Kil Jung , Andrew Gould , Weicheng Zang , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , Cheongho Han , Jennifer C. Yee , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Wei Zhu , Sang-Mok Cha , Dong-Jin Kim , Hyoun-Woo Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Chung-Uk Lee , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Matthew T. Penny , Shude Mao , Pascal Fouqué , Tianshu Wang

Kepler K2 Campaign 9: II. First space-based discovery of an exoplanet using microlensing

We present K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, a densely sampled, planetary binary caustic-crossing microlensing event found from a blind search of data gathered from Campaign 9 of the Kepler K2 mission (K2C9). K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb is the first bound…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-03 D. Specht , R. Poleski , M. T. Penny , E. Kerins , I. McDonald , Chung-Uk Lee , A. Udalski , I. A. Bond , Y. Shvartzvald , Weicheng Zang , R. A. Street , D. W. Hogg , B. S. Gaudi , T. Barclay , G. Barentsen , S. B. Howell , F. Mullally , C. B. Henderson , S. T. Bryson , D. A. Caldwell , M. R. Haas , J. E. Van Cleve , K. Larson , K. McCalmont , C. Peterson , D. Putnam , S. Ross , M. Packard , L. Reedy , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Youn Kil Jung , Andrew Gould , Cheongho Han , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Hongjing Yang , Jennifer C. Yee , Sang-Mok Cha , Dong-Jin Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , K. Ulaczyk , P. Pietrukowicz , Sz. Kozlowski , J. Skowron , P. Mróz , Shude Mao , Pascal Fouqué , Wei Zhu , F. Abe , R. Barry , D. P. Bennett , A. Bhattacharya , A. Fukui , H. Fujii , Y. Hirao , Y. Itow , R. Kirikawa , I. Kondo , N. Koshimoto , Y. Matsubara , S. Matsumoto , S. Miyazaki , Y. Muraki , G. Olmschenk , C. Ranc , A. Okamura , N. J. Rattenbury , Y. Satoh , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , S. I. Silva , T. Toda , P. J. Tristram , A. Vandorou , H. Yama , C. Beichman , G. Bryden , S. Calchi Novati

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

OGLE-2018-BLG-0532Lb: Cold Neptune With Possible Jovian Sibling

We report the discovery of the planet OGLE-2018-BLG-0532Lb, with very obvious signatures in the light curve that lead to an estimate of the planet-host mass ratio $q=M_{\rm planet}/M_{\rm host}\simeq 1\times10^{-4}$. Although there are no…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-07 Yoon-Hyun Ryu , Andrzej Udalski , Jennifer C. Yee , Matthew T. Penny , Weicheng Zang , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Andrew Gould , Cheongho Han , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Sang-Mok Cha , Dong-Jin Kim , Hyoun-Woo Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Chung-Uk Lee , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Przemek Mroz , Michal K. Szymanski , Jan Skowron , Radek Poleski , Igor Soszynski , Pawel Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozlowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Marcin Wrona , Shude Mao , Pascal Fouque , Wei Zhu , Tianshu Wang

Spitzer as Microlens Parallax Satellite: Mass Measurement for the OGLE-2014-BLG-0124L Planet and its Host Star

We combine Spitzer and ground-based observations to measure the microlens parallax vector ${\mathbf \pi}_{\rm E}$, and so the mass and distance of OGLE-2014-BLG-0124L, making it the first microlensing planetary system with a space-based…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 A. Udalski , J. C. Yee , A. Gould , S. Carey , W. Zhu , J. Skowron , S. Kozłowski , R. Poleski , P. Pietrukowicz , G. Pietrzyński , M. K. Szymański , P. Mróz , I. Soszyński , K. Ulaczyk , Ł. Wyrzykowski , C. Han , S. Calchi Novati , R. W. Pogge

OGLE-2017-BLG-1434Lb: Confirmation of a Cold Super-Earth using Keck Adaptive Optics

The microlensing event OGLE-2017-BLG-1434 features a cold super-Earth planet which is one of eleven microlensing planets with a planet-host star mass ratio $q < 1 \times 10^{-4}$. We provide an additional mass-distance constraint on the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-15 J. W. Blackman , J. -P. Beaulieu , A. A. Cole , N. Koshimoto , A. Vandorou , A. Bhattacharya , J. -B. Marquette , D. P. Bennett

OGLE-2016-BLG-0168 Binary Microlensing Event: Prediction and Confirmation of the Micorlens Parallax Effect from Space-based Observation

The microlens parallax is a crucial observable for conclusively identifying the nature of lens systems in microlensing events containing or composed of faint (even dark) astronomical objects such as planets, neutron stars, brown dwarfs, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 I. -G. Shin , A. Udalski , J. C. Yee , S. Calchi Novati , C. Han , J. Skowron , P. Mróz , I. Soszyński , R. Poleski , M. K. Szymański , S. Kozłowski , P. Pietrukowicz , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak , M. D. Albrow , A. Gould , S. -J. Chung , K. -H. Hwang , Y. K. Jung , Y. -H. Ryu , W. Zhu , S. -M. Cha , D. -J. Kim , H. -W. Kim , S. -L. Kim , C. -U. Lee , Y. Lee , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , C. Beichman , G. Bryden , S. Carey , B. S. Gaudi , C. B. Henderson , Y. Shvartzvald

Microlensing events indicate that super-Earth exoplanets are common in Jupiter-like orbits

Exoplanets classified as super-Earths are commonly observed on short period orbits, close to their host stars, but their abundance on wider orbits is poorly constrained. Gravitational microlensing is sensitive to exoplanets on wide orbits.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Weicheng Zang , Youn Kil Jung , Jennifer C. Yee , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Hongjing Yang , Andrzej Udalski , Takahiro Sumi , Andrew Gould , Shude Mao , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Cheongho Han , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Sang-Mok Cha , Dong-Jin Kim , Hyoun-Woo Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Chung-Uk Lee , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Xiangyu Zhang , Renkun Kuang , Hanyue Wang , Jiyuan Zhang , Zhecheng Hu , Wei Zhu , Przemek Mróz , Jan Skowron , Radosław Poleski , Michał K. Szymański , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Marcin Wrona , Mariusz Gromadzki , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Ian A. Bond , Hirosane 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 , Daisuke Suzuki , Mio Tomoyoshi , Paul J. Tristram , Aikaterini Vandorou , Hibiki Yama , Kansuke Yamashita

MOA-2007-BLG-400 A Super-Jupiter Mass Planet Orbiting a Galactic BulgeK-dwarf Revealed by Keck Adaptive Optics Imaging

We present Keck/NIRC2 adaptive optics imaging of planetary microlensing event MOA-2007-BLG-400 that resolves the lens star system from the source. We find that the MOA-2007-BLG-400L planetary system consists of a $1.71\pm 0.27 M_{\rm Jup}$…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-08 Aparna Bhattacharya , David P. Bennett , Jean P. Beaulieu , Ian A. Bond , Naoki Koshimoto , Jessica R. Lu , Joshua W. Blackman , Aikaterini Vandorou , Sean K. Terry , Virginie Batista , Jean B. Marquette , Andrew A. Cole , Akihiko Fukui , Calen B. Henderson

OGLE-2017-BLG-0537: Microlensing Event with a Resolvable Lens in $\lesssim 5$ years from High-resolution Follow-up Observations

We present the analysis of the binary-lens microlensing event OGLE-2017-BLG-0537. The light curve of the event exhibits two strong caustic-crossing spikes among which the second caustic crossing was resolved by high-cadence surveys. It is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-15 Y. K. Jung , C. Han , A. Udalski , A. Gould , M. D. Albrow , S. -J. Chung , K. -H. Hwang , C. -U. Lee , Y. -H. Ryu , I. -G. Shin , Y. Shvartzvald , J. C. Yee , W. Zang , W. Zhu , S. -M. Cha , D. -J. Kim , H. -W. Kim , S. -L. Kim , D. -J. Lee , Y. Lee , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , W. -T. Kim , P. Mróz , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , S. Kozłowski , P. Pietrukowicz , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak

Microlens OGLE-2005-BLG-169 Implies Cool Neptune-Like Planets are Common

We detect a Neptune mass-ratio (q~8e-5) planetary companion to the lens star in the extremely high-magnification (A~800) microlensing event OGLE-2005-BLG-169. If the parent is a main-sequence star, it has mass M~0.5 M_sun implying a planet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Gould , A. Udalski , D. An , D. P. Bennett , A. -Y. Zhou , S. Dong , N. J. Rattenbury , B. S. Gaudi , P. C. M. Yock , I. A. Bond , G. W. Christie , K. Horne , J. Anderson , K. Z. Stanek , D. L. DePoy , C. Han , J. McCormick , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , S. D. Poindexter , I. Soszynski , M. K. Szymanski , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzynski , O. Szewczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , K. Ulaczyk , B. Paczynski , D. M. Bramich , C. Snodgrass , I. A. Steele , M. J. Burgdorf , M. F. Bode , C. S. Botzler , S. Mao , S. C. Swaving