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VVV survey microlensing: candidate events with source in the far disk

The VVV microlensing search has recently surveyed the region of the Galactic plane at b=0 within -10.00 < l < 10.44 deg. in the near-infrared (IR), discovering hundreds of microlensing events. In this paper we explore the microlensing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-14 Maria Gabriela Navarro , Dante Minniti , Rodrigo Contreras Ramos

KMT-2019-BLG-0371 and the Limits of Bayesian Analysis

We show that the perturbation at the peak of the light curve of microlensing event KMT-2019-BLG-0371 is explained by a model with a mass ratio between the host star and planet of $q \sim 0.08$. Due to the short event duration ($t_{\rm E}…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-23 Yun Hak Kim , Sun-Ju Chung , Jennifer C. Yee , A. Udalski , Ian A. Bond , Youn Kil Jung , Andrew Gould , Michael D. Albrow , Cheongho Han , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Weicheng Zang , 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 , Radek Poleski , Przemek Mróz , Jan Skowron , Michal K. Szymański , Pawel Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Marcin Wrona , Mariusz Gromadzki , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Martin Donachie , Hirosane Fujii , Yoshitaka Itow , Yuki Hirao , Rintaro Kirikawa , Iona Kondo , Naoki Koshimoto , Yutaka Matsubara , Yasushi Muraki , Shota Miyazaki , Clément Ranc , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Yuki Satoh , Hikaru Shoji , Daisuke Suzuki , Paul J. Tristram , Yuzuru Tanaka , Tsubasa Yamawaki , Atsunori Yonehara

A Candidate High-Velocity Exoplanet System in the Galactic Bulge

We present an analysis of adaptive optics (AO) images from the Keck-I telescope of the microlensing event MOA-2011-BLG-262. The original discovery paper by Bennett et al. 2014 reports two distinct possibilities for the lens system; a nearby…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-19 Sean K. Terry , Jean-Philippe Beaulieu , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Jon Hulberg , Macy J. Huston , Naoki Koshimoto , Joshua W. Blackman , Ian A. Bond , Andrew A. Cole , Jessica R. Lu , Clément Ranc , Natalia E. Rektsini , Aikaterini Vandorou

MOA-2010-BLG-477Lb: constraining the mass of a microlensing planet from microlensing parallax, orbital motion and detection of blended light

Microlensing detections of cool planets are important for the construction of an unbiased sample to estimate the frequency of planets beyond the snow line, which is where giant planets are thought to form according to the core accretion…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 E. Bachelet , I. -G. Shin , C. Han , P. Fouqué , A. Gould , J. W. Menzies , J. -P. Beaulieu , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , Subo Dong , D. Heyrovský , J. B. Marquette , J. Marshall , J. Skowron , R. A. Street , T. Sumi , A. Udalski , L. Abe , K. Agabi , M. D. Albrow , W. Allen , E. Bertin , M. Bos , D. M. Bramich , J. Chavez , G. W. Christie , A. A. Cole , N. Crouzet , S. Dieters , M. Dominik , J. Drummond , J. Greenhill , T. Guillot , C. B. Henderson , F. V. Hessman , K. Horne , M. Hundertmark , J. A. Johnson , U. G. Jørgensen , R. Kandori , C. Liebig , D. Mékarnia , J. McCormick , D. Moorhouse , T. Nagayama , D. Nataf , T. Natusch , S. Nishiyama , J. -P. Rivet , K. C. Sahu , Y. Shvartzvald , G. Thornley , A. R. Tomczak , Y. Tsapras , J. C. Yee , V. Batista , C. S. Bennett , S. Brillant , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cassan , E. Corrales , C. Coutures , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , D. Kubas , R. Martin , A. Williams , M. Zub , L. Andrade de Almeida , D. L. DePoy , B. S. Gaudi , L. -W. Hung , F. Jablonski , S. Kaspi , N. Klein , C. -U. Lee , Y. Lee , J. -R. Koo , D. Maoz , J. A. Muñoz , R. W. Pogge , D. Polishook , A. Shporer , F. Abe , C. S. Botzler , P. Chote , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , P. Harris , Y. Itow , S. Kobara , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , N. Miyake , K. Ohmori , K. Ohnishi , N. J. Rattenbury , To. Saito , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , M. Kubiak , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , G. Pietrzyński , Ł. Wyrzykowski , N. Kains , C. Snodgrass , I. A. Steele , K. A. Alsubai , V. Bozza , P. Browne , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , P. Dodds , S. Dreizler , F. Finet , T. Gerner , S. Hardis , K. Harpsøe , T. C. Hinse , E. Kerins , L. Mancini , M. Mathiasen , M. T. Penny , S. Proft , S. Rahvar , D. Ricci , G. Scarpetta , S. Schäfer , F. Schönebeck , J. Southworth , J. Surdej , J. Wambsganss

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-2010-BLG-523: "Failed Planet" = RS CVn Star

The Galactic bulge source MOA-2010-BLG-523S exhibited short-term deviations from a standard microlensing lightcurve near the peak of an Amax ~ 265 high-magnification microlensing event. The deviations originally seemed consistent with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 A. Gould , J. C. Yee , I. A. Bond , A. Udalski , C. Han , U. G. Jorgensen , J. Greenhill , Y. Tsapras , M. H. Pinsonneault , T. Bensby , W. Allen , L. A. Almeida , M. Bos , G. W. Christie , D. L. DePoy , Subo Dong , B. S. Gaudi , L. -W. Hung , F. Jablonski , C. -U. Lee , J. McCormick , D. Moorhouse , J. A. Munoz , T. Natusch , M. Nola , R. W. Pogge , J. Skowron , G. Thornley , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , C. S. Botzler , P. Chote , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , P. Harris , Y. Itow , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , N. Miyake , K. Ohnishi , N. J. Rattenbury , To. Saito , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , M. K. Szymanski , I. Soszynski , M. Kubiak , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , G. Pietrzynski , L. Wyrzykowski , K. A. Alsubai , V. Bozza , P. Browne , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , P. Dodds , M. Dominik , F. Finet , T. Gerner , S. Hardis , K. Harpsoe , F. V. Hessman , T. C. Hinse , M. Hundertmark , N. Kains , E. Kerins , C. Liebig , L. Mancini , M. Mathiasen , M. T. Penny , S. Proft , S. Rahvar , D. Ricci , K. C. Sahu , G. Scarpetta , S. Schafer , F. Schonebeck , C. Snodgrass , J. Southworth , J. Surdej , J. Wambsganss , R. A. Street , K. Horne , D. M. Bramich , I. A. Steele , M. D. Albrow , E. Bachelet , V. Batista , T. G. Beatty , J. -P. Beaulieu , C. S. Bennett , R. Bowens-Rubin , S. Brillant , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cassan , A. A. Cole , E. Corrales , C. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouque , C. B. Henderson , D. Kubas , J. -B Marquette , R. Martin , J. W. Menzies , B. Shappee , A. Williams , J. van Saders , M. Zub

Revisiting MOA 2013 BLG-220L: A Solar-type star with a Cold super-Jupiter Companion

We present the analysis of high-resolution images of MOA-2013-BLG-220, taken with the Keck adaptive optics system 6 years after the initial observation, identifying the lens as a solar-type star hosting a super-Jupiter mass planet. The…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-20 Aikaterini Vandorou , David P. Bennett , Jean-Philippe Beaulieu , Christophe L. Alard , Joshua W. Blackman , Andrew A. Cole , Aparna Bhattacharya , Ian A. Bond , Naoki Koshimoto , Jean-Baptiste Marquette

One Planet or Two Planets? The Ultra-sensitive Extreme-magnification Microlensing Event KMT-2019-BLG-1953

We present the analysis of a very high-magnification ($A\sim 900$) microlensing event KMT-2019-BLG-1953. A single-lens single-source (1L1S) model appears to approximately delineate the observed light curve, but the residuals from the model…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-13 Cheongho Han , Doeon Kim , Youn Kil Jung , Andrew Gould , Ian A. Bond , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Chung-Uk Lee , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , 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 , Woong-Tae Kim , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Martin Donachie , Hirosane Fujii , Akihiko Fukui , Yoshitaka Itow , Yuki Hirao , Rintaro Kirikawa , Iona Kondo , Naoki Koshimoto , Man Cheung Alex Li , Yutaka Matsubara , Yasushi Muraki , Shota Miyazaki , Masayuki Nagakane , Clément Ranc , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Yuki Satoh , Hikaru Shoji , Haruno Suematsu , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , Yuzuru Tanaka , Paul J. Tristram , Tsubasa Yamawaki , Atsunori Yonehara

OGLE-2017-BLG-1049: Another giant planet microlensing event

We report a giant exoplanet discovery in the microlensing event OGLE-2017-BLG-1049, which is a planet-host star mass ratio of $q=9.53\pm0.39\times10^{-3}$ and has a caustic crossing feature in the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-01 Yun Hak Kim , Sun-Ju Chung , A. Udalski , Ian A. Bond , Youn Kil Jung , Andrew Gould , Michael D. Albrow , Cheongho Han , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Jennifer C. Yee , Weicheng Zang , 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 , Radek Poleski , Przemek Mroz , Jan Skowron , Michal K. Szymanski , Igor Soszynski , Pawel Pietrukowicz , Syzmon Kozlowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Martin Donachie , Hirosane Fujii , Akihiko Fukui , Yoshitaka Itow , Yuki Hirao , Rintaro Kirikawa , Iona Kondo , Naoki Koshimoto , Yutaka Matsubara , Yasushi Muraki , Shota Miyazaki , Clement Ranc , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Yuki Satoh , Hikaru Shoji , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , Paul J. Tristram , Yuzuru Tanaka , Tsubasa Yamawaki , Atsunori Yonehara

Ogle-2018-blg-0677lb: A super earth near the galactic bulge

We report the analysis of the microlensing event OGLE-2018-BLG-0677. A small feature in the light curve of the event leads to the discovery that the lens is a star-planet system. Although there are two degenerate solutions that could not be…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-11 Antonio Herrera-Martín , M. D. Albrow , A. Udalski , A. Gould , Y. -H. Ryu , J. C. Yee , S. -J. Chung , C. Han , K. -H. Hwang , Y. K. Jung , C. -U. Lee , I. -G. Shin , Y. Shvartzvald , W. Zang , S. -M. Cha , D. -J. Kim , H. -W. Kim , S. -L. Kim , D. -J. Lee , Y. Lee , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , M. K. Szymański , P. Mróz , J. Skowron , R. Poleski , I. Soszyński , S. Kozłowski , P. Pietrukowicz , K. Ulaczyk , K. Rybicki , P. Iwanek , M. Wrona

Gravitational Microlensing of the Galactic Centre $\gamma$-Ray Excess: A New Test for Point-Like or Extended Emission?

We present a potential test of the origin of the $\gamma$-ray Galactic Centre Excess (GCE). We demonstrate how gravitational microlensing by stellar mass objects along the line of sight to the Galactic Bulge can distinguish between the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-28 Nada Salama , Florian List , Geraint Lewis

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

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

Characterizing Lenses and Lensed Stars of High-Magnification Single-lens Gravitational Microlensing Events With Lenses Passing Over Source Stars

We present the analysis of the light curves of 9 high-magnification single-lens gravitational microlensing events with lenses passing over source stars, including OGLE-2004-BLG-254, MOA-2007-BLG-176, MOA-2007-BLG-233/OGLE-2007-BLG-302,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 J. -Y. Choi , I. -G. Shin , S. -Y. Park , C. Han , A. Gould , T. Sumi , A. Udalski , J. -P. Beaulieu , R. Street , M. Dominik , W. Allen , L. A. Almeida , M. Bos , G. W. Christie , D. L. Depoy , S. Dong , J. Drummond , A. Gal-Yam , B. S. Gaudi , C. B. Henderson , L. -W. Hung , F. Jablonski , J. Janczak , C. -U. Lee , F. Mallia , A. Maury , J. McCormick , D. McGregor , L. A. G. Monard , D. Moorhouse , J. A. Muñoz , T. Natusch , C. Nelson , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , T. -G. "TG" Tan , G. Thornley , J. C. Yee , F. Abe , E. Barnard , J. Baudry , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , F. Hayashi , J. B. Hearnshaw , S. Hosaka , Y. Itow , K. Kamiya , P. M. Kilmartin , S. Kobara , A. Korpela , W. Lin , C. H. Ling , S. Makita , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , N. Miyake , Y. Muraki , M. Nagaya , K. Nishimoto , K. Ohnishi , T. Okumura , K. Omori , Y. C. Perrott , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , L. Skuljan , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , K. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , S. Takino , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , M. K. Szymański , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzyński , I. Soszyński , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , Ł. Wyrzykowski , S. Kozłowski , P. Pietrukowicz , M. D. Albrow , E. Bachelet , V. Batista , C. S. Bennett , R. Bowens-Rubin , S. Brillant , A. Cassan , A. Cole , E. Corrales , Ch. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouqué , J. Greenhill , S. R. Kane , J. Menzies , K. C. Sahu , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , M. Zub , A. Allan , D. M. Bramich , P. Browne , N. Clay , S. Fraser , K. Horne , N. Kains , C. Mottram , C. Snodgrass , I. Steele , Y. Tsapras , K. A. Alsubai , V. Bozza , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , P. Dodds , S. Dreizler , F. Finet , T. Gerner , M. Glitrup , F. Grundahl , S. Hardis , K. Harpsøe , T. C. Hinse , M. Hundertmark , U. G. Jørgensen , E. Kerins , C. Liebig , G. Maier , L. Mancini , M. Mathiasen , M. T. Penny , S. Proft , S. Rahvar , D. Ricci , G. Scarpetta , S. Schäfer , F. Schönebeck , J. Skottfelt , J. Surdej , J. Southworth , F. Zimmer

Exoplanetary Microlensing

Gravitational microlensing occurs when a foreground star happens to pass very close to our line of sight to a more distant background star. The foreground star acts as a lens, splitting the light from the source star into two images, which…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-03 B. Scott Gaudi

Gaia21blx: Complete resolution of a binary microlensing event in the Galactic disk

Context. Gravitational microlensing is a method that is used to discover planet-hosting systems at distances of several kiloparsec in the Galactic disk and bulge. We present the analysis of a microlensing event reported by the Gaia…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-19 P. Rota , V. Bozza , M. Hundertmark , E. Bachelet , R. Street , Y. Tsapras , A. Cassan , M. Dominik , R. Figuera Jaimes , K. A. Rybicki , J. Wambsganss , L. Wyrzykowski , P. Zielinski , M. Bonavita , T. C. Hinse , U. G. Jorgensen , E. Khalouei , H. Korhonen , P. Longa-Pena , N. Peixinho , S. Rahvar , S. Sajadian , J. Skottfelt , C. Snodgrass , J. Tregolan-Reed

VVV Survey Microlensing: the Galactic Longitude Dependence

We completed the search for microlensing events in the zero latitude area of the Galactic bulge using the VVV Survey near-IR data obtained between 2010 and 2015. We have now a total sample of N = 630 events Using the near-IR Color-Magnitude…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-26 María Gabriela Navarro , Dante Minniti , Rodrigo Contreras Ramos

Evidence of a sub-solar star in a microlensing event toward the LMC

Gravitational microlensing is known to be an impressive tool for searching dark, small, and compact objects that are missed by the usual astronomical observations. In this paper, by analysing multiple images acquired by DECam, we present…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-12 A. Franco , A. A. Nucita , F. De Paolis , F. Strafella

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Is Interstellar Extinction Toward the Galactic Center Anomalous?

Photometry of the Galactic bulge, collected during the OGLE-II microlensing search, indicates high and non-uniform interstellar extinction toward the observed fields. We use the mean I-band magnitude and V-I color of red clump stars as a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Udalski

KMT-2018-BLG-1292: A Super-Jovian Microlens Planet in the Galactic Plane

We report the discovery of KMT-2018-BLG-1292Lb, a super-Jovian $M_{\rm planet} = 4.5\pm 1.3\,M_J$ planet orbiting an F or G dwarf $M_{\rm host} = 1.5\pm 0.4\,M_\odot$, which lies physically within ${\cal O}(10\,\pc)$ of the Galactic plane.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-29 Yoon-Hyun Ryu , Maria Gabriela Navarro , Andrew Gould , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Cheongho Han , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Jennifer C. Yee , Weicheng Zang , 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 , Dante Minniti , Roberto K. Saito , Javier Alonso-Garcia , Matthew T. Penny