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A Newly Identified Degeneracy Keeps the Planetary Interpretation Viable for OGLE-2011-BLG-0950

The microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0950 exhibits the well-known ``Planet/Binary'' degeneracy, in which distinct lens configurations produce similar light curves but imply substantially different mass ratios between the lens components. A…

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Spectroscopic characterisation of microlensing events Towards a new interpretation of OGLE-2011-BLG-0417

The microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0417 is an exceptionally bright lens binary that was predicted to present radial velocity variation at the level of several km/s. Pioneer radial velocity follow-up observations with the UVES spectrograph…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 A. Santerne , J. -P. Beaulieu , B. Rojas Ayala , I. Boisse , E. Schlawin , J. -M. Almenara , V. Batista , D. Bennett , R. F. Díaz , P. Figueira , D. J. James , T. Herter , J. Lillo-Box , J. B. Marquette , C. Ranc , N. C. Santos , S. G. Sousa

Reanalyses of Anomalous Gravitational Microlensing Events in the OGLE-III Early Warning System Database with Combined Data

We reanalyze microlensing events in the published list of anomalous events that were observed from the OGLE lensing survey conducted during 2004-2008 period. In order to check the existence of possible degenerate solutions and extract extra…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. Jeong , H. Park , C. Han , A. Gould , A. Udalski , M. K. Szymański , G. Pietrzyński , I. Soszyński , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , Ł. Wyrzykowski , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , D. Fukunaga , Y. Itow , N. Koshimoto , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , S. Namba , K. Ohnishi , N. J. Rattenbury , To. Saito , D. J. Sullivan , W. L. Sweatman , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , N. Tsurumi , K. Wada , N. Yamai , P. C. M. Yock , A. Yonehara , M. D. Albrow , V. Batista , J. -P. Beaulieu , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cassan , A. Cole , C. Coutures , S. Dieters , M. Dominik , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouqué , J. Greenhill , M. Hoffman , M. Huber , U. G. Jørgensen , S. R. Kane , D. Kubas , R. Martin , J. -B. Marquette , J. Menzies , C. Pitrou , K. Pollard , K. C. Sahu , C. Vinter , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , W. Allen , G. Bolt , J. -Y. Choi , G. W. Christie , D. L. DePoy , J. Drummond , B. S. Gaudi , K. -H. Hwang , Y. K. Jung , C. -U. Lee , F. Mallia , D. Maoz , A. Maury , J. McCormick , L. A. G. Monard , D. Moorhouse , T. Natusch , E. O. Ofek , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , R. Santallo , I. -G. Shin , G. Thornley , J. C. Yee , A. Allan , D. M. Bramich , M. J. Burgdorf , K. Horne , M. Hundertmark , N. Kains , C. Snodgrass , I. Steele , R. Street , Y. Tsapras

A Binary Lensing Event Toward the LMC: Observations and Dark Matter Implications

The MACHO collaboration has recently analyzed 2.1 years of photometric data for about 8.5 million stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This analysis has revealed 8 candidate microlensing events and a total microlensing optical depth…

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KMT-2016-BLG-1337L: A Saturn-mass planet orbiting within a binary system of low-mass stars

We report the discovery and characterization of a planetary companion in the microlensing event KMT-2016-BLG-1337, which was produced by a binary system of low-mass stars. The light curve of the event exhibits a short-term anomaly…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-16 Cheongho Han , Chung-Uk Lee , Ian A. Bond , Andrzej Udalski , 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 , Doeon Kim , Dong-Jin Kim , Sang-Mok Cha , Seung-Lee Kim , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Fumio Abe , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Ryusei Hamada , Yuki Hirao , Asahi Idei , Stela Ishitani Silva , Shota Miyazaki , Yasushi Muraki , Tutumi Nagai , Kansuke Nunota , Greg Olmschenk , Clément Ranc , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Yuki Satoh , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , Takuto Tamaoki , Sean K. Terry , Paul J. Tristram , Aikaterini Vandorou , Hibiki Yama , 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

Automated detection and modeling of binary microlensing events in OGLE-IV data. I. Events with well-separated bumps

Gravitational microlensing depends primarily on the lens mass and presents a larger occurrence rate in crowded regions, which makes it the best tool to uncover the initial mass function (IMF) of low-mass stars in the Galactic bulge. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-12 R. A. P. Oliveira , R. Poleski , P. Mróz , A. Udalski , J. Skowron , M. Mróz , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , K. Ulaczyk , P. Pietrukowicz , K. Rybicki , P. Iwanek , M. Wrona , M. Gromadzki

Precision measurement of a brown dwarf mass in a binary system in the microlensing event OGLE-2019-BLG-0033/MOA-2019-BLG-035

Context. Brown dwarfs are poorly understood transition objects between stars and planets, with several competing mechanisms having been proposed for their formation. Mass measurements are generally difficult for isolated objects but also…

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Systematic errors as a source of mass discrepancy in black hole microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0462

Two independent groups reported the discovery of an isolated dark stellar remnant in the microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0462 based on photometric ground-based observations coupled with astrometric measurements taken with the Hubble Space…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-05 Przemek Mroz , Andrzej Udalski , Andrew Gould

OGLE-2015-BLG-1771Lb: A Microlens Planet Orbiting an Ultracool Dwarf?

We report the discovery and the analysis of the short (tE < 5 days) planetary microlensing event, OGLE-2015-BLG-1771. The event was discovered by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE), and the planetary anomaly (at I ~ 19) was…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 Xiangyu Zhang , Weicheng Zang , Andrzej Udalski , Andrew Gould , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , Tianshu Wang , Hongjing Yang , Shude Mao , Przemek Mróz , Jan Skowron , Radoslaw Poleski , Michał K. Szymański , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Cheongho Han , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Jennifer C. Yee , 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

OGLE-2013-BLG-1761Lb: A Massive Planet Around an M/K Dwarf

We report the discovery and the analysis of the planetary microlensing event, OGLE-2013-BLG-1761. There are some degenerate solutions in this event because the planetary anomaly is only sparsely sampled. But the detailed light curve…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-21 Y. Hirao , A. Udalski , T. Sumi , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , N. J. Rattenbury , D. Suzuki , N. Koshimoto , F. Abe , Y. Asakura , R. K. Barry , A. Bhattacharya , M. Donachie , P. Evans , A. Fukui , Y. Itow , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , T. Matsuo , Y. Muraki , M. Nagakane , K. Ohnishi , To. Saito , A. Sharan , H. Shibai , D. J. Sullivan , P. J. Tristram , T. Yamada , T. Yamada , A. Yonehara , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , P. Mróz , M. K. Szymański , S. Kozłowski , P. Pietrukowicz , I. Soszyński , Ł. Wyrzykowski , K. Ulaczyk

Bayesian Approach for Determining Microlens System Properties with High-Angular-Resolution Follow-up Imaging

We present the details of the Bayesian analysis on the planetary microlensing event MOA-2016-BLG-227, whose excess flux is likely due to a source/lens companion or an unrelated ambient star, as well as of the assumed prior distributions.…

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OGLE-2014-BLG-0962 and the First Statistical Validation of Bayesian Priors for Galactic Microlensing

OGLE-2014-BLG-0962 (OB140962) is a stellar binary microlensing event that was well-covered by observations from the Spitzer satellite as well as ground-based surveys. Modelling yields a unique physical solution: a mid-M+M-dwarf binary with…

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Binary Lenses in OGLE-III EWS Database. Seasons 2002--2003

We present 15 binary lens candidates from OGLE-III Early Warning System database for seasons 2002-2003. We also found 15 events interpreted as single mass lensing of double sources. The candidates were selected by visual light curves…

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

OGLE-2016-BLG-0693LB: Probing the Brown Dwarf Desert with Microlensing

We present an analysis of microlensing event OGLE-2016-BLG-0693, based on the survey-only microlensing observations by the OGLE and KMTNet groups. In order to analyze the light curve, we consider the effects of parallax, orbital motion, and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-06 Y. -H. Ryu , A. Udalski , J. C. Yee , M. D. Albrow , S. -J. Chung , A. Gould , C. Han , K. -H. Hwang , Y. K. Jung , I. -G. Shin , 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 , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozlowski , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , P. Mroz , M. K. Szymanski , I. Soszynski , M. Pawlak , K. Ulaczyk

OGLE-2017-BLG-0482Lb: A Microlensing Super-Earth Orbiting a Low-mass Host Star

We report the discovery of a planetary system in which a super-earth orbits a late M-dwarf host. The planetary system was found from the analysis of the microlensing event OGLE-2017-BLG-0482, wherein the planet signal appears as a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-02 C. Han , Y. Hirao , A. Udalski , C. -U. Lee , V. Bozza , A. Gould , F. Abe , R. Barry , I. A. Bond , D. P. Bennett , A. Bhattacharya , M. Donachie , P. Evans , A. Fukui , Y. Itow , K. Kawasaki , N. Koshimoto , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , Y. Matsubara , S. Miyazaki , H. Munakata , Y. Muraki , M. Nagakane , K. Ohnishi , C. Ranc , N. Rattenbury , T. Saito , A. Sharan , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , T. Yamada , A. Yonehara , P. Mróz , R. Poleski , S. Kozłowski , I. Soszyński , P. Pietrukowicz , J. Skowron , M. K. Szymańsk , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak , K. Rybicki , P. Iwanek , M. D. Albrow , S. -J. Chung , K. -H. Hwang , Y. K. Jung , D. Kim , W. -T. Kim , H. -W. Kim , Y. -H. Ryu , I. -G. Shin , Y. Shvartzvald , J. C. Yee , W. Zhu , S. -M. Cha , S. -L. Kim , D. -J. Kim , D. -J. Lee , Y. Lee , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge

OGLE-2017-BLG-1130: The First Binary Gravitational Microlens Detected From Spitzer Only

We analyze the binary gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2017-BLG-1130 (mass ratio q~0.45), the first published case in which the binary anomaly was only detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope. This event provides strong evidence that…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 Tianshu Wang , S. Calchi Novati , A. Udalski , A. Gould , Shude Mao , W. Zang , C. Beichman , G. Bryden , S. Carey , B. S. Gaudi , C. B. Henderson , Y. Shvartzvald , J. C. Yee , P. Mroz , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , M. K. Szymanski , I. Soszynski , S. Kozlowski , P. Pietrukowicz , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak , M. D. Albrow , S. -J. Chung , C. Han , K. -H. Hwang , Y. K. Jung , Y. -H. Ryu , I. -G. Shin , W. Zhu , S. -M. Cha , D. -J. Kim , H. -W. Kim , S. -L. Kim , C. -U. Lee , D. -J. Lee , Y. Lee , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge

Four-Body Gravitational Microlensing Events Involving Both a Binary Lens and a Binary Source

We present detailed analyses of three anomalous microlensing events--KMT-2021-BLG-0209, KMT-2021-BLG-0901, and OGLE-2025-BLG-0356--identified from a systematic re-examination of KMTNet light curves for which previous modeling attempts…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Cheongho Han , Chung-Uk Lee , Andrzej Udalski , 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 , Doeon Kim , Dong-Jin Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Dong-Joo Lee , Sang-Mok Cha , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Przemek Mróz , Michał K. Szymańskim Jan Skowron , Radosław Poleski , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Marcin Wrona , Mariusz Gromadzki , Mateusz J. Mróz

OGLE-2018-BLG-0567Lb and OGLE-2018-BLG-0962Lb: Two Microlensing Planets through Planetary-Caustic Channel

We present the analyses of two microlensing events, OGLE-2018-BLG-0567 and OGLE-2018-BLG-0962. In both events, the short-lasting anomalies were densely and continuously covered by two high-cadence surveys. The light-curve modeling indicates…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-09 Youn Kil Jung , Cheongho Han , Andrzej Udalski , Andrew Gould , Jennifer C. Yee , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Wei Zhu , 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 Przemek Mróz , Michał K. Szymański , Jan Skowron , Radek Poleski , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzystof Ulaczyk , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Marcin Wrona

Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE 2000-BUL-43: A Spectacular Ongoing Parallax Microlensing Event. Difference Image Analysis

We present the photometry and theoretical models for a Galactic bulge microlensing event OGLE-2000-BUL-43. The event is very bright with I=13.54 mag, and has a very long time scale, t_E=156 days. The long time scale and its light curve…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 I. Soszynski , K. Zebrun , P. R. Wozniak , S. Mao , A. Udalski , M. Szymanski , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzynski , O. Szewczyk , L. Wyrzykowski

The second multiple-planet system discovered by microlensing: OGLE-2012-BLG-0026Lb, c, a pair of jovian planets beyond the snow line

We report the discovery of a planetary system from observation of the high-magnification microlensing event OGLE-2012-BLG-0026. The lensing light curve exhibits a complex central perturbation with multiple features. We find that the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 C. Han , A. Udalski , J. -Y. Choi , J. C. Yee , A. Gould , G. Christie , T. -G. Tan , M. K. Szymański , M. Kubiak , I. Soszyński , G. Pietrzyński , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozłowski , J. Skowron , Ł. Wyrzykowski , L. A. Almeida , V. Batista , D. L. Depoy , Subo Dong , J. Drummond , B. S. Gaudi , K. -H. Hwang , F. Jablonski , Y. -K. Jung , C. -U. Lee , J. -R. Koo , J. McCormick , L. A. G. Monard , T. Natusch , H. Ngan , H. Park , R. W. Pogge , Ian Porritt , I. -G. Shin