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OGLE-2009-BLG-092/MOA-2009-BLG-137: A Dramatic Repeating Event With the Second Perturbation Predicted by Real-Time Analysis

We report the result of the analysis of a dramatic repeating gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2009-BLG-092/MOA-2009-BLG-137, for which the light curve is characterized by two distinct peaks with perturbations near both peaks. We find…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Y. -H. Ryu , C. Han , K. -H. Hwang , R. Street , A. Udalski , T. Sumi , A. Fukui , J. -P. Beaulieu , A. Gould , M. Dominik , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , 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 , N. Miyake , Y. Muraki , K. Nishimoto , K. Ohnishi , Y. C. Perrott , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , L. Skuljan , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , M. K. Szymański , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzyński , I. Soszyński , O. Szewczyk , Ł. Wyrzykowski , K. Ulaczyk , M. Bos , G. W. Christie , D. L. Depoy , A. Gal-Yam , B. S. Gaudi , S. Kaspi , C. -U. Lee , D. Maoz , J. McCormick , B. Monard , D. Moorhouse , R. W. Pogge , D. Polishook , Y. Shvartzvald , A. Shporer , G. Thornley , J. C. Yee , M. D. Albrow , V. Batista , S. Brillant , A. Cassan , A. Cole , E. Corrales , Ch. Coutures , S. Dieters , P. Fouqué , J. Greenhill , J. Menzies , A. Allan , D. M. Bramich , P. Browne , K. Horne , N. Kains , C. Snodgrass , I. Steele , Y. Tsapras , V. Bozza , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , S. Dreizler , F. Finet , M. Glitrup , F. Grundahl , K. Harpsøe , F. V. Hessman , T. C. Hinse , M. Hundertmark , U. G. Jørgensen , C. Liebig , G. Maier , L. Mancini , M. Mathiasen , S. Rahvar , D. Ricci , G. Scarpetta , J. Skottfelt , J. Surdej , J. Southworth , J. Wambsganss , F. Zimmer

Spitzer Observations of OGLE-2015-BLG-1212 Reveal a New Path to Breaking Strong Microlens Degeneracies

Spitzer microlensing parallax observations of OGLE-2015-BLG-1212 decisively breaks a degeneracy between planetary and binary solutions that is somewhat ambiguous when only ground-based data are considered. Only eight viable models survive…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-06 V. Bozza , Y. Shvartzvald , A. Udalski , S. Calchi Novati , I. A. Bond , C. Han , M. Hundertmark , R. Poleski , M. Pawlak , M. K. Szymański , J. Skowron , P. Mróz , S. Kozłowski , Ł. Wyrzykowski , P. Pietrukowicz , I. Soszyński , K. Ulaczyk , C. Beichman , G. Bryden , S. Carey , M. Fausnaugh , B. S. Gaudi , A. Gould , C. B. Henderson , R. W. Pogge , B. Wibking , J. C. Yee , W. Zhu , F. Abe , Y. Asakura , R. K. Barry , D. P. Bennett , A. Bhattacharya , M. Donachie , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , Y. Hirao , K. Inayama , Y. Itow , N. Koshimoto , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , M. Nagakane , T. Nishioka , K. Ohnishi , H. Oyokawa , N. Rattenbury , T. Saito , A. Sharan , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , Y. Wakiyama , A. Yonehara , J. -Y. Choi , H. Park , Y. K. Jung , I. -G. Shin , M. D. Albrow , B. -G. Park , S. -L. Kim , C. -U. Lee , S. -M. Cha , D. -J. Kim , Y. Lee , M. Dominik , U. G. Jørgensen , M. I. Andersen , D. M. Bramich , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Ciceri , G. D'Ago , D. F. Evans , R. Figuera Jaimes , S. -H. Gu , T. C. Hinse , N. Kains , E. Kerins , H. Korhonen , M. Kuffmeier , L. Mancini , A. Popovas , M. Rabus , S. Rahvar , R. T. Rasmussen , G. Scarpetta , J. Skottfelt , C. Snodgrass , J. Southworth , J. Surdej , E. Unda-Sanzana , C. von Essen , Y. -B. Wang , O. Wertz , D. Maoz , M. Friedmann , S. Kaspi

OGLE-2016-BLG-1227L: A Wide-separation Planet from a Very Short-timescale Microlensing Event

We present the analysis of the microlensing event OGLE-2016-BLG-1227. The light curve of this short-duration event appears to be a single-lens event affected by severe finite-source effects. Analysis of the light curve based on single-lens…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 Cheongho Han , Andrzej Udalski , Andrew Gould , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , 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 , M. James Jee , Doeon Kim , Chun-Hwey Kim , Woong-Tae Kim , Przemek Mróz , Michał K. Szymański , Jan Skowron , Radek Poleski , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk

Gravitational Microlensing Events Due to Stellar Mass Black Holes

We present an analysis of the longest timescale microlensing events discovered by the MACHO Collaboration during a 7 year survey of the Galactic bulge. We find 6 events that exhibit very strong microlensing parallax signals due, in part, to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. P. Bennett , A. C. Becker , J. L. Quinn , A. B. Tomaney , C. Alcock , R. A. Allsman , D. R. Alves , T. S. Axelrod , J. J. Calitz , K. H. Cook , A. J. Drake , P. C. Fragile , K. C. Freeman , M. Geha , K. Griest , B. R. Johnson , S. C. Keller , C. Laws , M. J. Lehner , S. L. Marshall , D. Minniti , C. A. Nelson , B. A. Peterson , P. Popowski , M. R. Pratt , P. J. Quinn , S. H. Rhie , C. W. Stubbs , W. Sutherland , T. Vandehei , D. Welch

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

Results from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE)

The analysis of the first three years of the OGLE data revealed 12 microlensing events of the Galactic bulge stars, with the characteristic time scales in the range $ 8.6 < t_0 < 80 $ days, where $ t_0 = R_E / V $. A complete sample of nine…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Paczynski , K. Z. Stanek , A. Udalski , M. Szymanski , J. Kaluzny , M. Kubiak , M. Mateo , W. Krzeminski , G. W. Preston

Space-based Microlens Parallax Observation As a Way to Resolve the Severe Degeneracy between Microlens-parallax and Lens-orbital Effect

In this paper, we demonstrate the severity of the degeneracy between the microlens-parallax and lens-orbital effects by presenting the analysis of the gravitational binary-lens event OGLE-2015-BLG-0768. Despite the obvious deviation from…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 C. Han , A. Udalski , C. -U. Lee , A. Gould , V. Bozza , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , J. Skowron , P. Mróz , R. Poleski , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozłowski , K. Ulaczyk , Ł. Wyrzykowski , M. Pawlak , M. D. Albrow , S. -J. Chung , S. -L. Kim , S. -M. Cha , Y. K. Jung , D. -J. Kim , Y. Lee , B. -G. Park , Y. -H. Ryu , I. -G. Shin , J. C. Yee

The First Direct Distance and Luminosity Determination for a Self-Luminous Giant Exoplanet: The Trigonometric Parallax to 2MASS1207334-393254Ab

We present the first trigonometric parallax and distance for a young planetary mass object. A likely TW Hya cluster member, 2MASSW J1207334-393254Ab (hereafter 2M1207Ab) is an M8 brown dwarf with a mid to late L type planetary mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Beth Biller , Laird Close

Systematic Analysis of 22 Microlensing Parallax Candidates

We attempt to identify all microlensing parallax events for which the parallax fit improves \Delta\chi^2 > 100 relative to a standard microlensing model. We outline a procedure to identify three types of discrete degeneracies (including a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Shawn Poindexter , Cristina Afonso , David P. Bennett , Jean-Francois Glicenstein , Andrew Gould , Michal K. Szymanski , Andrzej Udalski

Lens parameters for Gaia18cbf -- a long gravitational microlensing event in the Galactic plane

Context: The timescale of a microlensing event scales as a square root of a lens mass. Therefore, long-lasting events are important candidates for massive lenses, including black holes. Aims: Here we present the analysis of the Gaia18cbf…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-15 Katarzyna Kruszyńska , Ł. Wyrzykowski , K. A. Rybicki , M. Maskoliūnas , E. Bachelet , N. Rattenbury , P. Mróz , P. Zieliński , K. Howil , Z. Kaczmarek , S. T. Hodgkin , N. Ihanec , I. Gezer , M. Gromadzki , P. Mikołajczyk , A. Stankevičiūtė , V. Čepas , E. Pakštienė , K. Šiškauskaitė , J. Zdanavičius , V. Bozza , M. Dominik , R. Figuera Jaimes , A. Fukui , M. Hundertmark , N. Narita , R. Street , Y. Tsapras , M. Bronikowski , M. Jabłońska , A. Jabłonowska , O. Ziółkowska

Microlensing by the Galactic Bar

We compute the predicted optical depth and duration distribution of microlensing events towards Baade's window in a model composed of a Galactic disk and a bar. The bar model is a self-consistent dynamical model built out of individual…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 HongSheng Zhao , David N. Spergel , R. Michael Rich

OGLE-2019-BLG-0825: Constraints on the Source System and Effect on Binary-lens Parameters arising from a Five Day Xallarap Effect in a Candidate Planetary Microlensing Event

We present an analysis of microlensing event OGLE-2019-BLG-0825. This event was identified as a planetary candidate by preliminary modeling. We find that significant residuals from the best-fit static binary-lens model exist and a xallarap…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-27 Yuki K. Satoh , Naoki Koshimoto , David P. Bennett , Takahiro Sumi , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Daisuke Suzuki , Shota Miyazaki , Ian A. Bond , Andrzej Udalski , Andrew Gould , Valerio Bozza , Martin Dominik , Yuki Hirao , Iona Kondo , Rintaro Kirikawa , Ryusei Hamada , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , Aparna Bhattacharya , Hirosane Fujii , Akihiko Fukui , Katsuki Fujita , Tomoya Ikeno , Stela Ishitani Silva , Yoshitaka Itow , Yutaka Matsubara , Sho Matsumoto , Yasushi Muraki , Kosuke Niwa , Arisa Okamura , Greg Olmschenk , Clément Ranc , Taiga Toda , Mio Tomoyoshi , Paul J. Tristram , Aikaterini Vandorou , Hibiki Yama , Kansuke Yamashita , Przemek Mróz , Radosław Poleski , Jan Skowron , Michał K. Szymański , Radek Poleski , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Marcin Wrona , Mariusz Gromadzki , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Cheongho Han , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Doeon Kim , Youn Kil Jung , Hyoun Woo 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 , Chung-Uk Lee , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Uffe G. Jørgensen , Penélope Longa-Peña , Sedighe Sajadian , Jesper Skottfelt , Colin Snodgrass , Jeremy Tregloan-Reed , Nanna Bach-Møller , Martin Burgdorf , Giuseppe D'Ago , Lauri Haikala , James Hitchcock , Markus Hundertmark , Elahe Khalouei , Nuno Peixinho , Sohrab Rahvar , John Southworth , Petros Spyratos

The First Planetary Microlensing Event with Two Microlensed Source Stars

We present the analysis of microlensing event MOA-2010-BLG-117, and show that the light curve can only be explained by the gravitational lensing of a binary source star system by a star with a Jupiter mass ratio planet. It was necessary to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-23 D. P. Bennett , A. Udalski , C. Han , I. A. Bond , J. -P. Beaulieu , J. Skowron , B. S. Gaudi , N. Koshimoto , F. Abe , Y. Asakura , R. K. Barry , A. Bhattacharya , M. Donachie , P. Evans , A. Fukui , Y. Hirao , Y. Itow , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , M. Nagakane , K. Ohnishi , H. Oyokawa , C. Ranc , N. J. Rattenbury , M. K. Rosenthal , To. Saito , A. Sharan , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , A. Yonehara , M. K. Szymanski , R. Poleski , I. Soszynski , K. Ulaczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , D. DePoy , A. Gould , R. W. Pogge , J. C. Yee , M. D. Albrow , E. Bachelet , V. Batista , R. Bowens-Rubin , S. Brillant , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cole , C. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouque , K. Horne , M. Hundertmark , N. Kains , S. R. Kane , J. -B. Marquette , J. Menzies , K. R. Pollard , C. Ranc , K. C. Sahu , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , M. Zub

KMT-2024-BLG-0404L: A triple microlensing system consisting of a star, a brown dwarf, and a planet

We have investigated the lensing event KMT-2024-BLG-0404. The light curve of the event exhibited a complex structure with multiple distinct features, including two prominent caustic spikes, two cusp bumps, and a brief discontinuous feature…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-11 Cheongho Han , Andrzej Udalski , Chung-Uk Lee , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Andrew Gould , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Jennifer C. Yee , Hongjing Yang , Weicheng Zang , Doeon Kim , Dong-Jin Kim , 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

Cross-Matching of OGLE III and GAIA catalogues: Investigation of Dark-lens microlensing candidates

In this work, we use $13$ microlensing candidates with dark lenses from OGLE III catalogue \cite{2016MNRAS.458.3012W} and cross-match them with the GAIA catalogue. We identify the microlensing source stars in the GAIA catalogue by comparing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-10 Amirhosein Dehghani , Sohrab Rahvar

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

Microlensing brown-dwarf companions in binaries detected during the 2022 and 2023 seasons

Building on previous works to construct a homogeneous sample of brown dwarfs in binary systems, we investigate microlensing events detected by the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) survey during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Given…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-22 Cheongho Han , Ian A. Bond , Andrzej Udalski , Chung-Uk Lee , Andrew Gould , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , 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 , Fumio Abe , Ken Bando , Richard Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Hirosame Fujii , Akihiko Fukui , Ryusei Hamada , Shunya Hamada , Naoto Hamasaki , Yuki Hirao , Stela Ishitani Silva , Yoshitaka Itow , Rintaro Kirikawa , 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 , Mio Tomoyoshi , Paul J. Tristram , Aikaterini Vandorou , Hibiki Yama , Kansuke Yamashita , 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

Detection of Rotation in a Binary Microlens: PLANET Photometry of MACHO 97-BLG-41

We analyze PLANET collaboration data for MACHO 97-BLG-41, the only microlensing event observed to date in which the source transits two disjoint caustics. The PLANET data, consisting of 46 V-band and 325 I-band observations from five…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. D. Albrow , J. -P. Beaulieu , J. A. R. Caldwell , M. Dominik , B. S. Gaudi , A. Gould , J. Greenhill , K. Hill , S. Kane , R. Martin , J. Menzies , R. M. Naber , K. R. Pollard , P. D. Sackett , K. C. Sahu , P. Vermaak , R. Watson , A. Williams , H. E. Bond , I. M. van Bemmel

Constraints on Planetary Companions in the Magnification A=256 Microlensing Event: OGLE-2003-BLG-423

We develop a new method of modeling microlensing events based on a Monte Carlo simulation that incorporates both a Galactic model and the constraints imposed by the observed characteristics of the event. The method provides an unbiased way…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jaiyul Yoo , D. L. DePoy , A. Gal-Yam , B. S. Gaudi , A. Gould , C. Han , Y. Lipkin , D. Maoz , E. O. Ofek , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , M. K. Szymanski , A. Udalski , O. Szewczyk , M. Kubiak , K. Zebrun , G. Pietrzynski , I. oszynski , L. Wyrzykowski

Are the Ogle Microlenses in the Galactic Bar?

The analysis of the first two years of OGLE data revealed 9 microlensing events of the galactic bulge stars, with the characteristic time scales in the range $ 8.6 < t_0 < 62 $ days, where $ t_0 = R_E / V $. The optical depth to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 B. Paczynski , K. Z. Stanek , A. Udalski , M. Szymanski , J. Kaluzny , M. Kubiak , M. Mateo , W. Krzeminski