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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 Many Possible Interpretations of Microlensing Event OGLE-2002-BLG-055

Microlensing event OGLE-2002-BLG-055 is characterized by a smooth, slightly asymmetric single-lens curve with an isolated, secure data point that is ~0.6 magnitudes brighter than neighboring points separated by a few days. It was previously…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Scott Gaudi , Cheongho Han

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

OGLE-2014-BLG-1186: gravitational microlensing providing evidence for a planet orbiting the foreground star or for a close binary source?

(abridged) Using the particularly long gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2014-BLG-1186 with a time-scale $t_\mathrm{E}$ ~ 300 d, we present a methodology for identifying the nature of localised deviations from single-lens point-source…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 M. Dominik , E. Bachelet , V. Bozza , R. A. Street , C. Han , M. Hundertmark , A. Udalski , D. M. Bramich , K. A. Alsubai , S. Calchi Novati , S. Ciceri , G. D'Ago , R. Figuera Jaimes , T. Haugbølle , T. C. Hinse , K. Horne , U. G. Jørgensen , D. Juncher , N. Kains , H. Korhonen , L. Mancini , J. Menzies , A. Popovas , M. Rabus , S. Rahvar , G. Scarpetta , R. Schmidt , J. Skottfelt , C. Snodgrass , J. Southworth , D. Starkey , I. A. Steele , J. Surdej , Y. Tsapras , J. Wambsganss , O. Wertz , P. Pietrukowicz , M. K. Szymański , P. Mróz , J. Skowron , I. Soszyński , K. Ulaczyk , R. Poleski

MOA-2022-BLG-249Lb: Nearby microlensing super-Earth planet detected from high-cadence surveys

We investigate the data collected by the high-cadence microlensing surveys during the 2022 season in search for planetary signals appearing in the light curves of microlensing events. From this search, we find that the lensing event…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 Cheongho Han , Andrew Gould , Youn Kil Jung , Ian A. Bond , Weicheng Zang , Sun-Ju Chung , Michael D. Albrow , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Hongjing Yang , Jennifer C. Yee , Sang-Mok Cha , Doeon Kim , Dong-Jin Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Chung-Uk Lee , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Shude Mao , Wei Zhu , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Hirosame Fujii , Akihiko Fukui , Ryusei Hamada , Yuki Hirao , Stela Ishitani Silva , Yoshitaka Itow , Rintaro Kirikawa , Iona Kondo , Naoki Koshimoto , Yutaka Matsubara , Sho Matsumoto , Shota Miyazaki , Yasushi Muraki , Arisa Okamura , Greg Olmschenk , Clément Ranc , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Yuki Satoh , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , Taiga Toda , Mio Tomoyoshi , Paul J. Tristram , Aikaterini Vandorou , Hibiki Yama , Kansuke Yamashita

MOA-2008-BLG-379Lb: A Massive Planet from a High Magnification Event with a Faint Source

We report analysis of high microlensing event MOA-2008-BLG-379, which has a strong microlensing anomaly at its peak, due to a massive planet with a mass ratio of q = 6.9 x 10^{-3}. Because the faint source star crosses the large resonant…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 D. Suzuki , A. Udalski , T. Sumi , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , F. Abe , C. S. Botzler , M. Freeman , M. Fukagawa , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , Y. Itow , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , K. Ohnishi , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , H. Shibai , D. J. Sullivan , K. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , S. Takino , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , M. K. Szymański , M. Kubiak , I. Soszyński , G. Pietrzyński , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , Ł. Wyrzykowski

OGLE-2015-BLG-0845L: A low-mass M dwarf from the microlensing parallax and xallarap effects

We present the analysis of the microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-0845, which was affected by both the microlensing parallax and xallarap effects. The former was detected via the simultaneous observations from the ground and Spitzer, and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-08 Zhecheng Hu , Wei Zhu , Andrew Gould , Andrzej Udalski , Takahiro Sumi , Ping Chen , Sebastiano Calchi Novati , Jennifer C. Yee , Charles A. Beichman , Geoffery Bryden , Sean Carey , Michael Fausnaugh , B. Scott Gaudi , Calen B. Henderson , Yossi Shvartzvald , Benjamin Wibking , 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

Interpretation of a Short-Term Anomaly in the Gravitational Microlensing Event MOA-2012-BLG-486

A planetary microlensing signal is generally characterized by a short-term perturbation to the standard single lensing light curve. A subset of binary-source events can produce perturbations that mimic planetary signals, thereby introducing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 K. -H. Hwang , J. -Y. Choi , I. A. Bond , T. Sumi , C. Han , B. S. Gaudi , A. Gould , V. Bozza , J. -P. Beaulieu , Y. Tsapras , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , C. S. Botzler , P. Chote , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , D. Fukunaga , P. Harris , 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 , W. L. Sweatman , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , N. Yamai , P. C. M. Yock , A. Yonehara , L. Andrade de Almeida , D. L. DePoy , Subo Dong , F. Jablonski , Y. K. Jung , A. Kavka , C. -U. Lee , H. Park , R. W. Pogge , I. -G. Shin , J. C. Yee , M. D. Albrow , E. Bachelet , V. Batista , S. Brillant , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cassan , A. Cole , E. Corrales , Ch. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouqué , J. Greenhill , U. G. Jørgensen , S. R. Kane , D. Kubas , J. -B. Marquette , R. Martin , P. Meintjes , J. Menzies , K. R. Pollard , A. Williams , D. Wouters , D. M. Bramich , M. Dominik , K. Horne , P. Browne , M. Hundertmark , S. Ipatov , N. Kains , C. Snodgrass , I. A. Steele , R. A. Street

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

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

A possible binary system of a stellar remnant in the high magnification gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2007-BLG-514

We report the extremely high magnification (A > 1000) binary microlensing event OGLE-2007-BLG-514. We obtained good coverage around the double peak structure in the light curve via follow-up observations from different observatories. The…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 N. Miyake , A. Udalski , T. Sumi , D. P. Bennett , S. Dong , R. A. Street , J. Greenhill , I. A. Bond , A. Gould , M. Kubiak , M. K. Szymanski , G. Pietrzynski , I. Soszynski , K. Ulaczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , F. Abe , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , S. Holderness , Y. Itow , A. Korpela , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , T. Nagayama , K. Ohnishi , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , T. Sako , D. J. Sullivan , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , P. C. M. Yock , W. Allen , G. W. Christie , D. L. DePoy , B. S. Gaudi , C. Han , C. -U. Lee , J. McCormick , B. Monard , T. Natusch , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , A. Allan , M. Bode , D. M. Bramich , N. Clay , M. Dominik , K. D. Horne , N. Kains , C. Mottram , C. Snodgrass , I. Steele , Y. Tsapras , M. D. Albrow , V. Batista , J. P. Beaulieu , S. Brillant , M. Burgdorf , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cassan , A. Cole , K. H. Cook , Ch. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouque , U. G. Jorgensen , S. Kane , D. Kubas , J. B. Marquette , R. Martin , J. Menzies , K. R. Pollard , K. C. Sahu , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , M. Zub

OGLE-2013-BLG-0102LA,B: Microlensing binary with components at star/brown-dwarf and brown-dwarf/planet boundaries

We present the analysis of the gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2013-BLG-0102. The light curve of the event is characterized by a strong short-term anomaly superposed on a smoothly varying lensing curve with a moderate magnification…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Y. K. Jung , A. Udalski , T. Sumi , C. Han , A. Gould , J. Skowron , S. Kozłowski , R. Poleski , Ł. Wyrzykowski , M. K. Szymański , G. Pietrzyński , I. Soszyński , K. Ulaczyk , P. Pietrukowicz , P. Mróz , M. Kubiak , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , D. Fukunaga , Y. Itow , N. Koshimoto , P. Larsen , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , S. Namba , K. Ohnishi , L. Philpott , N. J. Rattenbury , To. Saito , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , N. Tsurumi , K. Wada , N. Yamai , P. C. M. Yock , A. Yonehara , M. Albrow , J. -Y. Choi , D. L. DePoy , B. S. Gaudi , K. -H. Hwang , C. -U. Lee , H. Park , S. Owen , R. W. Pogge , I. -G. Shin , J. C. Yee

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

A Low-Mass Planet with a Possible Sub-Stellar-Mass Host in Microlensing Event MOA-2007-BLG-192

We report the detection of an extrasolar planet of mass ratio q ~ 2 x 10^(-4) in microlensing event MOA-2007-BLG-192. The best fit microlensing model shows both the microlensing parallax and finite source effects, and these can be combined…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , A. Udalski , T. Sumi , F. Abe , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , J. B. Hearnshaw , S. Holderness , Y. Itow , K. Kamiya , A. V. Korpela , P. M. Kilmartin , W. Lin , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , N. Miyake , Y. Muraki , M. Nagaya , T. Okumura , K. Ohnishi , Y. C. Perrott , N. J. Rattenbury , T. Sako , To. Saito , S. Sato , L. Skuljan , D. J. Sullivan , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , P. C. M. Yock , M. Kubiak , M. K. Szymanski , G. Pietrzynski , I. Soszynski , O. Szewczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , K. Ulaczyk , V. Batista , J. P. Beaulieu , S. Brillant , A. Cassan , P. Fouque , P. Kervella , D. Kubas , J. B. Marquette

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.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-27 Naoki Koshimoto , David P. Bennett , Daisuke Suzuki

OGLE 2003-BLG-235/MOA 2003-BLG-53: A planetary microlensing event

We present observations of the unusual microlensing event OGLE 2003-BLG-235/MOA 2003-BLG-53. In this event a short duration (~7 days) low amplitude deviation in the light curve due a single lens profile was observed in both the MOA and OGLE…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. A. Bond , A. Udalski , M. Jaroszynski , N. J. Rattenbury , B. Paczynski , I. Soszynski , L. Wyrzykowski , M. K. Szymanski , M. Kubiak , O. Szewczyk , K. Zebrun , G. Pietrzynski , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , S. Eguchi , Y. Furuta , J. B. Hearnshaw , K. Kamiya , P. M. Kilmartin , Y. Kurata , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , S. Noda , K. Okajima , T. Sako , T. Sekiguchi , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , P. J. Tristram , T. Yanagisawa , P. C. M. Yock

MOA-2019-BLG-008Lb: a new microlensing detection of an object at the planet/brown dwarf boundary

We report on the observations, analysis and interpretation of the microlensing event MOA-2019- BLG-008. The observed anomaly in the photometric light curve is best described through a binary lens model. In this model, the source did not…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-17 E. Bachelet , Y. Tsapras , Andrew Gould , R. A. Street , David P. Bennett , M. P. G. Hundertmark , V. Bozza , D. M. Bramich , A. Cassan , M. Dominik , K. Horne , S. Mao , A. Saha , J. Wambsganss , Weicheng Zang , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , Aparna Bhattacharya , Ian A. Bond , Akihiko Fukui , Hirosane Fujii , Yuki Hirao , Yoshitaka Itow , Rintaro Kirikawa , Naoki Koshimoto , Yutaka Matsubara , Sho Matsumoto , Shota Miyazaki , Yasushi Muraki , Greg Olmschenk , Clément Ranc , Arisa Okamura , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Yuki Satoh , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , Stela Ishitani Silva , Taiga Toda , Paul . J. Tristram , Aikaterini Vandorou , Hibiki Yama , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Cheongho Han , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Jennifer C. Yee , Sang-Mok Cha , Dong-Jin Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Chung-Uk Lee , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Andrzej Udalski , Przemek Mróz , Rados law Poleski , Jan Skowron , Micha l K. Szymański , Igor Soszyński , Pawe l Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozlowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Marcin Wrona , Mariusz Gromadzki

MOA-2022-BLG-091Lb and KMT-2024-BLG-1209Lb: Microlensing planets detected through weak caustic-crossing signals

The light curves of the microlensing events MOA-2022-BLG-091 and KMT-2024-BLG-1209 exhibit anomalies with very similar features. These anomalies appear near the peaks of the light curves, where the magnifications are moderately high, and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-30 Cheongho Han , Chung-Uk Lee , Andrzej Udalski , Ian A. Bond , Hongjing Yang , 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 , Tanagodchaporn Inyanya , 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 , Ken Bando , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Akihiko Fukui , Ryusei Hamada , Shunya Hamada , Naoto Hamasaki , Yuki Hirao , Stela Ishitani Silva , 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 , Yunyi Tang , Shude Mao , Dan Maoz , Wei Zhu

New Giant Planet beyond the Snow Line for an Extended MOA Exoplanet Microlens Sample

Characterizing a planet detected by microlensing is hard if the planetary signal is weak or the lens-source relative trajectory is far from caustics. However, statistical analyses of planet demography must include those planets to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-09 Clément Ranc , David P. Bennett , Richard K. Barry , Naoki Koshimoto , Jan Skowron , Yuki Hirao , Ian A. Bond , Takahiro Sumi , Lars Bathe-Peters , Fumio Abe , Aparna Bhattacharya , Martin Donachie , Hirosane Fujii , Akihiko Fukui , Stela Ishitani Silva , Yoshitaka Itow , Rintaro Kirikawa , Iona Kondo , Man Cheung Alex Li , Yutaka Matsubara , Yasushi Muraki , Shota Miyazaki , Greg Olmschenk , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Yuki Satoh , Hikaru Shoji , Daisuke Suzuki , Yuzuru Tanaka , Paul J. Tristram , Tsubasa Yamawaki , Atsunori Yonehara

KMT-2021-BLG-1898: Planetary microlensing event involved with binary source stars

The light curve of the microlensing event KMT-2021-BLG-1898 exhibits a short-term central anomaly with double-bump features that cannot be explained by the usual binary-lens or binary-source interpretations. With the aim of interpreting the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 Cheongho Han , Andrew Gould , Doeon Kim , Youn Kil Jung , 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 , Seung-Lee Kim , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge