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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…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-21 Jiyuan Zhang , Weicheng Zang , Andrzej Udalski , Hongjing Yang , Shude Mao , Michał K. Szymański , Igor Soszyński , Radoslaw Poleski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Jan Skowron , Przemek Mróz , Sean K. Terry , Andrew Gould

MOA-2010-BLG-328: Keck and HST Expose the Limits of Occams Razor in Microlensing

We present high resolution follow-up data of the planetary microlensing event MOA-2010-BLG-328, using Keck and the Hubble. Keck data, taken 8 years after the event, reveal a strong lens detection enabling a direct measurement of lens flux…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-14 Aikaterini Vandorou , David P. Bennett , Jean-Philippe Beaulieu , Aparna Bhattacharya , Joshua W. Blackman , Andrew A. Cole , Naoki Koshimoto , Clément Ranc , Natalia E. Rektsini , Sean K. Terry

OGLE-2012-BLG-0455/MOA-2012-BLG-206: Microlensing event with ambiguity in planetary interpretations caused by incomplete coverage of planetary signal

Characterizing a microlensing planet is done from modeling an observed lensing light curve. In this process, it is often confronted that solutions of different lensing parameters result in similar light curves, causing difficulties in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 H. Park , C. Han , A. Gould , A. Udalski , T. Sumi , P. Fouqué , J. -Y. Choi , G. Christie , D. L. Depoy , Subo Dong , B. S. Gaudi , K. -H. Hwang , Y. K. Jung , A. Kavka , C. -U. Lee , L. A. G. Monard , T. Natusch , H. Ngan , R. W. Pogge , I. -G. Shin , J. C. Yee , M. K. Szymański , M. Kubiak , I. Soszyński , G. Pietrzyński , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozłowski , J. Skowron , Ł. Wyrzykowski , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , 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

Candidate Gravitational Microlensing Events for Future Direct Lens Imaging

The mass of the lenses giving rise to Galactic microlensing events can be constrained by measuring the relative lens-source proper motion and lens flux. The flux of the lens can be separated from that of the source, companions to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 C. B. Henderson , H. Park , T. Sumi , A. Udalski , A. Gould , Y. Tsapras , C. Han , B. S. Gaudi , V. Bozza , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , D. Fukunaga , 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 , D. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , P. J. Tristram , N. Tsurumi , K. Wada , N. Yamai , P. C. M. Yock , A. Yonehara , M. K. Szymański , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzyński , I. Soszyński , J. Skowron , S. Kozłowski , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , Ł. Wyrzykowski , P. Pietrukowicz , L. A. Almeida , M. Bos , J. -Y. Choi , G. W. Christie , D. L. Depoy , Subo Dong , M. Friedmann , K. -H. Hwang , F. Jablonski , Y. K. Jung , S. Kaspi , C. -U. Lee , D. Maoz , J. McCormick , D. Moorhouse , T. Natusch , H. Ngan , R. W. Pogge , I. -G. Shin , Y. Shvartzvald , T. -G. Tan , G. Thornley , J. C. Yee , A. Allan , D. M. Bramich , P. Browne , M. Dominik , K. Horne , M. Hundertmark , R. Figuera Jaimes , N. Kains , C. Snodgrass , I. A. Steele , R. A. Street

OGLE-2017-BLG-0373Lb: A Jovian Mass-Ratio Planet Exposes A New Accidental Microlensing Degeneracy

We report the discovery of microlensing planet OGLE-2017-BLG-0373Lb. We show that while the planet-host system has an unambiguous microlens topology, there are two geometries within this topology that fit the data equally well, which leads…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-24 J. Skowron , Y. -H. Ryu , K. -H. Hwang , A. Udalski , P. Mróz , S. Kozłowski , I. Soszyński , P. Pietrukowicz , M. K. Szymański , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak , K. Rybicki , P. Iwanek , M. D. Albrow , S. -J. Chung , A. Gould , C. Han , Y. K. Jung , I. -G. Shin , Y. Shvartzvald , J. C. Yee , W. Zang , 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

OGLE-2017-BLG-0329L: A Microlensing Binary Characterized with Dramatically Enhanced Precision Using Data from Space-based Observations

Mass measurements of gravitational microlenses require one to determine the microlens parallax $\pie$, but precise $\pie$ measurement, in many cases, is hampered due to the subtlety of the microlens-parallax signal combined with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-06 C. Han , S. Calchi Novati , A. Udalski , C. -U. Lee , A. Gould , V. Bozza , P. Mróz , P. Pietrukowicz , J. Skowron , M. K. Szymański , R. Poleski , I. Soszyński , S. Kozłowski , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak , K. Rybicki , P. Iwanek , M. D. Albrow , S. -J. Chung , K. -H. Hwang , Y. K. Jung , 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 , C. Beichman , G. Bryden , S. Carey , B. S. Gaudi , C. B. Henderson , M. Dominik , C. Helling , M. Hundertmark , U. G. Jørgensen , P. Longa-Peña , S. Lowry , S. Sajadian , M. J. Burgdorf , J. Campbell-White , S. Ciceri , D. F. Evans , L. K. Haikala , T. C. Hinse , S. Rahvar , M. Rabus , C. Snodgrass

OGLE-2014-BLG-0221Lb: A Jupiter Mass Ratio Companion Orbiting either a Late-Type Star or a Stellar Remnant

We present the analysis of microlensing event OGLE-2014-BLG-0221, a planetary candidate event discovered in 2014. The photometric light curve is best described by a binary-lens single-source model. Our light curve modeling finds two…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-23 Rintaro Kirikawa , Takahiro Sumi , David P. Bennett , Daisuke Suzuki , Naoki Koshimoto , Shota Miyazaki , Ian A. Bond , Andrzej Udalski , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , Aparna Bhattacharya , Hirosane Fujii , Akihiko Fukui , Ryusei Hamada , Yuki Hirao , Stela Ishitani Silva , Yoshitaka Itow , Yutaka Matsubara , Yasushi Muraki , Greg Olmschenk , Clément Ranc , Yuki K. Satoh , Mio Tomoyoshi , Paul . J. Tristram , Aikaterini Vandorou , Hibiki Yama , Kansuke Yamashita , Przemek Mróz , Radosław Poleski , Jan Skowron , Michał K. Szymański , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk

MOA-2016-BLG-319Lb: Microlensing Planet Subject to Rare Minor-Image Perturbation Degeneracy in Determining Planet Parameter

We present the analysis of the planetary microlensing event MOA-2016-BLG-319. The event light curve is characterized by a brief ($\sim 3$ days) anomaly near the peak produced by minor-image perturbations. From modeling, we find two distinct…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 Cheongho Han , Ian A. Bond , Andrew Gould , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Youn Kil Jung , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Chung-Uk Lee , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Jennifer C. Yee , 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 , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Martin Donachie , Akihiko Fukui , Yuki Hira , Yoshitaka Itow , Kohei Kawasaki , Iona Kondo , Naoki Koshimoto , Man Cheung Alex Li , Yutaka Matsubara , Yasushi Muraki , Shota Miyazaki , Masayuki Nagakane , Clément Ranc , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Haruno Suematsu , Denis J. Sullivan , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , Paul J. Tristram , Atsunori Yonehara

Microlensing Binaries Discovered through High-Magnification Channel

Microlensing can provide a useful tool to probe binary distributions down to low-mass limits of binary companions. In this paper, we analyze the light curves of 8 binary lensing events detected through the channel of high-magnification…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 I. -G. Shin , J. -Y. Choi , S. -Y. Park , C. Han , A. Gould , T. Sumi , A. Udalski , J. -P. Beaulieu , M. Dominik , W. Allen , M. Bos , G. W. Christie , D. L. Depoy , S. Dong , J. Drummond , A. Gal-Yam , B. S. Gaudi , L. -W. Hung , J. Janczak , S. Kaspi , C. -U. Lee , F. Mallia , D. Maoz , A. Maury , J. McCormick , L. A. G. Monard , D. Moorhouse , J. A. Muñoz , T. Natusch , C. Nelson , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , D. Polishook , Y. Shvartzvald , A. Shporer , G. Thornley , J. C. Yee , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , 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 , W. L. Sweatman , 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 , V. Batista , D. M. Bramich , S. Brillant , J. A. R. Caldwell , J. J. Calitz , A. Cassan , A. Cole , K. H. Cook , E. Corrales , Ch. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouqué , J. Greenhill , M. Hoffman , U. G. Jørgensen , S. R. Kane , D. Kubas , J. -B. Marquette , R. Martin , P. Meintjes , J. Menzies , K. R. Pollard , K. C. Sahu , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , C. Vinter , M. Zub , A. Allan , P. Browne , K. Horne , C. Snodgrass , I. Steele , R. Street , Y. Tsapras , K. A. Alsubai , V. Bozza , P. Browne , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , P. Dodds , S. Dreizler , F. Finet , T. Gerner , M. Glitrup , F. Grundahl , S. Hardis , K. Harpsøe , F. V. Hessman , T. C. Hinse , M. Hundertmark , N. Kains , 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

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

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

Unveiling MOA-2007-BLG-192: An M Dwarf Hosting a Likely Super-Earth

We present an analysis of high angular resolution images of the microlensing target MOA-2007-BLG-192 using Keck adaptive optics and the Hubble Space Telescope. The planetary host star is robustly detected as it separates from the background…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-12 Sean K. Terry , Jean-Philippe Beaulieu , David P. Bennett , Euan Hamdorf , Aparna Bhattacharya , Viveka Chaudhry , Andrew A. Cole , Naoki Koshimoto , Jay Anderson , Etienne Bachelet , Joshua W. Blackman , Ian A. Bond , Jessica R. Lu , Jean Baptiste Marquette , Clement Ranc , Natalia E. Rektsini , Kailash Sahu , Aikaterini Vandorou

A New Type of Ambiguity in the Planet and Binary Interpretations of Central Perturbations of High-Magnification Gravitational Microlensing Events

High-magnification microlensing events provide an important channel to detect planets. Perturbations near the peak of a high-magnification event can be produced either by a planet or a binary companion. It is known that central…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 J. -Y. Choi , I. -G. Shin , C. Han , A. Udalski , T. Sumi , A. Gould , V. Bozza , M. Dominik , P. Fouqué , K. Horne , M. K. Szymański , M. Kubiak , I. Soszyński , G. Pietrzyński , R. Poleski , K. Ulaczyk , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozłowski , J. Skowron , Ł. Wyrzykowski , F. Abe , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , P. Chote , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , K. Furusawa , Y. Itow , S. Kobara , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , N. Miyake , Y. Muraki , K. Ohmori , K. Ohnishi , N. J. Rattenbury , To. Saito , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , K. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , S. Takino , P. J. Tristram , K. Wada , P. C. M. Yock , D. M. Bramich , C. Snodgrass , I. A. Steele , R. A. Street , Y. Tsapras , K. A. Alsubai , P. Browne , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , P. Dodds , S. Dreizler , X. -S. Fang , F. Grundahl , C. -H. Gu , S. Hardis , K. Harpsøe , T. C. Hinse , A. Hornstrup , M. Hundertmark , J. Jessen-Hansen , U. G. Jørgensen , N. Kains , E. Kerins , C. Liebig , M. Lund , M. Lunkkvist , L. Mancini , M. Mathiasen , M. T. Penny , S. Rahvar , D. Ricci , G. Scarpetta , J. Skottfelt , J. Southworth , J. Surdej , J. Tregloan-Reed , J. Wambsganss , O. Wertz , L. A. Almeida , V. Batista , G. Christie , D. L. DePoy , Subo Dong , B. S. Gaudi , C. Henderson , F. Jablonski , C. -U. Lee , J. McCormick , D. McGregor , D. Moorhouse , T. Natusch , H. Ngan , S. -Y. Park , R. W. Pogge , T. -G. Tan , G. Thornley , J. C. Yee , M. D. Albrow , E. Bachelet , J. -P. Beaulieu , S. Brillant , A. Cassan , A. A. Cole , E. Corrales , C. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , J. Greenhill , D. Kubas , J. -B. Marquette , J. W. Menzies , K. C. Sahu , M. Zub

KMT-2016-BLG-1107: A New Hollywood-Planet Close/Wide Degeneracy

We show that microlensing event KMT-2016-BLG-1107 displays a new type of degeneracy between wide-binary and close-binary Hollywood events in which a giant-star source envelops the planetary caustic. The planetary anomaly takes the form of a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-09 Kyu-Ha Hwang , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , Hyoun-Woo Kim , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Andrew Gould , Cheongho Han , Youn Kil Jung , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , 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

OGLE-2015-BLG-0196: Ground-based Gravitational Microlens Parallax Confirmed By Space-Based Observation

In this paper, we present the analysis of the binary gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-0196. The event lasted for almost a year and the light curve exhibited significant deviations from the lensing model based on the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-11 C. Han , A. Udalski , A. Gould , Wei Zhu , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , J. Skowron , P. Mróz , R. Poleski , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozłowski , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak , J. C. Yee , C. Beichman , S. Calchi Novati , S. Carey , C. Bryden , M. Fausnaugh , B. S. Gaudi , Calen B. Henderson , Y. Shvartzvald , B. Wibking

KMT-2021-BLG-0322: Severe degeneracy between triple-lens and higher-order binary-lens interpretations

We investigate the microlensing event KMT-2021-BLG-0322, for which the light curve exhibits three distinctive sets of caustic-crossing features. It is found that the overall features of the light curve are approximately described by a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-17 Cheongho Han , Andrew Gould , Yuki Hirao , Chung-Uk Lee , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , Doeon Kim , Shude Mao , 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 , Fumio Abe , Richard Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Ian Bond , Martin Donachie , Hirosane Fujii , Akihiko Fukui , Yoshitaka Itow , Rintaro Kirikawa , Iona Kondo , Naoki Koshimoto , Man Cheung Alex Li , Yutaka Matsubara , Yasushi Muraki , Shota Miyazaki , Clément Ranc , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Yuki Satoh , Hikaru Shoji , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , Yuzuru Tanaka , Paul J. Tristram , Tsubasa Yamawaki , Atsunori Yonehara

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

An ice giant exoplanet interpretation of the anomaly in microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0173

We analyze the microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0173, which shows a small perturbation at the end of the microlensing event caused by the primary lens. We consider both binary lens and binary source models and we explore their degeneracies,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 R. Poleski , B. S. Gaudi , A. Udalski , M. K. Szymanski , I. Soszynski , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozlowski , J. Skowron , L. Wyrzykowski , K. Ulaczyk

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

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