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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

OGLE-2016-BLG-1266: A Probable Brown-Dwarf/Planet Binary at the Deuterium Fusion Limit

We report the discovery, via the microlensing method, of a new very-low-mass binary system. By combining measurements from Earth and from the Spitzer telescope in Earth-trailing orbit, we are able to measure the microlensing parallax of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 M. D. Albrow , J. C. Yee , A. Udalski , S. Calchi Novati , S. Carey , C. B. Henderson , C. Beichman , G. Bryden , B. S. Gaudi , Y. Shvartzvald , M. K. Szymanśki , P. Mroź , J. Skowron , R. Poleski , I. Soszynśki , S. Kozlowski , . Pietrukowicz , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak , S. -J. Chung , A. Gould , 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

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-2013-BLG-0911Lb: A Secondary on the Brown-Dwarf Planet Boundary around an M-dwarf

We present the analysis of the binary-lens microlensing event OGLE-2013-BLG-0911. The best-fit solutions indicate the binary mass ratio of q~0.03 which differs from that reported in Shvartzvald+2016. The event suffers from the well-known…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-05 Shota Miyazaki , Takahiro Sumi , David P. Bennett , Andrzej Udalski , Yossi Shvartzvald , Rachel Street , Valerio Bozza , Jennifer C. Yee , Ian A. Bond , Nicholas Rattenbury , Naoki Koshimoto , Daisuke Suzuki , Akihiko Fukui , F. Abe , A. Bhattacharya , R. Barry , M. Donachie , H. Fujii , Y. Hirao , Y. Itow , Y. Kamei , I. Kondo , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , Y. Matsubara , T. Matsuo , Y. Muraki , M. Nagakane , K. Ohnishi , C. Ranc , T. Saito , A. Sharan , H. Shibai , H. Suematsu , D. J. Sullivan , P. J. Tristram , T. Yamakawa , A. Yonehara , J. Skowron , R. Poleski , P. Mr'oz , M. K. Szyma'nski , I. Soszy'nski , P. Pietrukowicz , S. KozLowski , K. Ulaczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , Matan Friedmann , Shai Kaspi , Dan Maoz , M. Albrow , G. Christie , D. L. DePoy , A. Gal-Yam , A. Gould , C. -U. Lee , I. Manulis , J. McCormick , T. Natusch , H. Ngan , R. W. Pogge , I. Porritt , Y. Tsapras , E. Bachelet , M. P. G. Hundertmark , M. Dominik , D. M. Bramich , A. Cassan , R. Figuera Jaimes , K. Horne , R. Schmidt , C. Snodgrass , J. Wambsganss , I. A. Steele , J. Menzies , S. Mao , U. G. Jorgensen , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Ciceri , S. Calchi Novati , G. D'Ago , D. F. Evans , T. C. Hinse , N. Kains , E. Kerins , H. Korhonen , L. Mancini , A. Popovas , M. Rabus , S. Rahvar , G. Scarpetta , J. Skottfelt , J. Southworth , G. D'Ago , N. Peixinho , P. Verma

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-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

OGLE-2016-BLG-1469L: Microlensing Binary Composed of Brown Dwarfs

We report the discovery of a binary composed of two brown dwarfs, based on the analysis of the microlensing event OGLE-2016-BLG-1469. Thanks to detection of both finite-source and microlens-parallax effects, we are able to measure both the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 C. Han , A. Udalski , T. Sumi , A. Gould , M. D. Albrow , S. -J. Chung , Y. K. Jung , Y. -H. Ryu , I. -G. Shin , J. C. Yee , W. Zhu , S. -M. Cha , S. -L. Kim , D. -J. Kim , C. -U. Lee , Y. Lee , B. -G. Park , I. Soszyński , P. Mróz , P. Pietrukowicz , M. K. Szymański , J. Skowron R. Poleski , S. Kozłowski , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak , F. Abe , Y. Asakura , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , A. Bhattacharya , M. Donachie , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , Y. Hirao , Y. Itow , N. Koshimoto , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , M. Nagakane , K. Ohnishi , H. Oyokawa , N. J. Rattenbury , To. Saito , A. Sharan , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , T. Yamada , T. Yamada , A. Yonehara , R. Barry

Spitzer as Microlens Parallax Satellite: Mass and Distance Measurements of Binary Lens System OGLE-2014-BLG-1050L

We report the first mass and distance measurement of a caustic-crossing binary system OGLE-2014-BLG-1050L using the space-based microlens parallax method. \emph{Spitzer} captured the second caustic-crossing of the event, which occurred…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Wei Zhu , A. Udalski , A. Gould , M. Dominik , V. Bozza , C. Han , J. C. Yee , S. Calchi Novati , C. A. Beichman , S. Carey , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , S. Kozlowski , P. Mroz , P. Pietrukowicz , G. Pietrzynski , M. K. Szymanski , I. Soszynski , K. Ulaczyk , L. Wyrzykowski , C. Han , B. S. Gaudi , R. W. Pogge , D. L. DePoy , Y. K. Jung , J. -Y. Choi , K. -H. Hwang , I. -G. Shin , H. Park , J. Jeong

Spitzer Microlensing Parallax for OGLE-2016-BLG-1067: a sub-Jupiter Orbiting an M-dwarf in the Disk

We report the discovery of a sub-Jupiter mass planet orbiting beyond the snow line of an M-dwarf most likely in the Galactic disk as part of the joint Spitzer and ground-based monitoring of microlensing planetary anomalies toward the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 S. Calchi Novati , D. Suzuki , A. Udalski , A. Gould , Y. Shvartzvald , V. Bozza , D. P. Bennett , C. Beichman , G. Bryden , S. Carey , B. S. Gaudi , C. B. Henderson , J. C. Yee , W. Zhu , F. Abe , Y. Asakura , R. Barry , A. Bhattacharya , I. A. Bond , M. Donachie , P. Evans , A. Fukui , Y. Hirao , Y. Itow , K. Kawasaki , N. Koshimoto , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , Y. Matsubara , S. Miyazaki , Y. Muraki , M. Nagakane , K. Ohnishi , C. Ranc , N. J. Rattenbury , To. Saito , A. Sharan , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , P. J. Tristram , T. Yamada , A. Yonehara , P. Mróz , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , S. Kozłowski , 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. Zang , 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-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

First simultaneous microlensing observations by two space telescopes: $Spitzer$ & $Swift$ reveal a brown dwarf in event OGLE-2015-BLG-1319

Simultaneous observations of microlensing events from multiple locations allow for the breaking of degeneracies between the physical properties of the lensing system, specifically by exploring different regions of the lens plane and by…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Y. Shvartzvald , Z. Li , A. Udalski , A. Gould , T. Sumi , R. A. Street , S. Calchi Novati , M. Hundertmark , V. Bozza , C. Beichman , G. Bryden , S. Carey , J. Drummond , M. Fausnaugh , B. S. Gaudi , C. B. Henderson , T. G. Tan , B. Wibking , R. W. Pogge , J. C. Yee , W. Zhu , Y. Tsapras , E. Bachelet , M. Dominik , D. M. Bramich , A. Cassan , R. Figuera Jaimes , K. Horne , C. Ranc , R. Schmidt , C. Snodgrass , J. Wambsganss , I. A. Steele , J. Menzies , S. Mao , R. Poleski , M. Pawlak , M. K. Szymański , J. Skowron , P. Mróz , S. Kozłowski , Ł. Wyrzykowski , P. Pietrukowicz , I. Soszyński , K. Ulaczyk , F. Abe , Y. Asakura , R. K. Barry , D. P. Bennett , A. Bhattacharya , I. A. Bond , M. Freeman , Y. Hirao , Y. Itow , N. Koshimoto , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , A. Fukui , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , M. Nagakane , T. Nishioka , K. Ohnishi , H. Oyokawa , N. J. Rattenbury , To. Saito , A. Sharan , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , A. Yonehara , U. G. Jørgensen , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Ciceri , G. D'Ago , D. F. Evans , T. C. Hinse , N. Kains , E. Kerins , H. Korhonen , L. Mancini , A. Popovas , M. Rabus , S. Rahvar , G. Scarpetta , J. Skottfelt , J. Southworth , N. Peixinho , P. Verma , B. Sbarufatti , J. A. Kennea , N. Gehrels

OGLE-2015-BLG-0479LA,B: Binary Gravitational Microlens Characterized by Simultaneous Ground-based and Space-based Observation

We present a combined analysis of the observations of the gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-0479 taken both from the ground and by the {\it Spitzer Space Telescope}. The light curves seen from the ground and from space exhibit…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-07 C. Han , A. Udalski , A. Gould , Wei Zhu , R. A. Street , J. C. Yee , C. Beichman , C. Bryden , S. Calchi Novati , S. Carey , M. Fausnaugh , B. S. Gaudi , Calen B. Henderson , Y. Shvartzvald , B. Wibking , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , J. Skowron , P. Mróz , R. Poleski , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozłowski , K. Ulaczyk , Ł. Wyrzykowski , M. Pawlak , Y. Tsapras , M. Hundertmark , E. Bachelet , M. Dominik , D. M. Bramich , A. Cassan , R. Figuera Jaimes , K. Horne , C. Ranc , R. Schmidt , C. Snodgrass , J. Wambsganss , I. A. Steele , J. Menzies , S. Mao , V. Bozza , U. G. Jørgensen , K. A. Alsubai , S. Ciceri , G. D'Ago , T. Haugbølle , F. V. Hessman , T. C. Hinse , D. Juncher , H. Korhonen , L. Mancini , A. Popovas , M. Rabus , S. Rahvar , G. Scarpetta , J. Skottfelt , J. Southworth , D. Starkey , J. Surdej , O. Wertz , M. Zarucki , R. W. Pogge , D. L. DePoy

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…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-25 Yutong Shan , Jennifer C. Yee , Andrzej Udalski , Ian A. Bond , Yossi Shvartzvald , In-Gu Shin , Youn-Kil Jung , Sebastiano Calchi Novati , Charles A. Beichman , Sean Carey , B. Scott Gaudi , Andrew Gould , Richard W. Pogge , Radosław Poleski , Jan Skowron , Szymon Kozłowski , Przemysław Mróz , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Michał K. Szymański , Igor Soszyński , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Łukasz Wyrzykowski , Fumio Abe , Richard K. Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Martin Donachie , Akihiko Fukui , Yuki Hirao , 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 , Dan Maoz , Shai Kaspi , Matan Friedmann

OGLE-2014-BLG-0257L: A Microlensing Brown Dwarf Orbiting a Low-mass M Dwarf

In this paper, we report the discovery of a binary composed of a brown dwarf and a low-mass M dwarf from the observation of the microlensing event OGLE-2014-BLG-0257. Resolution of the very short-lasting caustic crossing combined with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 C. Han , Y. K. Jung , A. Udalski , A. Gould , V. Bozza , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , R. Poleski , S. Kozłowski , P. Pietrukowicz , J. Skowron , K. Ulaczyk , Ł. Wyrzykowski

$Spitzer$ Microlensing Parallax for OGLE-2017-BLG-0896 Reveals a Counter-Rotating Low-Mass Brown Dwarf

The kinematics of isolated brown dwarfs in the Galaxy, beyond the solar neighborhood, is virtually unknown. Microlensing has the potential to probe this hidden population, as it can measure both the mass and five of the six phase-space…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 Yossi Shvartzvald , Jennifer C. Yee , Jan Skowron , Chung-Uk Lee , Andrzej Udalski , Sebastiano Calchi Novati , Valerio Bozza , Charles A. Beichman , Geoffery Bryden , Sean Carey , B. Scott Gaudi , Calen B. Henderson , Wei Zhu , Etienne Bachelet , Greg Bolt , Grant Christie , Dan Maoz , Tim Natusch , Richard W. Pogge , Rachel A. Street , Thiam-Guan Tan , Yiannis Tsapras , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Igor Soszyński , Michał K. Szymański , Przemek Mróz , Radoslaw Poleski , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Michał Pawlak , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Michael D. Albrow , Sang-Mok Cha , Sun-Ju Chung , Andrew Gould , Cheongho Han , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , Dong-Jin Kim , Hyoun-Woo Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Weicheng Zang , Martin Dominik , Christiane Helling , Markus Hundertmark , Uffe G. Jørgensen , Penelope Longa-Peña , Stephen Lowry , Sedighe Sajadian , Martin J. Burgdorf , Justyn Campbell-White , Simona Ciceri , Daniel F. Evans , Yuri I. Fujii , Tobias C. Hinse , Sohrab Rahvar , Markus Rabus , Jesper Skottfelt , Colin Snodgrass , John Southworth

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

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…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 A. Herald , A. Udalski , V. Bozza , P. Rota , I. A. Bond , J. C. Yee , S. Sajadian , P. Mroz , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , M. K. Szymanski , I. Soszynski , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozlowski , K. Ulaczyk , K. A. Rybicki , P. Iwanek , M. Wrona , M. Gromadzki , F. Abe , R. Barry , D. P. Bennett , A. Bhattacharya , A. Fukui , H. Fujii , Y. Hirao , Y. Itow , R. Kirikawa , I. Kondo , N. Koshimoto , Y. Matsubara , S. Matsumoto , S. Miyazaki , Y. Muraki , G. Olmschenk , C. Ranc , A. Okamura , N. J. Rattenbury , Y. Satoh , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , S. Ishitani Silva , T. Toda , P. J. Tristram , A. Vandorou , H. Yama , C. A. Beichman , G. Bryden , S. Calchi Novati , S. Carey , B. S. Gaudi , A. Gould , C. B. Henderson , S. Johnson , Y. Shvartzvald , W. Zhu , M. Dominik , M. Hundertmark , U. G. Jorgensen , P. Longa-Pena , J. Skottfelt , J. Tregloan-Reed , N. Bach-Moller , M. Burgdorf , G. D'Ago , L. Haikala , J. Hitchcock , E. Khalouei , N. Peixinho , S. Rahvar , C. Snodgrass , J. Southworth , P. Spyratos , W. Zang , H. Yang , S. Mao , E. Bachelet , D. Maoz , R. A. Street , Y. Tsapras , G. W. Christie , T. Cooper , L. de Almeida , J. -D. do Nascimento , J. Green , C. Han , S. Hennerley , A. Marmont , J. McCormick , L. A. G. Monard , T. Natusch , R. Pogge

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

Spitzer Microlens Measurement of a Massive Remnant in a Well-Separated Binary

We report the detection and mass measurement of a binary lens OGLE-2015-BLG-1285La,b, with the more massive component having $M_1>1.35\,M_\odot$ (80% probability). A main-sequence star in this mass range is ruled out by limits on blue…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-22 Y. Shvartzvald , A. Udalski , A. Gould , C. Han , V. Bozza , M. Friedmann , M. Hundertmark , C. Beichman , G. Bryden , S. Calchi Novati , S. Carey , M. Fausnaugh , B. S. Gaudi , C. B. Henderson , T. Kerr , R. W. Pogge , W. Varricatt , B. Wibking , J. C. Yee , W. Zhu , R. Poleski , M. Pawlak , M. K. Szymański , J. Skowron , P. Mróz , S. Kozłowski , Ł. Wyrzykowski , P. Pietrukowicz , G. Pietrzyński , I. Soszyński , K. Ulaczyk , 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 , D. Maoz , S. Kaspi , R. A. Street , Y. Tsapras , E. Bachelet , M. Dominik , D. M. Bramich , Keith Horne , C. Snodgrass , I. A. Steele , J. Menzies , R. Figuera Jaimes , J. Wambsganss , R. Schmidt , A. Cassan , C. Ranc , S. Mao , Subo Dong , G. D'Ago , G. Scarpetta , P. Verma , U. G. Jørgensen , E. Kerins , J. Skottfelt

Spitzer Microlensing parallax reveals two isolated stars in the Galactic bulge

We report the mass and distance measurements of two single-lens events from the 2017 Spitzer microlensing campaign. The ground-based observations yield the detection of finite-source effects, and the microlens parallaxes are derived from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 Weicheng Zang , Yossi Shvartzvald , Tianshu Wang , Andrzej Udalski , Chung-Uk Lee , Takahiro Sumi , Jesper Skottfelt , Shun-Sheng Li , Shude Mao , Wei Zhu , Jennifer C. Yee , Sebastiano Calchi Novati , Charles A. Beichman , Geoffery Bryden , Sean Carey , B. Scott Gaudi , Calen B. Henderson , Przemek Mróz , Jan Skowron , Radoslaw Poleski , Michał K. Szymański , Igor Soszyński , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Krzysztof A. Rybicki , Patryk Iwanek , Etienne Bachelet , Grant Christie , Jonathan Green , Steve Hennerley , Dan Maoz , Tim Natusch , Richard W. Pogge , Rachel A. Street , Yiannis Tsapras , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Andrew Gould , Cheongho Han , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Youn Kil Jung , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Sang-Mok Cha , Dong-Jin Kim , Hyoun-Woo Kim , Seung-Lee Kim , Dong-Joo Lee , Yongseok Lee , Byeong-Gon Park , Richard W. Pogge , Ian A. Bond , Fumio be , Richard Barry , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Martin Donachie , Akihiko Fukui , Yuki Hirao , Yoshitaka Itow , 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 , Daisuke Suzuki , Paul J. Tristram , Atsunori Yonehara , Martin Dominik , Markus Hundertmark , Uffe G. Jørgensen , Sohrab Rahvar , Sedighe Sajadian , Colin Snodgrass , Valerio Bozza , Martin J. Burgdorf , Daniel F. Evans , Roberto Figuera Jaimes , Yuri I. Fujii , Luigi Mancini , Penelope Longa-Peña , hristiane Helling , Nuno Peixinho , Markus Rabus , John Southworth , Eduardo Unda-Sanzana , Carolina von Essen