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OGLE-2003-BLG-238: Microlensing Mass Estimate of an Isolated Star

Microlensing is the only known direct method to measure the masses of stars that lack visible companions. In terms of microlensing observables, the mass is given by M=(c^2/4G)\tilde r_E \theta_E and so requires the measurement of both the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Guangfei Jiang , 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 , A. Udalski , M. Kubiak , M. K. Szymanski , O. Szewczyk , K. Zebrun , L. Wyrzykowski , I. Soszynski , G. Pietrzynski , M. D. Albrow , J. -P. Beaulieu , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cassan , C. Coutures , M. Dominik , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouque , J. Greenhill , K. Hill , K. Horne , S. F. Jorgensen , U. G. Jorgensen , S. Kane , D. Kubas , R. Martin , J. Menzies , K. R. Pollard , K. C. Sahu , J. Wambsganss , R. Watson , A. Williams

OGLE-2016-BLG-0156: Microlensing Event With Pronounced Microlens-Parallax Effects Yielding Precise Lens Mass Measurement

We analyze the gravitational binary-lensing event OGLE-2016-BLG-0156, for which the lensing light curve displays pronounced deviations induced by microlens-parallax effects. The light curve exhibits 3 distinctive widely-separated peaks and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 Youn Kil Jung , Cheongho Han , Ian A. Bond , Andrzej Udalski , Andrew Gould , Michael D. Albrow , Sun-Ju Chung , Kyu-Ha Hwang , Chung-Uk Lee , Yoon-Hyun Ryu , In-Gu Shin , Yossi Shvartzvald , Jennifer C. Yee , M. James Jee , Doeon Kim , 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 , 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 , Przemek Mróz , Radek Poleski , Jan Skowron , Michał K. Szymański , Igor Soszyński , Szymon Kozłowski , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Krzysztof Ulaczy , Michał Pawlak

First microlens mass measurement: PLANET photometry of EROS BLG-2000-5

We analyze PLANET photometric observations of the caustic-crossing binary-lens microlensing event, EROS BLG-2000-5, and find that modeling the observed light curve requires incorporation of the microlens parallax and the binary orbital…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jin H. An , M. D. Albrow , J. -P. Beaulieu , J. A. R. Caldwell , D. L. DePoy , M. Dominik , B. S. Gaudi , A. Gould , J. Greenhill , K. Hill , S. Kane , R. Martin , J. Menzies , R. W. Pogge , K. R. Pollard , P. D. Sackett , K. C. Sahu , P. Vermaak , R. Watson , A. Williams

Characterizing Lenses and Lensed Stars of High-Magnification Single-lens Gravitational Microlensing Events With Lenses Passing Over Source Stars

We present the analysis of the light curves of 9 high-magnification single-lens gravitational microlensing events with lenses passing over source stars, including OGLE-2004-BLG-254, MOA-2007-BLG-176, MOA-2007-BLG-233/OGLE-2007-BLG-302,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 J. -Y. Choi , I. -G. Shin , S. -Y. Park , C. Han , A. Gould , T. Sumi , A. Udalski , J. -P. Beaulieu , R. Street , M. Dominik , W. Allen , L. A. Almeida , M. Bos , G. W. Christie , D. L. Depoy , S. Dong , J. Drummond , A. Gal-Yam , B. S. Gaudi , C. B. Henderson , L. -W. Hung , F. Jablonski , J. Janczak , C. -U. Lee , F. Mallia , A. Maury , J. McCormick , D. McGregor , L. A. G. Monard , D. Moorhouse , J. A. Muñoz , T. Natusch , C. Nelson , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge , T. -G. "TG" Tan , G. Thornley , J. C. Yee , F. Abe , E. Barnard , J. Baudry , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , M. Freeman , 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 , K. Suzuki , W. L. Sweatman , S. Takino , 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 , E. Bachelet , V. Batista , C. S. Bennett , R. Bowens-Rubin , S. Brillant , A. Cassan , A. Cole , E. Corrales , Ch. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouqué , J. Greenhill , S. R. Kane , J. Menzies , K. C. Sahu , J. Wambsganss , A. Williams , M. Zub , A. Allan , D. M. Bramich , P. Browne , N. Clay , S. Fraser , K. Horne , N. Kains , C. Mottram , C. Snodgrass , I. Steele , Y. Tsapras , K. A. Alsubai , V. Bozza , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Calchi Novati , P. Dodds , S. Dreizler , F. Finet , T. Gerner , M. Glitrup , F. Grundahl , S. Hardis , K. Harpsøe , T. C. Hinse , M. Hundertmark , U. G. Jørgensen , 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

Spitzer + VLTI-GRAVITY Measure the Lens Mass of a Nearby Microlensing Event

We report the lens mass and distance measurements of the nearby microlensing event TCP J05074264+2447555. We measure the microlens parallax vector ${\pi}_{\rm E}$ using Spitzer and ground-based light curves with constraints on the direction…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-22 Weicheng Zang , Subo Dong , Andrew Gould , Sebastiano Calchi Novati , Ping Chen , Hongjing Yang , Shun-Sheng Li , Shude Mao , K. B. Alton , Sean Carey , G. W. Christie , F. Delplancke-Ströbele , Dax L. Feliz , J. Green , Shaoming Hu , T. Jayasinghe , R. A. Koff , A. Kurtenkov , A. Mérand , Milen Minev , Robert Mutel , T. Natusch , Tyler Roth , Yossi Shvartzvald , Fengwu Sun , T. Vanmunster , Wei Zhu

New Method to Measure Proper Motions of Microlensed Sources: Application to Candidate Free-Floating-Planet Event MOA-2011-BLG-262

We develop a new method to measure source proper motions in microlensing events, which can partially overcome problems due to blending. It takes advantage of the fact that the source position is known precisely from the microlensing event…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Jan Skowron , Andrzej Udalski , Michał K Szymański , Marcin Kubiak , Grzegorz Pietrzyński , Igor Soszyński , Radosław Poleski , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Paweł Pietrukowicz , Szymon Kozłowski , Łukasz Wyrzykowski , Andrew Gould

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-0537: Microlensing Event with a Resolvable Lens in $\lesssim 5$ years from High-resolution Follow-up Observations

We present the analysis of the binary-lens microlensing event OGLE-2017-BLG-0537. The light curve of the event exhibits two strong caustic-crossing spikes among which the second caustic crossing was resolved by high-cadence surveys. It is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-15 Y. K. Jung , C. Han , A. Udalski , A. Gould , M. D. Albrow , S. -J. Chung , K. -H. Hwang , C. -U. Lee , 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 , P. Mróz , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , M. K. Szymański , I. Soszyński , S. Kozłowski , P. Pietrukowicz , K. Ulaczyk , M. Pawlak

Four binary microlenses with directly measured masses

We investigated binary lens events from the 2022-2024 microlensing surveys, aiming to identify events suitable for lens mass measurements. We focused on two key light curve features: distinct caustic spikes with resolved crossings for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-18 Cheongho Han , Andrzej Udalski , Chung-Uk Lee , Ian A. Bond , 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 , 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 , David P. Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Akihiko Fukui , Ryusei Hamada , Stela Ishitani Silva , Yuki Hirao , 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

Observations of Microlensed Images with Dual-field Interferometry: On-sky Demonstration and Prospects

Interferometric observations of gravitational microlensing events offer an opportunity for precise, efficient, and direct mass and distance measurements of lensing objects, especially those of isolated neutron stars and black holes.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-21 P. Mroz , S. Dong , A. Merand , J. Shangguan , J. Woillez , A. Gould , A. Udalski , F. Eisenhauer , Y. -H. Ryu , Z. Wu , Z. Liu , H. Yang , G. Bourdarot , D. Defrere , A. Drescher , M. Fabricius , P. Garcia , R. Genzel , S. Gillessen , S. F. Honig , L. Kreidberg , J. -B. Le Bouquin , D. Lutz , F. Millour , T. Ott , T. Paumard , J. Sauter , T. T. Shimizu , C. Straubmeier , M. Subroweit , F. Widmann , M. K. Szymanski , I. Soszynski , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozlowski , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , K. Ulaczyk , M. Gromadzki , K. Rybicki , P. Iwanek , M. Wrona , M. J Mroz , M. D. Albrow , S. -J. Chung , C. Han , K. -H. Hwang , Y. K. Jung , I. -G. Shin , Y. Shvartzvald , J. C. Yee , W. Zang , S. -M. Cha , D. -J. Kim , S. -L. Kim , C. -U. Lee , D. -J. Lee , Y. Lee , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge

Mass Measurements of Isolated Objects from Space-based Microlensing

We report on the mass and distance measurements of two single-lens events from the 2015 \emph{Spitzer} microlensing campaign. With both finite-source effect and microlens parallax measurements, we find that the lens of OGLE-2015-BLG-1268 is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-06 Wei Zhu , S. Calchi Novati , A. Gould , A. Udalski , C. Han , Y. Shvartzvald , C. Ranc , U. G. Jorgensen , R. Poleski , V. Bozza , C. Beichman , G. Bryden , S. Carey , B. S. Gaudi , C. B. Henderson , R. W. Pogge , I. Porritt , B. Wibking , J. C. Yee , M. Pawlak , M. K. Szymanski , J. Skowron , P. Mroz , S. Kozlowski , L. Wyrzykowski , P. Pietrukowicz , G. Pietrzynski , I. Soszynski , 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 , D. -J. Kim , Y. Lee , M. Friedmann , S. Kaspi , D. Maoz , M. Hundertmark , R. A. Street , Y. Tsapras , D. M. Bramich , A. Cassan , M. Dominik , E. Bachelet , Subo Dong , R. Figuera Jaimes , K. Horne , S. Mao , J. Menzies , R. Schmidt , C. Snodgrass , I. A. Steele , J. Wambsganss , J. Skottfelt , M. I. Andersen , M. J. Burgdorf , S. Ciceri , G. D'Ago , D. F. Evans , S. -H. Gu , T. C. Hinse , E. Kerins , H. Korhonen , M. Kuffmeier , L. Mancini , N. Peixinho , A. popovas , M. Rabus , S. Rahvar , R. T. Rasmussen , G. Scarpetta , J. Southworth , J. Surdej , C. von Essen , Y. -B. Wang , O. Wertz

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

Microlensing constraints on the mass of single stars from HST astrometric measurements

We report on the first results from a large-scale observing campaign aiming to use astrometric microlensing to detect and place limits on the mass of single objects, including stellar remnants. We used the Hubble Space Telescope to monitor…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 Noé Kains , A. Calamida , K. C. Sahu , S. Casertano , J. Anderson , A. Udalski , M. Zoccali , H. Bond , M. Albrow , I. Bond , T. Brown , M. Dominik , C. Fryer , M. Livio , S. Mao , M. Rejkuba

OGLE-2003-BLG-262: Finite-Source Effects from a Point-Mass Lens

We analyze OGLE-2003-BLG-262, a relatively short, t_E=12.5+-0.1day, microlensing event generated by a point-mass lens transiting the face of a K giant source in the Galactic bulge. We use the resulting finite-source effects to measure the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 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 , A. Udalski , I. Soszynski , L. Wyrzykowski , M. Kubiak , M. Szymanski , G. Pietrzynski , O. Szewczyk , K. Zebrun

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

A Brown Dwarf Microlens Candidate in the OGLE-II Database

We describe a unique mass determination for a microlensing event from the second phase of the Optical Gravitational Microlensing Experiment (OGLE-II). The event, sc26_2218, which is very bright (baseline magnitude I=15.10), appears to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. C. Smith , S. Mao , P. R. Wozniak

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

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

Astrometric Observation of MACHO Gravitational Microlensing

Following previous suggestions of other researchers, this paper discusses the prospects for astrometric observation of MACHO gravitational microlensing events. We derive the expected astrometric observables for a simple microlensing event…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. F. Boden , M. Shao , D. Van Buren

OGLE-2012-BLG-0950Lb: The First Planet Mass Measurement from Only Microlens Parallax and Lens Flux

We report the discovery of a microlensing planet OGLE-2012-BLG-0950Lb with the planet/host mass ratio of $q \sim 2 \times 10^{-4}$. A long term distortion detected in both MOA and OGLE light curve can be explained by the microlens parallax…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 N. Koshimoto , A. Udalski , J. P. Beaulieu , T. Sumi , D. P. Bennett , I. A. Bond , N. Rattenbury , A. Fukui , V. Batista , J. B. Marquette , S. Brillant , F. Abe , Y. Asakura , A. Bhattacharya , M. Donachie , M. Freeman , Y. Hirao , Y. Itow , M. C. A. Li , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , T. Matsuo , Y. Muraki , K. Ohnishi , H. Oyokawa , To. Saito , A. Sharan , H. Shibai , D. J. Sullivan , D. Suzuki , P. J. Tristram , A. Yonehara , S. Kozlowski , P. Pietrukowicz , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , I. Soszynski , M. K. Szymanski , K. Ulaczyk , L. Wyrzykowski