Simulator for Microlens Planet Surveys
Abstract
We summarize the status of a computer simulator for microlens planet surveys. The simulator generates synthetic light curves of microlensing events observed with specified networks of telescopes over specified periods of time. Particular attention is paid to models for sky brightness and seeing, calibrated by fitting to data from the OGLE survey and RoboNet observations in 2011. Time intervals during which events are observable are identified by accounting for positions of the Sun and the Moon, and other restrictions on telescope pointing. Simulated observations are then generated for an algorithm that adjusts target priorities in real time with the aim of maximizing planet detection zone area summed over all the available events. The exoplanet detection capability of observations was compared for several telescopes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1308.6159,
title = {Simulator for Microlens Planet Surveys},
author = {Sergei I. Ipatov and Keith Horne and Khalid A. Alsubai and Daniel M. Bramich and Martin Dominik and Markus P. G. Hundertmark and Christine Liebig and Colin D. B. Snodgrass and Rachel A. Street and Yiannis Tsapras},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.6159},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Proc. IAU Symp. No. 293 "Formation, detection, and characterization of extrasolar habitable planets", ed. by N. Haghighipour. 4 pages, in press