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cs.LG2025

Extrapolation of Periodic Functions Using Binary Encoding of Continuous Numerical Values

Brian P. Powell, Jordan A. Caraballo-Vega, Mark L. Carroll +4

We report the discovery that binary encoding allows neural networks to extrapolate periodic functions beyond their training bounds. We introduce Normalized Base-2 Encoding (NB2E) a…

astro-ph.EP2025

Four Giant Planets from 2024 KMTNet Microlensing Campaign

Cheongho Han, Andrzej Udalski, Ian A. Bond +56

In this work, we present analyses of four newly discovered planetary microlensing events from the 2024 KMTNet survey season: KMT-2024-BLG-0176, KMT-2024-BLG-0349, KMT-2024-BLG-1870…

astro-ph.EP2025

Predictions of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Galactic Exoplanet Survey. V. Detection Rates of Multiplanetary Systems in High Magnification Microlensing Events

Vito Saggese, Étienne Bachelet, Sebastiano Calchi Novati +34

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will expand the reach of gravitational microlensing surveys by increasing the number of events monitored and the precision of their light curv…

astro-ph.SR2025

Six binary brown dwarf candidates identified by microlensing

Cheongho Han, Chung-Uk Lee, Ian A. Bond +57

In this study, we analyze microlensing events from the 2023 and 2024 observing seasons to identify cases likely caused by binary systems composed of BDs. By applying criteria that…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

Predictions of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Galactic Exoplanet Survey. IV. Lens Mass and Distance Measurements

Sean K. Terry, Etienne Bachelet, Farzaneh Zohrabi +54

As part of the Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey (GBTDS), the Nancy Grace Roman Galactic Exoplanet Survey (RGES) will use microlensing to discover cold outer planets and free-float…

astro-ph.HE2025

Degeneracy-Aware Pulsar Parameter Estimation from Light Curves via Deep Learning and Test-Time Optimization

Abu Bucker Siddik, Diane Oyen, Soumi De +2

Probing properties of neutron stars from photometric observations of these objects helps us answer crucial questions at the forefront of multi-messenger astronomy, such as, what is…

astro-ph.EP2025

A Comprehensive Analysis of Three Microlensing Planet Candidates with the Planet/Binary Degeneracy

Jiyuan Zhang, Weicheng Zang, Yoon-Hyun Ryu +65

We present observations and analyses of three high-magnification microlensing events: KMT-2022-BLG-0954, KMT-2024-BLG-0697, and MOA-2024-BLG-018. All three exhibit the "Planet/Bina…

astro-ph.EP2025

Six microlensing planets detected via sub-day signals during the 2023 -- 2024 season

Cheongho Han, Chung-Uk Lee, Andrzej Udalski +58

We present analyses of six microlensing events: KMT-2023-BLG-0548, KMT-2023-BLG-0830, KMT-2023-BLG-0949, KMT-2024-BLG-1281, KMT-2024-BLG-2059, and KMT-2024-BLG-2242. These were ide…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

Technique-agnostic exoplanet demography for the Roman era -- I. Testing a demography retrieval framework using simulated Kepler-like transit datasets

Akshay Priyadarshi, Eamonn Kerins, Michael D. Albrow +41

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman) will unveil for the first time the full architecture of planetary systems across Galactic distances through the discovery of up to 200…

astro-ph.IM2025

Four binary microlenses with directly measured masses

Cheongho Han, Andrzej Udalski, Chung-Uk Lee +58

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 feature…

astro-ph.SR2025

KMT-2022-BLG-0086: Another binary-lens binary-source microlensing event

Sun-Ju Chung, Kyu-Ha Hwang, Jennifer C. Yee +40

We present the analysis of a microlensing event KMT-2022-BLG-0086 of which the overall light curve is not described by a binary-lens single-source (2L1S) model, which suggests the…

astro-ph.SR2025

The TESS Ten Thousand Catalog: 10,001 uniformly-vetted and -validated Eclipsing Binary Stars detected in Full-Frame Image data by machine learning and analyzed by citizen scientists

Veselin B. Kostov, Brian P. Powell, Aline U. Fornear +36

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has surveyed nearly the entire sky in Full-Frame Image mode with a time resolution of 200 seconds to 30 minutes and a temporal base…

astro-ph.EP2025

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

Cheongho Han, Chung-Uk Lee, Andrzej Udalski +66

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…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

KMT-2022-BLG-1818Lb,c: A Cold Super-Jupiter with a Saturn Sibling

Hongyu Li, Jiyuan Zhang, Cheongho Han +72

We present the discovery and analysis of the sixth microlensing two-planet system, KMT-2022-BLG-1818Lb,c, detected by a follow-up program targeting high-magnification events. Both…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 38 cited

Microlensing events indicate that super-Earth exoplanets are common in Jupiter-like orbits

Weicheng Zang, Youn Kil Jung, Jennifer C. Yee +65

Exoplanets classified as super-Earths are commonly observed on short period orbits, close to their host stars, but their abundance on wider orbits is poorly constrained. Gravitatio…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 9 cited

Systematic Reanalysis of KMTNet Microlensing Events, Paper II: Two New Planets in Giant-Source Events

Hongjing Yang, Jennifer C. Yee, Jiyuan Zhang +61

In this work, we continue to apply the updated KMTNet tender-love care (TLC) photometric pipeline to historical microlensing events. We apply the pipeline to a subsample of events…

astro-ph.SR2025

Analyses of anomalous lensing events detected from the UKIRT microlensing survey

Cheongho Han, Weicheng Zang, Andrzej Udalski +61

The United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) microlensing survey was conducted over four years, from 2016 to 2019, with the goal of serving as a precursor to future near-infrared…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

Exoplanet Transit Candidate Identification in TESS Full-Frame Images via a Transformer-Based Algorithm

Helem Salinas, Rafael Brahm, Greg Olmschenk +4

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is surveying a large fraction of the sky, generating a vast database of photometric time series data that requires thorough analysi…

astro-ph.EP2025

MOA-2022-BLG-033Lb, KMT-2023-BLG-0119Lb, and KMT-2023-BLG-1896Lb: Three low mass-ratio microlensing planets detected through dip signals

Cheongho Han, Ian A. Bond, Youn Kil Jung +45

We examined the anomalies in the light curves of the lensing events MOA-2022-BLG-033, KMT-2023-BLG-0119, and KMT-2023-BLG-1896. We conducted detailed modeling of the light curves t…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

Pioneering High-Speed Pulsar Parameter Estimation Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Greg Olmschenk, Emily Broadbent, Constantinos Kalapotharakos +5

Accurate thermal emission models of neutron stars are essential for constraining the dense matter equation of state. However, incorporating realistic magnetic field structures is c…