activity
20142026
most citedTwo new free-floating or wide-orbit planets from microlensing

71 citations · 1.8k across the 142 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

150 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Four Cold Giant Planets Discovered by High-Cadence Microlensing Surveys

Cheongho Han, Chung-Uk Lee, Andrzej Udalski +52

We report the discovery of four cold giant planets identified through the analysis of microlensing events detected by high-cadence surveys: OGLE-2016-BLG-0261, KMT-2025-BLG-0026, K…

astro-ph.SR2026

Four-Body Gravitational Microlensing Events Involving Both a Binary Lens and a Binary Source

Cheongho Han, Chung-Uk Lee, Andrzej Udalski +31

We present detailed analyses of three anomalous microlensing events--KMT-2021-BLG-0209, KMT-2021-BLG-0901, and OGLE-2025-BLG-0356--identified from a systematic re-examination of KM…

astro-ph.EP2026

Mass Production of 2023 KMTNet Microlensing Planets. III: Three Planets from the Subprime Field

Hongyu Li, Zhixing Li, Weicheng Zang +56

To complete the analysis of the 2023 KMTNet subprime-field microlensing planetary events identified by its AlertFinder system, we present the analysis of six events, KMT-2023-BLG-(…

astro-ph.EP2026

Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search. XIII. Complete Sample of 2021 Prime Field Planets

In-Gu Shin, Jennifer C. Yee, Weicheng Zang +39

The Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search series was conducted using the KMTNet data archived from to . From this first phase of the series, we reported a total o…

astro-ph.SR2026

Candidate Microlensing Brown Dwarfs in Binary Lens Systems from the 2023--2025 Observing Seasons

Cheongho Han, Andrzej Udalski, Ian A. Bond +62

We present detailed light-curve analyses of ten binary-lens microlensing events observed during the 2023--2025 seasons and selected as candidates for hosting brown-dwarf companions…

astro-ph.EP2026

Mass Production of 2023 KMTNet Microlensing Planets. II: Two Planets and A Brown Dwarf

Zhixing Li, Hongyu Li, Weicheng Zang +63

To expand the homogeneous microlensing planetary sample of the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), we investigate six planetary candidates identified by the AnomalyFinde…

astro-ph.EP2026

Mass Production of 2023 KMTNet Microlensing Planets I: Low Mass Ratio

Yoon-Hyun Ryu, Andrzej Udalski, Hongjing Yang +34

We initiate the systematic search for planets in the 2023 data of the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), focusing on those planets found by the KMTNet AnomalyFinder wit…

astro-ph.EP2026

Three Saturn-mass Microlensing Planets Identified through Signals from Peripheral-caustic Perturbations

Cheongho Han, Chung-Uk Lee, Andrzej Udalski +63

We present the discovery and analysis of three microlensing planets identified through brief positive anomalies on the wings of their light curves. The events, KMT-2021-BLG-0852, K…

astro-ph.EP2026

KMT-2016-BLG-1337L: A Saturn-mass planet orbiting within a binary system of low-mass stars

Cheongho Han, Chung-Uk Lee, Ian A. Bond +55

We report the discovery and characterization of a planetary companion in the microlensing event KMT-2016-BLG-1337, which was produced by a binary system of low-mass stars. The ligh…

astro-ph.EP2026

Four Cold Super-Jupiters Revealed by Extended and Complex Microlensing Signals

Cheongho Han, Chung-Uk Lee, Michael D. Albrow +18

We present the analysis of four microlensing events, KMT-2020-BLG-0202, KMT-2022-BLG-1551, KMT-2023-BLG-0466, and KMT-2025-BLG-0121, which exhibit extended and complex anomalies in…

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

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.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.IM2025

Towards sub-milliarcsecond astrometric precision using seeing-limited imaging

Noam Segev, Eran O. Ofek, Yossi Shvartzvald +21

The Earth's atmospheric turbulence degrades the precision of ground-based astrometry. Here, we discuss these limitations and propose that, with proper treatment of systematics and…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

HST pre-imaging of a free-floating planet candidate microlensing event

Mateusz Kapusta, Przemek Mroz, Yoon-Hyun Ryu +33

High-cadence microlensing observations uncovered a population of very short-timescale microlensing events, which are believed to be caused by the population of free-floating planet…

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.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★ 7 cited

Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search. XII. Complete Sample of 2017 Subprime Field Planets

Yuqian Gui, Weicheng Zang, Ruocheng Zhai +39

We report the analysis of four unambiguous planets and one possible planet from the subprime fields () of the 2017 Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTN…

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

KMTNet View of Blue Large-amplitude Pulsators Toward the Galactic Bulge: I. Discovery of Wide-orbit Companions in OGLE-BLAP-006

Seung-Lee Kim, Chung-Uk Lee, Kyeongsoo Hong +6

Blue large-amplitude pulsators (BLAPs), a recently classified type of variable stars, are evolved objects likely formed through interactions between stars in a binary system. Howev…

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…