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astro-ph2008★ 161 cited

Microlensing Event MOA-2007-BLG-400: Exhuming the Buried Signature of a Cool, Jovian-Mass Planet

Subo Dong, I. A. Bond, A. Gould +55

We report the detection of the cool, Jovian-mass planet MOA-2007-BLG-400Lb. The planet was detected in a high-magnification microlensing event (with peak magnification A_max = 628)…

astro-ph2008★ 197 cited

OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, the Most Massive M-Dwarf Planetary Companion?

Subo Dong, Andrew Gould, Andrzej Udalski +81

We combine all available information to constrain the nature of OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, the second planet discovered by microlensing and the first in a high-magnification event. These…

astro-ph2007★ 39 cited

A transiting planet among 23 new near-threshold candidates from the OGLE survey - OGLE-TR-182

F. Pont, O. Tamuz, A. Udalski +24

By re-processing the data of the second season of the OGLE survey for planetary transits and adding new mesurements on the same fields gathered in subsequent years with the OGLE te…

astro-ph2006★ 596 cited

Discovery of a Cool Planet of 5.5 Earth Masses Through Gravitational Microlensing

J. -P. Beaulieu, D. P. Bennett, P. Fouque +46

In the favoured core-accretion model of formation of planetary systems, solid planetesimals accumulate to build up planetary cores, which then accrete nebular gas if they are suffi…

astro-ph2005★ 102 cited

Microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge using bright sources from OGLE-II

T. Sumi, P. R. Wozniak, A. Udalski +8

We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge based on 4 years of the OGLE-II survey using Red Clump Giant (RCG). Using 32 events we find tau…

astro-ph2003★ 418 cited

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

Jaiyul Yoo, D. L. DePoy, A. Gal-Yam +16

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.…

astro-ph2002★ 29 cited

Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE-1999-BUL-19: The First Multi-Peak Parallax Event

M. C. Smith, S. Mao, P. Wozniak +6

We describe a highly unusual microlensing event, OGLE-1999-BUL-19, which exhibits multiple peaks in its light curve. The Einstein radius crossing time for this event is approximate…

astro-ph2002★ 57 cited

Microlensing of Relativistic Knots in the Quasar HE1104-1805

Paul L. Schechter, A. Udalski, M. Szymanski +7

We present 3 years of photometry of the ``Double Hamburger'' lensed quasar, HE1104-1805, obtained on 102 separate nights using the OGLE 1.3-m telescope. Both the A and B images sho…

astro-ph2002★ 15 cited

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Search for Planetary and Low-Luminosity Object Transits in the Galactic Disk. Results of 2001 Campaign

A. Udalski, B. Paczynski, K. Zebrun +6

We present results of an extensive photometric search for planetary and low-luminosity object transits in the Galactic disk stars commencing the third phase of the Optical Gravitat…

astro-ph2001★ 122 cited

Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE-1999-BUL-32: the Longest Ever Microlensing Event -- Evidence for a Stellar Mass Black Hole?

Shude Mao, Martin C. Smith, P. Wozniak +5

We describe the discovery of the longest microlensing event ever observed, OGLE-1999-BUL-32, also independently identified by the MACHO collaboration as MACHO-99-BLG-22. This uniqu…

astro-ph2001★ 47 cited

Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE 2000-BUL-43: A Spectacular Ongoing Parallax Microlensing Event. Difference Image Analysis

I. Soszynski, K. Zebrun, P. R. Wozniak +7

We present the photometry and theoretical models for a Galactic bulge microlensing event OGLE-2000-BUL-43. The event is very bright with I=13.54 mag, and has a very long time scale…

astro-ph2000★ 73 cited

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. A Hunt for Caustic Crossings in QSO 2237+0305

P. R. Wozniak, A. Udalski, M. Szymanski +5

In 1998 The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) successfully implemented automated data reductions for QSO 2237+0305. Using a new image subtraction method we achieved a…

astro-ph1999★ 15 cited

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds. V. Catalog of Cepheids from the Small Magellanic Cloud

A. Udalski, I. Soszynski, M. Szymanski +4

We present the Catalog of Cepheids from the SMC which contains data for 2049 objects detected in the 2.4 square degree area of central parts of the SMC. For each object period, BVI…

astro-ph1999★ 10 cited

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds. IV. Catalog of Cepheids from the Large Magellanic Cloud

A. Udalski, I. Soszynski, M. Szymanski +4

We present the Catalog of Cepheids from the LMC. The Catalog contains 1333 objects detected in the 4.5 square degree area of central parts of the LMC. About 3.4*10^5 BVI measuremen…

astro-ph1999★ 101 cited

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Monitoring of QSO 2237+0305

P. R. Wozniak, C. Alard, A. Udalski +5

We present results from 2 years of monitoring of Huchra's lens (QSO 2237+0305) with the 1.3 m Warsaw telescope on Las Campanas, Chile. Photometry in the V band was done using a new…

astro-ph1998★ 53 cited

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Short Distance Scale to the LMC

A. Udalski, G. Pietrzynski, P. Wozniak +3

We present {\it UBVI} photometry of the eclipsing binary HV2274 - the system which has been recently used for distance determination to the LMC by Guinan et al. (1998). We determin…

astro-ph1997★ 35 cited

Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE-2 -- the Second Phase of the OGLE Project

A. Udalski, M. Kubiak, M. Szymanski

We describe a new 1.3 m Warsaw telescope located at Las Campanas Observatory and new instruments of the second phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment - OGLE-2. Resul…

astro-ph1997★ 21 cited

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Variable Stars in Globular Clusters - IV. Fields 104A-E in 47 Tuc

J. Kaluzny, M. Kubiak, M. Szymanski +4

Five fields located close to the center of the globular cluster NGC 104=47 Tuc were surveyed in a search for variable stars. We present V-band light curves for 42 variables. This s…

astro-ph1996★ 35 cited

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Variable Stars in Globular Clusters - II. Fields 5139D-F in Omega Centauri

J. Kaluzny, M. Kubiak, M. Szymanski +4

Three fields located close to the center of the globular cluster Omega Cen were surveyed in a search for variable stars. We present V-band light curves for 32 periodic variables. T…

astro-ph1995

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Eclipsing Binaries and SX~Phe Stars in Omega~Cen and 47~Tuc

J. Kaluzny, M. Kubiak, M. Szymanski +3

Extensive monitoring of the central part of Omega Cen has lead to the discovery of 12 eclipsing binaries and 9 SX~Phe stars. We report also finding 6 contact binaries in the field…

astro-ph1995★ 3 cited

THE OPTICAL GRAVITATIONAL LENSING EXPERIMENT. THE CATALOG OF PERIODIC VARIABLE STARS IN THE GALACTIC BULGE. I. PERIODIC VARIABLES IN THE CENTER OF THE BAADE'S WINDOW.

A. UDALSKI, M. KUBIAK, M. SZYMANSKI +3

This paper is the first part of the Catalog of Periodic Variable Stars in the Galactic bulge. The Catalog is based on observations collected during the OGLE microlensing search. 21…

astro-ph1994★ 1 cited

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Follow-Up Observations of the Macho Microlensing Event in the Galactic Bulge

M. Szymanski, A. Udalski, J. Kaluzny +3

We present follow-up observations of a gravitational microlensing candidate found by the MACHO collaboration in the Galactic bulge. The photometric data cover a period near the max…

astro-ph1994★ 65 cited

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Deep Photometry of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

Mario Mateo, A. Udalski, M. Szymanski +3

We present deep CCD photometry of a field in the newly discovered dwarf spheroidal galaxy in Sagittarius (hereafter Sgr), and of a nearby control field. These data (totaling ~3.5 h…

astro-ph1994★ 66 cited

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. the Early Warning System

A. Udalski, M. Szymanski, J. Kaluzny +4

The discoveries of 17 microlensing event candidates have been reported over the last year by three teams conducting unprecedented mass photometric searches in the direction of the…