7 papers
Measuring Asteroid Rotation Periods Using the KMTNet Bulge Survey Data
Haitao Huang, Hongjing Yang, Chung-Uk Lee +6
Since 2015, the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) has conducted high-cadence, near-continuous observations of the Galactic bulge for nearly nine months each year from t…
The complex kinematics of the young stars orbiting the supermassive black hole in the Galactic center can be explained by the presence of an intermediate mass companion of Sgr A
Xiaochen Zheng, Long Wang, Douglas N. C. Lin +2
The sub-parsec proximity around the Sgr A supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the center of the Milky Way contains an inner cluster of eccentric S-stars with randomly oriente…
Two Low Mass-Ratio Microlensing Planets and Two Types of Central-Resonant Degeneracy
Yuchen Tang, Weicheng Zang, Yoon-Hyun Ryu +39
We present observations and analysis of two low planet/host mass-ratio () microlensing planets discovered in high-magnification events. KMT-2025-BLG-0811Lb has $q \sim 4.5 \time…
Planet Migration in Protoplanetary Disks with Rims
Zhuoya Cao, Ya-Ping Li, Douglas N. C. Lin +1
Complex structures, including sharp edges, rings and gaps, have been commonly observed in protoplanetary disks with or without planetary candidates. Here we consider the possibilit…
Binary-lens Microlensing Degeneracy: Impact on Planetary Sensitivity and Mass-ratio Function
Yuxin Shang, Hongjing Yang, Jiyuan Zhang +5
Gravitational microlensing is a unique method for discovering cold planets across a broad mass range. Reliable statistics of the microlensing planets require accurate sensitivity e…
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…