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most citedOne or more bound planets per Milky Way star from microlensing observations

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32 papers

astro-ph.SR2025

Asteroseismology of Long-Period Variables with OGLE-IV data: Using Global Seismic Parameters as Luminosity Indicators

Qiang Xiong, Tanda Li, Jie Yu +19

Long-period variables (LPVs) are high-luminosity red giants or supergiants with pulsation periods ranging from days to years. Many LPVs in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Gala…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 24 cited

Progenitor, environment, and modelling of the interacting transient, AT 2016jbu (Gaia16cfr)

S. J. Brennan, M. Fraser, J. Johansson +67

We present the bolometric lightcurve, identification and analysis of the progenitor candidate, and preliminary modelling of AT2016jbu (Gaia16cfr). We find a progenitor consistent w…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 29 cited

Photometric and spectroscopic evolution of the interacting transient AT 2016jbu (Gaia16cfr)

S. J. Brennan, M. Fraser, J. Johansson +68

We present the results from a high cadence, multi-wavelength observation campaign of AT 2016jbu (aka Gaia16cfr), an interacting transient. This dataset complements the current lite…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 35 cited

OGLE-2012-BLG-0950Lb: The First Planet Mass Measurement from Only Microlens Parallax and Lens Flux

N. Koshimoto, A. Udalski, J. P. Beaulieu +38

We report the discovery of a microlensing planet OGLE-2012-BLG-0950Lb with the planet/host mass ratio of . A long term distortion detected in both MOA and…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 28 cited

OGLE Atlas of Classical Novae. II. Magellanic Clouds

P. Mroz, A. Udalski, R. Poleski +8

The population of classical novae in the Magellanic Clouds was poorly known because of a lack of systematic studies. There were some suggestions that nova rates per unit mass in th…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 131 cited

Interstellar Extinction Curve Variations Toward the Inner Milky Way: A Challenge to Observational Cosmology

David M. Nataf, Oscar A. Gonzalez, Luca Casagrande +18

We investigate interstellar extinction curve variations toward 4 deg of the inner Milky Way in photometry from the OGLE-III and surveys, with supportin…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 31 cited

Planet Sensitivity from Combined Ground- and Space-based Microlensing Observations

Wei Zhu, Andrew Gould, Charles Beichman +45

To move one step forward toward a Galactic distribution of planets, we present the first planet sensitivity analysis for microlensing events with simultaneous observations from spa…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 85 cited

OGLE-2012-BLG-0563Lb: a Saturn-mass Planet around an M Dwarf with the Mass Constrained by Subaru AO imaging

A. Fukui, A. Gould, T. Sumi +58

We report the discovery of a microlensing exoplanet OGLE-2012-BLG-0563Lb with the planet-star mass ratio ~1 x 10^{-3}. Intensive photometric observations of a high-magnification mi…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 39 cited

OGLE Atlas of Classical Novae I. Galactic Bulge Objects

P. Mroz, A. Udalski, R. Poleski +8

Eruptions of classical novae are possible sources of lithium formation and gamma-ray emission. Nova remnants can also become Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). The contribution of novae…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 36 cited

OGLE-2011-BLG-0265Lb: a Jovian Microlensing Planet Orbiting an M Dwarf

J. Skowron, I. -G. Shin, A. Udalski +121

We report the discovery of a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting an M-dwarf star that gave rise to the microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0265. Such a system is very rare among known planet…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 48 cited

OGLE-ing the Magellanic System: Stellar populations in the Magellanic Bridge

D. M. Skowron, A. M. Jacyszyn, A. Udalski +11

We report the discovery of a young stellar bridge, that forms a continuous connection between the Magellanic Clouds. This finding is based on number density maps for stellar popula…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 23 cited

OGLE-2008-BLG-355Lb: A Massive Planet around A Late type Star

N. Koshimoto, A. Udalski, T. Sumi +32

We report the discovery of a massive planet OGLE-2008-BLG-355Lb. The light curve analysis indicates a planet:host mass ratio of q = 0.0118 +/- 0.0006 at a separation of 0.877 +/- 0…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 19 cited

Candidate Gravitational Microlensing Events for Future Direct Lens Imaging

C. B. Henderson, H. Park, T. Sumi +76

The mass of the lenses giving rise to Galactic microlensing events can be constrained by measuring the relative lens-source proper motion and lens flux. The flux of the lens can be…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 175 cited

A Sub-Earth-Mass Moon Orbiting a Gas Giant Primary or a High Velocity Planetary System in the Galactic Bulge

D. P. Bennett, V. Batista, I. A. Bond +90

We present the first microlensing candidate for a free-floating exoplanet-exomoon system, MOA-2011-BLG-262, with a primary lens mass of M_host ~ 4 Jupiter masses hosting a sub-Eart…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 36 cited

MOA-2010-BLG-328Lb: a sub-Neptune orbiting very late M dwarf ?

K. Furusawa, A. Udalski, T. Sumi +119

We analyze the planetary microlensing event MOA-2010-BLG-328. The best fit yields host and planetary masses of Mh = 0.11+/-0.01 M_{sun} and Mp = 9.2+/-2.2M_Earth, corresponding to…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 31 cited

A Super-Jupiter orbiting a late-type star: A refined analysis of microlensing event OGLE-2012-BLG-0406

Y. Tsapras, J. -Y. Choi, R. A. Street +122

We present a detailed analysis of survey and follow-up observations of microlensing event OGLE-2012-BLG-0406 based on data obtained from 10 different observatories. Intensive cover…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 75 cited

Microlensing Discovery of a Tight, Low Mass-ratio Planetary-mass Object around an Old, Field Brown Dwarf

C. Han, Y. K. Jung, A. Udalski +67

Observations of accretion disks around young brown dwarfs have led to the speculation that they may form planetary systems similar to normal stars. While there have been several de…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 29 cited

Gravitational Binary-lens Events with Prominent Effects of Lens Orbital Motion

H. Park, A. Udalski, C. Han +58

Gravitational microlensing events produced by lenses composed of binary masses are important because they provide a major channel to determine physical parameters of lenses. In thi…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 59 cited

The Magellanic Quasars Survey. III. Spectroscopic Confirmation of 758 AGNs Behind the Magellanic Clouds

Szymon Kozlowski, Christopher A. Onken, Christopher S. Kochanek +12

The Magellanic Quasars Survey (MQS) has now increased the number of quasars known behind the Magellanic Clouds by almost an order of magnitude. All survey fields in the Large Magel…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 18 cited

Asymmetric streaming motion in the Galactic bulge X-shaped structure revealed by the OGLE-III proper motions

R. Poleski, A. Udalski, A. Gould +6

The Galactic bulge shows a double red clump in sight lines with |b| > 5 deg and -3 deg < l < 4 deg. It is interpreted as a signature of an X-shaped structure seen almost edge-on. W…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 51 cited

Microlensing Discovery of a Population of Very Tight, Very Low-mass Binary Brown Dwarfs

J. -Y. Choi, C. Han, A. Udalski +121

Although many models have been proposed, the physical mechanisms responsible for the formation of low-mass brown dwarfs are poorly understood. The multiplicity properties and minim…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 16 cited

MOA-2010-BLG-523: "Failed Planet" = RS CVn Star

A. Gould, J. C. Yee, I. A. Bond +116

The Galactic bulge source MOA-2010-BLG-523S exhibited short-term deviations from a standard microlensing lightcurve near the peak of an Amax ~ 265 high-magnification microlensing e…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 9 cited

Using Orbital Effects to Break the Close/wide Degeneracy in Binary-lens Microlensing Events

I. -G. Shin, T. Sumi, A. Udalski +37

Microlensing can provide an important tool to study binaries, especially those composed of faint or dark objects. However, accurate analysis of binary-lens light curves is often ha…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 588 cited

One or more bound planets per Milky Way star from microlensing observations

A. Cassan, D. Kubas, J. -P. Beaulieu +39

Most known extrasolar planets (exoplanets) have been discovered using the radial velocity or transit methods. Both are biased towards planets that are relativ…