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astro-ph.EP2021★ 48 cited

Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search, Paper II: Six New Mass-ratio Planets

Kyu-Ha Hwang, Weicheng Zang, Andrew Gould +62

We apply the automated AnomalyFinder algorithm of Paper I (Zang et al. 2021b) to 2018-2019 light curves from the covered by the six KMTNet prime fields, wi…

astro-ph.EP2021

OGLE-2018-BLG-1185b : A Low-Mass Microlensing Planet Orbiting a Low-Mass Dwarf

Iona Kondo, Jennifer C. Yee, David P. Bennett +94

We report the analysis of planetary microlensing event OGLE-2018-BLG-1185, which was observed by a large number of ground-based telescopes and by the Space Telescope. The…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 18 cited

Three microlensing planets with no caustic-crossing features

Cheongho Han, Andrzej Udalski, Doeon Kim +31

We search for microlensing planets with signals exhibiting no caustic-crossing features, considering the possibility that such signals may be missed due to their weak and featurele…

astro-ph.EP2021

Wide-orbit exoplanets are common. Analysis of nearly 20 years of OGLE microlensing survey data

R. Poleski, J. Skowron, P. Mróz +8

We use nearly 20 years of photometry obtained by the OGLE survey to measure the occurrence rate of wide-orbit (or ice giant) microlensing planets, i.e., with separations from ~5 AU…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 14 cited

KMT-2018-BLG-1025Lb: microlensing super-Earth planet orbiting a low-mass star

Cheongho Han, Andrzej Udalski, Chung-Uk Lee +32

We aim to find missing microlensing planets hidden in the unanalyzed lensing events of previous survey data. For this purpose, we conduct a systematic inspection of high-magnificat…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 7 cited

OGLE-2019-BLG-0960Lb: The Smallest Microlensing Planet

Jennifer C. Yee, Weicheng Zang, Andrzej Udalski +80

We report the analysis of OGLE-2019-BLG-0960, which contains the smallest mass-ratio microlensing planet found to date (q = 1.2--1.6 x 10^{-5} at 1-sigma). Although there is substa…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 13 cited

Four Microlensing Planets with Faint-source Stars Identified in the 2016 and 2017 Season Data

Cheongho Han, Andrzej Udalski, Doeon Kim +32

Microlensing planets occurring on faint source stars can escape detection due to their weak signals. Occasionally, detections of such planets are not reported due to the difficulty…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 15 cited

KMT-2019-BLG-0842Lb: A Cold Planet Below the Uranus/Sun Mass Ratio

Youn Kil Jung, Andrzej Udalski, Weicheng Zang +59

We report the discovery of a cold planet with a very low planet/host mass ratio of , which is similar to the ratio of Uranus/Sun ($q=4.37 \times 10^…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 23 cited

OGLE-2015-BLG-1771Lb: A Microlens Planet Orbiting an Ultracool Dwarf?

Xiangyu Zhang, Weicheng Zang, Andrzej Udalski +31

We report the discovery and the analysis of the short (tE < 5 days) planetary microlensing event, OGLE-2015-BLG-1771. The event was discovered by the Optical Gravitational Lensing…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 23 cited

A Planetary Microlensing Event with an Unusually Red Source Star: MOA-2011-BLG-291

David P. Bennett, Andrzej Udalski, Ian A. Bond +43

We present the analysis of planetary microlensing event MOA-2011-BLG-291, which has a mass ratio of and a source star that is redder (or brighter) than…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 15 cited

Spitzer Opens New Path to Break Classic Degeneracy for Jupiter-Mass Microlensing Planet OGLE-2017-BLG-1140Lb

S. Calchi Novati, J. Skowron, Y. K. Jung +36

We analyze the combined Spitzer and ground-based data for OGLE-2017-BLG-1140 and show that the event was generated by a Jupiter-class planet orbiting…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 23 cited

MOA-2015-BLG-337: A Planetary System with a Low-mass Brown Dwarf/Planetary Boundary Host, or a Brown Dwarf Binary

S. Miyazaki, T. Sumi, D. P. Bennett +59

We report the discovery and the analysis of the short timescale binary-lens microlensing event, MOA-2015-BLG-337. The lens system could be a planetary system with a very low mass h…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 20 cited

A Likely Detection of a Two-Planet System in a Low Magnification Microlensing Event

D. Suzuki, D. P. Bennett, A. Udalski +37

We report on the analysis of a microlensing event OGLE-2014-BLG-1722 that showed two distinct short term anomalies. The best fit model to the observed light curves shows that the t…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 31 cited

OGLE-2017-BLG-1434Lb: Eighth q < 1 * 10^-4 Mass-Ratio Microlens Planet Confirms Turnover in Planet Mass-Ratio Function

A. Udalski, Y. -H. Ryu, S. Sajadian +55

We report the discovery of a cold Super-Earth planet (m_p=4.4 +/- 0.5 M_Earth) orbiting a low-mass (M=0.23 +/- 0.03 M_Sun) M dwarf at projected separation a_perp = 1.18 +/- 0.10 AU…

astro-ph.EP2018

OGLE-2017-BLG-0373Lb: A Jovian Mass-Ratio Planet Exposes A New Accidental Microlensing Degeneracy

J. Skowron, Y. -H. Ryu, K. -H. Hwang +30

We report the discovery of microlensing planet OGLE-2017-BLG-0373Lb. We show that while the planet-host system has an unambiguous microlens topology, there are two geometries withi…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 24 cited

Spitzer Microlensing Parallax for OGLE-2016-BLG-1067: a sub-Jupiter Orbiting an M-dwarf in the Disk

S. Calchi Novati, D. Suzuki, A. Udalski +65

We report the discovery of a sub-Jupiter mass planet orbiting beyond the snow line of an M-dwarf most likely in the Galactic disk as part of the joint Spitzer and ground-based moni…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 84 cited

The Lowest Mass Ratio Planetary Microlens: OGLE 2016-BLG-1195Lb

I. A. Bond, D. P. Bennett, T. Sumi +37

We report discovery of the lowest mass ratio exoplanet to be found by the microlensing method in the light curve of the event OGLE~2016--BLG--1195. This planet revealed itself as a…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 6 cited

Faint source star planetary microlensing: the discovery of the cold gas giant planet OGLE-2014-BLG-0676Lb

N. J. Rattenbury, D. P. Bennett, T. Sumi +85

We report the discovery of a planet --- OGLE-2014-BLG-0676Lb --- via gravitational microlensing. Observations for the lensing event were made by the MOA, OGLE, Wise, RoboNET/LCOGT,…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 15 cited

OGLE-2015-BLG-0196: Ground-based Gravitational Microlens Parallax Confirmed By Space-Based Observation

C. Han, A. Udalski, A. Gould +20

In this paper, we present the analysis of the binary gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-0196. The event lasted for almost a year and the light curve exhibited significa…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 17 cited

OGLE-2016-BLG-0596Lb: High-Mass Planet From High-Magnification Pure-Survey Microlensing Event

P. Mróz, C. Han, A. Udalski +24

We report the discovery of a high mass-ratio planet , i.e., 13 times higher than the Jupiter/Sun ratio. The host mass is not presently measured but can be determined or st…

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.EP2016★ 16 cited

OGLE-2015-BLG-0051/KMT-2015-BLG-0048Lb: a Giant Planet Orbiting a Low-mass Bulge Star Discovered by High-cadence Microlensing Surveys

C. Han, A. Udalski, A. Gould +20

We report the discovery of an extrasolar planet detected from the combined data of a microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-0051/KMT-2015-BLG-0048 acquired by two microlensing surveys. D…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 26 cited

First simultaneous microlensing observations by two space telescopes: & reveal a brown dwarf in event OGLE-2015-BLG-1319

Y. Shvartzvald, Z. Li, A. Udalski +90

Simultaneous observations of microlensing events from multiple locations allow for the breaking of degeneracies between the physical properties of the lensing system, specifically…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 11 cited

Space-based Microlens Parallax Observation As a Way to Resolve the Severe Degeneracy between Microlens-parallax and Lens-orbital Effect

C. Han, A. Udalski, C. -U. Lee +23

In this paper, we demonstrate the severity of the degeneracy between the microlens-parallax and lens-orbital effects by presenting the analysis of the gravitational binary-lens eve…