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astro-ph.EP2015★ 19 cited

MOA 2011-BLG-028Lb: a Neptune-mass Microlensing Planet in the Galactic Bulge

J. Skowron, A. Udalski, R. Poleski +35

We present the discovery of a Neptune-mass planet orbiting a 0.8 +- 0.3 M_Sun star in the Galactic bulge. The planet manifested itself during the microlensing event MOA 2011-BLG-02…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 73 cited

Campaign 9 of the Mission: Observational Parameters, Scientific Drivers, and Community Involvement for a Simultaneous Space- and Ground-based Microlensing Survey

Calen B. Henderson, Radosław Poleski, Matthew Penny +118

's Campaign 9 (C9) will conduct a 3.7 deg survey toward the Galactic bulge from 7/April through 1/July of 2016 that will leverage the spatial separation between…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 23 cited

Spitzer Microlensing Program as a Probe for Globular Cluster Planets. Analysis of OGLE-2015-BLG-0448

Radosław Poleski, Wei Zhu, Grant W. Christie +83

The microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-0448 was observed by Spitzer and lay within the tidal radius of the globular cluster NGC 6558. The event had moderate magnification and was int…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 122 cited

Extremely metal-poor stars from the cosmic dawn in the bulge of the Milky Way

L. M. Howes, A. R. Casey, M. Asplund +22

The first stars are predicted to have formed within 200 million years after the Big Bang, initiating the cosmic dawn. A true first star has not yet been discovered, although stars…

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.EP2015★ 2 cited

Spitzer IRAC Photometry for Time Series in Crowded Fields

S. Calchi Novati, A. Gould, J. C. Yee +22

We develop a new photometry algorithm that is optimized for time series in crowded fields and that is particularly adapted to faint and/or heavily blended targets. We app…