9 papers
A Newly Identified Degeneracy Keeps the Planetary Interpretation Viable for OGLE-2011-BLG-0950
Jiyuan Zhang, Weicheng Zang, Andrzej Udalski +12
The microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0950 exhibits the well-known ``Planet/Binary'' degeneracy, in which distinct lens configurations produce similar light curves but imply substan…
Four Giant Planets from 2024 KMTNet Microlensing Campaign
Cheongho Han, Andrzej Udalski, Ian A. Bond +56
In this work, we present analyses of four newly discovered planetary microlensing events from the 2024 KMTNet survey season: KMT-2024-BLG-0176, KMT-2024-BLG-0349, KMT-2024-BLG-1870…
A Comprehensive Analysis of Three Microlensing Planet Candidates with the Planet/Binary Degeneracy
Jiyuan Zhang, Weicheng Zang, Yoon-Hyun Ryu +65
We present observations and analyses of three high-magnification microlensing events: KMT-2022-BLG-0954, KMT-2024-BLG-0697, and MOA-2024-BLG-018. All three exhibit the "Planet/Bina…
Systematic Search for FFPs in KMTNet Full-Frame Images. I. Photometry Pipeline
Qiyue Qian, Hongjing Yang, Weicheng Zang +22
To exhume the buried signatures of free-floating planets (FFPs) with small angular Einstein radius , we build a new full-frame difference image pipeline for the Korean…
MOA-2022-BLG-091Lb and KMT-2024-BLG-1209Lb: Microlensing planets detected through weak caustic-crossing signals
Cheongho Han, Chung-Uk Lee, Andrzej Udalski +66
The light curves of the microlensing events MOA-2022-BLG-091 and KMT-2024-BLG-1209 exhibit anomalies with very similar features. These anomalies appear near the peaks of the light…
KMT-2022-BLG-1818Lb,c: A Cold Super-Jupiter with a Saturn Sibling
Hongyu Li, Jiyuan Zhang, Cheongho Han +72
We present the discovery and analysis of the sixth microlensing two-planet system, KMT-2022-BLG-1818Lb,c, detected by a follow-up program targeting high-magnification events. Both…