7 papers
Towards sub-milliarcsecond astrometric precision using seeing-limited imaging
Noam Segev, Eran O. Ofek, Yossi Shvartzvald +21
The Earth's atmospheric turbulence degrades the precision of ground-based astrometry. Here, we discuss these limitations and propose that, with proper treatment of systematics and…
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…
Microlensing events indicate that super-Earth exoplanets are common in Jupiter-like orbits
Weicheng Zang, Youn Kil Jung, Jennifer C. Yee +65
Exoplanets classified as super-Earths are commonly observed on short period orbits, close to their host stars, but their abundance on wider orbits is poorly constrained. Gravitatio…
Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search. XII. Complete Sample of 2017 Subprime Field Planets
Yuqian Gui, Weicheng Zang, Ruocheng Zhai +39
We report the analysis of four unambiguous planets and one possible planet from the subprime fields () of the 2017 Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMT…
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…
Analysis of the full Spitzer microlensing sample I: Dark remnant candidates and Gaia predictions
Krzysztof A. Rybicki, Yossi Shvartzvald, Jennifer C. Yee +70
In the pursuit of understanding the population of stellar remnants within the Milky Way, we analyze the sample of microlensing events observed by the Spitzer Space Teles…