6 papers
Challenges in locating the QCD critical point via constant entropy density contours
MichaÅ Marczenko, MichaÅ SzymaÅski, GyÅzÅ Kovács
A new method was proposed recently to investigate the location of the putative critical point of strongly interacting matter, governed by quantum chromodynamics. By approximating c…
Four binary microlenses with directly measured masses
Cheongho Han, Andrzej Udalski, Chung-Uk Lee +58
We investigated binary lens events from the 2022-2024 microlensing surveys, aiming to identify events suitable for lens mass measurements. We focused on two key light curve feature…
The Ultimate I-band Calibration of the TRGB Standard Candle
A. Udalski, D. M. Skowron, J. Skowron +13
We present the ultimate I-band calibration of the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) standard candle. Our calibration is based on photometry from the outer parts of the Large Magel…
Automated detection and modeling of binary microlensing events in OGLE-IV data. I. Events with well-separated bumps
R. A. P. Oliveira, R. Poleski, P. Mróz +11
Gravitational microlensing depends primarily on the lens mass and presents a larger occurrence rate in crowded regions, which makes it the best tool to uncover the initial mass fun…
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…