Results 1 to 10 of about 19,111,092 (94)

HST pre-imaging of a free-floating planet candidate microlensing event

open access: yesAstronomy & Astrophysics
High-cadence microlensing observations uncovered a population of very short-timescale microlensing events, which are believed to be caused by the population of free-floating planets (FFPs) roaming the Milky Way.
Kapusta Mateusz   +35 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Free-floating or Wide-orbit? Keck Adaptive-optics Observations of Free-floating Planet Candidates Detected with Gravitational Microlensing

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal, 2023
Recent detections of extremely short-timescale microlensing events imply the existence of a large population of Earth- to Neptune-mass planets that appear to have no host stars.
Przemek Mróz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

OGLE-2016-BLG-1195 AO: Lens, Companion to Lens or Source, or None of the Above?

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal, 2023
We systematically investigate Vandorou et al.’s claim to have detected the host star of the low-mass-ratio ( q < 10 ^−4 ) microlensing planet OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb, via Keck adaptive optics (AO) measurements Δ t = 4.12 yr after the event’s peak ( t _0 ...
Andrew Gould   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterizing Microlensing Planetary System OGLE-2014-BLG-0676L with High-resolution Image-constrained Light-curve Modeling

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal
We present an analysis that incorporates high-resolution Keck adaptive optics (AO) imaging into microlensing light-curve modeling for the planetary microlensing event OGLE-2014-BLG-0676.
Asahi Idei   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

You Shall Not Pass (Without Modeling): High-resolution Analysis of KMT-2019-BLG-0253 using MORIA

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal
We present the Microlensing Object high-Resolution Imaging Analysis pipeline, or MORIA . This is an automated procedure to reduce high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of microlensing targets, build empirical point-spread function (PSF ...
T. Dex Bhadra   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Candidate High-velocity Exoplanet System in the Galactic Bulge

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal
We present an analysis of adaptive optics images from the Keck I telescope of the microlensing event MOA-2011-BLG-262. The original discovery paper by Bennett et al.
Sean K. Terry   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gaia20fnr: A binary-lens microlensing event with full orbital motion revealed by four space telescopes

open access: yesAstronomy & Astrophysics
The microlensing event Gaia20fnr is a long-duration, non-caustic-crossing binary-lens event located at a high Galactic latitude. Triggered by a photometric rise detected by the Gaia space mission, the event was followed up with observations from multiple
Wicker M.   +56 more
doaj   +1 more source

MOA-2010-BLG-328: Keck and HST Expose the Limits of Occams Razor in Microlensing

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal
We present high-resolution follow-up data of the microlensing event MOA-2010-BLG-328, using Keck and the Hubble Space Telescope. Keck data, taken 8 yr after the event, reveal a strong lens detection enabling measurement of lens flux and source-lens ...
Aikaterini Vandorou   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictions of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Galactic Exoplanet Survey. IV. Lens Mass and Distance Measurements

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal
As part of the Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey (GBTDS), the Nancy Grace Roman Galactic Exoplanet Survey (RGES) will use microlensing to discover cold outer planets and free-floating planets not bound to stars.
Sean K. Terry   +57 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Newly Identified Degeneracy Keeps the Planetary Interpretation Viable for OGLE-2011-BLG-0950

open access: yesThe Astronomical Journal
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 substantially different mass ratios between the lens components.
Jiyuan Zhang   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy