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1. Full orbital solution for the binary system in the northern Galactic disk microlensing event Gaia16aye

Author: Wyrzykowski, Ł., D’Ago, G., Hanlon, L., van Heerden, H., Ihanec, N., Jovanovic, M., Kopacki, G., Martin-Carrillo, A., Marais, J., Meintjes, P., Murphy, D., Van Soelen, B., Strubble, E., Szegedi, H., Vernet, D., Vince, O., van der Westhuizen, I., Wium, D., Zhuchkov, R. Ya., Wyrzykowski, Łukasz, Mróz, P., Rybicki, K., Gromadzki, M., Kołaczkowski, Z., Zieliński, M., Zieliński, P., Britavskiy, N., Gomboc, A., Sokolovsky, K., Hodgkin, S., Abe, L., Aldi, G., AlMannaei, A., Altavilla, G., Al Qasim, A., Anupama, G., Awiphan, S., Bachelet, E., Bakış, V., Baker, S., Bartlett, S., Bendjoya, P., Benson, K., Bikmaev, I., Birenbaum, G., Blagorodnova, N., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boeva, S., Bonanos, A., Bozza, V., Bramich, D., Bruni, I., Burenin, R., Burgaz, U., Butterley, T., Caines, H., Caton, D., Calchi Novati, S., Carrasco, J., Cassan, A., Čepas, V., Cropper, M., Chruślińska, M., Clementini, G., Clerici, A., Conti, D., Conti, M., Cross, S., Cusano, F., Damljanovic, G., Dapergolas, A., D'ago, G, de Bruijne, J., Dennefeld, M., Dhillon, V., Dominik, M., Dziedzic, J., Erece, O., Eselevich, M., Esenoglu, H., Eyer, L., Figuera Jaimes, R., Fossey, S., Galeev, A., Grebenev, S., Gupta, A., Gutaev, A., Hallakoun, N., Hamanowicz, A., Han, C., Handzlik, B., Haislip, J., Hardy, L., Harrison, D., Hoette, V., Horne, K., Hudec, R., Hundertmark, M., Ihanec 35, N, Irtuganov, E., Itoh, R., Iwanek, P., Janulis, R., Jelínek, M., Jensen, E., Kaczmarek, Z., Katz, D., Khamitov, I., Kilic, Y., Klencki, J., Kolb, U., Kouprianov, V., Kruszyńska, K., Kurowski, S., Latev, G., Lee, C.-H., Leonini, S., Leto, G., Lewis, F., Li, Z., Liakos, A., Littlefair, S., Lu, J., Manser, C., Mao, S., Maoz, D., Maskoliūnas, M., Maund, J., Melnikov, S., Ment, K., Mikołajczyk, P., Morrell, M., Mowlavi, N., Moździerski, D., Nazarov, S., Netzel, H., Nesci, R., Ngeow, C.-C., Norton, A., Ofek, E., Pakštienė, E., Palaversa, L., Pandey, A., Paraskeva, E., PAWLAK, M., Penny, M., Penprase, B., Piascik, A., Prieto, J., Qvam, J., Ranc, C., Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Reichart, D., Reig, P., Rhodes, L., Rivet, J.-P., Rixon, G., Roberts, D., Rosi, P., Russell, D., Zanmar Sanchez, R., Scarpetta, G., Seabroke, G., Shappee, B., Schmidt, R., Shvartzvald, Y., Sitek, M., Skowron, J., Śniegowska, M., Snodgrass, C., Soares, P., Spetsieri, Z., Stankevičiūtė, A., Steele, I., Street, R., Strobl, J., Tinjaca Ramirez, L., Tomasella, L., Tsapras, Y., Villanueva, S., 56, O, Wambsganss, J., Wiersema, K., Wilson, R., Yoldas, A., Ya, R, Zhukov, D., Zdanavičius, J., Zoła, S., Zubareva, A., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GAA - Grup d'Astronomia i Astrofísica, Obserwatorium Astronomiczne Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Instytut Astronomiczny Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Instituto de Astrofìsica de Canarias, National Science Centre (Poland), European Commission, Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Foundation for Polish Science, Slovenian Research Agency, University of Crete, Foundation for Research and Technology, National Research Foundation of Korea, University of Leicester, European Space Agency, National Science Foundation (US), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Universidad de Barcelona, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Royal Society (UK), Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan), The Ohio State University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Villum Fonden, Research Council of Lithuania, Kazan Federal University, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Serbia), W. M. Keck Foundation, Astronomical Observatory [Warsaw], Faculty of Physics [Warsaw] (FUW), University of Warsaw (UW)-University of Warsaw (UW), School of Physics, University College Dublin, Ireland, University of Pretoria [South Africa], Clinical Center of Serbia (KCS), Science & Technology Facilities Council, University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science, and Ege Üniversitesi
Subjects: Astronomy, Estels binaris, gravitational lensing: micro, techniques: photometric, binaries: general, stars: individual: Gaia16aye-L, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Gaia16aye-L, Gravitational lenses, Bulge, Fotometria astronòmica, QB Astronomy, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, QB, Physics, Gravitational lensing micro, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomical photometry, 3rd-DAS, Orbital period, Radial velocity, Orbit, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Stars: individual: Gaia16aye-L, astro-ph.SR, individual: Gaia16aye [Stars], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Gravitational microlensing, Gravitational lensing: micro, micro [Gravitational lensing], Double stars, 0103 physical sciences, Binaries: general, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Orbital elements, general [Binaries], photometric [Techniques], Binaries, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Stars, QC Physics, Space and Planetary Science, Física::Astronomia i astrofísica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Techniques - photometric, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Techniques: photometric, astro-ph.IM
Abstract: Gaia16aye was a binary microlensing event discovered in the direction towards the northern Galactic disc and was one of the first microlensing events detected and alerted to by the Gaia space mission. Its light curve exhibited five distinct brightening episodes, reaching up to I = 12 mag, and it was covered in great detail with almost 25 000 data points gathered by a network of telescopes. We present the photometric and spectroscopic follow-up covering 500 days of the event evolution. We employed a full Keplerian binary orbit microlensing model combined with the motion of Earth and Gaia around the Sun to reproduce the complex light curve. The photometric data allowed us to solve the microlensing event entirely and to derive the complete and unique set of orbital parameters of the binary lensing system. We also report on the detection of the first-ever microlensing space-parallax between the Earth and Gaia located at L2. The properties of the binary system were derived from microlensing parameters, and we found that the system is composed of two main-sequence stars with masses 0.57 +/- 0.05 M-circle dot and 0.36 +/- 0.03 M-circle dot at 780 pc, with an orbital period of 2.88 years and an eccentricity of 0.30. We also predict the astrometric microlensing signal for this binary lens as it will be seen by Gaia as well as the radial velocity curve for the binary system. Events such as Gaia16aye indicate the potential for the microlensing method of probing the mass function of dark objects, including black holes, in directions other than that of the Galactic bulge. This case also emphasises the importance of long-term time-domain coordinated observations that can be made with a network of heterogeneous telescopes., Polish National Sci-ence Centre (NCN): HARMONIA NCN grant [2015/18/M/ST9/00544]; Polish National Sci-ence Centre (NCN): OPUS NCN grant [2015/17/B/ST9/03167]; Polish National Sci-ence Centre (NCN): DAINA NCN grant [2017/27/L/ST9/03221]; European CommissionEuropean CommissionEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre [312430, 730890]; Polish Ministry of Higher EducationMinistry of Science and Higher Education, Poland [3040/7.PR/2014/2, DIR/WK/2018/12]; MAESTRO NCN grant [2014/14/A/ST9/00121]; DDT programmes [SW2016b12, A34DDT3]; UK Science and Technology Facilities CouncilUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC); Foundation for Polish Science (Program START); National Science Center, PolandNational Science Centre, Poland [ETIUDA 2018/28/T/ST9/00096]; Slovenian Research AgencySlovenian Research Agency - Slovenia [P1-0031, J1-8136]; COST Action GWverseEuropean Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) [CA16104]; National Research Foundation of KoreaNational Research Foundation of Korea [2017R1A4A1015178]; STFCUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC); European Space Agency under the NELIOTA program [4000112943]; GROWTH project - National Science Foundation [1545949]; MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Economy) [ESP2016-80079-C2-1-R, ESP2014-55996-C2-1-R, RTI2018-095076B-C21]; ICCUB (Unidad de Excelencia a Maria de Maeztu) [MDM-2014-0369]; Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) [ASI I/058/10/0, ASI 2014-025-R.1.2015]; Royal Society Research GrantRoyal Society of London [RG170230]; Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan)Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [104-2112-M-008-012MY3, 104-2923-M-008-004-MY5]; European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013)/ERC Grant [320964]; Gordon and Betty Moore FoundationGordon and Betty Moore Foundation [GBMF5490]; NSFNational Science Foundation (NSF) [AST-1515927, AST-0908816, AST-1412587]; Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation; Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics at the Ohio State UniversityOhio State University; Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy (CAS-SACA); Villum Foundation; MINECO under the Ramon y Cajal programme [RYC-2016-20254]; MINECO [AYA2017-86274-P]; AGAUR grantAgencia de Gestio D'Ajuts Universitaris de Recerca Agaur (AGAUR) [SGR-661/2017]; Science and Technology Facilities CouncilUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) [ST/P000541/1]; STFC consolidated grant [ST/M001296/1]; Research Council of LithuaniaResearch Council of Lithuania (LMTLT) [S-LL-19-2]; TUB.ITAKTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK); IKI; KFU; AST; National Science Fund (Bulgaria)National Science Fund of Bulgaria [DN 18/13-12.12.2017]; Institute of Astronomy via research project "Study of ICRF radio-sources and fast variable astronomical objects"; NAO Rozhen, BAS, via research project "Study of ICRF radio-sources and fast variable astronomical objects"; Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia [176011, 176004, 176021]; DFGGerman Research Foundation (DFG)European Commission [SPP 1992, WA 1074/11-1]; NCN [2016/21/B/ST9/01126]; MINECO Ramon y Cajal programme [AYA2017-86274-P, RYJ-2016-20254]; Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund; National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNational Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) [NNX08AR22G]; National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation (NSF) [AST-1238877]; W. M. Keck FoundationW.M. Keck Foundation; ICCUB (Unidad de Excelencia 'Maria de Maeztu') [MDM-2014-0369]; [3.6714.2017/8.9], This work relies on the results from the European Space Agency (ESA) space mission Gaia. Gaia data are being processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC). Funding for the DPAC is provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multi-Lateral Agreement (MLA). The Gaia mission website is https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia.In particular we acknowledge Gaia Photomet-ric Science Alerts Team, website http://gsaweb.ast.cam.ac.uk/alerts.We thank the members of the OGLE team for discussions and support. We also would like to thank the Polish Children Fund (KFnRD) for support of an internship of their pupils in Ostrowik Observatory of the Warsaw Univ-ersity, during which some of the data were collected, in particular we thank: Robert Nowicki, Michal Por.ebski and Karol Niczyj. The work presented here has been supported by the following grants from the Polish National Sci-ence Centre (NCN): HARMONIA NCN grant 2015/18/M/ST9/00544, OPUS NCN grant 2015/17/B/ST9/03167, DAINA NCN grant 2017/27/L/ST9/03221, as well as European Commission's FP7 and H2020 OPTICON grants (312430 and 730890), Polish Ministry of Higher Education support for OPTICON FP7, 3040/7.PR/2014/2, MNiSW grant DIR/WK/2018/12. PMr and JS acknowledge support from MAESTRO NCN grant 2014/14/A/ST9/00121 to Andrzej Udal-ski. We would like to thank the following members of the AAVSO for their amazing work with collecting vast amounts of data: Teofilo Arranz, James Boardman, Stephen Brincat, Geoff Chaplin, Emery Erdelyi, Rafael Farfan, William Goff, Franklin Guenther, Kevin Hills, Jens Jacobsen, Raymond Kneip, David Lane, Fernando Limon Martinez, Gianpiero Locatelli, Andrea Mantero, Attila Madai, Peter Meadows, Otmar Nickel, Arto Oksanen, Luis Perez, Roger Pieri, Ulisse Quadri, Diego Rodriguez Perez, Frank Schorr, George Sjoberg, Andras Timar, Ray Tomlin, Tonny Vanmunster, Klaus Wenzel, Thomas Wikander. We also thank the amateur observers from around the world, in particular, Pietro Capuozzo, Leone Trascianelli, Igor Zharkov from Ardingly College and Angelo Tomassini, Karl-Ludwig Bath. We also thank Roger Pickard from the British Astronomical Association and Matthias Penselin from the German Haus der Astronomie association for their contributions. KS thanks Dr. Dmitry Chulkov and Dr. Panagiotis Gavras for the interesting discussion of stellar multiplicity. We acknowledge support of DDT programmes SW2016b12 (WHT) and A34DDT3 (TNG). The INT, TNG and WHT are operated on the island of La Palma by the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes in the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. The Liverpool Telescope is operated on the island of La Palma by Liverpool John Moores University in the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias with financial support from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council. SJF would like to thank the UCL students who assisted with the collection and checking of UCLO data for the observing campaign: Martina Aghopian, Ashleigh Arendt, Artem Barinov, Luke Barrett, Jasper Berry-Gair, Arjun Bhogal, Charles Bowesman, William Boyd, Andrei Cuceu, Michael Davies, Max Freedman, Gabriel Fu, Abirami Govindaraju, Iandeep Hothi, Clara Matthews Torres, Darius Modirrousta-Galian, Petru Neague, George Pattinson, Xiaoxi Song, and Brian Yu. P.Mr. acknowledges support from the Foundation for Polish Science (Program START) and the National Science Center, Poland (grant ETIUDA 2018/28/T/ST9/00096).; r r AC, AG and NI acknowledge the financial support from the Slovenian Research Agency (research core funding No. P1-0031 and project grant No. J1-8136)and networking support by the COST Action GWverse CA16104. Skinakas Observatory is a collaborative project of the University of Crete and the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas. Work by C.H. was supported by the grant (2017R1A4A1015178) of National Research Foundation of Korea. KW acknowledges funding from STFC, and thanks the University of Lei-cester for the investment in instrumentation. We gratefully acknowledge financial support by the European Space Agency under the NELIOTA program, contract No. 4000112943. This work has made use of data obtained with the Kryoneri Prime Focus Instrument, developed by the European Space Agency NELIOTA project on the 1.2 m Kryoneri telescope, which is operated by IAASARS, National Observatory of Athens, Greece. The Aristarchos tele-scope is operated on Helmos Observatory by the IAASARS of the National Observatory of Athens. This work was supported by the GROWTH project funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant No 1545949. This work was supported by the MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Economy) through grant ESP2016-80079-C2-1-R (MINECO/FEDER, UE) and ESP2014-55996-C2-1-R (MINECO/FEDER, UE) and MDM-2014-0369 of ICCUB (Unidad de Excelencia a Maria de Maeztu). This work was supported by the MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Economy) through grant ESP2016-80079-C2-1-R and RTI2018-095076B-C21 (MINECO/FEDER, UE), and MDM-2014-0369 of ICCUB (Unidad de Excelencia 'Maria de Maeztu'). The Joan Oro Telescope (TJO) of the Montsec Astronomical Observatory (OAdM) is owned by the Catalan Government and is operated by the Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC). Support to this study has been provided by Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) through grants ASI I/058/10/0 and ASI 2014-025-R.1.2015. KW thanks Dipali Thanki and Ray McErlean for their technical support of the scientific programme of the University of Leicester observatory. This work was supported by Royal Society Research Grant RG170230. CCN thanks the funding from Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan) under the contracts 104-2112-M-008-012MY3 and 104-2923-M-008-004-MY5. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013)/ERC Grant Agreement n. 320964 (WDTracer). We thank the Las Cumbres Observatory and its sta ff for its continuing support of the project. ASAS-SN is supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through grant GBMF5490 to the Ohio State University and NSF grant AST-1515927. Development of ASAS-SN has been supported by NSF grant AST-0908816, the Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation, the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics at the Ohio State University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy (CAS-SACA), the Villum Foundation, and George Skestos. ARM acknowledges support from the MINECO under the Ramon y Cajal programme (RYC-2016-20254) and the AYA2017-86274-P grant, and the AGAUR grant SGR-661/2017. We acknowledge support from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (TB and RWW; ST/P000541/1). K.Horne acknowledges support from STFC consolidated grant ST/M001296/1. This work was partly supported by the Research Council of Lithuania, grant No. S-LL-19-2 Authors thank to TUB.ITAK, IKI, KFU, and AST for partial supports in using RTT150 (Russian-Turkish 1.5-m telescope in Antalya).; r r This work was partially funded by the subsidy 3.6714.2017/8.9 allocated to Kazan Federal University for the state assignment in the sphere of scientific activities. This research was partially supported by contract DN 18/13-12.12.2017 with the National Science Fund (Bulgaria). Work by YS was supported by an appointment to the NASA Postdoctoral Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, administered by Uni-versities Space Research Associ-ation through a contract with NASA. GD gratefully acknowledges the obser-ving grant support from the Institute of Astronomy and NAO Rozhen, BAS, via bilateral joint research project "Study of ICRF radio-sources and fast variable astronomical objects" (PI:G.Damljanovic). This work is a part of the Projects no. 176011 "Dynamics and kinematics of celestial bodies and systems", no. 176004 "Stellar physics" and no. 176021 "Visible and invisible matter in nearby galaxies: theory and observations" supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. YT acknowledges the support of DFG priority program SPP 1992 "Exploring the diversity of Extrasolar Planets" (WA 1074/11-1). This work of PMi, DM and ZK was supported by the NCN grant no. 2016/21/B/ST9/01126. ARM acknowledges support from the MINECO Ramon y Cajal programme RYJ-2016-20254 and grant AYA2017-86274-P and from the AGAUR grant SGR-661/2017. The work by C. R. was supported by an appointment to the NASA Postdoctoral Program at the Goddard Space Flight Center, administered by USRA through a contract with NASA. The Faulkes Telescope Project is an education partner of Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO). The Faulkes Telescopes are maintained and operated by LCO. This research was made possible through the use of the AAVSO Photomet-ric All-Sky Survey (APASS), funded by the Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund and NSF AST-1412587. The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys (PS1) and the PS1 public science archive have been made possible through contributions by the Institute for Astronomy, the University of Hawaii, the Pan-STARRS Project O ffice, the Max-Planck Society and its participating institutes, the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, The Johns Hopkins University, Durham University, the University of Edinburgh, the Queen's University Belfast, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network Incor-porated, the National Central University of Taiwan, the Space Telescope Sci-ence Institute, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant No. NNX08AR22G issued through the Planetary Science Division of the NASA Science Mission Directorate, the National Science Foundation Grant No. AST-1238877, the University of Maryland, Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Some of the data presented herein were obtained at the W. M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Ins-titute of Technology, the University of California and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation.
Published: 2020

2. Enhancement of critical temperature in fine La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 particles prepared by mechanochemical processing

Author: Muroi, M., Street, R., and McCormick, P.G.
Subjects: Mechanical chemistry -- Research, Perovskite -- Research, Physics
Abstract: Mechanochemical processing has been used to synthesize fine La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 powders. The findings are discussed in relation to the ferromagnetic transition unique to perovskite manganites.
Published: 2000

3. An investigation of reversible magnetization in NdFe

Author: Crew, D.C., McCormick, P.G., and Street, R.
Subjects: Magnetization -- Research, Rare earth metals -- Magnetic properties, Physics
Abstract: Research was conducted to examine the magnetization reversal processes in sintered and melt-quenched NdFeB materials through calculations of reversible magnetization. Reversible arises from bowing of pinned domain boundary walls for isotropic and anisotropic sintered NdFeB and anisotropic hot pressed die upset NdFeB. Results demonstrate that in the materials, domain wall effects contribute substantially to the mechanism of magnetization reversal.
Published: 1999

4. Giant magnetoelastic response in MnAs

Author: Chernenko, V.A., Wee, L., McCormick, P.G., and Street, R.
Subjects: Sensors -- Research, Transducers -- Research, Manganese -- Research, Arsenic compounds -- Research, Physics
Abstract: A study on materials which exhibit the highest levels of magnetic field-induced volumetric/uniaxial strains near room temperature presents measurements of giant magnetoelastic behavior in MnAs samples accompanying the paramagnetic-to-ferromagnetic transition. The MnAs samples were prepared from elemental precursors by powder processing. Results indicate that MnAs has significant potential for use in magnetically activated sensors and transducers.
Published: 1999

5. An analysis of binary microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-0060

Author: Tsapras, Y., Cassan, A., Ranc, C., Bachelet, E., Street, R., Udalski, A., Hundertmark, M., Bozza, V., Beaulieu, J. P., Marquette, J. B., Euteneuer, E., Figuera Jaimes, R., Calchi Novati, S., Bramich, D. M., Dominik, M., Jaimes, R. Figuera, Horne, K., Mao, S., Menzies, J., Schmidt, R., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I. A., Wambsganss, J., Mróz, P., Szymański, M. K., Soszyński, I., Skowron, J., Pietrukowicz, P., Kozłowski, S., Poleski, R., Ulaczyk, K., PAWLAK, M., Jørgensen, U. G., Skottfelt, J., Popovas, A., Ciceri, S., Korhonen, H., Kuffmeier, M., Evans, D. F., Peixinho, N., Hinse, T. C., Burgdorf, M. J., Southworth, J., Tronsgaard, R., Kerins, E., Andersen, M. I., Rahvar, S., Wang, Y., Wertz, O., Rabus, M., Novati, S. Calchi, D'Ago, G., Scarpetta, G., Mancini, L., Abe, F., Asakura, Y., Bennett, D. P., Bhattacharya, A., Donachie, M., Evans, P., Fukui, A., Hirao, Y., Itow, Y., Kawasaki, K., Koshimoto, N., Li, M. C. A., Ling, C. H., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Muraki, Y., Miyazaki, S., Nagakane, M., Ohnishi, K., Rattenbury, N., Saito, T. O., Sharan, A., Shibai, H., Sullivan, D. J., Sumi, T., Suzuki, D., Tristram, P. J., Yamada, T., Yonehara, A., Figuera Jaimes, R, Calchi Novati, S, D’Ago, G, Jaimes, R Figuera, Novati, S Calchi, Astronomische Rechen-Institut [Heidelberg] (ARI), Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (ZAH), Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg]-Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg], M2A 2019, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Senckenberg Institute, Geophysical Laboratory [Carnegie Institution], Carnegie Institution for Science [Washington], NSF Center for EUV Science and Technology, NSF, Ifremer (COP), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), CSNSM PCI, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), School of Chemical and Physical Sciences [Keele], Keele University [Keele], Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Department of Materials Science [Tokyo], Tokyo Institute of Technology [Tokyo] (TITECH), Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Informatics, Department of Mechano-Informatics Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (ISI laboratory), University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute [Kashiwa-shi] (AORI), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Astronomical Observatory [Warsaw], Faculty of Physics [Warsaw] (FUW), University of Warsaw (UW)-University of Warsaw (UW), Space Science Department of ESA, European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), European Space Agency (ESA)-European Space Agency (ESA), Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (MPS), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Ohio State University [Columbus] (OSU), Niels Bohr Institute [Copenhagen] (NBI), Faculty of Science [Copenhagen], University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU), Kuopio Unit [FMI], Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU), Argelander Institute for Astronomy (AlfA), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), Nagoya University, Department of Physics [Notre Dame], University of Notre Dame [Indiana] (UND), University of Auckland [Auckland], Osaka University [Osaka], Tokyo University of Science [Tokyo], Department of Chemistry, Université de Tsukuba = University of Tsukuba, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Earth and Space Science [Toyonaka-shi], Osaka University, Tokyo University Sci. Dept. Sci. & Technol., The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Science & Technology Facilities Council, University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science, University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA)-Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: GRAVITATIONAL LENS, T-EFF, Event (relativity), observational [methods], Binary number, Galaxy: Bulge, gravitational lensing: Micro, methods: Observational, techniques: Photometric, Astrophysics, gravitational lensing: micro, GALACTIC BULGE, 01 natural sciences, Galaxy: bulge, photometric [techniques], techniques: photometric, Bulge, Observatory, QB Astronomy, NETWORK, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, QB, Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), MILKY-WAY, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, methods: observational, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR.EP]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], bulge [Galaxy], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Gravitational microlensing, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, SYSTEMS, SEARCH, 0103 physical sciences, ALGORITHM, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Order (ring theory), DAS, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], QC Physics, Space and Planetary Science, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], DISCOVERY, astro-ph.EP, micro [gravitational lensing], Parallax, astro-ph.IM, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, PLANETS, QB799
Abstract: We present the analysis of stellar binary microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-0060 based on observations obtained from 13 different telescopes. Intensive coverage of the anomalous parts of the light curve was achieved by automated follow-up observations from the robotic telescopes of the Las Cumbres Observatory. We show that, for the first time, all main features of an anomalous microlensing event are well covered by follow-up data, allowing us to estimate the physical parameters of the lens. The strong detection of second-order effects in the event light curve necessitates the inclusion of longer-baseline survey data in order to constrain the parallax vector. We find that the event was most likely caused by a stellar binary-lens with masses $M_{\star1} = 0.87 \pm 0.12 M_{\odot}$ and $M_{\star2} = 0.77 \pm 0.11 M_{\odot}$. The distance to the lensing system is 6.41 $\pm 0.14$ kpc and the projected separation between the two components is 13.85 $\pm 0.16$ AU. Alternative interpretations are also considered., Comment: 13 pages, 5 figures, Published in MNRAS
Published: 2019

6. Mechanically alloyed nanocomposite magnets (invited)

Author: McCormick, P.G., Miao, W.F., Smith, P.A.I., Ding, J., and Street, R.
Subjects: Magnets -- Observations, Rare earth metals -- Observations, Physics
Abstract: Nanocomposite permanent magnets are of commercial interest as an expensive magnetic alignment step is not needed to obtain maximum performance, and less of the costly rare earth element is required. Remanence enhancement is linked to exchange coupling at interfaces separating nanocrystalline magnetic phases. Crystallization temperature is found to be important in determining the magnetic properties.
Published: 1998

7. Magnetic and structural properties of high remanence Nd8(FeCo)88B4 prepared by mechanical milling

Author: Miao, W.F., Ding, J., McCormick, P.G., and Street, R.
Subjects: Cobalt -- Magnetic properties, Ferromagnetism -- Research, Alloys -- Research, Physics
Abstract: An experiment is conducted to determine changes in the structure and magnetic properties of mechanically-milled Nd8(FeCo)88B4 caused by replacing the iron content of the said compound with cobalt. Test samples are prepared using arc melting techniques in an argon atmosphere. After the samples were annealed, a mixture of Nd2(FeCo)14B characterized by remanence and single-phase magnetic behavior is formed.
Published: 1997

8. Time dependence and mechanisms of magnetization reversal in Tb-Fe-Co films

Author: Brown, S.D., Street, R., Chantrell, R.W., Haycock, P.W., and O'Grady, K.
Subjects: Thin films, Multilayered -- Research, Magnetization -- Research, Physics
Published: 1996

9. A comparative study of mechanically alloyed and mechanically milled Nd10Fe84B6

Author: Miao, W.F., Ding, J., McCormick, P.G., and Street, R.
Subjects: Alloys -- Analysis, Paleomagnetism -- Research, Physics
Published: 1996

10. Analysis and interpretation of time dependent magnetic phenomena (invited)

Author: Folks, L. and Street, R.
Subjects: Magnetism -- Analysis, Physics
Abstract: A constitutive equation helps explain the simple representation of magnetic behavior, including time-dependent effects. Movement of a point in a three-dimensional surface having coordinates M, H and M helps describe the magnetic process and determination of the time dependence of magnetization helps derive the parameters determining the surface. Determination of magnetic viscosity under constant applied field conditions helps experimentally determine the material parameters.
Published: 1994

11. Magnetic viscosity, fluctuation fields, and activation energies (invited)

Author: Street, R. and Brown, S.D.
Subjects: Ferromagnetic materials -- Research, Viscosity -- Measurement, Magnetization -- Analysis, Physics
Abstract: 'Diffusion' and 'fluctuation' viscosity explain the time dependence of magnetization in ferromagnetic material. Thermal-induced motion of impurity atoms forms the basis of diffusion mechanism, and the fluctuation mechanism is based on the thermal activation of irreversible domain processes. Fluctuation viscosity influences all magnetic materials subject to hysteresis. Fluctuation fields and activation energy distributions explain the magnetic viscosity.
Published: 1994

12. High magnetic performance in isotropic alpha-Fe+Sm2Fe17Nx

Author: Ding, J., Liu, Y., Street, R., and McCormick, P.G.
Subjects: Paleomagnetism -- Research, Granular materials -- Research, Physics
Abstract: Isotropic powders, crystallized at low temperatures at around 600 degrees centigrade, exhibit remanence enhancement, single-phase magnetic behavior and two-phase demagnetization curves that are obtained at higher temperatures. Isotropic materials such as alpha-Fe+Sm2Fe17Nx are used to produce bonded magnets with high remanence along directions determined, not by particle alignment, but by the magnetizing field direction. The coercivity and remanent magnetization of isotropic powders vary with changes in Sm concentration.
Published: 1994

13. Spin-glass behavior in ultrafine La(sub 0.7)Ca(sub 0.3)MnO(sub z) powders prepared by mechanical alloying

Author: Muroi, M., Street, R., and McCormick, P.G.
Subjects: Stoichiometry -- Research, Calcium compounds -- Research, Calcium compounds -- Properties, Lanthanum -- Research, Lanthanum -- Properties, Physics
Abstract: Ultrafine La(sub 0.7)Ca(sub 0.3)MnO(sub z) powders with controlled oxygen stoichiometry are synthesized by mechanical alloying at ambient temperature. These observations are discussed in terms of magnetic disorder resulting from defects induced by high-energy milling and surface effects dominant in small crystals.
Published: 2000

14. Reversible magnetization behavior in Sm2(Co, Fe, Cu, Zr)17

Author: Crew, D.C., Woodward, R.C., and Street, R.
Subjects: Magnetization -- Research, Physics
Abstract: The reversible magnetization behavior in Sm2(Co, Fe, Cu, Zr) is analyzed wherein magnetization reversal is controlled by domain wall pinning. Results show that the reversible magnetization is consistent with a domain wall pinning model, characterized by rapid nucleation of domain walls at the start of reversal and propagates at higher fields as reversal progresses. Two differential populations of grains were also observed from magnetic viscosity measurements.
Published: 1999

15. MOA-2016-BLG-227Lb: A Massive Planet Characterized by Combining Light-curve Analysis and Keck AO Imaging

Author: Koshimoto, N., Shvartzvald, Y., Bennett, D. P., Penny, M. T., Hundertmark, M., Bond, I. A., Zang, W. C., Henderson, C. B., Suzuki, D., Rattenbury, N. J., Sumi, T., Abe, F., Asakura, Y., Bhattacharya, A., Donachie, M., Evans, P., Fukui, A., Hirao, Y., Itow, Y., Li, M. C. A., Ling, C. H., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Matsuo, T., Muraki, Y., Nagakane, M., Ohnishi, K., Ranc, C., Saito, To., Sharan, A., Shibai, H., Sullivan, D. J., Tristram, P. J., Yamada, T., Yonehara, A., Gelino, C. R., Beichman, C., Beaulieu, J.-P., Marquette, J.-B., Batista, V., Friedmann, M., Hallakoun, N., Kaspi, S., Maoz, D., Bryden, G., Novati, S. Calchi, Howell, S. B., Wang, T. S., Mao, S., Fouqué, P., Korhonen, H., Jørgensen, U. G., Street, R., Tsapras, Y., Dominik, M., Kerins, E., Cassan, A., Snodgrass, C., Bachelet, E., Bozza, V., Bramich, D. M., University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science, and University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: Proper motion, NDAS, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, micro [Gravitational lensing], law.invention, Telescope, law, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, QB Astronomy, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, QB, Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mass ratio, Light curve, Planetary systems, Stars, QC Physics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We report the discovery of a microlensing planet --- MOA-2016-BLG-227Lb --- with a large planet/host mass ratio of $q \simeq 9 \times 10^{-3}$. This event was located near the $K2$ Campaign 9 field that was observed by a large number of telescopes. As a result, the event was in the microlensing survey area of a number of these telescopes, and this enabled good coverage of the planetary light curve signal. High angular resolution adaptive optics images from the Keck telescope reveal excess flux at the position of the source above the flux of the source star, as indicated by the light curve model. This excess flux could be due to the lens star, but it could also be due to a companion to the source or lens star, or even an unrelated star. We consider all these possibilities in a Bayesian analysis in the context of a standard Galactic model. Our analysis indicates that it is unlikely that a large fraction of the excess flux comes from the lens, unless solar type stars are much more likely to host planets of this mass ratio than lower mass stars. We recommend that a method similar to the one developed in this paper be used for other events with high angular resolution follow-up observations when the follow-up observations are insufficient to measure the lens-source relative proper motion., Comment: 35 pages, 7 figures, 6 tables, Accepted for publication in AJ
Published: 2017

16. Evolution of magnetic microstructure in high-coercivity permanent magnets imaged with magnetic force microscopy

Author: Babcock, K.L., Folks, L., Street, R., Woodward, R.C., and Bradbury, D.L.
Subjects: Magnets, Permanent -- Analysis, Microstructure -- Analysis, Domain structure -- Analysis, Physics
Published: 1997

17. Magnetocaloric dependence of magnetic viscosity measurements in NdFe

Author: Folks, L., Street, R., Woodward, R., and McCormick, P.G.
Subjects: Iron compounds -- Research, Magnetization -- Analysis, Physics
Abstract: Constitutive equations are used to measure of time dependence magnetization which reveals the basic characteristic of magnetization reversal processes. The activation volumes, associated with the magnetization reversal processes are, estimated by the application of a fluctuation field. The activation volumes are measured at room temperature and the systems are assumed to be isothermal.
Published: 1994

18. Investigation of interaction mechanisms in melt-quenched NdFe

Author: Folks, L., Street, R., and Woodward, R.
Subjects: Neodymium -- Research, Magnets -- Analysis, Magnetization -- Analysis, Physics
Abstract: Demagnetizing and magnetizing curves of melt-quenched Nd(sub 2)Fe(sub 14)B materials reveal the process of magnetization to be time dependent. The magnetic viscosity parameter and intrinsic reversal susceptibility of Nd(sub 2)Fe(sub 14)B reveal that the irreversible processes are expressed as a function of internal magnetic fields. The magnetization and demagnetization features depend on domain structure.
Published: 1994

19. Simulation of magnetization reversal in two-phase exchange coupled nanocrystalline materials

Author: Feutrill, E.H., McCormick, P.G., and Street, R.
Subjects: Crystals -- Magnetic properties, Magnetic materials -- Research, Magnetization -- Analysis, Physics
Abstract: A two-dimensional model with hard magnetic phase particles embedded in soft magnetic matrix investigates the magnetization reversal in a two-phase uniaxial nanoscale anisotropic material. Coercivity and maximum energy product that depends on soft-magnetic phase stimulate magnetic reversal. Increase in the soft-magnetic phase results in single-to-two phase magnetic behavior transition.
Published: 1994

20. The measurement irreversible magnetization and activation volumes

Author: Cammarano, R., McCormick, P.G., and Street, R.
Subjects: Hysteresis -- Research, Magnetization -- Analysis, Physics
Abstract: Experimental methods involving the measurement of hysteresis loops at constant magnetic polarization, internal magnetic field and magnetic viscosity computations are used to evaluate the value of lambda, associated with activation volume in irreversible magnetization. The experiments distinguish reversible and irreversible magnetization and verify the efficacy of magnetic constitutive equations without special magnetization assumptions.
Published: 1994

21. Discovery of a Gas giant Planet in Microlensing Event OGLE-2014-BLG-1760

Author: Bhattacharya, A., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Sumi, T., Udalski, A., Street, R., Tsapras, Y., Abe, F., Freeman, M., Fukui, A., Hirao, Y., Itow, Y., Koshimoto, N., Li, M. C. A., Ling, C. H., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Muraki, Y., Nagakane, M., Ohnishi, K., Rattenbury, N., Saito, T., Sharan, A., Sullivan, D. J., Suzuki, D., Tristram, P. J., Skowron, J., Szymański, M. K., Soszyński, I., Poleski, R., Mróz, P., Kozlowski, S., Pietrukowicz, P., Ulaczyk, K., Wyrzykowski, L., Bachelet, E., Bramich, D. M., D’Ago, G., Dominik, M., Figuera Jaimes, R., Horne, K., Hundertmark, M., Kains, N., Menzies, J., Schmidt, R., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I. A., Wambsganss, J., University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, and University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science
Subjects: Proper motion, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, NDAS, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, micro [Gravitational lensing], Bulge, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, QB Astronomy, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, QB, Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planetary system, Light curve, Stars, Planetary systems, QC Physics, Space and Planetary Science, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Planetary mass, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We present the analysis of the planetary microlensing event OGLE-2014-BLG-1760, which shows a strong light curve signal due to the presence of a Jupiter mass-ratio planet. One unusual feature of this event is that the source star is quite blue, with $V-I = 1.48\pm 0.08$. This is marginally consistent with source star in the Galactic bulge, but it could possibly indicate a young source star in the far side of the disk. Assuming a bulge source, we perform a Bayesian analysis assuming a standard Galactic model, and this indicates that the planetary system resides in or near the Galactic bulge at $D_L = 6.9 \pm 1.1 $ kpc. It also indicates a host star mass of $M_* = 0.51 \pm 0.44 M_\odot$, a planet mass of $m_p = 180 \pm 110 M_\oplus$, and a projected star-planet separation of $a_\perp = 1.7\pm 0.3\,$AU. The lens-source relative proper motion is $\mu_{\rm rel} = 6.5\pm 1.1$ mas/yr. The lens (and stellar host star) is predicted to be very faint, so it is most likely that it can detected only when the lens and source stars are partially resolved. Due to the relatively high relative proper motion, the lens and source will be resolved to about $\sim46\,$mas in 6-8 years after the peak magnification. So, by 2020 - 2022, we can hope to detect the lens star with deep, high resolution images., Comment: Submitted to ApJ
Published: 2016
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22. THE EXTREME MICROLENSING EVENT OGLE-2007-BLG-224: TERRESTRIAL PARALLAX OBSERVATION OF A THICK-DISK BROWN DWARF

Author: Gould, A., Udalski, A., Monard, B., Horne, K., Dong, Subo, Miyake, N., Sahu, K., Bennett, D. P., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Soszyński, I., Szymański, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzyński, G., Szewczyk, O., Ulaczyk, K., Allen, W., Christie, G. W., Depoy, D. L., Gaudi, B. S., Han, C., Lee, C.-U., Mccormick, J., Natusch, T., Park, B.-G., Pogge, R. W., Allan, A., Bode, M. F., Bramich, D. M., Burgdorf, M. J., Dominik, M., Fraser, S. N., Kerins, E., Mottram, C., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I. A., Street, R., Tsapras, Y., Abe, F., Bond, I. A., Botzler, C. S., Fukui, A., Furusawa, K., Hearnshaw, J. B., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., Kilmartin, P. M., Korpela, A., Lin, W., Ling, C. H., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Muraki, Y., Nagaya, M., Ohnishi, K., Okumura, T., Perrott, Y. C., Rattenbury, N., Saito, To., Sako, T., Skuljan, L., Sullivan, D. J., Sumi, T., Sweatman, W. L., Tristram, P. J., Yock, P. C. M., Albrow, M., Beaulieu, J. P., Coutures, C., Calitz, H., Caldwell, J., Fouqué, P., Martin, Roland, Williams, A., Department of Astronomy (Ohio State University), Ohio State University [Columbus] (OSU), Astrophysics Research Institute [Liverpool] (ARI), Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), and Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Astronomical Objects, Solar System, gravitational lensing, Brown dwarf, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, stars: low-mass, law, 0103 physical sciences, Thick disk, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, [SDU.ASTR.SR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR.SR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Lens (optics), Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), astrometry, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Parallax, Event (particle physics), brown dwarfs
Abstract: Parallax is the most fundamental technique to measure distances to astronomical objects. Although terrestrial parallax was pioneered over 2000 years ago by Hipparchus (ca. 140 BCE) to measure the distance to the Moon, the baseline of the Earth is so small that terrestrial parallax can generally only be applied to objects in the Solar System. However, there exists a class of extreme gravitational microlensing events in which the effects of terrestrial parallax can be readily detected and so permit the measurement of the distance, mass, and transverse velocity of the lens. Here we report observations of the first such extreme microlensing event OGLE-2007-BLG-224, from which we infer that the lens is a brown dwarf of mass M=0.056 +- 0.004 Msun, with a distance of 525 +- 40 pc and a transverse velocity of 113 +- 21 km/s. The velocity places the lens in the thick disk, making this the lowest-mass thick-disk brown dwarf detected so far. Follow-up observations may allow one to observe the light from the brown dwarf itself, thus serving as an important constraint for evolutionary models of these objects and potentially opening a new window on sub-stellar objects. The low a priori probability of detecting a thick-disk brown dwarf in this event, when combined with additional evidence from other observations, suggests that old substellar objects may be more common than previously assumed., Comment: ApJ Letters, in press, 15 pages including 2 figures
Published: 2009

23. OGLE-2012-BLG-0563Lb : a Saturn-mass planet around an M dwarf with the mass constrained by Subaru AO imaging

Author: Fukui, A., Gould, A., Sumi, T., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Han, C., Suzuki, D., Beaulieu, J.-P., Batista, V., Udalski, A., Street, R. A., Tsapras, Y., Hundertmark, Markus Peter Gerhard, Abe, F., Bhattacharya, A., Freeman, M., Itow, Y., Ling, C. H., Koshimoto, N., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Muraki, Y., Ohnishi, K., Philpott, L. C., Rattenbury, N., Saito, T., Sullivan, D. J., Tristram, P. J., Yonehara, A., Choi, J.-Y., Christie, G. W., DePoy, D. L., Dong, Subo, Drummond, J., Gaudi, B. S., Hwang, K.-H., Kavka, A., Lee, C.-U., McCormick, J., Natusch, T., Ngan, H., Park, H., Pogge, R. W., Shin, I.-G., Tan, T.-G., Yee, J. C., Szymański, M. K., Pietrzyński, G., Soszyński, I., Poleski, R., Kozłowski, S., Pietrukowicz, P., Ulaczyk, K., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Bramich, D. M., Browne, Paul, Dominik, Martin, Horne, Keith Douglas, Ipatov, S., Kains, N., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I. A., The Royal Society, Science & Technology Facilities Council, and University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: Metallicity, NDAS, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Type (model theory), Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, QB Astronomy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, QB, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, photometric [Techniques], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planetary system, Mass ratio, Light curve, Exoplanet, Planetary systems, detection [Planets and satellites], gaseous planets [Planets and satellites], high angular resolution [Techniques], QC Physics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, late-type [Stars], Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We report the discovery of a microlensing exoplanet OGLE-2012-BLG-0563Lb with the planet-star mass ratio ~1 x 10^{-3}. Intensive photometric observations of a high-magnification microlensing event allow us to detect a clear signal of the planet. Although no parallax signal is detected in the light curve, we instead succeed at detecting the flux from the host star in high-resolution JHK'-band images obtained by the Subaru/AO188 and IRCS instruments, allowing us to constrain the absolute physical parameters of the planetary system. With the help of a spectroscopic information about the source star obtained during the high-magnification state by Bensby et al., we find that the lens system is located at 1.3^{+0.6}_{-0.8} kpc from us, and consists of an M dwarf (0.34^{+0.12}_{-0.20} M_sun) orbited by a Saturn-mass planet (0.39^{+0.14}_{-0.23} M_Jup) at the projected separation of 0.74^{+0.26}_{-0.42} AU (close model) or 4.3^{+1.5}_{-2.5} AU (wide model). The probability of contamination in the host star's flux, which would reduce the masses by a factor of up to three, is estimated to be 17%. This possibility can be tested by future high-resolution imaging. We also estimate the (J-Ks) and (H-Ks) colors of the host star, which are marginally consistent with a low metallicity mid-to-early M dwarf, although further observations are required for the metallicity to be conclusive. This is the fifth sub-Jupiter-mass (0.2, Comment: 17 pages, 11 figures, an error in Figure 11 in the published version corrected
Published: 2015

24. Spitzer Microlens Measurement of a Massive Remnant in a Well-Separated Binary

Author: Shvartzvald, Y., Udalski, A., Gould, A., Han, C., Bozza, V., Friedmann, M., Hundertmark, M., Beichman, C., Bryden, G., Calchi Novati, S., Carey, S., Fausnaugh, M., Gaudi, B. S., Henderson, C. B., Kerr, T., Pogge, R. W., Varricatt, W., Wibking, B., Yee, J. C., Zhu, W., Poleski, R., Pawlak, M., Szymański, M. K., Skowron, J., Mróz, P., Kozłowski, S., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Pietrukowicz, P., Pietrzyński, G., Soszyński, I., Ulaczyk, K., Choi, J.-Y., Park, H., Jung, Y. K., Shin, I.-G., Albrow, M. D., Park, B.-G., Kim, S.-L., Lee, C.-U., Cha, S.-M., Kim, D.-J., Lee, Y., Maoz, D., Kaspi, S., Street, R. A., Tsapras, Y., Bachelet, E., Dominik, M., Bramich, D. M., Horne, Keith, Snodgrass, C., Steele, I. A., Menzies, J., Figuera Jaimes, R., Wambsganss, J., Schmidt, R., Cassan, A., Ranc, C., Mao, S., Dong, Subo, D’Ago, G., Scarpetta, G., Verma, P., Jørgensen, U. G., Kerins, E., Skottfelt, J., Science & Technology Facilities Council, and University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, black hole physics, bulge [Galaxy], NDAS, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, gravitational lensing: micro, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Gravitational microlensing, Galaxy: bulge, micro [Gravitational lensing], stars: neutron, Bulge, Primary (astronomy), binaries: general, Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, QB Astronomy, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Adaptive optics, QC, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), QB, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), general [Binaries], neutron [Stars], Black hole physics, Light curve, Black hole, Neutron star, QC Physics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Parallax, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: We report the detection and mass measurement of a binary lens OGLE-2015-BLG-1285La,b, with the more massive component having $M_1>1.35\,M_\odot$ (80% probability). A main-sequence star in this mass range is ruled out by limits on blue light, meaning that a primary in this mass range must be a neutron star or black hole. The system has a projected separation $r_\perp= 6.1\pm 0.4\,{\rm AU}$ and lies in the Galactic bulge. These measurements are based on the "microlens parallax" effect, i.e., comparing the microlensing light curve as seen from $Spitzer$, which lay at $1.25\,{\rm AU}$ projected from Earth, to the light curves from four ground-based surveys, three in the optical and one in the near infrared. Future adaptive optics imaging of the companion by 30m class telescopes will yield a much more accurate measurement of the primary mass. This discovery both opens the path and defines the challenges to detecting and characterizing black holes and neutron stars in wide binaries, with either dark or luminous companions. In particular, we discuss lessons that can be applied to future $Spitzer$ and $Kepler$ K2 microlensing parallax observations., ApJ. accepted, 34 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables
Published: 2015
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25. OGLE-2011-BLG-0265Lb: A JOVIAN MICROLENSING PLANET ORBITING AN M DWARF

Author: Skowron, J., Shin, I. -G., Udalski, A., Han, C., Sumi, T., Shvartzvald, Y., Gould, A., Dominis Prester, D., Street, R. A., Jørgensen, U. G., Bennett, D. P., Bozza, V., Szymański, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzyński, G., Soszyński, I., Poleski, R., Kozłowski, S., Pietrukowicz, P., Ulaczyk, K., Wyrzykowski, Ł., OGLE Collaboration, Abe, F., Bhattacharya, A., Bond, I. A., Botzler, C. S., Freeman, M., Fukui, A., Fukunaga, D., Itow, Y., Ling, C. H., Koshimoto, N., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Muraki, Y., Namba, S., Ohnishi, K., Philpott, L. C., Rattenbury, N., Saito, T., Sullivan, D. J., Suzuki, D., Tristram, P. J., Yock, P. C. M., MOA Collaboration, Maoz, D., Kaspi, S., Friedmann, M., Wise Group, Almeida, L. A., Batista, V., Christie, G., Choi, J. -Y., DePoy, D. L., Gaudi, B. S., Henderson, C., Hwang, K. -H., Jablonski, F., Jung, Y. K., Lee, C. -U., McCormick, J., Natusch, T., Ngan, H., Park, H., Pogge, R. W., Yee, J. C., μFUN Collaboration, Albrow, M. D., Bachelet, E., Beaulieu, J. -P., Brillant, S., Caldwell, J. A. R., Cassan, A., Cole, A., Corrales, E., Coutures, Ch., Dieters, S., Donatowicz, J., Fouqué, P., Greenhill, J., Kains, N., Kane, S. R., Kubas, D., Marquette, J. -B., Martin, R., Menzies, J., Pollard, K. R., Ranc, C., Sahu, K. C., Wambsganss, J., Williams, A., Wouters, D., PLANET Collaboration, Tsapras, Y., Bramich, D. M., Horne, K., Hundertmark, M., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I. A., RoboNet Collaboration, Alsubai, K. A., Browne, P., Burgdorf, M. J., Calchi Novati, S., Dodds, P., Dominik, M., Dreizler, S., Fang, X. -S., Gu, C. -H., Hardis, Harpsøe, K., Hessman, F. V., Hinse, T. C., Hornstrup, A., Jessen-Hansen, J., Kerins, E., Liebig, C., Lund, M., Lundkvist, M., Mancini, L., Mathiasen, M., Penny, M. T., Rahvar, S., RICCI, DAVIDE, Scarpetta, G., Skottfelt, J., Southworth, J., Surdej, J., Tregloan-Reed, J., Wertz, O., MiNDSTEp Consortium, ITA, USA, GBR, DEU, ESP, BEL, KOR, DNK, IND, IRN, MEX, The Royal Society, Science & Technology Facilities Council, and University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: Star (game theory), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, GALACTIC BULGE, Gravitational microlensing, Jovian, JUPITER/SATURN ANALOG, Jupiter, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Planet, Bulge, ANGULAR SIZES, QB Astronomy, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, planetary systems, QC, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, QB, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3rd-DAS, Planetary system, MASS PLANET, Light curve, OGLE-III, SNOW LINE, GRAVITATIONAL BINARY-LENS, QC Physics, SURFACE BRIGHTNESS RELATIONS, GIANT PLANETS, Space and Planetary Science, micro [gravitational lensing], Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, STARS, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We report the discovery of a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting an M-dwarf star that gave rise to the microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0265. Such a system is very rare among known planetary systems and thus the discovery is important for theoretical studies of planetary formation and evolution. High-cadence temporal coverage of the planetary signal combined with extended observations throughout the event allows us to accurately model the observed light curve. The final microlensing solution remains, however, degenerate yielding two possible configurations of the planet and the host star. In the case of the preferred solution, the mass of the planet is $M_{\rm p} = 0.9\pm 0.3\ M_{\rm J}$, and the planet is orbiting a star with a mass $M = 0.22\pm 0.06\ M_\odot$. The second possible configuration (2$\sigma$ away) consists of a planet with $M_{\rm p}=0.6\pm 0.3\ M_{\rm J}$ and host star with $M=0.14\pm 0.06\ M_\odot$. The system is located in the Galactic disk 3 -- 4 kpc towards the Galactic bulge. In both cases, with an orbit size of 1.5 -- 2.0 AU, the planet is a "cold Jupiter" -- located well beyond the "snow line" of the host star. Currently available data make the secure selection of the correct solution difficult, but there are prospects for lifting the degeneracy with additional follow-up observations in the future, when the lens and source star separate., Comment: 10 pages, 2 tables, 5 figures. Accepted in ApJ
Published: 2015

26. Variation of the magnetic domain structure with reversal field (invited)

Author: Woodward, R.C., Lance, A.M., Street, R., and Stamps, R.L.
Subjects: Copper -- Magnetic properties, Platinum -- Magnetic properties, Magnetization -- Research, Physics
Abstract: Form of the domain structure as a function of the rate of change of magnetization is discussed using nanosecond pulsed magnetic fields pulsed magnetic fields . A dendritic domain structure has been observed in a Pt/Co multilayer at slow reversal rates.
Published: 2003

27. Microlensing Discovery of a Population of Very Tight, Very Low-mass Binary Brown Dwarfs

Author: Choi, J.-Y., Han, C., Udalski, A., Sumi, T., Gaudi, B. S., Gould, A., Bennett, D. P., Dominik, M., Beaulieu, J.-P., Tsapras, Y., Bozza, V., Abe, F., Bond, I. A., Botzler, C. S., Chote, P., Freeman, M., Fukui, A., Furusawa, K., Itow, Y., Ling, C. H., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Miyake, N., Muraki, Y., Ohnishi, K., Rattenbury, N. J., Saito, To., Sullivan, D. J., Suzuki, K., Sweatman, W. L., Suzuki, D., Takino, S., Tristram, P. J., Wada, K., Yock, P. C. M., The MOA Collaboration, Szymański, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzyński, G., Soszyński, I., Skowron, J., Kozłowski, S., Poleski, R., Ulaczyk, K., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Pietrukowicz, P., The OGLE Collaboration, Almeida, L. A., DePoy, D. L., Dong, Subo, Gorbikov, E., Jablonski, F., Henderson, C. B., Hwang, K.-H., Janczak, J., Jung, Y.-K., Kaspi, S., Lee, C.-U., Malamud, U., Maoz, D., McGregor, D., Muñoz, J. A., Park, B.-G., Park, H., Pogge, R. W., Shvartzvald, Y., Shin, I.-G., Yee, J. C., The μFUN Collaboration, Alsubai, K. A., Browne, P., Burgdorf, M. J., Calchi Novati, S., Dodds, P., Fang, X.-S., Finet, F., Glitrup, M., Grundahl, F., Gu, S.-H., Hardis, S., Harpsøe, K., Hinse, T. C., Hornstrup, A., Hundertmark, M., Jessen-Hansen, J., Jrgensen, U. G., Kains, N., Kerins, E., Liebig, C., Lund, M. N., Lundkvist, M., Maier, G., Mancini, L., Mathiasen, M., Penny, M. T., Rahvar, S., Ricci, D., Scarpetta, G., Skottfelt, J., Snodgrass, C., Southworth, J., Surdej, J., Tregloan-Reed, J., Wambsganss, J., Wertz, O., Zimmer, F., MiNDSTEp Consortium, The, Albrow, M. D., Bachelet, E., Batista, V., Brillant, S., Cassan, A., Cole, A. A., Coutures, C., Dieters, S., Dominis Prester, D., Donatowicz, J., Fouqué, P., Greenhill, J., Kubas, D., Marquette, J.-B., Menzies, J. W., Sahu, K. C., Zub, M., The PLANET Collaboration, Bramich, D. M., Horne, K., Steele, I. A., Street, R. A., The RoboNet Collaboration, Science & Technology Facilities Council, and University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: binaries: general, gravitational lensing: micro, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Population, Events, Brown dwarf, Minimum mass, Binary number, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, micro [Gravitational lensing], Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, QB Astronomy, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, QB, Physics, education.field_of_study, Galactic bulge, general [Binaries], Systems, Search, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Stars, Extrasolar planets, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Low Mass, Gravitational lens
Abstract: Although many models have been proposed, the physical mechanisms responsible for the formation of low-mass brown dwarfs are poorly understood. The multiplicity properties and minimum mass of the brown-dwarf mass function provide critical empirical diagnostics of these mechanisms. We present the discovery via gravitational microlensing of two very low-mass, very tight binary systems. These binaries have directly and precisely measured total system masses of 0.025 Msun and 0.034 Msun, and projected separations of 0.31 AU and 0.19 AU, making them the lowest-mass and tightest field brown-dwarf binaries known. The discovery of a population of such binaries indicates that brown dwarf binaries can robustly form at least down to masses of ~0.02 Msun. Future microlensing surveys will measure a mass-selected sample of brown-dwarf binary systems, which can then be directly compared to similar samples of stellar binaries., 7 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, ApJ submitted
Published: 2013

28. MOA-2010-BLG-328Lb: A SUB-NEPTUNE ORBITING VERY LATE M DWARF?

Author: Furusawa, K., Udalski, A., Sumi, T., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Gould, A., Jorgensen, U. G., Snodgrass, C., Prester, D. Dominis, Albrow, M. D., Abe, F., Botzler, C. S., Chote, P., Freeman, M., Fukui, A., Harris, P., Itow, Y., Ling, C. H., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Miyake, N., Muraki, Y., Ohnishi, K., Rattenbury, N. J., Saito, To., Sullivan, D. J., Suzuki, D., Sweatman, W. L., Tristram, P. J., Wada, K., Yock, P. C. M., Szymanski, M. K., Soszynski, I., Kubiak, M., Poleski, R., Ulaczyk, K., Pietrzynski, G., Wyrzykowski, L., Choi, J. Y., Christie, G. W., DePoy, D. L., Dong, S., Drummond, J., Gaudi, B. S., Han, C., Hung, L. -W., Jung, Y. -K., Lee, C. -U., McCormick, J., Moorhouse, D., Natusch, T., Nola, M., Ofek, E., Park, B. G., Park, H., Pogge, R. W., Shin, I. -G., Skowron, J., Thornley, G., Yee, J. C., Alsubai, K. A., Bozza, V., Browne, P., Burgdorf, M. J., Novati, S. Calchi, Dodds, P., Dominik, M., Finet, F., Gerner, T., Hardis, S., Harpsoe, K., Hinse, T. C., Hundertmark, M., Kains, N., Kerins, E., Liebig, C., Mancini, L., Mathiasen, M., Penny, M. T., Proft, S., Rahvar, S., Ricci, D., Scarpetta, G., Schafer, S., Schonebeck, F., Southworth, J., Surdej, J., Wambsganss, J., Street, R. A., Bramich, D. M., Steele, I. A., Tsapras, Y., Horne, K., Donatowicz, J., Sahu, K. C., Bachelet, E., Batista, V., Beatty, T. G., Beaulieu, J. -P., Bennett, C. S., Black, C., Bowens-Rubin, R., Brillant, S., Caldwell, J. A. R., Cassan, A., Cole, A. A., Corrales, E., Coutures, C., Dieters, S., Fouque, P., Greenhill, J., Henderson, C. B., Kubas, D., Marquette, J. -B., Martin, R., Menzies, J. W., Shappee, B., Williams, A., Wouters, D., van Saders, J., Zellem, R., Zub, M., Science & Technology Facilities Council, and University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: gravitational lensing: micro, planetary systems, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, micro [Gravitational lensing], Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Neptune, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, QB Astronomy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, QB, Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Xallarap, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planetary systems, QC Physics, Space and Planetary Science, Orbital motion, Parallax, Event (particle physics), Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We analyze the planetary microlensing event MOA-2010-BLG-328. The best fit yields host and planetary masses of Mh = 0.11+/-0.01 M_{sun} and Mp = 9.2+/-2.2M_Earth, corresponding to a very late M dwarf and sub-Neptune-mass planet, respectively. The system lies at DL = 0.81 +/- 0.10 kpc with projected separation r = 0.92 +/- 0.16 AU. Because of the host's a-priori-unlikely close distance, as well as the unusual nature of the system, we consider the possibility that the microlens parallax signal, which determines the host mass and distance, is actually due to xallarap (source orbital motion) that is being misinterpreted as parallax. We show a result that favors the parallax solution, even given its close host distance. We show that future high-resolution astrometric measurements could decisively resolve the remaining ambiguity of these solutions., Comment: 30 pages, 6 figures. accepted for publication in ApJ. Figure 1 and 2 are updated
Published: 2013

29. Microlensing Binaries with Candidate Brown Dwarf Companions

Author: Shin, I.-G., Han, C., Gould, A., Udalski, A., Sumi, T., Dominik, M., Beaulieu, J.-P., Tsapras, Y., Bozza, V., Szymański, M. K., Kubiak, M., Soszyński, I., Pietrzyński, G., Poleski, R., Ulaczyk, K., Pietrukowicz, P., Kozłowski, S., Skowron, J., Wyrzykowski, Ł., The OGLE Collaboration, Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Botzler, C. S., Freeman, M., Fukui, A., Furusawa, K., Hayashi, F., Hearnshaw, J. B., Hosaka, S., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., Kilmartin, P. M., Kobara, S., Korpela, A., Lin, W., Ling, C. H., Makita, S., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Miyake, N., Muraki, Y., Nagaya, M., Nishimoto, K., Ohnishi, K., Okumura, T., Omori, K., Perrott, Y. C., Rattenbury, N., Saito, To., Skuljan, L., Sullivan, D. J., Suzuki, D., Sweatman, W. L., Tristram, P. J., Wada, K., Yock, P. C. M., The MOA Collaboration, Christie, G. W., Depoy, D. L., Dong, S., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B. S., Hung, L.-W., Janczak, J., Kaspi, S., Maoz, D., McCormick, J., McGregor, D., Moorhouse, D., Muñoz, J. A., Natusch, T., Nelson, C., Pogge, R. W., Tan, T.-G., Polishook, D., Shvartzvald, Y., Shporer, A., Thornley, G., Malamud, U., Yee, J. C., Choi, J.-Y., Jung, Y.-K., Park, H., Lee, C.-U., Park, B.-G., Koo, J.-R., The μFUN Collaboration, Bajek, D., Bramich, D. M., Browne, P., Horne, K., Ipatov, S., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I., Street, R., Alsubai, K. A., Burgdorf, M. J., Calchi Novati, S., Dodds, P., Dreizler, S., Fang, X.-S., Grundahl, F., Gu, C.-H., Hardis, S., Harpsøe, Kennet Bomann West, Hinse, T. C., Hundertmark, M., Jessen-Hansen, J., Jørgensen, U. G., Kains, N., Kerins, E., Liebig, C., Lund, Mikkel Nørup, Lundkvist, M., Mancini, L., Mathiasen, M., Hornstrup, A., Penny, M. T., Proft, S., Rahvar, S., Ricci, D., Scarpetta, G., Skottfelt, Jesper Fælling, Southworth, J., Surdej, J., Tregloan-Reed, J., Wertz, O., Zimmer, F., Albrow, M. D., Batista, V., Brillant, S., Caldwell, J. A. R., Calitz, J. J., Cassan, A., Cole, A., Cook, K. H., Corrales, E., Coutures, Ch., Dieters, S., Dominis Prester, D., Donatowicz, J., Fouqué, P., Greenhill, J., Hill, K., Hoffman, M., Kane, S. R., Kubas, D., Marquette, J.-B., Martin, R., Meintjes, P., Menzies, J., Pollard, K. R., Sahu, K. C., Wambsganss, J., Williams, A., Vinter, Christian, and Zub, M.
Subjects: Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Brown dwarf, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, gravitational lensing: micro, Astrophysics, Light curve, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, Einstein radius, Stars, binaries: general, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, brown dwarfs, Parallax, Low Mass, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
Abstract: Brown dwarfs are important objects because they may provide a missing link between stars and planets, two populations that have dramatically different formation history. In this paper, we present the candidate binaries with brown dwarf companions that are found by analyzing binary microlensing events discovered during 2004 - 2011 observation seasons. Based on the low mass ratio criterion of q < 0.2, we found 7 candidate events, including OGLE-2004-BLG-035, OGLE-2004-BLG-039, OGLE-2007-BLG-006, OGLE-2007-BLG-399/MOA-2007-BLG-334, MOA-2011-BLG-104/OGLE-2011-BLG-0172, MOA-2011-BLG-149, and MOA-201-BLG-278/OGLE-2011-BLG-012N. Among them, we are able to confirm that the companions of the lenses of MOA-2011-BLG-104/OGLE-2011-BLG-0172 and MOA-2011-BLG-149 are brown dwarfs by determining the mass of the lens based on the simultaneous measurement of the Einstein radius and the lens parallax. The measured mass of the brown dwarf companions are (0.02 +/- 0.01) M_Sun and (0.019 +/- 0.002) M_Sun for MOA-2011-BLG-104/OGLE-2011-BLG-0172 and MOA-2011-BLG-149, respectively, and both companions are orbiting low mass M dwarf host stars. More microlensing brown dwarfs are expected to be detected as the number of lensing events with well covered light curves increases with new generation searches., 10 pages, 9 figures, 4 tables
Published: 2012

30. Characterizing Lenses and Lensed Stars of High-magnification Single-lens Gravitational Microlensing Events with Lenses Passing over Source Stars

Author: Choi, J.-Y., Shin, I.-G., Park, S.-Y., Han, C., Gould, A., Sumi, T., Udalski, A., Beaulieu, J.-P., Street, R., Dominik, M., Allen, W., Almeida, L. A., Bos, M., Christie, G. W., Depoy, D. L., Dong, S., Drummond, J., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B. S., Henderson, C. B., Hung, L.-W., Jablonski, F., Janczak, J., Lee, C.-U., Mallia, F., Maury, A., McCormick, J., McGregor, D., Monard, L. A. G., Moorhouse, D., Muñoz, J. A., Natusch, T., Nelson, C., Park, B.-G., Pogge, R. W., 'TG\\' Tan, T.-G., Thornley, G., Yee, J. C., The μFUN Collaboration, Abe, F., Barnard, E., Baudry, J., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Botzler, C. S., Freeman, M., Fukui, A., Furusawa, K., Hayashi, F., Hearnshaw, J. B., Hosaka, S., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., Kilmartin, P. M., Kobara, S., Korpela, A., Lin, W., Ling, C. H., Makita, S., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Miyake, N., Muraki, Y., Nagaya, M., Nishimoto, K., Ohnishi, K., Okumura, T., Omori, K., Perrott, Y. C., Rattenbury, N., Saito, To., Skuljan, L., Sullivan, D. J., Suzuki, D., Suzuki, K., Sweatman, W. L., Takino, S., Tristram, P. J., Wada, K., Yock, P. C. M., The MOA Collaboration, Szymański, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzyński, G., Soszyński, I., Poleski, R., Ulaczyk, K., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Kozłowski, S., Pietrukowicz, P., The OGLE Collaboration, Albrow, M. D., Bachelet, E., Batista, V., Bennett, C. S., Bowens-Rubin, R., Brillant, S., Cassan, A., Cole, A., Corrales, E., Coutures, Ch., Dieters, S., Dominis Prester, D., Donatowicz, J., Fouqué, P., Greenhill, J., Kane, S. R., Menzies, J., Sahu, K. C., Wambsganss, J., Williams, A., Zub, M., The PLANET Collaboration, Allan, A., Bramich, D. M., Browne, P., Clay, N., Fraser, S., Horne, K., Kains, N., Mottram, C., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I., Tsapras, Y., The RoboNet Collaboration, Alsubai, K. A., Bozza, V., Burgdorf, M. J., Calchi Novati, S., Dodds, P., Dreizler, S., Finet, F., Gerner, T., Glitrup, M., Grundahl, F., Hardis, S., Harpsøe, K., Hinse, T. C., Hundertmark, M., Jørgensen, U. G., Kerins, E., Liebig, C., Maier, G., Mancini, L., Mathiasen, M., Penny, M. T., Proft, S., Rahvar, S., Ricci, D., Scarpetta, G., Schäfer, S., Schönebeck, F., Skottfelt, Jesper Fælling, Surdej, J., Southworth, J., Zimmer, F., and MiNDSTEp Consortium, The
Subjects: Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Brown dwarf, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, gravitational lensing: micro, Astrophysics, Mass ratio, Light curve, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, Galaxy: bulge, Galaxy: bulge, gravitational lensing: micro, Einstein radius, law.invention, Lens (optics), Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Space and Planetary Science, law, 0103 physical sciences, Surface brightness, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
Abstract: We present the analysis of the light curves of 9 high-magnification single-lens gravitational microlensing events with lenses passing over source stars, including OGLE-2004-BLG-254, MOA-2007-BLG-176, MOA-2007-BLG-233/OGLE-2007-BLG-302, MOA-2009-BLG-174, MOA-2010-BLG-436, MOA-2011-BLG-093, MOA-2011-BLG-274, OGLE-2011-BLG-0990/MOA-2011-BLG-300, and OGLE-2011-BLG-1101/MOA-2011-BLG-325. For all events, we measure the linear limb-darkening coefficients of the surface brightness profile of source stars by measuring the deviation of the light curves near the peak affected by the finite-source effect. For 7 events, we measure the Einstein radii and the lens-source relative proper motions. Among them, 5 events are found to have Einstein radii less than 0.2 mas, making the lenses candidates of very low-mass stars or brown dwarfs. For MOA-2011-BLG-274, especially, the small Einstein radius of $\theta_{\rm E}\sim 0.08$ mas combined with the short time scale of $t_{\rm E}\sim 2.7$ days suggests the possibility that the lens is a free-floating planet. For MOA-2009-BLG-174, we measure the lens parallax and thus uniquely determine the physical parameters of the lens. We also find that the measured lens mass of $\sim 0.84\ M_\odot$ is consistent with that of a star blended with the source, suggesting that the blend is likely to be the lens. Although we find planetary signals for none of events, we provide exclusion diagrams showing the confidence levels excluding the existence of a planet as a function of the separation and mass ratio., Comment: 14 pages, 12 figures, 5 tables
Published: 2012

31. Characterizing Low-Mass Binaries From Observation of Long Time-scale Caustic-crossing Gravitational Microlensing Events

Author: Shin, I.-G, Han, C., Choi, J.-Y, Udalski, A., Sumi, T., Gould, A., Bozza, V., Dominik, M., Fouque´, P., Horne, K., Szyman´ski, M. K., Kubiak, M., Soszyn´ski, I., Pietrzyn´ski, G., Poleski, R., Ulaczyk, K., Pietrukowicz, P., Kozłowski, S., Skowron, J., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Botzler, C. S., Chote, P., Freeman, M., Fukui, A., Furusawa, K., Itow, Y., Kobara, S., Ling, C. H., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Miyake, N., Muraki, Y., Ohmori, K., Ohnishi, K., Rattenbury, N. J., Saito, To, Sullivan, D. J., Suzuki, D., Suzuki, K., Sweatman, W. L., Takino, S., Tristram, P. J., Wada, K., Yock, P. C. M., MOA Collaboration, Bramich, D. M., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I. A., Street, R. A., Tsapras, Y., RoboNet Collaboration, Alsubai, K. A., Browne, P., Burgdorf, M. J., Calchi Novati, S., Dodds, P., Dreizler, S., Fang, X.-S, Grundahl, Frank, Gu, C.-H, Hardis, S., Harpsøe, Kennet Bomann West, Hinse, T. C., Hornstrup, Allan, Hundertmark, M., Jessen-Hansen, Jens, Jørgensen, U. G., Kains, N., Kerins, E., Liebig, C., Lund, M., Lunkkvist, M., Mancini, L., Mathiasen, M., Penny, M. T., Rahvar, S., Ricci, D., Scarpetta, G., Skottfelt, J., Southworth, J., Surdej, J., Tregloan-Reed, J., Wambsganss, J., Wertz, O., Almeida, L. A., Batista, V., Christie, G., DePoy, D. L., Dong, Subo, Gaudi, B. S., Henderson, C., Jablonski, F., Lee, C.-U, McCormick, J., McGregor, D., Moorhouse, D., Natusch, T., Ngan, H., Park, S.-Y., Pogge, R. W., Tan, T.-G, Thornley, G., Yee, J. C., Albrow, M. D., Bachelet, E., Beaulieu, J.-P, Brillant, S., Cassan, A., Cole, A. A., Corrales, E., Coutures, C., Dieters, S., Dominis Prester, D., Donatowicz, J., Greenhill, J., Kubas, D., Marquette, J.-B, Menzies, J. W., Sahu, K. C., and Zub, M.
Subjects: binaries: general, gravitational lensing: micro, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Binary number, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, Einstein radius, micro [Gravitational lensing], Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, Binary star, binaries: general, gravitational lensing: micro, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Orbital elements, Physics, general [Binaries], Observational techniques, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Low Mass
Abstract: Despite astrophysical importance of binary star systems, detections are limited to those located in small ranges of separations, distances, and masses and thus it is necessary to use a variety of observational techniques for a complete view of stellar multiplicity across a broad range of physical parameters. In this paper, we report the detections and measurements of 2 binaries discovered from observations of microlensing events MOA-2011-BLG-090 and OGLE-2011-BLG-0417. Determinations of the binary masses are possible by simultaneously measuring the Einstein radius and the lens parallax. The measured masses of the binary components are 0.43 $M_{\odot}$ and 0.39 $M_{\odot}$ for MOA-2011-BLG-090 and 0.57 $M_{\odot}$ and 0.17 $M_{\odot}$ for OGLE-2011-BLG-0417 and thus both lens components of MOA-2011-BLG-090 and one component of OGLE-2011-BLG-0417 are M dwarfs, demonstrating the usefulness of microlensing in detecting binaries composed of low-mass components. From modeling of the light curves considering full Keplerian motion of the lens, we also measure the orbital parameters of the binaries. The blended light of OGLE-2011-BLG-0417 comes very likely from the lens itself, making it possible to check the microlensing orbital solution by follow-up radial-velocity observation. For both events, the caustic-crossing parts of the light curves, which are critical for determining the physical lens parameters, were resolved by high-cadence survey observations and thus it is expected that the number of microlensing binaries with measured physical parameters will increase in the future., Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables
Published: 2012

32. Microlensing Binaries Discovered through High-Magnification Channel

Author: Shin, I.-G., Choi, J.-Y., Park, S.-Y., Han, C., Gould, A., Sumi, T., Udalski, A., Beaulieu, J.-P., Dominik, M., Allen, W., Bos, M., Christie, G. W., Depoy, D. L., Dong, S., Drummond, J., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B. S., Hung, L.-W., Janczak, J., Kaspi, S., Lee, C.-U., Mallia, F., Maoz, D., Maury, A., McCormick, J., Monard, L. A. G., Moorhouse, D., Muñoz, J. A., Natusch, T., Nelson, C., Park, B.-G., Pogge, R. W., Polishook, D., Shvartzvald, Y., Shporer, A., Thornley, G., Yee, J. C., μFUN Collaboration, Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Botzler, C. S., Fukui, A., Furusawa, K., Hayashi, F., Hearnshaw, J. B., Hosaka, S., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., Kilmartin, P. M., Kobara, S., Korpela, A., Lin, W., Ling, C. H., Makita, S., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Miyake, N., Muraki, Y., Nagaya, M., Nishimoto, K., Ohnishi, K., Okumura, T., Omori, K., Perrott, Y. C., Rattenbury, N., Saito, To., Skuljan, L., Sullivan, D. J., Suzuki, D., Sweatman, W. L., Tristram, P. J., Wada, K., Yock, P. C. M., MOA Collaboration, Szymański, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzyński, G., Soszyński, I., Poleski, R., Ulaczyk, K., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Kozłowski, S., Pietrukowicz, P., OGLE Collaboration, Albrow, M. D., Batista, V., Bramich, D. M., Brillant, S., Caldwell, J. A. R., Calitz, J. J., Cassan, A., Cole, A., Cook, K. H., Corrales, E., Coutures, Ch., Dieters, S., Dominis Prester, D., Donatowicz, J., Fouqué, P., Greenhill, J., Hoffman, M., Jørgensen, U. G., Kane, S. R., Kubas, D., Marquette, J.-B., Martin, R., Meintjes, P., Menzies, J., Pollard, K. R., Sahu, K. C., Wambsganss, J., Williams, A., Vinter, Christian, Zub, M., PLANET Collaboration, Allan, A., Browne, P., Horne, K., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I., Street, R., Tsapras, Y., RoboNet Collaboration, Alsubai, K. A., Bozza, V., Burgdorf, M. J., Calchi Novati, S., Dodds, P., Dreizler, S., Finet, F., Gerner, T., Glitrup, M., Grundahl, F., Hardis, S., Harpsøe, Kennet Bomann West, Hessman, F. V., Hinse, T. C., Hundertmark, M., Kains, N., Kerins, E., Liebig, C., Maier, G., Mancini, L., Mathiasen, M., Penny, M. T., Proft, S., Rahvar, S., Ricci, D., Scarpetta, G., Schäfer, S., Schönebeck, F., Skottfelt, Jesper Fælling, Surdej, J., Southworth, J., Zimmer, F., and MiNDSTEp Consortium
Subjects: binaries: general, gravitational lensing: micro, Binary number, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Planet, law, 0103 physical sciences, binaries: general, gravitational lensing: micro, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mass ratio, Light curve, 3. Good health, Lens (optics), Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Degeneracy (mathematics), Event (particle physics)
Abstract: Microlensing can provide a useful tool to probe binary distributions down to low-mass limits of binary companions. In this paper, we analyze the light curves of 8 binary lensing events detected through the channel of high-magnification events during the seasons from 2007 to 2010. The perturbations, which are confined near the peak of the light curves, can be easily distinguished from the central perturbations caused by planets. However, the degeneracy between close and wide binary solutions cannot be resolved with a $3\sigma$ confidence level for 3 events, implying that the degeneracy would be an important obstacle in studying binary distributions. The dependence of the degeneracy on the lensing parameters is consistent with a theoretic prediction that the degeneracy becomes severe as the binary separation and the mass ratio deviate from the values of resonant caustics. The measured mass ratio of the event OGLE-2008-BLG-510/MOA-2008-BLG-369 is $q\sim 0.1$, making the companion of the lens a strong brown-dwarf candidate., Comment: 10 figures, 6 tables, 26 pages
Published: 2011

33. A sub-Saturn mass planet, MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb

Author: Miyake, N., Sumi, T., Dong, Subo, Street, R., Mancini, L., Gould, A., Bennett, D. P., Tsapras, Y., Yee, J. C., Albrow, M. D., Bond, I. A., Fouque, P., Browne, P., Han, C., Snodgrass, C., Finet, F., Furusawa, K., Harpsoe, K., Allen, W., Hundertmark, M., Freeman, M., Suzuki, D., Abe, F., Botzler, C. S., Douchin, D., Fukui, A., Hayashi, F., Hearnshaw, J. B., Hosaka, S., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., Kilmartin, P. M., Korpela, A., Lin, W., Ling, C. H., Makita, S., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Muraki, Y., Nagayama, T., Nishimoto, K., Ohnishi, K., Perrott, Y. C., Rattenbury, N., Saito, To., Skuljan, L., Sullivan, D. J., Sweatman, W. L., Tristram, P. J., Wada, K., Yock, P. C. M., Collaboration, The MOA, Bolt, G., Bos, M., Christie, G. W., DePoy, D. L., Drummond, J., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B. S., Gorbikov, E., Higgins, D., Janczak, K. -H. Hwang J., Kaspi, S., Lee, C. -U., Koo, J. -R., lowski, S. Koz, Lee, Y., Mallia, F., Maury, A., Maoz, D., McCormick, J., Monard, L. A. G., Moorhouse, D., Mu~noz, J. A., Natusch, T., Ofek, E. O., Pogge, R. W., Polishook, D., Santallo, R., Shporer, A., Spector, O., Thornley, G., Collaboration, The Micro FUN, Allan, A., Bramich, D. M., Horne, K., Kains, N., Steele, I., Collaboration, The RoboNet, Bozza, V., Burgdorf, M. J., Novati, S. Calchi, Dominik, M., Dreizler, S., Glitrup, M., Hessman, F. V., Hinse, T. C., Jorgensen, U. G., Liebig, C., Maier, G., Mathiasen, M., Rahvar, S., Ricci, D., Scarpetta, G., Skottfelt, J., Southworth, J., Surdej, J., Wambsganss, J., Zimmer, F., Consortium, The MiNDSTEp, Batista, V., Beaulieu, J. P., Brillant, S., Cassan, A., Cole, A., Corrales, E., Coutures, Ch., Dieters, S., Greenhill, J., Kubas, D., Menzies, J., and Collaboration, The PLANET
Subjects: Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Planetary system, Mass ratio, Gravitational microlensing, Light curve, 01 natural sciences, Einstein radius, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Space and Planetary Science, Planet, Saturn, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Planetary mass, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We report the gravitational microlensing discovery of a sub-Saturn mass planet, MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb, orbiting a K or M-dwarf star in the inner Galactic disk or Galactic bulge. The high cadence observations of the MOA-II survey discovered this microlensing event and enabled its identification as a high magnification event approximately 24 hours prior to peak magnification. As a result, the planetary signal at the peak of this light curve was observed by 20 different telescopes, which is the largest number of telescopes to contribute to a planetary discovery to date. The microlensing model for this event indicates a planet-star mass ratio of q = (3.95 +/- 0.02) x 10^{-4} and a separation of d = 0.97537 +/- 0.00007 in units of the Einstein radius. A Bayesian analysis based on the measured Einstein radius crossing time, t_E, and angular Einstein radius, \theta_E, along with a standard Galactic model indicates a host star mass of M_L = 0.38^{+0.34}_{-0.18} M_{Sun} and a planet mass of M_p = 50^{+44}_{-24} M_{Earth}, which is half the mass of Saturn. This analysis also yields a planet-star three-dimensional separation of a = 2.4^{+1.2}_{-0.6} AU and a distance to the planetary system of D_L = 6.1^{+1.1}_{-1.2} kpc. This separation is ~ 2 times the distance of the snow line, a separation similar to most of the other planets discovered by microlensing., Comment: accepted to ApJ, 28 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables
Published: 2011

34. MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb: A massive planet orbiting an M dwarf

Author: Batista, V., Gould, A., Dieters, S., Dong, S., Bond, I., Beaulieu, J. P., Maoz, D., Monard, B., Christie, G. W., Mccormick, J., Albrow, M. D., Horne, K., Tsapras, Y., Burgdorf, M. J., Calchi Novati, S., Skottfelt, J., Caldwell, J., Kozłowski, S., Kubas, D., Gaudi, B. S., Han, C., Bennett, D. P., An, J., Abe, F., Botzler, C. S., Douchin, D., Freeman, M., Fukui, A., Furusawa, K., Hearnshaw, J. B., Hosaka, S., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., Kilmartin, P. M., Korpela, A., Lin, W., Ling, C. H., Makita, B. S., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Miyake, N., Muraki, Y., Nagaya, M., Nishimoto, K., Ohnishi, K., Okumura, T., Perrott, Y. C., Rattenbury, N., Saito, T. o., Sullivan, D. J., Sumi, T., Sweatman, W. L., Tristram, P. J., von Seggern, E., Yock, P. C. M., Brillant, S., Calitz, J. J., Cassan, A., Cole, A., Cook, K., Coutures, C., Dominis Prester, D., Donatowicz, J., Greenhill, J., Hoffman, M., Jablonski, F., Kane, S. R., Kains, N., Marquette, J. B., Martin, R., Martioli, E., Meintjes, P., Menzies, J., Pedretti, E., Pollard, K., Sahu, K. C., Vinter, C., Wambsganss, J., Watson, R., Williams, A., Zub, M., Allen, W., Bolt, G., Bos, M., Depoy, D. L., Drummond, J., Eastman, J. D., Gal Yam, A., Gorbikov, E., Higgins, D., Janczak, J., Kaspi, S., Lee, C. U., Mallia, F., Maury, A., Monard, L. A. G., Moorhouse, D., Morgan, N., Natusch, T., Ofek, E. O., Park, B. G., Pogge, R. W., Polishook, D., Santallo, R., Shporer, A., Spector, O., Thornley, G., Yee, J. C., Bozza, Valerio, Browne, P., Dominik, M., Dreizler, S., Finet, F., Glitrup, M., Grundahl, F., Harpsøe, K., Hessman, F. V., Hinse, T. C., Hundertmark, M., Jørgensen, U. G., Liebig, C., Maier, G., Mancini, L., Mathiasen, M., Rahvar, S., Ricci, D., Scarpetta, Gaetano, Southworth, J., Surdej, J., Zimmer, F., Allan, A., Bramich, D. M., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I. A., and Street, R. A.
Subjects: Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Mass ratio, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, Einstein radius, Jupiter, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, Orbital motion, High Energy Physics::Experiment, gravitational lensing, micro methods, data analysis, planets, satellites, detection, methods, numerical, instrumentation, adaptive optics, photometers, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Planetary mass, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We report the discovery of a planet with a high planet-to-star mass ratio in the microlensing event MOA-2009-BLG-387, which exhibited pronounced deviations over a 12-day interval, one of the longest for any planetary event. The host is an M dwarf, with a mass in the range 0.07 M_sun < M_host < 0.49M_sun at 90% confidence. The planet-star mass ratio q = 0.0132 +- 0.003 has been measured extremely well, so at the best-estimated host mass, the planet mass is m_p = 2.6 Jupiter masses for the median host mass, M = 0.19 M_sun. The host mass is determined from two "higher order" microlensing parameters. One of these, the angular Einstein radius ��_E = 0.31 +- 0.03 mas, is very well measured, but the other (the microlens parallax ��_E, which is due to the Earth's orbital motion) is highly degenate with the orbital motion of the planet. We statistically resolve the degeneracy between Earth and planet orbital effects by imposing priors from a Galactic model that specifies the positions and velocities of lenses and sources and a Kepler model of orbits. The 90% confidence intervals for the distance, semi-major axis, and period of the planet are 3.5 kpc < D_L < 7.9 kpc, 1.1 AU < a < 2.7AU, and 3.8 yr < P < 7.6 yr, respectively., 20 pages including 8 figures. A&A 529 102 (2011)
Published: 2011
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35. Discovery and mass measurements of a cold, 10 earth mass planet and its host star

Author: Muraki, Y, Han, C, Bennett, Dp, Suzuki, D, Monard, Lag, Street, R, Jorgensen, Ug, Kundurthy, P, Skowron, J, Becker, Ac, Albrow, Md, Fouque, P, Heyrovsk, D, Barry, Rk, Beaulieu, J, Wellnitz, Dd, Bond, Ia, Sumi, T, Dong, S, Gaudi, Bs, Bramich, Dm, Dominik, M, Abe, F, Botzler, Cs, Freeman, M, Fukui, A, Furusawa, K, Hayashi, F, Hearnshaw, Jb, Hosaka, S, Itow, Y, Kamiya, K, Korpela, Av, Kilmartin, Pm, Lin, W, Ling, Ch, Makita, S, Masuda, K, Matsubara, Y, Miyake, N, Nishimoto, K, Ohnishi, K, Perrott, Yc, Rattenbury, Nj, Saito, T, Skuljan, L, Sullivan, Dj, Sweatman, Wl, Tristram, Pj, Wada, K, Yock, Pcm, Christie, Gw, Depoy, Dl, Gorbikov, E, Gould, A, Kaspi, S, Lee, C, Mallia, F, Maoz, D, Mccormick, J, Moorhouse, D, Natusch, T, Park, B, Pogge, Rw, Polishook, D, Shporer, A, Thornley, G, Yee, Jc, Allan, A, Browne, P, Horne, K, Kains, N, Snodgrass, C, Steele, I, Tsapras, Y, Batista, V, Bennett, Cs, Brillant, S, Caldwell, Jar, Cassan, A, Cole, A, Corrales, R, Coutures, C, Dieters, S, Dominis Prester, D, Donatowicz, J, Greenhill, J, Kubas, D, Marquette, J, Martin, R, Menzies, J, Sahu, Kc, Waldman, I, Williams, A, Zub, M, Bourhrous, H, Matsuoka, Y, Nagayama, T, Oi, N, Randriamanakoto, Z, Bozza, V, Burgdorf, Mj, Calchi Novati, S, Dreizler, S, Finet, F, Glitrup, M, Harpsoe, K, Hinse, Tc, Hundertmark, M, Liebig, C, Maier, G, Mancini, L, Mathiasen, M, Rahvar, S, Ricci, D, Scarpetta, G, Skottfelt, J, Surdej, J, Southworth, J, Wambsganss, J, Zimmer, F, Udalski, A, Poleski, R, Wyrzykowski, L, Ulaczyk, K, Szymanski, Mk, Kubiak, M, Pietrzynski, G, and Soszynski, I
Subjects: Gas giant, FOS: Physical sciences, gravitational lensing: micro, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, planetary systems, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, Solar mass, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Orbital period, Earth mass, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, gravitational lensing: micro, planetary systems, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Planetary mass, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We present the discovery and mass measurement of the cold, low-mass planet MOA-2009-BLG-266Lb, made with the gravitational microlensing method. This planet has a mass of m_p = 10.4 +- 1.7 Earth masses and orbits a star of mass M_* = 0.56 +- 0.09 Solar masses at a semi-major axis of a = 3.2 (+1.9 -0.5) AU and an orbital period of P = 7.6 (+7.7 -1.5} yrs. The planet and host star mass measurements are enabled by the measurement of the microlensing parallax effect, which is seen primarily in the light curve distortion due to the orbital motion of the Earth. But, the analysis also demonstrates the capability to measure microlensing parallax with the Deep Impact (or EPOXI) spacecraft in a Heliocentric orbit. The planet mass and orbital distance are similar to predictions for the critical core mass needed to accrete a substantial gaseous envelope, and thus may indicate that this planet is a "failed" gas giant. This and future microlensing detections will test planet formation theory predictions regarding the prevalence and masses of such planets., 38 pages with 7 figures
Published: 2011

36. OGLE-2009-BLG-092/MOA-2009-BLG-137: A Dramatic Repeating Event with the Second Perturbation Predicted by Real-time Analysis

Author: Ryu, Y. H., Han, C., Hwang, K. H., Street, R., Udalski, A., Sumi, T., Fukui, A., Beaulieu, J. P., Gould, A., Dominik, M., Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Botzler, C. S., Furusawa, K., Hayashi, F., Hearnshaw, J. B., Hosaka, S., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., Kilmartin, P. M., Korpela, A., Lin, W., Ling, C. H., Makita, S., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Miyake, N., Muraki, Y., Nishimoto, K., Ohnishi, K., Perrott, Y. C., Rattenbury, N., Saito, T. o., Skuljan, L., Sullivan, D. J., Suzuki, D., Sweatman, W. L., Tristram, P. J., Wada, K., Yock, P. C. M., Szymański, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzyński, G., Poleski, R., Soszyński, I., Szewczyk, O., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Ulaczyk, K., Bos, M., Christie, G. W., Depoy, D. L., Gal Yam, A., Gaudi, B. S., Kaspi, S., Lee, C. U., Maoz, D., Mccormick, J., Monard, B., Moorhouse, D., Pogge, R. W., Polishook, D., Shvartzvald, Y., Shporer, A., Thornley, G., Yee, J. C., Albrow, M. D., Batista, V., Brillant, S., Cassan, A., Cole, A., Corrales, E., Coutures, C. h., Dieters, S., Fouque, P., Greenhill, J., Menzies, J., Allan, A., Bramich, D. M., Browne, P., Horne, K., Kains, N., Snodgrass46, C., Steele, I., Tsapras, Y., Bozza, Valerio, Burgdorf, M. J., CALCHI NOVATI, Sebastiano, Dreizler, S., Finet, F., Glitrup, M., Grundahl, F., Harpsøe, K., Hessman, F. V., Hinse, T. C., Hundertmark, M., Jørgensen, U. G., Liebig, C., Maier, G., Mancini, Luigi, Mathiasen, M., Rahvar, S., Ricci, D., Scarpetta, Gaetano, Skottfelt, J., Surdej, J., Southworth, J., Wambsganss, J., and Zimmer, F.
Subjects: Physics, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, FOS: Physical sciences, Binary number, Perturbation (astronomy), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Light curve, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, Stars, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Bulge, 0103 physical sciences, Orbital motion, Real time analysis, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: We report the result of the analysis of a dramatic repeating gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2009-BLG-092/MOA-2009-BLG-137, for which the light curve is characterized by two distinct peaks with perturbations near both peaks. We find that the event is produced by the passage of the source trajectory over the central perturbation regions associated with the individual components of a wide-separation binary. The event is special in the sense that the second perturbation, occurring $\sim 100$ days after the first, was predicted by the real-time analysis conducted after the first peak, demonstrating that real-time modeling can be routinely done for binary and planetary events. With the data obtained from follow-up observations covering the second peak, we are able to uniquely determine the physical parameters of the lens system. We find that the event occurred on a bulge clump giant and it was produced by a binary lens composed of a K and M-type main-sequence stars. The estimated masses of the binary components are $M_1=0.69 \pm 0.11\ M_\odot$ and $M_2=0.36\pm 0.06\ M_\odot$, respectively, and they are separated in projection by $r_\perp=10.9\pm 1.3\ {\rm AU}$. The measured distance to the lens is $D_{\rm L}=5.6 \pm 0.7\ {\rm kpc}$. We also detect the orbital motion of the lens system., 18 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
Published: 2010

37. A Cold Neptune-Mass Planet OGLE-2007-BLG-368Lb: Cold Neptunes Are Common

Author: Sumi, T., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Udalski, A., Batista, V., Dominik, M., Fouqu��, P., Kubas, D., Gould, A., Macintosh, B., Cook, K., Dong, S., Skuljan, L., Cassan, A., Collaboration, The MOA, Abe, F., Botzler, C. S., Fukui, A., Furusawa, K., Hearnshaw, J. B., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., Kilmartin, P. M., Korpela, A., Lin, W., Ling, C. H., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Miyake, N., Muraki, Y., Nagaya, M., Nagayama, T., Ohnishi, K., Okumura, T., Perrott, Y. C., Rattenbury, N., Saito, To., Sako, T., Sullivan, D. J., Sweatman, W. L., Yock, P. C. M., Collaboration, The PLANET, Beaulieu, J. P., Cole, A., Coutures, Ch., Duran, M. F., Greenhill, J., Jablonski, F., Marboeuf, U., Martioli, E., Pedretti, E., Pejcha, O., Rojo, P., Albrow, M. D., Brillant, S., Bode, M., Bramich, D. M., Burgdorf, M. J., Caldwell, J. A. R., Calitz, H., Corrales, E., Dieters, S., Prester, D. Dominis, Donatowicz, J., Hill, K., Hoffman, M., Horne, K., J, U. G., Kains, N., Kane, S., Marquette, J. B., Martin, R., Meintjes, P., Menzies, J., Pollard, K. R., Sahu, K. C., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I., Street, R., Tsapras, Y., Wambsganss, J., Williams, A., Zub, M., Collaboration, The OGLE, Szyma, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzy, G., Soszy, I., Szewczyk, O., Ulaczyk, K., Collaboration, The microFUN, Allen, W., Christie, G. W., DePoy, D. L., Gaudi, B. S., Han, C., Janczak, J., Lee, C. -U., McCormick, J., Mallia, F., Monard, B., Natusch, T., Park, B. -G., Pogge, R. W., Santallo, R., Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory [Nagoya] (STEL), Nagoya University, University of Notre Dame [Indiana] (UND), Massey University, Astronomical Observatory [Warsaw], Faculty of Physics [Warsaw] (FUW), University of Warsaw (UW)-University of Warsaw (UW), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy [University of St Andrews], University of St Andrews [Scotland]-Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Department of Astronomy (Ohio State University), Ohio State University [Columbus] (OSU), Astronomische Rechen-Institut [Heidelberg] (ARI), Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (ZAH), Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University-Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213) (UTINAM), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), and Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)
Subjects: Physics, gravitational lensing: micro, planetary systems, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Stellar mass, [PHYS.ASTR.EP]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], Gas giant, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Mass ratio, Light curve, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, Exoplanet, Space and Planetary Science, Neptune, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We present the discovery of a Neptune-mass planet OGLE-2007-BLG-368Lb with a planet-star mass ratio of q=[9.5 +/- 2.1] x 10^{-5} via gravitational microlensing. The planetary deviation was detected in real-time thanks to the high cadence of the MOA survey, real-time light curve monitoring and intensive follow-up observations. A Bayesian analysis returns the stellar mass and distance at M_l = 0.64_{-0.26}^{+0.21} M_\sun and D_l = 5.9_{-1.4}^{+0.9} kpc, respectively, so the mass and separation of the planet are M_p = 20_{-8}^{+7} M_\oplus and a = 3.3_{-0.8}^{+1.4} AU, respectively. This discovery adds another cold Neptune-mass planet to the planetary sample discovered by microlensing, which now comprise four cold Neptune/Super-Earths, five gas giant planets, and another sub-Saturn mass planet whose nature is unclear. The discovery of these ten cold exoplanets by the microlensing method implies that the mass ratio function of cold exoplanets scales as dN_{\rm pl}/d\log q \propto q^{-0.7 +/- 0.2} with a 95% confidence level upper limit of n < -0.35 (where dN_{\rm pl}/d\log q \propto q^n). As microlensing is most sensitive to planets beyond the snow-line, this implies that Neptune-mass planets are at least three times more common than Jupiters in this region at the 95% confidence level., 39 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Published: 2009
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38. SuperWASP-N extrasolar planet candidates from fields 06h < RA < 16h

Author: Kane, S.R., Clarkson, W. I., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., Christian, D. J., Collier Cameron, A., Enoch, B., Lister, T. A., Street, R. A., Evans, A., Fitzsimmons, A., Haswell, C. A., Hellier, C., Hodgkin, S. T., Horne, K., Irwin, J., Keenan, F. P., Norton, A. J., Osborne, J., Parley, N. R., Pollacco, D. L., Ryans, R., Skillen, I., and Wheatley, P. J.
Subjects: Physics, Stars, Photometry (astronomy), Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, Planet, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Transit (astronomy), Astrophysics, Right ascension
Abstract: The Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) survey currently operates two installations, designated SuperWASP-N and SuperWASP-S, located in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, respectively. These installations are designed to provide high time-resolution photometry for the purpose of detecting transiting extrasolar planets, asteroids, and transient events. Here, we present results from a transit-hunting observing campaign using SuperWASP-N covering a right ascension (RA) range of 06h < RA < 16h. This paper represents the fifth and final in the series of transit candidates released from the 2004 observing season. In total, 729 335 stars from 33 fields were monitored with 130 566 having sufficient precision to be scanned for transit signatures. Using a robust transit detection algorithm and selection criteria, six stars were found to have events consistent with the signature of a transiting extrasolar planet based on the photometry, including the known transiting planet XO-1b. These transit candidates are presented here along with discussion of follow-up observations and the expected number of candidates in relation to the overall observing strategy.
Published: 2008

39. A NEW TYPE OF AMBIGUITY IN THE PLANET AND BINARY INTERPRETATIONS OF CENTRAL PERTURBATIONS OF HIGH-MAGNIFICATION GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING EVENTS

Author: Choi, J.-Y, Shin, I.-G, Han, C., Udalski, A., Sumi, T., Gould, A., Bozza, V., Dominik, M., Fouque´, P., Horne, K., Szyman´ski, M. K., Kubiak, M., Soszyn´ski, I., Pietrzyn´ski, G., Poleski, R., Ulaczyk, K., Pietrukowicz, P., Kozłowski, S., Skowron, J., Wyrzykowski, Ł., OGLE Collaboration, Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Botzler, C. S., Chote, P., Freeman, M., Fukui, A., Furusawa, K., Itow, Y., Kobara, S., Ling, C. H., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Miyake, N., Muraki, Y., Ohmori, K., Ohnishi, K., Rattenbury, N. J., Saito, To, Sullivan, D. J., Suzuki, D., Suzuki, K., Sweatman, W. L., Takino, S., Tristram, P. J., Wada, K., Yock, P. C. M., MOA Collaboration, Bramich, D. M., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I. A., Street, R. A., Tsapras, Y., RoboNet Collaboration, Alsubai, K. A., Browne, P., Burgdorf, M. J., Calchi Novati, S., Dodds, P., Dreizler, S., Fang, X.-S, Grundahl, F., Gu, C.-H, Hardis, S., Harpsøe, K., Hinse, T. C., Hornstrup, Allan, Hundertmark, M., Jessen-Hansen, J., Jørgensen, U. G., Kains, N., Kerins, E., Liebig, C., Lund, M., Lunkkvist, M., Mancini, L., Mathiasen, M., Penny, M. T., Rahvar, S., Ricci, D., Scarpetta, G., Skottfelt, J., Southworth, J., Surdej, J., Tregloan-Reed, J., Wambsganss, J., Wertz, O., Almeida, L. A., Batista, V., Christie, G., DePoy, D. L., Dong, Subo, Gaudi, B. S., Henderson, C., Jablonski, F., Lee, C.-U, McCormick, J., McGregor, D., Moorhouse, D., Natusch, T., Ngan, H., Pogge, R. W., Tan, T.-G, Thornley, G., Yee, J. C., Albrow, M. D., Bachelet, E., Beaulieu, J.-P, Brillant, S., Cassan, A., Cole, A. A., Corrales, E., Coutures, C., Dieters, S., Dominis Prester, D., Donatowicz, J., Greenhill, J., Kubas, D., Marquette, J.-B, Menzies, J. W., Sahu, K. C., and Zub, M.
Subjects: media_common.quotation_subject, FOS: Physical sciences, Binary number, Perturbation (astronomy), gravitational lensing: micro, Astrophysics, Gravitational microlensing, 01 natural sciences, Galaxy: bulge, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), media_common, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, Binary Independence Model, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ambiguity, Light curve, Galaxy: bulge, gravitational lensing: micro, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Caustic (optics), Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: High-magnification microlensing events provide an important channel to detect planets. Perturbations near the peak of a high-magnification event can be produced either by a planet or a binary companion. It is known that central perturbations induced by both types of companions can be generally distinguished due to the basically different magnification pattern around caustics. In this paper, we present a case of central perturbations for which it is difficult to distinguish the planetary and binary interpretations. The peak of a lensing light curve affected by this perturbation appears to be blunt and flat. For a planetary case, this perturbation occurs when the source trajectory passes the negative perturbation region behind the back end of an arrowhead-shaped central caustic. For a binary case, a similar perturbation occurs for a source trajectory passing through the negative perturbation region between two cusps of an astroid-shaped caustic. We demonstrate the degeneracy for 2 high-magnification events of OGLE-2011-BLG-0526 and OGLE-2011-BLG-0950/MOA-2011-BLG-336. For OGLE-2011-BLG-0526, the $\chi^2$ difference between the planetary and binary model is $\sim$ 3, implying that the degeneracy is very severe. For OGLE-2011-BLG-0950/MOA-2011-BLG-336, the stellar binary model is formally excluded with $\Delta \chi^2 \sim$ 105 and the planetary model is preferred. However, it is difficult to claim a planet discovery because systematic residuals of data from the planetary model are larger than the difference between the planetary and binary models. Considering that 2 events observed during a single season suffer from such a degeneracy, it is expected that central perturbations experiencing this type of degeneracy is common., Comment: 8 pages, 8 figures
Published: 2012

40. The WASP Project and SuperWASP Camera.

Author: Giménez, Àlvaro, Guinan, Edward, Niarchos, Panagiotis, Rucinski, Slavek, Pollacco, D., Skillen, I., Cameron, A., Christian, D., Irwin, J., Lister, T., Street, R., West, R., Clarkson, W., Evans, N., Fitzsimmons, A., Haswell, C., Hellier, C., Hodgkin, S., Horne, K., and Jones, B.
Abstract: The WASP project and infrastructure supporting the Super WASP Facility are described. As the instrument, reduction pipeline and archive system are now fully operative we expect the system to have a major impact in the discovery of bright exo-planet candidates as well in more general variable star projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2006
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41. Crosstalk and lateral conduction effects in continuous-sensor amorphous silicon imagers

Author: Street, R
Published: 2001
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42. Improved charge collection of the buried p-i-n- a-Si:H radiation

Author: Street, R [Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA (US)]
Published: 1990

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